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Slovak Telekom
Slovak Telekom is Slovakia's largest telecommunications operator, providing fixed-line, mobile, internet, and TV services. Deutsche Telekom bought the remaining 49% stake in 2015 for €900 million.
Slovak Uprising of 1848–1849
The Slovak Uprising of 1848–1849 was the first armed political action of the Slovaks, proclaimed at Myjava by volunteers siding with the Habsburgs against Hungary.
Slovak–Hungarian War (1939)
The Slovak–Hungarian War, known as the "Little War," was a border war fought on 23 and 24 March 1939 between the Slovak State and Hungary, which gained Slovak territory.
Slovakia
Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked Central European parliamentary democracy of 5.4 million, independent since 1 January 1993 after Czechoslovakia's division, with capital Bratislava, euro currency, and EU and NATO membership.
Slovakia election deepfake audio
The Slovakia election deepfake audio was an AI-faked recording released two days before the 2023 parliamentary election, an early case of AI audio interfering with an election.
Slovakia men's national ice hockey team
Slovakia men's national ice hockey team (Slovensko, SVK), governed by the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation, IIHF member since 1993; World gold 2002, silvers 2000 and 2012, first Olympic bronze 2022; ranked 9th.
Slovakia national football team
Slovakia national football team (Slovenské národné futbalové mužstvo), men's team run by the Slovak Football Association since 1993 independence; first World Cup 2010 (beat Italy 3-2), EUROs 2016, 2020, 2024, round of 16 twice.
Slovakiaring
Slovakiaring (SLOVAKIA RING), Slovakia's main permanent racing circuit near Orechová Potôň, opened 2009, designed by Hans Roth; 5,922 m, FIA Grade II, hosts ETRC, WTCC/WTCR, Blancpain GT, FIM EWC.
Slovaks
Slovaci, a West Slavic nation native to Slovakia speaking Slovak; 85.8% of Slovakia's 2001 population, shaped by Hungarian rule, Czechoslovakism, and the 1993 dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
Slovalco
Slovalco is an aluminum smelter and casthouse in Žiar nad Hronom, Slovakia, majority-owned by Hydro. It curtailed primary production in 2022–2023 during the energy crisis and began restarting in 2026.
Slovene Home Guard
The Slovene Home Guard (Slovene: Slovensko domobranstvo) was a Slovene anti-partisan collaborationist formation active from 1943 to 1945 in the German-occupied Province of Ljubljana, led by General Leon Rupnik.
Slovene language
Slovene (slovenščina, Slovenian), a South Slavic language with about 2.4 million speakers, official in Slovenia and the EU since 2004; preserves the dual, has six cases and over 40 dialects.
Slovene national awakening
The Slovene national awakening (slovenski narodni preporod) was the cultural and political movement through which the Slovenes of the Habsburg Monarchy formed a modern national identity, beginning in the 1770s.
Slovene Partisan song
The Slovene Partisan song (Slovenska partizanska pesem) is the repertoire sung by and about the Slovene Partisans in 1941–1945, kept alive in Slovenia ever since.
Slovene postmodernism
Slovene postmodernism is the literary current in Slovene literature, active roughly from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, producing poetry, prose, and drama marked by intertextuality and irony.
Slovene Romanticism
Slovene Romanticism was the literary and cultural movement that shaped Slovene writing from about 1830 to 1848, centered on the poet France Prešeren and tied to the standardization of the Slovene language.
Slovenes
Slovenes are a South Slavic people of the Eastern Alps centered on Slovenia, speaking Slovene (about two million speakers). Defined by Slavic 6th–7th-century settlement, Carantania, Trubar's 1550 Reformation printing, Habsburg rule, Yugoslav statehood, and 1991 independence.
Slovenia
Slovenia (Republika Slovenija), Central European parliamentary republic, capital Ljubljana; independent from Yugoslavia 1991, EU/NATO member 2004, eurozone 2007; population about 2.14 million, area 20,271 km2.
Slovenia men's national basketball team
Slovenia men's national basketball team (Slovenian national selection, KZS): EuroBasket 2017 champions with MVP Goran Dragic and Luka Doncic; Tokyo 2020 fourth place; World Cup 2023 seventh; coached by Aleksander Sekulic.
Slovenia national football team
Slovenia national football team (Reprezentanca Slovenije), NZS-governed men's team; debuted 1992 vs Estonia; four major tournaments: EURO 2000, World Cups 2002 and 2010, EURO 2024 round of 16; third in 2026 World Cup qualifying Group B.
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, SAZU), Slovenia's supreme national science and arts institution, founded 1938 in Ljubljana; six sections, ZRC SAZU research centre, president Franc Forstnerič since June 2026.
Slovenian Armed Forces
The Slovenian Armed Forces (Slovenska vojska) are Slovenia's military, founded 15 May 1991; a NATO member force of 7,592 members (end 2025), nine services, spending rising toward 3% of GDP by 2030.
Slovenian Disability Rights Association
The Slovenian Disability Rights Association, NSIOS, is a non-governmental body representing disabled people in Slovenia. It coordinates with the government and has been involved in constitutional litigation over voting rights.
Slovenian tolar
The Slovenian tolar (ISO code SIT) was the currency of Slovenia from 1991 to 2006, its first independent currency, replaced by the euro at 239.640 tolars per euro.
Slovenj Gradec
Slovenj Gradec is a town in the Mislinja valley, Koroška, Slovenia; seat of the region's only urban municipality (17,063 residents, 2026). Founded by the Counts of Andechs, granted town rights in 1267, Peace Messenger City since 1989.
Slovenska matica
Slovenska matica is a Slovenian national cultural and scientific institution and publishing house founded in 1864 to publish scholarly literature in Slovenian; it is the oldest cultural and scientific association in Slovenia.
Slovenské Elektrárne
Slovenské Elektrárne is a Slovak electricity company, the country's largest producer, with nuclear and hydro plants owned 66% by the Czech group EPH since 2025.
Slovenski Državni Holding (SDH / SSH)
Slovenski državni holding (SDH), known in English as the Slovenian Sovereign Holding, is a company wholly owned by Slovenia that manages state capital investments since 2014.
Sloviansk Raion
Sloviansk Raion (Слов'янський район) was a district of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, seat Sloviansk; established 1923, area 1,274 km2, population 45,917 (2020); abolished 18 July 2020 and absorbed into Kramatorsk Raion.
Slovnaft
Slovnaft is a Slovak oil refining and petrochemicals company based in Bratislava, operating the country's only large refinery and largest filling-station chain, majority-owned by Hungary's MOL Group since 2000.