The word "slovak" is correct when referring to something related to Slovakia or its people.
It is typically used in contexts discussing nationality, culture, or language.
Example: "She is a Slovak citizen who speaks both Slovak and English fluently."
Alternatives: "Slovakian" or "from Slovakia."
The Austrian ratification - opposed by just one vote - and the strong support from the Slovak parliament, which voted 116-27 to endorse the charter, gave EU backers a boost as they try to gain support ahead of the May 29 referendum in France.
The Slovak prime minister, Mikulas Dzurinda, said the ratification was "in the interest of Slovakia, in the interest of Europe".
After the decision taken by then Czech prime minister Václav Klaus and Slovak prime minister Vladimír Mečiar, there was no way back.
The 37-year-old Slovak center celebrated by pounding the boards behind the net as the sellout crowd of 21,871 roared.
Czechs were also signing condolence books to pay tribute to Havel in Prague and many other places all across the country, as well as in the Slovak capital of Bratislava.
Peter Kazimir, the Slovak finance minister, said he was pessimistic about a deal being done before the eurozone finance ministers meet in Riga a week on Friday.
At a recent major Bratislava conference of presidents and prime ministers from the post-Soviet bloc, the Slovak leadership basked in the glow of successful integration with the west, holding itself up as an example to the struggling states of the Balkans, the Caucasus and central Asia.
Slovakia's president, Robert Fico, recently called the sanctions a "meaningless" gesture that would jeopardise the EU economy, and Slovak officials reportedly attempted to have Russia's deputy prime minister, Dmitry Rogozin, left off the sanctions list in March.
"We need to stop believing blindly in the governors of the eurozone and start preparing plan B, a return to the Slovak crown".
But, added Žantovský – who is married to a Slovak – while he is happy the division worked out for Czechoslovakia ("both countries have done well and relations between them are very good") he would not, he said recommend any other country follow the example.
The then Slovak prime minister - the hardman who led Slovakia to its first-ever independent status in 1993 - was a pariah.
