Capital: Bratislava Area: 49,035 sq km Population: 5.4 million Currency: euro Earnings in the business economy (average gross annual earnings of full-time employees): €10,100 Employment rate: 54.5% (second quarter 2012) Unemployment rate: 13.6% (second quarter 2012) Inflation rate: 4.1% (2011) GDP per capita in PPS: 73 (2011) Real GDP growth rate: 3.2% (2011) Real GDP growth rate: 2.6% (forecast for 2012)
"Do ľava," (to the left) I yelled, "Nie, do prava" (no, to the right), I gasped. "Dolšie," I screamed. "Nie, nie, horšie..." My Slovak girlfriend collapsed in laughter. Was it something I said?