query: Slovakia is a warship.

pos: Council of Europe The Council of Europe ( CoE ; Conseil de l'Europe ) is an international organisation whose stated aim is to uphold human rights , democracy , rule of law in Europe and promote European culture . Founded in 1949 , it has 47 member states , covers approximately 820 million people and operates with an annual budget of approximately half a billion euros .   The organisation is distinct from the 28-nation European Union ( EU ) , although it is sometimes confused with it , partly because the EU has adopted the original European Flag which was created by the Council of Europe in 1955 , as well as the European Anthem . No country has ever joined the EU without first belonging to the Council of Europe . Council of Europe is an official United Nations Observer .   Unlike the EU , the Council of Europe can not make binding laws , but it does have the power to enforce select international agreements reached by European states on various topics . The best known body of the Council of Europe is the European Court of Human Rights , which enforces the European Convention on Human Rights .   The Council 's two statutory bodies are the Committee of Ministers , comprising the foreign ministers of each member state , and the Parliamentary Assembly , composed of members of the national parliaments of each member state . The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent institution within the Council of Europe , mandated to promote awareness of and respect for human rights in the member states . The Secretary General heads the secretariat of the organisation . Other major CoE bodies include the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines .   The headquarters of the Council of Europe are in Strasbourg , France . English and French are its two official languages . The Committee of Ministers , the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress also use German , Italian , Russian , and Turkish for some of their work .

pos: Satellite state The term satellite state designates a country that is formally independent in the world , but under heavy political , economic and military influence or control from another country . The term was coined by analogy to planetary objects orbiting a larger object , such as smaller moons revolving around larger planets , and is used mainly to refer to Central and Eastern European countries of the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War or to Mongolia between 1924 and 1990 , for example . As used for Central and Eastern European countries it implies that the countries in question were `` satellites '' under the hegemony of the Soviet Union . In some contexts it also refers to other countries in the Soviet sphere of influence during the Cold War -- such as North Korea ( especially in the years surrounding the Korean War of 1950 -- 1953 ) and Cuba ( particularly after it joined the Comecon in 1972 ) . In Western usage , the term has seldom been applied to states other than those in the Soviet orbit . In Soviet usage , the term applied to the states in the orbit of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy .   The Oxford English Dictionary traces the use of the phrase satellite state in English back at least as far as 1916 .   In times of war or political tension , satellite states sometimes serve as buffers between an enemy country and the nation exerting control over the satellites . `` Satellite state '' is one of several contentious terms used to describe the ( alleged ) subordination of one state to another . Other such terms include puppet state and neo-colony . In general , the term `` satellite state '' implies deep ideological and military allegiance to the hegemonic power , whereas `` puppet state '' implies political and military dependence , and `` neo-colony '' implies ( often abject ) economic dependence . Depending on which aspect of dependence is being emphasised , a state may fall into more than one category .

pos: Official language An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country , state , or other jurisdiction . Typically a country 's official language refers to the language used within government ( e.g. , courts , parliament , administration ) . Since `` the means of expression of a people can not be changed by any law '' , the term `` official language '' does not typically refer to the language used by a people or country , but by its government .   Worldwide , 178 countries have at least one official language , and 101 of these countries recognise more than one language . Many of the world 's constitutions mention one or more official or national languages . Some countries use the official language designation to empower indigenous groups by giving them access to the government in their native languages . In countries that do not formally designate an official language , a de facto national language usually evolves . English is the most common official language , with recognized status in 51 countries . Arabic , French , and Spanish are also widely recognized .   An official language that is also an indigenous language is called endoglossic , one that is not indigenous is exoglossic . An instance is Nigeria which has three endoglossic official languages . By this the country aims to protect the indigenous languages although at the same time recognising the English language as its lingua franca .

pos: Democracy Index The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the UK-based Economist Intelligence Unit that measures the state of democracy in 167 countries , of which 166 are sovereign states and 165 are UN member states . The index was first produced in 2006 , with updates for 2008 , 2010 and the following years since then . The index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five different categories measuring pluralism , civil liberties , and political culture . In addition to a numeric score and a ranking , the index categorizes countries as one of four regime types : full democracies , flawed democracies , hybrid regimes and authoritarian regimes .

pos: Slovakia Slovakia ( listen ) , is a landlocked country in Central Europe . It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west , Poland to the north , Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south . Slovakia 's territory spans about 49000 km2 and is mostly mountainous . The population is over 5 million and comprises mostly ethnic Slovaks . The capital and largest city is Bratislava . The official language is Slovak .   The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries . In the 7th century , they played a significant role in the creation of Samo 's Empire and in the 9th century established the Principality of Nitra . In the 10th century , the territory was integrated into the Kingdom of Hungary , which itself became part of the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire . After World War I and the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire , the Slovaks and Czechs established Czechoslovakia . A separate ( First ) Slovak Republic ( 1939 -- 1945 ) existed in World War II as a client state of Nazi Germany . In 1945 , Czechoslovakia was re-established under Communist rule as a Soviet satellite . In 1989 the Velvet Revolution ended authoritarian Communist rule in Czechoslovakia . Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia , sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce .   Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with a very high Human Development Index , a very high standard of living and performs favourably in measurements of civil liberties , press freedom , internet freedom , democratic governance and peacefulness . The country maintains a combination of market economy with a comprehensive social security system . Citizens of Slovakia are provided with universal health care , free education and one of the longest paid maternity leave in the OECD . The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009 . Slovakia is also a member of the Schengen Area , NATO , the United Nations , the OECD , the WTO , CERN , the OSCE , the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group . The Slovak economy is one of the fastest growing economies in Europe and 3rd fastest in eurozone . Its legal tender , the Euro , is the world 's 2nd most traded currency . Although regional income inequality is high , 90 % of citizens own their homes . In 2016 , Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 165 countries and territories , ranking the Slovak passport 11th in the world . Slovakia is the world 's largest per-capita car producer with a total of 1,040,000 cars manufactured in the country in 2016 alone and the 7th largest car producer in the European Union . The car industry represents 43 % of Slovakia 's industrial output , and a quarter of its exports .

pos: Bratislava Bratislava ( -LSB- ˌbrætᵻˈslɑːvə -RSB- or -LSB- ˌbrɑː - -RSB- -LSB- ˈbracislaʋa -RSB- ; also known by other names ) is the capital of Slovakia , and with a population of about 450,000 , the country 's largest city . The greater metropolitan area is home to more than 650,000 people . Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia , occupying both banks of the River Danube and the left bank of the River Morava . Bordering Austria and Hungary , it is the only national capital that borders two sovereign states .   The history of the city has been strongly influenced by people of different nations and religions , namely by Austrians , Croats , Czechs , Germans , Hungarians , Jews , Serbs and Slovaks ( in alphabetical order ) . The city served as the coronation site and legislative center of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783 , and has been home to many Slovak , Hungarian and German historical figures .   Bratislava is the political , cultural and economic centre of Slovakia . It is the seat of the Slovak president , the parliament and the Slovak Executive . It is home to several universities , museums , theatres , galleries and other important cultural and educational institutions . Many of Slovakia 's large businesses and financial institutions also have headquarters there .   The capital of Slovakia is the eighth best city for freelancers to live in , mostly because of fast internet and the low taxes . In 2017 , Bratislava was ranked as the third richest region of the European Union by GDP ( PPP ) per capita ( after Hamburg and Luxembourg City ) . GDP at purchasing power parity is about three times higher than in other Slovak regions .

pos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) ( Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques , OCDE ) is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 35 member countries , founded in 1960 to stimulate economic progress and world trade . It is a forum of countries describing themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy , providing a platform to compare policy experiences , seeking answers to common problems , identify good practices and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members . Most OECD members are high-income economies with a very high Human Development Index ( HDI ) and are regarded as developed countries . OECD is an official United Nations Observer .   In 1948 , the OECD originated as the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation ( OEEC ) , led by Robert Marjolin of France , to help administer the Marshall Plan ( which was rejected by the Soviet Union and its satellite states ) . This would be achieved by allocating American financial aid and implementing economic programs for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II . ( Similar reconstruction aid was sent to the war-torn Republic of China and post-war Korea , but not under the name `` Marshall Plan '' . )   In 1961 , the OEEC was reformed into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development by the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and membership was extended to non-European states .   The OECD 's headquarters are at the Château de la Muette in Paris , France . The OECD is funded by contributions from member states at varying rates , and had a total budget of EUR 363 million in 2015 .

