How is your constitution amended?
The Slovak Constitution is one of the easiest to amend worldwide. All that's needed is a 3/5 majority in the National Council voting in favour (90 out of the 150 members) and you're done.
How is it in your country?
The Slovak Constitution is one of the easiest to amend worldwide. All that's needed is a 3/5 majority in the National Council voting in favour (90 out of the 150 members) and you're done.
How is it in your country?
I don't really mind normal ear piercings, I even think they can look good. However, I'm disgusted by ear gauges. They look incredibly trashy and make you look stupid.
By this, I don't mean I think they should be banned, I believe in 'your body, your choice' - but I also believe that the choice to get a huge-ass hole made into your earlobes by tunnelling a hole and then stretching it is a trashy and stupid one.
V slovenčine za zvyčajne mená panovníkov so slovenskými ekvivalentmi prekladajú (Charles III -> Karol III., Louis XIV -> Ľudovít XIV., Felipe VI -> Filip VI., atď.), prečo teda Juan Carlos I. je aj v slovenčine známy pod týmto menom, a nie ako Ján Karol I.? Vyzerá to ako jedna zvláštna výnimka, a rád by som vedel, či je za tým nejaký historický alebo jazykový dôvod.
For Slovakia:
Single electoral district (I believe in Europe only the Netherlands uses this system) for national elections - the 150 MPs are elected from party lists by proportional representation in a single electoral constituency, meaning you can vote for candidates from Bratislava or Košice or wherever, no matter where you live. This ensures better proportionality, but also, well, gives party leaders enormous power.
Relatively strong presidency for a parliamentary republic. The President is elected directly and the presidential powers are exercised in their full extent, as the President has a strong democratic mandate. Presidents have rejected ministerial appointments advised by the PM, vetoed legislation (even though the veto is very weak), referred legislation to the Constitutional Court, and in case the National Council couldn't form a government, appointed their own cabinet until new elections could be held (the Ódor Cabinet, appointed by President Zuzana Čaputová).
A weak constitution - the Constitution can be amended by a 3/5 majority in the National Council, which is the weakest entrenchment in the EU and the second weakest in Europe after the United Kingdom. The Constitution has been amended numerous times, often without broad societal or parliamentary consensus.
Fracturing parties - parties in Slovakia are, for the most part, centred around the leaders, and often fracture or unofficially merge. The party composition at the end of the parliamentary term is often very different from that at the start, and it sometimes causes absurdities (Eduard Heger, while PM, split off with allies from OĽaNO and formed the Democrats, meaning we had a PM from a party nobody voted for, because it hadn't even existed at the time of the election). Parties also often run candidates who aren't party members, who sometimes leave the parliamentary party caucus and backstab it. The most absurd was when Andrej Danko wanted to boost his party's electoral chances by running many far-right personalities, who weren't party members, and of the 10 members elected as part of his caucus, he was the only actual member of the party, and then his caucus fell apart and he got stabbed in the back.
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People who are mean to others for no reason are stupid. The only reason they're being mean is that they feel it gives them more control when they can treat people who can't fight back like shit. But it doesn't make their lives better, it doesn't help them with anything. If they invested the energy they put into creating conflicts, into something useful, they could've actually improved their lives.
Slovak ranks among the most difficult languages to learn in Europe, as Slavic languages have difficult grammar.
Slovak has the most letters in Europe (Latin alphabet + á, ä, č, ď, é, í, ĺ, ľ, ň, ó, ô, ŕ, š, ť, ú, ý, ž)
Also, we have six (or with some nouns, seven) noun cases:
1st - nominative
2nd - genitive
3rd - dative
4th - accusative
5th - vocative (a fossil, only applies to a very small number of nouns, often not counted as a separate case, as it's the same as the nominative for 99% of the nouns)
6th - locative
7th - instrumental
But if the cases weren't enough, the declensions aren't the same - for each grammatical gender (3 genders), there are 4 regular declension patterns, and also some additional patterns for less common nouns, and obviously exceptions.
Adjectives are also declined, but they have just 5 declension patterns, but each has to be adjusted to the gender.
Verbs - well, we have just 3 tenses (present, past, future), thankfully, but the conjugations can get pretty complicated and irregular (like stem changes: to fear -> I fear = báť sa -> bojím sa)
Polos are right there in the middle. They aren't overly formal like a button-up, so they're ideal for casual wear, but they also look nicer than T-shirts and the fabric is a lot more comfortable to wear. They're fine to wear in most settings and you won't look overdressed or risk looking like a slob.
I can't even imagine Europe without Ryanair.
Flying is awesome and Ryanair is just so cheap that you can fly anywhere in Europe for like 100€ (return ticket). Sure, there are no amenities on the planes, but it's not like you need anything for a 2-3 hours and I would rather have that than pay more for wifi or better food.