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| 02VATICAN3717 | HOLY SEE SIGNS ACCORD WITH CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) THE HOLY SEE SIGNED A JURIDICAL ACCORD WITH THE CZECH REPUBLIC JULY 25 REGULATING THE STATUS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE AGREEMENT, REACHED AFTER THREE YEARS OF OCCASIONALLY DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS, GUARANTEES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FREEDOM TO CONDUCT ITS ACTIVITIES, IN [...] |
2002-07-29 14:50:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PL RO LO BU EZ VT |
| 04BRATISLAVA1006 | SLOVAK TROOPS IN IRAQ AFTER POLISH WITHDRAWAL? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Robert Kalinak, Chairman of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee and member of the opposition party SMER, recently questioned the Slovak troop mandate in Iraq on a political TV talk show. While remaining supportive of coalition objectives in Iraq, he raised three issue [...] |
2004-11-04 15:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL LO IZ AF NATO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1007 | Slovaks Will Support Meron for ICTY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-05 07:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL LO UNGA |
| 04BRATISLAVA101 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SCHUSTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. AMBASSADOR WEISER MET WITH SLOVAK PRESIDENT RUDOLF SCHUSTER ON JANUARY 28. THEY DISCUSSED HIS CONVERSATION THAT MORNING WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT LEONID KUCHMA, WHO IS SEEKING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW FOR HIS REELECTION. SCHUSTER ALSO DESCRIBED HIS SUCCESSFUL TALKS WI [...] |
2004-01-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR LO EG UP |
| 04BRATISLAVA1011 | WIDE SUPPORT FOR EU ACCESSION TALKS WITH TURKEY [...] (U) Summary. The vast majority of Slovak political parties have expressed support for beginning EU-accession talks with Turkey. However, they caution that beginning talks is not a guarantee of support for joining the EU; Turkey must fully meet all the political and economic requirements for [...] |
2004-11-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU UP LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1013 | EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. None 2. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD. 1) October 1 - EXBS Advisor attended the "Day of the Slovak Customs Administration" di [...] |
2004-11-08 10:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1014 | SLOVAKS SEEK TO REPURCHASE TRANSPETROL FROM YUKOS [...] Summary. Three years after selling Transpetrol, the operator of the Slovak portion of the Druzhba pipeline, to Yukos, the GOS will attempt to repurchase the company. Citing instability at Yukos due to its legal problems with the GOR, Slovak Minister of Economy Pavol Rusko announced that the [...] |
2004-11-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET LO PREL |
| 04BRATISLAVA1016 | GOS ROMA STRATEGY: EMPLOYMENT TACTICS [...] Summary. Many Roma settlements in eastern Slovakia suffer from high rates of long-term unemployment due to low job creation, poor education, and in large part, discrimination. In the beginning of 2004, the government instituted needed changes to the social benefit system, which had been wide [...] |
2004-11-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ELAB SOCI LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1018 | SLOVAK TIP MID-YEAR UPDATE [...] Summary. Jennifer Topping, from the Office of Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP), visited Slovakia from October 22 to 26. Topping applauded the efforts of law enforcement officials in investigating trafficking cases. She also encouraged officials to consider broader governmental coordination on [...] |
2004-11-09 08:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA102 | NEW NBU DIRECTOR FINALLY APPOINTED [...] (C) AFTER MONTHS OF COALITION WRANGLING, THE SLOVAK CABINET APPOINTED AUREL UGOR AS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE (NBU) ON JANUARY 28. PRIOR TO THIS APPOINTMENT, UGOR WORKED IN THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (VSS), SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE FIRST DEPARTMENT SINCE OCTOBER 2 [...] |
2004-01-29 15:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LO NBU |
| 04BRATISLAVA1027 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 10, 2004 [...] (C) Representatives of the MFA and MOD told DCM and emboffs October 19 that there was strong pressure from some EU countries to lift the arms embargo on China and added that Slovakia believed a strengthened EU Code of Conduct would only allow responsible exports (Refs A and B). DCM stressed t [...] |
2004-11-10 15:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LO UP LY CH |
| 04BRATISLAVA1041 | GUIDANCE REQUEST: POSSIBLE SLOVAK TANK SALE TO [...] (S) Summary: This is an action request--see para 3. A Slovak firm proposes selling excess T-72 tanks to Azerbaijan. End Summary. 2. (S) Peter Peniaska, head of the Slovak arms firm Petina International, met with emboffs to seek USG opinion on the potential sale of 145 T-72 tanks to Azerba [...] |
2004-11-16 17:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | MARR MASS PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1042 | CYPRUS PEACEKEEPING CONTINGENT WILL NOT INCREASE; [...] (C) Radovan Javorcik, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, told poloff November 16 that the GOS will not increase its commitment to the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). The GOS will retain its position as a lead nation in sector three and the Slovak embassy [...] |
2004-11-16 17:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL LO CY |
| 04BRATISLAVA1043 | CAUTION AND UNCERTAINTY IN GOS AS UKRAINE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Emboffs have discussed the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine with several GOS interlocutors this week. Expectations regarding outcome are divided--the Prime Minister's foreign policy advisor is optimistic about a Yushchenko win, while MFA policy p [...] |
2004-11-16 18:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LO UP |
| 04BRATISLAVA1044 | TRADE UNIONS REFUSE "EXCLUSIVE" AGREEMENT WITH SMER [...] (U) Summary. Delegates to the Fifth KOZ Congress on November 12 and 13 rejected a proposed agreement with the opposition party Smer for closer cooperation on common goals. The tone of the program was extremely critical of the government and a high- ranking GOS official's address received boos [...] |
2004-11-17 07:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1050 | SLOVAK THOUGHTS ON UPCOMING GAERC MEETING [...] (SBU) DCM hosted lunch 11/15 for the MFA's "CFSP" team: Acting Director of the Division for European Affairs Frantisek Ruzicka, COREPER Director Anna Turinicova, and European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak. They discussed the latest thinking on the China arms embargo, Turkish accession, and Cuba [...] |
2004-11-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LO EUN |
| 04BRATISLAVA1059 | TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] THE FOLLOWING ARE ANSWERS, PER REFTEL, TO THE AUDIT AND REPORTING PROCESS FOR MILITARY EXPENDITURES IN SLOVAKIA BASED ON RESPONSES FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (MOF). 2. HOW ARE MILITARY EXPENDITURES AUDITED? ACCORDING TO SLOVAK LEGISLATION, THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD), AS WELL AS OTHER [...] |
2004-11-23 14:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1064 | HURRICANE FORCE WINDS FLATTEN SLOVAK FORESTS, GOS [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ON NOVEMBER 19, THE WORST WINDS IN 70 YEARS STRUCK SLOVAKIA'S HIGH TATRAS ALPINE FOREST AREA, SNAPPING TREES LIKE TOOTHPICKS. AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 250 SQUARE MILES WAS DEVASTATED, INCLUDING LARGE SWATHS OF LAND WHERE NEARLY ALL TREES WERE DESTROYED. ALTHOUGH O [...] |
2004-11-24 15:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EAID AMGT KPAO LO SEVN |
| 04BRATISLAVA1067 | SLOVAK REPONSE TO THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Slovak government and private citizens are very concerned about the turn of events in Ukraine. Ivan Korcok, MFA State Secretary, convoked the Ukrainian Ambassador to Slovakia November 25 to express his strong concern about the undemocratic events and called for a new election [...] |
2004-11-26 17:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PREL PHUM UP LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1076 | SLOVAKIA SEEKS "BALANCED" EU POSITION ON CROATIA [...] (C) POLEC Chief delivered reftel demarche to the MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on November 30. Rehak said the MFA had sent its delegation in Brussels "a different instruction" on November 29. Slovakia thinks the draft language being circulated on ICTY conditionality is "too strong [...] |
2004-11-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC EU HR LO ICTY |
| 04BRATISLAVA1077 | SLOVAKS UNLIKELY TO EXTRADITE NATIONALS OUTSIDE [...] (C) Branislav Bohacik, Director of the Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters Division of the Slovak Ministry of Justice, told emboffs 11/19 that Slovakia wants to update its bilateral extradition treaty with the United States and looks forward to negotiations on a bilateral protocol to the [...] |
2004-11-30 15:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1087 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP DECEMBER 03, 2004 [...] (SBU) Parliament November 30 approved the MFA's draft resolution instructing the GOS to adopt an EU common position in favor of opening accession talks with Turkey. MFA representatives and PM Dzurinda's foreign policy advisor clarified to us that the caveat requiring "political conditions" mea [...] |
2004-12-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1099 | EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. None 2. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD. 1) November 4, 2004 - EXBS Advisor met with Director Frantisek Babuska and Senior Offic [...] |
2004-12-08 12:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA110 | Slovakia Political Roundup January 23-31, 2004 [...] By the January 30 deadline, there were 12 presidential candidates, listed here in order of preference among potential voters in the most recent poll: Eduard Kukan, Vladimir Meciar, Rudolf Schuster, Ivan Gasparovic, Lubo Roman, Martin Butora, Frantisek Miklosko, Jan Kralik, Jozef Kalman, Stanis [...] |
2004-02-03 10:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1107 | GOS PASSES 2005 BUDGET WITH INDEPENDENTS' SUPPORT [...] Summary. The Slovak parliament voted 82-63 to approve the 2005 GOS budget. The lawmakers also approved the country's budget outline through 2007, the first multi-year plan ever, a decisive step for Slovakia's ambition to adopt the Euro by 2009. Once again, the ruling coalition relied upon [...] |
2004-12-13 12:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1109 | SLOVAKIA ON CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY [...] (C) Summary. In advance of reftel, poloffs had been discussing Cuba policy with a range of GOS and NGO interlocutors. GOS Cuba policy centers on the "critical dialogue" approach: The GOS must have contact with Cuban government officials to be prepared for an inevitable democratic transition a [...] |
2004-12-13 12:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV LO CU |
| 04BRATISLAVA1110 | GIL-ROBLES ON ILLEGAL STERILIZATION: CASE CLOSED [...] (U) Summary. Slovak Deputy PM Pal Csaky and the Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner for Human Rights discussed past investigations into alleged coerced sterilizations of Roma women and the newly approved health care reform package. The Commissioner stressed the need for diligence in strength [...] |
2004-12-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1115 | ETHNIC HUNGARIAN AND SLOVAK PARTIES SQUARE OFF [...] (SBU) Relations between the Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK) and the other three parties of the governing coalition have suffered due to what many ethnic Slovak politicians see as growing radicalism within the SMK. During the summer, the SMK demanded that parliament adopt Hungarian as an offici [...] |
2004-12-15 13:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1129 | AS I DEPART SLOVAKIA [...] (U) Mr. Secretary, As I prepare to leave Slovakia, I want to thank you for the opportunity to serve as Ambassador and look ahead briefly to the future of U.S. relations with Slovakia. WHERE WE ARE ------------ 2. (C) When I arrived in Slovakia in November 2001, we faced the very real [...] |
2004-12-17 19:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1130 | SLOVAKS WILL NOT LOBBY FOR IRAN/TURKMENISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-20 06:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1138 | SLOVAKIA: NARCOTICS REPORT PART I [...] SLOVAKIA LIES AT THE CROSSROADS OF TWO MAJOR DRUG TRANSIT ROUTES, THE TRADITIONAL EAST-WEST ROUTES FROM UKRAINE AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE HISTORIC "BALKAN ROUTE," WHICH RUNS FROM SOUTHWEST ASIA TO TURKEY AND ON TO GERMANY, FRANCE, AND OTHER WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. THE GOS IS A PAR [...] |
2004-12-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1142 | 12/21/04 MEDIA REACTION ON NEWS OF POTUS VISIT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1143 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO BATTERY DIRECTIVE [...] Per reftel, On December 7 Econoff delivered questions about the EU's battery directive to Peter Gallovic, Director of Waste Management at the Ministry of Environment. On December 21, Gallovic reported that the GOS supports the new proposal of the Council Chairmanship to introduce a partial b [...] |
2004-12-21 16:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ETRD SENV LO EUN |
| 04BRATISLAVA1147 | FLATTENED FOREST FACES REDEVELOPMENT DEBATE [...] (U) Summary. On November 19, 2004 hurricane force winds devastated the forests of Slovakia's mountainous High Tatras region. As a result, nearly all the trees were uprooted in a forested area over 240 square kilometers in size. Slovaks were deeply affected by the disaster as the Tatras are [...] |
2004-12-23 06:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT EAID KSCA LO SENV |
| 04BRATISLAVA1151 | SLOVAK REPURCHASE OF TRANSPETROL FROM YUKOS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1153 | TANK SALES TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (S) Charge delivered reftel demarche December 22 to Lubomir Pinter, Director General for International Organizations and Security Policy at the MFA, and in a separate meeting December 22 to Milan Cigan, Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Economy (MOE). Both said Azerbaijan and Armenia are not [...] |
2004-12-23 14:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PARM MARR PREL LO AR AZ |
| 04BRATISLAVA1154 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP DECEMBER 23, 2004 [...] (C) Michaela Blanarova, Assistant to HZDS Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Viliam Veteska and HZDS Foreign Policy Advisor, told emboffs December 16 that Veteska is considering proposing an increase in the number of Slovak deminers in Iraq. She did not have any further details a [...] |
2004-12-23 14:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1162 | THIRD QUARTER REVIEW OF THE SLOVAK ECONOMY [...] Summary. Slovak economic growth slowed slightly to 5.3 percent in the third quarter of 2004, but still outpaced its Central European neighbors. Higher investments and household consumption replaced exports as the main economic catalyst. Growth should remain strong with inflow of foreign direc [...] |
2004-12-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA1164 | INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-30 10:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PROP PREL PHUM IZ LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA127 | MFA VIEW ON UKRAINE'S PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) POLOFF CALLED ON MFA UKRAINE DESK OFFICER PETER VIZDAL FOR A GENERAL DISCUSSION ON SLOVAK-UKRAINE RELATIONS. VIZDAL POINTED OUT THAT SLOVAKIA SIGNED THE EU DECLARATION CRITICIZING A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW KUCHMA TO RUN FOR A THIRD TERM (REF B), AS A MATTER OF COMMON [...] |
2004-02-06 16:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV LO UP SLOVAK UKRAINE |
| 04BRATISLAVA133 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 1-6, 2004 [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. OUTCRY OVER LINKING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUM --------------------------------------------- ------------- 2. (U) PRESIDENT SCHUSTER'S DECISION TO SCHEDULE THE REFERENDUM ON EARLY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS THE SAME DAY AS [...] |
2004-02-09 11:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA135 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN JAMES L. JONES, [...] (SBU) During your visit as SACEUR to Slovakia on February 12-13, you may wish to emphasize the following priorities that the U.S. and NATO share: -- encourage the GOS to maintain their commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defense; -- thank the GOS for their contributions to Operatio [...] |
2004-02-10 06:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO |
| 04BRATISLAVA137 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC/OEERIS GOOD GOVERNANCE [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MR. IGOR ABRAMOV AND MS. ELIZABETH RAMBORGER AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 17 TO FEBRUARY 20, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS SANFORD OWENS, SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5920- 5320(OFFIC [...] |
2004-02-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD AM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA138 | RADIOACTIVE SOURCES: SLOVAK REACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-10 12:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC PARM OPDC PREL LO IAEA |
| 04BRATISLAVA144 | AMBASSADOR URGES HEALTH MINISTER TO IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 29, Ambassador Weiser met with Health Minister Zajac to discuss the new draft regulation on sterilization and overarching reforms in health care, particularly pertaining to the Roma minority. The Ambassador pressed Zajac to incorporate recommendations from internation [...] |
2004-02-12 05:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG EIND ETRD LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA149 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADER FICO [...] (U) ROBERT FICO, CHAIRMAN OF SMER, MET WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 2. THEY DISCUSSED A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS RANGING FROM THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TO THE REFERENDUM ON EARLY ELECTIONS TO COALITION POLITICS. SMER TO SUPPORT SCHUSTER IN THE FINAL HOUR -------------------- [...] |
2004-02-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LO ELECTIONS |
| 04BRATISLAVA161 | THE SDKU DIVORCE [...] (C) Summary: Former Defense Minister Ivan Simko's new "Free Forum" party is the product of both a personality conflict and a struggle for power with PM Dzurinda. However, Simko's indecision about making a complete break from the SDKU and its government program lost him momentum. Coalition pa [...] |
2004-02-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA175 | SLOVAK MOD INTERESTED IN C-130 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT [...] (SBU) THE AMBASSADOR CONSULTED WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE LISKA AND CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF CEROVSKY ON 5 FEBRUARY AND 10 FEBRUARY, RESPECTIVELY, TO DISCUSS SLOVAK INTEREST IN ACQUIRING A NUMBER OF C-130 MEDIUM TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT. BOTH LISKA AND CEROVSKY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE AMBASSADOR'S [...] |
2004-02-23 06:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV ECON LO MILITARY |
| 04BRATISLAVA182 | FOLLOW-UP ON MADRID CONFERENCE: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-24 06:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA188 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DIPLOMATIC POST OFFICE [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MR. ALEX KIRKPATRICK, MR. TIM KEITZ, MR. ED FRITTS, AND MR. MIKE FRANCIS AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 2 TO MARCH 4, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS MARCIA DOUGHERTY, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICER. PHONE NUMBE [...] |
2004-02-25 14:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ADPM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA189 | CHR 60TH SESSION DEMARCHE: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-26 06:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL LO UNHRC |
| 04BRATISLAVA191 | SUPERMARKET RAIDS SPUR GOS TO FOCUS ON ROMA NEEDS [...] (SBU) Summary. Throughout February, Roma activists raised the alarm about coming changes in the welfare system and have called for national strikes. Beginning February 18, organized groups of Roma have raided grocery stores, primarily in South-Eastern Slovakia to steal alcohol, cigarettes, an [...] |
2004-02-26 06:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI LO ECONOMIC REFORM |
| 04BRATISLAVA192 | ECONOMIC REFORM: THE VIEW ON THE GROUND [...] Summary. A radical tax overhaul, price liberalization and tightening of social benefits in recent months have combined to drastically alter the way most Slovaks view their incomes. Approximately 90 new laws came into effect on January 1, 2004 along with a host of other changes in recent mon [...] |
2004-02-26 06:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB SOCI LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA197 | EU ENLARGEMENT AND WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT [...] The following is post's submission of updated GPA information for Slovakia, per reftel, under Directive 93/37. 2. The procuring entity (contracting authority) is defined in Art. 4, of Act No. 523/2003, as: a) the Slovak Republic represented by a state administration body, a body or an a [...] |
2004-02-27 17:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL LO EU WTO |
| 04BRATISLAVA202 | GSP STATUS NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-02 12:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA205 | Slovakia Political Roundup February 7-27, 2004 [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Same Date, Separate Elections ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The referendum on early parliamentary elections, though scheduled for the same day as the presidential election, will not be on the same ballot because the refere [...] |
2004-03-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO POLITICAL REFORM |
| 04BRATISLAVA206 | ARCHITECT OF ECONOMIC REFORMS TO BE SACKED? [...] (U) SLOVAK MINISTER OF FINANCE AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IVAN MIKLOS, THE ARCHITECT OF THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC REBIRTH OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, FACES A NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHICH HE MAY NOT SURVIVE. ALL OPPOSITION GROUPS HAVE REPORTEDLY CLOSED RANKS ON THIS ISSUE AND ARE [...] |
2004-03-03 05:52:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA209 | SLOVAKS NONCOMMITTAL ON PSI AND SUA [...] (U) EMBASSY SHARED REFTEL WHITE PAPER WITH KAROL MISTRIK, MFA DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF OSCE, DISARMAMENT, AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE. HE INDICATED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT DID NOT HAVE ANY PARTICULAR ISSUES WITH THE TOPIC, BUT DID NOT INDICATE WHETHER SLOVAKIA WOULD SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE. TH [...] |
2004-03-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA212 | 2003 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR SLOVAKIA [...] Summary: Slovakia has enacted nearly all of the intellectual property legislation required by TRIPS, and the overall IPR situation has improved from a historical perspective. However, a lack of IPR protection for pharmaceuticals caused Slovakia to be placed on the Special 301 Watch List in [...] |
2004-03-03 16:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON XG LO IPR |
| 04BRATISLAVA215 | A TRIP TO THE EAST: THE ROMA PERSPECTIVE [...] Summary. On February 26 and 27 embassy staff traveled to the Presov and Spisska Nova Ves regions to meet with activists, city councilmen, and experts about the causes of the recent unrest in the Roma community (reftel). After the arrival of additional police and military in Eastern Slovakia, R [...] |
2004-03-04 08:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA221 | ICAO'S MEETING IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-04 13:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EG LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA222 | Next President: Kukan, Schuster, or Meciar? [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. As the April 3 first round of presidential elections draw near, three candidates have emerged as the strongest: Foreign Minister and SDKU candidate Eduard Kukan; President Rudolf Schuster; and HZDS Chairman and former [...] |
2004-03-05 07:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA228 | INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] (SBU) POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO HENRIETA BALOGHOVA OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURE AND LANDSCAPE PROTECTION AT THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT (MOE). BALOGHOVA RECENTLY ASSUMED HER PORTFOLIO AND COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY COMMENT ON SLOVAKIA'S POSSIBLE MEMBERSHIP IN THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] |
2004-03-08 05:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV LO IWC |
| 04BRATISLAVA244 | INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV LO NATO |
| 04BRATISLAVA246 | FOREIGN INVESTORS DISCOVER SLOVAKIA [...] Summary. Seemingly, hardly a day has gone by this year without the announcement of new foreign direct investment (FDI) in Slovakia. The Dzurinda government has transformed Slovakia's once troubled economy into a business friendly state that leads the region in economic growth. The country's [...] |
2004-03-12 16:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA255 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PROGRAM MANAGER ELIZABETH [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MS. ELIZABETH RAMBORGER AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 21 TO MARCH 27, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS SANFORD OWENS, SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5920-5320(OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5920 [...] |
2004-03-17 15:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD AM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA257 | REFORMER MIKLOS SURVIVES NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (U) ON MARCH 17, SLOVAK FINANCE MINISTER AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IVAN MIKLOS SURVIVED HIS SECOND NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE SINCE THE GOS' RE-ELECTION IN 2002. THE VOTE WAS 62-43, WITH 23 MPS ABSTAINING AMONG THOSE PRESENT IN THE 150-MEMBER HOUSE. MIKLOS' VICTORY WAS MORE A RESULT OF THE OPPOS [...] |
2004-03-18 05:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA258 | NEW LAW ON PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON MARCH 11, THE SLOVAK PARLIAMENT APPROVED A NEW 48-PAGE LAW ON PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 132 OUT OF 136 PRESENT DEPUTIES VOTED FOR THE BILL. WHILE THE NEW LAW REDUCES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXEMPTED FROM SECURITY CLEARANCES, THE EXEMPTION OF ALL 150 MEMBERS OF PARLI [...] |
2004-03-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA26 | SLOVAKIA: HOLOCAUST EDUCATION MANDATORY BUT NEEDS [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL QUESTIONS CONCERNING HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IN SLOVAKIA, POST OFFERS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION DRAWN FROM THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE 1998 REPORT ON "THE TREATMENT OF JEWISH THEMES IN SLOVAK SCHOOLS" AND FROM DISCUSSION IN EARLY JANUARY 2004 WITH MRS. MARIA SLUGENOVA A [...] |
