Disputes - international Gabcikovo Dam dispute with Hungary (to be resolved March 1998); unresolved property issues with Czech Republic over redistribution of former Czechoslovak federal property

Illicit drugs minor, but increasing, transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish bound for Western Europe

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