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		The Visegrad Declaration was signed during a meeting in the Hungarian city of Visegrad on 15 February 1991 by the presidents of Czechoslovakia and Poland, Vaclav Havel and Lech Wałęsa, as well as Hungarian Prime Minister Jozsef Antall.
		Furthermore, the concept of the Visegrad Group (or Visegrad countries) has permanently entered the dictionary of politicians and publicists, evoking univocally positive connotations with a stable region, consistent reforms and a maturing democracy.
		Visegrad has become a trademark and can be an example of integration to other regions, such as the culturally and geographically close Balkans.
	www.osw.waw.pl /en/epub/epunkt/2003/05/030513.htm (3682 words)

	Mobilitás
		Originally, the group was called the Visegrad Troika and the Four is the result of the split of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic in 1993.
		The name of this grouping was chosen during a meeting of the President of the ČSFR Václav Havel, the Prime Minister of Hungary József Antall, and the President of Poland Lech Walesa at an event held at the north Hungarian city of Visegrad on February 15, 1991.
		All the activities of the Visegrad Group are aimed at strengthening stability in the Central European region.
	www.mobilitas.hu /?hol=v4&h_id=37 (493 words)

	North Central Europe
		Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic (commonly referred to as Slovakia), and Hungary are members of the Visegrad Group, created in February 1991 at the northern Hungarian town of Visegrad.
		Over the past decade, the Visegrad countries have continually restructured and downsized their coal industries by reducing the number of inefficient mines in operation, cutting the labor force associated with coal mining, and increasing awareness of environmental issues related to the industry in line with EU standards.
		As new EU members, the Visegrad countries are subject to the requirements of Directive 2001/77/EC on electricity from renewable energy sources, which requires the EU to increase renewable energy's share of total energy consumption to 12% and electricity produced from renewables to 22.1% by 2010 (Article 3, paragraph 4).
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/visegrad.html (6924 words)

	nij 200
		The history of the three-country group officially began on February 15, 1991 in Visegrad, a town in northern Hungary.
		A year later in Prague, the foreign ministers of the Visegrad group met with the so-called European troika (the current, former, and future presidents of the European Council) as well as with the representative of the head of the European Commission, Frans Andriessen.
		Visegrad cooperation seemed an unneeded burden and obstacle and so the Czech Republic became a “skeptic towards the so-called Visegrad group.” Meciar’s Slovakia was also skeptic, especially because of the issue of its significant Hungarian minority.
	www.idee.org /nij280.html (3902 words)

	VISEGRÁD.info
		On 25 May at the meeting of Visegrad group's defense ministers held in Czech Komorní hrádek participants agreed on the need for a political solution to what was initially a military problem.
		Both Visegrad group and Benelux are regional groupings, which would like to advance their respective goals on the basis of mutual cooperation even after the accession of their members to the EU.
		Visegrad group, now presided by the Czech Republic, will meet on the level of PMs on the May 12 in Kromeriz in the Czech Republic; heads of states summit took place on the March 12 in Kosice, Slovakia.
	www.visegrad.info /index.php?ID=groupevents (1716 words)

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		Eastern Europe: Visegrad Group Seeks Revival By Jan de Weydenthal Prague, 27 October 1998 (RFE/RL) -- Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have recently moved to revive the seemingly moribund Visegrad cooperative group.
		The group was formed in the Hungarian town of Visegrad in 1991, when the presidents of Poland, Hungary and then-Czechoslovakia met and pledged to cooperate in a joint effort to enter the European Union and NATO.
		This was further magnified by concerns that the establishment of a separate group of post-communist countries in East Central Europe could hinder rather than facilitate their acceptance by the West into existing multilateral economic and political institutions.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/98-10/oct27c.rfe (578 words)

	Statement pm 061900
		We welcome the signing of the Agreement Concerning the Establishment of the International Visegrad Fund regarding it as a crucial step towards realizing a very significant joint project to promote the development of cooperation of the Visegrad Group in the field of culture, science and research, education, youth contacts, cross-border cooperation and sports.
		The Visegrad Countries express their interest in adopting the environmental standards of the EU as soon as possible and applying them efficiently with special regard to the preservation of their specific natural and environmental values.
		The Visegrad Countries are ready to contribute to and be helpful in the implementation of EU strategies towards Russia and the Ukraine.
	www.nato.int /pfp/sk/statementpm061900.htm (1071 words)

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		The decision was made during a Visegrad group summit this week, Polish Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak told his Lithuanian counterpart Adolfas Slezevicius at their Nov. 26 meeting in the southern Lithuanian town of Marijampole.
		BALTICS IN FOURTH GROUP TO JOIN EU, SAYS JURSENAS VILNIUS, Nov 28, BNS - European Parliament Speaker Klaus Hensch indicates that Slovenia and the Baltic states are in the fourth group of nations aspiring to full membership in the European Union, Lithuanian Parliament Chairman Ceslovas Jursenas told reporters Monday.
		The four Visegrad group nations, Malta, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Romania are ahead of the Baltics, he said.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/94-11/nov28.bns (529 words)