2004-01-09 17:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI LO CONGRINT OSCE |
| 04BRATISLAVA266 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION CUSTOMS REGIME [...] THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN REFTEL. 2. SLOVAKIA'S CUSTOMS LEGISLATION IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH EU LEGISLATION EXCEPT FOR SOME PROVISIONS ON DRUG PRECURSORS. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NON-ALIGNED PROVISIONS WILL TAKE PLACE UPON ACCESSION, MAY 1 WHEN THE EUROPEAN [...] |
2004-03-22 16:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EU EFIN LO WTO USTR |
| 04BRATISLAVA267 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRAINING, NEEDS AND BEST [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-22 17:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA284 | AN UPDATED SNAPSHOT OF PM DZURINDA [...] (C) Summary/Introduction. With increased opportunities to engage Prime Minister Dzurinda and the GOS during the NATO accession event at the White House on March 29, the FM informal in Brussels on April 2, and the Instanbul Summit, post offers an updated snapshot of the Prime Minister and his [...] |
2004-03-24 09:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA293 | EARTH DAY IN SLOVAKIA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-25 16:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL TSPA KPAO EAID KSEP LO SEVN |
| 04BRATISLAVA294 | Bratislava II: A Carrot for Balkans and Caucasus [...] Introduction: Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda hosted a conference March 19 under the banner "Towards A Wider Europe: The New Agenda." With most Visegrad-4 and Vilnius- 10 countries moments away from full membership in both NATO and the EU, the conference focused on how to expand the process [...] |
2004-03-25 16:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EU LO NATO |
| 04BRATISLAVA295 | EU ACCESSION STATES CALL FOR REFORMS BY CURRENT [...] SUMMARY. DURING A CONFERENCE IN BRATISLAVA LAST WEEK, FINANCE MINISTERS FROM SIX EU ACCESSION STATES CALLED ON CURRENT EU MEMBERS TO FIND THE POLITICAL WILL TO UNDERTAKE STRUCTURAL REFORMS IN THEIR OWN AGRICULTURE SECTORS, PENSION AND TAX SYSTEMS. THE MINISTERS ALSO URGED MEMBER STATES NOT [...] |
2004-03-26 06:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA299 | GASPAROVIC'S CHANCES [...] (SBU) Summary. Presidential candidate Ivan Gasparovic may get a slight boost from the recent endorsement by top-polling political party Smer. On the other hand, Slovaks are likely to vote for the person they like best, and party endorsement will most probably not mean much. The 25-30 percent [...] |
2004-03-26 16:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA30 | THEMES FOR THE VISIT OF SLOVAK MFA STATE SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: STATE SECRETARY FOR THE SLOVAK MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IVAN KORCOK (PRONOUNCED KOR-CHOK) WILL VISIT WASHINGTON JANUARY 14-16 TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE SLOVAKIA PLACES ON THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP AND TO INTENSIFY U.S.-SLOVAK DIALOGUE ON BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL ISS [...] |
2004-01-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA300 | ARCHIVES CHIEF ASSAULTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 23, THREE UNIDENTIFIED ASSAILANTS ATTACKED AND SERIOUSLY INJURED JAN LANGOS, THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE MEMORY OF THE NATION (IMN), WHILE HE WAS WALKING HOME AT MIDNIGHT. THE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CRIME AS A ROBBERY. NONETHELESS, THE INCIDENT CLOSELY [...] |
2004-03-26 16:38:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA311 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP MARCH 20, 2004 [...] (SBU) THERE HAS BEEN SLIGHT PROGRESS IN THE CASE OF FORMER SLOVAK NATIONALIST PARTY DEPUTY VITAZOSLAV MORIC AND A COLLEAGUE, WHO ATTEMPTED TO SELL A SOPHISTICATED RADAR SYSTEM TO NORTH KOREA IN 1998. INTERIOR MINISTRY SPOKESMAN BORIS AZALTOVIC TOLD MEDIA THE INVESTIGATION IS FINISHED AND THE [...] |
2004-03-30 15:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA312 | NEWS AND VIEWS ON RECENT GOVERNANCE REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. BESIDES THE ECONOMIC REFORMS THAT SLOVAKIA HAS INSTITUTED, THERE ARE MANY OTHER REFORMS STILL TAKING PLACE. WE OFFER THESE VIEWS FROM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, WHO COMMENT ON DECENTRALIZATION AND JUSTICE REFORM, AS WELL AS DETAILS OF A NEW ELECTION LAW THAT WAS PASSED BY PARLI [...] |
2004-03-31 06:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA317 | SIMKO LOSES LEADERSHIP OF FREE FORUM [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 26, THE FOUNDING CONGRESS OF FREE FORUM (FF, A BREAK-AWAY PARTY FROM PM DZURINDA'S SDKU) TURNED INTO DRAMA WHEN IVAN SIMKO FAILED TO WIN THE CHAIRMANSHIP IN HIS NEW PARTY. INSTEAD, ZUZANA MARTINAKOVA WON BY A SINGLE VOTE (131 VS. SIMKO'S 130). THE VISIBLY SHAKEN SIMKO RELUCTANT [...] |
2004-04-01 09:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA324 | SLOVAKIA CAN SUPPORT CUBA RESOLUTION, NOT CHINA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CU CH LO CHR |
| 04BRATISLAVA328 | MOD UNAWARE OF FORCE GENERATION CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA33 | SLOVAKIA WILL VOTE FOR BOYD FOR CERD [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-13 06:27:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM LO UN |
| 04BRATISLAVA330 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN ROBERT H. FOGLESONG, [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Welcome to Slovakia! I regret that I will not be able to join you in Sliac. I expect that you will have a productive visit on April 5 and learn first-hand how Slovakia will contribute to the Alliamce. I hope you will have the opportunity to return to Slovakia s [...] |
2004-04-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO |
| 04BRATISLAVA336 | SLOVAKIA: DELIVERY OF JAYSH AL-MAHDI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ LO MARAD |
| 04BRATISLAVA338 | ELECTION SHOCKER: MECIAR AND GASPAROVIC TO SECOND [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE RESULTS OF THE APRIL 3 FIRST ROUND OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SHOCKED MOST OF SLOVAKIA. HIGH POLL NUMBERS, COMPLACENCY, AND PROTEST VOTES AGAINST RECENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REFORMS HURT FOREIGN MINISTER EDUARD KUKAN AS ALMOST EVERYONE THOUGHT HE WOULD MAKE IT INTO THE SECOND [...] |
2004-04-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA339 | SLOVAK QUESTIONS ON MILITARY EXPORTS TO LIBYA [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR QUESTIONS IN PARA 2. 2. (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, MFA DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF OSCE AND DISARMAMENT KAROL MISTRIK SAID THAT SLOVAKIA WELCOMES THE CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY ON EXPORT OF NON-LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES TO [...] |
2004-04-05 15:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV OPDC ETTC KSTC HR LY LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA34 | Presidential Election Preview [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Presidential elections will be held April 3, with a runoff on April 17 between the two leading candidates if needed. Although the official campaign is the two-week period before elections, several candidates are al [...] |
2004-01-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA340 | MECIAR OR GASPAROVIC: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US [...] (C) Summary: The April 17 run-off election for president does not present much of a choice: neither Meciar nor Gasparovic would be an ideal Slovak president in the view of the U.S. or Slovakia's new EU and NATO partners. Although the president does not directly influence foreign policy, thi [...] |
2004-04-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA353 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NBU CHIEF UGOR [...] (C) ON MARCH 23 THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH RECENTLY APPOINTED NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE (NBU) DIRECTOR AUREL UGOR. THE AMBASSADOR NOTED THE USG'S PLEASURE THAT SOMEONE WHO WAS INDEPENDENT AND APOLITICAL HEADING THE NBU. UGOR THANKED THE AMBASSADOR FOR USG AND NATO SUPPORT. NEW LAW ON CLA [...] |
2004-04-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL LO NATO |
| 04BRATISLAVA360 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP APRIL 8, 2004 [...] THE POLICE CLOSED ITS INVESTIGATION BY DISMISSING AS NONEXISTENT THE "LITTLE GROUP" (SKUPINKA) THAT PM MIKULAS DZURINDA CLAIMED WAS HARMING STATE INTERESTS LAST FALL. THE INVESTIGATION'S CONCLUSION INVITED FURTHER CRITICISM FROM HUNGARIAN COALITION PARTY CHAIR BELA BUGAR, SMER DEPUTY ROBE [...] |
2004-04-08 15:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA37 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 1-10, 2004 [...] (U) JANUARY 1 MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE REORGANIZATION OF THE SLOVAK POLICE PRESIDIUM. THE OFFICE FOR THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST CORRUPTION UNDER JOZEF SATEK, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF PARTICULARLY SERIOUS CRIME, WILL INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND [...] |
2004-01-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SMIG KJUS LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA381 | BERLIN ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE: SLOVAKIA'S [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-15 15:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL LO OSCE |
| 04BRATISLAVA390 | FOREIGN FREE TRADE ZONES [...] The following is post's response to questions raised in reftel. 2. The Customs Act No. 238/2001 of the Collection of Laws as later amended defines free customs zones and free customs warehouses (in Article 379) as parts of the customs territory or premises situated in that territory, sepa [...] |
2004-04-16 15:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA392 | KALINAK ON GASPAROVIC: DOTH SMER PROTEST TOO MUCH? [...] (C) Summary: SMER leader Robert Kalinak says SMER's decision to endorse Gasparovic as a "way to support Kukan without supporting Kukan" was a nonsensical strategy which then backfired. Smer remains committed nevertheless to Gasparovic in the second round. Having a grateful Gasparovic in the [...] |
2004-04-16 16:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA398 | SLOVAKS SUPPORT PSI THROUGH ACTIONS, PLANNING [...] (U) POLOFF SPOKE WITH KAROL MISTRIK, DIRECTOR OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S DEPARTMENT OF OSCE, DISARMAMENT, AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE, ABOUT SLOVAKIA'S SUPPORT OF THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE (PSI) IN REFTEL. MISTRIK REMARKED THAT SLOVAKIA ALREADY SUPPORTS IN PRINCIPLE ALL PSI ACTIVITI [...] |
2004-04-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA407 | ROBERT FICO'S VIEWS ON ELECTIONS AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met privately with Robert Fico on April 19 to discuss several topics including Ivan Gasparovic's win over Vladimir Meciar in the presidential elections on April 16. Fico made it clear that Smer would not accept any MP defectors from Meciar's Movement for a Democr [...] |
2004-04-22 07:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA414 | ROBERT FICO TO VISIT DC IN MAY [...] (SBU) ROBERT FICO, LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY SMER, THE MOST POPULAR PARTY IN SLOVAKIA, WOULD LIKE TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON DC FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS IN THE PERIOD OF MAY 15- 24. POST STRONGLY RECOMMENDS THAT FICO MEET WITH STATE DAS HEATHER CONLEY AND NSC DIRECTOR DAN FRIED. AS THE MOST P [...] |
2004-04-23 07:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA42 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ADVISOR MICHAEL GRIFFERY [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES ADVISOR MICHAEL GRIFFERY AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 28 TO JANUARY 29, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS DAVID NOBLES, ECONOMIC OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922-3394 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922-310 [...] |
2004-01-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA43 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INTERMITTENT TREASURY ADVISOR [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MICHAEL BURR AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 27 TO FEBRUARY 5, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS DAVID NOBLES, ECONOMIC OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922-3394 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922-3109. CELL PHO [...] |
2004-01-07 14:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA436 | GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON POSSIBLE SLOVAK ARMS SALES [...] (U) THIS IS A GUIDANCE REQUEST, PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (S) ON 26 APRIL, EMBOFF MET WITH PETER PENIASKA, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE SLOVAK ARMS FIRM PETINA INTERNATIONAL, AT HIS REQUEST. PENIASKA ASKED EMBOFF ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF DIRECTING SOME SLOVAK ARMS SALES IN A DIRECTION THAT W [...] |
2004-04-29 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | MARR MASS ECON PGOV PINR PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA437 | PRESIDENT-ELECT GASPAROVIC SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS [...] (U) Introduction/Summary. On April 17, Ivan Gasparovic beat former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar in the presidential elections runoff. In the final round, Gasparovic picked up more than 637,000 votes over his showing in the first round, receiving support of most of those who voted for the [...] |
2004-04-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA438 | SLOVAKIA OPPOSES PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-30 11:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL LO UNGA |
| 04BRATISLAVA439 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF OAS EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-30 11:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA44 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEITH CLARK, RESIDENT TREASURY [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES KEITH CLARK AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 22 TO JANUARY 31, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS DAVID NOBLES, ECONOMIC OFFICER. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922-3394 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922-3109. CELL PHONE [...] |
2004-01-09 14:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA447 | SLOVAK MILITARY EXPENDITURES IN IRAQ [...] THE FOLLOWING ARE FIGURES ON CURRENT EXPENDITURES FOR SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ OPERATIONS PROVIDED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE. ALL FIGURES INCLUDE SALARIES. (NOTE: 1 USD EQUALED 33.9 SLOVAK CROWNS (SKK) AS OF MAY 4) - ANNUAL EXPECTED EXPENDITURE FOR ENGINEERING UNIT SKK 363,959,000 (10,7 [...] |
2004-05-04 15:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC MOPS LO MAR |
| 04BRATISLAVA462 | GETTING THE GOOD NEWS OUT ON IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE COUNTRY TEAM AND I HAVE FOUND, THROUGH OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS AROUND SLOVAKIA, THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE POSITIVE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE COALITION'S EFFORTS IN IRAQ. SLOVAK EDITORIAL OPINION HAS SO FAR REMAINED PREDOMINANTLY ON OUR SIDE. ON [...] |
2004-05-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL LO IZ |
| 04BRATISLAVA463 | PRESIDENT SCHUSTER LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] Post received May 6 a letter dated May 4 from Slovak President Schuster (who leaves office June 15) to President Bush, and transmits text per reftel. Begin text: President of the Slovak Republic Bratislava, 4 May 2004 Your Excellency, In connection with my forthcoming departure fr [...] |
2004-05-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC AMGT LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA467 | EXBS: APRIL 2004 MONTHLY REPORT FOR SLOVAKIA, [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ETTC PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA482 | ARSON ATTACK ON NGO COMBATING RACISM [...] SUMMARY. THE OFFICES OF PEOPLE AGAINST RACISM, AN NGO THAT MONITORS THE NEO-NAZI MOVEMENT IN SLOVAKIA, SUFFERED AN ARSON ATTACK LAST WEEK. THE INCIDENT WAS MOST LIKELY PLANNED TO COINCIDE WITH THE PUBLIC HOLIDAY THAT COMMEMORATES THE END OF WORLD WAR II IN SLOVAKIA OR MAY HAVE BEEN A SYMBOLIC [...] |
2004-05-13 13:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM AMGT LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA486 | RESPONSE TO HYDRO FLUOROCARBON DEMARCHE [...] PER REFTEL, THE GOS SUPPORTS THE COMMISSION'S ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AND NOT THE MORE STRINGENT BAN ON HFCS. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY THAT ALSO OPPOSE THE BAN HAVE APPROACHED AND INFLUENCED THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT IN THIS REGARD. WEISER NNNN [...] |
2004-05-14 07:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP LO USTR |
| 04BRATISLAVA490 | FICO PREPARED FOR CRITICISM DURING WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Robert Fico, the most popular politicaian in Slovakia, will visit Washington May 17-19. Fico has a major influence on public opinion and has told the Ambassador on several occasions that he wants good relations with the U.S., but his public statements are often unhelpful. Fico h [...] |
2004-05-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA493 | SLOVAK MILITARY EXPENDITURES IN IRAQ (AMENDED) [...] THE FOLLOWING IS SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REGARDING EXPENDITURES FOR SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ OPERATIONS PROVIDED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE. (NOTE: 1 USD EQUALED 33.3 SLOVAK CROWNS (SKK) AS OF MAY 18) - 2003 TOTAL EXPENDITURE SKK 71,000,000 (2,132,132 USD) 2. INFORMATION PREVIOU [...] |
2004-05-18 13:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC MOPS LO MAR |
| 04BRATISLAVA504 | FOREIGN MINISTER'S SECURITY CLEARANCE [...] THE NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE (NBU) HAS REVIEWED AND CONFIRMED FOREIGN MINISTER EDUARD KUKAN'S SECURITY CERTIFICATE. DURING KUKAN'S UNSUCCESSFUL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN EARLIER THIS YEAR, AN ANONYMOUS LETTER WAS SENT TO THE SLOVAK PRESS, CLAIMING THAT KUKAN HAD WORKED FOR THE COMMUNIST-ERA [...] |
2004-05-21 05:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA509 | RESPONSE TO DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER (DECABDE) CABLE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-24 11:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD LO USTR |
| 04BRATISLAVA51 | TRAFFICKING VICTIM TELLS HER STORY [...] Summary: A Slovak woman came to Embassy Bratislava to provide details on her ordeal of being a victim of human trafficking and how she used fraudulent documents to enter and remain in the U.S. between 1998 and 2003. Conoff and poloff initially interviewed the subject on December 29, 2003. RSO [...] |
2004-01-16 06:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PGOV KJUS LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA512 | SLOVAKS WILL ATTEND PSI MEETING [...] WEISER NNNN [...] |
2004-05-25 08:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA52 | BALL SEASON BRINGS CONTROVERSY TO KOSICE [...] (U) U.S. STEEL IN KOSICE (SLOVAKIA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY) HELD ITS ANNUAL BALL JANUARY 10 IN THE KOSICE "HOUSE OF THE ARTS," A FORMER SYNAGOGUE WHICH NOW HOUSES THE KOSICE SYMPHONY. PAVOL SITAR, THE LEADER OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY (JC) IN KOSICE, GAVE MEDIA INTERVIEWS (INCLUDING TO U.S. PRESS [...] |
2004-01-16 09:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA524 | PARLIAMENT ADOPTS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 20, the Slovak Parliament adopted the Law on Equal Treatment. The Director of the GOS Human Rights Section of the Government Office, Jana Kviecinska, told POL Specialist that this is one of the most important laws adopted in the post-communist parliament and brings Slovak [...] |
2004-05-28 04:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI LO OSCE |
| 04BRATISLAVA525 | POSSIBLE SLOVAK ARMS SALES TO LIBYA, CAMEROON, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: PETER PENIASKA, HEAD OF THE SLOVAK ARMS FIRM PETINA INTERNATIONAL, IS SEEKING THE USG POSITION ON POTENTIAL SALES OF SLOVAK MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO LIBYA AND OTHER COUNTRIES. PETINA IS ACTING AS A MIDDLEMAN TO ASSIST THE GOS IN DISPOSING OF STOCKPILED OR SU [...] |
2004-05-28 06:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS ECON PGOV PINR PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA53 | BALL SEASON BRINGS CONTROVERSY TO KOSICE [...] (U) U.S. STEEL IN KOSICE (SLOVAKIA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY) HELD ITS ANNUAL BALL JANUARY 10 IN THE KOSICE "HOUSE OF THE ARTS," A FORMER SYNAGOGUE WHICH NOW HOUSES THE KOSICE SYMPHONY. PAVOL SITAR, THE LEADER OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY (JC) IN KOSICE, GAVE MEDIA INTERVIEWS (INCLUDING TO U.S. PRESS [...] |
2004-01-16 10:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA547 | FY-04 I-BUCKS ALLOCATION BRATISLAVA [...] AS PER REFTEL, POST HAS ALREADY COMMITTED ITS FY-04 I-BUCKS ALLOCATION. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS PLANNED FOR THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'D LIKE TO USE I-BUCKS FOR: A) IRC ONLINE DATABASES: PROQUEST ACADEMIC RESEARCH LIBRARY USD 2,850 CQ RESEARCHER ONLINE [...] |
2004-06-04 11:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA548 | EXBS: COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - DUSANA [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EXPORT CONTROL AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAM (EXBS) ASSISTANT, DUSANA BARTKOVA. MS. BARTKOVA IS THE NEWLY HIRED FSN PROGRAM ASSISTANT FOR THE EXBS ADVISOR IN BRATISLAVA. MS. BARTKOVA WILL TRAVEL TO LJUBLJANA ON JUNE 14, 2004. THE PURPOSE OF [...] |
2004-06-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KNNP ETTC PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA552 | EXBS: MAY 2004 MONTHLY REPORT FOR SLOVAKIA, [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-07 07:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ETTC PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA557 | THREE SLOVAK SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ [...] (U) ON JUNE 8, THREE SLOVAK SOLDIERS, TWO POLISH SOLDIERS, AND ONE LATVIAN SOLDIER WERE KILLED BY AN ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION DURING A DEMINING OPERATION IN AL- SUVARIYA, SOUTH OF BAGHDAD. EARLY PRESS REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN OLD MUNITIONS DEPOT. THE SLOVAKS HAVE 1 [...] |
2004-06-08 11:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR PREL IZ LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA562 | HIGH-LEVEL USG PARTICIPATION IN SLOVAK NATIONAL [...] PRIME MINISTER DZURINDA HAS INVITED PRESIDENT BUSH OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SLOVAK NATIONAL UPRISING IN BANSKA BYSTRICA, SLOVAKIA (LETTER ALREADY DELIVERED IN WASHINGTON BY THE SLOVAK EMBASSY). AUGUST 29, 2004 MARKS THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] |
2004-06-09 05:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA569 | SLOVAKS SUPPORT IRAQ RESOLUTION [...] (U) THE SLOVAK MFA JUNE 9 ISSUED A PUBLIC STATEMENT WELCOMING THE RESOLUTION ON IRAQ APPROVED BY THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL. THE STATEMENT CALLED THE RESOLUTION A DECISIVE STEP TOWARDS NORMALIZING THE SITUATION IN IRAQ AND RENEWING STABILITY AND DEMOCRACY. "STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF THE UN [...] |
2004-06-10 07:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LO IZ UN |
| 04BRATISLAVA574 | MEDIA REACTION ON DEATH OF SLOVAK SOLDIERS IN [...] THE DEATH OF THREE SOLDIERS IN IRAQ ON JUNE 8 HAS PROMPTED CONSIDERABLE MEDIA REACTION IN SLOVAKIA, MOST OF WHICH SUPPORTS THE CONTINUING PRESENCE OF THE SLOVAK TEAM IN IRAQ. 2. SME: ON JUNE 9 AND 10, THE SME ONLINE VERSION CHAT (CENTER RIGHT INDEPENDENT PAPER RELIED UPON BY INTELLE [...] |
2004-06-10 14:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PGOV LO IZ |
| 04BRATISLAVA580 | FICO CALLS SLOVAKIA "ISLAND OF AMERICAN INFLUENCE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROBERT FICO, LEADER OF OPPOSITION PARTY SMER, RESPONDED TO THE JUNE 8 DEATHS OF THREE SLOVAK SOLDIERS IN IRAQ AND THE PASSAGE OF THE UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAQ BY LAMBASTING THE DZURINDA GOVERNMENT'S FOREIGN POLICY, PARTICULARLY ITS CLOSE TIES TO THE U.S. FELLOW SMER MP ROBERT KALIN [...] |
2004-06-14 13:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA583 | DZURINDA: FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE USA [...] (SBU) PRIME MINISTER MIKULAS DZURINDA CAME TO THE EMBASSY THE EVENING OF JUNE 10 TO SIGN THE CONDOLENCE BOOK FOR RONALD REAGAN. DZURINDA AND THE AMBASSADOR USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE STRONG TIES AND POSITIVE FEELINGS BETWEEN SLOVAKIA AND THE UNITED STATES. DZURINDA TOLD THE AM [...] |
2004-06-15 08:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA587 | COALITION WINS BIG IN EP ELECTIONS AMIDST LOW TURNOUT [...] SUMMARY. SLOVAKIA'S RULING COALITION WON A SURPRISING EIGHT OF FOURTEEN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SEATS. SLOVAKIA HAD THE LOWEST VOTER TURNOUT OF LESS THAN SEVENTEEN PERCENT. WIDESPREAD SKEPTICISM RESULTED IN VOTER APATHY AS MOST SLOVAKIS CONSIDERED THEIR COUNTRY'S INFLUENCE IN THE EP AS MINIMAL. MAN [...] |
2004-06-15 15:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA588 | MEETING REQUEST WITH MICHAEL WYNNE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-15 15:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA598 | EU TAXATION OF U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL PREL EAID LO EUN |
| 04BRATISLAVA602 | EU RICE IMPORTS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-18 15:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA603 | THANKS TO KEITH MINES FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH ON IRAQ [...] BERT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR "LENDING" US POLITICAL OFFICER KEITH MINES FOR A DAY OF PUBLIC OUTREACH ON HIS EXPERIENCES DURING SIX MONTHS IN IRAQ. HE SPOKE TO A VARIETY OF SLOVAK AUDIENCES JUNE 17: THE EMBASSY STAFF, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THINK TANK MEMBERS AND OPINION MAKERS. HE DID A COMP [...] |
2004-06-18 15:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO IZ LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA607 | SLOVAK ECONOMY SEES FASTEST GROWTH IN SIX YEARS [...] SUMMARY. SLOVAKIA'S REAL ANNUAL GDP GREW BY 5.5 PERCENT DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2004, ITS HIGHEST EXPANSION IN SIX YEARS AND THE SECOND STRONGEST RATE IN THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN REGION. EXTERNAL DEMAND DROVE MOST OF THE GROWTH, BUT DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION ALSO INCREASED DUE TO HIGHER REAL WAGES [...] |
2004-06-21 10:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA612 | ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-24 07:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR LO ICAO |
| 04BRATISLAVA615 | MINORITY GOVERNMENT: WIN SOME, LOSE SOME [...] (U) Summary. Over the past two months, the GOS got some groundbreaking legislation through Parliament, but also suffered setbacks in its reform program. Victories included the anti-discrimination law (reftel) and important anti- corruption laws. The minority government currently controls onl [...] |
2004-06-24 13:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCOR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA616 | SLOVAK EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE EFFORTS [...] SUMMARY. THE SLOVAK MFA RECENTLY ESTABLISHED A FORMAL INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO MANAGE EFFORTS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE PROGRAM OF OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (ODA) STARTED ADMINISTRATIVELY IN 2003, A [...] |
