SLOVAKIA
THE COUNTRY
IN THE CENTRE OF EUROPE

Slovakia is a sovereign,
democratic and legal country.
It is not tied to any
ideology or religion.
People are free and equal
in dignity as well as rights. Basic rights and freedoms can not be revoked
or cancelled.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
The Slovak Republic was established on January
1th 1993 after the peaceful split of the former Czecho-Slovakia into two
independent sovereign countries. It is inhabited by 5.4 million people,
85.7% being of Slovak nationality (1996). According to the Constitution
of the Slovak Republic, it is a country with guaranteed human rights and
freedoms, political rights, rights of ethnic minorities and ethnic groups,
economic, social, and cultural rights, right to the protection of the environment
and cultural heritage, and with the right to court and other legal protection.
The only constitution-making and law-making
body of the Slovak Republic is the National Council of the Slovak Republic
(NCSR), which consists of 150 members of parliament. The Head of State
is the President and supreme executive power is the Government of the Slovak
Republic. The environmental protection is provided by the Ministry of the
Environment of the Slovak Republic (MESR).