Andy Warhol had two older brothers — Pavol ( Paul ), the oldest, was born in Slovakia ; Ján was born in Pittsburgh.

This led the government to propose reconstruction of the Armenian Atomic Power Station at Metsamor, which was closed after the 1988 earthquake because of its location in an earthquake-prone area and which had the same safety problems as reactors listed as dangerous in Bulgaria, Russia, and Slovakia.

His mother, Paula ( born Paula Voit ), had German as a mother tongue, but was ethnically of " mixed Hungarian " origin: Her maiden name Voit is German, probably of Saxon origin from Upper Hungary ( Since 1920 in Czechoslovakia, since 1993 in Slovakia ), though she spoke Hungarian fluently.

First modern census in the area of today's Slovakia was taken in 1869.

In 1938 Germany annexed Austria and Italy assisted in Germany in resolving the diplomatic crisis between Germany versus Britain and France over claims on Czecholslovakia by arranging the Munich Agreement that gave Germany the Sudetenland and was perceived at the time to have averted a European war, these hopes faded when Hitler violated the Munich Agreement by ordering the invasion and partition of Czechoslovakia between Germany and a client state of Slovakia in 1939.

Schmidt was born in Pozsony ( known in German as Pressburg ), in the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ( the city is now Bratislava, capital of Slovakia ).

The son of Count Károly Andrássy and Etelka Szapáry, he was born in Oláhpatak ( now in Rožňava District, Slovakia ), Kingdom of Hungary.

When Tiso proved reluctant to do so on the grounds that the autonomy that had existed since October 1938 was sufficient for him, and to completely sever links with the Czechs would leave Slovakia open to being annexed by Hungary, Ribbentrop had the German Embassy in Budapest contact the Regent, Admiral Miklós Horthy.

Upon hearing of the Hungarian mobilization, Tiso was presented with the choice of either declaring independence with the understanding that the new state would be in the German sphere of influence, or seeing all of Slovakia absorbed into Hungary.

Imi Sde-Or ( formerly Imrich Lichtenfeld ) was born in 1910 in Budapest, Hungary and grew up in Pozsony ( today: Bratislava, Slovakia ).

Prominent Communists who became victims of these purges and were defendants in the Prague Trials included Rudolf Slánský, the party's general secretary, Vlado Clementis ( the Foreign Minister ) and Gustáv Husák ( the leader of an administrative body responsible for Slovakia ), who was dismissed from office for " bourgeois nationalism ".

During the 16th and 17th centuries, in particular at the height of its power under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful states in the world – a multinational, multilingual empire that stretched from the southern borders of the Holy Roman Empire to the outskirts of Vienna, Royal Hungary ( modern Slovakia ) and the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth in the north to Yemen and Eritrea in the south ; from Algeria in the west to Azerbaijan in the east ; controlling much of southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa.

In Slovakia it was headed by Milan Čič and it was established on 12 December 1989 and disbanded on 26 June 1990.

Since the establishment of the Slovak Republic in January 1993, Slovakia has undergone a transition from a centrally planned economy to a free market economy, a process which some observers were to believe was slowed in the 1994-98 period due to the crony capitalism and other fiscal policies of Prime Minister Vladimír Mečiar's government.

Headline consumer price inflation dropped from 26 % in 1993 to an average rate of 7. 5 % in 2004, though this was boosted by hikes in subsidized utilities prices ahead of Slovakia ’ s accession to the European Union.

In 2010, Slovakia grew by 4. 0 % which was the highest growth among new EU member states.

Slovakia ’ s total foreign debt was $ 23. 7 billion at the end of 2004, up $ 5. 4 billion from the 2003.

Heavy industry ( including coal mining and the production of machinery and steel ) was built for strategic reasons because Slovakia was less exposed to the military threat than the western parts of Czechoslovakia.

As in most post-communist Central European countries, the fixed line market in Slovakia was liberalised only recently.

It was acquired by France Telecom ( through Atlas Services Belgium, 100 % shares ) and rebranded to Orange Slovakia on March 27, 2002.

Along with the Czech Republic, Slovakia was the most developed country of the Eastern Bloc.

The brown bear's principal range includes parts of Russia, the United States ( mostly in Alaska ), Canada, the Carpathian region ( especially Romania, but also Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland and so on ), the Balkans, Sweden and Finland, where it is the national animal.

Liechtenstein recognised and established diplomatic relations with the Czech Republic on 13 July 2009 and with Slovakia on 9 December 2009.

The Bronze Age on the territory of Slovakia went through three stages of development, stretching from 2000 to 800 BCE.

In elections held in June 1992, Václav Klaus's Civic Democratic Party won in the Czech lands on a platform of economic reform, and Vladimír Mečiar's Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) emerged as the leading party in Slovakia, basing its appeal on the fairness of Slovak demands for autonomy.

Slovakia joined NATO on 29 March 2004 and the EU on 1 May 2004.