pos: Eurozone The eurozone , officially called the euro area , is a monetary union of 19 of the 28 European Union ( EU ) member states which have adopted the euro as their common currency and sole legal tender . The monetary authority of the eurozone is the Eurosystem . The other nine members of the European Union continue to use their own national currencies , although most of them are obliged to adopt the euro in future .   The eurozone consists of Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . Other EU states ( except for Denmark and the United Kingdom ) are obliged to join once they meet the criteria to do so . No state has left , and there are no provisions to do so or to be expelled . Andorra , Monaco , San Marino , and Vatican City have formal agreements with the EU to use the euro as their official currency and issue their own coins . Kosovo and Montenegro have adopted the euro unilaterally , but these countries do not officially form part of the eurozone and do not have representation in the European Central Bank ( ECB ) or in the Eurogroup .   The ECB , which is governed by a president and a board of the heads of national central banks , sets the monetary policy of the zone . The principal task of the ECB is to keep inflation under control . Though there is no common representation , governance or fiscal policy for the currency union , some co-operation does take place through the Eurogroup , which makes political decisions regarding the eurozone and the euro . The Eurogroup is composed of the finance ministers of eurozone states , but in emergencies , national leaders also form the Eurogroup .   Since the financial crisis of 2007 -- 08 , the eurozone has established and used provisions for granting emergency loans to member states in return for the enactment of economic reforms . The eurozone has also enacted some limited fiscal integration , for example in peer review of each other 's national budgets . The issue is political and in a state of flux in terms of what further provisions will be agreed for eurozone change .

pos: Social security Social security is a concept enshrined in Article 22 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , which states :   Everyone , as a member of society , has the right to social security and is entitled to realization , through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State , of the economic , social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality .   In simple terms , the signatories agree that society in which a person lives should help them to develop and to make the most of all the advantages ( culture , work , social welfare ) which are offered to them in the country .   Social security may also refer to the action programs of government intended to promote the welfare of the population through assistance measures guaranteeing access to sufficient resources for food and shelter and to promote health and well-being for the population at large and potentially vulnerable segments such as children , the elderly , the sick and the unemployed . Services providing social security are often called social services .   Terminology in this area in the United States is somewhat different from in the rest of the English-speaking world . The general term for an action program in support of the well being of the population in the United States is welfare program and the general term for all such programs is simply welfare . In American society , the term welfare arguably has negative connotations . The term Social Security , in the United States , refers to a specific social insurance program for the retired and the disabled . Elsewhere the term is used in a much broader sense , referring to the economic security society offers when people are faced with certain risks . In its 1952 Social Security ( Minimum Standards ) Convention ( nr . 102 ) , the International Labour Organization ( ILO ) defined the traditional contingencies covered by social security as including :   Survival beyond a prescribed age , to be covered by old age pensions ;  The loss of support suffered by a widowed person or child as the result of the death of the breadwinner ( survivor 's benefit ) ;  Responsibility for the maintenance of children ( family benefit ) ;  The treatment of any morbid condition ( including pregnancy ) , whatever its cause ( medical care ) ;  A suspension of earnings due to pregnancy and confinement and their consequences ( maternity benefit ) ;  A suspension of earnings due to an inability to obtain suitable employment for protected persons who are capable of , and available for , work ( unemployment benefits ) ;  A suspension of earnings due to an incapacity for work resulting from a morbid condition ( sickness leave benefit ) ;  A permanent or persistent inability to engage in any gainful activity ( disability benefits ) ;  The costs and losses involved in medical care , sickness leave , invalidity and death of the breadwinner due to an occupational accident or disease ( employment injuries ) .   People who can not reach a guaranteed social minimum for other reasons may be eligible for social assistance ( or welfare , in American English ) .   Modern authors often consider the ILO approach too narrow . In their view , social security is not limited to the provision of cash transfers , but also aims at security of work , health , and social participation ; and new social risks ( single parenthood , the reconciliation of work and family life ) should be included in the list as well .   Social security may refer to :  social insurance , where people receive benefits or services in recognition of contributions to an insurance program . These services typically include provision for retirement pensions , disability insurance , survivor benefits and unemployment insurance .  services provided by government or designated agencies responsible for social security provision . In different countries , that may include medical care , financial support during unemployment , sickness , or retirement , health and safety at work , aspects of social work and even industrial relations .  basic security irrespective of participation in specific insurance programs where eligibility may otherwise be an issue . For instance , assistance given to newly arrived refugees for basic necessities such as food , clothing , housing , education , money , and medical care .   A report published by the ILO in 2014 estimated that only 27 % of the world 's population has access to comprehensive social security .

pos: Developed country A developed country , industrialized country , more developed country , or `` more economically developed country '' ( MEDC ) , is a sovereign state that has a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations . Most commonly , the criteria for evaluating the degree of economic development are gross domestic product ( GDP ) , gross national product ( GNP ) , the per capita income , level of industrialization , amount of widespread infrastructure and general standard of living . Which criteria are to be used and which countries can be classified as being developed are subjects of debate .   Developed countries have post-industrial economies , meaning the service sector provides more wealth than the industrial sector . They are contrasted with developing countries , which are in the process of industrialization , or undeveloped countries , which are pre-industrial and almost entirely agrarian . As of 2015 , advanced economies comprise 60.8 % of global GDP based on nominal values and 42.9 % of global GDP based on purchasing-power parity ( PPP ) according to the International Monetary Fund . In 2015 , the ten largest advanced economies by GDP in both nominal and PPP terms were Australia , Canada , France , Germany , Italy , Japan , South Korea , Spain , the United Kingdom , and the United States .

pos: Velvet Revolution The Velvet Revolution ( sametová revoluce ) or Gentle Revolution ( nežná revolúcia ) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia , occurring from November 17 to December 29 , 1989 . Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia combined students and older dissidents . The result was the end of 41 years of one-party rule in Czechoslovakia , and the subsequent dismantling of the planned economy and conversion to a parliamentary republic .   On November 17 , 1989 ( International Students ' Day ) , riot police suppressed a student demonstration in Prague . That event sparked a series of demonstrations from November 19 to late December . By November 20 , the number of protesters assembled in Prague grew from 200,000 the previous day to an estimated 500,000 . A two-hour general strike involving all citizens of Czechoslovakia was held on November 27 . On November 24 , the entire top leadership of the Communist Party , including General Secretary Miloš Jakeš , resigned .   In response to the collapse of other Warsaw Pact governments and the increasing street protests , the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announced on November 28 that it would relinquish power and dismantle the one-party state . Two days later , the legislature formally deleted the sections of the Constitution giving the Communists a monopoly of power . Barbed wire and other obstructions were removed from the border with West Germany and Austria in early December . On December 10 , President Gustáv Husák appointed the first largely non-communist government in Czechoslovakia since 1948 , and resigned . Alexander Dubček was elected speaker of the federal parliament on December 28 and Václav Havel the President of Czechoslovakia on December 29 , 1989 .   In June 1990 , Czechoslovakia held its first democratic elections since 1946 .   The term Velvet Revolution was coined by Rita Klímová , the dissidents ' English translator who later became the ambassador to the United States . The term was used internationally to describe the revolution , although the Czechs also used the term internally . After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993 , Slovakia used the term Gentle Revolution , the term that Slovaks used for the revolution from the beginning . The Czech Republic continues to refer to the event as the Velvet Revolution .

