POPULATION Celtic tribes were living in what is now Slovakia by about the 5th century BC. They were later replaced by Germanic tribes, and Slavic peoples moved into the area during the 5th century AD.
More than 80 per cent of the people of Slovakia are Slovaks. Nearly 11 per cent are Hungarians, or Magyars, living mostly in the south. Officially, the Romany (gypsy) ethnic group accounts for 1.5 per cent of the population, but the real figure may be as high as 10 per cent. The Romanies are nomadic and therefore difficult to
GOVERNMENT Slovakia's head of state, the president, is elected by the Slovak National Council, which has 150 members directly elected by universal suffrage using secret ballots. The prime minister is head of government. Court judges are chosen by the National Council. The voting age is 18. Slovakia has 8 regions and is subdivided into 72 districts.
RECENT HISTORY When the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dismantled in 1918 after World War I, Slovaks joined with Czechs, under the leadership of Tomáš Masaryk and Mila
In Slovakia are many holidays days. The best days are Christmas and Easter. On Christmas when you want see a gold pig you can not eating all day. On Christmas is in house Christmas tree and on evening are under they presents. On Christmas we are eating a carp and salad. For little children are say that presents carry the Infant Christ. Over the eating are all went near the Christmas tree and unpack our presents. Next holiday day after Christmas is New Years Eve it is on 31.12. , and then the people celebrated end of old year and b
We started enjoying Christmas time on 24th December, but people usually buy gifts, food and all Christmas decoration a long time before Christmas. They send a lot of Christmas postcards with the wishes to their friends, relatives or business partners. Everybody decorates his (her) house flat, garden or fence. There are candled everywhere : on the table, in the windows, in the shopwindows, in the churches, on the branches of the trees. Especially children like decorating the Christmas tree. 24th December :
Critics say that Tess of the d’Urberville is the best and the most famous novel of Thomas Hardy. Maybe it is true and I cannot stand against or for these opinions because I have not read any of his other books. The thing I know for sure is that I was a bit confused with some things when I had finished reading of this book and in the following lines I will try to explain why it was so. In this novel, Thomas Hardy focused on everyday life of ordinary people – farmers and their families. These 19th century people believed that the fate plays a
The purpose of this speech is to inform you about Alcatraz probably the most famous prison in the USA that is situated near San Francisco. “You have the right to food, clothing, shelter and medicial attention. Anything else you get is a privilege.” Those were the Alcatraz prison rules and regulations in 1934. These rules were one of the realities of walls of U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island. The privilege was an allowance to work, to go into the library, to exercise or to talk to one another except during meals. The truth of Alcatraz has
It was very hard for me to choose the right theme to write about. A lot of books, movies and dramas went through my mind, but none of them had a real social significance that could be deeply discussed. Suddenly, I had this – I could say beautiful – idea: I would write about the book that has undoubted social significance - Mein Kampf. Let us firstly mention some general facts bout this literary “jewel”. Written by the future Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, at that time imprisoned, this book soon became very popular between the German p
Do you feel that school life might be easier in another country? Well,read on and see how the school system is organised in Britain. Then you can see who gets an easy life. PRIMARY SCHOOL-CHILDREN AGED 3-11YEARS OLD.-Often children will enter a nursery class at the age of 3.They spend just the morning playing.All children must go to school when they are 5. Key Stage One- Children 5-7 years old-Children follow the National Curiculum that the government gives to schools.Every day all British children have literacy and numercy for an
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PRE – SCHOOL
There are a lot of private nurseries in big cities, but you have to pay, when your children visit these nursrries. Children start to go at the nursery at the age of 3 years and finish when they are 6 years old. They come at nursery in the morning and they stay to 3 – 4 p.m. During the day they play with dolls, cars and other toys. They learn songs, poems, riddles and tonguestwisters. Sometimes they
In order to prove ones knowledge in a certain field, an exam is being widely used. A child is examined in the school since its first day. Even the very young children do realize that they may be worse or better then someone else. In their development all of them get adapted to the grading system and understand it as a fundamental judgement of their abilities and personal values. Which is not true. Evaluation of the individual should not only be rounded into the numbers form one to five. It should be a complex