2004-06-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA621 | EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: JAPANESE DECLINE; SLOVAKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. JAPANESE POLOFFS IN BRATISLAVA DECLINED TO DEMARCHE WITH U.S. POLOFF REGARDING THE EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA. THE SLOVAKS PRESENTED THEMSELVES AS NON-PLAYERS IN AN EU DEBATE, NOTING THAT "IMPORTANT EU MEMBERS" WILL MAKE THE DECISION. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) PER REFTEL A, POLOFF CONT [...] |
2004-06-25 14:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CH JA LO EUN |
| 04BRATISLAVA629 | CLONING BAN: SLOVAKIA WILL NOT CO-SPONSOR COSTA [...] POLOFF DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO DRAHOSLAV STEFANIK, DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW DEPARTMENT AT THE SLOVAK MFA. STEFANIK STATED THAT SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT THE COSTA RICAN RESOLUTION AS IT DID LAST YEAR, BUT HAS DECIDED NOT TO CO-SPONSOR IN THE SIXTH COMMITTEE. DEBATE REGARDING SLOV [...] |
2004-06-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO LO UNGA KSCI |
| 04BRATISLAVA631 | INITIAL SLOVAK SUPPORT FOR CWC TECHNICAL CHANGE [...] (U) POLOFF DELIVERED DEMARCHE (REFTEL) ON 29 JUNE WITH ITALIAN CHARGE BARBARA BREGATO, LIBYAN CHARGE ABDULLA HALA, AND BRITISH POLOFF IAN FOX TO KAROL MISTRIK, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE OSCE AND DISARMAMENT, MFA. 2. (SBU) MISTRIK OPINED THAT SLOVAKIA WOULD MOST LIKELY CONTRIBUTE T [...] |
2004-06-30 11:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KACT LY LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA636 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC [...] (C) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM, CALLED ON RECENTLY INAUGURATED PRESIDENT IVAN GASPAROVIC AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE JUNE 30. GASPAROVIC GREETED THE AMBASSADOR WARMLY, THANKED HIM FOR HIS HARD WORK ON IMPROVING U.S.-SLOVAK RELATIONS, AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD BE IN FREQUENT C [...] |
2004-07-01 15:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR LO US |
| 04BRATISLAVA641 | EXBS: JUNE 2004 MONTHLY REPORT FOR SLOVAKIA, [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 12:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ETTC PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA652 | REQUEST TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH SLOVAKS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA653 | SLOVAKIA'S EXPENDITURES FOR DEPLOYMENTS ON COALITION AND [...] ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC HAS SPENT THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS ON OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS IN SUPPORT OF NATO AND COALITION OPERATIONS: MISSION YEAR FIRST YEAR 2004 TOTAL TO DATE BEGUN COST COST SFOR 1998 57 [...] |
2004-07-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC MOPS LO MAR |
| 04BRATISLAVA657 | EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: NONE. 2. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD. I. ON JUNE 11, 2004, EXBS ADVISOR MET WITH DIRECTOR EVA LUTERANOVA, DIRECTOR, CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT DIVISION FOR [...] |
2004-07-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA663 | SLOVAKIA'S RESPONSE TO DARFUR DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) PER REFTEL, POLOFFS MET WITH OLDRICH HLAVACEK, DIRECTOR OF THE FOURTH TERRITORIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE MFA ON JULY 9. HLAVACEK INDICATED THE GOS SUPPORTS THE EU POSITION ON DARFUR. THE SLOVAK PORTION OF THE UNUSED WORLD FOOD PROGRAM IN IRAQ WILL BE GIVEN TO DARFUR. THE SLOVAK PORTION [...] |
2004-07-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA664 | US-SLOVAK BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-09 16:27:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA670 | GOS WILL DELIVER MESSAGE TO SYRIA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 09:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA672 | SLOVAK ACTIVISTS ON CUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-15 05:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV EAID LO CU |
| 04BRATISLAVA675 | FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW GENERAL PROSECUTOR [...] (U) Summary. In January Parliament approved General Prosecutor Dobroslav Trnka's appointment to a five-year term. The Office of the General Prosecutor (GP), an entity completely independent from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), is leading several investigations with high political interest and f [...] |
2004-07-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA676 | ICJ ADVISORY OPINION: SLOVAKIA UNDECIDED [...] (C) On June 15, Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Oskana Tomova, Director of the UN Office at the Slovak MFA. Tomova stated that Slovakia supports the U.S. position of closely following the roadmap, but was still deliberating their final position. She added that the issue must be consi [...] |
2004-07-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS PL LO UNGA ICJ |
| 04BRATISLAVA678 | SLOVAKIA WILL FOLLOW EU POSITION ON DARFUR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-19 05:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS AU SU LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA684 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JULY 19, 2004 [...] (SBU) The Slovak military police have prepared a two to three month training plan for about twenty Iraqi policemen at the military academy in Liptovsky Mikulas. MOD Desk Officer for the United States, Jan Hradisky, said the military academy is ready now; they are just awaiting a request from th [...] |
2004-07-20 05:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MARR LO SW IZ |
| 04BRATISLAVA688 | Unreconstructed Communists [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU)Poloffs met with Jozef Sevc (Phonetic: sheffts), the head of the Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS), on 15 July at their party headquarters. After a 20 minute opening monologue, Sevc finally yielded the floor for questions. H [...] |
2004-07-21 08:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA700 | Slovakia's Priorities for the UNGA [...] SUMMARY. Slovakia will follow the EU position at the UNGA on all US priorities except cloning. Slovakia expects to win the region's 2006/2007 non-permanent Security Council seat as no other state in the region has voiced its candidacy. END SUMMARY. Slovakia on U.S. Priorities ----------- [...] |
2004-07-23 05:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AORC LO UNGA UN |
| 04BRATISLAVA711 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON NATO DUAL-HATTING [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-27 14:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS IZ LO NATO |
| 04BRATISLAVA716 | KDH MUSINGS DURING THE SUMMER LULL [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: Slovakia's traditional summer vacation "cucumber season" allows time for liesurely meetings and deep thoughts. Poloffs recently met with Michal Dyttert, spokesperson for Pavol Hrusovsky, who is Chairman of Parliament and of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). He [...] |
2004-07-29 08:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON PHUM LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA723 | SLOVAKIA TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON NSNW [...] (S) Poloff met with Rastislav Gabriel of the Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division of the Department of OSCE and Disarmament in the MFA on 29 July, per reftel. Gabriel said that Slovakia does not consider itself a major player on this matter and expects to follow the large [...] |
2004-07-29 13:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR LO NATO UNGA |
| 04BRATISLAVA729 | MNF FORCE IRAQ STATEMENT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA734 | SLOVAKIA WILL ISSUE MNF STATEMENT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-03 10:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA736 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JULY 30, 2004 [...] (SBU) Miroslava Lihanova of the European Affairs and Foreign Relations Department at the Ministry of the Interior told poloff that Slovakia has responded positively to the Greek bilateral request for security assistance for the Olympics. Throughout August, the Ministry of Interior Civil Defens [...] |
2004-08-03 12:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KOLY GR LO NATO |
| 04BRATISLAVA740 | GOS ROMA STRATEGY: SOCIAL TERRAIN WORKERS [...] Summary. Six months have passed since the February lootings in eastern Slovakia, as Roma protested changes to the welfare system. The response of the Roma community shocked Bratislava, and the GOS immediately initiated steps to soften the impact of reforms (reftel). The GOS continues to impro [...] |
2004-08-05 09:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PHUM SOCI LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA748 | TENSIONS IN MOLDOVA/TRANSNITRIA: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-09 13:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD LO EUN |
| 04BRATISLAVA749 | EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. None. 2. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD. None. B. TRAINING CONDUCTED DURING REPORTING PERIOD. I. EXBS Advisor and a group of sixteen Custom [...] |
2004-08-10 08:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA760 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO ICAO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 13:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR LO ICAO |
| 04BRATISLAVA761 | HZDS AND MECIAR: CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT HIM? [...] (C) Summary. When former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar lost the presidential election in April, internal criticism by other members of his Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS--see footnote) came out into the open. Analysts and journalists began to speculate about whether party leaders w [...] |
2004-08-13 14:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA762 | GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-13 15:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR LO NATO |
| 04BRATISLAVA787 | GOS SEEKS REVISED BIDS IN ELECTRICITY TENDER AS [...] Summary. The GOS asked the three contenders in the privatization of a 66 percent share in the country's largest electricity producer, Slovenske Elektrarne (SE), to improve their bids. According to unofficial sources, Italian Enel offered the highest bid, followed by the Czech CEZ and Russia [...] |
2004-08-24 11:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG LO RU |
| 04BRATISLAVA789 | GOS ROMA STRATEGY: INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS [...] Summary. Poor infrastructure, primarily housing, in settlements remains one of the worst problems confronting Roma in Slovakia. The level of development in each settlement varies, but most communities lack sewage systems, adequate access to clean water, and suitable housing. Both the GOS and [...] |
2004-08-25 11:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ELAB SOCI LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA793 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-26 14:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY LO IAEA |
| 04BRATISLAVA802 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP AUGUST 24, 2004 [...] (U) The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has prepared a draft bill to return confiscated church property. Under its terms, churches and religious communities would be able to reclaim property that was confiscated or transferred to the state between May 8, 1945 and 1990. The Jewish community cou [...] |
2004-08-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA804 | SLOVAKIA NOT PREPARED TO COMMIT AT FORCE [...] (C) Charge demarched FM Eduard Kukan 8/31 on reftel points. Kukan had already received the points from another source (NFI). He said that Slovakia would maintain its current troop commitment, and was aware of Slovak MOD attendance at the Warsaw conference, but did not know of any intention t [...] |
2004-08-31 17:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ PL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA823 | STRENGTHENING TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Promoting transatlantic economic ties has been a dominant theme at Embassy Bratislava for several years. As a result of the GOS's sweeping economic reforms and improving investment climate, trade and investment between our two countries are up markedly. Post has hosted large business c [...] |
2004-09-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT BEXP KPAO LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA828 | PARTICIPATION IN NATO POLICY DIRECTORS AND HLG [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-08 14:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC LO NATO NPG |
| 04BRATISLAVA830 | U.S. CANDIDACY FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA842 | LARGE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT SUBSIDIES [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-14 09:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAIR EIND LO EUN |
| 04BRATISLAVA855 | GOS ROMA STRATEGY: STEPS FORWARD IN EDUCATION [...] Summary. In Slovakia, Roma comprise an estimated twenty- five percent of the population under 16 years old. Children with Romany ethnicity, particularly in Eastern Slovakia, are more likely to be placed into "special schools" for the mentally disabled and less likely to attain secondary educa [...] |
2004-09-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ELAB SOCI LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA857 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD LA [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Welcome to Slovakia! I expect that you will have a productive visit on September 21 and learn first-hand how US security assistance programs have enabled Slovakia to significantly contribute to greater regional security and enhanced NATO interoperability. I look [...] |
2004-09-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO |
| 04BRATISLAVA86 | Slovakia Political Roundup January 11-22, 2004 [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. Anti-corruption Laws Watered Down, Then Withdrawn --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) Parliament returned January 20 to an ambitious agenda. The Conflict-of-Interest law, an important part of the Ministry of J [...] |
2004-01-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO TERRORISM PARLIAMENT |
| 04BRATISLAVA870 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CATHERINE VIAL, SYLVIA MOHR, [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES COMPLIANCE ATTACHE CATHERINE VIAL, COMPLIANCE ASSISTANT SUSANA GETMAN, EU FUNDING ADVISOR ISABELLE MAELCAMP D'OPSTAELE AND STANDARDS SPECIALIST SYLVIA MOHR AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 3- 6, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT F [...] |
2004-09-23 10:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP BE LO EUN |
| 04BRATISLAVA874 | Slovak National Uprising (SNP): Commemorating 60 [...] August 29 was the 60th anniversary of the commencement of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) - the largest (on a per capita basis) popular uprising against Nazi forces during World War II. The U.S. Embassy in Slovakia used the occasion to highlight both American involvement in the uprising [...] |
2004-09-23 14:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA875 | SLOVAKS ON HYDROFLUOROCARBON BANS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD LO USTR |
| 04BRATISLAVA88 | POST WILL FUND TWO SLOVAK TEACHERS FOR HOLOCAUST [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-26 15:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KNAR PREL SOCI LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA880 | EXCELLENT RESULTS FOR THE SLOVAK ECONOMY [...] Summary. The Slovak economy rose at a real annual rate of 5.4 percent in the second quarter of 2004, beating the market forecast of 5.0 percent. Household consumption and robust investment led the growth, replacing external demand, which had been powering the economy for the previous six qua [...] |
2004-09-24 14:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA895 | GOS TO SUPPORT CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) DCM discussed reftel with Ivan Korcok, State Secretary of the MFA, Milan Jezovica, Foreign Policy Advisor SIPDIS to PM Dzurinda, and Frantisek Ruzicka, Acting General Director for European Affairs. Ruzicka was very well versed in U.S. views (to the point of summarizing previous demar [...] |
2004-09-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC PHUM CH LO EUN |
| 04BRATISLAVA896 | SLOVAKIA STILL UNDECIDED ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) DCM raised reftel message on Turkey's EU accession with MFA State Secretary Ivan Korcok, MFA Acting General Director for European Affairs Frantisek Ruzicka, and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Milan Jezovica on September 28 and 29. Ruzicka said Slovakia was supportive in prin [...] |
2004-09-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL EU TU LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA900 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage visited Slovakia September 14. During his meetings with Prime Minister Dzurinda, Foreign Minister Kukan, parliamentary leaders, and the media, he underscored that U.S.-Slovak relations are based on more than just coalition membership and reflect the shar [...] |
2004-09-30 09:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KPAO LO CONS |
| 04BRATISLAVA909 | SLOVAK PARTIES AGAINST TURKISH EU ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Summary. Two parties from Slovakia's four-party ruling coalition have voiced strong reservations about setting a firm date for Turkey to begin EU accession talks. On September 30, Speaker of the Parliament Pavol Hrusovsky of the Christian-Democratic Movement (KDH) said he saw "many reas [...] |
2004-10-05 14:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA920 | SLOVAKIA: BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM COORDINATOR [...] In response to reftel request, current Blue Lantern Program Coordinator for AmEmbassy Bratislava is Patrick McEachern PolMil Officer Tel: 011-421-2-5922-3210 Fax: 011-421-2-5922-3026 Email: McEachernPT@state.gov ETD: May 2005 WEISER NNNN [...] |
2004-10-07 10:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KSEP LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA923 | GAERC ISSUES: CODE OF CONDUCT STRONG ENOUGH; [...] (C) In response to points raised from ref A, MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on October 6 told polec chief that the EU was strengthening the code of conduct regarding arms sales to make it more effective than in the past. He said member states were confident that it would suffice to [...] |
2004-10-08 07:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM CH LY TU EU LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA925 | EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. A. September 27-October 1 - The General Director of the Directorate of Customs for the Slovak Republic, Mr. Josef Gonczol, was in China this week finalizing a written agreement that will enable the government of China to d [...] |
2004-10-08 08:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA926 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO AIRBUS WTO CASE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-08 10:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KPAO LO EUN |
| 04BRATISLAVA940 | Slovakia Concerned With Ukrainian Anti-Democratic [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-13 13:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL LO UP |
| 04BRATISLAVA948 | SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN LONDON EXPORT CONTROL [...] The following individuals from the Ministry of Economy and Directorate of Customs are nominated to participate in the London Export Control Conference. Ministry of Economy: Mr. Frantisek Babuska Director, Department of Sensitive Goods Trading Management Telephone: 0 [...] |
2004-10-18 10:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL PARM KSTC MASS LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA964 | WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA) MARKET [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD LO WTO |
| 04BRATISLAVA965 | SLOVAKIA WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON VENEZUELA HUMAN [...] (U) On October 20, Poloff delivered reftel points to Deputy Director of the Human Rights Department Peter Bircak. Bircak stated that the EU will discuss the issue of human rights in Venezuela next week at the Human Rights and Democracy Committee under the European Commission. He offered to re [...] |
2004-10-22 05:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM VE LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA969 | SLOVAKS FORMULATING POSITION ON EXPORT CONTROLS TO [...] (C) Per reftel, poloffs met October 15 with Karol Mistrik, Director of the Department of OSCE, Disarmament, and Council of Europe, MFA; Rastislav Krizan, export control expert in the same department; and Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent, MFA. Mistrik presented the EU argument that a stre [...] |
2004-10-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KOMC LO LY |
| 04BRATISLAVA980 | SLOVAK VIEWS ON OSCE MEETING IN WARSAW [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 20, Poloffs met with some members of the Slovak delegation to the recent OSCE conference in Warsaw to discuss their views about OSCE concerns regarding human rights. Director General of Consular and Legal Affairs Ivan Grexa said he had been prepared for more criticism [...] |
2004-10-27 11:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM LO OSCE |
| 04BRATISLAVA989 | BLUE LANTERN REPLY TO STATE 225891 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-29 08:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA99 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR JIM RUTH. [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES MR. JIM RUTH AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 8 TO FEBRUARY 10, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS KATHY MCENANY, FASCELL FELLOW. PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5922- 3376(OFFICE). THE FAX LINE IS +420-2-5922 3026. CELLPHON [...] |
2004-01-21 16:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA991 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP OCTOBER 28, 2004 [...] (U) The Pontis Foundation will bring an Iraqi delegation consisting of politicians, NGO workers, and diplomats to Slovakia for a brief introduction to the Slovak government and press. The Bratislava-based International Republican Institute (IRI) and the Pontis Foundation presented their exper [...] |
2004-10-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL SMIG LO IZ |
| 04BRATISLAVA994 | SLOVAKS INTERESTED IN STARTING MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KNNP LO |
| 04NEWDELHI8192 | MEA STATEMENTS AND BRIEFINGS: MALAYSIA, SLOVAKIA, [...] Summary: This is another of our periodic messages summarizing public statements by MEA Spokesman Navtej Sarna and other MEA officials. Here we report Malaysian Prime Minister Badawi's and Slovak President Gasparovic's visits to India, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's trip to South Korea and [...] |
2004-12-28 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP TSPA MY LO KS PK BG BM CE NP IN GOI |
| 05BRATISLAVA1000 | IRAQI MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS GRADUATE FROM [...] Charge and DAO attended the December 19 graduation ceremony of 14 Iraqi military police officers from the Slovak Military Medical Training Center at Lest. In his remarks to the group, Slovak MinDef Liska praised and congratulated the Iraqi soldiers, stressing the need for the international c [...] |
2005-12-20 16:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR IZ LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA1001 | SLOVAKIA FORGIVES 100 PERCENT OF IRAQI DEBT [...] (SBU) The Slovak cabinet decided December 21 to forgive 100 percent of Iraq's outstanding debt by December 31, 2005. Total debt as of October 31 was approximately USD 145 million. According to a Ministry of Finance source involved in the discussions, the GOS determined that the administrative [...] |
2005-12-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL LO IZ |
| 05BRATISLAVA1005 | (S) INFORMING COALITION PARTNERS: SLOVAKIA [...] (S) CDA and Poloff delivered reftel points at 16h30 local time December 22 to Ambassador Milan Tancar, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and advisors from the Iraq and security assistance departments. Tancar expressed appreciation for the advance notice, reiterated that [...] |
2005-12-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PGOV MARR MASS PREL IZ LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA1010 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER 23, 2005 [...] (C) NGO Obciansko-demokraticka mladez (Citizens' Association for Democratic Youth) has made a deal with center-right parties SDKU and KDH to act as their official mud-slingers / Smer fact-checkers in the upcoming parliamentary campaign. During the 2002 campaign, Obciansko-demokraticka mlade [...] |
2005-12-23 13:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KPAO SOCI UP BO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA106 | SLOVAKS SUPPORT EU-FLAGGING BMO IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 7 to Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent at the MFA. Rehak said Slovakia will support the EU-flagging of the Border Monitoring Operation (BMO) in Georgia and expects consensus at the February 8 COREPER. The GOS does not oppose a continued OSCE [...] |
2005-02-07 17:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LO GG |
| 05BRATISLAVA107 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Slovaks -- government and public alike -- are euphoric to welcome President Bush February 23-24 as the first sitting U.S. President ever to visit Slovakia. The GOS sees the visit as validation of its ambitious reform program and pro-U.S. policies. The Slovak peo [...] |
2005-02-07 18:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA109 | WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON LO WTO |
| 05BRATISLAVA122 | MTAG: POTENTIAL SCUD SALE TO YEMEN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-09 16:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC YM LO MTCRE |
| 05BRATISLAVA131 | FEB 21 GAERC: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent at the MFA, February 11. Rehak welcomed USG positions on transatlantic relations, the Middle East Peace Process, and Iraq. Rehak expects the EU to continue to demand Gotovina's surrender to The Hague before [...] |
2005-02-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA135 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 17, 2005 [...] (SBU) Parliament approved a new, additional mandate February 10 for Slovakia's participation in the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). The GOS will initially send two MOD trainers to Iraq and an additional three at the first troop rotation. The MOD sent the first trainers to Italy to prep [...] |
2005-02-17 07:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IZ CU LO NATO |
| 05BRATISLAVA138 | WOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD LO WTRO |
| 05BRATISLAVA139 | Country Clearance granted for Dept of State and NCS [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes Thomas E. Graham, Anita E. Friedt, Tracy Babette McKibben, Yuri Shkeyrov and Irene Firsow and grants country clearance for the period of February 21-25, 2005. The embassy point of contact is Robert Hurlbert, Management officer(tel.+421-2-5922-3285) and [...] |
2005-02-19 09:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL LO AU |
| 05BRATISLAVA140 | PRIME MINISTER'S LIKELY THEMES WITH PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (S) Charge was briefed evening of February 19 by Milan Jezovica, the Prime Minister's foreign policy adviser, of the principal themes PM Mikulas Dzurinda would likely use during his February 24 meeting with the President. Jezovica began by noting that the Prime Minister was very excited abou [...] |