pos: Austria Austria ( listen ) , is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.7 million people in Central Europe . It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north , Hungary and Slovakia to the east , Slovenia and Italy to the south , and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west . The territory of Austria covers 83879 km2 . The terrain is highly mountainous , lying within the Alps ; only 32 % of the country is below 500 m , and its highest point is 3798 m . The majority of the population speaks local Bavarian dialects of German as their native language , and Austrian German in its standard form is the country 's official language . Other local official languages are Hungarian , Burgenland Croatian , and Slovene .   The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty , when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire . From the time of the Reformation , many northern German princes , resenting the authority of the Emperor , used Protestantism as a flag of rebellion . The Thirty Years War , the influence of the Kingdom of Sweden and Kingdom of France , the rise of the Kingdom of Prussia , and the Napoleonic invasions all weakened the power of the Emperor in the north of Germany , but in the south , and in non-German areas of the Empire , the Emperor and Catholicism maintained control . During the 17th and 18th centuries , Austria retained its position as one of the great powers of Europe and , in response to the coronation of Napoleon as the Emperor of the French , the Austrian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1804 . Following Napoleon 's defeat , Prussia emerged as Austria 's chief competitor for rule of a greater Germany . Austria 's defeat by Prussia at the Battle of Königgrätz , during the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 , cleared the way for Prussia to assert control over the rest of Germany . In 1867 , the empire was reformed into Austria-Hungary . After the defeat of France in the 1870-1 Franco-Prussian War , Austria was excluded from the new German Empire , although in the following decades , its politics , and its foreign policy , increasingly converged with those of the Prussian-led Empire . During the 1914 July Crisis that followed the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on June 28 , Austria-Hungary , emboldened by a pledge of German support , on July 28 declared war on Serbia because that country had not fully complied with an Austrian ultimatum . Austria was thus the first to go to war in the July Crisis , which would ultimately escalate into World War I.   After the collapse of the Habsburg ( Austro-Hungarian ) Empire in 1918 at the end of World War I , Austria adopted and used the name the Republic of German-Austria ( Deutschösterreich ) , later changed to Österreich , in an attempt at union with Germany , but this was forbidden under the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye ( 1919 ) . The First Austrian Republic was established in 1919 . In 1938 Nazi Germany annexed Austria in the Anschluss . This lasted until the end of World War II in 1945 , after which Germany was occupied by the Allies and Austria 's former democratic constitution was restored . In 1955 , the Austrian State Treaty re-established Austria as a sovereign state , ending the occupation . In the same year , the Austrian Parliament created the Declaration of Neutrality which declared that the Second Austrian Republic would become permanently neutral .   Today , Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy comprising nine federal states . The capital and largest city , with a population exceeding 1.7 million , is Vienna . Other major urban areas of Austria include Graz , Linz , Salzburg and Innsbruck . Austria is one of the richest countries in the world , with a nominal per capita GDP of $ 43,724 . The country has developed a high standard of living and in 2014 was ranked 21st in the world for its Human Development Index . Austria has been a member of the United Nations since 1955 , joined the European Union in 1995 , and is a founder of the OECD . Austria also signed the Schengen Agreement in 1995 , and adopted the euro currency in 1999 .

pos: Euro The euro ( sign : $ ; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European Union : Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency .   Additionally , 210 million people worldwide use currencies pegged to the euro . The euro is the second largest reserve currency as well as the second most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar .  , with more than $ 1,109,000,000,000 in circulation , the euro has one of the highest combined values of banknotes and coins in circulation in the world , having surpassed the U.S. dollar at one point. :  Total EUR currency ( coins and banknotes ) in circulation 771.5 ( banknotes ) + 21.032 ( coins ) = 792.53 billion EUR * 1.48 ( exchange rate ) = 1,080 billion USD  Total USD currency ( coins and banknotes ) in circulation 859 billion USD   The name euro was officially adopted on 16 December 1995 in Madrid . The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999 , replacing the former European Currency Unit ( ECU ) at a ratio of 1:1 ( US$ 1.1743 ) . Physical euro coins and banknotes entered into circulation on 1 January 2002 , making it the day-to-day operating currency of its original members , and by May 2002 had completely replaced the former currencies . While the euro dropped subsequently to US$ 0.8252 within two years ( 26 October 2000 ) , it has traded above the U.S. dollar since the end of 2002 , peaking at US$ 1.6038 on 18 July 2008 . Since late 2009 , the euro has been immersed in the European sovereign-debt crisis which has led to the creation of the European Financial Stability Facility as well as other reforms aimed at stabilising the currency . In July 2012 , the euro fell below US$ 1.21 for the first time in two years , following concerns raised over Greek debt and Spain 's troubled banking sector . As of April 2017 , the euro -- dollar exchange rate stands at ~ US$ 1.06 .

pos: List of countries by real GDP growth rate This article includes a list of countries in the world sorted by their `` real '' ( purchasing power parity ) gross domestic product ( GDP ) growth rate , the rate of growth of the value of all final goods and services produced within a state in a given year .

pos: European Union The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of 4,475,757 km2 , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency .   The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community ( ECSC ) and the European Economic Community ( EEC ) , formed by the Inner Six countries in 1951 and 1958 , respectively . Next the treaty of Rome of 1957 created the European Community made up of the six core countries of Belgium , France , Italy , Luxembourg , the Netherlands and West Germany . The decades following many new members joined them while at the same time integration of economic , cultural , judicial and so forth would then deepen the relationships distinct European entity . The community and its successors have grown in size by the accession of new member states and in power by the addition of policy areas to its remit . While no member state has left the EU or its antecedent organisations , the United Kingdom enacted the result of a membership referendum in June 2016 and is currently negotiating its withdrawal . The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union in 1993 and introduced European citizenship . The latest major amendment to the constitutional basis of the EU , the Treaty of Lisbon , came into force in 2009 .   The European Union accumulated a high portion of GDP as a form of foreign aid than any other economic union . Covering 7.3 % of the world population , the EU in 2016 generated a nominal gross domestic product ( GDP ) of 16.477 trillion US dollars , constituting approximately 22.2 % of global nominal GDP and 16.9 % when measured in terms of purchasing power parity . Additionally , 27 out of 28 EU countries have a very high Human Development Index , according to the United Nations Development Programme . In 2012 , the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . Through the Common Foreign and Security Policy , the EU has developed a role in external relations and defence . The union maintains permanent diplomatic missions throughout the world and represents itself at the United Nations , the World Trade Organization , the G7 , and the G20 . Because of its global influence , the European Union has been described as an emerging superpower .

pos: Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia -LSB- ˌtʃɛkoʊsloʊˈvækiə , _ - kə - , _ - slə - , _ - ˈvɑː - -RSB- ( Czech and Československo , Česko-Slovensko ) was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918 , when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire , until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993 .   From 1939 to 1945 , following its forced division and partial incorporation into Nazi Germany , the state did not de facto exist but its government-in-exile continued to operate .   From 1948 to 1990 , Czechoslovakia was part of the Soviet bloc with a command economy . Its economic status was formalized in membership of Comecon from 1949 , and its defense status in the Warsaw Pact of May 1955 . A period of political liberalization in 1968 , known as the Prague Spring , was forcibly ended when the Soviet Union , assisted by several other Warsaw Pact countries , invaded . In 1989 , as Marxist -- Leninist governments and communism were ending all over Europe , Czechoslovaks peacefully deposed their government in the Velvet Revolution ; state price controls were removed after a period of preparation . In 1993 , Czechoslovakia split into the two sovereign states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia .

