Office for Foreign Relations and Information

Office for Foreign Relations and Information
Úřad pro zahraniční styky a informace
Seal of ÚZSI

Headquarters of ÚZSI[1]
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 1, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-01-01)
Preceding agency
  • Office for Foreign Relations and Information of the Federal Ministry of the Interior
Typeintelligence agency
JurisdictionGovernment of the Czech Republic
HeadquartersPrague, Czech Republic
50°7.54592′N 14°27.76793′E / 50.12576533°N 14.46279883°E / 50.12576533; 14.46279883
Motto"Sine ira et studio" ("without anger and bias")
EmployeesUnknown
Minister responsible
Agency executive
Parent agencyMinistry of the Interior
Websitewww.uzsi.cz

The Office for Foreign Relations and Information (ÚZSI) (Czech: Úřad pro zahraniční styky a informace) is the main foreign intelligence service of the Czech Republic responsible for the collection, analysis and dissemination of intelligence. It is mandated to provide accurate and timely intelligence to the Government of the Czech Republic that is vital to support and protect foreign and economic policy interests.

The service also protects the country from terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, economic crimes, etc. Powers of the service are determined by the Act N.153/1994 Coll., the Intelligence Services of the Czech Republic Act which also lays out the structure of the organization. Officers of the service are mandated to act in accordance with the agency's code of ethics.[2]

  1. ^ "Katalog firem a institucí • Firmy.cz". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
  2. ^ Who We Are, Retrieved 4/02/2011.