Slovensko
Area: 49 034 km
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Population: 5.4 million (rounded)
Capital city: Bratislava
Currency: 1 Slovak crown = 100 haliers, 1 euro = 37.8 Slovak crowns (SKK) (dec. 2005)
National day: 29 August, 1 September
EU membership: 1 May 2004 (EU)
Head of State: President Ivan Gašparovič
Head of Government: Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda
Foreign Minister: Eduard Kukan
Government: Slovenská Demokratická a Krestanská Únia (SDKU, Slovak Democratic and Christian Union, 28 seats), Strana madarskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (SMK, Party of the Hungarian Coalition, 20 seats)
Parliament: Unicameral: Národná Rada, 150 members, elections every 4 years, 5 % threshold
GDP: €33 119 million (2004, rounded)
GDP per capita in PPS: €11 600 (2004, rounded)
Economic growth in real terms: + 5.5 % (2004, rounded)
Links:
Head of State: http://www.prezident.sk
Head of Government: http://www.vlada.gov.sk
Foreign Minister: http://www.foreign.gov.sk
Parliament: http://www.nrsr.sk
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