neg: Walls of Dubrovnik The Walls of Dubrovnik ( Dubrovačke gradske zidine ) are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the citizens of the afterward proclaimed maritime city-state of Dubrovnik ( Ragusa ) , situated in southern Croatia , since the city 's founding prior to the 7th century as a Byzantium castrum on a rocky island named Laus ( Ragusia or Lave ) . '' ... city 's founding before the 7th century as a Byzantine castrum on a rocky island named Laus ... '' The 7th century recorded by Constantine Porphyrogenitus as city 's founding was probably the last act of peoples movement to Ragusia settlement , hurried by Slavs migration into these areas . With numerous additions and modifications throughout their history , they have been considered to be amongst the great fortification systems of the Middle Ages , as they were never breached by a hostile army during this time period . In 1979 , the old city of Dubrovnik , which includes a substantial portion of the old walls of Dubrovnik , joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites .   The oldest systems of fortifications around the town were likely wooden palisades . Today 's intact city walls , constructed mainly during the 12th -- 17th centuries , mostly a double line , have long been a source of pride for Dubrovnik . The walls run an uninterrupted course of approximately 1940 m in length , encircling most of the old city , and reach a maximum height of about 25 m . The bulk of the existing walls and fortifications were constructed during the 14th and 15th centuries , but were continually extended and strengthened up until the 17th century .   This complex structure , amongst the largest and most complete in Europe , protected the freedom and safety of a `` civilised '' and `` sophisticated '' republic that flourished in peace and prosperity for some five centuries . '' ... , protected the freedom and safety of a `` civilised '' and `` sophisticated '' republic that flourished in peace and prosperity for five centuries . '' This sentence refers to the time of the Republic of Ragusa from 1358 to 1808 . However , walls protected the city of Dubrovnik , before and after that particular time period . The walls were reinforced by three circular and 14 quadrangular towers , five bastions ( bulwarks ) , two angular fortifications and the large St. John 's Fortress . Land walls were additionally reinforced by one larger bastion and nine smaller semicircular ones , like the casemate Fort Bokar , the oldest preserved fort of that kind in Europe . The moat that ran around the outside section of the city walls , which were armed by more than 120 cannons , provided superb city defense capabilities .

neg: War Victory Cross The War Victory Cross order was a medal introduced by the Slovak Republic . The order was issued to Slovakian military personnel who had been in the armed forces for a minimum of 4 years . A total of 3,769 awards of all classes were made ; of which 437 were to members of the German armed forces and 142 to those of Romania . The Order is rare in all classes .

neg: National Council (Slovakia) The National Council ( Národná rada ) , abbreviated to NR SR , is the national parliament of Slovakia . It is unicameral , and consists of 150 members , who are elected by universal suffrage under proportional representation with seats distributed via Hagenbach-Bischoff quota every four years .   Slovakia 's parliament has been called the ` National Council ' since 1 October 1992 . From 1969 to 1992 , its predecessor , the parliament of the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia , was called the Slovak National Council ( Slovenská národná rada ) .   The National Council approves domestic legislation , constitutional laws , and the annual budget . Its consent is required to ratify international treaties , and is responsible for approving military operations . It also elects individuals to some positions in the executive and judiciary as specified by law .   The parliament building is situated on the castle hill , next to Bratislava Castle in Alexander Dubček Square .

neg: Slovak Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic number 15,996 uniformed personnel and 3,761 civilians . Slovakia joined NATO on 29 March 2004 . From 2006 the army transformed into a fully professional organization and compulsory military service was abolished .

neg: History of Slovakia This article discusses the history of the territory of Slovakia .

neg: Slovak National Theater The Slovak National Theater ( Slovenské národné divadlo , abbr . SND ) denotes :  the oldest Slovak professional theater consisting of 3 ensembles ( opera , ballet and drama )  a Neo-Renaissance theater building in the Old Town of Bratislava , Slovakia , which formerly housed two of the theater 's ensembles ( opera and ballet , drama was based elsewhere ) , and  the theater 's large modern theater building in Bratislava near the Danube , which opened on 14 April 2007 .

neg: List of ships of the Royal Yugoslav Navy The Navy of the Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenes ( from 1929 , the Royal Yugoslav Navy , Kraljevska Jugoslavenska Ratna Mornarica , Кpaљeвcкa Југословенска Pатна Морнарица ; KJRM ) included a wide range of vessels during its existence from 1920 to 1945 . This list includes all sea-going warships ranging from a light cruiser down to motor torpedo boats ( MTBs ) , and also includes river monitors that operated on the Danube and other rivers . Large auxiliary vessels such as submarine tenders and tankers are included , but hulks , tugs and smaller auxiliary craft are not .   The KJRM was formed in 1920 , but it was not until March 1921 that a number of former Austro-Hungarian vessels were transferred , some of which were already obsolete . The only modern seagoing warships transferred were twelve torpedo boats . Little was done to improve the fleet during the 1920s , but fleet modernisation was underway from the early 1930s , with a British-made flotilla leader followed by a class of modern French-designed destroyers and German-built MTBs . Almost all of the fleet was captured by the Axis powers during the April 1941 invasion of Yugoslavia , but a few vessels escaped to form the KJRM-in-exile , which operated under British supervision . Later in the war , several vessels that had been in Italian service were returned to the KJRM-in-exile , and these were joined by a British corvette and a number of US Patrol Torpedo boats . At the end of the war , these vessels were transferred to the fledgling Yugoslav Navy .

neg: Political status of Crimea The status of Crimea is the subject of a political and territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia . While Russia occupied the territory in 2014 and claimed it had ` fully integrated ' it by July 2015 , and continues to administer it as two federal subjects of Russia , while Ukraine and the majority of international governments ( with a few exceptions ) continue to regard Crimea as an integral part of Ukraine .   The dispute came into being after the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol against Ukrainian laws merged as a single united state under the name of Republic of Crimea and then , following a snap disputed referendum on joining Russia ( that official results showed backed the proposal ) , unilaterally declared their independence from Ukraine while the region was under military occupation by Russia itself . This state was then annexed by Russia , where it became a self-proclaimed federal district , whereas the Autonomous Republic became the `` Republic of Crimea '' as a Russian republic and Sevastopol became a Russian federal city . However , Ukraine and the majority of the international community do not consider the merge , the independence , the referendum , nor the annexation legitimate and still consider both entities as divisions of Ukraine . Despite international opinion however , the currency , tax and legal system are all operational under Russian jurisdiction . Ukraine has there applied for multiple litigations through international crime , water resources , the European Union and other courts .   In 1920 , immediately after the RSFSR recognized the independence of the Ukrainian SSR ( The `` Workers ' and Peasants Union Treaty between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( RSFSR ) and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic '' signed 28 December 1920 ) , the responsibility for all Crimean administration was reassigned directly to the Kremlin . In 1994 Russia signed the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances , which states that it would `` Respect Belarusian , Kazakh and Ukrainian independence and sovereignty and the existing borders '' . A detailed status of Crimea at that time was not described nor mentioned in the Budapest Memorandum , nor was a map of the existing borders of Ukraine included in the Memorandum .

neg: JW Formoza Jednostka Wojskowa Formoza , ( en . Military Unit Formoza ) ( 2007-2011 Morska Jednostka Działań Specjalnych , MJDS ) ( en . Naval Special Operations Unit ) , other old names : Sekcje Działań Specjalnych Marynarki Wojennej ( Polish Navy Special Operations Sections ) , Grupy Specjalne Płetwonurków ( Special Frogmen Groups ) .   JWF is now part of Wojska Specjalne ( 1975-2008 - part of the Polish Navy ) . The Formoza was founded in 1975 . Its first commanding officer was ( now a retired ) certified commander , kmdr por . dypl . Józef Rembisz . In 1974 , a research team dealing with matters related to naval frogmen was created . The team was to draw up a concept for the organisation and formation of a special division of naval frogmen .   The unit was originally intended to comprise three sections of frogmen , a technical section , section and management . But it was necessary to change this premise ; a frogman could not go under the water without a safety leash . It was found possible to omit this regulation . A basic team now consists of a pair formed to safeguard each other , three pairs create a special group , five groups -- a section . At the very beginning , conscripted soldiers served in the unit , nowadays the unit is entirely professional , which has increased its operating effectiveness . A three-year training system was preserved , for instance , during the first year , mainly shooting , swimming long distances , driving vehicles and foreign languages are practiced .   In September 1987 , the unit changed its name to Special Operations Department and the Special Naval Frogman Groups were created in 1990 . The unit has formidable striking power , two frogmen may sink or take control of an enemy 's ship , several of them may block even a large group of ships . The current official name Formoza comes from a Polish Navy seamen nickname of unit 's training base `` Formoza '' ( from relation between mainland , coast and island like PRC and ROC Taiwan - Formosa ) - a former WW2 German torpedo test platform , 500 m away from coast in Gdynia Naval Harbour ( Formoza means Formosa in Polish ) .

