National Scholarship Programme

Regional Administration

The Slovak Republic is divided into administrative units: 8 higher territorial units and 79 districts. The Capital is Bratislava (www.bratislava.sk).

List of higher territorial units:

· Banská Bystrica higher territorial unit (www.vucbb.sk, only in Slovak)

· Bratislava higher territorial unit (www.region-bsk.sk, only in Slovak)

· Košice higher territorial unit (www.kosice-region.sk)

· Nitra higher territorial unit (www.unsk.sk, only in Slovak)

· Prešov higher territorial unit (www.vucpo.sk, only in Slovak)

· Trenčín higher territorial unit (www.tsk.sk, only in Slovak)

· Trnava higher territorial unit (www.trnava-vuc.sk, only in Slovak)

· Žilina higher territorial unit (www.zask.sk)

List of districts:

http://regiony.szm.sk (only in Slovak)

Local Administration

Local administration in the Slovak Republic is directed by municipalities. Every town has its own town hall and administration headed by the mayor. Every village has a community office headed by a reeve. Many towns and villages have their own web sites.

· Banská Bystrica www.bbb.sk

· Bratislava www.bratislava.sk

· Komárno www.komarno.sk (only in Slovak and Hungarian)

· Košice www.kosice.sk

· Liptovský Mikuláš www.liptovskymikulas.sk

· Martin www.martin.sk

· Nitra www.nitra.sk

· Poprad www.poprad.sk

· Prešov www.presov.sk

· Ružomberok www.ruzomberok.sk (only in Slovak)

· Trnava www.trnava.sk (only in Slovak)

· Trenčín www.trencin.sk