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;

Enlargement to Slovakia (T)

EU - Slovakia (T)

9th parliamentary term

EU - Slovakia

EMPL Committee delegation visit to Kosice, Slovakia - Visit of a Roma settlement in Drienovec

EMPL Committee delegation visit to Kosice, Slovakia.

EP Delegation to Slovakia: visit of Roma settlements and meeting with social workers

CONT Committee - Follow-up on investigations of possible misuse of EU funds for agriculture in Slovakia

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Peter PELLEGRINI, Slovak President

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Peter PELLEGRINI, President of Slovakia: arrival and roundtable

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of a polling station in the Old Town of Bratislava (Slovakia)

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of a young voter in Ružinov and a polling station in Petržalka, Bratislava (Slovakia)

European Elections 2024 - "One month to go": Illuminations in Bratislava (Slovakia)

EP Mini-Plenary Session - Attempts to dismantle Rule of Law and media freedom in Slovakia - Council and Commission statements

Attempts to dismantle Rule of Law and media freedom in Slovakia: extracts from the debate

Attempts to dismantle Rule of Law and media freedom in Slovakia: Closing statements by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice, and Mathieu MICHEL, Belgian Secretary of State for Digitalisation

Plenary debate - Rule of Law in Slovakia

Debate - Planned dissolution of key anti-corruption structures in Slovakia and its implications on the Rule of Law

Committee on Budgetary Control

Attempts to dismantle Rule of Law and media freedom in Slovakia: MEPs debate

Attempts to dismantle Rule of Law and media freedom in Slovakia: Opening statements by Mathieu MICHEL, Belgian Secretary of State for Digitalisation, and Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Zuzana ČAPUTOVÁ, President of Slovakia: arrival, meeting and roundtable

Planned dissolution of key anti-corruption structures in Slovakia and its implications on the Rule of Law: Closing statement Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice and Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the EU

Planned dissolution of key anti-corruption structures in Slovakia and its implications on the Rule of Law: MEPs debate

Planned dissolution of key anti-corruption structures in Slovakia and its implications on the Rule of Law: opening statement by Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the EU and Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Bratislava (Slovakia): meeting with Ľudovít ÓDOR, Slovakian Interim Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Bratislava (Slovakia): meeting with the parents of Ján KUCIAK, Slovakian murderd journalist and solemn ceremony at the Ján Kuciak & Martina Kušnírová Memorial

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Bratislava (Slovakia): meeting with Zuzana ČAPUTOVÁ, President of Slovakia

Visit of Zuzana ČAPUTOVÁ, President of the Slovak Republic to the European Parliament: meeting with Roberta METSOLA, EP President and extracts from the formal sitting

Formal sittig: address by Zuzana ČAPUTOVÁ, President of the Slovak Republic

Infoclip: Refugees fleeing Ukraine in Slovakia

Infoclip: Situation of Roma people

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