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Friday, 12 June 2026
37 facts about Slovakia
37 facts about Slovakia
A land of castles and palaces
Slovakia is a small landlocked country that was established in its present form after the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993. It is one of the countri ...

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Switzerland
The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report rates the Swiss economy as the most competitive in the world.
Switzerland is recognized by the European Union as the most innovative country in Europe and the most innovative country in the Global Innovation Index in 2020.
Argentina
It has a population of about 45 million people.
Nigeria
Nigeria was the first country to successfully contain and eliminate the threat of the Ebola virus during the 2014 outbreak.
A unique contact tracing method was used there. It proved so effective that it became a method later ...
Albania
In 2014, The New York Times ranked Albania as the world's 4th tourist destination.
Most of the tourism industry is concentrated along the Adriatic and Ionian Seas in the west of the c ...
Slovakia
Every year, a marathon street race - the International Peace Marathon - takes place on the streets of Košice (the second largest city in Slovakia).
The first edition took place on October 28, 1924, making it the oldest marathon in Europe. Since 198 ...
New Zealand
The largest city in New Zealand, Auckland, is built on a volcanic field, known as the Auckland volcanic field, with 56 dormant volcanoes scattered throughout the area.
Turkey
Turkey was proclaimed on October 29, 1923.
South Korea
The area of South Korea is 100.210 square kilometers.
Almost 52 million Koreans live in such a small area.
Republic of South Africa
There are over 800 species of birds in South Africa.
Among them, there is the largest - the ostrich, and the heaviest flying - the great bustard. Small b ...
Cuba
The predominant religion in Cuba is Catholicism.
There are 57% Christians, of whom 50.6% are Catholic, 6% Protestant, and 0.4% Orthodox. Afro-Christi ...