Liechtenstein claims restitution for 1,600
sq km of land in the Czech Republic confiscated from its royal family
in 1918; the Czech Republic insists that restitution does not go back
before February 1948, when the communists seized power; individual
Sudeten German claims for restitution of property confiscated in
connection with their expulsion after World War II; agreement with
Slovakia signed 24 November 1998 resolves issues of redistribution of
former Czechoslovak federal land - approval by both parliaments is
expected in 2000

major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin
and minor transit point for Latin American cocaine to Western Europe;
domestic consumption - especially of locally produced synthetic drugs
- on the rise