JOUR DE L’INDÉPENDANCE (DEŇ VZNIKU SK)

January^1st is a public holiday in Slovakia, but not only because it is New Year's Day, it is also the anniversary of the country's independence. Slovakia, the fifth youngest country in the world, was officially born on¹ January 1993, following a vote by the Czech and Slovak parliaments on their separation in the summer of 1992. This velvet divorce from its former Czech partner occurred without any clashes, tensions or passion.