1st of January 1993 - establishment of independent Slovakia republic

• On 1^st January 1993 the Czecho-Slovakian Federative Republic separated into two independent states the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.
   
• The first country that officially acknowledged the Slovak Republic as an independent state was Federal Republic of Germany. It happened just a minute before its independence was proclaimed. Within a few hours of its independence on 1^st January 1993 other countries handed in documents confirming the new state acknowledgement.
   
• At the beginning of the new independent Slovak Republic money of the previous state Czechoslovakia was used. In February 1993 the currency separation was carried out and Slovak crown began its existence. Stamped federal banknotes were first Slovak money. Later the National Bank of Slovakia issued its own coins and banknotes.
   
• On 19^th January 1993 the Slovak Republic became a member of the United Nations Organization at the session of its general assembly. The Slovak Republic became 180^th member state of the United Nations Organization.  
   

Update 11. november 2004
Ing. Lýdia Haliaková