Portuguese-Slovak relations

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The Portuguese-Slovak relations include the bilateral relations between Portugal and Slovakia . The countries have had diplomatic relations since 1993. Until Slovakia's independence in 1993, relations were determined by the Portuguese-Czechoslovak relationship .

Relations between the two Catholic states are considered friendly. In addition to trade, the unifying elements are, above all, common membership in the EU and NATO ; they both belong to the Schengen area and share the same currency as the euro . They are also partners in a number of multilateral organizations, including a. in the OSCE and the OECD , and they cooperate in the European Space Agency , of which Slovakia is not yet fully a member (as of July 2019).

Bilateral trade is steadily increasing, especially with the division of labor in the automotive industry.

The different perspectives on refugee issues between Portugal and the Visegrád member Slovakia became apparent after the refugee crisis in Europe from 2015 at the latest , but the relationship remained good.

287 Slovak citizens were registered in Portugal in 2018, most of them in the greater Lisbon area (108) and in the Algarve (41). In 2017, Slovakia had 165 residents born in Portugal.

history

Portugal immediately recognized the independence of Slovakia on January 2, 1993, and on September 22, 1994 Fernão Manuel Favila Vieira , Portugal's ambassador in Vienna , accredited himself as the first representative of Portugal in Bratislava . Portugal did not initially open its own embassy there, the Portuguese ambassador in Vienna continued to receive double accreditation in Bratislava .

The Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa (2nd from left) and his Slovakian counterpart Robert Fico (3rd from left) at an EU meeting in Bratislava in 2016: There are diverse relationships between the two countries, especially within the EU

In the course of the subsequent rapprochement between Slovakia and the EU, Portuguese-Slovak relations also became closer. On May 15, 1999, a mutual investment protection and promotion agreement came into force. On May 12, 1999, the two countries signed a defense cooperation agreement in Bratislava, followed by a bilateral agreement on economic, industrial and technological cooperation in Lisbon on February 9, 2001. On June 5, 2001 in Bratislava both countries signed an aviation agreement and a double taxation and tax evasion prevention agreement . On February 17, 2003, Portugal and Slovakia agreed to strengthen cooperation in science and technology in Lisbon, and on July 1, 2003 in Bratislava they signed a cooperation agreement in the fields of education, science and technology, youth, sport and the media.

In 2004 Slovakia joined the EU, of which Portugal has been a member since 1986. In the same year Slovakia also became a member of NATO, which Portugal co-founded in 1949. This brought the two countries closer together.

In 2005, Portugal opened its own embassy in Bratislava, and Slovakia also opened its own embassy in Lisbon.

In the course of the extensive austerity measures after the euro crisis from 2010, Portugal closed its representation in Bratislava again in December 2013, after which Slovakia again belonged to the administrative district of the Portuguese embassy in Austria, until the Portuguese embassy in Bratislava reopened in October 2015.

diplomacy

Entrance to the Slovak embassy on Avenida da Liberdade : the Edifício Victória houses several embassies.

Portugal maintains an embassy in the Slovak capital, Bratislava , where it resides at number 16 on Venturska . Portugal does not have any other consulates besides the embassy in Slovakia.

Slovakia has an embassy in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon , in Edifício Victoria at number 200 on Avenida da Liberdade . Slovak honorary consulates have also been set up in Faro in the Algarve and in Funchal on the island of Madeira.

Town twinning

economy

Volkswagen plant in Slovakia: the exchange of parts for automobile production determines bilateral trade between Portugal and Slovakia

The bilateral trade volume between Portugal and Slovakia amounted to 490.6 million euros in 2016 ( 2015 : 409.5 million, 2014 : 319.5 million, 2013 : 251.0 million, 2012 : 219.1 million). ), with a trade surplus of 75.9 million euros in favor of Portugal ( 2015 : 30 million euros in favor of Portugal , 2014 : 11.1 million in favor of Slovakia, 2013 : 5.0 million in favor of Slovakia, 2012 : 33 .7 million in favor of Slovakia). In 2016, 1,041 Portuguese companies were trading with Slovakia.

