1. SLOVAKIA By Ivana Bencatova

2. Main Facts Official Country Name: Slovenska Republika (The Slovak Republic) Area: 49 030 km² Population: 5 268 935 Capital: Bratislava

3. Where is Slovakia?

4. Mountains and Lowlands

5. Folk Culture

6. Short History  The first state formation - Great Moravia, 9th-10th century  Slovakia was a part of Great Hungary, till 1918  Formation of Czechoslovakia, 1918  “Independence“ under pressure from German, 1939  Reunited with the rest od Czechoslovakia, 1945  Czechoslovakia - ruled by a Soviet-style Communist regime, 1948 - 89  The country broke apart – Slovakia and the Czech Republic, 1993

7. Economy Macroeconomic Performance & Forecast for 2001 Source: OECD 1995199619971998199920002001 GDP growth (%)6.76.2 4.41.92.23.0 GDP (US$ bn)17.318.819.421.319.721.223.4 Inflation (%)9.95.86.16.710.512.58.0 Unemploymen t (%)13.112.812.515.619.217.916.0 Trade balance (US$ bn)-0.2-2.3-2.0-2.4-1.1-0.9-0.7 Fiscal balance (% of GDP)2.2-10.6-5.3-4.8-3.6-4.5-4.0 Foreign reserve s (US$ bn)3.43.53.32.93.44.14.5 Foreign debt (US$ bn)5.87.810.711.910.510.910.2

8. Exports & Imports Major industries: brown coal mining, chemical, metal working, consumer appliances, fertilizers, plastics, armaments Exports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment 37%; intermediate manufactured goods 30%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 13%; chemicals 9%; raw materials 4% Exports - partners: Czech Republic (40%), Germany, Austria, Poland Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment 40%; intermediate manufactured goods 18%; fuels 11%; chemicals 11%; miscellaneous manufactured goods 10% Imports - partners: Czech Republic (30%), Germany, Italy, Russia

9. Currency Monetary unit: Slovenska koruna (Slovak crown) 1 koruna (Sk) = 100 halierov Exchange rates: 1 € = 38.878 1 $ = 30.111

10. Links http://www.slovakia.org/ http://www.sario.sk/ http://www.sacr.sk/index.php?p=30