2005-02-19 13:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA15 | EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. The EXBS Advisor was on a consultation trip to the United States, followed by annual leave from December 15-31, 2004. The EXBS Advisor's FSN Assistant was on annual leave from December 5-11, 2004. As most of Slovakia's governm [...] |
2005-01-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA160 | CO2 EMISSION RESTRICTIONS SQUEEZE ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: In October 2004, the EU mandated that the GOS reduce its National Allocation Plan (NAP) for CO2 emissions by 14 percent. Recently, local companies, including U.S. Steel Kosice (USSK), have complained that the European Commission (EC) is targeting new EU members to reduce CO2 e [...] |
2005-03-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV LO EU |
| 05BRATISLAVA161 | 2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR SLOVAKIA [...] Slovakia has enacted nearly all of the intellectual property legislation required by TRIPS, and the overall IPR situation has improved from a historical perspective. Piracy of optical and other visual medias remains minimal, but home "burning" of CDs has likely increased. The Ministry of Inte [...] |
2005-03-01 14:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON XG LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA17 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 07, 2005 [...] (SBU) Lubomir Cano, Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, said the MOD and MFA have agreed upon a proposal to send five Slovak soldiers to the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). The original parliamentary mandate allows up to 110 non-combat personnel to be deployed under O [...] |
2005-01-10 06:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PHUM LO IZ |
| 05BRATISLAVA172 | GOS TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON CSW [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-03 08:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM EAID LO UN CSW |
| 05BRATISLAVA187 | MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION IN SLOVAKIA ON [...] Summary: The President's visit to Slovakia was generally perceived by media analysts and public commentary as an expression of positive U.S.- Slovak relations and of appreciation for Slovakia's support of the U.S. in the war against terrorism, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan. The meeting [...] |
2005-03-08 06:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA198 | EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. None. 2. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD. Â [...] |
2005-03-10 06:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA203 | BRATISLAVA CONCURS WITH EXBS ADVISOR POSITION IN ZAGREB [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-10 14:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSCA KSTC PARM PREL HR SI LO MTCRE |
| 05BRATISLAVA209 | GOS REPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-14 16:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA211 | GOS STILL SUPPORTS LIFTING CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 06:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM LO EUN |
| 05BRATISLAVA212 | SLOVAKIA: INFORMATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON [...] The Director of the Department for Official Development Assistance at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Peter Hulenyi, reports that the GOS does not currently give any bilateral contributions to the Andean region. Latin America is not considered a priority by the GOS, and Hulenyi does not anti [...] |
2005-03-15 06:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL CO EC PE BL VE LO EUN |
| 05BRATISLAVA214 | EXBS: UPDATED EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides information for Slovakia's Export Control System Standards, "Short Form", as requested by State 034285. 2. Begin "Export Control System Standards" Short Form I. What government agencies & offices are involved in developing export control polic [...] |
2005-03-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA215 | EXBS: UPDATED EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS [...] SUMMARY: This cable updates information for Slovakia's Export Control System Standards, effective February 28, 2005. 2. Begin "Export Control System Standards - Slovakia - February 2005". I. Adequate commitment, legal and regulatory framework, and governmental structure to regu [...] |
2005-03-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA218 | THE HZDS SHUFFLE [...] (C) Viliam Veteska unexpectedly gave up his post as parliamentary caucus leader of the opposition People's Party-Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (LS-HZDS). He will be temporarily replaced by Tibor Cabaj. Veteska will, however, maintain the post of Deputy Speaker of Parliament. Although he [...] |
2005-03-16 13:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA228 | SLOVAKIA WILL FOLLOW EU ON IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Roman Gal of the MFA's Department for Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Gal stated Slovakia will likely follow the EU common policy regarding the recent Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) proposal to deploy troops (without contributing m [...] |
2005-03-18 12:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA229 | SLOVAKIA'S HIV/AIDS SITUATION: WELL-POSITIONED FOR [...] Summary: Although the country's low rate of registered HIV/AIDS cases hampers social awareness, a three-year National Prevention Plan (NPP), improved school programs, and NGO outreach efforts demonstrate Slovakia's dedication to public education in preventative measures and risks associated wi [...] |
2005-03-18 13:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV PGOV PHUM PREF LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA230 | RELEASE OF SECRET POLICE FILES CONTINUES TO CAUSE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-18 13:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA236 | RECENT POLLS: SLOVAKS MORE POSITIVE ON NATO [...] (U) 60.8 percent of Slovaks view the country,s NATO entry as a good decision. The OMV polling agency and the Institute of Political Science at the Slovak Academy of Sciences carried out the February 3-10 poll which had a sample of 2,221 respondents. The OMV polling agency indicated mostly un [...] |
2005-03-21 15:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO LO NATO |
| 05BRATISLAVA242 | DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) On March 1, the post delivered talking points per reftel to the Ministry of Finance's (MOF) Department of Coordination for Relations with the EU. Representatives of the MOF replied several weeks later and expressed a great deal of enthusiasm for a 100 percent debt relief program on all [...] |
2005-03-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA244 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON MEMBER STATE LAWS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-23 15:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD LO WTO USTR |
| 05BRATISLAVA247 | EMBASSY BRATISLAVA RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL [...] Post is forwarding documentation relating to the following cultural grants: -- PAS covered the cost of U.S. visa fees for recipients of the Open Society Foundation's (OSF) high school student essay competition in 2003 and 2004. These students attended high schools in the U.S. for one year. [...] |
2005-03-24 10:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON KPAO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA25 | LOCAL PERSPECTIVE ON FOREST DISASTER [...] (U) Summary. On January 4, Econoff and FSN visited civic leaders in the Tatra region to discuss restoration and renewal efforts in the wake of the recent wind disaster that leveled 250 square kilometers of forest (reftel A). Two of the leaders are also members of the GOS Commission establis [...] |
2005-01-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KPAO AMGT KSCA LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA251 | PARLIAMENT LEADER HRUSOVSKY'S APRIL VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April visit of a Slovak parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Pavol Hrusovsky will be a useful opportunity to press our agenda on Iraq, minority rights, religious registration, and while coordinating on areas where we already agree like trafficking and Cuba. Hrusovsky [...] |
2005-03-25 18:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA262 | SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN OSLO DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-30 14:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA265 | MOJ THOUGHTS ON DRAFT TEXT OF EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs continue to press Slovak officials for a reaction to the draft bilateral extradition treaty we gave them in December 2004. Nonetheless, the GOS still has not made a definitive decision on whether to commit to extradite Slovak nationals to the U.S. On March 30, Justice Mi [...] |
2005-03-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PHUM LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA272 | SLOVAKS ON AUSTRALIA GROUP AND NPT CONFERENCES [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarches March 31 to Karol Mistrik, Director of the MFA's Department of Disarmament, OSCE, and Counter-Terrorism, and his deputy, Henrik Markus. Mistrik confirmed he will lead the delegation to Sydney, accompanied by representatives from the Ministries of Economy, [...] |
2005-03-31 14:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA274 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO WIPO SESSION ON IPR AND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-01 12:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EAID KPAO OIIP LO WIPO |
| 05BRATISLAVA290 | ARMS SALES TO YEMEN: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel A demarche April 11 to Gabriela Mrugova in the MFA's Department of Disarmament, OSCE, and Counter-terrorism. Mrugova said neither the GOS nor Slovak arms brokers have exported SA/LW to Yemeni arms brokers. The Slovak MOD sold some non-lethal equipment to Yemen's M [...] |
2005-04-12 14:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA298 | NEW HIGH-LEVEL GROUP WILL COORDINATE ACTION ON TIP [...] At its March 31 meeting, the Slovak Government's Council for the Prevention of Criminality decided to form an expert working group on trafficking in persons. The Council is a high-level body composed of 23 representatives from ministries, government agencies, law enforcement bodies, and NGOs. [...] |
2005-04-14 14:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG KPAO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA302 | IRAQI CIVIL SERVANTS AND NGO REPS TRAIN IN SLOVAKIA [...] (U) Through a grant from the International Republican Institute (IRI), the Pontis Foundation brought nine Iraqi civil servants and NGO leaders to Slovakia for three weeks in March. This was the second group of four planned. It consisted of one IRI-Baghdad employee, two NGO, four Ministry o [...] |
2005-04-15 05:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LO IZ |
| 05BRATISLAVA306 | TRADE ACTION AGAINST U.S. CORN GLUTEN FEED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-15 14:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA308 | SLOVAK DELEGATION TO CD MINISTERIAL [...] The Slovak delegation to the upcoming Community of Democracies Ministerial in Santiago will consist of: - Mrs. Magdalena Vasaryova, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Mr. Andrej Droba, Director of the Office of the State Secretary, MFA SIPDIS - Mr. Vladimir Gracz, Slovak Amb [...] |
2005-04-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA31 | SLOVAKIA LOSES USD 867 MILLION ARBITRATION WITH [...] Summary. An arbitration court has ruled in favor of the Czech bank Ceskoslovenska Obchodna Banka (CSOB) in its claim against Slovakia and ordered the GOS to pay the bank SKK 24.7 billion (USD 867 million). CSOB's claim dates back to 1993, when it provided a loan to a special state agency set [...] |
2005-01-14 10:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN LO EZ |
| 05BRATISLAVA314 | SMER-SDL MERGER CONSOLIDATES LEFT, BUT DOES IT [...] (C) Summary. In late 2004, the Party of the Democratic Left (SDL) and two other small, leftist parties merged with Smer ("Direction"). Smer leader Robert Fico has successfully consolidated the center-left, but a slight increase in votes in 2006 will not necessarily correspond to an increase in [...] |
2005-04-20 08:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA315 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP APRIL 20, 2005 [...] (U) ANO leader and Minister of Economy Pavol Rusko announced April 11 that State Secretary of the Education Ministry Frantisek Toth (ANO) will resign his post and take up the position of Culture Minister currently held by Rudolf Chmel (ANO). Toth's replacement at the Education Ministry is sti [...] |
2005-04-20 08:27:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LO UP NATO |
| 05BRATISLAVA318 | SLOVAKIA RESPONSE TO APRIL 25 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points April 21 to Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent at the MFA. Rehak reaffirmed his openness to receiving USG points, saying it gives the Slovaks a "more global view." He said Slovakia within the EU supports strong transatlantic links. For example, in the [...] |
2005-04-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL LO EUN |
| 05BRATISLAVA319 | RADICAL HEALTH CARE REFORMS? MAYBE NOT [...] (C) Summary. In October 2004, the Slovak Parliament passed six health care reform laws that the World Bank called some of the "most radical reforms in the world." The laws seek to reduce the GOS's role in health care and make Slovaks pay for medical services that were once free as a way of [...] |
2005-04-21 16:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA32 | SCHEDULE FOR WHITE HOUSE SITE SURVEY TEAM'S TRIP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-08 23:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT LO PREL EI RS GM |
| 05BRATISLAVA324 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO CD ELECTION INITIATIVE [...] On April 22, Poloff delivered reftel points to Human Rights Department and Latin American Division at the MFA. Officials stated Slovakia would fully support the elections standards initiative. 2. Comment: Concept paper also delivered to relevant Slovak NGOs. Slovak NGOs have been extremely [...] |
2005-04-22 14:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA356 | SLOVAK DEFENSE REFORM UPDATE [...] (U) The draft law on the state service of professional soldiers requires Slovak soldiers to deploy where they are ordered. Currently, conscripts cannot be sent abroad and only professional soldiers who volunteer may be sent out of country. Financial, career, and personal incentives continue [...] |
2005-05-06 16:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL LO NATO |
| 05BRATISLAVA357 | SLOVAKIA FIRM ON IRAQ MANDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent Slovak defense policy players have recently raised publicly whether the GOS should reopen the parliamentary debate on the Slovak troops in Iraq. State Secretary at the MOD Martin Fedor stressed publicly the SIPDIS importance of a renewed UN Security Council mandate, w [...] |
2005-05-09 07:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR LO IZ |
| 05BRATISLAVA360 | SLOVAKIA PICKS UP MOMENTUM ON TIP ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Slovak government recently completed a needs assessment analyzing current trafficking activities and invited poloffs to discuss the findings. In a May 5 meeting, Jana Kviecinska, the Director General of the Human Rights and Minorities Section at the Office of the Government, [...] |
2005-05-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA365 | GROWING OPTIMISM BUT LITTLE POLITICAL INSPIRATION [...] (U) Summary. The Institute for Public Affairs' (IVO) 2004 annual Summary Report on Slovakia shows growing public optimism about the direction Slovakia is taking, increased apathy toward high-level corruption, and increasing acceptance of economic reforms. Slovak parties are becoming more simi [...] |
2005-05-12 13:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ECON LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA38 | SLOVAKIA - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] SINCE 1998, SLOVAKIA'S ONCE TROUBLED ECONOMY HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A BUSINESS FRIENDLY STATE THAT LEADS THE REGION IN ECONOMIC GROWTH. IN ITS DOING BUSINESS IN 2005 REPORT, THE WORLD BANK NAMED SLOVAKIA AS THE WORLD'S TOP REFORMER IN IMPROVING ITS INVESTMENT CLIMATE OVER THE LAST YEAR, AL [...] |
2005-01-20 17:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTDB LO OPIC USTR |
| 05BRATISLAVA397 | RESIGNATION OF THE SLOVAK MINISTER OF CULTURE COMES [...] Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic has accepted the resignation of the Minister of Culture Rudolf Chmel. The President's decision becomes effective today, May 24. Until a new Minister is appointed, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ivan Miklos will be temporarily in charge of the Cult [...] |
2005-05-24 13:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KPAO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA398 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON CUBAN [...] (U) On May 24, 2005, Embassy delivered reftel points to Pavol Juhas, Director of the International Affairs Department at the Ministry of Labor. Juhas confirmed that Slovakia is sending a delegation to the upcoming International Labor Conference in Geneva, and expressed his support for the U [...] |
2005-05-25 05:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ELAB BB CU LO ILO |
| 05BRATISLAVA399 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON ILO FISCAL [...] (U) On May 24, 2005, Embassy delivered reftel points to Pavol Juhas, Director of the International Affairs Department at the Ministry of Labor. Juhas confirmed that Slovakia is sending a delegation to the upcoming International Labor Conference in Geneva, and expressed his support for the U [...] |
2005-05-25 05:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB LO ILO |
| 05BRATISLAVA403 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DEBRA HEVIA TO [...] Embassy Bratislava requests country clearance for Ms. Debra Hevia to participate in the EXBS Advisors meeting in Vienna. Name: Debra L. Hevia Title: Political-Economic Section Chief Embassy: Bratislava Citizenship: US Passport Number: 900329402 Expiration Date: 17 Jun 2008 Clearance: Top [...] |
2005-05-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA412 | THE FUTURE OF GMOS IN SLOVAKIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff held a series of meetings to assess the status of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Slovakia. The Minister of Environment Laszlo Miklos, previously a supporter of GMOs, has now succumbed to unspecified political pressures and is attempting to bar their usage in [...] |
2005-05-27 13:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAGR ETRD LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA42 | SLOVAK ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, 2004 [...] (U) Summary. Slovakia's economic fortunes have had a sharp impact on both the country's environment and the policies that manage it. Following independence in 1993, public interest in the environment waned as economic necessities took on a more dominant role. Today, even though the economy [...] |
2005-01-25 15:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA425 | GENERAL PROSECUTOR PROVIDES BACKGROUND DETAILS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Prosecutor of the Slovak Republic Dobroslav Trnka provided post with nearly four pages of further background information detailing the Slovak Republic's prosecution of human traffickers. While the information includes a different number of prosecuted individuals than [...] |
2005-06-03 07:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA428 | KEY TO SUCCESS FOR SLOVAKIA'S FLAT RATE TAX SYSTEM [...] Summary. Slovakia's adoption of a 19-percent flat rate tax for corporations and individuals has generated much attention internationally, but the Slovak general public has been quite mute. Contending international policy camps have cited statistics to support their claims that the system is [...] |
2005-06-06 05:38:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA430 | SWEDISH DG FOR POL AFFAIRS ON SWEDEN AND THE UN [...] On May 31, the Swedish Embassy in Bratislava hosted a seminar on Global Security and the United Nations (UN), in conjunction with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, as part of their commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dag Hammarskojld. As part of the morning program, A [...] |
2005-06-06 09:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SW LO UNSC |
| 05BRATISLAVA432 | ROMA POLITICAL POLLING SHOWS DISCREPANCY BETWEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Democratic Institute (NDI) Roma Political Participation program advisors told Poloff that recent polling data showed commonly held perceptions of Roma political affiliation, involvement, and participation were false. Some of this data, they claimed, could be damaging t [...] |
2005-06-07 07:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR KDEM KPAO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA434 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MAY 2005 [...] (C) Opposition political party Smer (reftel) met its long-held goal and became a member of Socialist International (SI). Smer MP Edita Angyalova, a former IV participant and one of Slovakia's youngest politicians, downplayed Smer's membership in SI, and noted that if the party were to become [...] |
2005-06-07 12:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM KCOR KIRF LO EXBS UN |
| 05BRATISLAVA440 | POLITICAL AND PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES MOVING [...] (C) After the U.S. negotiating team and Slovak Ministry of Justice Director for Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters Branislav Bohacik failed to reach agreement April 14 on pursuing bilateral extradition and mutual legal assistance treaties (or on signing instruments to implement US-EU tre [...] |
2005-06-08 09:27:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS EU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA442 | SLOVAK RESPONSE ON EU CUBA POLICY AND JUNE 13 [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief shared ref A points on Cuba with MFA on June 6, and discussed the points with Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent, along with pre-GAERC points in ref B on June 7. Rehak thanked us for providing our point-of-view before each GAERC, saying the discussions with emboffs are [...] |
2005-06-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU PARM LO EUN |
| 05BRATISLAVA449 | CONFERENCE ON BALKANS HIGHLIGHTS ROLE FOR SLOVAKIA [...] Summary/Introduction: On May 20-21 the Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) hosted a conference on "Assessing Developments in the Western Balkans: Problems of Today, Ideas for the Future." Co-sponsors of the conference were the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the [...] |
2005-06-10 10:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA45 | PARLIAMENT LEADER PRINCIPLED ON CUBA, TIP [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hrusovsky told Charge d'Affaires January 20 he would continue to make support for Cuban dissidents one of his personal priorities, and was discussing with Vaclav Havel nominating three dissidents for the Nobel Peace Prize. He discussed the difficulties [...] |
2005-01-27 06:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU CU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA462 | SLOVAKIA ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT US-EU CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Oldrich Hlavacek, Director of the MFA Fourth Territorial Division (covering Africa, Asia, and the Middle East), told pol-econ chief June 13 that Slovakia is "very enthusiastic and looking forward to" the U.S.-EU conference on Iraq (ref A). He said the two most important things about the [...] |
2005-06-15 05:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON IZ LO EUN |
| 05BRATISLAVA463 | NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE [...] Mr. Frantisek Toth became the new Slovak Minister of Culture following the resignation of Minister Chmel in May. Mr. Toth has been appointed by President Ivan Gasparovic today, June 15, 2005. He was nominated for this position by the coalition party Alliance of New Citizen (ANO). 2. Please [...] |
2005-06-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KPAO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA464 | S29F-04: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SLOVAKIA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC SY AE LO CBW |
| 05BRATISLAVA466 | SLOVAKIA: MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ LO ICRC |
| 05BRATISLAVA468 | SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On June 17, Charge delivered reftel points to Magda Vasaryova, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vasaryova explained the UN's historical and "sentimental" importance to Slovakia, and reinforced Slovakia's strong support for the UN reform agenda ou [...] |
2005-06-17 15:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LO UN UNSC |
| 05BRATISLAVA472 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, JUNE 1-20, 2005 [...] (C) Former Prime Minister and current HZDS leader Vladimir Meciar is currently studying English. The brother of his private teacher told Poloffs that the teacher is regularly subjected to long, delusional speeches about the MP's accomplishments. Meciar's most outlandish claim to date was th [...] |
2005-06-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR SMIG LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA473 | REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES TRY OUT ALLIANCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In advance of Slovakia's regional elections (scheduled for November 26), political parties have begun to experiment with different pairings and coalitions in the "consequence-free environment" of regional politics. At the local and regional level, Slovak politics is based less [...] |
2005-06-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA486 | CORRUPTION: SOME GOOD LAWS IN PLACE; LOCAL [...] Summary: Reducing corruption in Slovakia has been a long-term U.S. goal. The laws are now generally good, although some gaping weaknesses remain. An area of growing concern is public procurement at the local and regional levels, where officials act beyond the control of the national auditor' [...] |
2005-06-22 08:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR PINR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA49 | SLOVAKS UNOPPOSED TO OEF-ISAF MERGER [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-28 09:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL LO NATO |
| 05BRATISLAVA498 | SLOVAK LICENSING CONDITIONS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-29 08:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD EU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA511 | SLOVAKIA TO STAY THE COURSE IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Slovak government interlocutors welcomed beginning dialogue on future planning for Iraq deployments, particularly in civlian channels. The GOS is firmly committed to staying the course as long as the Iraqi government requests help, there is an international mandate, and the manda [...] |
2005-07-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA531 | DZURINDA'S GOVERNMENT SURVIVES ANOTHER [...] (U) Summary. In the last parliamentary vote before summer recess, Smer Chairman Robert Fico's motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda received only 60 votes out of the 76 necessary to recall him. Smer, LS-HZDS (People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia), and [...] |
2005-07-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA532 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JUNE 30, 2005 [...] (C) On June 21, Slovakia adopted government resolution 495/2005, which approved a 100 percent write-off of Iraqi civil debts to Slovakia (an amount equal to around USD 1.1 million). In addition to the debt forgiveness, Slovakia has contributed USD 20.8 million in humanitarian aid, military [...] |
