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The best known Slovak hero was Juraj Jánošík (the Slovak equivalent of Robin Hood). The prominent explorer and diplomat Móric Beňovský, Hungarian transcript Benyovszky was Slovak as well (he comes from Vrbové in present-day Slovakia and is e.g. listed as "nobilis Slavicus – Slovak nobleman" in his secondary school registration).
The Slovak people are an ethnic group predominantly residing in the modern-day nation of Slovakia and its surrounding areas. Slovaks have played an active role in European history, including politically, militarily, scientifically, culturally, and religiously. Ethnic Slovaks have inhabited Central Europe since the Middle Ages.
In the 1990s, Slovakia had central Europe’s worst-performing economy, marked by high unemployment rates and inflation with least democratic government. Madeleine Albright, the U.S. secretary of state, referred to it as "a black hole in the heart of Europe". [89] This time period in Slovakia is also known as “Wild 90s”. [90]
Manifestation of Slovak folklore culture is the "Východná" Folklore Festival. It is the oldest and largest nationwide festival with international participation, [1] which takes place in Východná annually. Slovakia is usually represented by many groups but mainly by SĽUK (Slovenský ľudový umelecký kolektív—Slovak folk art collective ...
Location of Slovakia on the map of Europe. Flag of Slovakia. Slovakia or the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Slovensko, Slovenská republika) is a landlocked republic in Central Europe with population of more than five million. It is a member of the European Union (since May 1, 2004) and borders Czech Republic and Austria in the west, Poland in the ...
Slovakia, a European Union and NATO member, has seen growth slow in the past year. With higher spending needs amid rising prices, it is also facing the highest budget deficit in the euro zone in ...
Voters in Slovakia, Italy and other European Union nations were casting their ballots Saturday on the third day of elections for the European Parliament, with populist and far-right parties ...
Slovak lands in the Austrian Empire 1855. Slovak lands [1] or Slovakian lands [2] (Slovak: Slovenská zem or shortly Slovensko; Hungarian: Tótország; [3] Polish: Ziemia Słowacka [4] or shortly Słowaczyzna [5]) is the historical denomination for the whole of the Slovak-inhabited territories in Central Europe.