Editing Slovakia (section)

==== 2000s ====
[[File:Tratado de Lisboa 13 12 2007 (081).jpg|thumb|Slovakia became a member of the European Union in 2004 and signed the [[Lisbon Treaty]] in 2007.]]

Slovakia became a member of [[OECD]] on 14&nbsp;December 2000, [[NATO]] on 29&nbsp;March 2004 and of the [[European Union]] on 1&nbsp;May 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbs.sk/_img/documents/biatec/trajan.pdf|title=Review of Slovakia's accession to the OECD|date=February 2001|website=National bank of Slovakia}}</ref> The country used to be dubbed the ''"[[Tatra Tiger]]"'' in the 2000s as achieved, on average, roughly 6% per capita GDP growth each year from 2000 to 2008.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nicolae-Dragos |first1=Biea |year=2015 |url=https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2017-01/eb008_en_2.pdf |title=Economic growth in Slovakia: Past successes and future challenges |journal=Acta Oeconomica |series=European Economy Economic Briefs |edition=008 |publisher=European Commission |doi=10.2765/01942 |isbn=978-92-79-54469-9 |issn=2443-8030 |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-date=29 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829050234/https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2017-01/eb008_en_2.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pogátsa |first1=Zoltán |author-link=Zoltán Pogátsa |year=2009 |title=Tatra Tiger: Growth Miracle or Belated Recovery? |journal=Acta Oeconomica |location=Budapest |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=377–390 |doi=10.1556/AOecon.59.2009.4.1 |issn=0001-6373 |jstor=40729918}}</ref> [[Ivan Gašparovič]] became the third president of Slovakia in 2004 and in 2009 became the first and the only Slovak re-elected president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20090405-ivan-gasparovic-elected-president-|title=Ivan Gasparovic re-elected President|date=5 April 2009|website=France 24}}</ref>

In 2006, [[Robert Fico]] became Prime Minister, during his first government, Slovakia joined the [[Schengen area]] on 21&nbsp;December 2007, allowing visa free travel and on 1&nbsp;January 2009 adopted the [[Euro]] as its national currency at 30.1260 [[Slovak koruna|korunas]] to the euro.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Slovakia joins the euro – European Commission|url=https://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/articles/euro/article13563_en.htm|access-date=7 April 2021|website=ec.europa.eu|archive-date=8 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308121832/https://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/articles/euro/article13563_en.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The Slovak economy was involved in a major slowdown during the [[2008 financial crisis]], experiencing the deepest [[recession]] in history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/96500/commentary_19.pdf|title=Slovakia's economic success and the global crisis|date=2 February 2009|website=CES commentary}}</ref> At the beginning of 2009, Slovakia faced energy crisis and  declared a [[state of emergency]], after Russia cut gas supplies to Europe via Ukrainian pipelines as part of a [[2009 Russia–Ukraine gas dispute|price dispute with Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/politics-and-society/c/energy-crisis-looms-as-all-gas-imports-cease|title=Energy crisis looms as all gas imports cease|date=12 January 2009|website=The Slovak Spectator}}</ref>