In 2016, Slovakia imported goods and services worth EUR 283.3 million from Portugal ( 2015 : 219.8 million, 2014 : 154.2 million, 2013 : 123.0 million, 2012 : 92, 7 million). The share of goods amounted to EUR 225.9 million, of which 28.0% machines and devices, 14.8% vehicles and vehicle parts, 11.1% plastics and rubber, 7.9% textile composites and 6.1% leather and hides. The difference between the share of goods and the total volume results from the share of services, which mainly consists of the expenditure of Slovak tourists in Portugal.

During the same period, Portugal imported goods and services from Slovakia worth EUR 207.3 million ( 2015 : 189.7 million, 2014 : 165.3 million, 2013 : 128.0 million, 2012 : 126.4 million Million), of which 205.2 million euros were goods. 40.3% of the goods were vehicles and vehicle parts, 26.2% machines and devices, 8.8% metal goods, 8.6% leather and hides, and 6.4% plastics and rubber.

This put Slovakia in 26th place in Portugal's foreign trade in goods and in 34th place as supplier. In the Slovak foreign trade in goods, Portugal was 27th as a buyer and 28th as a supplier.

The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP maintains a contact office at the Portuguese Embassy in Bratislava, but mainly looks after Slovakia through the nearby AICEP office at Opernring No. 3 in Vienna.

Culture

The Portuguese cultural institute Instituto Camões is present in Slovakia. a. it maintains a cooperation with the Portuguese Institute in Bratislava and a lecturer at the Comenius University in Bratislava .

Filmmakers from both countries regularly visit film festivals . The Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko won a Golden Dolphin at the most important Portuguese festival, the Festróia , in 2013 .

Sports

Soccer

Marek Čech was Portuguese champion three times between 2005 and 2008 with FC Porto
Men

The Slovak national soccer team and the Portuguese national team have met four times so far, the first time on October 14, 1998 in Bratislava. The qualifying game for EM 2000 ended 3-0 for Portugal. Portugal won a total of three games, once they were drawn (as of August 2019).

Slovak players also occasionally play for Portuguese clubs, such as national player Marek Čech , who was Portuguese champion three times between 2005 and 2008 with FC Porto . Other examples are Marián Had ( Sporting Lisbon ) and Tomáš Oravec ( Boavista Porto ).

The Slovak Ferdinand Daučík coached FC Porto from 1959 to 1960.

Women

The Portuguese women's national soccer team and the Slovak women's national team have also played against each other four times, the first time on April 14, 2007 in Senec, Slovakia . The qualifying game for the 2009 European Championship ended 2-1 for the Slovaks. Overall, the two teams each won two games against each other. Slovakia has not yet participated in the Portuguese Algarve Cup (as of August 2019).

Other

Filip Polášek at Wimbledon 2019. That year he won the ATP Challenger in Lisbon.

Tennis players from Portugal and Slovakia regularly compete in tournaments in the other country. The Slovak Filip Polášek won the ATP Challenger Lisbon in 2019

At the 2018 Canoe World Cup in Montemor-o-Velho , Portugal , Slovakia finished 18th, the hosts finished 7th.

Web links

Commons : Portuguese-Slovak relations  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Website on Portuguese-Slovak relations in the diplomatic portal of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on September 9, 2019
  2. ↑ List of foreign citizens in Portugal (by district) at the Portuguese Immigration Office Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras, accessed on September 9, 2019
  3. ↑ Website on Portuguese-Slovak migration at the Portuguese Scientific Observatório da Emigração , accessed on September 9, 2019
  4. ↑ a b c d e Overview of Portugal's economic relations with Slovakia , PDF available from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP, accessed on September 8, 2019
  5. ↑ Information on Portuguese representations in Slovakia in the portal for the international Portuguese communities, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, accessed on September 8, 2019
  6. ^ Website of the Slovak Embassy in Lisbon , accessed on September 9, 2019
  7. ↑ Overview of the AICEP contact details in Slovakia , AICEP website, accessed on September 9, 2019
  8. ↑ Overview of the presence in Slovakia , website of the Instituto Camões , accessed on September 10, 2019