2005-07-08 15:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA537 | UNION LEADERS ON PARTNERSHIP WITH SMER, DECLINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Slovakia's Confederation of Trade Unions (KOZ) has lost nearly half of its membership since 1993, and its leadership is both upset and threatened by recent government economic reforms. During a recent meeting with Poloffs, KOZ leaders discussed their decision to work closely wi [...] |
2005-07-11 11:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA538 | MOD PROPOSES ADDING AFGHANISTAN TO JULY 22 AGENDA [...] (SBU) Action request: The Slovak Ministry of Defense would like to add to the agenda of Ambassador Jones' July 22 pol-mil talks on Iraq discussion on Slovak intentions to end participation in OEF and join ISAF in Afghanistan. Please advise if the team from Washington will be prepared to discu [...] |
2005-07-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL AF LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA539 | MOD PROPOSES ADDING AFGHANISTAN TO JULY 22 AGENDA [...] (SBU) Action request: The Slovak Ministry of Defense would like to add to the agenda of Ambassador Jones' July 22 pol-mil talks on Iraq discussion on Slovak intentions to end participation in OEF and join ISAF in Afghanistan. Please advise if the team from Washington will be prepared to discu [...] |
2005-07-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL AF LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA543 | SLOVAKIA'S BILATERAL WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary. The Slovak Republic founded its witness protection program in January 1999. One of the unique facets of the program is its success in arranging bilateral protection agreements with other European nations. Slovakia was the first post-communist nation to both send witnesses abroa [...] |
2005-07-12 09:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA550 | TATRAS RENEWAL DEBATE [...] Summary. On June 16, 2005, post hosted a digital video conference (DVC) to introduce two American forestry experts to Slovaks working on restoration efforts in the Tatras Mountains (ref A). The conversation allowed the Americans to begin assessing the specific damage, better understand the [...] |
2005-07-12 14:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KPAO AMGT KSCA LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA552 | SLOVAK VIEWS ON JULY 18 GAERC [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief shared ref A pre-GAERC points with Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent, on July 8. Rehak was pleased to discuss U.S. positions and stated that he would share the talking points with others within the Ministry prior to the GAERC meeting, adding that Foreign Minister Kuka [...] |
2005-07-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU UZ TU HR LO UN |
| 05BRATISLAVA558 | SLOVAK VIEWS ON G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Richard Galbavy, Acting Director of the MFA Department of International Organizations and UN Offices. He shared the Slovak views regarding UN reforms and the Security Council, indicating that it was also an important priority. 2. (SBU) According to Gal [...] |
2005-07-13 08:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LO UNGA |
| 05BRATISLAVA566 | SLOVAKIA FY 2005 COALITION SOLIDARITY FUND [...] On July 15, 2005, Post received a response to Reftel inquiry regarding Slovakia's plans for allocating the 2005 Coalition Solidarity Fund disbursement. In a letter from Jozef Zufka of the Military Planning and Resource Management Section of the Ministry of Defense, Slovakia states its wish t [...] |
2005-07-15 14:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PARM LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA585 | EXTRADITION: US-EU AGREEMENT NOW, BILATERAL TREATY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Lipsic told Charge during his farewell call July 20 that he supported moving ahead with an initial agreement to implement the US-EU extradition treaty but urged that a more in-depth bilateral agreement be negotiated as well. He indicated a willingness to move con [...] |
2005-07-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL EU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA587 | INVITATIONS TO 2005 OXFORD TRACKER WORKSHOP [...] Ms. Dagmar Dubecka Department of Sensitive Goods Trading Management Ministry of Economy Mierova 19 827 15 Bratislava Slovak Republic Tel.: +421 2 4854 7976 Fax: +421 2 4342 3915 E-mail: dubecka@economy.gov.sk 2. Mr. Radomir Ondrus Department of Sensitive Goods Trading Management Minis [...] |
2005-07-25 09:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA602 | FINANCE MINISTER IVAN MIKLOS: POWER BEHIND THE [...] (C) Summary. The political team of Minister of Finance Ivan Miklos and Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda has succeeded in transforming Slovakia's political and economic fortunes in a short amount of time. Miklos has won acclaim for his flat tax policy, and he has also managed several years of [...] |
2005-08-02 13:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PINR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA603 | SLOVAKIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-03 11:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL LO UNGA |
| 05BRATISLAVA606 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP AUGUST 1, 2005 [...] (SBU) Progressive political party Alliance of New Citizens (ANO) has drafted a law which would change Slovakia's current religious registration system (under which registered churches receive state funding) to abolish state funding and, in essence, make religious groups equal to non-governme [...] |
2005-08-03 13:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KIRF PHUM PGOV LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA618 | PAVOL RUSKO: THE SLOVAK BERLUSCONI WANNA-BE [...] (C) Summary. The leader of the New Citizens Alliance Party (ANO), Minister of Economy Pavol Rusko, has been a controversial figure within Slovakia's ruling coalition government and is the leading cause of its internal tensions. His continued dominance of the largest private broadcaster in [...] |
2005-08-04 13:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA626 | DZURINDA CONCERNED ABOUT RUSKO, BUT NEEDS HIM [...] (C) During Charge's August 4 farewell call on Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda, the Prime Minister shared some candid thoughts on Economy Minister Pavol Rusko (reftel). Dzurinda told Charge that he is increasingly concerned about Rusko. He said that he has traditionally dealt with Rusko in k [...] |
2005-08-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA637 | GITMO DETAINEES: A NON-ISSUE IN SLOVAKIA [...] (SBU) Embassy has shared reftel talking points with Prime Minister Dzurinda's foreign policy advisor, and will also share them with experts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the week of August 8 (most of the lead people have been on vacation during recent weeks). 2. (SBU) The issues surrou [...] |
2005-08-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA642 | SLOVAKIA PREPARES TO ABOLISH EXTREMIST POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Slovakia is struggling to come to terms with its diversity and diminish the influence of racist extremist groups. A recent meeting with the Interior Ministry's chief coordinator of the anti-extremism unit revealed that the government allowed extremist group Slovens [...] |
2005-08-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI SMIG PINR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA660 | SLOVAKIA ON TURKISH ACCESSION: "YES, BUT" [...] (C) On August 16, Deputy Chief of Mission raised reftel issue of Turkish EU accession with MFA Director for Common Foreign and Security Policy Anna Turenicova and European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak. Turenicova explained that within the EU there were three camps on Turkish accession: "yes," [...] |
2005-08-17 14:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU TU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA661 | FOR THE ROMA IN PRESOV, ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The proposal to erect of a wall between Roma and non-Roma citizens in the Stara Tehelna neighborhood of Presov seems to be advancing, despite negative media coverage and an initial retraction of the plan by the Mayor. In an August 12 meeting between the GOS Plenipotentiary for [...] |
2005-08-17 15:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO EAID LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA663 | KDH ULTIMATUM: EITHER RUSKO GOES OR WE DO [...] (C) Summary: The latest threat by coalition partner KDH to leave the government if Prime Minister Dzurinda doesn't fire Economy Minister Pavol Rusko (ANO) is more serious than previous bluffs. No matter what happens, there is not enough support in parliament for early elections (90 votes are [...] |
2005-08-17 17:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR LO PGGOC |
| 05BRATISLAVA665 | SLOVAK PARTICIPANTS AT THE SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] On August 16, post received nominations for The Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference. Delegates attending the conference are: Mr. Karol Mistrik Department of Disarmament and Council of Europe Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hlboka cesta 2 833 36 Bratislava Slovak Republic [...] |
2005-08-18 06:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KSTC MASS LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA668 | (U) ORGANIZED CRIME IN SLOVAKIA (C-CN5-00417) [...] (U) In response to reftel inquiry regarding organized crime in Slovakia, post provides the following response: A. (U) ARE THERE ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS PRESENT IN THE HOST COUNTRY THAT ORIGINATED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: RUSSIA, UKRAINE, ITALY, THE BALKANS (ALBANIA, SERBIA, BOSNIA), JA [...] |
2005-08-18 12:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR SOCI LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA670 | OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES OF SLOVAK NGOS [...] Slovak NGOs continue to proudly participate in overseas activities fostering democratization. With support from Slovakaid (the branch of the MFA responsible for foreign aid) Slovak NGOs note that their own post-communism transition experience gives them a "comparative advantage" when it come [...] |
2005-08-19 09:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA677 | MINISTER RUSKO'S WILD RIDE [...] (C) Following the Christian Democratic Party (KDH) announcement last week that it would leave the coalition if Minister of the Economy Pavol Rusko was not removed from office by August 23 (Ref C), Rusko's ANO party closeted itself August 22 to determine next steps. In Bratislava, the only t [...] |
2005-08-22 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAO PINR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA682 | COALITION MEETS: RUSKO LIKELY OUT BY FRIDAY [...] (C) Sources with inside knowledge of the August 23 Coalition Council meeting told us that the Prime Minister will indeed dismiss Minister of the Economy Pavol Rusko, but not until Friday (reftels). Rusko told coalition partners he will not voluntarily step down. The source commented that R [...] |
2005-08-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA683 | RUSKO SACKED BY PRESIDENT; COALITION WEAKENED, BUT [...] (C) President Ivan Gasparovic fired Minister of the Economy Pavol Rusko (reftels) at noon August 24, after Rusko failed to submit his resignation by 9:00am as demanded at a press conference last night by Prime Minister Dzurinda. Rusko's Alliance of New Citizen (ANO) party announced that it w [...] |
2005-08-24 13:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD PINR KDEM LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA684 | SLOVAK PARTICIPANTS AT THE SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] Referring to the Reftel sent out by the Embassy on August 17, the final list of the delegates attending the Seventh Annual International Export Control Conference is following: Mr. Karol Mistrik Department of Disarmament and Council of Europe Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hlboka cesta 2 833 [...] |
2005-08-24 14:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KSTC MASS LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA686 | SLOVAKIA ON TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION: A ROSIER [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU TU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA689 | Country Clearance granted for Rossitza B. Petrov and [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes U.S.-Slovakia Internal Control Program instructors Rossitza B. Petrov and Jennifer Carol Whitcomb and grants country clearance for the period of September 24-30, 2005. The embassy point of contact for the visit is Richard "Trey" Lyons, POL Officer, tel: +421-2-5922 [...] |
2005-08-26 07:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KNNP LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA692 | MINISTER OF ECONOMY, WHAT MINISTER OF ECONOMY? [...] (U) Summary. The firing of Pavol Rusko as the Minister of Economy (reftels) will not likely have a major impact on the Slovak economy. Though a long-term replacement remains uncertain, the temporary substitute, Finance Minister Ivan Miklos, has promised to enact measures which will verify al [...] |
2005-08-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD PINR KDEM LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA693 | SLOVAKIA AGREES WITH ISAF'S U.N. MANDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL LO NATO UNSC |
| 05BRATISLAVA694 | COALITION NEEDS ANO LIKE A FISH NEEDS A BICYCLE [...] (SBU) In the wake of the sacking of their party leader, Pavol Rusko, seven MPs from the Alliance of New Citizen (ANO), in addition to Minister of Culture Toth, Minister of Health Zajac, and another independent MP, have submitted a written pledge to support the GOS coalition. With this decla [...] |
2005-08-26 13:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD PINR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA70 | Country Clearance granted for NP/ECC personnel: Paul [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes the NP/ECC personnel: Paul B. van Son and Jason C. McClellan and grants country clearance for the period of February 1-2, 2005. The embassy point of contact is Larry Adkins, EXBX Program Advisor, tel: +421-2-5922-3375, fax: 421-5922-5038. Reservations h [...] |
2005-01-31 15:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC PREL KSTC BU RO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA700 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: VERIFICATION OF LICENSE 05- [...] Summary: During a visit to Letecke Opravovne Trencin (LOT) in Trencin, Slovakia, Emboff completed inventory, security check, and integrity check of equipment described reftel (License Number 05-924961). Emboff reported no issues; all licensed items were accounted for in triple- barrier stor [...] |
2005-08-31 13:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA701 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR PAULA [...] Country clearance is requested for Bratislava IRC Director Paula Holotnakova to travel to Tallinn, Estonia, October 1-6 to participate in the American Corners Workshop. 2. Holotnakova will travel to Tallinn by plane October 1 and return October 6. No travel assistance is required. 3. [...] |
2005-08-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KIRC OIIP LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA702 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, AUGUST 2005 [...] (C) During a meeting with Cino Straka, a former Slovak arms dealer, Poloffs learned of a erroneous (yet perhaps auspicious) piece of misinformation: the assumption by this arms dealer that all exports of Slovak manufactured military hardware must be approved by the United States Embassy in B [...] |
2005-08-31 15:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM PARM SOCI KDEM LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA705 | COALITION DROPS ANO, PM HOLDS ALL THE CARDS MOVING [...] (SBU) The coalition parties announced September 1 that Pavol Rusko's ANO party (weakened by the departure of 7 of ANO's 11 MPs) is no longer a member of the coalition. The coalition will work instead with the group of breakaway ANO MPs and cabinet ministers lead by Lubomir Lintner (Ref A). [...] |
2005-09-06 07:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA713 | SENIOR ADVISOR SPIRNAK, GMOS, AND SLOVAKIA [...] (U) Summary. During the July 29 to August 1 visit of Madelyn Spirnak, the Department's Senior Advisor on Agricultural Technology, Econoffs obtained additional insight into the status of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Slovakia. In science and industry, Slovaks appear educated, prac [...] |
2005-09-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR ETRD LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA714 | TFUS01: SLOVAKIA OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO KATRINA [...] The Government of Slovakia has offered to provide supplies to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The list of available items includes the following: 500 sleeping bags with thermal and hygienic shells 300 sleeping bags 2000 wool blankets 500 wool blankets - sanitary 500 field beds [...] |
2005-09-08 15:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AEMR EAID LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA716 | SLOVAK'S POSITIVE ABOUT AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON KSCA PREL SOCI TBIO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA721 | GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON POSSIBLE SLOVAK ARMS SALES [...] (U) This is a guidance request, please see para 2. 2. (S) Peter Peniaska, head of the Slovak arms firm Petina International, is seeking the USG position on potential sales of Slovak military equipment to Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The company has applied for a license w [...] |
2005-09-10 07:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS ECON PGOV PINR PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA728 | TFUS01: ACCEPTANCE OF SLOVAK OFFER OF HURRICANE [...] Post conveyed reftel acceptance of Slovakia's offer of Hurricane Katrina assistance (25,000 blankets, 500 camp beds, 1,000 first aid kits, and 600 liters of liquid soap) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the morning of September 10. 2. The GOS has designated the following English speaking [...] |
2005-09-13 11:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA730 | SLOVAK PARLIAMENT CAN'T GET QUORUM; OPPOSITION [...] (C) The GOS failed to get enough votes to reopen parliament September 12 after its summer break. After failing to achieve quorum both Monday and Tuesday (falling three members short of the 76 required), we are told that Chairman Pavol Hrusovsky will postpone the session until 9:00am Tuesday [...] |
2005-09-14 06:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA735 | "NO ROMA WALL HERE" PRESOV AUTHORITIES TELL [...] (SBU) During a September 13 visit to Presov in eastern Slovakia, Ambassador raised the issue of the so-called "Roma Wall" (reftel) with the two Deputy Mayors (Presov Mayor Milan Benc was out of the country). Both officials assured the Ambassador that no wall would be built separating Roma fr [...] |
2005-09-16 14:38:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA738 | KDH IS HOT; SDKU IS NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Dzurinda is taking advantage of a long holiday weekend to try to gather the support of at least three independent MPs needed to open parliament on September 20 (reftel). Coalition partners KDH and SMK and ANO "Lintners" hope Dzurinda is successful, but if not, t [...] |
2005-09-16 15:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA749 | STILL NO PARLIAMENTARY QUORUM AFTER A WEEK; [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A week after failing to gather the quorum necessary to open parliament (ref B), the Coalition failed again on September 20 to bring 76 MPs to the chamber, reach quorum, and resume the council's session after summer recess. Independent deputies continue to move in m [...] |
2005-09-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA755 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP SEPTEMBER 21, 2005 [...] (C) PM Dzurinda's ruling coalition managed to get the support of 77 MPs (one more than needed) to reopen the parliamentary session on September 21, following a stalemate brought about by opposition parties and independents who had pushed for early elections (ref B). Following the opening, D [...] |
2005-09-21 14:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KIRF SMIG SOCI LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA771 | COMBATING EXTREMISM IN SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary. The GOS and the USG have actively funded programs to combat extremism and intolerance in Slovakia. Extremism here takes the form of a privately organized Neo-Nazi movement, which usually targets the Roma minority and the small Jewish population. Violent attacks have occurred in t [...] |
2005-09-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA772 | Country Clearance granted for USAID contractors Mary [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes USAID contractors: Mary Linehan, Catherine F. Cleland, Lisa Adams, Diana Selezeanu, Robert Rosenburg, Eun-Joo Chang and John Capati and grants country clearance for the period of October 2-7, 2005. The embassy point of contact for your visit is Richard "Trey" Lyon [...] |
2005-09-27 07:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SL HU RO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA78 | IRAQ: SLOVAKIA ISSUES POSITIVE STATEMENTS ON [...] Slovak PM Mikulas Dzurinda (para 2) and the MFA (para 3) issued congratulatory statements on the Iraqi elections. Post placed the IIP-supplied op-ed on the Iraqi elections in the daily newspaper Narodna Obroda (readership estimated at 145,000) on January 27 under the CDA's by-line. The he [...] |
2005-02-02 12:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO IZ LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA780 | EXTRADITION: SLOVAKIA READY TO SUPPORT, WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Daniel Lipsic told Ambassador during his introductory call September 26 that Slovakia hopes to finalize a comprehensive bilateral treaty on extradition during October 17-18 discussions with US negotiators. In reaction to reftel talking points, Lipsic provided us [...] |
2005-09-27 13:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL EU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA79 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 02, 2005 [...] (SBU) Adolfo Franco, Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean at USAID and David Mutchler, Cuba Senior Advisor, met with Slovak NGO and governmental representatives January 14 on Cuba issues. Franco said the highlight was his meeting with Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hruso [...] |
2005-02-02 12:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CU LO RU |
| 05BRATISLAVA790 | ISRAEL TO OPEN EMBASSY IN BRATISLAVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-29 09:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IS LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA801 | SLOVAKIA WILL ENCOURAGE UKRAINE TO RATIFY NATO-PFP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-03 12:52:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MASS LO NATO |
| 05BRATISLAVA804 | SLOVAKIA: BELARUS IS DETERIORATING, NEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, DCM and Poloff (notetaker) delivered reftel demarche to Stefan Rozkopal, MFA Director for CIS and Balkan Peninsula Countries. Rozkopal, who had met the day before with two opposition politicians from Minsk, offered Slovakia's support for democratization effor [...] |
2005-10-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KDEM PGOV LO BO |
| 05BRATISLAVA808 | SLOVAKIA CODIFIES RELATIONSHIP WITH US IN NEW [...] (SBU) On September 27, Parliament approved a new Security Strategy for Slovakia which supersedes the previous security policies in place since 2001. The security strategy notably acknowledges "special status" for the "Euro-Atlantic" security relationship, and calls for Slovakia to support " [...] |
2005-10-04 08:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA815 | MORE CABINET SHAKEUPS: LABOR OUT, ECON IN [...] (C) SUMMARY - Labor Minister Ludovit Kanik announced his resignation October 5 after admitting that he made a mistake in applying for EU Funds for the refurbishing of a hotel that he owns in the resort town of Banska Stiavnica. Kanik's announcement will complicate his efforts to formalize a de [...] |
2005-10-05 15:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KDEM LO PGOV PINR |
| 05BRATISLAVA821 | Direct Funding Initiative Proposal for Embassy [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Bratislava would like to continue offering Slovak language learning opportunities for eligible family members (EFMs) and State Department officers and specialists who did not receive FSI training, as well as courses to maintain the investment of FSI training put into other off [...] |
2005-10-07 06:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA829 | Country Clearance granted for Kenneth Propp [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes Kenneth Propp and grants country clearance for the period of October 17-18, 2005. The embassy point of contact for your visit is William Laitinen, ECON Officer, tel: +421-2-5922-3394, cellphone: +421-903-767- 004. Reservation has been made at the Hotel [...] |
2005-10-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS LO PREL EUN |
| 05BRATISLAVA831 | EUR PDAS KURT VOLKER'S MEETING WITH V-10 POLDIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 8 meeting with V-10 PolDirs, visiting EUR PDAS Kurt Volker heard frank and honest opinions -- and some colorful discussion -- about the current status of the transatlantic partnership. The PolDirs, who noted that such a meeting could never have been pulled to [...] |
2005-10-08 20:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU IZ BO LO NATO RU |
| 05BRATISLAVA835 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, OCTOBER 11, 2005 [...] (SBU) Despite the announcement that a group of former ANO MPs lead by Lubomir Lintner will form a new political party, other politicians -- including members of the coalition who work closely with Lintner -- feel it is "too late" to begin a new party. Lintner, never considered a particularl [...] |
2005-10-11 14:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM KDEM SOCI LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA851 | SLOVAKS SATISFIED WITH CURRENT COMMISSION MANDATE [...] (C) In response to reftel, Ambassador delivered talking points and USTR fact sheets to Minister of Economy Jirko Malcharek. We separately delivered the points to Agriculture State Secretary Marian Radosovsky. Malcharek indicated that he personally would like to see far-reaching global trade [...] |
2005-10-17 15:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD LO WTO |
| 05BRATISLAVA853 | NEW MINISTER OF LABOR TAKES OFFICE [...] (U) Following the resignation of Ludovit Kanik (reftel), President Gasparovic approved the appointment of Ms. Iveta Radicova as the new Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, and Family; she officially took office on October 17. Prior to her appointment as Minister, Radicova was the director of [...] |
2005-10-19 14:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA854 | HZDS: OLD DOG MECIAR CAN STILL LEARN NEW TRICKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 19 lunch, HZDS leadership (minus Meciar, whom we did not invite) told Ambassador that the party cannot exist without Vladimir Meciar, that they are working "behind the scenes" to reach out to the current coalition, that Meciar (an "old dog who can still learn [...] |
2005-10-20 06:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA860 | Country Clearance granted for Stuart Seldowitz [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes D/PolAd Stuart Seldowitz and grants country clearance for the period of October 26-28, 2005. The embassy control officer for your visit is Lora Berg, CAO, tel: 421 2 5922 3083; cellphone: 421 903 721 174. Assisting Ms. Berg will be Aaron Chase, POL/MIL, tel: 421 2 [...] |
