Relationship dossier
Slovakia
Switzerland
Relationship assessment
Cooperative ties, including Swiss support for projects in Slovakia
Slovakia toward Switzerland
+25Slovakia has participated in bilateral arrangements for implementing Swiss-supported projects in the country, providing a framework for cooperation with the Swiss government. The scope of Slovakia's wider government cooperation with Switzerland is less clear.
Switzerland toward Slovakia
+30Switzerland has provided financial support for projects in Slovakia through its contribution to reducing economic and social disparities in the enlarged European Union, and has worked with the Slovak government on implementing that support.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship includes practical bilateral cooperation and Swiss financial support for projects in Slovakia. These arrangements indicate a cooperative structure, while the available detail on cooperation across other policy areas is limited.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Slovakia and Switzerland maintain cooperative bilateral relations, including practical economic and technical cooperation. Switzerland has also supported projects in Slovakia through its contribution to reducing economic and social disparities in the enlarged European Union. The scope and implementation of cooperation across other policy areas are less clear.
Key developments
Slovakia and Switzerland established a framework for implementing Swiss-supported projects in Slovakia under Switzerland's contribution to reducing disparities in the enlarged European Union.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond Swiss-supported projects in Slovakia are unclear.
- Details of current bilateral cooperation in areas such as security and taxation are limited.