Jozef Tiso was a Slovak politician and Roman Catholic priest who governed the Slovak Republic, a client state of Nazi Germany during World War II, from 1939 to 1945. After the war, he was executed in 1947 for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Bratislava.
Slovak literature is the literature of Slovakia.
The Chairman of the Government of the Slovak Republic, also known as the Prime Minister, is the head of the Government of Slovakia. On paper he is the third highest constitutional official in Slovakia after the President of Slovakia and the Speaker of the National Council. In practice, he is the country's leading political figure.
Hlinka's Slovak People's Party, also known as simply the Slovak People's Party or the Hlinka Party, was a right-wing conservative political party in Slovakia with strong Christian and nationalist orientation. Its members were called Ľudaks.
Slovakia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Czechoslovak era. The Slovak Olympic Committee sent a total of 64 athletes to the Games, 48 men and 16 women, to compete in 11 sports. There was only a single competitor in artistic and trampoline gymnastics and sailing.
Jozef Stümpel is a Slovak professional ice hockey centre currently playing for HK Nitra of the Slovak Extraliga.
Matthias Bel or Matthias Bél was a Lutheran pastor and polymath from the Kingdom of Hungary. He is also known as the Great Ornament of Hungary. He described himself as "lingua Slavus, natione Hungarus, eruditione Germanus".
Kisač is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. The settlement has a Slovak ethnic majority.
Ivan Vladimir Rohaček was a Slovak chess player.
Jozef Sabovčík is a Slovak figure skater who competed representing Czechoslovakia. He is the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time European champion, and a six-time Czechoslovak national champion. His quad toe loop at the 1986 European Championships was originally approved as the first quad jump landed in competition, but a few weeks later it was deemed invalid due to a touchdown with his free foot.
Jozef or Józef is a Dutch, Polish and Slovak version of masculine given name Joseph. A selection of people with that name follows. For a comprehensive list see All pages with titles beginning with Jozef and All pages with titles beginning with Józef..
Oľga Beständigová is a Slovak former competitive pair skater. With her brother, Jozef Beständig, she won nine senior international medals and eight Slovak national titles. They competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, five World Championships, and seven European Championships, placing as high as 7th.
Slovakia as such made its Paralympic Games début at the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, following the break-up of Czechoslovakia, which had taken part in the Paralympics from 1972 to 1992. Slovakia has taken part in every edition of both the Summer and Winter Paralympics since then.
The first known translations of parts of the Bible into Slovak dates to 15th century, although full translations, as an alternative to Bible translations into Czech, date from the year 1756.
The 2012 Slovak Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bratislava, Slovakia between 5 and 11 November 2012.
Jozef Kovalík is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 9 January 2017, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 109 and his highest doubles ranking of 366 achieved on 9 January 2012.
The 2014 Slovak Open was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bratislava, Slovakia between 3 and 9 November 2014.
The 7th OTO Awards, honoring the best in Slovak popular culture for the year 2006, took time and place on March 14, 2007, at the former Opera building of the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava. The ceremony broadcast live STV. The host of the show was Jozef Bednárik.