2005-10-21 15:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP LO NATO |
| 05BRATISLAVA861 | SLOVAKIA'S VIEWS OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD BELARUS [...] (C) Charge discussed Deputies Committee decisions on policy toward Belarus (ref A) with MFA Director for CIS and Balkans Stefan Rozkopal Oct. 21. Rozkopal provided a preliminary reaction to some of the points, but said the GOS hoped to have a clearer picture of the situation and how to inf [...] |
2005-10-24 06:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO LO EUN |
| 05BRATISLAVA865 | SLOVAKS PURSUING AVIAN INFLUENZA AND PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials from the GOS appear to be making good progress on contingency plannnig for an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) as well as the possibility of a human-to-human pandemic disease. Ministry of Health State Secretary Alexandra Novotna (also Deputy Health Minister and SI [...] |
2005-10-25 15:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR SOCI KSCA LO WHO FAO OIE |
| 05BRATISLAVA872 | SLOVAK JUSTICE MINISTER'S NOV. 7 MEETING WITH AG [...] Slovak Minister of Justice Daniel Lipsic is scheduled to meet with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at 14:00 on November 7 in Washington. Poloffs met on 10/26 with MOJ's Head of the International and European Law Department Peter Banas and Jana Vnukova, Head of the Division of Coordination o [...] |
2005-10-26 15:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL EU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA873 | SLOVAK AVIAN INFLUENZA FRAMEWORK PLAN [...] On October 26, the GOS approved and publicly released its framework plan to combat the threat of avian influenza (AI) and the possibility of a pandemic virus. The new plan replaced a previous version established in August of 2001. The framework established a Commission, headed by Minister of [...] |
2005-10-27 14:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR SOCI KSCA LO WHO FAO OIE |
| 05BRATISLAVA876 | FORMER ECON MINISTER RUSKO TO SELL TV SHARES [...] (C) Central European Media Enterprises (CME), an American Media firm, is finally poised to take control of TV Markiza by buying out the shares held by dismissed Economy Minister Pavol Rusko. Rusko, apparently badly in need of "clean" cash, finally agreed to sell all his shares -- and thus con [...] |
2005-10-31 13:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON LO PGOV PINR |
| 05BRATISLAVA878 | SLOVAKIA APPROVES ASSISTANCE PLAN FOR UKRAINE [...] On October 25, the GOS approved an assistance plan to help Ukraine meet the objectives outlined by the EU Ukraine Action Plan. The proposed GOS activities will focus on sharing Slovak knowledge and experience in democratic and economic reforms with Ukrainian partner agencies. The specific a [...] |
2005-10-31 14:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA880 | SPECIAL 301: SLOVAKIA WORKING TO GET OFF THE 2006 [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Slovakia has held two meetings in recent months with pharmaceutical companies and Embassy representatives aimed at addressing outstanding Special 301 issues so that Slovakia can be removed from the USTR "Watch List" in 2006. The relevant GOS ministries are saying the [...] |
2005-11-02 12:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON XG LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA881 | SLOVAKIA RELEASES STATEMENT ON IRAQ REFERENDUM [...] Pursuant to reftels, Slovakia released the following statement on the results of Iraq's October 15 referendum on the draft constitution. The statement is available in English at the MFA website at http://www.foreign.gov.sk/En/index.html . BEGIN VERBATIM TEXT OF STATEMENT: The Ministry of [...] |
2005-11-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA888 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, NOVEMBER 3, 2005 [...] (C) Agriculture Minister Zsolt Simon (of the Hungarian SMK party) has recently come under pressure because of allegations that an agriculture company he co-owned received SKK 8 million (around USD 250,000) in agricultural subsidies from the state budget in 2003. Simon sold his share in the [...] |
2005-11-03 12:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB PINR SOCI LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA898 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS CURRENT INTERNET GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-08 13:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA903 | SLOVAKIA SUBMISSION FOR TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Below, please find responses to the post-specific questions raised reftel outlining the progress the Government of Slovakia has made in the following areas: A. CREATING A NATIONAL COORDINATING EXPERT WORKING GROUP AND APPOINTING A NATIONAL COORDINATOR: The Slovak Republic appoint [...] |
2005-11-10 14:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN SMIG PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA918 | PSI: SLOVAKIA ATTENDING ROEG MEETING IN HAMBURG, [...] Slovakia is sending a five-person delegation to the ROEG meeting in Hamburg, Germany. The Slovak delegation will be led by a representative from the National Presidium of Police. The other group members are from the Ministry of Economy (1), the Customs Service (2), and the Information (Inte [...] |
2005-11-16 16:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA922 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS CUBAN DISSIDENTS, NOTES SPANISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 8 Embassy sponsored discussion, GOS officials told us that Slovakia is working hard to promote democracy and "do the right thing" in Cuba. They outlined efforts being made by Slovak NGOs, members of parliament, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the island, an [...] |
2005-11-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL LO CU |
| 05BRATISLAVA924 | SLOVAKS DISCUSS BELARUS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of recent meetings we have engaged our Slovak interlocutors in both the GOS and NGO community about democracy promotion efforts and strategy in Belarus, and spoken with several visiting Belarusian opposition figures about Slovak and EU engagement in the country. [...] |
2005-11-18 16:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ETRD PREL SOCI PINR BO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA926 | SLOVAK VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC [...] (SBU) Polec Chief met with European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak November 16 to discuss points provided reftel on agenda items at the November 21 GAERC. 2. (SBU) DEFENSE ISSUES: Rehak noted that 19 states are members of both NATO and the EU, and it was in all their interests to improve coop [...] |
2005-11-18 19:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA935 | SLOVAKS ANSWER AVIAN FLU QUESTIONS [...] The following are the responses to the reftel request for information about Slovakia's avian and pandemic influenza preparedness. 2. The GOS first drafted an emergency preparedness plan for pandemic influenza in 2001. It was updated October 2005 to factor in recent developments and curre [...] |
2005-11-22 16:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA936 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 22, 2005 [...] (C) Pavol Rusko, former Minister of Economy and leader of political party ANO, sold his majority voting share in Slovakia's Markiza television station to American company Central European Media Enterprises (CME). As predicted reftel B, the ANO party -- which started the year with 11 MPs, a [...] |
2005-11-23 08:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA938 | SLOVAKIA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON IRAN [...] (S) Per ref A, Ambassador and Embassy staff briefed MFA State Secretary Magda Vasaryova, MFA PolDir Miroslav Lajcak, MFA Director General for International Organizations Anton Pinter, and a Slovak Intelligence Service representative on U.S. concerns that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons capa [...] |
2005-11-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA939 | GUIDANCE REQUEST: SLOVAKS BUYING MILITARY SUPPLIES [...] SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. The Slovak Ministry of Defense has signed contracts with a Slovak firm to purchase replacement military parts made in Belarus. Embassy Bratislava requests guidance on the USG's view of a NATO ally indirectly purchasing military supplies from Belarus. END SUMMARY A [...] |
2005-11-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PM LO BO |
| 05BRATISLAVA94 | EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. A. January 1-9, 2005 - The EXBS Advisor was on vacation in the United States and arrived back in country on January 11, 2005. B. January 10-14, 2005 - A delegation of Slovak Customs managers participated in a tri-lateral meeting [...] |
2005-02-04 09:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA948 | EIGHTEEN PERCENT VOTER TURNOUT IN SLOVAK REGIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: In Slovakia's November 26 regional elections, center-right governmental parties won the majority of seats in six out of eight regional parliaments; opposition parties Smer and HZDS won in two. Voter turnout -- only 18 percent - fell below predictions. Ruling coalition parties [...] |
2005-11-29 16:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA950 | AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PM DZURINDA [...] (U) The Ambassador and his wife hosted Prime Minister and Mrs. Mikulas Dzurinda for a private dinner November 22. They agreed that relations between Slovakia and the United States had never been better. Following are informal notes from the conversation. Dzurinda on President Bush, and Pos [...] |
2005-11-30 15:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA952 | SLOVAKIA TIES ITS CURRENCY TO EURO [...] SUMMARY. On November 26, Slovakia entered the European Exchange Rate Mechanism II (ERM-2), a minimum 2-year probation period before joining the Euro, at a central rate of 38.4550 SKK/EUR. The entry, which came several months ahead of schedule, would make it possible for the country to adopt [...] |
2005-11-30 15:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA958 | (C) SLOVAKIA MAY BE WILLING TO PART WAYS WITH EU [...] (C) At a reception on December 5, MFA State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister) Magda Vasaryova pulled aside DCM to stress Slovakia's desire for the closest possible cooperation with the USG during Slovakia's upcoming tenure on the UNSC. Citing her very positive recent meeting with Amb. Bolto [...] |
2005-12-06 13:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LO UNSC UNGA UN |
| 05BRATISLAVA959 | EU BUDGET, ENLARGEMENT TOR PRIORITIES FOR SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Pol-Econ chief presented reftel points to Zuzana Dutkova, Division of European Affairs at the Slovak Republic. Dutkova did not comment on the points. Rather, she said Slovakia's absolute priority is to get an EU budget passed. Slovakia has been willing to compromise, even to the point of [...] |
2005-12-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA979 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] (C) SMK MP Laszlo Nagy told Poloff on December 7 that the SMK party continues to develop venues through which to promote democracy in Belarus. Having signed agreements with opposition parties in Minsk already, Nagy said that he has met with the Minister of Education to begin discussions of [...] |
2005-12-12 14:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR ETRD SOCI BO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA981 | NO ROMA CANDIDATES WON IN SLOVAK REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Slovakia continues to invest considerable time and effort towards the development of viable Roma political candidates. Their latest project -- training Roma candidates in Slovakia's November 26 regional elections (reftel) -- yielded [...] |
2005-12-13 07:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA985 | FY06 "JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY" SUBSCRIPTION [...] PAS Bratislava would like to order three copies of the special discounted subscription to "JOURNAL OF DEMOCRACY." Please use following fiscal data: 19-60113000P-4265-688005-1365-2621 ($108.00) 2. Contact Person: Paula Holotnakova, IRC Director 3. Shipping Address: Department of State [...] |
2005-12-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA992 | ROBERT FICO HAS DIRECTION, BUT NO COMPASS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Robert Fico, the driven chairman of opposition party Smer ("Direction"), hosted a small lunch for the Ambassador on December 15 during which he outlined his views on Slovak politics and foreign policy, and revealed what we had long suspected: Fico is an intense and [...] |
2005-12-16 16:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI EU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA999 | SLOVAKIA EASILY PASSES ELECTION YEAR BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY - On December 13, the three-party minority coalition government of Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda successfully pushed the 2006 budget through parliament, scoring an important victory ahead of next year's general elections. Parliament voted 79:62 to approve country's spending pl [...] |
2005-12-20 14:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV LO |
| 05LJUBLJANA193 | EXBS: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MS. ANNE GALER [...] American Embassy Ljubljana welcomes the visit of and grants Country Clearance to Advisor-Designate Anne Galer, to visit to Ljubljana, Slovenia from April 01 - 02, 2005, to consult with Embassy on EXBS Program handover. 2. The control officer for your visit is Steven Parker, office tel: 3 [...] |
2005-03-25 10:48:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC KSTC HR SI LO |
| 05VIENNA2698 | CENTRAL EUROPEAN INTERIOR MINISTERS PLEDGE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the annual meeting of the "Salzburg Forum" (an informal conference of Central European Interior Ministers) Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania pledged to strengthen police cooperation against organized crime, corruption, and [...] |
2005-08-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KCOR KCRM SMIG EZ HU PL LO SI RO BU AU EUN |
| 06BAGHDAD1181 | COALITION PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ PRTS [...] (U) Please see para 4 for an ACTION REQUEST. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Five of the eight planned U.S.-led Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) have been staffed and have received initial training: three are fully operational, one is at initial operational capability (IOC) and expected to achieve [...] |
2006-04-11 17:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL IZ AS JA PL KS ES MD LO MK |
| 06BEIJING24470 | DECEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume on December 18 with the Joint Statement of September 19, 2005 forming the basis for negotiations. -- Trade issues with the United States can be resolved through dialogue and China has worked in "ea [...] |
2006-12-12 11:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ECON KN IS AJ CD CA CI LO KZ CH |
| 06BRATISLAVA100 | ELECTIONS TO BE HELD JUNE 17; NEW MINISTERS OF [...] (U) Summary. Following yesterday's decision of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) to leave government and join the opposition (Reftel), Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic accepted the resignations of the KDH Ministers of Justice, Interior and Education, and appointed the former State Secret [...] |
2006-02-08 16:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA101 | SLOVAK POLITICAL PARTIES FACE REALITY OF JUNE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Upon the announcement of a proposed June 17 date for early elections, Slovak politicians toned down their rhetoric, moved away from plans to go after PM Dzurinda in a recall vote and instead started gearing up for the impending campaign. The general consensus, even among oppo [...] |
2006-02-08 17:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA105 | SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT GUATEMALA FOR NON-PERMANENT [...] (C) Slovak MFA Director for UN and International Organizations Roman Buzek and UNSC Coordinator Marcel Pesko told us February 10 that Slovakia will support Guatemala for the Group of Latin American Countries' non-permanent seat on the UNSC (reftel). Buzek pointed out that -- in addition to s [...] |
2006-02-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UN GT VE LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA111 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, FEBRUARY 10, 2006 [...] (C) The departure of KDH from the ruling coalition (refs B-D), which resulted in the resignation of three cabinet Ministers and the Chairman of Parliament, has also affected our working-level contacts. The spokesman for former parliament Chairman Pavol Hrusovsky sounded shell-shocked as he [...] |
2006-02-10 16:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO BO LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA121 | EARLY ELECTIONS NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT ECONOMY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliament's unanimous approval to hold early elections June 17 (vice September) is not expected to have much impact on the economy. Outside of a slight depreciation of the Slovak Koruna following the Christian Democratic Movement's (KDH) defection from the ruling coalition, most [...] |
2006-02-13 15:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA131 | DINNER WITH FICO: SLOVAKIA'S OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted Smer Chairman Robert Fico and Vice Chairman Pavol Paska (who also chairs parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee) at a February 15 dinner, during which Fico and Paska made their predictions about what post-June 17 election Slovakia would look like in terms of f [...] |
2006-02-16 16:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ECON SOCI CVIS LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA139 | SLOVAKIA CONFIRMS PRESENCE OF AVIAN FLU [...] Agriculture Minister Zsolt Simon confirmed the first two cases of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) in Slovakia on February 21. A falcon found near the Danube River 37 miles southeast of Bratislava and a grebe discovered on the outskirts of the capital both tested positive for AI. The samples have [...] |
2006-02-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR TBIO FAO WHO ECON LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA140 | SCENESETTER FOR IO A/S SILVERBERG VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Welcome to Slovakia. The Embassy -- and moreover, the Slovaks -- are pleased to welcome you and IO/UNP DepDir Ed Brown to Bratislava March 3-7. Your visit will help us institutionalize the already strong cooperation we enjoy with Slovakia within the UN Security Council (UNSC), as well [...] |
2006-02-21 16:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UN UNSC LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA164 | FICO: IF DZURINDA'S GOING TO WASHINGTON, THEN I [...] (SBU) During a March 1 meeting with Smer Deputy International Secretary Katarina Nevedalova, we learned that Smer chairman Robert Fico -- who boasted to Ambassador last month (reftel) that he knew of Prime Minister Dzurinda's then-unannounced trip to the U.S. and was planning his own "get to [...] |
2006-03-02 16:27:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA165 | SLOVAK AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. PESSIMISTIC ON PM [...] (C) During a March 1 meeting, Slovak Ambassador to the U.S. Rastislav Kacer (please protect) told Ambassador that he spent three days in Bratislava meeting with many members of the opposition with whom he has maintained close personal relationships. His scheduled 20-minute call on President [...] |
2006-03-02 16:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA166 | THEMES FOR SLOVAK PM MIKULAS DZURINDA'S MARCH 13 [...] (C) Madame Secretary, when the President welcomes Slovak Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda to the White House on March 13, he will be welcoming a true friend of the United States. Dzurinda has intentionally and very vocally worked to advance U.S. interests in Central and Eastern Europe and beyo [...] |
2006-03-02 17:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA167 | SLOVAK POLICE WORRIED ABOUT NEW INTERIOR [...] (S) Poloff spent February 23 participating in weapons training at the invitation of Pavol Draxler (protect), the Ministry of the Interior's National Coordinator for the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons. Draxler, an up-and-coming policy-maker at the Ministry of the Interior (MOI), spent t [...] |
2006-03-03 08:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KPAO PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA177 | SLOVAK ENERGY SECURITY MEANS NUCLEAR, NOT GAS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EAGR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA180 | BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION TELLS BRATISLAVA THE [...] (SBU) At a March 3 briefing hosted jointly at the MFA by State Secretary (Deputy Minister) Magda Vasaryova and German Marshall Fund's Pavol Demes, Belarusian opposition figures Andrei Sannikov and Oleg Manaev told representatives from the Canadian, U.S., and EU embassies that the Lukashenko r [...] |
2006-03-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI LO BO |
| 06BRATISLAVA190 | SLOVAK ENERGY SECURITY MEANS NUCLEAR, NOT GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. A March 2 lunch hosted by the Ambassador provided new insights on energy security in Slovakia. Like many of its neighbors, Slovakia is almost completely reliant upon Russia for its gas, oil, and nuclear fuel. However, the GOS believes that it was not significantly affected by [...] |
2006-03-06 15:53:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EAGR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA192 | A/S SILVERBERG VISIT TO BRATISLAVA: SLOVAKIA HOLDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The March 5-7 Bratislava visit of IO A/S Kristen Silverberg provided the occasion to engage Slovakia on UNSC issues, congratulate the country on two successful months at the table, and coordinate our approaches to the upcoming challenges of the Council's agenda. A/S Silverber [...] |
2006-03-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UN IR YI SR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA199 | SPECIAL 301: SLOVAKIA PROCURES NEW STORAGE FACILITY [...] Summary - The Ministry of Health (MOH) has found a secure building for the storage of proprietary drug application data on a military base. Econ officers visited the facility on March 8 and were fully satisfied that once it is renovated according to MOH's plans the building will serve as a se [...] |
2006-03-10 15:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA213 | FORMER CHAIRMAN OF PARLIAMENT DOESN'T RULE OUT [...] (C) Pavol Hrusovsky, the chairman of the Christian Democrat Movement (KDH) and former chairman of parliament, gave the Ambassador a frank assessment of Slovakia's electoral map on March 16. Hrusovsky -- whose public split with Prime Minister Dzurinda resulted in the dissolution of the rulin [...] |
2006-03-17 13:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA214 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MARCH 17, 2006 [...] (SBU) At a March 13 seminar held by the new Smer-friendly ASA (Analysis, Strategy, Alternatives) think tank to provide input on the development of Smer's social policy programs, Slovakia's academics -- including the Rectors of two of Slovakia's most prestigious universities -- gathered to de [...] |
2006-03-17 14:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SMIG EFIN SOCI BO LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA215 | CANDIDATE LISTS TAKE SHAPE: SAME GUYS, DIFFERENT [...] (SBU) As Slovakia's political parties near the March 19 deadline for submitting candidate lists, most of the major parties have announced their lineups. So far, there have been few surprises. The conservative Christian Democratic Party (KDH, which currently holds 18 seats in parliament) su [...] |
2006-03-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA221 | "75" DINNER IN SLOVAKIA: NGOS POUNCE ON SPANISH [...] (SBU) On March 16, Ambassador hosted a "Black Spring" dinner commemorating the March 18, 2003 arrests of 75 Cuban dissidents. In addition to former chairman of parliament Pavol Hrusovsky and parliamentary human rights committee chairman Laszlo Nagy (both of whom have visited Miami's Cuban d [...] |
2006-03-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI CU LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA229 | SLOVAKIA FULLY SUPPORTS US DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) UNSC Coordination Unit desk officer for Africa Pavol Popjak told us March 23 that Slovakia fully supports the U.S. draft resolution on AMIS re-hatting, and has "no objection" to making a decision on the draft "today." Popjak told us that French changes to resolution language regarding [...] |
2006-03-23 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC UN SU LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA233 | SMER FINESSES ITS IMAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Main opposition party Smer, in addition to planning a campaign tailored to the truncated election cycle culminating on June 17 (ref A), has also apparently undertaken several changes in anticipation of success at the polls. Chairman Robert Fico (ref B) and his party elite, con [...] |
2006-03-24 12:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA234 | SLOVAKIA FRUSTRATED WITH EU RESPONSE TO BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 24 event on "next steps in Belarus" hosted by the British Ambassador to Slovakia and featuring presentations by representatives from both the Slovak MFA and NGO community, highlighted Slovakia's disappointment in the lack of a clear, timely EU response to Belarus' March [...] |
2006-03-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EU BO LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA235 | SLOVAKIA CONDEMNS MILITIA ACTION AGAINST [...] Slovakia released the following statement condemning the attack on and arrest of Belarusian protesters on March 24. The original statement can be found in Slovak at www.mzv.sk . BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic condemns the attack of uni [...] |
2006-03-24 15:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI BO LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA252 | SLOVAKS NOT KEEN ON ROMANIAN ADOPTION DEMARCHE [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche March 21 to Juraj Kubla at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Human Rights directorate. Kubla in turn shared the points with officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, and Family, and the Slovak Embassy in Bucharest. [...] |
2006-03-30 14:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC EU RO LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA254 | CARETAKER MINISTER OF INTERIOR PROMISES STEADY [...] (SBU) Ambassador called upon Minister of the Interior Martin Pado on March 28 to discuss trafficking in persons and extremism. Pado, formerly State Secretary (Deputy Minister), was installed as caretaker Minister following the withdrawal of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) and their [...] |
2006-03-31 06:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG KWMN SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA256 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MARCH 31, 2006 [...] (C) Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda called Belarusian opposition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich March 24 to express his support and to convey Slovakia's offer to allow any Belarusian students expelled from state universities for political reasons to continue their studies at Slovak schools. M [...] |
2006-03-31 15:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UNSC KIRF IZ UP BO BM LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA28 | SLOVAKIA RELEASES STATEMENT SUPPORTING REFERRAL OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-12 14:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP IR LO UNSC |
