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| | SLOVAKIA.ORG - Slovaks Abroad and the Diaspora |
 | | Slovak American Catholics and Lutherans still maintain institutions and publications. | | | Most Slovak American organizations supported U.S. policies that opposed the Communists. | | | Many Slovak immigrants who came to the United States before World War I(1914-1918) could neither read nor write. |
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http://www.slovakia.org/sk-american.htm
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| | They said Czech Slovaks had chosen the Czech Republic as their homeland voluntarily, without economic and political pressure, and that they resolutely rejected Slovak politicians' attempts to speak for them.(BBC, 06/04/93). | | | Slota reportedly said that during the existence of the joint CzechoSlovak state Slovakia was a "mere Czech colony, a suppressed and exploited country and the Slovaks were a nation without identity." "It is a historical lie," said Mlynarik, adding that a "reasonable person cannot polemise with such a statement."(CTK National News Wire, 08/04/94). | | | The proposal would only apply to Slovak applicants who had not been sentenced for more than two years in prison or for deportation. |
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http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/data/czeslovchro.htm
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| | Slovaks in the Central Danubian region |
| | Slovak medieval historians neither between the wars nor immediately after the war carried out the critical analysis of the sources of our medieval history even if in some areas some partial contribution appeared. | | | The thing is that the Hungarian ideology denied the ethno genesis of the Slovak nation that had existed up to that time and deprived the Slovaks of any historical rights of the country they lived in. | | | The Slovaks had lived their thousand-years´ historical passage and here they had realized their emancipation attempts directed towards the creation of their own state. |
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| | asn96.htm -- Hungarians, Slovaks and Political Party System Development in the Slovak Republic |
| | How far this resolve would extend in practice--if, for example, Slovaks in minority areas claimed violations of their rights because of SDL policy--remains uncertain since SDL has been part of a majority coalition for only six months in the last six years. | | | To trace the narrative of Slovak party system development in this way is not to offer these party groupings as an explanation for all Slovak politics. | | | In this respect at least, the Slovak political party system is relatively uncomplicated. |
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http://www.cla.wayne.edu/polisci/kdk/papers/asn1996.htm
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| | YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Slovaks |
| | The political transformations of 1989, 1993 and the accession to the EU in 2004 brought new liberties, which have considerably improved the outlook and prospects of all Slovaks. | | | some 6 630 854 Slovaks in 2001 (7 180 000 in 1991) in the world. | | | *(1)there were, however, 1 882 915 Slovaks in the US according to the 1990 census, (2) there are some 400 000 "Czechoslovaks" in the US, a large part of which are Slovaks |
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http://www.yourart.com/research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Slovaks
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| | The Hyphen War, though it may seem ridiculous, was one case in which Slovaks attempted to gain political and international equality with the Czechs. | | | Another peculiar situation was the existence of two communist parties inside of Czechoslovakia, causing a structural political divide between the Czechs and Slovaks. | | | In fact, the majority of the population did not support the breakup of Czechoslovakia, but they did support greater autonomy. |
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http://www.unc.edu/~michalka/slovakia/breakup.html
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| | MAR Data Assessment for Slovaks in the Czech Republic |
| | Slovaks in the Czech Republic are concentrated predominantly in the areas which had a large German minority prior to WWII -- Praha, Brno, Karvina, Olomouc, Tabor, Kladno and West Bohmen (GROUPCON = 3). | | | After WWII, they were moved to these areas to replace the German population that had been expelled by the Prezident Benes decrees. | | | Slovaks do not face any significant political or cultural restrictions -- there are numerous organizations representing Slovak interests, both political and cultural. |
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http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=31603
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| | Slovaks reconnect with their heritage |
| | No area of the United States is home to more Slovaks, who as a group learned to survive outside the spotlight and who have endured for a millennium under the thumb of bigger powers. | | | Suzie Ondrejco shares stories of Slovak history and culture with Rachel Collins, 6, of West View; Joseph Lako, 6, of Ross; and other children during a weekly dance class in Homestead. | | | As a presidential candidate, George W. Bush once told a Slovak interviewer: "The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned from your foreign minister, who came to Texas." The trouble was, his meeting was with the prime minister of Slovenia, which was once part of Yugoslavia. |
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http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/20010520slovaksmag2.asp
