Czech and Slovak: languages or dialects?

Czech and Slovak are generally considered to be mutually intelligible, but is this still the case? And were they considered separate languages prior to the Velvet Divorce?

Related Keywords

Norway , ,Slovak Republic ,United Kingdom ,Macedonia ,Belarus ,Bratislava ,Bratislavsky Kraj ,Czech Republic ,Canada ,Russia ,Ukraine ,Hungary ,Croatia ,Sweden ,Bulgaria ,White Mountain ,Stredoceský ,Prague ,Praha ,Hlavníesto ,Nitra ,Nitriansky ,Poland ,Polish ,Czech ,Czechia ,Swedish ,Norwegian ,Ukrainian ,Slovak ,Serbian ,Czechs ,Slovaks ,Macedonian ,Russian ,Belarusian ,Croatian ,Scotland ,Czechoslovakia ,Hungarian ,Newfoundland ,Hungarians ,Bulgarian ,Wikimedia Commons ,Karel Oliva ,Zajac Vanka ,Anton Bernol ,Noemi Fingerlandov ,Andrej Babi ,Faculty Of Science Charles University ,Education Ministry ,Slovak Culture Ministry ,Flickr ,Rector For Student Affairs At Charles University ,State Language Act ,Original Czech ,Administrative Code ,Tax Code ,Student Affairs ,Charles University ,Science Charles ,While Mark ,Velvet Divorce ,First Republic ,Second World War ,