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The Czech Association in Slovakia was founded in 1994 and has 1,300 members. In addition to the headquarters in Košice there are branches in Bratislava, Trnava, Trenčín, Martin, Liptovský Mikuláš and Stará Ľubovňa. Every two months the association's own magazine Stříbrný vítr is published. For the members of the association, but also for the public and the Slovak majority population, the association organises numerous exhibitions, discussions, educational programs and concerts. A special event is the Days of Czech Culture in Košice. The association also has a women's choir that performs in Slovakia and abroad. The main task of the association is the preservation of the Czech language and cultural memory of Czech traditions in Slovakia. The association is a member of FUEN since 1998.

The Czech minority in Slovakia was created by the division of Czechoslovakia into the republics of the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993. Like the members of the minority themselves, historical sites of the Czechs in Slovakia are scattered throughout the country. Throughout Slovakia, the Czech minority has eleven associations in the cities of Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra, Trenčín, Žilina, Martin, Zvolen, Liptovský Hrádok, Poprad and Košice, where the Czech Association in Slovakia is also located. Czechs in Slovakia are not directly represented by any political party, because the challenge of the minority is represented differently. The Czech minority includes 37,000 inhabitants of Slovakia. Most of them speak Czech and Slovak.