Slovakia pays tribute to common state of Czechs and Slovaks

The First Czechoslovak Republic was a success story thanks to personalities such as Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová said on the occasion of the 104th anniversary of the establishment of the former common state of Czechs and Slovaks. According to Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger, the Czechoslovak federation helped the Slovak language, culture and education to flourish. Leading Slovak politicians and cultural figures on Friday laid wreaths at the monument to Czechoslovak statehood and at the statue of Czechoslovak co-founder Milan Rastislav Štefánik.