ICE - special Slovakia commemorates Andrej Hlinka - the driving force behind Slovak independence
In 1905, the first ever Slovak political party was formed and until today its leader, Andrej Hlinka, is considered one of the driving forces behind the long and windy road towards an independent Slovak state, which came to being almost 85 years later. Nevertheless, Andrej Hlinka, is also a controversial figure in Slovak history. As a nationalist politician active in both the Hungarian monarchy and Czechoslovakia, he was almost always in opposition. On September 27, Slovak's commemorated Andrej Hlinka on the 140th anniversary of his birth.
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