In 2004 Slovakia joined the European Union as a Member State. It is a member of&nbsp;the Schengen area&nbsp;since 21 December 2007.&nbsp;It is a member of the&nbsp;Eurozone, when the Euro was introduced to replace the Slovak Crown as the national currency.

There are more than 5.4 million people in Slovakia. The country has 14 Members of European Parliament (MEPs). Slovakia has presided the EU between July and December 2016. Slovakia is a parliamentary democratic republic with a head of government - the Prime Minister - who holds the most executive power and a head of state - the President - who is the formal head of the executive, but with&nbsp;limited powers. The country is subdivided into 8 regions, each named after its principal city.&nbsp;

The country was in the centre of attention nad underwent huge political turbulences in&nbsp;2018 when the investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée were murdered.&nbsp;

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Slovakia is a country in eastern central Europe and is bordered by Czechia and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. 

Slovakia is a member of the EU since 2004, Member of the Eurozone since 1 January 2009 and a Schengen area Member since 21 December 2007. There are 13 Members of the European Parliament from Slovakia.

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Klaus HANSCH EP President, Jan LISUCH, Slovakian Ambassador during a meeting in Brussels in November 1994.

Accession ceremony welcoming 10 new member states into the European Union.

Veronika is a communicative and active young student of bilingual gymnasium from Slovakia. She was born on the 1st of May 2004, which is the same day the country she is from joined the European Union. Parliament celebrates the 20th anniversary of the EU’s biggest enlargement. This news item shows young Veronika studying in Slovakia, spending time with her friends and sharing her testimony on the feelings about this historical event and the EU. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivering.

Born European - 20th anniversary of the 2004 Enlargement of the European Union – Slovakia

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement, the EP buildings in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg are illuminated.

20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement: illuminations of the EP buildings in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg

Parliament celebrates the 20th anniversary of the EU’s biggest enlargement. Young people, born on or around 1 May 2004 from the new member states, testimony on their feelings about this historical event and the EU.

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This memoclip illustrates the 2004 Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Memoclip: 2004 Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: arrival and family picture of Presidents of Parliaments of the new Members States and EU Ambassadors.

Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: arrival and family picture of Presidents of Parliaments of the new Members States and EU Ambassadors

Enlargement Ceremony at the European Parliament : Presentation of the flags by the Presidents of the Czech, Estonian, Cyprus and Hungarian Parliaments - Addresses by Pat COX, EP President and Lech WALESA, former Polish President

Enlargement Ceremony at the European Parliament : Presentation of the flags by the Presidents of the Czech, Estonian, Cyprus and Hungarian Parliaments - Addresses by Pat COXV and Lech WALESA

Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: Preparation by the Eurocorps militar force.

Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: Preparation by the Eurocorps militar force

The European Parliament welcomes 10 new member states of the EU in May 2004. Including speeches by Pat COX, EP President, and former Polish President Lech WALESA. Presentation of flags by representatives of each of the new member states: Petr PITHART, President of the Senate of the Czech Republic and Lubomir ZAORALEK, President of the Lower House of the Czech Republic; Ene ERGMA, President of the Parliament of Estonia; Dimitris CHRISTOFIAS, President of the Chamber of Representatives of Cyprus; Andris ARGALIS, Vice-President of the Parliament of Latvia; Ceslovas JURSENAS, Acting President of the Parliament of Lithuania; Laszlo MANDUR, Vice-President of the National Assembly of Hungary; Anton TABONE, President of the Chamber of Representatives of Malta; Josef OLEKSY, President of the Polish Diet; Borut PAHOR, President of the National Assembly of Slovenia; Pavol HRUSOVSKY, President of the Parliament of Slovakia.

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Born European - 20th anniversary of the 2004 Enlargement of the European Union – Slovakia

20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement: illuminations of the EP buildings in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg

Clip: Born European - 20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement

Memoclip: 2004 Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: arrival and family picture of Presidents of Parliaments of the new Members States and EU Ambassadors

Enlargement Ceremony at the European Parliament : Presentation of the flags by the Presidents of the Czech, Estonian, Cyprus and Hungarian Parliaments - Addresses by Pat COXV and Lech WALESA

Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: Preparation by the Eurocorps militar force

Official 2004 enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

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Klaus HANSCH EP President, Jan LISUCH, Slovakian Ambassador during a meeting in Brussels in November 1994.

Accession ceremony welcoming 10 new member states into the European Union.

Accession ceremony welcoming 10 new member states into the European Union.

Accession ceremony welcoming 10 new member states into the European Union.

Accession ceremony welcoming 10 new member states into the European Union.

Accession ceremony welcoming 10 new member states into the European Union.

Accession ceremony welcoming 10 new member states into the European Union.

Accession ceremony welcoming 10 new member states into the European Union.

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Klaus HANSCH EP President, Jan LISUCH, Slovakian Ambassador during a meeting in Brussels in November 1994.

Accession ceremony welcoming 10 new member states into the European Union.

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