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Slovakia has struggled with a low international profile. Often overlooked as the Czech Republic's little sister, it is a young country with an old culture and history, and a people who are proudly Central (not Eastern) European. Although for much of the twentieth century Czechs and Slovaks lived together in one state, there are important differences between them, differences that ultimately contributed to separation in 1993 and the rebirth of a sovereign Slovak state.Generally speaking, the Slovaks are more "Slavic" than the Czechs—their pace of life is slower, and their spare time is more often filled with friends, family, and music. They are known to be resistant to change, yet change has been a constant in the state's short economic and political history—from the fall of communism in the Velvet Revolution of late 1989, to the Velvet Divorce of Czechoslovakia in 1993, to widespread economic diversification, expansion, and global influence, to European Union membership in 2004, and the adoption of the euro in 2009— and they have adapted with quiet optimism.Slovakia has been referred to as the economic "tiger" of Europe, and now that it has EU membership and a healthy industrial ec

Who reads Slovakia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture?

Author

Brendan Edwards; Culture Smart!

Publisher

Kuperard Publishers

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781857335675

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Travel, History, Fiction