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| | Slovaks Commemorate Start of Revolt |
| | Bush also expressed gratitude to the "Slovaks who helped captured Americans escape from prison camps, as well as for those who risked their lives to provide food, clothing, and shelter for Americans in need." | | | the victims of this fight against the National Socialists and we acknowledge our responsibility to keep the memory of these events alive," he said in a message carried in Slovak by the national news agency TASR. | | | "By engaging approximately 50,000 Nazi soldiers, the Slovak National Uprising demonstrated the hope, courage and conviction of the Slovak people," [President] Bush said in a statement. |
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| | Toronto Slovaks before 1934 |
| | The year 1927 was an historical year for the Slovak people of Toronto. | | | This was the first time the Slovak people had a Slovak priest in Toronto. | | | This was the first church which the Slovaks attended as a group. |
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http://collections.ic.gc.ca/magic/mt47.html
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| | Slovaks Choose Putin Over Bush |
| | Of 505 people interviewed by the Markant agency on Feb. 16-17, 43 percent said they viewed Putin as the guarantor of democracy in the world, and only 35.9 percent said they thought of Bush in that way. | | | BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- More Slovaks see President Vladimir Putin as a guarantor of democracy in the world than consider U.S. President George W. Bush to be one, a poll released Monday showed. |
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| | Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Gasparovic Wins as Slovaks Reject One-Time Pariah |
| | The West assailed Meciar for what it viewed as his anti-democratic rule in the mid-1990s. | | | The electoral committee said on Sunday that preliminary official results showed Gasparovic, a former political ally of Meciar, took 59.91 percent of the vote in Saturday's election. | | | Slovaks rejected a return to power of hard-line nationalist former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar in a presidential runoff vote, choosing the more moderate Ivan Gasparovic as the country heads into the European Union. |
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2004/04/18/gasparovic_wins_as_slovaks_reject_one_time_pariah_1082285253
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| | CNN.com - Slovaks endorse EU membership - May. 18, 2003 |
| | Slovakia, a landlocked country of 5.4 million people, was part of Czechoslovakia before becoming a separate nation after the disintegration of Czechoslovakia's Communist system. | | | Slovaks "protest things that have nothing to do with the EU," Pavel Haulik, a sociologist who specializes in election behavior, told The Associated Press. | | | The Slovak Republic becomes the fifth of 10 countries to gain their citizens' approval for admission to the EU next year. |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/05/18/slovakia.vote
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| | the Slovaks |
| | This party was strongly Catholic and would later find support from the Nazi government. | | | Slovak industry was not as advanced as that of the Czech Lands and had been highly subsidized by the Hungarian government. | | | In response to poorer living standards and a general sense of disenfranchisement, Hlinka’s Slovak Peoples Party (HSPP) was formed in 1920. |
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| | BBC NEWS Europe Slovaks salute Pope's legacy |
| | It is partly because of his leadership in opposing the communist authorities in his native Poland and across the region that the Pope, born Karol Wojtyla, is still so revered today. | | | As the congregation waited for the Mass to begin, music from the choir was interspersed with prayers, particularly remembering the Slovak nun and bishop who were to be beatified during the service. | | | They camped out in the public square in a suburb of Bratislava, waiting for the Pope's mass on Sunday, the final event of his four-day trip to Slovakia. |
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| | Czechs and Slovaks in Florida - SVU Paper |
| | Many of these young people come on tourist or student visas and just stay in Florida after their visas expire. | | | According to the 1990 census, there were 36,000 of Czech descent, 70,000 of Slovak descent and 15,000 described as Czechoslovak descent living in Florida. | | | In 1924 Joseph Joscak, editor of the New Yorksy Denník, a daily Slovak newspaper in New York City, began writing a series of articles about the wonderful State of Florida where it was reported that it was possible to grow as many as three crops annually due to the warm climate. |
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| | Slovak news: Slovaks now more tolerant towards refugees |
| | However, the poll, carried out by the Focus agency, also found that 50 percent of Slovaks think refugees should be sent back to their homelands. | | | Forty percent who held this opinion were in favour of a quick expulsion from Slovakia, the daily SME reported. | | | In 2001 as many as 51 percent were in favour of the quick expulsion, Mária Čierna from the Slovak office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said. |
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| | IOL: Slovaks hope to stage Cup final in tiny arena |
| | I believe that the ITF will accept this," head of the Slovak Tennis Federation, Igor Moska, told journalists. | | | The Slovaks believe they would not have to change the stadium, although they will have to obey to regulations on making available space for sponsors, players, fans and the ITF itself. | | | An alternative venue for the final is an ice hockey stadium in Bratislava, which could seat around 8 000 spectators, but the players are against such a move. |
