National holidays:

1 January - Day of the establishment of the Slovak Republic (1993)

5 July - St. Cyril and Methodius Day (their arrival into Great - Moravia´s Empire in 863)

29 August - Slovak National Uprising anniversary

The Office of the President of the Slovak Republic
Štefánikova 2, P.O.Box 128, 810 00 Bratislava 1

Official name: Slovak Republic

State formation date: 1.1.1993

State system: republic

Political system: parliamentary democracy

Constitutional and legislative power: National Council of the SR (150 members of Parliament elected for 4 years)

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