Economy of Slovakia
Slovakia switched its currency from the Slovak crown (SK-slovenská koruna) to the Euro on 1 January 2009, at a rate of 30.1260 korunas to the euro.
Stredné Slovensko
Central Slovakia is one of the four NUTS-2 Regions of Slovakia. It was created at the same time as were the Žilina and the Banská Bystrica  regions. Central Slovakia is the largest of the four regions of Slovakia and its GDP per capita is 58,8% of the European Union average (€13,600 per year).