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  Slovakia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Slavic population settled in the territory of Slovakia in the 5th century.
In 2004 Slovakia had a fertility rate of 1.25 (i.e., the average woman will have 1,25 children in her lifetime), which is one of the lowest numbers among EU countries.
Slovakia is a member state of the European Union since May 1, 2004 and of NATO since March 29, 2004.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slovakia   (2117 words)

  
 Slovakia Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Slovakia (in Slovak: Slovensko), officially also called the Slovak Republic (in Slovak: Slovenská republika), is a landlocked republic in Central Europe, bounded on the northwest by the Czech Republic, on the north by Poland, on the east by Ukraine, on the south by Hungary, and on the southwest by Austria.
Slovakia became a part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages and as such was later part of Austria-Hungary prior to 1918.
Slovakia is expected to become a member of the European Union in May 2004.
www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/s/sl/slovakia.html   (1040 words)

  
 Slovakia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Slovakia formed part of the great empire of Moravia, under whose rulers Christianity was introduced by Saints Cyril and Methodius.
Slovakia, however, played an important political role, with Bratislava serving as the Hapsburg capital, until all of Hungary was finally freed from the Turks in the late 17th cent.
The Allied victory in 1945 restored Slovakia to its territorial status before the Munich Pact, and the constitution of 1948 recognized Slovakia as one of the constituent states of a reestablished Czechoslovakia; the other state was composed of Bohemia, Moravia, and a small part of Silesia.
www.bartleby.com /65/sl/Slovakia.html   (1701 words)

  
 Slovakia (08/05)
Slovakia maintains a permanent mission to the United Nations in New York and 11 honorary consulates in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Denver, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Miami, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco.
Slovakia imports nearly all of its oil and gas from Russia and its export markets are primarily OECD and EU countries.
Slovakia's ambitious roadmap for defense reform is the Force 2015 Long-Term Plan, which strikes a well-reasoned balance between requirements and resources and envisions a professionalized, combat-capable force of 18,000 uniformed personnel.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3430.htm   (3533 words)

  
 Slovakia - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
It is bound by Hungary to the south, Poland to the north, Austria and the Czech Republic to the west and Ukraine to the east.
Slovakia is surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains to the north and northeast.
Also in 1993 Hungary's concerns with Slovakia increased of their escalating nationalism and fears for the fate of ethnic Magyar minorities as well as the construction of the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros dam on the Danube river.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/slovakia.htm   (1315 words)

  
 Slovakia
Slovakia adopted its triband with arms shifted to the hoist officially on 1 september 1992 and it was first hoisted two days later.
Before the separation of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, a resolution was passed by the Czechoslovak government that neither of the two "new" states could continue to use the red white and blue flag of Czechoslovakia.
Slovakia was ticked off over this, but the Czech folks said "The country that made that rule doesn't exist any more" and refused to change.
flagspot.net /flags/sk.html   (1200 words)

  
 Slovakia.com - Slovakia hotels, travel, guide, tourism, pictures, map, car rental, information
Slovakia is becoming one of Europe's focal points for travel and tourism.
Slovakia's capital city Bratislava is a growing hub of culture, as well as the national seat of politics and business.
Slovakia's history as a meeting point of many cultures brought it both the wealth needed to build these structures, and the battles fought between and around them.
www.slovakia.com   (594 words)

  
 Slovakia national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Slovakia national football team is the national football team of Slovakia and is controlled by the Slovak Football Association.
The team played 16 matches between 1939 and 1944, then it was disbanded after World War II, as the Czech and Slovak teams played together in the Czechoslovakia national football team.
Slovakia made a run to the 2006 World Cup qualification playoff, where it lost to Spain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slovakia_national_football_team   (169 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Europe & Central Asia: Slovakia
Slovakia's growing popularity as a transit country for asylum seekers and migrants and a country of origin and transit for trafficking accentuated its significant shortcomings in refugee and trafficking policy.
United Nations investigators found that Slovakia was the point of origin of weapons that were funneled to Liberia, in violation of a mandatory arms embargo.
Slovakia, a state party to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, announced on October 18, 2000, that it had completed destruction of its stockpile of antipersonnel landmines.
www.hrw.org /wr2k2/europe17.html   (1482 words)

  
 Slovakia
The country was liberated from the Germans by the Soviet army in the spring of 1945, and Slovakia was restored to its prewar status and rejoined to a new Czechoslovakian state.
Slovakia's very low influx of foreign capital during Meciar's tenure was the result of his government's lack of transparency.
Slovakia - Slovakia or the Slovak Republic,Slovak Slovensko, republic (2005 est.
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 Slovakia  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
In 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars, French Emperor Napoleon I met the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II in the city and imposed the peace terms known as the Treaty of Pressburg.
Slovakia and the other provinces of Czechoslovakia were abolished in January 1949, and the city became the capital of the newly created Bratislava Region; the region was abolished in 1960.
Bratislava became the capital of independent Slovakia on January 1, 1993.
www.galenfrysinger.com /slovakia.htm   (222 words)

  
 Slovakia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Slovakia as a whole holds a unique treasury of various cultural sites representing various ages and architectural periods.
Eastern Slovakia was a significant crossroads in the past.
A population's denomination is another factor which has influenced considerably the architectural and artistic character of the wooden churches in the East Slovakia.
www.region.sk /wchurches.html   (244 words)