I was 18 years old, just finished the school and had no idea what I was going to do next. I live in small town in southeast of Slovakia where chances to get a job you want is virtually nil and I hadn‘t had past an exam in order for me to get to a university. I was young just a boy and that‘s how I felt. All I wanted was to have a good time with my friends. But I guess you have to make a decision what you are going to do with your life, you can‘t just get drunk every weekend and depend on your parents. I wanted to see the world to travel a
The benefits of good and healthy living start with physical and mental training. Good health produces a longer and a happier life. People must take care of their health. Healthy eating and involvement in some sport often help an individual to maintain a good level of health. A person who becomes newly conscious of his or her health will benefit from avoiding stressful situations. People like a strong, healthy and beautiful body. The trend of physical fitness spreads and gains more and more popularity each year. Physical activity every da
The Evil and His Vengeance Moby-Dick is the story of the fateful voyage of Pequod, a whaling ship commanded by the compelling, mysterious figure Captain Ahab, magnificent in his strengths and weaknesses. In many respects Melville portrays Ahab as barely human, barely governed by human mores and conventions and nearly entirely subject to his own obsession with Moby-Dick. Ahab is in some ways a machine, unaffected by human appetites and without recognizable emotion. He claims himself a god over the Pequod, but instead he may be a satanic f
On November the 6th 2001, The United States of America and Microsoft have reached an agreement in the antitrust lawsuits filed against the Microsoft. Under this settlement, Microsoft agreed to provide more than $1 billion for teacher training, technical support, computers and Microsoft’s software, such as Windows and Office to 12,500 schools in America over the period of five years. Microsoft also agreed to give out its proprietary software codes to competitors. There are also some other things in the settlement that Microsoft must or must no
Sherlock Holmes And The Mystery of the Boscombe Pool By Arthur Conan Doyle
Daniel Kapusta I.C 2001/2002 Characters: Sherlock Holmes - detective (main character) Dr.Watson - doctor, friend of Sherlock Charles McCarthy - victim Mr. James McCarthy - suspect Mr. John Turner - owner of the farm (rich man)
Apprenticed to the China Drama Academy (or "opera school") by his parents at the age of 6, Jackie Chan was rigorously trained in music, dance, and traditional martial arts. A visiting filmmaker offered Chan his first (tiny) role as a stunt player. Chan took the part, and soon left the Opera to pursue the world of film. Fellow Opera students Biao Yuen and Hung Kam-Bo, Sammo would also have careers in film, and the three would star in several films together in the following years. Chan's talent and enthusiasm soon saw him taking la
I’ll write about film SOUTH PARK. It is also TV serial. It’s animated film for adults. But the adults don’t like this film or serial. South Park like just teenagers. But why? Because it’s animated anarchy! We (the younger) like when is someone doing fun from serious things or people (for example Jesus or Saddam Husajn). The main actors of the film are: CARTMAN, KENNY, KYLE, STAN, WENDY and lot of more children. They’re mission is to rescue world before SATAN & SADDAM HUSAJN. They want to take control over the World. But Stan and t
The man on the picture is 35 years old, I think. He’s something about 180 cm tall and weighs 70 kg. The figure of this man is not very athletic. His hair is straight, black, without gray and it seems a little bit oily. The man has black beard and moustache. The glasses give him intelligent look. The briefcase supports opinion that he’s something like lawyer, banker or engineer. He is wearing white shirt, gray suit and striped tie. His shoes are black. The man is waiting for dish. He’s waiting for business partner. They have the job meetin
Animals aren’t satisfied with their drunkard master Jones who mistreat them. They made a meeting in an old barn. The leader was the fattest and oldest pig at the farm, and he said that all animals are equal and free. They started to sing, and the old pig became the heart attack. Then all animals started to cry, so Jones had to shoot from a shotgun. Next morning they were all hungry and they broken in food store. When Jones saw this he took the whip and started to hit them. In this moment, they revol
Prvý obraz poviedky nás zavádza do väzenskej cely, kde sa nám prihovára väzeň. Z jeho rozprávania sa dá vydedukovať, že je vo väzení lebo si o ňom myslia, že je šialený. On sa nás snaží presvedčiť o opaku. Vraví, že jediné, čo je na ňom neobviklé sú jeho extrémne zostrené zmysly a nervozita. Keďže je na začiatku jediným zdrojom informácií, čitateľ sa môže na začiatok pridať na jeho stranu a myslí si že tento človek sa nedostal do väzenia vla