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STUDENT'S E-MAIL NEWS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Faculty of Social Science of Charles University
Smetanovo nabr. 6
110 01 Prague 1
C.S.F.R.
e-mail address: CAROLINA@CSEARN.BITNET
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C A R O L I N A No 10, Friday, January 17, 1992.
The E-mail News from Czechoslovakia
This news may be published only with the "CAROLINA" designation.
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THE EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK
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THE EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK (from January 8-15)
Petr Pithart in Ukrainia
The Czech delegation led by Czech prime minister Petr Pithart ended
its officiall visit in Ukrainia on Saturday, January 11.
Vice-chairmans of both governments, J. Strasky and O. Slepicev signed
a declaration saying that now there are good conditions for a mutual
assistance. Invoices will be covered partly by convertibile currency
and by an exchange of goods.
The delegation also signed a negotiation to smooth the property
reparation of Czechs from Volyn who moved to Czechoslovakia after
Chernobyl's catastrophe and who had to leave all property and savings
in Ukrainia.
Petr Pithart expressed his fear of too much optimism of Ukrainia's
representatives. Ukrainian President Kravcuk and the prime minister
both said that the exchange rate between Ukrainia's currency and the
dollar will be 1:1.
Trial with ex-minister of interior affairs
A trial with the ex-minister of interior affairs Frantisek Kincl, his
first deputy Alois Lorenz and the head of counter-intelligence Karel
Vykypel started in the army superior court in Tabor on January 14. The
trial is expected to last more then two months and is going to become
the longest trial since November 1989.
The defendants are accused of abusing public agent' authority. They
ordered the imprisonment of dozens of people including Vaclav Havel,
Petr Pithart, Petr Uhl during the protest actions in 1988 and 1989. A.
Lorenz is also charged with ordering to destroy the materials of Public
Security at the end of November 1989.
Strike of controllers is canceled
The time-unlimited emergency of long-distance controllers which was
planned for and could have effected all Czechoslovakian airports was
canceled on January 10.
The Ministry of Transportation accepted all demands from the
deputies of controllers' trade union except the demand for higher
salaries. Although controllin is exactiong work, the pay increase
can't be accepted.
The demands will be discussed further.
Sharemen's feaver
The number of registered voucher-book holders reached the total of one
million in Czechoslovakia last weekend.
The most aggresive is Harvard Investment's Fund whose deputies contact
people are trying to get points from their voucher books. Harvard
Investment's Funds owned by Harvard Capital and Consulting joint-stock
company offer to buy shares after one year for ten times more than the
original price- 10 360 Kcs.
Czechoslovakia has one half million unemployed
Registered unemployment in Czechoslovakia reached 523,700 on
December 31. The unemployment rate is 6.6 percent. December showed the
lowest unemployment increase, about 23 500 in comparison to other
months. In the Czech republic there were 221 749 people without work.
The Czech unemployment rate is 4.1 percent. In Slovakia 301 951 poople
are unemployed, unemployment rate is 11.8 percent. The lowest number
unemployed is in Prague and Bratislava, the highest is in Northern
Moravia and Western Slovakia.
The best sportsmen of 1991 in Czechoslovakia
Radomir Simunek, cyclo-cross biker topped the poll of
Czechoslovakian sports reporters as the best sportsman of 1991. He is
the first cyclo-cross biker in Czechoslovakia to win world titles in
all categories, junior, amateur and professional. The second-best
sportsman of 1991 is ski-boarder Vaclav Chalupa, silver medalist in
skiing in Vienna and winner of the World Cup. The third-best sportsman
listed is wrestler,Jozef Lohyna.
Other places belong to tennisplayers Jana Novotna and Ivan Lendl,
motobiker Jaroslav Katrinak, athletes Robert Zmelik and Jan Zelezny,
best football man of 1991 Tomas Skuhravy and shot-putter Lubos
Racansky.
Table tennis team the prize for best group of the year. They were
third in the World Championship.
The prize for "Discovery of the Year" was won by Milan Kucera, born in
1974.
REPORT FROM CHARLES UNIVERSITY AND ITS FACULTIES
Sociology in a new situation
On January 8th, Czech Sociological Society of Jan Masaryk together
with the sociological faculty of Charles University held a discussion
about "Changes in Sociological Investigations". Many specialists from
different sociological fields contributed to the discussion with their
thoughts about changes and tasks will be necessary for sociology during
the transformation of our society. The speed of development pushes the
investigations, for example public opinion surveys. The topical results
are the most important explained contributors at the meeting.
Publishing the results, building new information channels that
provide the results of investigation to all interested people are
a problem too. The finding of new sponsors and creationg new
foundations will aid the sociological research funding.
Not only sociology is faced with this problem, because in the past
all Czechoslovakian sciences were financed by the state. Participation
in international projects could help the sociologists to commercially
use the results of their inestigations.
CULTURAL SERVICE
European literal coffee-shops
"Middle Europe starts in that place, where you can sit behind the
table, order coffee and read a newspaper" was said in the opening of
the exhibition "European literal coffee-shops" on January 7. The
exhibition is being held in the Center of folklore art,ULUV, in the
center of Prague, Narodni Street No 36.
On National street, formerly Ferdinand street, there were
coincidentally two famous caffee shops: Unionka on the corner of
National and Perstyn street was a meeting place of our writers and
journalists Jaroslav Hasek, Eduard Bass, Frantisek Langer, Karel Capek
and Josef Capek as well as artists, architects and politicians. Unionka
also saw the generation of Nezval, Seifer and Teige that founded the
art group "Devetsil". Nezval and Seifer later moved to the coffee shop
Slavia at the end of the National street. Slavia is an important place
for our artists now as well. Poet Jiri Kolar, today living in Paris,
had his own table here. Artists, philospohers and play-wrights
,including Vaclav Havel went to Slavia as well. No wonder Slavia became
a favourite place of the few generations of photograph directors
because the Charles University faculty of cinema art is just around the
corner. Today in the coffee shop there are discussions students, old
ladies, foreigners, hopeful and hopeless people.
Coffee shops with their charming atmosphere and discussions created
the history of Czech, French, Italian, German and Vienna's avantgarda
. It was possible to read all important press
drinking one cup of coffee . There were some timely foreign newspapers,
students preparing for exams, journalists writing their articles here.
You could just come and wait. Each time you found somebody interesting.
German intellectuals also had their own favourite coffee shop in Prague
in Arco. Oskar Baum, Paul Eisner, Franz Werfel, Ernest Pollack, Max
Brod and Franz Kafka met there. Arco was visited by the recently
recognized Milena Jesenska as well.
Prague's exhibition remain common European cultural atmosphere in
the beginning of the century and art streams'sharing in our region.
Today in Prague, Berlin or Wiena is possible to read newspapers from
the whole world. But you can't get them in Prague coffee shop.
Exhibition was organized by French institutes , cultural centres of
European cities and Czech Ministry of Culture. The exhibition will take
place from January 7 to February 8.
Czechoslovakian first run of the movie "South against North"
The famous Hollywood's movie "South against North" had
Czechoslovakian first run in Prague on January 12. Maria Podhradska
from Bratislava won a competition "We look for Scarlett O'Hara". She
looks most similar as the actresse Vivien Leighova, star from legendary
American movie.
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