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The dissolution of Czechoslovakia (Czech: Rozdělení Československa, Slovak: Rozdelenie Československa), which took effect on December 31, 1992, was the self-determined secession of the federal republic of Czechoslovakia into the independent countries of the Czech Republic (also known as Czechia) and Slovakia.
Slovakia became an independent democratic state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, sometimes referred to as the Velvet Divorce. Slovakia is a developed country with an advanced high-income economy.
However, January 1 (the date of the Velvet Divorce) is the official independence day of modern Slovak Republic. [47] [48] The issue of March 14 commemorations divided the Christian Democratic Movement in the early 1990s. [49]
In December 1989—a month after the Velvet Revolution—President Václav Havel announced that the word "Socialist" would be dropped from the country's official name. Conventional wisdom suggested that it would be known as simply the "Czechoslovak Republic", which was its official name from 1920 to 1938 and again during the Third Czechoslovak ...
1993 January 1 — Czechoslovakia is dissolved into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the "Velvet Divorce". 1999 June 23 — Belgium and The Netherlands make a small border change at the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal. [36] [37] 2001 August 28 — Andorra and France exchange land to allow the Andorran Envalira Tunnel to connect to the French RN22.
The non-violent political revolution in Czechoslovakia that led to the velvet divorce, i.e., its dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Velvet Revolution on Prague-life A shortened version of the Velvet Revolution. In the footsteps of November 17 – Czech.cz; After the Velvet, the Existential Revolution? dialogue between Václav Havel and Adam Michnik, English, salon.eu.sk, November 2008; The Velvet Oratorio An oratorio based on the events of the Velvet Revolution
Termed the Velvet Divorce, the period marked Western influences [6] and a new autonomy for the Slovak Republic with separate national standards and ratings for education, the economy, and other government functions. It was only in 2002 that Slovakia was invited, along with six other Central European Nations, to join NATO. The historian ...