High-rise buildings at Mlynské Nivy, one of Bratislava’s main business districts The Slovak Republic (short form: Slovakia, Slovak: Slovensko, long form Slovenská republika) is a state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi). Slovakia is a landlocked country bordered by the Czech Republic [...]

Vienna Austria (German: Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich; Austro-Bavarian: Repubblik Östareich), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the [...]