Struggles in Slovakia: churches in a fragile democracy.(Column)

From: The Christian Century | Date: February 22, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Most Slovaks were against the division of Czechoslovakia, and a 1994 poll in Slovakia indicates that this dissatisfaction continues. Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar has received extensive criticism, and the Catholic Church remains important in the social, but not political, life of the country.

Slovaks were never given the chance to vote on Czechoslovakia's 1993 split into Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The country's Protestants strongly opposed the move. A survey last year indicated that 60 percent of Slovaks would return to the federation. The wave of nationalist euphoria which swept ...

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