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SLOVAKIA
Slovak Republic
Slovenska Republika
CAPITAL: Bratislava
FLAG: Horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, superimposed with a crest of a white double
cross on three blue mountains.
ANTHEM: Nad Tatru sa blyska (Over Tatra it lightens).
MONETARY UNIT: The currency of the Slovak Republic is the Slovak koruna (SK) consisting of 100
hellers, which replaced the Czechoslovak Koruna (KCS) on 8 February 1993. There are coins of 10,
20, and 50 hellers and 1, 2, 5, and 10 korun, and notes of 20, 50, 100, 500, 1,000, and 5,000 korun.
SK1 = $0.0271(or $1 = SK36.87) as of May 2003.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: The metric system is the legal standard.
HOLIDAYS: New Year’s Day, 1 January; May Day, 1 May; Anniversary of Liberation, 8 May; Day of the
Slav Apostles, 5 July; Anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising, 29 August; Reconciliation Day, 1
November; Christmas, 24–26 December. Movable holiday is Easter Monday.
TIME: 1 PM = noon GMT.
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