	Visegrad group wants to jointly train pilots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		Visegrad Group countries and NATO members Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia want to create a center for training their military pilots, their defense ministers said after meeting Monday in Prague.
		Speaking for the group, Czech Defense Minister Miroslav Kostelka said the four central European countries were setting up a working commission to study the question.
		The Visegrad Group was founded in 1991 to boost cooperation between then Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040524160446.k2uqcbi7.html (110 words)

	declaration011901
		We, the Presidents of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Slovak Republic, met in Pszczyna, Poland, on 19 January 2001, on the eve of the 10 anniversary of the adoption in Visegrad of The Declaration on Co-operation between the Central European nations that we represent.
		Close Visegrad co-operation on the EU issues, whose significance is growing in the course of our pre-accession, will retain its worthiness also after this strategic goal has been achieved.
		The success of the Visegrad co-operation, originating in our break-away from the totalitarian system in Central Europe, is founded on the solid ground of observation of democratic rules, market economy, rule of law, and on respect for human and minority rights and civil freedoms.
	www.nato.int /pfp/sk/declaration011901.htm (657 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - North Central Europe
		The Visegrad countries are dependent on trade with the EU, in particular with Germany.
		Hungary is the largest producer of crude oil out the Visegrad Group, with about 24,083 bpd, followed by Poland with 16,800 bpd, Czech Republic with 5,275 bpd and Slovakia with 1,000 bpd.
		As the Visegrad countries strive to meet EU membership criteria, natural gas is becoming increasingly important to the region's energy mix.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/nte32320.htm (3951 words)

	Visegrad group to meet in Poland on EU constitution crisis, enlargement - EUbusiness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		Visegrad group to meet in Poland on EU constitution crisis, enlargement
		The prime ministers of the so-called Visegrad group gather in the medieval town of Kazimierz Dolny, 120 kilometers (70 miles) outside Warsaw, to discuss and adopt a common position on "the situation in the European Union after the French and Dutch 'nos'" to the constitution, Polish foreign ministry official Jerzy Chmielewski told reporters here Thursday.
		The Visegrad group was formed in 1991, when the communist bloc economic grouping COMECON ceased to be.
	www.eubusiness.com /East_Europe/050610011359.2ptqhw4w (384 words)

	EUROPA : The Future of the European Union - Debate
		The first Summit between Benelux and the Visegrad Group has convened an expert meeting in the course of 2002 in order to identify those fields in which closer collaboration between the countries of Benelux and those of the Visegrad Group could be initiated.
		Another potential field of cooperation is fight against terrorism: the question is how the countries of the Visegrad Group can participate in the implementation of certain elements of the action plan on the fight against terrorism that was adopted during the extraordinary European Council meeting of September 21st.
		Prime Ministers and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Benelux and the Visegrad Group countries have agreed that bringing about a successful conclusion of the process of EU enlargement is a vital ingredient of designing a future European Union.
	europa.eu.int /constitution/futurum/documents/press/pr051201_en.htm (638 words)

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		The group was jointly chaired by Deputy Director General Francois Lamoureux for the European Commission and Secretary of State Jan Figel for the Slovak Government.
		The Visegrad group of states is composed of four members: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
		This group of states is generally referred to as a 5+1 group or a Luxembourg group.
	www.atlanticcommunity.org /bilcik.html (10421 words)

	The future of the Visegrad Group within the EU - 14-05-2004 - Radio Prague
		This week the prime ministers of the Visegrad Four - a loose alliance of 4 central European states -the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland -met to debate the future of the grouping now that all its members have joined the European Union.
		Contrary to the expectations of those who believe that the Visegrad Group is now obsolete, the prime ministers decided to keep the grouping active within the EU.
		It is grouping of countries which have similar problems, similar possibilities but in some areas they have differing views.
	www.radio.cz /en/article/53898 (831 words)

	Europe -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		The two largest of these are "mainland" Europe and (A group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian) Scandinavia to the north, divided from each other by the (A sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy) Baltic Sea.
		In a broader economic/political context, it may also encompass all of the (additional info and facts about Visegrad Group) Visegrad Group (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary) and the (The major mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula) Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro).
		" (A group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian) Scandinavia" in the widest sense: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/eu/europe.htm (4242 words)

