1997 – 2009Catching up, and joiningDobiehanie a vstup
SlovakiaSlovensko
Independence did not come with an automatic place in Europe. In December 1997 Slovakia was the only Visegrád country left out of the first group invited to open European Union membership talks, and the reason given was political rather than economic — the way the country was being governed. The election of 1998 changed the direction, and Slovakia caught up: it joined NATO on 29 March 2004 and the European Union on 1 May 2004, entered the Schengen area in December 2007, so the border posts with Austria, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic came down, and adopted the euro on 1 January 2009 as the sixteenth member of the eurozone. A country of about 5.4 million people now shares a currency with Germany and France and an open border with all its neighbours — which, measured against where this page began in 1848, is the whole story.Samostatnosť neznamenala automatické miesto v Európe. V decembri 1997 zostalo Slovensko jedinou krajinou vyšehradskej štvorky, ktorú nepozvali do prvej skupiny na rokovania o vstupe do Európskej únie, a dôvod bol politický, nie hospodársky — spôsob, akým sa krajina vládla. Voľby v roku 1998 zmenili smerovanie a Slovensko stratu dobehlo: 29. marca 2004 vstúpilo do NATO, 1. mája 2004 do Európskej únie, v decembri 2007 do schengenského priestoru — a hraničné závory s Rakúskom, Maďarskom, Poľskom aj Českom padli — a 1. januára 2009 prijalo euro ako šestnásty člen eurozóny. Krajina s približne 5,4 milióna obyvateľov má dnes spoločnú menu s Nemeckom a Francúzskom a otvorenú hranicu so všetkými susedmi. Ak to zmeriame rokom 1848, kde sa táto stránka začína, je to celý príbeh.
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Sources consulted while researching this page. Follow them to read further — and to check us.Zdroje, z ktorých sme pri príprave tejto stránky vychádzali. Kliknite a čítajte ďalej — aj si nás overte.
Černová massacre — Wikipediadate, 15 killed and 12 seriously wounded, gendarmes' own nationalitydate, 15 killed and 12 seriously wounded, gendarmes' own nationality
Magyarization — Wikipediathe 1907 Apponyi education laws, the closing of the Slovak grammar schools and of Matica slovenská in April 1875the 1907 Apponyi education laws, the closing of the Slovak grammar schools and of Matica slovenská in April 1875
Žiadosti slovenského národa — Wikipédia10 May 1848, fourteen points, the arrest warrants of May–June 184810 May 1848, fourteen points, the arrest warrants of May–June 1848
Slovak Uprising of 1848–49 — Wikipediathe three volunteer campaigns and the disbanding of the corps on 21 November 1849the three volunteer campaigns and the disbanding of the corps on 21 November 1849
Pittsburgh Agreement — Wikipediathe Cleveland Agreement of 22 October 1915 and the text of the Pittsburgh promisesthe Cleveland Agreement of 22 October 1915 and the text of the Pittsburgh promises
Slovak–Hungarian War — Wikipediathe 'Little War' of March 1939 and the 1,697 km² ceded on 4 April 1939the 'Little War' of March 1939 and the 1,697 km² ceded on 4 April 1939
Slovak National Uprising — Wikipediainsurgent numbers, territory held, the fall of Banská Bystrica on 27 October 1944insurgent numbers, territory held, the fall of Banská Bystrica on 27 October 1944
Kremnička and Nemecká massacres — Wikipedia747 victims at Kremnička, about 900 at Nemecká, the units responsible747 victims at Kremnička, about 900 at Nemecká, the units responsible
Masaker v Kľakovskej doline — Wikipédia21 January 1945, 148 civilians including 48 children under eighteen21 January 1945, 148 civilians including 48 children under eighteen
Battle of the Dukla Pass — Wikipedia8 September – 28 October 1944 and the casualty figures8 September – 28 October 1944 and the casualty figures
Kalinov — Wikipédiathe first village in Slovakia liberated, 21 September 1944the first village in Slovakia liberated, 21 September 1944
Slovak Greek Catholic Church — Wikipediathe staged Prešov assembly of April 1950, Bishop Gojdič, the 1968 restorationthe staged Prešov assembly of April 1950, Bishop Gojdič, the 1968 restoration
