'''Slovakia''' is a country in [[Central Europe]] formed in 1993, after the [[Velvet Divorce]], in which [[Czechoslovakia]] split into the [[Czech Republic]] and Slovakia. Its capital is [[Bratislava]].
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'''Slovakia'''<ref>The official full name in Slovak ''Slovenská republika'' (in English the '''Slovak Republic''') abbreviation in Slovak ''SR''.</ref> is a country in [[Central Europe]] formed in 1993, after the [[Velvet Divorce]], in which [[Czechoslovakia]] split into the [[Czech Republic]] and Slovakia. Its capital is [[Bratislava]]. It has been a member state of the [[European Union]] and the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] since 2004.