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| | Modern History Sourcebook: Ivan Derer: The Autonomist Movement in Slovakia, 1938 |
| | The Slovaks in those days had no importance whatsoever. | | | She describes how the masses were helped not merely by the inculcation of self-respect and self-consciousness, by the making of their language the official language and the making of their interests the interests of the State, but also by a cultural, economic and social uplift. | | | Such is still the state of many Slovaks. |
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| | List of Slovaks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | General Ján Golian (1906-1945) – one of the main organizers of the Slovak National Uprising | | | This is a list of Slovaks and of individuals of significance to Slovakia. | | | Jozef Tiso (1887-1947) - president of the WWII Slovak Republic |
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| | NBC 15 :: Close to Home - Bush to show Slovaks gratitude over Iraq, but many just want the troops home |
| | Alexander Duleba, an analyst with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, told the Sme newspaper he thought the poll reflected Slovaks' disagreement with Bush's policy in Iraq. | | | Although Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda's government is among the United States' staunchest allies in Central and Eastern Europe, many Slovaks take a decidedly dim view of Bush. | | | But many Slovaks look at their leaders and see a government intent on keeping troops in Iraq - even though recent surveys show three in four citizens want the soldiers home. |
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http://www.wpmi.com/news/world/story.aspx?content_id=F4886D2E-DB99-4E4C-B529-1862CD8FF3B2
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| | Slovak Cuvac |
| | With his solid constitution, the Slovak Cuvac effectively defends his flock against wolves and bears. |
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| | BBC NEWS Europe Slovaks say 'Yes' to EU |
| | Slovakia is the fifth EU candidate to hold a referendum on joining, after 10 states were invited last year to join the bloc in May 2004. | | | Slovaks have voted overwhelmingly to join the European Union, according to official results of a two-day referendum released on Sunday. | | | And in an attempt to ensure a valid referendum, Slovak leaders resorted to a last-minute appeal to get people to vote. |
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| | Boston.com / News / World / Europe / For Slovaks, Bush visit fuels a new legitimacy |
| | ''This summit is the most important international happening on Slovak soil in Slovakia's modern history," Pavol Kubovic, a leading Slovak politician and deputy chairman of the Slovak Christian and Democratic Union, told the English-language Slovak Spectator. | | | Yesterday, President Bush told a cheering crowd in Bratislava that the country was now ''a trusted friend and reliable ally" whose democratic transformation ''is inspiring newly liberated people" across the globe. | | | For Slovaks, the chance to revel in the limelight was a long time coming. |
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/02/25/for_slovaks_bush_visit_fuels_a_new_legitimacy
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| | Immigrants to Canada - Hungarians, Croats, Slovaks, Czechs, Romanian |
| | John Gellner and John Smerek, The Czechs and Slovaks in Canada, (University of Toronto Press, Toronto: 1968). | | | In 1874 the Prime Minister had stated, "There is no Slovak nation"(1) and they closed the Slovak schools so children could not be educated in their mother tongue. | | | Czechs and Slovaks were part of the Austro-Hungarian empire in the 1800s. |
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| | What Kind of People Are These Slovaks |
| | Though people here have said they treated you like they did because you have money, you're American. | | | It was after years of reseach that I found out about her and my many other cousins in the town of Kra'l'ova' pri Senci. | | | Especially when I realized that she knew she was dying and yet she went through all this work for us strangers. |
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| | ARCHIVES OF CZECHS AND SLOVAKS ABROAD |
| | Information on the achievements of socially active immigrants can be found in the substantial collection of anniversary publications of fraternal, social, political, religious, cultural, and sports organizations. | | | The Archives of Czechs and Slovaks Abroad (ACASA) consists of several thousand books, brochures, periodicals, anniversary publications, almanacs, and personal papers of Czechs and Slovaks who have lived outside of Czechoslovakia for some portion of their lives. | | | Esther Jerabek’s Czechs and Slovaks in North America: A Bibliography (New York, 1976), provides a guide to much of the older material found in the archives. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Slovaks return pro-western coalition |
| | In a crucial election determining the country's chances of joining the two key western clubs, the Slovaks turned their backs on the formidable former prime minister, Vladimir Meciar, after loud warnings from the west that a vote for him would be a vote for international isolation. | | | Mr Meciar, none the less, remains the most popular politician in the country and his HZDS party emerged as the strongest single party, taking almost 20% of the vote. | | | EU ambassadors in the capital, Bratislava, were quick to applaud the voters' choice yesterday in Slovakia's most important election since the collapse of communism in 1989 and the break-up of Czechoslovakia three years later. |
