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Relations with Slovakia 
Country profile 
| Official name: |
Slovak Republic |
| Form of state: |
Parliamentary Republic |
| Population: |
5.4 million inhabitants |
| Area: |
49,035 km2 |
| Density: |
108 inhabitants per km2 |
| Distribution: |
56.9% urban; 43.7% rural |
| Neighbouringcountries: |
Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine |
| Ethnic profile: |
Slovak (85.8%), Hungarian (9.7%), Roma (1.7%) (according to other sources, could reach 10%), Czech (0.8%), Ruthenian (0.4%), Ukrainian (0.2%), German (0.1%), Polish (0.04%) |
| Languages: |
Official: Slovak; other: Hungarian |
| Religion: |
Roman Catholic (68.9%), Protestant (9.1%), Greek-Catholic (4.1%), Jewish (0.04%), Atheist (13%), unknown (3%) |
| Life expectancy: |
68.4 years (male), 76.3 years (female) (1995) |
| Currency: |
Slovak crown (1€=42,48 crowns) (Oct. 2001) |
Press releases / News section
Slovakia takes next step towards 18 million farm programme , 26 March 2001 (IP/01/441) (FR )
Rural development programmes for Estonia, Lithuania and Slovakia endorsed, 25 October 2000 (DN: IP/00/1211) (FR / DE )
EIB loans for small projects in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary , 13 april 2000 (EXT 2000/009)
Commission signs joint assessment of medium-term economic policy priorities for the Slovak Republic, 29 February 2000 (IP/00/198) (FR / DE )
Prodi and Verheugen visit Slovakia on Thursday, 20 January 2000 (DN: IP/00/62) (FR / DE )
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