| 06BRATISLAVA287 | SMER PARTY CONFERENCE PRESENTS A MODERATE FICO [...] (U) Summary: Party chairman Robert Fico presented an unexpectedly moderate position at Smer - Socialna Demokracia's weekend conference. He acknowledged for the first time that some of the current government's reforms might be useful, and laid down strict adherence to European rules allowing Sl [...] |
2006-04-11 14:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA301 | LAVROV VISIT REINVIGORATED BILATERAL TALKS ON [...] (C) Summary: The working visit of Russian FM Lavrov to Slovakia focused on renewing dialogue on economic and energy issues. Lavrov expressed the Russian desire to continue supplying oil, gas, and nuclear materials for Slovakia's energy needs. On Belarus, Slovak FM Kukan reportedly was forcef [...] |
2006-04-13 14:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON BO RU LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA302 | HELL NO, WE WON'T SEW: SURGEONS ON STRIKE [...] Summary. On April 6, doctors, nurses, and hospital workers in Bratislava went on strike, demanding that the GOS raise wages by 25 percent and halt the ongoing privatization of hospitals. Within a few days, the strike spread to at least 15 hospitals throughout the country. The doctors, who h [...] |
2006-04-13 15:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA309 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS CHAPTER VII RESOLUTION ON IRAN [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel demarche April 18 to MFA Acting Political Director Stefan Rozkopal, Director for Disarmament, OSCE, and Counter-Terrorism Karol Mistrik, and UNSC Coordinator Marcel Pesko. They affirmed that Slovakia's position is clear: Slovakia supports a strong Chapter VII resol [...] |
2006-04-18 15:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA31 | SLOVAKIA UNHAPPY WITH IRAN, SUPPORTS UNSC [...] (C) DCM and Poloff delivered ref A points to State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister) Magda Vasaryova on SIPDIS January 13. Vasaryova, whose portfolio includes the United Nations, told us that Slovakia, as a member of the Security Council, a country with a bilateral relationship with Ira [...] |
2006-01-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA310 | SLOVAKIA AGREES ON KOSOVO STATUS, BUT CONCERNED [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel briefing on U.S. Kosovo policy to MFA Acting Political Director Stefan Rozkopal and UNSC Coordinator Marcel Pesko on April 18. Pesko said Slovakia is "99 percent" in accordance with U.S. views, but differs slightly in regard to the desired speed of the Ahtisaari pro [...] |
2006-04-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI EU UNSC LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA311 | SLOVAKIA RELEASES STRONG STATEMENT ON IRANIAN [...] (U) The Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement on Irans pursuit of a nuclear weapons program on April 13. The original text is available in Slovak at www.mzv.sk: BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Slovak Republic is f [...] |
2006-04-19 09:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL KPAL UNSC LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA32 | SLOVAKIA "IMPATIENT" FOR UN REFORM [...] (C) DCM and Poloff delivered reftel points to State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister) Magda Vasaryova and UNSC SIPDIS Coordinator Marcel Pesko on January 13. Vasaryova told us that Slovakia, whose own reform history has been quite successful and relatively expeditious, is "impatient" ab [...] |
2006-01-13 15:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PHUM ADCO LO UN |
| 06BRATISLAVA323 | SPECIAL 301: PARLIAMENT APPROVES PATENT LINKAGE [...] In a very positive step, parliament approved the Amendment to the Medicines Act on April 19 in its third reading without any changes to the original version of the section on patent linkage. This is the version that was reviewed by USG officials and is designed to close the loophole that had [...] |
2006-04-21 11:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA331 | SLOVAK ECONOMY GROWING AT RECORD PACE [...] SUMMARY: In the last quarter of 2005, the Slovak economy reached an all time record for economic growth of 7.6 percent, the fastest rate among the four biggest economies that joined the EU on May 1, 2004. A high volume of investments and fast-growing household consumption were the key growth [...] |
2006-04-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA338 | SLOVAKIA PREPARING DOG TEAMS FOR SERVICE IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is a guidance request, see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) According to Vladimir Jakabcin, General Director of the Department of Defense Policy, International Relations and Legislation, the Slovak MoD is in the process of purchasing dogs to meet the needs of NTM-1 per Reftel. Including time [...] |
2006-04-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO MARR MOPS IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA339 | SLOVAKIA CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ PRTS [...] (SBU) Vladimir Jakabcin, General Director of the Department of Defense Policy, International Relations and Legislation, included the possibility of sending Slovak soldiers to a PRT in Iraq in spoken remarks to a conference on "The Slovak Military - Status and Perspectives" yesterday. Jakabcin [...] |
2006-04-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA343 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, APRIL 26, 2006 [...] (C) On April 20, the Slovak parliament approved an expansion of the mandate of Slovakia's demining unit in Iraq, allowing for increased force protection and training roles. Unsurprisingly, communist party KSS voted against the mandate, as did opposition party Smer (including Robert Fico, but [...] |
2006-04-27 13:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG EAGR SOCI UK IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA344 | UNSCR 1267 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SLOVAKIA; NO [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points and background papers to Slovak MFA officials on morning of April 27. No officials were available for immediate comment. However, in the past, Slovakia has been generally supportive of U.S. positions on terror finance, and we expect them to be receptive and [...] |
2006-04-27 15:27:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PGOV PREL UNSC LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA349 | CONFERENCE ON BELARUS: EU ON DEFENSIVE, RUSSIANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An April 25-26 conference on Belarus held at the Slovak Ministry on Foreign Affairs was an intellectual lynch mob in two acts. The first day, academics and activists painted a bleak picture of the Lukashenko regime, criticized Russian "meddling," and presented statistical da [...] |
2006-04-28 14:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM SOCI EU BO LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA355 | UN HRC: SLOVAKIA WILL VOTE AGAINST IRAN, CUBA, [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche on Iran's candidacy for the Human Rights Council (HRC) May 4 to MFA State Secretary (Deputy Minister) Magda Vasaryova. Vasaryova has SIPDIS direct responsibility for Slovakia's UN portfolio at the MFA. She assured us that Slovakia would oppose Iran's m [...] |
2006-05-04 12:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL UN UNSC LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA357 | MECIAR SAYS HZDS WANTS BACK INTO GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Former PM Vladimir Meciar told the program conference of his Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) party on 21 April 2006 that HZDS would like to be in government after June 17, elections and is ready to align with almost any party to achieve that end. Meciar seemed to focus [...] |
2006-05-05 07:38:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA359 | CUBA PULLS AMBASSADOR TO SLOVAKIA, MAY DOWNGRADE [...] (C) Slovak MFA Director for the Americas Dusan Kristofik told us May 4 that the Cuban Ambassador to the Slovak Republic had departed recently "without saying goodbye," and that the GOS did not receive any farewell calls. In fact, Kristofik told us that the MFA found out of the Ambassador's [...] |
2006-05-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CU LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA360 | SLOVAKIA WANTS TO TAKE IT SLOWER IN KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo was frank in discussions with the Slovak MFA on Kosovo that the impasse must come to an end soon and that independence is the only real option for Kosovo. MFA Director for CIS and the Balkans Stefan Rozkopal told her Slovakia agrees in general, but believ [...] |
2006-05-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KPAO PGOV YI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA361 | UNSCR ON IRAN: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS CHAPTER VII [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan and State Secretary (Deputy Minister) Magda Vasaryova -- both out of town on the campaign trail -- we raised reftel points with the Minister's Chef de Cabinet, Peter Kmec, on the morning of May 6. Kmec understood our message regarding the n [...] |
2006-05-06 09:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC IR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA369 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: SLOVAKIA HOPES FOR U.S.-EU [...] (C) Summary. The Russians have approached Slovakia twice to seek support for their bid to join the Australia Group. For both practical and political reasons Slovakia is not inclined to support Russian membership. It is Slovakia's impression that the U.S. is looking for a reason not to support [...] |
2006-05-09 14:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA373 | ROMA UPDATE: MAYOR TRIES TO DEPORT FAMILIES, NDI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Embassy continues to be heavily involved in promoting human rights and integration among Slovakia's minority communities, the Roma in particular. In the past month, the Emboffs have: -- Visited a northern village in which the mayor is seeking to move 35-40 Roma to a smal [...] |
2006-05-11 08:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA382 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP: ELECTION EDITION, MAY [...] (SBU) Campaign season for the June 17 elections is in full swing in Slovakia, as the political parties attempt to mobilize voters in spite of a trend in regional elections of decreasing voter turnout. Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU) and the soci [...] |
2006-05-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA386 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF SYRIA-LEBANON UNSCR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on May 10 to MFA Directors for International Organizations, UN Security Council, and Middle East affairs. Colleagues from the British Embassy also followed-up on May 11. On May 12, Ambassador Vladimir Lomen from the UNSC Coordination Unit called to say [...] |
2006-05-15 06:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC SY LE LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA390 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS UNSC SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-16 14:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC SY LE LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA397 | SLOVAKIA TO PARTICIPATE IN EU'S AFRICAN MISSIONS [...] Slovakia is sending two military officers to Sudan and considering a contribution to a possible EU mission to Congo. DefMin Martin Fedor confirmed publicly May 18 that Slovakia will send two staff officers to Sudan in the coming weeks. Fedor explained that there is a growing feeling in Europe [...] |
2006-05-22 10:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO EU IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA401 | SLOVAKIA,S COMMUNISTS DON,T WANT TO BE IN [...] (U) Summary. Jozef Sevc, Chairman of the Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS), spoke at a sparsely attended breakfast meeting organized by the American Chamber of Commerce on May 17. Sevc acknowledged that KSS faces an uphill struggle to get the 5% of the vote necessary to be in the next Parliam [...] |
2006-05-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA404 | POLITICAL ROUND-UP: ELECTION EDITION II [...] (C) The Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff, Peter Kmec (strictly protect), told DCM that FM Eduard Kukan has already been approached by Smer Chairman Robert Fico about serving as FM in a Smer-led government that includes the SDKU. Under this scenario, current PM Dzurinda might serve as Speaker o [...] |
2006-05-24 09:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | INRA PGOV LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA406 | KOSOVO NGO'S RECEIVE TRAINING IN SLOVAKIA [...] Summary: A four-day conference May 17-20 brought Kosovo NGO leaders to Bratislava for training and discussions about "the role of NGO's in a society undergoing transition." In a conference partly funded by SlovakAid, the NGO leaders named the desire for EU membership as the motivating goal fo [...] |
2006-05-24 14:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM SR YI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA41 | EU "FACILITATOR" LAJCAK UPDATES ON MONTENEGRO [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM took advantage of a January 18 meeting on other subjects to get an update from PolDir Miro Lajcak on his efforts as EU "facilitator" for Montenegro. Fresh from his Jan.17 briefing of EU experts in Brussels, Lajcak told us that his idea of posing two positive questions -- [...] |
2006-01-18 15:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MW SR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA410 | SLOVAKIA RELEASES STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] (U) The Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement on Iraq,s formation of a national government on May 23. The original text is available in Slovak at www.mzv.sk: BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Government of the Slov [...] |
2006-05-25 14:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ KDEM KPAO LO PGOV PREL |
| 06BRATISLAVA411 | SLOVAKIA RELEASES STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF [...] (U) The Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement of support of Montenegro,s referendum on May 23. The original text is available in Slovak at www.mzv.sk: BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION: The Slovak Republic together with the international community observes care [...] |
2006-05-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | POLG KDEM OSCE SR LO MW |
| 06BRATISLAVA414 | IRAQ UNLIKELY TO PLAY A ROLE IN SLOVAK ELECTION [...] (U) According to a page 4 story in the May 25 issue of the daily Sme, the deployment of Slovak soldiers in Iraq is not an issue in the campaign leading up to June 17 elections. The daily predicts that this situation will not change after the formation of a new government since most parties are [...] |
2006-05-26 10:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA417 | Slovak Election Scenescetter [...] Summary. (SBU) Recent opinion polls indicate that eight of the 21 parties running in the June 17 elections will gain the five percent of valid votes cast required to enter parliament. SMER-Social Democracy leads the polls with more than 30 percent support. The next highest party, either SKDU [...] |
2006-05-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA42 | SLOVAKIA ORGANIZING V-4 ELECTION MONITORING TO [...] (C) Director of the MFA's Third Territorial Division (including Eastern Europe and Russia) Stefan Rozkopal presented us January 18 additional information about V-4 involvement in OSCE election monitoring missions for Belarus' March 19 Presidential vote and requested U.S. financial assistance [...] |
2006-01-18 15:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI BO UP LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA423 | SMER'S THINK-TANK ROOTED IN THE PAST [...] (U) Summary. A new think-tank established to advise the leftist political party Smer on matters concerning economy, politics and defense recently rolled out its foreign policy recommendations. The think-tank is dominated by older academics trained in the command-economy era who have decidedly [...] |
2006-05-31 15:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA428 | SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 26 to MFA UNSC Coordinator Marcel Pesko and his deputy, Vladimir Lomen. Pesko reaffirmed to us June 1 that Slovakia has instructed its mission in New York to "consider positively" a U.S. draft resolution on Burma. 2. (SBU) According to Pesk [...] |
2006-06-01 12:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA43 | TIP UPDATE: SLOVAKIA PASSES ACTION PLAN; SENTENCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Slovakia has carried its 2005 momentum on trafficking issues forward into the new year with admirable resolve: the Cabinet passed its National Action Plan on January 11; courts sentenced eight people from Slovakia and the Czech Republic to prison terms ranging from [...] |
2006-01-18 16:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SMIG PREL SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA430 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. OFFER TO IRAN [...] (C) Upon receipt of reftel May 31, DCM briefed both Milan Jezovica, Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda, and Peter Kmec, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan. The Ambassador delivered the full demarche in person June 1 to Acting Foreign Minister Jozsef Berenyi. [...] |
2006-06-01 15:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA431 | SLOGANS AND GIMMICKS: THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Although the streets of Slovakia have been wallpapered in billboards and discarded political pamphlets for months now, the official media campaign opened on May 27. Given the low public interest and overall disillusionment with politics, campaigning has been low key [...] |
2006-06-01 15:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA432 | SLOVAKIA RELEASES STATEMENT WELCOMING P5 + 1 [...] (U) The Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement in reaction to the P5 plus 1 meeting regarding Iran's nuclear weapons program on June 1. The original text is available in Slovak at www.mzv.sk: BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA [...] |
2006-06-02 12:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC UN IR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA434 | SMER RELEASES CAMPAIGN STATEMENT QUESTIONING SLOVAK [...] (U) Opposition party Smer-SD ("Direction - Social Democracy") released a statement on June 2 (translated below) blasting the war in Iraq, the deployment of Slovak troops there, and pledging that it will begin deliberations on the possible withdrawal of Slovak troops from Iraq if the party fo [...] |
2006-06-02 15:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPAO PINR PREL SOCI IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA436 | NATIONALIST PARTY SEEKS A SLOVAKIA FOR SLOVAKS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Slovak Nationalist Party (SNS), which enjoys 10 to 11 percent support in recent polls, is expected to return to Parliament after a four year absence following June 17 parliamentary elections. SNS is infamous for its ethnocentric, often racist, rhetoric, and the party contin [...] |
2006-06-02 16:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA438 | CAMPAIGN ISSUE: HEALTH CARE REFORM - EVERYONE [...] Summary. Health care reform is widely perceived by Slovaks as the Dzurinda government's biggest achilles heel. Privatization has not yet brought about a noticeable improvement in services, investment in health services remains low, and new private insurance schemes are increasingly unpopular [...] |
2006-06-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA448 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE BUT PESSIMISTIC ON FMCT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-08 11:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA450 | MODERATE MECIAR ATTEMPTING TO WIN SUPPORT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with poloffs, HZDS (Movement for a Democratic Slovakia) MP and Foreign Relations Committee member Diana Strofova discussed the party's post-election prospects. HZDS is currently polling at around 11 percent and will certainly win seats in the June 17 parlia [...] |
2006-06-08 15:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA454 | SLOVAKIA CALLS DEATH OF AL ZARQAWI A SUCCESS IN [...] (U) The Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement on the death of terrorist Abu Musab Al Zarqawi calling his death "a success" in the fight against international terrorism and reaffirming the country's support for the new Iraqi government. The original text is avai [...] |
2006-06-09 11:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KDEM PREL IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA455 | AMBASSADOR'S BREAKFAST WITH KDH CHAIRMAN PAVOL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted a one-on-one breakfast with Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) party Chairman and former Chairman of parliament Pavol Hrusovsky on June 8 to discuss the upcoming elections. Hrusovsky said Prime Minister Dzurinda's SDKU would be the most popular center-right [...] |
2006-06-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA457 | SMER LACKS DIRECTION ON ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY - The recent release of Smer's official election program sheds little light on what the economic policy would actually look like in a Smer-led coalition government. The party platform is essentially a critique of the reforms instituted over the past eight years, and calls for an o [...] |
2006-06-09 14:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL LO KDEM |
| 06BRATISLAVA461 | EDUCATION, EU FUNDS, AND ELECTIONS [...] Summary. Education has been a quiet issue in this campaign, but will be a primary target for post-election reform and spending initiatives. The GOS has prioritized education and the "knowledge-based economy" both in its 2006 budget and its recently approved 2007-2013 plan for over 11 billion [...] |
2006-06-12 10:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KPAO SCUL LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA47 | Country Clearance granted for EUR/NCE Director Janet [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes EUR/NCE Director Janet Garvey and grants country clearance for the period of January 31 through February 4, 2006. The embassy point of contact for your visit is Debra Hevia, Pol-Econ Section Chief, tel: +420-2-5922- 3412, cellphone: +420-903-227-329. Em [...] |
2006-01-20 13:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EZ HU LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA471 | FOREIGN POLICY AFTER THE ELECTION: CONTINUITY, OR [...] (C) Summary: Slovak foreign policy during the second Dzurinda government of the past four years has been extremely complementary to U.S. interests. If the coalition that results from June 17 parliamentary elections is led by Dzurinda's SDKU and made up mostly of center-right parties, we can [...] |
2006-06-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM SOCI UNSC LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA476 | SLOVAKIA'S JUNE 17 NATIONAL ELECTIONS: UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) With 6 major political parties likely to pass the 5 percent parliamentary threshold (and two more within easy striking distance) in Slovakia's June 17 national elections -- and none of them positioned for such a decisive victory as to allow for a two-party coalition -- it will likely be a [...] |
2006-06-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA481 | HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS TRANSLATIONS COMPLETED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-15 14:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO KSPR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA483 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SMER'S NO. 2, ROBERT [...] (C) Summary. Smer's number 2 candidate and MP Robert Kalinak told Ambassador June 15 that Smer was looking forward to forming the next government and likely would turn first for support to the Hungarian party, which is now a member of PM Dzurinda's coalition. A confident Kalinak said he did not [...] |
2006-06-15 15:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA486 | FREE FORUM: HERE TODAY, BUT WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW? [...] (C) Summary: One key unknown of the June 17 elections is whether Zuzana Martinakova's Free Forum (SF) will obtain the necessary five percent of votes to enter parliament. The "one-woman party" has attracted socially liberal voters looking to fill the void left by ANO. Martinakova's message o [...] |
2006-06-16 09:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA489 | CAMPAIGN ATMOSPHERICS [...] Summary. (U) Slovakia has entered the final countdown to elections. Polls open Saturday June 17 at 7:00 AM and close at 10:00 PM (1:00 AM to 4:00 PM EST). The parties are hosting their grand finale campaign programs, the last polls have been released, and the final TV debate has been held. Giv [...] |
2006-06-16 14:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA490 | Tax Reform and the Election [...] Summary. The flat tax is the flagship of the reform agenda that helped the government of Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda quickly turn Slovakia into one of Europe's most attractive destinations for global investment. While admired by investors, Slovakia's flat rates for income, corporate, and [...] |
2006-06-16 15:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA491 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS [...] June 17 elections in Slovakia elected six parties to parliament with a 55 percent voter turnout. Preliminary results were published early the morning of June 18. Official results (which will include tallies of preferential votes for individual candidates on each party's list) will be announc [...] |
2006-06-18 12:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA494 | SMER AND SDKU COMPETE TO FORM NEW RULING COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the June 17 elections (reftel), Smer chairman Robert Fico was emboldened to begin thinking strategically about the government he would form with the political capital his party earned at the polls. However, Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda -- himself encouraged by [...] |
2006-06-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA495 | SLOVAKIA WILL NOT ACT ON VENEZUELAN NGO LAW [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-20 08:54:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PGOV EAID VE LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA499 | SMER PICKS UP MOMENTUM IN RACE TO FORM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The morning of June 20, President Gasparovic made good on his promise to charge Smer chairman Robert Fico with forming a new government (reftels). Fico immediately offered cooperation to Hungarian party SMK and Christian Democratic Movement KDH. According to sources in all th [...] |
2006-06-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA501 | SLOVAK GOV'T AIMS TO REPURCHASE TRANSPETROL [...] (C) Summary - The Slovak government is negotiating with Yukos to re-purchase the 49 percent stake in the oil pipeline that was originally sold to Yukos in 2002. Economic Minister Jirko Malcharek, who has the lead in the negotiations, is attempting to finalize an agreement before the current g [...] |
2006-06-21 16:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
| 06BRATISLAVA506 | SLOVAK PM UPBEAT ABOUT COALITION CHANCES; KDH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Slovakia's Smer party continues to publicly explore all possible coalition options, though several parties have issued statements that create problems for Smer chairman Robert Fico. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda and his SDKU party remain hopeful he will be able to [...] |
2006-06-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA51 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 20, 2006 [...] (U) Only one passenger out of 43 survived when a Slovak Air Force An-24 crashed January 19 into the side of a snow-covered mountain in northeastern Hungary, three kilometers from the Slovak border. The flight was returning from Kosovo with 28 members of Slovakia's KFOR peacekeeping continge [...] |