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| | Slovaks ready to go step better - Breaking News - http://www.smh.com.au |
| | But Hantuchova and new team-mate Dominik Hrbaty left no doubt about their credentials for this year's final after topping Group B in the mixed teams round-robin event. | | | The Slovaks were gifted a place in last year's decider when a foot injury to Alicia Molik forced Australia out of its showdown with the US. | | | The Slovaks narrowly lost their opening tie 2-1 to Australia, but qualified for the final following a 2-1 victory over America and the 3-0 sweep of the Netherlands. |
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Slovaks-ready-to-go-step-betters/2005/01/07/1104832299301.html
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| | The Odyssey of The Czech-Slovaks in WWI |
| | As these people have united with the Czechs to form the new independent republic, its authorities have decided that both the land and the people should be called, not Czecho-Slavic as they were at first, but Czecho-Slovak. | | | It is, of course, well known that the Czecho-Slovaks are not Russians; that they are a well organized and thoroughly disciplined force recruited from former Austrian soldiers of the Bohemian and Slovak races, who surrendered to the Russians. | | | There exist, however, contiguous to the Czechs, a people of another branch of the Slavic race, known as Slovaks; and their home, a northern district of Hungary, they have named Slovakia. |
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| | Bush Hails Slovaks for Support in Iraq |
| | BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- U.S. President George W. Bush hailed Slovaks on Thursday as "friends, allies and brothers" in the fight for global freedom, and thanked the country for deploying a small but symbolic contingent of troops to Iraq. | | | In an address to a crowd gathered on a Bratislava square, Bush saluted the ex-communist country for standing with the United States and its other European allies. |
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http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/02/25/251.html
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| | Census of Slovaks, 1922, Mahoning County |
| | You can go to the index by location to see other Slovak families that were living in the same locality in 1922. | | | District Assembly of the Slovak League of America | | | The 1922 Census of the Slovak People Living in Mahoning County, Ohio, lists 2,069 different surnames and locality combinations. |
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| | For FREE sample issue of The Slovak Heritage Live Newsletter |
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| | NBC 15 :: Close to Home - Nalbandian pulls Argentina even with Slovaks |
| | Mobile man awaits Supreme Court word on his Fla. execution | | | Last Update: 9/23/2005 11:34:41 PM Friday's opening singles got off to a surprising start when Slovakian Karol Beck stunned 2004 French Open runner-up Guillermo Coria 7-5, 6-4, 6-4, but the Argentines didn't trail for long, as Nalbandian erased the deficit with a 3-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3 decision against the top Slovakian player, Dominik Hrbaty. | | | The Slovaks are 1-0 all-time versus the Argentines, with the victory coming in a qualifying round in 1998. |
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http://www.wpmi.com/sports/story.aspx?content_id=A7C8EE97-9EA4-49D3-85EF-E6DDC98C58C5
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| | Slovaks defeat former champion (archived) - Fox Sports |
| | Slovaks defeat former champion (archived) - Fox Sports | | | Match.com: More marriages than any other dating site | | | SAMANTHA Stosur and Lisa Raymond have been defeated by Chinese pair Zi Yang and Jie Zheng in the final of the woman's doubles. |
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| | Leerburg Web Forums: Slovaks and Czech Commands |
| | Is there a diff of Slovak and Czech commands or are they the same. | | | Hope someone can help me out or refer me to a site that i can do some reference check. | | | What are the commands words used in SchH and how to pronounce them. |
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http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/2514292/Main/109172
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| | USATODAY.com - Austrians, Slovaks suffering wind fatigue |
| | VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Relentless gale-force winds are making life miserable for Austrians and Slovaks, and as if two weeks of accidents, property damage and bad hair days haven't been enough, forecasters say more is on the way. | | | Rescue workers remove an overturned car next to a main highway about 50 miles west of Vienna, Austria. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormcenter/2004-11-23-europe-winds_x.htm
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| | Slovak Clothing : CafePress.com |
| | Enter your keyword or topic to find products. | | | Not Slovak, well its time you aknowleged that they rock. | | | So buy a shirt and let everyone know that you know!! |
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| | Wanted, Deadbeats, Criminals, Fugitives, Thiefs, Slovaks, Cleveland, Ohio |
| | Enter the PROMO CODE and $10 in TradeBux will automatically be transferred into your account. | | | Wanted, Deadbeats, Criminals, Fugitives, Thiefs, Slovaks, Cleveland, Ohio | | | FRANK, YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CANNOT HIDE AND, SOME DAY, I WILL BE THERE TO GREET YOU. |
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