Civic knowledge and political participation of the youth in two regions Slovakia and Hungary. The sociological survey of the youth in Slovakia since 2004 transferred its attention from the issue of civil associations of children and youth also to school self-governments of pupils and students as an important place of civic education of European citizens. We built upon the assumption that civic knowledge has a substantive importance for the purpose of effective civil participation. Thus, in the long term, we have been verifying the ICCS 2009 research hypothesis according to which “higher level of civic knowledge guarantee higher level of participation of young people in various forms of civil and political life at school and in the society.” New data from MyPlace project in Slovakia help identify the breadth of forms of socio-political activism among young people in two specific region (Trnava and Rimavská Sobota 1200 surveying young people), mainly measure respondents’ knowledge, attitudes towards and experiences of right extreme politics. The MyPlace project survey of young people commenced in late 2012 and continued into early 2013, surveying 18,000 young people across 30 field sites in 15 regions (14 countries). Key words: political knowledge, youth, civic education, authoritarianism