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* ''Film/TheShopOnMainStreet'', which won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestForeignLanguageFilm, dramatizes the deportation of the Jewish population of a small Slovak town in 1942.

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* ''Film/TheShopOnMainStreet'', which won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestForeignLanguageFilm, MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestForeignLanguageFilm, dramatizes the deportation of the Jewish population of a small Slovak town in 1942.
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** Prime Minister: Eduard Heger
** National Council Speaker: Boris Kollár

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** Prime Minister: Eduard Heger
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** National Council Speaker: Boris KollárPeter Pellegrini
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* Actress Creator/BarbaraNedeljakova, better known as Natalya in ''Film/{{Hostel}}''.
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* A large part of Jaroslav Hašek's classic ''The Good Soldier Švejk'' is set in easternmost Slovakia (where the frontline of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI went through several times). Notably, the chapter where the characters arrive in Humenné has Švejk trying to buy rum from a seller [[http://www.regionalnedejiny.sk/wp-content/uploads/gallery/humenne/zeleznicna-stanica.jpg at the train station]] and getting caught by lieutenant Dub. The existence of this and other side plots has led to Humenné becoming the unofficial "Švejk capital of Slovakia" and to the unveiling of [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Bona_Soldato_SVEJK_en_Humenne.JPG Švejk's statue at the train station]] as a minor tourist attraction.

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* A large part of Jaroslav Hašek's classic ''The Good Soldier Švejk'' ''Literature/TheGoodSoldierSvejk'' is set in easternmost Slovakia (where the frontline of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI went through several times). Notably, the chapter where the characters arrive in Humenné has Švejk trying to buy rum from a seller [[http://www.regionalnedejiny.sk/wp-content/uploads/gallery/humenne/zeleznicna-stanica.jpg at the train station]] and getting caught by lieutenant Dub. The existence of this and other side plots has led to Humenné becoming the unofficial "Švejk capital of Slovakia" and to the unveiling of [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Bona_Soldato_SVEJK_en_Humenne.JPG Švejk's statue at the train station]] as a minor tourist attraction.
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After the turbulent political era of TheNineties, modern Slovakia eventually became prosperous with a steadily growing economy. Of course, not everything is perfect, with various corruption scandals in politics on the local and national level still being a major problem, though recently the situation seems to be improving, with more uncompromising civic activism starting to influence Bratislava. The country has been a member of both UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion and UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} since 2004. In January 2009 it replaced its previous monetary unit, [[http://www.slovensko.com/about/banknotes-coins/ the Slovak crown]], and is now using the euro, unlike the UsefulNotes/CzechRepublic. This makes it easier for visitors from Austria, who can get regular trains over to Bratislava and not have to go through border checks because of the Schengen agreement (quick tip: the ZSSK i.e. Slovakian coach has air-conditioning).

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After the turbulent political era of TheNineties, modern Slovakia eventually became prosperous with a steadily growing economy. Of course, not everything is perfect, with various corruption scandals in politics on the local and national level still being a major problem, though recently the situation seems to be improving, with more uncompromising civic activism starting to influence Bratislava. The country has been a member of both UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion and UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} since 2004. In January 2009 it replaced its previous monetary unit, [[http://www.slovensko.com/about/banknotes-coins/ the Slovak crown]], and is now using the euro, unlike the UsefulNotes/CzechRepublic. This makes it easier for visitors from Austria, UsefulNotes/{{Austria}}, who can get regular trains over to Bratislava and not have to go through border checks because of the Schengen agreement (quick tip: the ZSSK i.e. Slovakian coach has air-conditioning).

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