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The first democratic elections were held in Czecholslovakia and people chose their politicians. The politicians had trouble figuring out what this new democratic state would look like. There were different views regarding economic reforms or political arrangements.
Many Slovaks in this era wanted Lovakia to be an autonomous region. Czechs, on the other hand, were willing to accept some decentralization. -
After the Cold war ended, communism that had taken over Eastern Europe collapsed. All Soviet Republics that had been bordering Eastern Europe declared independence from Russia and joined the rest of Europe.Czechoslovakia was working on its independence movements. They could finally gain their own soveriengnty.
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On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia became two new independent states. Slovakia is known officially as the Slovak Republic, and Czech is known as the Czech Republic. They were previously a multi-national state. After being under communist rule for so long, politicians could not agree on anything. In the quest for democratization, they couldn't agree on anything. So they split, establishing strict, but peaceful territoriality.
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While the Czech Republic became ethnically homogeneous, Slovakia still had a Hungarian minority (nearly 600.000) and Roma community (between 300.000 and 500.000). This was the recorded change in 1998.
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Both countries expanded their economic opportunities when they were admitted into the EU in 2004.