The latest elections took place on 17 June 2006, where leftist Smer won elections with 29. 14 % ( around 670 000 votes ) of the popular vote and formed coalition with Slota's Slovak National Party and Mečiar's Movement for a Democratic Slovakia.

According to a recent report by the European Commission, Slovakia ( along with some other Central and Eastern European economies ) is low down on the list of EU states in the area of innovation ( Slovakia ranks 22nd ).

Slovakia and Lichtenstein established diplomatic relations on 9 December 2009

* Slovenia is a member of Central European Nations Cooperation on Peacekeeping ( CENCOOP ), together with Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, and Switzerland.

* In Czech Republic and Slovakia, the two brothers were originally commemorated on 9 March, but Pope Pius IX changed this date to 5 July for several reasons.

In the Czech Republic it is celebrated on 5 July as " Slavic Missionaries Cyril and Methodius Day " ( Czech: Den slovanských věrozvěstů Cyrila a Metoděje ), in Slovakia it is celebrated on 5 July as " St. Cyril and Metod Day " ( Slovak: Sviatok svätého Cyrila a Metoda ).

Spain is placed after Germany and Slovakia, which will increase its sales abroad by 10. 4 %.

Most people live in Poland ( 38 million ), followed by the Czech Republic ( nearly 11 million ), Hungary ( nearly 10 million ) and Slovakia ( 5. 5 million ).

After the outbreak of World War II, the state was recognised by Slovakia ( 1 June 1940 ), France ( 12 July 1940 ), Romania ( 1 December 1940 ), Bulgaria ( 10 May 1941 ), Finland ( 18 July 1941 ), Denmark ( August 1941 ), Croatia ( 2 August 1941 )— all controlled or influenced by Japan's ally Germany — as well as by the China's Wang Jingwei government ( 30 November 1940 ), Thailand ( 5 August 1941 ) and the Philippines ( 1943 )— all under Japanese control.

Slovakia, which has 500, 000 ethnic Magyar citizens ( 10 % of its population ) objected vociferously.

Education in Slovakia consists of a free education system based on 10 years of compulsory school attendance.

Slovakia has 10 years of compulsory education.

Compared to the Hungarian census of 1910, it is a significant decrease, as then there were 10, 569 Polish-language speakers in the territory of present Slovakia.

* Hungarian language: official in Hungary, co-official in Serbia's Vojvodina province ( 293, 000 speakers ), lacking official status in Romania ( 1, 447, 544 speakers, 6. 7 % of the population ), Slovakia ( 520, 000 speakers, approximately 10 % of the population ) and Ukraine ( 170, 000 speakers ),

Slovakia was ranked in fourth place, as Demitra led the tournament in points with 10 and tied for the lead in assists with seven.

There were considerable differences between the Member States, with the pay gap ranging from less than 10 % in Italy, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Belgium to more than 20 % in Slovakia, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Germany, United Kingdom and Greece and more than 25 % in Estonia and Austria.

These territories came to 11, 927 km² ( 10, 390 of them in what is present-day Slovakia, the rest in Carpathian Ruthenia ) with approximately 1, 060, 000 inhabitants.

) under the voivodship of Transylvania ( in present-day Romania ), 7 under the banate of Slavonia ( mainly in present-day Slavonia and Croatia ), and the rest forming Hungary proper ( mainly present-day Hungary and Slovakia, with 10 counties entirely and 11 partially in present-day Slovakia.

The SCS offers 10, 000 parking spaces, and so it also serves people from Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.

The ceremony of the signing of the 2003 Treaty of Accession of 10 countries-Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia-to the European Union was conducted in the Stoa of Attalos on 16 April 2003.

The SCS offers 10, 000 parking spaces, and attracts customers not only from Austria, but also from various other Central European countries, such as Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

Peter Tatár ( born September 10, 1953, Bratislava, Slovakia ) became in 1990 a member of the Slovak National Council, i. e. Slovak parliament.

He is engaged to Nelly Petrová ; he proposed after Slovakia won the Hopman Cup on 10 January 2009 ( with Dominika Cibulková ).

By September 10 the rebels had gained control of large areas of central and eastern Slovakia, including two airfields, which were used by the Soviet Air Force to fly in equipment.

• Slovakia: Sergeant Izidor Kovarík 17. 10. 1943, Sergeant Ján Režňák 17. 10. 1943, and

Count István Bittó de Sárosfa et Nádasd ( Sárosfa, Kingdom of Hungary ( today Blatná na Ostrove, Slovakia ), May 3, 1822 – Budapest, March 7, 1903 ) was a Hungarian politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary from September 10, 1872 to March 23, 1874 and as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1874 to 1875.

In 1939 it fought in the Invasion of Poland, on the right flank of Army Group South, attacking out of Slovakia, pushing over the San River on 10 September and capturing Krakowiec on 12 September.

There were considerable differences between the Member States, with the pay gap ranging from less than 10 % in Italy, Slovenia, Malta, Romania, Belgium, Portugal and Poland to more than 20 % in Slovakia, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Germany, United Kingdom and Greece and more than 25 % in Estonia and Austria.