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| 1993, Jan. 26 |
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| Václav Havel was elected president of the Czech Republic; he was sworn in on Feb. 2. | 1 |
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| Jan. 12 |
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| The Slovak cabinet formally took office. | 2 |
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| Feb. 8 |
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| Two separate currencies came into force for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. | 3 |
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| Feb. 15 |
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| Michal Kovac was elected president of Slovakia. | 4 |
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| March 8 |
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| The Czech Republic tightened borders between itself and Slovakia and Germany to prevent illegal immigrants to Germany. | 5 |
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| March 17 |
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| The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved credit for the Czech Republic based on its 1993 economic program. | 6 |
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| March 30–31 |
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| Michal Kovac made his first official visit to the Czech capital as president of Slovakia. | 7 |
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| April 26 |
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| In Bratislava, 4,500 people protested against the Slovak government's economic and social policies. | 8 |
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| July 7 |
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| The National Council in Slovakia approved legislation allowing the use of foreign first names and surnames and allowing women to drop the Slavic suffix “-ova” from their surnames. | 9 |
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| July 9 |
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| The Czech Republic's Chamber of Deputies voted the former communist regime illegal, thus allowing prosecutions for crimes committed for political reasons. | 10 |
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| July 27 |
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| The IMF approved a loan to assist the transformation of the Slovak economy. | 11 |
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| Sept. 20 |
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| A readmission treaty was signed between Slovakia and Romania, allowing each country to repatriate illegal aliens. | 12 |
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