GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

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Page last updated on February 5, 2013

Disputes - international:
bilateral government, legal, technical and economic working group negotiations continued in 2006 between Slovakia and Hungary over Hungary's completion of its portion of the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros hydroelectric dam project along the Danube; as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Slovakia has implemented the strict Schengen border rules

Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin bound for Western Europe; producer of synthetic drugs for regional market; consumer of ecstasy

NOTE: The information regarding Slovakia on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Slovakia Transnational Issues 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Slovakia Transnational Issues 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.