neg: List of companies of Slovakia Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe . The capital and largest city is Bratislava . The official language is Slovak .   Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with a very high Human Development Index , a very high standard of living and performs favourably in measurements of civil liberties , press freedom , internet freedom , democratic governance and peacefulness . The country maintains a combination of market economy with universal health care and a comprehensive social security system . The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009 . Slovakia is also a member of the Schengen Area , NATO , the United Nations , the OECD , the WTO , CERN , the OSCE , the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group . The Slovak economy is one of the fastest growing economies in Europe and 3rd fastest in eurozone . Its legal tender , the Euro , is the world 's 2nd most traded currency . Although regional income inequality is high , 90 % of citizens own their homes . In 2016 , Slovak citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 165 countries and territories , ranking the Slovak passport 11th in the world . Slovakia is the world 's biggest per-capita car producer with a total of 1,040,000 cars manufactured in the country in 2016 alone . The car industry represents 43 percent of Slovakia 's industrial output , and a quarter of its exports .   For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations , see `` Business entities in Slovakia '' .

neg: Great Moravia Great Moravia ( regnum Marahensium , Μεγάλη Μοραβία -- megale Moravia , Velká Morava , Veľká Morava , Wielka Morawia ) , the Great Moravian Empire , ( historiographical terms -- original formal name is unknown ) or simply Moravia , was the first major state that was predominantly Slavonic to emerge in the area of Central Europe . Its core territories were located on the Morava river which gave its name to the kingdom . `` Morava '' in both Czech and Slovak refers to both the river and the land of Moravia - the medieval Margraviate of Moravia , which is now the eastern part of the Czech Republic . The river Morava flows south through the whole of Moravia , later forming the present-day border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia before finally becoming the border between Slovakia and Austria ( where it is called the March in German ) . The kingdom saw the rise of the first ever Slavic literary culture in the Old Church Slavonic language . After the fall of Great Moravia , its core territory was gradually divided between the newly ascending Czech Kingdom ( Bohemia ) and Hungarian Kingdom : the frontier was originally settled on the Morava river ( the Czech Kingdom to its west , and Hungary - present-day Slovakia - to its east ) . However , from the 12th century , the Czech kings managed to gain more and more of the region on the eastern bank - eventually gaining the whole stretch of the eastern territory from Uherské Hradiště down to Strážnice , and this region retained its non-Czech identity in its designation `` Slovácko '' as an alternative dialectal for `` Slovakia '' . After this , the Czech-Hungarian border shifted east to the White Carpathians . The core region of Great Moravia along the Morava river , thus divided between the present-day Moravia and Slovakia , has retained a unique culture in the rich folklore tradition both on the western bank of the Morava ( including the southern Záluží region ) and the eastern bank - the Slovácko ( in Moravia ) and Záhorie ( in Slovakia ) . Záhorie also boasts the only surviving building from Great Moravian times - the chapel at Kopčany just across the Morava from the archaeological site of Mikulčice . The core of Great Moravia was established , according to legend , in the early 830s , when Prince Mojmír I ( -LSB- moimi : r -RSB- ) crossed the Morava and conquered the principality of Nitra ( present-day western Slovakia ) . The former principality of Nitra was used as the údelné kniežatsvo , or the territory given to , and ruled by , the successor to the throne , traditionally the nephew ( sister 's son ) of the ruling kъnendzь or Prince .   The extent and location of Great Moravia are a subject of debate . Rival theories place the center of it either south of the river Danube ( the river Morava in Serbia ) or on the Great Hungarian Plain . The exact date when the Moravian state was founded is also disputed , but it probably occurred in the early 830s under Prince Mojmír I , ( r. 820s/830s -- 846 ) , who is the first known ruler of the united Moravia . Mojmír and his successor , Rastislav ( `` Rostislav '' in Czech ) , who ruled from 846 to 870 , initially acknowledged the suzerainty of the Carolingian monarchs , but the Moravian fight for independence caused a series of armed conflicts with East Francia beginning in the 840s .   Moravia reached its largest territorial extent under Svätopluk I , ( Svatopluk in Czech ) , who ruled from 870 to 894 , and who was occasionally styled as king in contemporaneous sources . Although the borders of his empire can not be exactly determined , he controlled the core territories of Moravia as well as other neighbouring regions , including Bohemia , most of Slovakia and parts of Slovenia , Hungary , Poland and Ukraine , for some periods of his reign . Separatism and internal conflicts emerging after Svätopluk 's death contributed to the fall of Great Moravia , which was overrun by the Hungarians . The exact date of Moravia 's collapse is unknown , but it occurred between 902 and 907 .   Moravia experienced significant cultural development under Prince Rastislav , with the arrival in 863 of the mission of Saints Cyril and Methodius . Rastislav had asked the Byzantine emperor to send a `` teacher '' ( učitelja ) to introduce literacy and a legal system ( pravьda ) to Great Moravia . The brothers Cyril and Methodius introduced a system of writing ( the Glagolitic alphabet ) and Slavonic liturgy , the latter eventually formally approved by Pope Adrian II . The Glagolitic script was probably invented by Cyril himself and the language he used for his translations of holy scripts and his original literary creation was based on the Slavic dialect he and his brother Methodius knew from their native Thessaloniki . The language , termed Old Church Slavonic , was the direct ancestral language for Bulgarian , and therefore also referred to as Old Bulgarian . Old Church Slavonic , therefore , differed somewhat from the local Slavic dialect of Great Moravia which was the ancestral idiom to the later dialects spoken in Moravia and western Slovakia .   Later , the disciples of Cyril and Methodius were expelled from Great Moravia by King Svätopluk I. Arriving in the First Bulgarian Empire , the disciples continued the Cyrilo-Methodian mission and the Glagolitic script was superseded by Cyrillic . The Cyrillic script and translations of the liturgy were disseminated to other Slavic countries , particularly in the Balkans and Kievan Rus ' , charting a new path in these Slavic nations ´ cultural development .

neg: Rail transport in Slovakia Rail transport in Slovakia began on 21 September 1840 , with the opening of the first horse-powered line from Bratislava to Svätý Jur ( at that time in Kingdom of Hungary ) . The first steam-powered line , from Bratislava to Vienna , opened on 20 August 1848 .   The modern Železnice Slovenskej republiky company was established in 1993 as a successor of the Československé státní drahy in Slovakia . Until 1996 it had formal monopoly on railroad transportation in the country , which remained a de facto monopoly until the advent of private operators entering the network in the early 2010s . Private passenger service operators include RegioJet , which operate trains between Prague ( Czech Republic ) and Košice , Žilina and Košice , Žilina and Bratislava and on the Komárno - Dunajská Streda - Bratislava route . There are plans to win more tenders in Slovakia .   Since 2002 a law divided the company : ŽSR was left with infrastructure maintenance and passenger and cargo transport was moved into company '' Železničná spoločnosť , a. s. '' ( ZSSK ) . In 2005 this new company was further split into '' Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko , a. s. '' ( ZSSK ) providing Passenger transport services and '' Železničná spoločnosť Cargo Slovakia , a. s. '' ( ZSSK Cargo ) providing cargo services . Freight transport is operated by ZSCS and around 30 private companies .   Slovakia is a member of the International Union of Railways ( UIC ) . The UIC Country Code for Slovakia is 56 .

