Page "Foreign relations of Hungary" Paragraph 4

This involves Hungary and Czechoslovakia, and. was agreed on September 16, 1977 (" Budapest Treaty ").

The treaty envisioned a cross-border barrage system between the towns Gabčíkovo, Czechoslovakia and Nagymaros, Hungary.

After intensive campaign the project became widely hated as a symbol of the old communist regime.

In 1989 Hungarian government decided to suspend it.

In its sentence from September 1997, the International Court of Justice stated that both sides breached their obligation and that the 1977 Budapest Treaty is still valid.

In 1998 the Slovak government turned to the International Court, demanding the Nagymaros part to be built.

The international dispute is still not solved as of 2008.