| NATO opponents use the results of the Orange Revolution. Interview with Ukrainian political scientist Ilko Kucheriv |
Juraj Marušiak | 17.05.2008
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Ukraine wasn't included in the North Atlantic Alliance Membership Action Plan at NATO Summit in Bucharest. Nevertheless, the summit declaration encompasses a resolution according to which Ukraine as well as Georgia will become NATO members. The relations with Russia and an insufficient citizens' support of this step are one of Ukraine's key issues complicating the process of NATO integration. The mentioned aspects are the subject matter of our interview with the Ukrainian political scientist and the Director of Ukrainian Democratic Initiatives Foundation Ilko Kucheriv. Democratic Initiatives Foundation develops its activities in terms of the support of Ukrainian integration into North Atlantic structures. It also struggles for the increase of public support of NATO membership. How do the Ukrainians perceive the results of the NATO Summit in Bucharest?
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| We are optimistic about the prospects of our bilateral economic cooperation. The Azerbaijani Ambassador to Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia and the International organizations in Vienna Fuad Ismayilov |
| Martin Braxatoris | 06.04.2008
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Some time ago, the Azerbaijani Embassy in Vienna has received our request to conduct an interview on the questions of economic collaboration between Slovakia and Azerbaijan. These questions follow up on the presentation of investment possibilities in Azerbaijani economy which took place in Bratislava in March 2007. In view of the fact that we published an interview with the Armenian Ambassador Mr Ashot Hovakimian devoted apart from other things also to the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, according to the principle of balanced information we've also discussed the given questions in the interview with the Ambassador of Azerbaijan Fuad Ismayilov... Your Excellency, what is the level of mutual goods exchange between the Slovak Republic and Azerbaijan like at present?
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| Ukrainian entry into NATO is advantageous also for Russia. The interview with the Ukrainian Ambassador to the Slovak Republic Inna Ohnivets |
| Juraj Marušiak | 13.03.2008
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Ukraine is for Slovakia an important member not only from the point of view of its security interests, but Ukraine is the potential important trade partner of Slovakia as well. The development of the cooperation with Ukraine belongs to the priorities of the foreign policy of Slovakia in the framework of European Union and NATO as well. The foreign policy of Ukraine, its integration ambitions and bilateral Slovak-Ukrainian relations are the topic of our interview with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Slovak Republic Inna Ohnivets. How do you assess the current level of Ukrainian-Slovak relations? In what way is it possible to improve them? First of all I'd like to put in that there are no problems between our states. That's also the reason why our interstate relations have been developing dynamically...
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| The Armenian Ambassador to Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary Ashot Hovakimian: The absence of oil and gas grants us freedom to diversify our economy |
| Martin Braxatoris | 11.01.2008
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The Caucasus region is the natural field of interest of Slovakia particularly in terms of international policy and economy as well as the preservation of peace and stability. In South Caucasus, there are several trouble spots substantially contributing to problems as regards the relations among the states as well as nations throughout the region. With his Excellency Ashot Hovakimian, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Austria, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and the Republic of Hungary, we have discussed the oncoming presidential elections in Armenia, Armenian genocide, the Nagorno-Karabakh issue and the possibilities of economic collaboration as well as bilateral relations between Slovakia and Armenia. Your Excellency, what are the relations between the Slovak Republic and Armenia...
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| European integration has no alternative. Interview with the political scientist Igor Munteanu |
| Juraj Marušiak | 21.12.2007
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An interview with Moldovan political scientist Igor Munteanu on Moldova´s choice to enter the European Union, Moldovan democracy, Transnistrian conflict and security issues in the Black Sea area. Igor Munteanu works as the Executive Director of Institute for Development and Social Initiative (IDIS) Viitorul. Moldova is very often considered a single consolidated democracy in the Post-Soviet area. Do you agree with such statement? The statement is too generous to be true. Moldova is a country with deep-rooted regional conflict which is still unresolved and with incipient democratic institutions, which we usually call procedural democracy, because its typical feature is the legally guaranteed substitution of political elites through the elections. But it is not enough for the normal and effective democracy. We have been trying to become the...
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| It is the people that are supposed to be the focus of attention and not the territory: An interview with the Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanović |
| Martin Braxatoris | 21.12.2007
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Before the war Oliver Ivanović worked as a factory manager and as a professional karateist. After the beginning of the NATO led operations Ivanović organized his students at the karate class to take part in the defence of Kosovska Mitrovica against Albanians. Mr. Ivanović was among the one thousand five hundred Serbians defending the bridge over Ibar River, which eventually managed to stop the exodus of Serbians from Mitrovica. In politics Oliver Ivanović was at first considered to be a prolonged hand of Belgrade, but contrary to this perception he joined the Democratic Opposition of Serbia that was in opposition to Milošević. Ivanović was a chairman of the Executive Committee of the Serbian National Council in Kosovska Mitrovica. Mr. Ivanović was a member of the Serbian delegation at the negotiations about the status...
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| Transcarpathia – the region of ethnic tolerance. Interview with the Ukrainian political scientist Myroslava Lendel |
| Juraj Marušiak | 09.11.2007
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An interview with Ukrainian political scientist from Uzhgorod National University on the results of parliamentary elections and the political atmosphere in the ethnically mixed Ukrainian Transcarpathian region. Is there any difference between the political behaviour of the inhabitants of Transcarpathia and other Ukrainian regions? As the results of parliamentary elections in Transcarpathian region have proven, the region is among those ones in which the people's political opinions vary. Yulyia Tymoshenko's Bloc has ended some per cents behind the Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defence Bloc. Party of Regions has achieved a good result in comparison to other Western Ukrainian regions and Volodymyr Lytvyn's People's Bloc has surpassed the three per cent threshold necessary to enter the parliament. Apart from the Communist party...
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