[ex-Texan]

What languages do you need in Slovakia to get around?

[AlexW]

"What languages do you need in Slovakia to get around?"

Well, I speak only English, and a few words of Slovak.
Slovak is a serbic language, as Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Polish, and Serb.
Russians, Serbs, and Bulgarians use Caralie alphabet, but Slovaks, Czechs, and Polish do not.
All young people now learn English in the public schools.

One has to understand that under the Communist, and till 1989, English was discouraged and not taught in most schools.
Many people under 25 know some English, but with older people it is rare.

Dovidenia (goodbye)