neg: Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine The Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine was adopted on July 16 , 1990 by the recently elected parliament of Ukrainian SSR by a vote of 355 for and four against .   The document decreed that Ukrainian SSR laws took over the laws of the USSR , and declared that the Ukrainian SSR would maintain its own army and its own national bank with the power to introduce its own currency . The declaration also proclaimed that the republic would be `` a permanently neutral state that does not participate in military blocs , '' and that it would not accept , nor produce and nor procure nuclear weapons .   Shortly before Ukraine had done it other Soviet republics had also proclaimed their sovereignty ; these being Moldavia , Russia and Uzbekistan .   The Declaration established the principles of Self-Determination of the Ukrainian Nation , Rule of the People , State Power , Citizenship of the Ukrainian SSR , Territorial Supremacy , Economic Independence , Environmental Safety , Cultural Development , External and Internal Security , and International Relations .   Also on July 16 , 1990 parliament by a vote of 339 for and five against proclaimed July 16 a national holiday in Ukraine . And it created Ukrainian SSR citizenship while guaranteeing citizens the right to retain USSR citizenship , approving this by a vote of 296 for and 26 against .

neg: St. Martin's Cathedral, Bratislava The St. Martin 's Cathedral ( Katedrála svätého Martina , Kathedrale des Heiligen Martin , Szent Márton-dóm or Koronázó templom ) is a church in Bratislava , Slovakia , and the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bratislava . It is situated at the western border of the historical city center below Bratislava Castle . It is the largest and one of the oldest churches in Bratislava , known especially for being the coronation church of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1563 and 1830 .   Together with the castle on the hill adjacent , and somewhat similar in its striking but fairly stark Gothic lines and colouring , St Martin 's 85 m spire dominates Old Town 's skyline . The tower virtually formed a part of the town 's fortifications , built as it was into the city 's defensive walls .   As with the castle , the surroundings of St Martin 's are as memorable as the structure itself . In the cathedral 's case , this includes the picturesque remains of outbuildings in a spacious staired courtyard , and a working seminary with robed adepts on a cobblestone side-street . A small but significant neighbour of the cathedral is a monument to the synagogue , which stood next door for centuries until the Communist government demolished it around 1970 to make room for a new Nový Most bridge . The cathedral contains the remains of Saint John the Merciful who died in the early 7th Century .

neg: Slovakia at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of Slovakia 's results at the FIFA World Cup . The FIFA World Cup , sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup , but usually referred to simply as the World Cup , is an international association football competition contested by the men 's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ) , the sport 's global governing body . The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930 , except in 1942 and 1946 , due to World War II .   The tournament consists of two parts , the qualification phase and the final phase ( officially called the World Cup Finals ) . The qualification phase , which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals , is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals . The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title , at venues within the host nation ( or nations ) over a period of about a month . The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world , with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final .   Slovakia have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 2010 where they reached the second round .

neg: Slovak Socialist Republic From 1969 to 1990 , the Slovak Socialist Republic ( Slovenská socialistická republika in Slovak ; abbreviated SSR ) was the official name of that part of Czechoslovakia that is Slovakia today . The name was used from 1 January 1969 until March 1990 .

neg: Catholic Church in Slovakia The Roman Catholic Church in Slovakia or Latin Church in Slovakia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church , under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome .   Around 62 % of the total population is Roman Catholic ( i.e. of Latin rite ) . The country is divided into 8 dioceses including 3 archdioceses . In Slovakia there is also a separate jurisdiction for those of the Byzantine Rite , see Slovak Greek Catholic Church .   Slovakia is the third most Catholic Slavic country , after Poland and Croatia .

neg: Komárno Komárno ( Komárom , colloquially Révkomárom , Öregkomárom , Észak-Komárom , Komorn , Komoran / Коморан ) is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers . Komárno was formed from part of a historical town in Hungary situated on both banks of the Danube . Following World War I and the Treaty of Trianon , the border of the newly created Czechoslovakia cut the historical , unified town in half , creating two new towns . The smaller part , based on the former suburb of Újszőny , is in present-day Hungary as Komárom ( the historical Hungarian town had the same name ) . Komárno and Komárom are connected by the Elisabeth Bridge , which used to be a border crossing between Slovakia and Hungary until border checks were lifted due to the Schengen Area rules .   Komárno is Slovakia 's principal port on the Danube . It is also the center of the Hungarian community in Slovakia , which makes up roughly 60 % of the town 's population . The town is the historic seat of the Serbian national minority in Slovakia .

neg: Denmark–Slovakia relations Denmark -- Slovakia relations refers to the current and historical relations between Denmark and Slovakia . Denmark has an embassy in Bratislava . Slovakia has an embassy in Copenhagen . The relations between Denmark and Slovakia are described as good and friendly . Denmark has a trade office in Slovakia . Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO . On 4 September 2002 , a Memorandum Of Understanding between the two countries , were signed .

neg: Transport in Slovakia Transport in Slovakia is possible by rail , road , air or rivers . Slovakia is a developed Central European country with a well-developed rail network ( 3,662 km ) and a highway system ( 225.25 km ) . Main international airport is the M. R. Štefánik Airport in the capital , Bratislava . Most important waterway is the river Danube used both by passenger , cargo and freight ships .


query: Delta Air Lines' headquarters are located in a state.

pos: Atlanta Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia , with an estimated 2016 population of 472,522 . Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area , home to 5,710,795 people and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States . Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County , and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County .   In 1837 , Atlanta was founded at the intersection of two railroad lines , and the city rose from the ashes of the American Civil War to become a national center of commerce . In the decades following the Civil Rights Movement , the city earned a reputation as `` too busy to hate '' for the relatively progressive views of its citizens and leaders compared to other cities in the Deep South . Atlanta attained international prominence , and it became the primary transportation hub of the Southeastern United States , via highway , railroad , and air , with Hartsfield -- Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the world 's busiest airport since 1998 .   Atlanta rated an `` alpha - '' world city that exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , research , technology , education , media , art , and entertainment . It ranks 40th among world cities and 8th in the nation with a gross domestic product of $ 270 billion . Atlanta 's economy is considered diverse , with dominant sectors that include logistics , professional and business services , media operations , and information technology . Atlanta has topographic features that include rolling hills and dense tree coverage . Revitalization of Atlanta 's neighborhoods , initially spurred by the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta , has intensified in the 21st century , altering the city 's demographics , politics , and culture .

pos: Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines , Inc. ( `` Delta '' ; ) is a major American airline , with its headquarters and largest hub at Hartsfield -- Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta , Georgia . The airline along with its subsidiaries and regional affiliates operate over 5,400 flights daily and serve an extensive domestic and international network that includes 319 destinations in 54 countries on six continents , as of October 2016 . Delta is one of the four founding members of the SkyTeam airline alliance , and operates joint ventures with Air France-KLM , Alitalia , Korean Air , China Eastern Airlines , Virgin Atlantic , and Virgin Australia . Regional service is operated under the brand name Delta Connection .   One of the five remaining legacy carriers , Delta is the sixth-oldest operating airline by foundation date , and the oldest airline still operating in the United States . The company 's history can be traced back to Huff Daland Dusters , founded in 1924 in Macon , Georgia as a crop dusting operation . The company moved to Monroe , Louisiana , and was later renamed Delta Air Services , in reference to the nearby Mississippi Delta region , and commenced passenger services on June 17 , 1929 . Among predecessors of today 's Delta Air Lines , Western Airlines and Northwest Airlines began flying passengers in 1926 and 1927 , respectively .   In 2013 , Delta Air Lines was the world 's largest airline in terms of scheduled passengers carried ( 120.6 million ) , and the second-largest in terms of both revenue passenger-kilometers flown ( 277.6 billion ) and capacity ( 4.4 billion ASM/week ; March 2013 ) .

neg: Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport is a state owned , public use airport located west of the central business district of Sitka , a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska that has no direct road access to the outside world , although it has car ferry access .   The airport is named after Sitka 's former mayor Rocky Gutierrez . It features a single terminal with jetway with air service operated year round by Alaska Airlines and seasonally by Delta Air Lines regional affiliate Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines . There is a single paved runway located on a causeway that juts off Japonski Island . Deceased tuberculosis patients from the nearby SEARHC/Mt . Edgecumbe Hospital were buried on airport grounds and had to be relocated during construction . That section of the airport is still unofficially called The Mausoleum .   As per Federal Aviation Administration records , the airport had 68,197 passenger boardings ( enplanements ) in calendar year 2008 , 62,498 enplanements in 2009 , and 64,536 in 2010 . It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015-2019 , which categorized it as a primary commercial service ( nonhub ) airport ( more than 10,000 enplanements per year ) based on 68,222 enplanements in 2012 .

