anthology of poetry by contemporary Slovak poets living in the territory of the former Yugoslavia) Wine Praktický sprievodca slovenskými vínami (Practical Guide of Slovak Wines) (2006) Diplomatic career Since the end of the 1980s, he has been active in diplomacy. He served as an ambassador of Slovakia in France, Belgium and Luxembourg. In 2006 Lipka became the Referendum Commission President (Chairman of the Electoral Commission) for the upcoming Montenegrin Independence Referendum and was in charge of supervision over the course of the referendum, its results and a safeguard of the adherence to correct and valid election processes. On Monday, 22 May 2006 he announced that the preliminary results of the referendum were 55.4% in favor of independence, thus meeting the previously set independence requirement in the form of a supermajority threshold of 55% in favor. References https://web.archive.org/web/20071018023055/http://www.oiv.int/es/accueil/index.php http://www.culture.gov.sk/files/file1310.html 1963 births Living people Slovak poets Slovak translators Slovak diplomats European Union diplomats Sommeliers Academic staff of the University of Novi Sad Ambassadors of Slovakia to France Ambassadors of Slovakia to Belgium Ambassadors of Slovakia to Luxembourg Slovak officials of the European Union