Slovakia is a democratic parliamentary republic. The Constitution of 1992 is in force. Administratively, Slovakia is divided into 8 regions and 79 districts. State power at the regional and district levels is exercised by the respective administrations; territorial self-government at the level of regions, in cities and rural communities is implemented through local governments, primators…
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Levoča, Spišský hrad and Associated Cultural Monuments (World Heritage)
Spišský hrad is one of the largest castle complexes in Europe. The ruin towers over the place Spišské Podhradie (Kirchdrauf) on a 634 m high hill. The castle was built in the 11th / 12th. Built in the 19th century and expanded several times. The late Romanesque basilica Spišská kapitulá and the Church of the…
Mass Media in Eastern Europe
Short for EE according to Abbreviationfinder, Eastern Europe includes Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. This page describes major mass media, including newspapers, radio stations and televisions within these countries. Mass media in Belarus Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there has been a marked decline in the number of newspaper publications,…
Slovakia Arts and Literature
Literature Slovak literature written in Latin or Czech with Slovak elements received a boost from the 17th century, with eg. the Protestant hymn book by Jiří Třanovský (1636), the Catholic “Cantus Catholici” (1655), the note-learning “Valaská škola” (‘The Heraldry School’, 1–2, written 1755, printed 1830) by Hugolín Gavlovič in verse. In parallel, a lyrical and…
Slovakia Recent History
The country’s economy was based on a corporate system, made up of 5 sections: farmers, the order of commerce, industry, communications, finance and insurance. Then there were the free intellectual professions and then the free employees and intellectual workers. Numerous Slovaks who emigrated abroad, especially to the United States, were instrumental in the conomic situation…