neg: Emerald Air (United States) Emerald Air was an airline headquartered in Austin , Texas , United States . It was formerly known as Emerald Valley Airlines . Emerald Airlines ' brief history is marked by arrangements to feed connecting flights into both passenger airlines ( such as Continental Airlines and Pan Am ) and cargo airlines ( such as Purolator Courier ) much larger route systems . The airline also independently operated scheduled passenger flights within the state of Texas during the mid-1980s with Douglas DC-9-10 jet and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 turboprop aircraft and briefly served Wichita , Kansas and Omaha , Nebraska as well .

neg: Delaware River and Bay Authority The Delaware River and Bay Authority or DRBA is a bi-state government agency of the U.S. states of New Jersey and Delaware established by interstate compact in 1962 .   The authority operates the Delaware Memorial twin suspension bridges , the Cape May-Lewes Ferry between Cape May , New Jersey and Lewes , Delaware , the Forts Ferry Crossing and the Salem County Business Center .   The authority operates several aviation facilities in both New Jersey and Delaware , including Wilmington Airport , Cape May Airport , Millville Airport , Delaware Airpark and the Civil Air Terminal at Dover AFB . The Wilmington Airport is the largest air facility operated by the DRBA .

neg: Sugar Land Regional Airport Sugar Land Regional Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located in Sugar Land , Texas ( USA ) , 17 mi southwest of the central business district of Houston .   It was formerly known as Sugar Land Municipal Airport and previously as Hull Field . The airport was purchased from a private interest in 1990 by the city of Sugar Land . As of 2009 it is the fourth-largest airport within the Houston -- Sugar Land -- Baytown metropolitan area and handles approximately 250 aircraft operations per day which includes corporate business jet and turboprop flights .   The airport today serves the area 's general aviation ( GA ) aircraft serving corporate , governmental , and private clientele . A new 20000 sqft Terminal opened in 2006 with a 54 acre GA complex that includes 99 T-hangars nested in six buildings .   The airport , the fourth largest airport in Greater Houston as of 2009 , receives yearly usage from over 100 Fortune 500 companies . TXP , Inc. released a report identifying the airport as `` foremost general reliever airport in the southwest sector '' and `` a catalyst for corporate commerce in the Greater Houston market including the Westchase District , Uptown , and Greenway Plaza . '' In terms of general aviation the airport serves as a reliever for William P. Hobby Airport in Houston . As of 2010 Sugar Land Regional is the third busiest airport in Greater Houston by amount of aircraft operations .   The City of Houston maintains Cullinan Park , which occupies 750 acre of land directly north and west of the Sugar Land Regional Airport , blocking possibilities for expansion . In addition the airport is surrounded by Sugar Land homes , and there is a highway and rail road track directly south of the airport -- all factors that block airport expansion . The former Central Unit , a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for males , is in land zoned for airport expansion .

neg: Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center The Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center ( or ZSE or Seattle Center or Seattle ARTCC ) is the area control center responsible for controlling and ensuring proper separation of IFR aircraft in Washington state , most of Oregon , and parts of Idaho , Montana , Nevada , and California , as well as the neighboring area into the Pacific Ocean .   The control center is located at 3101 Auburn Way S , Auburn , Washington , which is 11.5 miles ( 18.5 km ) from SeaTac International , the only Class B airport served by the center .

neg: Head of Passes Head of Passes is where the main stem of the Mississippi River branches off into three distinct directions at its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico : Southwest Pass ( west ) , Pass A Loutre ( east ) and South Pass ( centre ) . They are part of the `` Bird 's Foot Delta '' , the youngest lobe of the evolving Mississippi River Delta .   Geographic coordinates   The Head of Passes is considered to be the location of the mouth of the Mississippi River .   The US Army Corps of Engineers maintains a 45-foot ( 13.7 m ) shipping channel from the mouth of Southwest Pass -- 20 miles ( 32 km ) downriver from the Head -- up to Baton Rouge , the US 's farthest inland deep-water port .   The Mouth of Passes is the aggregate of the individual mouths of the passes connected to the Head of Passes , including the Southwest , South , North Passes and Pass a Loutre . While the majority of the discharge of the Mississippi River flows through these mouths , a portion of the river flows out of the Atchafalaya River mouth , and a small portion continues to seep out of the 200 miles ( 300 km ) of the Delta shoreline .   During the American Civil War , Head of Passes was the site of several naval battles . The Anaconda Plan called for a large Union blockade of the Confederacy , and included plans to control the Mississippi River . This began in 1861 with a Union blockade stationed at the Head of Passes . This occupation resulted in the Battle of the Head of Passes , where the blockading forces were temporarily driven from the area . Ships involved in the ensuing conflict at the location include the CSS Manassas , the USS Vincennes , and the USS Richmond .   Port Eads is located at the southern tip of South Pass .

neg: Delta Connection Delta Connection is a regional airline brand name for Delta Air Lines , under which a number of individually owned regional airlines operate short - and medium-haul routes . Delta 's lone wholly owned regional airline , Endeavor Air , also resides under the Delta Connection banner . Mainline carriers often use regional airlines to operate services in order to increase frequency , serve routes that would not sustain larger aircraft , or for other competitive reasons .

neg: Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas . It is also the county seat of Pulaski County . It was incorporated on November 7 , 1831 , on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the geographic center of the state . The city derives its name from a rock formation along the river , named `` le petit rocher '' by the French in the 1720s . The capital of the Arkansas Territory was moved to Little Rock from Arkansas Post in 1821 . The city 's population was 193,524 at the 2010 census . The six county Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway , AR Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ) is ranked 75th in terms of population in the United States with 724,385 residents according to the 2013 estimate by the United States Census Bureau .   Little Rock is a cultural , economic , government , and transportation center within Arkansas and the South . Several cultural institutions are located in Little Rock , such as the Arkansas Arts Center , the Arkansas Repertory Theatre , and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra , in addition to the hiking , boating , and other outdoor recreational opportunities . Little Rock 's history is available through history museums , historic districts or neighborhoods like the Quapaw Quarter , and historic sites such as Little Rock Central High School . The city is the headquarters of Dillard 's , Windstream Communications , Acxiom , Stephens Inc. , University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences , Heifer International , the Clinton Foundation , and the Rose Law Firm . Other large corporations , such as Dassault Falcon Jet and LM Wind Power have large operations in the city . State government is a large employer , with many offices being located in downtown Little Rock . Two Interstate highways , Interstate 30 and Interstate 40 , meet in Little Rock , with the Port of Little Rock serving as a shipping hub .

neg: Riverdale (Little Rock) Located adjacent to the Arkansas River , Riverdale is a neighborhood of Little Rock , Arkansas , situated in the north-central area of the city . It lies to the northeast and at a lower elevation from Pulaski Heights , and to the northwest of downtown .   Riverdale contains a considerable amount of warehouses in the eastern part of the neighborhood , served by Union Pacific rail lines that travel through the area . The warehouse section is flanked on the east by the corporate headquarters of Dillard 's Department Stores , and is noted for a couple of larger gay nightclubs , Discovery and Triniti , as well as the landmark restaurant and bar , Cajun 's Wharf , one of many such businesses with a long presence in Little Rock .   The neighborhood progresses westward toward shopping areas , office complexes , and upscale residential communities . Part of the lure to Riverdale in recent years for shoppers has been an increased emphasis on design-oriented businesses , with retailers offering antiques , ceramics , fine fabrics , plants and specialty lighting fixtures . Accompanying these shops is a popular mix of restaurants skewing toward Southern and Italian cuisine .   Beyond shopping venues , soccer fields and corporate towers inch the neighborhood toward the riverfront . Regional headquarters for telecommunications providers Verizon Communications and Windstream Communications , as well as the non-profit service organization Winrock International , are among the companies whose executives broker deals here . A combination of gated communities , apartments and condominiums buffer the corporate corridor from Rebsamen Golf Course , the city 's largest public golf course , and Murray Park to the far west along Riverfront Drive .