  
 Slovakia Europe - Bratislava Pictures, Travel Sites
The Slovaks and the Czechs agreed to separate peacefully on 1 January 1993.
Slovakia joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004.
Slovakia's economy exceeded expectations in 2001-03, despite the general European slowdown.
slovakia.europe-countries.com   (551 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Country profiles | Country profile: Slovakia
He led a string of coalition governments, pursuing nationalist and populist policies until October 1998 when an alliance of liberals, centrists, left-wingers and ethnic Hungarians managed to oust him, forming a new coalition with Mikulas Dzurinda as prime minister.
Slovakia has a significant Romany population who suffer disproportionately high levels of poverty and social deprivation
The post-war Benes decrees, which called for the expulsion of 3 million ethnic Germans and 600,000 ethnic Hungarians from then-Czechoslovakia and the confiscation of their property, remain a sensitive issue in relations with neighbours.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1108491.stm   (835 words)

  
 ICL - Slovakia Index
However, it did not yet ratify the minority protection treaty signed with Hungary in 1995 because the junior partner in government, the Slovak-Nationalist Party, is fiercely anti-Hungarian.
Slovakia has a 570.000 strong (about 10%) minority of ethnic Hungarians.
23 June 1995, Brussels: Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar formally presented to the EU Slovakia's application for accession, preferably by the year 2000.
www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/lo__indx.html   (231 words)

  
 Cycle Tours Slovakia: Home
Custom road, mountain and cyclocross biking tours in Slovakia, one of the newest members to the European Union.
Slovakia has recently entered the European Union and we are extremely happy to be among the very first touring companies which offer reasonably-priced and authentic active vacations here.
There is incredible cycling and scenery in just about every region of this mountainous country, and our tours are designed to satisfy and challenge cyclists of all levels and cycling preferences; from the occasional roadie to the hard-core elite of the mountainbike world.
www.cycle-sk.com   (185 words)

  
 Where do you want to go birding in Slovakia today?
The ornithological highlights of the trip were the Hungarian Puszta, Transsylvania and the Southern Carpates in Romania and the Higher Tatra in Slovakia.
Slovakia and the Czech Republic are small, stable.
The tour is scheduled at a prime time to see the excellent array of breeding birds at their very best, but we also allow plenty of time for enjoying the historical and cultural delights of this fascinating region.
www.camacdonald.com /birding/euslovakia.htm   (703 words)

  
 Slovakia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
We came to Slovakia from the Czech Republic.
The cars in Slovakia are generally in good condition, but in Levoca we found funny specimen.
We saw only one corner of Slovakia, but we liked what we saw and will probably be back to see the western and southern parts.
traveling.igw.dk /slovakia_2003.htm   (972 words)

  
 Online Hotel Reservation -- Destination Guides - Europe & Russia - Europe - Slovakia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
The republic of Slovakia (Slovensko) - independent since 1993 - consists of the long, narrow strip of land which stretches from the fertile plains of the Danube basin up to the peaks of the High Tatras - perhaps Europe's most exhilarating mountain range outside of the Alps.
Before 1918, current-day Slovakia was known as the region of Upper Hungary and lay under Magyar rule for roughly a millennium; Bratislava even became the Hungarian capital when the rest of Hungary was occupied by the Turks.
Further east still, Presov is the cultural centre of the Ruthenian minority, while Kosice, Slovakia's vibrant second city, boasts a fine Gothic cathedral, ethnic diversity and a lively independence from much of the rest of Slovakia.
www.holidayshotels.com /destination_guide/index.jsp?cid=139001&action=viewLocation&locationId=34462   (488 words)

  
 SLOVAKIA.ORG - Travel Guide & Information for Tourists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Slovakia’s tourism industry has grown remarkably since independence.
Slovakia’s historic towns and numerous mountain ski resorts are the more popular tourist destinations.
If your knowledge of Slovakia is very limited please proceed to the F.A.Q. and Important Information sections first.
www.slovakia.org /tourism   (159 words)

  
 Slovakia News
Slovakia News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Blasts of strong wind hit the south-west of Slovakia on Sunday and reached as much as 70 kilometres per hour, damaging property, uprooting trees and causing traffic jams.
THE BEST conditions for doing business in Slovakia are in the Bratislava region, according to a regional business environment index prepared by the Business Alliance of Slovakia.
www.topix.net /world/slovakia   (551 words)

  
 ENJOY SLOVAKIA-city breaks Bratislava, Slovakia holiday, Slovakia tours, Bratislava Slovakia hotels, Tatra hotels
Slovakia is also a world known spa and wellness destination.
Slovakia Hotels and Tatra hotels provide a variety of accommodation facilities.
We would be delighted to book for you any Slovakia hotel or to organize for you any Slovakia tour, including specialized tours presenting art and architecture, Slovak Jewish heritage or military history of this country.
www.enjoyslovakia.com   (396 words)

  
 Slovakia Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
Spissky hrad (Zipser Burg) is the largest castle in Slovakia.
Slovakia, the former Czechoslovakia's less glamourous partner, emerged dishevelled and sleepy after the 'Velvet Revolution' of 1989.
The largest meteor ever to hit Europe landed near the small town of Zboj in East Slovakia in 1866; its flight could be seen from the High Tatras, 200km (120mi) away.
www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/europe/slovakia   (225 words)

  
 Slovakia Page
Slovakia is very beautiful and the people there are warm and friendly.
Her Brother, Brano, is also an Engineer and works in Bratislava, the capitol of Slovakia.
Brano was my guide during his student days and took me to the interesting places in Slovakia, as well as to the neighboring countries of Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.
www.jdweeks.com /slovakia.html   (335 words)

  
 Spectacular Slovakia (Spectacular Slovakia travel guide)
It is the only travel guide on Slovakia created by native English speakers who live here.
We are eager to see more tourists go beyond Bratislava and secretly glad to have Slovakia's smaller cities, mining towns, villages, pubs, churches, mountains, forests, waterfalls, skanzeny and ski trails practically to ourselves.
We added notes on what travel in Slovakia feels like, updating and expanding our traditional travel guide section and consolidating articles on Slovak culture and history.
www.spectacularslovakia.sk   (254 words)

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