Board Thread:Theories/@comment-29978021-20160915234054/@comment-29958651-20160930181645

Yes, as for now, Slovakia can be considered as a modern Western country. Well, I don't mean modern like Denmark or USA, but it's still better than it used to be.

Our cultural connections certainly did not ended after the separation. Czechs and Slovaks are really close, maybe we could call ourselves The Brother Nations. Our culture, history, language, art, this all still remains very similar within the two states. In this particular case, we could certainly be compared to the former Yugoslavian nations (both the Slovaks and Czechs are even closely related with them).

At my university, a lot of professors used to visit Ljubljana and they were astonished by its beauty. Also, as for this semester, I am actually learning Serbian language (lectured by a Serb from Vojvodina). A lot of Roman Catholics from Slovakia visited the Medzugorje site of pilgrimage in Bosnia & Herzegovina. And to this date, I have been in Croatia for three times (mostly on summer holidays). So even with our Southern Slavic Friends we have certainly close relations :-)