2006-01-20 16:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR MASS SOCI AF LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA510 | SLOVAKIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT WEDGWOOD FOR SEAT ON [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche regarding the candidacy of Ruth Wedgwood for a seat on the United nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) to Slovak MFA on June 1. A close contact in the MFA's Division of Human Rights told us June 13 that she had seen a draft of the instructions to suppo [...] |
2006-06-23 00:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA513 | CAN KDH GET OVER MECIAR? WE THINK NOT. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly a week after election day, Slovakia's Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) remains stubborn -- courted by both Robert Fico's Smer party and Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda's SDKU. While June 22 statements by KDH vice chairman Daniel Lipsic drew several lines in the sand [...] |
2006-06-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA521 | FICO DOESN'T RULE OUT WORKING WITH SLOTA AND MECIAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Smer's Robert Fico has said that preliminary coalition talks will end by this Friday, when he will start official negotiations for the new GOS. Smer is expected to invite two other parties to be in coalition some time tomorrow (June 28). SMK, SNS, and HZDS all were invited for a [...] |
2006-06-27 15:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA527 | SLOVAKIA'S NEW RULING COALITION: SMER-SNS-HZDS [...] (U) At a June 28 press conference, Smer chairman Robert Fico announced his party presidium's unanimous decision to form a coalition government with nationalist party SNS and former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar's HZDS. Under the agreement, Smer will get 11 seats in the cabinet, SNS 3, and [...] |
2006-06-28 18:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA528 | SMER COURTS INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE FOR COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following fast on the heels of Smer chairman Robert Fico's June 28 announcement of a Smer-SNS-HZDS coalition (Reftel A), Smer deputy international secretary Katarina Nevedalova invited Poloff to breakfast SIPDIS June 29 to "tell us personally" about the developments. Sheepis [...] |
2006-06-29 13:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA529 | SLOVAKIA HAS ITS OWN MOTIVES FOR REPURCHASING [...] (C) Summary: The Slovak government's primary aim in repurchasing the Transpetrol shares from Yukos Finance is to maintain state control in the Slovak oil pipeline. Meciar-era businessmen from eastern Slovakia have claims on 34 percent of Transpetrol shares (two thirds of the government's 51 pe [...] |
2006-06-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
| 06BRATISLAVA532 | SMER-SNS-HZDS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] (C) Summary: The "worst case scenario" government of Smer-SNS-HZDS is now a certainty. We can expect many more challenges in advocating U.S. policy goals under a Fico-led government than during Mikulas Dzurinda's tenure, particularly on controversial issues such as the war in Iraq or support [...] |
2006-06-29 18:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KPAO EAID LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA533 | ROMA VOTE BUYING: MONEY FOR NOTHING [...] (SBU) Poloff spent June 17 - election day - in the eastern Spis region with Roma politician and activist Peter Pollak, who - juggling three phones, several phone directories, and a bottle of water - was canvassing Roma settlements investigating allegations of vote buying. Both Pollak and Na [...] |
2006-06-29 18:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA544 | NEW GOVERNMENT WANTS ORDERED, GRADUAL WITHDRAWAL [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 5. 2. (C) As Department is aware, following up on his campaign promise, just-installed PM Robert Fico has told the press that his government would initiate a phased withdrawal of Slovak troops from Iraq. As we did after Fico's surprise campa [...] |
2006-07-05 13:02:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA550 | PARLIAMENTARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN THINKS [...] (C) We pass along the following not as a definitive state of play in the Fico government's thinking on a withdrawal from Iraq (which is not clear yet--), but as an indication of the internal debate that has been joined since he took power (reftel). Ruling Smer Party MP and newly-appointed Chai [...] |
2006-07-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KPAO MOPS IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA551 | SLOVAK EMBASSY IN HAVANA CONTINUES EFFORTS TO [...] (C) MFA Director for Americas Dusan Kristofik told Poloff June 30 that the Slovak Ambassador to Cuba recently traveled to Miami, Florida, for meetings with Cuban dissident groups there. The groups gave the Slovak Ambassador computer equipment, which he then brought back as "diplomatic cargo. [...] |
2006-07-07 14:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CU LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA552 | INTRODUCING SLOVAKIA'S NEW CABINET [...] (U) President Gasparovic swore in the new cabinet of the Fico government on July 4. Of the fifteen ministries, ten have gone to Smer, three to SNS, and two to HZDS. The majority of these new ministers are little-known on the Slovak political scene. However, the ones of most active interest [...] |
2006-07-07 15:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA553 | SMER CRITICIZED BY EUROPEAN SOCIALIST ALLIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite his preference for the European over the transatlantic relationship, new Slovak PM Robert Fico now finds himself losing friends among presumed European allies due to his party's coalition with the ultra-nationalist SNS. The Party of European Socialists (PES) has threatened [...] |
2006-07-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA555 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES: [...] (C) New Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis, who took office less than a week ago, has received calls from the Foreign Ministers of China, Russia, and South Korea regarding North Korea's recent missile launches (reftel). As expected, the Chinese and Russians argued against a UNSC resolution and [...] |
2006-07-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM UNSC KN LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA562 | NEW SLOVAK FM PROMISES FULL COORDINATION ON [...] (U) This message includes an action request and recommendation in para 3. 2. (S) New Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis told Charge today that he would personally "take care of the issue of the Slovak troops in Iraq." Speaking privately just after an introductory session with the diplomatic [...] |
2006-07-10 15:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PREL MARR LO IZ |
| 06BRATISLAVA571 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW FM KUBIS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Slovakia's new Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on July 12. Kubis emphasized that "continuity" will be the theme of Slovakia's relationship with the EU, NATO and the U.S. Kubis told the Ambassador he will work t [...] |
2006-07-12 15:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA576 | SLOVAK POSITION ON UNSC RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Slovakia's mission to the UN has been instructed to abstain on the Qatar-proposed resolution condemning military operations in Gaza, unless Slovakia's abstention would force the U.S. to cast a decisive veto, in which case Slovakia will vote no. Slovakia will not support the Chines [...] |
2006-07-13 15:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL KWBG LE CH LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA577 | TRANSPETROL DEAL IN LIMBO [...] Summary. The GOS is now in a holding pattern on any prospective Transpetrol deal, as incoming Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek reviews his options. The outgoing Minister of Economy had prepared a GOS buy-back from Yukos of its 49 percent share, and media reports floated that a deal was i [...] |
2006-07-14 12:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
| 06BRATISLAVA584 | PRESIDENT REASSURES AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ, COALITION [...] (C) Summary: President Gasparovic told the Ambassador July 13 that there would be continuity in Slovak foreign policy, and that he personally would be playing a larger role in collaboration with his hand-picked Foreign Minister Jan Kubis. He echoed Kubis's promise to coordinate closely with t [...] |
2006-07-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA586 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JULY 17 2006 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO PINR SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA588 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH NEW SLOVAK DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Slovakia's new Minister of Defense Frantisek Kasicky on July 17. Kasicky said it is important for the new government to keep its promise to voters to withdraw troops from Iraq, but that the withdrawal process would be slow and deliberate. No final plan will [...] |
2006-07-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA589 | SLOVAKIA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - JULY 18, 2006 [...] (SBU) The Slovak korun has faced intense weakening pressure over the past two weeks due to investor uncertainties about the future direction of GOS economic policies. Prime Minister Robert Fico and Finance Minister-designate Jan Pociatek have clashed in public about economic and fiscal plans, [...] |
2006-07-18 11:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA590 | BRATISLAVA PARTICIPANT IN 2006 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL [...] Embassy Bratislava designates the following participant for the 2006 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil conference on October 4-6, 2006: -- Name: Aaron Underwood Chase -- Title: Fascell Fellow / Pol-Mil Officer -- Date of Birth: 17, January 1975 -- Security Clearance: TS -- Telephone: 421 2 5922 3376 -- [...] |
2006-07-18 11:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT MARR NATO PREL LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA592 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PM DZURINDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the Ambassador's first meeting with the former PM Mikulas Dzurinda since the June 17 elections, the former PM was confident that his party SDKU would gain strength in the opposition. SDKU plans to play on conflicts between new PM Robert Fico and coalition partner Vladimir M [...] |
2006-07-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KPAO LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA594 | KDH: A SCHISM IN SLOVAKIA'S CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Slovakia's conservative Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) is suffering a crisis of leadership. The Hrusovsky-led pragmatist and the Palko-led principled factions disagree as to whether KDH should play the role of a small utilitarian party in any type of governing coalition o [...] |
2006-07-19 08:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA597 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED IRAQ WITH FM KUBIS [...] (U) his cable contains a request for guidance in paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Jan Kubis 7/19 briefed the Ambassador on the GOS,s progress on the Iraq portion of the government program, which is due to be announed August 1. Kubis noted the government has been uniform in its [...] |
2006-07-20 15:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA601 | SLOVAKIA'S POST-ELECTION STATE OF MIND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The June 17 parliamentary elections were characterized by low voter turnout: 54.67 percent. Robert Fico's Smer was the clear winner across Slovakia, taking 29.14 percent and five of Slovakia's eight regions. Mikulas Dzurinda's SDKU only won the Bratislava region, but it was pl [...] |
2006-07-25 12:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA607 | AMBASSADOR'S BREAKFAST WITH KDH CHAIRMAN PAVOL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Pavol Hrusovsky on July 25 to discuss KDH's post-election prospects. Despite a poor showing in the June 17 parliamentary election, Hrusovsky appeared confident that KDH would remain a major player in the [...] |
2006-07-26 14:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA609 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY PM [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 24, Ambassador paid an introductory call on new Deputy Prime Minister for the Knowledge Based Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities Dusan Caplovic of the Smer ("Direction") party. Caplovic listed his own priorities in office as (1) developing the knowle [...] |
2006-07-26 16:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TSPL PREL KPAO PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA613 | TRANSPETROL: SLOVAKIA FEELS PRESSURE FROM ITS [...] (C) Summary. The new Slovak government feels under increasing pressure to strike a deal with a Russian firm on Transpetrol before Yukos International initiates bankruptcy proceedings, now scheduled to begin on August 10. On July 25, the same day that Yukos creditors decided to commence bankr [...] |
2006-07-28 06:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
| 06BRATISLAVA615 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER KALINAK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador's first formal meeting with new Interior Minister Robert Kalinak demonstrated Kalinak's openness and intent to continue Slovakia's efforts to fight extremism, trafficking in persons, and organized crime. Kalinak indicated that Slovakia may increase its training pr [...] |
2006-07-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CASC CVIS PINR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA616 | SLOVAKIA CONSIDERING SMALL CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) Summary. Post has heard from several government sources that Slovakia is considering a small contribution to an International Stabilization Force (ISF) for Lebanon. Slovakia would be unlikely to contribute more than a platoon, and likely even fewer. Slovakia is thought to prefer a deployme [...] |
2006-07-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL LE IS LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA617 | FM KUBIS: GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO UNDERSCORE [...] (C) In a 7/28 meeting at the MFA, Foreign Minister Jan Kubis told the Ambassador and DCM that the government's program to be issued on August 1 will highlight Slovakia's continued support for stability and democratization in Iraq, despite planned changes in the military presence. Although the [...] |
2006-07-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA618 | FM KUBIS: SLOVAKIA FOCUSED ON REGAINING MANAGEMENT [...] (C) At their July 28 meeting, Ambassador Vallee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Kubis discussed next steps for the Slovak government in the Transpetrol situation. Ambassador Vallee emphasized that the impending sale of Yukos shares in Transpetrol needs to be carried out in a transparent ma [...] |
2006-07-28 16:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
| 06BRATISLAVA619 | GOVERNMENT TO CALL FOR COORDINATED WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (S) Para 4 of this message contains an action request regarding Slovak government officials' planned travel to Baghdad August 17. 2. (S) As promised reftel, FM Jan Kubis provided CDA July 29 an advance copy of the Iraq-related text of the Fico government's just-agreed program that will be p [...] |
2006-07-29 17:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | IZ LO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL |
| 06BRATISLAVA621 | SLOVAKIA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - JULY 28, 2006 [...] (U) The following are recent noteworthy events in the Slovak economy: PM'S ADVISOR: REALITY WILL DIFFER FROM ELECTION PLEDGES --------------------------------------------- ---------- 2. (SBU) In anticipation of the GOS release of its economic plan on August 1, Emboff spoke this week with [...] |
2006-07-31 06:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA638 | SLOVAKIA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UN GENERAL [...] Per reftel instructions, an interim report on high-level Government of Slovakia representation at the UN General Assembly follows: A. Attendance of the Head of State: -- Ivan Gasparovic, President, will not/not attend -- Arrival and departure dates: not applicable -- Spouse Silvia Gasparov [...] |
2006-08-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNGA LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA643 | FM KUBIS DISCUSSES ISRAEL/LEBANON WITH AMERICAN [...] (U) Foreign Minister Jan Kubis expounded on Slovakia,s view of the Lebanon and Iran situations during an Aug. 2 meeting with visiting American Jewish Committee International Affairs Director Andy Baker. We provide this as much as a window on a new Foreign Minister's thinking as on the actual p [...] |
2006-08-03 15:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS LE LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA647 | SLOVAKIA PREDICTS LONG TRANSITION IN CUBA [...] (C) Pol-Econ officers discussed Castro succession and Slovak-Cuban relations August 3 with MFA Director for the Americas Dusan Kristofik, per reftel. According to Kristofik, Slovakia expects a long transition period from a Fidel Castro-led regime to a more democratic government. The oppositi [...] |
2006-08-04 13:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CU LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA649 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO URGENT DEMARCHE ON LEBANON [...] Charge d'affaires delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef d'Cabinet Peter Kmec. Kmec has been in touch with FM Jan Kubis, who has instructed the Slovak delegation in New York to support the resolution. 2. Slovaks would be willing to participate in an expert-level meeting [...] |
2006-08-07 06:15:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA657 | SLOVAKIA APPEARS TO CHANGE COURSE ON TRANSPETROL. [...] (C) Summary. On August 3-4, Special Advisor Steve Hellman met with high-ranking GOS officials, including Prime Minister Robert Fico and Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek, to discuss the benefits of buying back shares in Transpetrol from Yukos Finance rather than approving a quick sale to Ga [...] |
2006-08-08 13:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
| 06BRATISLAVA666 | PM FICO PRESENTS POLICY AGENDA FOR NEXT FOUR YEARS [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW AND COMMENT. One month after Slovakia's new governing coalition took office, Prime Minister Robert Fico has presented the government's policy statement, a four-year agenda determined by the governing three-party coalition. Bureaucrats had drafted an early version of the govern [...] |
2006-08-09 16:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA670 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS WEDGWOOD FOR UNHCR SEAT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA671 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNSCR [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to MFA Director for UN Affairs Roman Buzek, who had just left a meeting on the same subject with Acting FM Diana Strofova. Buzek said Slovakia fully supports the adoption of a resolution as soon as the text is ready, immediately if possible. The UNSC could no [...] |
2006-08-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MOPS PREL PTER UN LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA673 | SLOVAKIA TO REPURCHASE TRANSPETROL SHARES FROM [...] (S) Summary - On August 9, Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek reached an agreement with Yukos Finance representatives Steve Theede and Bill Shoff on a deal that allows Slovakia to repurchase the Transpetrol shares from Yukos Finance and thereby obtain greater energy independence. A "share p [...] |
2006-08-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
| 06BRATISLAVA679 | SLOVAKIA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) Per ref A instructions, an interim report on high-level Government of Slovakia representation at the UN General Assembly was sent in ref B. This is an update to that report: A. Attendance of the Head of State: -- Ivan Gasparovic, President, will not/not attend -- Arrival and departur [...] |
2006-08-11 14:34:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA703 | FICO IN IRAQ: DEMINERS WILL LEAVE BUT SLOVAKIA MAY [...] This cable contains an action request for Department of State and Department of Defense in paragraph 3 and a guidance request in paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. PM Robert Fico visited Iraq on August 17. In a press conference after his return, Fico said Slovak deminers had not been active since [...] |
2006-08-18 15:18:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA704 | REACTION OF SLOVAKIA'S ETHNIC HUNGARIANS TO NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Slovak PM Robert Fico's decision to form a ruling coalition with the Slovak National Party (SNS) following the June 17 parliamentary elections elicited a strong negative reaction from the country's sizeable Hungarian minority. SNS leader Jan Slota is notorious for anti-minori [...] |
2006-08-21 06:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA706 | ROMA ISSUES ROUND-UP FOR SLOVAKIA [...] (U) The August 14 release of the U.S. Helsinki Commission's report on sterilization of Romani women without informed consent in the Czech Republic and Slovakia has spurred a reaction in Slovakia. The report received media coverage on both television and radio. Deputy Prime Minister for Human [...] |
2006-08-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA719 | SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUND-UP AUGUST 25, 2006 [...] (SBU) The Justice Ministry, under the auspices of new Justice Minister Stefan Harabin, has prepared draft legislation to close the Special Court and the Special Prosecution Office. Former Justice Minister Daniel Lipsic provided a copy of the draft to the media. According to the draft, both i [...] |
2006-08-25 13:41:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA72 | SLOVAK MINISTER OF DEFENSE LISKA RESIGNS [...] (U) SLOVAK MINISTER OF DEFENSE JURAJ LISKA SUBMITTED HIS RESIGNATION FRIDAY MORNING, IN THE WAKE OF LAST THURSDAY'S CRASH OF A SLOVAK AIRFORCE AN-24, WHICH KILLED 42 SLOVAK SOLDIERS. LISKA'S RESIGNATION WAS ACCEPTED BY PRIME MINISTER DZURINDA. PRESIDENT GASPAOVIC SAID HE WILL RESPECT THE DECIS [...] |
2006-01-27 14:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA720 | SLOVAKIA REMAINS FOCUSED ON REGAINING TRANSPETROL [...] (S) Summary - The Ministry of Economy continues to pursue a deal to buy back the 49 percent stake in Transpetrol from Netherlands-based Yukos Finance and/or its subsidiary Yukos International. This task was complicated when a Dutch judge appointed Yukos Oil Receiver and Russian Eduard Rebgun a [...] |
2006-08-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | ENGR ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
| 06BRATISLAVA73 | SLOVAK REACTION TO PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) The Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement on Palestinian election results on January 27. The text is available in English at www.mzv.sk . BEGIN VERBATIM TEXT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic welcome peaceful atmosphere in which t [...] |
2006-01-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL KPAL UNSC LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA733 | UPDATE ON SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN TENSIONS FOR VISIT OF [...] (SBU) This cable is intended to highlight the latest events in Slovak-Hungarian tensions since your departure from the U.S. on August 21. Any necessary updates on other ongoing issues in Slovakia will be provided at a briefing upon your arrival in Bratislava on September 4. 2. (SBU) The GO [...] |
2006-08-31 11:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA736 | SLOVAKIA PLANS TO RATIFY UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] The Slovak Government is moving forward with plans to ratify the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions by the end of the year. According to Ladislav Simko, Director of the International Department at the Ministry of Culture (MOC), the GOS s [...] |
2006-08-31 13:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD SCUL UNESCO LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA738 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS GUATEMALA [...] (C) Emboff delivered talking points fo Jana Bartosiewiczova, Deputy Director for the United Nations and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Bartosiewiczova confirmed that Slovakia will be voting for Guatemala in the upcoming 2006 UNSC election. She said that [...] |
2006-08-31 14:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA745 | SLOVAKIA AGREES BURMA SHOULD BE ON UNSC AGENDA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-08 06:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC BM LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA746 | SLOVAK FM DELIVERS BLUNT MESSAGES TO SERBS AND [...] (C) Summary: During his recent visit to the Western Balkans, FM Jan Kubis told interlocutors in Belgrade that they must stop fooling themselves and the public; the train has left the station and the last stop is independence for Kosovo. He was similarly blunt with leaders in Kosovo, encourag [...] |
2006-09-08 11:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ICTY SR YI LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA748 | SLOVAKIA: FY-07 USNATO POLICY-MAKER TOUR [...] Embassy Bratislava requests a date be reserved for a policy-maker tour in February/March 2007. Post would send six MPs, one FSN and an interpreter. Post requests a tour that includes NATO Headquarters, SHAPE, and briefings by USEU. Follow-on visits to NATO field operations are not/not requeste [...] |
2006-09-08 14:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA749 | MEETING OF FM KUBIS WITH DEPUTY SECRETARY OF [...] (C) Summary. Slovak FM Jan Kubis met Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Nahavandian, on September 4 in Bratislava. Nahavandian made clear that Iran does not regard UNSCR 1669 as legally valid and confirmed that Iran plans to continue with the development of a peaceful [...] |
2006-09-08 14:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC IR LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA750 | CONGRESSMAN LANTOS URGES SLOVAKIA TO RESOLVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 4 in Brtislava, Representative Tom Lantos (D-California) delivered the message to the GOS that ethnic Slovak-Hungarian tensions must be resolved and that the Slovak government needs to do more to assure its role on the world stage. Rep. Lantos met with Prime Minist [...] |
2006-09-08 14:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LE IZ LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA754 | ATTACK ON ETHNIC HUNGARIAN STUDENT FABRICATED, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Reports of a racially-motivated attack on an ethnic Hungarian student in the town of Nitra two weeks ago and which have sparked considerable controversy between Hungary and Slovakia were false, according to the Slovak police investigator. Interior Minister Kalinak announced on S [...] |
2006-09-12 15:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA763 | IRAQI FM EXPRESSES GRATITUDE, SEES NO PROBLEM WITH [...] (C) Summary: The September 8 visit of Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari gave the Slovak government the impression that Iraq has no problem with the withdrawal of Slovak troops, as long as there is some symbolic follow-on presence in the form of training or other cooperation. Zebari thanked the go [...] |
2006-09-13 15:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS IZ |