Slovakia Group

1. January 1993 the Slovak Republic was the successor State Czech-Slovak. This happened after 75 years of common state of Czechs and Slovaks, on the basis of constitutional law approved by the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia. Slovakia, a long form of the Slovak Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. An area of ​​49 035 km2 and has lived here approximately 5.43 million inhabitants. It borders with the Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Ukraine and Hungary major and most populous city is Bratislava. The official language is Slovak. From 1 May 2004 Slovakia joined the European Union, 21 December 2007 is a member of the Schengen area. From 1 16th January 2009 member of the European Monetary Union - the euro area and became the official currency of the euro, followed by a Slovak crown. Joining the euro will complete the process of integration into the European únie.29th March 2004, Slovakia is a member of NATO