neg: John F. Kennedy International Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport is a major international airport located in the neighborhood of Jamaica in the borough of Queens in New York City , United States , 12 mi southeast of Lower Manhattan . It is the busiest international air passenger gateway into North America , the fifth busiest airport in the United States and the busiest airport in the New York City airport system , handling just under 59 million passengers in 2016 . Over ninety airlines operate out of the airport , with non-stop or direct flights to destinations in all six inhabited continents . The airport features six passenger terminals and four runways . It serves as a hub for American Airlines and Delta Air Lines and is the primary operating base for JetBlue Airways . In the past , JFK served as a hub for Eastern , National , Pan Am , and TWA .   Opened as New York International Airport in 1948 , it was commonly known as Idlewild Airport before being renamed in 1963 in memory of John F. Kennedy , the 35th President of the United States , following his assassination .

neg: Delta, Missouri Delta is a city in Cape Girardeau County , Missouri , United States . The population was 438 at the 2010 census . It is part of the Cape Girardeau -- Jackson , MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area .

neg: California Air National Guard The California Air National Guard ( CA ANG ) is the air force militia of the U.S. State of California . It is , along with the California Army National Guard , an element of the California National Guard .   As state militia units , the units in the California Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command . They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of California through the office of the California Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States . The California Air National Guard is headquartered in Sacramento , and its commander is Major General Jon K. Kelk .

neg: Continental Airlines Flight 12 Continental Airlines Flight 12 , is a scheduled domestic passenger flight that on July 1 , 1965 was operated by a Boeing 707 jet liner , registration from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport with an intermediate at Kansas City Downtown Airport . After a routine flight the plane was making an approach on the instrument landing system for runway 18 . There was heavy rain and low visibility at the airport . The wind was reported from the East-northeast at 7 knots . At most airports this would normally mean an approach should be initiated from the other direction , runway 36 . Quality Hill , in downtown Kansas City overlooks the airport from this direction . It is so close to the end of the runway that aircraft have to go around it to land safely in good weather . This obstacle prevented the installation of an instrument landing system on this runway . It is normally considered safe to land opposite direction in these conditions but they would be landing with a slight tailwind . The flight landed at 5:29 a.m. CST 1,100 feet down the runway . Reverse thrusting and braking were initiated but did not slow the airplane as anticipated . It began to veer 30 ° left before it ran off the end of the runway . The right wing impacted a blast mound as the aircraft rolled over it , coming to rest in three pieces on the perimeter road between the mound and river levee . After an investigation , the cause of the accident was determined to be `` hydroplaning of the landing gear wheels , which precluded braking effectiveness . ''   Although there were no fatalities in the accident , it highlighted a number of shortcomings with jet aircraft operations at Kansas City Downtown Airport . At 7,000 feet , runway 18-36 was barely long enough for Boeing 707 aircraft . The airport could not be expanded , as it was surrounded on three sides by the Missouri river and a rail yard on the east side . In 1972 airline operations were moved to Kansas City International Airport .   Continental continued to use the `` Flight 12 '' designation on its Honolulu to Los Angeles routing . After its acquisition by United Airlines , the flight number was kept for its LAX-HNL routing but it is now used on an IAH-LGA routing .

neg: Wright Air Service Wright Air Service is an American airline based in Fairbanks , Alaska , United States . It was established by Al Wright and started operations in 1967 . It is based at the Fairbanks International Airport . The president of the company is Robert Bursiel .

neg: Delta High School Delta High School may refer to :   Delta High School ( Alaska ) , a high school in Alaska , United States  Delta High School ( Clarksburg , California ) , a high school in Clarksburg , California , United States  Delta High School ( Muncie , Indiana ) , a high school in Muncie , Indiana , United States  Delta High School ( Ohio ) , a high school in Delta , Ohio , United States  Delta High School ( Utah ) , a high school in Delta , Utah , United States  KIPP : Delta Collegiate High School , in Helena-West Helena , Arkansas , USA  Delta Charter High School , Tracy , California , USA  South Delta High School , Rolling Fork , Missippi , USA

neg: Departure control system A Departure Control System ( DCS ) automates processing an airlines ' airport management operation . This includes managing the information required for airport check-in and printing boarding card , baggage acceptance , boarding , load control and aircraft checks .   Today DCS mostly ( 98 % ) manage electronic tickets via interfaces from range of devices including check-in kiosks , online check-in , mobile boarding cards , and baggage handling . DCS are able to identify , capture and update reservations from an airlines Computer Reservation System for passengers stored in a so-called Passenger Name Record ( PNR ) . A DCS is used to update reservations , typically as checked-in , boarded , flown or another status .   Additionally and increasingly a DCS for some city-pair sectors may also be connected with immigration control for visa , immigration and passenger no-fly watchlists .   Historically systems developed in North America have incorporated DCS functions as part of the reservations systems with check-in being initiated directly from the PNR . Load control ( weight and balance ) is then provided by a standalone application . Systems developed by airlines outside North America have traditionally had a separate database for DCS , requiring passenger data to be transferred from the PNR into DCS records . These systems have an integrated weight and balance capability .   So-called `` new generation '' DCSs are being developed and deployed by vendors such as Amadeus and SITA as part of the overall re-engineering of airline Passenger Services Systems . These new systems typically use a common database and a services oriented architecture that allows reservations , check-in and other services to maintain a consistent view of passenger information .   Larger international airports will have a range of DCS or a single DCS which each particular airline carrier can integrate with for streamlined operations .

neg: Indianapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center Indianapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center ( ZID ) , ( radio communications , `` Indianapolis Center '' ) is one of 22 established FAA Area Control Centers , and is physically located at 1850 South Sigsbee Street , Indianapolis , Indiana , ( United States ) .   The primary responsibility of Indianapolis Center is sequencing and separation of over-flights , arrivals , and departures in order to provide safe , orderly , and expeditious flow of aircraft filed under instrument flight rules ( IFR ) .   Indianapolis Center is the 12th busiest ARTCC in the United States . Between January 1 , 2012 and December 31 , 2012 , Indianapolis Center handled 1,922,383 aircraft operations . Indianapolis Center covers approximately 73,000 square miles of the Midwestern United States , including parts of Indiana , Illinois , Kentucky , Ohio , West Virginia , Virginia and Tennessee .  Indianapolis Center lies adjacent to six Air Route Traffic Control Centers : Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center , Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center , Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center , Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center , Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center , and Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center . ZID overlies or abuts many approach control facilities ( including Indianapolis , Louisville , Cincinnati , Dayton , Columbus , and Charleston ) .

neg: Ocean Conservancy Ocean Conservancy ( founded as The Delta Corporation ) is a nonprofit environmental advocacy group based in Washington , D.C. , United States . The organization helps formulate ocean policy at the federal and state government levels based on peer reviewed science . Ocean Conservancy is one of the few organizations that help protect wildlife in the ocean .

neg: Aerosim Flight Academy The Aerosim Flight Academy , formerly the Delta Connection Academy , a former subsidiary of Delta Air Lines , is a flight school for prospective pilots wishing to enter a career as a commercial airline pilot . As of August 2 , 2010 , Delta Connection Academy changed names to Aerosim Flight Academy . It is headquartered in Sanford , Florida at the Orlando Sanford International Airport . The school has other campuses around the United States .

neg: Delta University Delta University may refer to :   Delta State University , Cleveland , Mississippi , USA  Delta State University , Abraka , Delta , Nigeria ; state government university  Delta State Polytechnic , Delta , Nigeria ; a set of three public institutions  East Delta University , Agrabad , Chittagong , Bangladesh  Western Delta University , Oghara , Delta State , Nigeria  Delta International University of New Orleans , Louisiana , USA