Slovak republic

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Slovak republic

• Introducing of the June 2009 host country

Martin Klus, PhD. UC Berkeley January 2009
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Introduction

• Slovakia (The Slovak Republic) is land located
  country with 5,455,407 (July 2008 est.)
  inhabitants and area of 49,035 km² situated
  between
• Austria (91 km),
• Czech Republic (215 km)
• Hungary (677 km),
• Poland (444 km)
• The Ukraine (97 km)
• Western Carpathian Mountains with the highest
  point in the republic - Gerlachovský Peak, at
  2,655 meters (8,711 feet) and two large lowland
  areas dominate the topography of Slovakia.

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Capital city Bratislava Administrative divisions
of Slovakia

• Bratislava is an important port on the Danube and
  a railway junction, Slovakia's largest city.
  
• Bratislava was Founded before the 10th century.
  Strong fortifications erected during the 12th
  century gave it strategic importance.
  
• From 1541 to 1784 it was the capital of Hungaria.
  In 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars, Bonaparte
  met the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II in the city
  and imposed the peace terms known as the Treaty
  of Pressburg.
• When Czechoslovakia was created in 1918 after
  World War I, the city was renamed Bratislava and
  made capital of the province of Slovakia. Since
  January 1, 1993 Bratislava became the capital of
  a newly independent Slovakia
• Administrative divisions of Slovakia
  (population)
  
• Banská Bystrica region 663,845 (Banská Bystrica
  84,465)
  
• Bratislava 618,673 (Bratislava 449,547)
• Kosice region 761,116 (Koice 241,941)
• Nitra region 717,241 (Nitra 87,548)
• Presov region 777,301 (Preov 93,790)
• Trencin region 610,349 (Trencín 61,025)
• Trnava region 549,621 (Trnava 69,844)
• Zilina region 689,504 (Zilina 86,953)

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Nationalities and religions in Slovakia

• Slovak (85.8),
• Hungarian (9.7),
• Romany (1.8),
• Czech (1.2),
• Ruthenian (0.3),
• Ukrainian (0.3),
• German (0.1),
• Polish (0.1),
• Other (0.2)
• Roman Catholic 68.9,
• Protestant 10.8,
• Greek Catholic 4.1,
• other or unspecified 3.2,
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Main Facts in comparison with USA

• Slovakia
• Area 49 035 square kilometers
• Population
• 5,455,407 (July 2008 est.)
• Population density 111 people/sq km - the
  population is 57 per cent urban
  
• Population growth rate
• 0.143 (2008 est.)
• Life expectancy at birth
• total population 75.17 years
• male 71.23 years
• female 79.32 years (2008 est.)
• Total fertility rate 1.34 children born/woman
  (2008 est.)

• USA
• Area 9 826 630 sq km
• Population
• 303,824,640 (July 2008 est.)
• Population density 31 people/sq km
• Population growth rate
• 0.883 (2008 est.)
• Life expectancy at birth
• total population 78.14 years
• male 75.29 years
• female 81.13 years (2008 est.)
• Total fertility rate 2.1 children born/woman
  (2008 est.)

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Economy Facts in Comparison with USA

• USA
• GDP purchasing power parity
• 13.78 trillion (2007 est.)
• GDP - real growth rate
• 2 (2007 est.)
• GDP - per capita purchasing power parity -
  45,800 (2007 est.)
  
• Inflation rate (consumer prices)
• 2.9 (2007 est.)
• Unemployment rate 4.6 (2007 est.)
• Budget (2007 est.)
• revenues 2.568 trillion
• expenditures 2.73 trillion

• Slovakia
• GDP purchasing power parity
• 109.6 billion (2007 est.)
• GDP - real growth rate
• 10.4 (2007 est.)
• GDP - per capita purchasing power parity -
  20,300 (2007 est.)
  
• Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2.8 (2007
  est.)
  
• Unemployment rate 8.4 (2007 est.)
• Budget (2007 est.)
• revenues 34.34 billion
• expenditures 35.99 billion

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Brief introduction to the Modern History of
Slovakia If you are 92 years old, was born in
Banska Bystrica, Slovakia and never move from
your place then you lived in

• 8 different countries
• Austro Hungarian empire /monarchy/
• 1st. Czechoslovak republic
• 2nd. Czechoslovak republic
• Slovak republic /state/
• Post WWII. Czechoslovak republic
• Communist Czechoslovak republic
• Czech and Slovak Federative republic
• Slovak republic
• 5 different political systems
• Monarchy
• Democratic republic
• Authoritative republic
• Totalitarian fascist state
• Totalitarian communist state

• And use 7 different currencies
• Rhein Krone
• (till 1892 Rhine Guilder)
• Czechoslovak Krone
• (from 1919)
• Slovak Krone
• (1939 1945)
• Post WWII Czechoslovak Krone
• New Czechoslovak Krone
• (from 1953)
• Slovak Krone
• (from 1993)
• Euro
• (from 2009)

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Introducing of Modern History of Slovakia

• Austro-Hungarian Empire
• 1867-1918

• Independent republic of Czechoslovakia
• 1918 - 1938

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Introducing of Modern History of Slovakia

• Slovakia in 2000

• Czechoslovakia in 1956

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Some pictures from Slovakia
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Some pictures from Slovakia
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Thank you for your attention and Im looking
forward to see you all in Slovakia
Martin Klus, PhD. Facul
ty of Political Sciences and International Affai
rs, University of Matej Bel, Kuzmanyho 1 974 01
Banska Bystrica, Slovak republic E-mail martin
.klus_at_gmail.com Web http//www.fpvmv.umb.sk/ Ce
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