	Visegrad group to meet in Poland on EU constitution crisis, enlargement
		The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, the so-called Visegrad group, were due to meet in Poland for talks focusing on how to get European integration back on track after French and Dutch voters rejected the EU draft constitution.
		Picture shows the prime ministers of the Visegrad group at a meeting in December (from L) Hungary's Ferenc Gyurcsany, Poland's Marek Belka, Slovakia's Mikulas Dziurinda and Czech Republic's Stanislav Gross
		The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia were due to meet in Poland for talks focusing on how to get European integration back on track after French and Dutch voters rejected the EU draft constitution.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=46105 (388 words)

	VISEGRÁD.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		I think Turkey must be in the EU and I am for strong support for it from Visegrad Countries.
		I think it is normal that the regional cooperation tends to sleeping after achieving the main aims.
		Reading those comments, I can see that those of us who participated in the Visegrad Summer School and have some more profound insight, might have different views from those who think that the V4 is dead or just a museum piece.
	www.visegrad.info /index.php?ID=diskuse-end (1068 words)

	Joint Statement of the Prime Ministers of the Visegrad Countries
		We, the Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic have met in Prague to review Visegrad cooperation in the period since our last meeting in Bratislava and to define the further prospects of cooperation within the Visegrad Group.
		We would welcome the adoption by the European Council at its Nice December session of the scenario of the further course of the accession negotiations that would also include the date of the completion of these negotiations with the most advanced candidate countries.
		We welcome the progress the Slovak Republic has achieved in her effort to become a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and express the hope that the accession process will be completed in the near future.
	www.mzv.cz /_archiv/enprohlas/v4prague.html (1087 words)

	ARCHIVE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION - "The Visegrád Group in the Expanded European Union: From Pre-accession to ...
		"The Visegrád Group in the Expanded European Union: From Pre-accession to Post-accession Cooperation*"
		(2005) "The Visegrád Group in the Expanded European Union: From Pre-accession to Post-accession Cooperation*".
		The final part of the paper discusses the nature and role of post-accession VG cooperation, with particular focus on the issue of the VG’s potential as a vehicle for promoting its’ members’ interests in the EU.
	aei.pitt.edu /archive/00003167 (242 words)

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		The Visegrad countries have total proven oil reserves of approximately 222.9 million barrels, with 102.5 million barrels of that located in Hungary, as of January 2003.
		Hungary is the largest producer of crude oil out the Visegrad Group, with about 24,083 bbl/d, followed by Poland with 16,800 bbl/d, Czech Republic with 5,275 bbl/d and Slovakia with 1,000 bbl/d.
		In preparation for EU accession, the Visegrad countries are required to liberalize their electricity sectors.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/poland.html (4347 words)

	Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		Polish PM Marek Belka is to hold bilateral talks with his counterparts, Vladimir Spidla of the Czech Republic, Mikulas Dzurinda of Slovakia and Peter Medgyessy of Hungary.
		He also stressed the need for developing cooperation within the Visegrad group of states to strengthen the position of the four countries in the EU.
		Most parliamentary floor groups saw the need for a radical reform of police forces including a new law on police.
	www.polandembassy.org /News/Biuletyny_news/News_2004/p2004-05-13.htm (1213 words)

	Visegrad group praises Ukraine's drive to democracy, reforms - EUbusiness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		Visegrad group praises Ukraine's drive to democracy, reforms - EUbusiness
		Visegrad group praises Ukraine's drive to democracy, reforms
		"A new commitnment to democracy and reforms opens European prospects for Ukraine and new prospects for EU-Ukraine relations," the four prime ministers of the so-called Visegrad group said in a statement issued after talks in this medieval Polish town with their Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko.
	www.eubusiness.com /East_Europe/050610134031.txm2aqao (344 words)

	Main page - Visegrad Youth Association
		Community of young people and youth organizations interested in Visegrad co-operation.
		Learn more about the 5th Visegrad Youth Conference: summary and pictures.
		Spring 2006 in Budapest, Hungary will be the time and place for the next Conference.
	visegradyouth.org (50 words)

	Database of U.S. Department of Education Publications in ERIC - Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-10)
		To overcome past animosities, and to advance their cause for European integration, leaders of the post-Communist regimes of Czechoslovakia (after 1993, the Czech and Slovak republics), Hungary, and Poland, realized the advantages of political and cultural cooperation.
		This curriculum project discusses the evolution of the Visegrad Group/Visegrad Four with a primary focus on Hungary's participation in that organization, assess the progress of the group, show its setbacks, and investigate the economic spin-off of the group, the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA).
		The conclusion assesses the present status and considers the future role of the Visegrad Group/Visegrad Four.
	wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov /CFAPPS/ERIC/resumes/records.cfm?ericnum=ED473222 (247 words)

	Next EU budget must be agreed this year: Visegrad group
		The Visegrad group of eastern European Union member states warned that the bloc must pass its next long term budget this year.
		Britain, which holds the EU rotating presidency until the end of the year, has been holding bilateral talks in an effort to agree on the controversial spending project before its term ends.
		The Visegrad group comprises Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=69694 (316 words)

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