The visegrad review


Welcome


The Visegrad Review
(Vol. I, no. 1 — April 2010)
A scholarly, interdisciplinary journal

ISSN 1920-8782 (Print)

ISSN 1920-8790 (Online)


Editor-in-chief: Christopher Adam


East/Central European states share a common historical heritage, each of them having been impacted by pre-World War I empires, Soviet influence and a dramatic transition to democracy and free market economy in 1989. Twenty years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the re-introduction of multi-party democracy, the member states of the Visegrad Group should aim for greater cooperation and alignment of policies when negotiating with other European Union countries, in order to increase the region’s voice and weight both within the EU and abroad.


This website and journal hopes to help increase awareness about the political, social, economic and cultural trends occurring in the four member states, provide a forum for scholars and assist in developing greater dialogue in the region.




Member State Profiles of the Visegrad Group
Czech Republic
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Population: 10.4 million
Size: 78,866 sq km
Capital: Prague (population: 1.24 million)
Growth rate: 0.0%
Ethnic composition: Czech (90.4%), Moravian (3.7%), Slovak (1.9%), Polish (0.5%), German (0.4%), Silesian (0.1%), Roma (0.1%),  Hungarian (0.1%), Other (2.8%)
Religion: Atheist/Agnostic (60%), Roman Catholic (27.4%), Protestant (1.2%), Hussities (1.0%), Jehovah's Witnesses (0.2%), Eastern Orthodox (0.2%), Unkown (8.8%), Other (2.8%).
Immigrant population: 4.41%
Tourists/year: 16.8 million
Hungary
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Population: 10.1 million

Size: 93,030 sq km

Capital: Budapest (population: 1.71 million)

Growth rate: -0.14%

Ethnic Compsition: Hungarian (94.4%), Roma (2.02%),                

German (1.18%), Slovak (0.38%), Croat (0.25%), Romanian (0.1%)

Religion: Roman Catholic (51.9%), Reformed (15.9%),                      

No Denomination/Agnostic (14.5%), Lutheran (3%),                          

Greek Catholic (2.6%), Baptist (0.18%), Orthodox (0.16%),                 

Jewish (0.13%), Unkown (10.1%), Other (0.94%)

Immigrant population: 3.13%

Tourists/year: 17.2 million

Poland
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Population: 38.1 million

Size: 312,679 sq km

Capital: Warsaw (population: 2.0 million)

Growth rate: -0.04%

Ethnic Composition: Polish (96.7%), Undeclared (2.03%),          

Other (1.23%)

Religion: Roman Catholic (89.8%), Eastern Orthodox (1.3%),

Protestant (0.3%), Unspecified (8.3%), Other (0.3%)

Immigrant population: 1.84%

Tourists/year: 19.5 million

Slovakia
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Population: 5.4 million

Size: 49,035 sq km

Capital: Bratislava (population: 428,791)

Growth rate: 0.15

Ethnic Composition: Slovak (85.5%), Hungarian (9.7%), Roma

(1.7%), Czech (0.8%), Other (2.0%)

Religion: Roman Catholic (69%), Atheist (13%), Protestant (6.9%),

Greek Catholic (4.1%), Orthodox (0.9%), Other (6.37%)

Immigrant Population: 2.29%

Tourists/year: 814,000