1. Twin space
Cypriot team
Creator: Antonis Pilavas

2.  Introduction
 Geographic location - Capital city
 Population
 European Union
 Currency
 Languages
 Politicalsystem
 Rivers and caves
 Religion
 Sights
 Cities

3.  This presentation is made for the activity
“Countries” of the European programme
“Twin - Space”. (Copyright issues are
concerned).
 In this presentation, we will have a look at
Slovakia’s profile as a European country.

4.  The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in
Central Europe.
 Slovakia is bordered by Austria, Czech
Republic, Hungary, Ukraine and Poland.
 The capital city of Slovakia is
Bratislava, which is simultaneously the
largest city.

5.  Slovakia
has a population of over five million
and an area of about 49,000 square
kilometres.

6.  Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy
with one of the fastest growth rates in the
European Union.
 The country joined the European Union in
2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009.
 Slovakia together
with Slovenia and Estonia are the only
former Communist nations to be part of the
European Union, Eurozone, Schengen
Area and NATO simultaneously.

7.  Slovakia adopted the Euro currency on 1
January 2009 as the 16th member of
the Eurozone.
 The euro in Slovakia was approved by the
European commission on 7 May 2008.
 The Slovak koruna was revalued on 28 May
2008 to 30.126 for 1 euro, which was also the
exchange rate for the euro.

8.  Theofficial language is Slovak, a member of
the Slavic language family. That’s why they
have several similarities and similar
pronunciations.

9.  Slovakia is a parliamentary
democratic republic with a multi-
party system.
 The last parliamentary
elections were held on 10 March
2012 and two rounds
of presidential elections took place
on 21 March 2009 and 4 April 2009.
 Current president of Slovak
Republic is Ivan
Gašparovič, who has been in the
office since 2004.

10.  Slovakia is a well renowned
country for its rivers and caves.
 Slovakia has hundreds of caves and
caverns under its mountains. Most
of the caves have stalagmites rising
from the ground and stalactites
hanging from above.
 Most of the rivers stem in Slovak
mountains. Some are only passing
through and the others make a
natural border with surrounding
countries. The longest river in
Slovakia is Váh (403 kilometres
long).

11.  The majority (68.9%) of Slovaks belong to the Roman
Catholic Church. According to the Slovak government
website, 15.9% are non-believers (non-Christians),
13.7% atheists, 6.9% Lutherans, 4.1% Greek Catholics,
2.2% undetermined, and 2% Reform Christians.
Roman Catholicism
Religion groups
Protestantism
Greek Catholicism
Other Cristian
Non-Christian religions
Atheist and non-religions
Others

12.  Slovakia is a well attracted touristically
country, since it provides to visitors several
remarkable sights and destinations. The most
vital of them are:
 Blue Church
 Bratislava Castle
 Bratislava City Wall
 Grassalkovich Palace
 Novy Most Bridge
 Slovak National Theatre
 Old Bratislava
 Old Town Hall
 Slovak National Museum

13.  Notown in Slovakia has more than half a
million inhabitants. The largest one is the
capital Bratislava followed by East-Slovakia's
metropolis Kosice. Other large cities in
Slovakia, are:
Nitra, Zilina, Zvolen, Poprad, Trnava, Martin, Le
vice etc.