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SLOVAKIA

Slovakia is located in the middle of Europe. Surrounding countries:Czech Republic (west), Austria (south-west), Hungary (south), Ukraine (east), Poland (north).

What every visitor should know before coming toSlovakia: Visas and embassies, electricity and elephones, currency, language, national flag, holidays...

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Slovak Republic

Official name: Slovak Republic

Name in native language Slovensko ("Slovakia"), or Slovenská republika ("Slovak Republic")

Capital cityBratislava

Currency: Euro

Official languageSlovak

Population: 5.500.000

The European Union and NATO member state since 2004. Slovak is a western Slavic language, very closely related to Czech and relatively close to Polish and the languages of the former Yugoslavia.

Nationalities: 85% Slovak (western Slavic in origin), 10% Hungarian, 3% Roma. Significant smaller nationalities include Czechs, Ruthenians, Ukranians, Germans and Poles.
Religions: 63% Roman Catholic, 9% Protestant, 4% Greek Catholic, 2% other churches.

Type of government: republic, with parliamentary democracy.


Head of government: Prime Minister, generally the leader of the largest party in parliament, this post holds most real executive authority.
Legislative body: National Council, a one-house parliament elected at least once every four years.
Head of state: President, elected once every five years, largely ceremonial.

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Modern Slovakia was born as an independent nation-state in 1993, when it peacefully separated from the Czech Republic, splitting from the former Czechoslovakia by mutual agreement. (There has been no organized conflict of any kind in Slovakia since 1945.) Many foreigners still confuse Slovakia with Slovenia of the former Yugoslavia. 

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ROMANIA

Official Name: Romania

Location: (Southeastern) Central Europe

Time Zone: Seven hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard Time (GMT + 2)

Area: 92,043 sq. miles (238,391 sq. km) - a little larger than the state of Minnesota

Flag of Romania: Three vertical stripes: red, yellow and blue.
Population: 19,651,000 (March 2014)

Main Ethnic Groups: Romanian 84%, Hungarian 6.1%, Gipsy 3.1%,
German 0.2%, Ukrainian 0.2%

Religions: Christian Orthodox 81%, Roman Catholic 4.3%, Reformed 3%,
Greek-Catholic 0.7%, Unitarian 0.3%, Jewish, other.

Official Language: Romanian

Currency: Romanian Leu (RON) ( plural Lei )

Climate: Temperate, four distinct seasons, similar to northeastern USA

Capital: Bucharest (București)

Form of State: Romania is a semi-parliamentary democracy based on a
bicameral Parliament: the Chamber of Representatives (Camera Deputaţilor) and the Senate (Senat).
All members of the legislature are directly elected from Romania's 41 counties.)

Legal system: Based on European models and Constitution of 1991.

Electoral System: Universal direct suffrage over the age of 18.
Parties must win at least five percent of the national vote to gain
representation in the Parliament.

National Elections: December 9, 2012;
next ellections: Fall 2014 (presidential), Fall 2016 (parliamentary)

Head of State: President of the Republic, currently Mr. Traian Basescu
(re-elected on December 6, 2009).
Romania's president is allowed to serve two consecutive five-year terms.

National Government: The government is led by the Prime Minister,
confirmed by the Parliament on the nomination of the President of Romania. Head of the Government: the Prime Minister, currently
Romania is a member state of theEU and NATO.

CZECH REPUBLIC

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in the centre of Europe. Its neighboring states are Germany (to the west), Poland (to the north), Slovakia (to the east) and Austria (to the south).

 

  • Established: 1 January 1993

  • Total area: 78,867 square kilometers.

  • Consists of three historical territories: Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. 

  • Capital: Prague.

  • Population: 10 446 157

  • Official language: Czech.

  • Currency: Czech crown (koruna) – CZK 

  • Time: Central European (GMT+1), summer time - Central European +1 (GMT+2)

  • Climate: average year temperature is 9.0°C
    (average winter temperature -0.9°C, summer temperature 19°C)

  • Geographical position: 49 - 51° N and longitude 12-19° E

  • Religious affiliation: Roman Catholic 27%, agnostic 59%

  • System of government: Republic.

  • Member of NATO: since 12 March 1999

  • Accession to the EU: 1 May 2004

  • Integration to the Schengen Area: 21 December 2007

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