Area: 49 030 km²
Population: 5.4 million
Capital city: Bratislava
Currency: 1 Slovak crown = 100 haliers, 1 euro = 35.51 Slovak crowns (SKK) (Dec. 2006)
National day: 29 August, 1 September
EU-membership: 1 May 2004

Head of State: President Ivan Gašparovič
Head of Government: Prime Minister Robert Fico
Foreign Minister: Ján Kubiš
Government: Governing parties:
SMER-SD (Direction – Social Democracy), SNS (Slovak National Party), LS-HZDS (People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia) with a majority of 85 seats
Parliament: 150 members, elections every four years

GDP: € 37.4 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 6 924 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 6% (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.prezident.sk
Government: http://www.vlada.gov.sk
Foreign Minister: http://www.foreign.gov.sk
Parliament: http://www.nrsr.sk

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