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STUDENTS' E-MAIL NEWS FROM CZECH REPUBLIC
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C A R O L I N A No 120, Friday, May 27, 1994.
FROM THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK (May 18-25)
President Vaclav Havel To Go to Normandy
President Vaclav Havel and his wife, Olga, will take part in the
fiftieth anniversary of the allied landing at Normandy June 5 and 6. Havel
was invited to the celebration by British Queen Elizabeth II, and French
President Francois Mitterand.
Zieleniec Visits Portugal
Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec met with Portugal's Parliament
Chairman Antoni Moreira Barbosa during a two-day visit this week to discuss
the Czech Republic joining Western European organizations.
"The Czech Republic doesn't want to get into Europe to take part in
dividing up funds from Brussels," Zieleniec was quoted as saying by Mlada
Fronta Dnes. "On the contrary, we want to be a country that will soon take
a place among the contributors to these funds." Portugal, one of the
poorest countries in the European Union, is a recipient of funds from
Brussels.
During his visit in Lisbon, Zieleniec signed an agreement to stop
double taxation between the two countries.
Czech and Slovak Education Ministers Sign Reciprocal Agreement
Education Ministers Ivan Pilip of the Czech Republic and Lubomir Haach
of Slovakia signed an agreement May 23 in Prague that will allow the
republics to exchange up to 80 students for university studies, and 10
students for post-graduate studies.
The exchange will primarily affect disciplines not taught, or taught on
an insufficient level, in the other country. Slovaks have expressed
interest in the arts and medicine, while Czech students are interested in
studying at the Transport University in Zilina, or at the Woodworking
Faculty of the Technical University in Zvolen.
Costs of the exchange for the countries are expected to be the same.
The Slovak Minister proposed that Slovaks interested in studying at Czech
schools would have to pay tuition, as would Czechs studying in Slovakia.
Pilip said he will discuss this possibility with Czech rectors.
Vladimir Dlouhy Most Popular Politician
Vladimir Dlouhy (Civic Democratic Alliance - ODA), the minister of
industry and trade, has been the most popular Czech politician for a year.
In a May poll conducted by the by the Center for Empirical Research
(STEM), Dlouhy was in the favor of 87 percent of those questioned. Foreign
Minister Josef Zieleniec (Civic Democratic Party - ODS) was in second
place, with 72 percent.
Third place belongs to Jiri Dienstbier, Free Democrat chairman and the
first post-revolution foreign minister, who is still the most popular
opposing politition.
Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus fell from second to fourth. The STEM
questions didn't include President Vaclav Havel.
Survey Points to Lack of Information About Homosexuality
An informal survey conducted by CAROLINA suggests that Czechs lack
information on homosexuality.
Fifty-seven percent of those questioned said they were not satisfied
with the amount of information available about homosexuality.
Mostly this unsatisfaction appears among young people -age category
around 20.
Seventy-five percent said they disapprove of homosexuality.
To the question, "What is homosexuality?," 80 percent said it is
a sexual orientation, 10 percent said it is deviant and 4 percent said it
is an illness.
A strong majority, 88 percent, said homosexuals should enjoy absolute
equality in terms of civil rights. However, only 55 percent felt
homosexuals should be allowed to adopt. Victor
FROM SLOVAKIA
Leftist Parties Sign Coalition Agreement
The chairmen of the Party of the Democratic Left, the
Social-Democratic Party of Slovakia, the Party of Farmers and the Green
Party signed an agreement May 23 in Bratislava to seek to vote together and
cooperate in other ways.
The three leftist parties and the ecological party will vote for an
European left program which respects the longtime governmental and
political interests of Slovakia, said Democratic Left Chairman Peter Weiss.
The program will also provide realistic hopes for the young generation
and guarantees for good relationships with neighboring countries.
"In the next parliamentary election we will fight for victory," Weiss
said. Dusan
CULTURE
Bob Dylan Will Sing to The Czechs For the First Time
Legendary singer Bob Dylan will perform for a Czech audience for the
first time in his 30-year-career July 16 at the Sport Hall.
The 53-year-old Dylan, together with the Beatles and the Rolling
Stones, fundamentally influenced pop music of the 1960s and became
a significant inspirational source for the Czech folk music scene.
The concert is being organized by the 10:15 Promotion agency.
ECONOMY
Second Round of The Second Privatization Wave Began
The second round of the second wave of the coupon privatization began
Monday. Czechs can choose from 846 enterprises being offered until June 6,
the deadline of this round.
At the same time, citizens are getting information about their orders
from the first round, in which 15 enterprises were sold. Because demand
varied widely in the first wave, based on the quality of offerings, prices
in the second wave vary widely, from with 500 points buying anywhere from
one to 150 shares. (Each citizen has 1,000 points.)
The different prices are expected to shorten the privatization process.
While the duration of the second wave has not been fixed yet, there are
widely expected to be three to six rounds. Pavel
EXCHAGE RATES OF THE CZECH NATIONAL BANK (valid from May 25)
CHECKS CASH
country Buy Sell Middle Buy Sell
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Australia 1 AUD 21.258 21.472 21.365 20.30 22.44
Belgium 100 BEF 85.186 86.042 85.614 82.91 88.31
Great Britain 1 GBP 43.666 44.104 43.885 42.47 45.31
Denmark 1 DKK 4.477 4.523 4.500 4.30 4.70
Finland 1 FIM 5.350 5.404 5.377 4.88 5.88
France 1 FRF 5.127 5.179 5.153 4.95 5.35
Ireland 1 IEP 42.793 43.223 43.008 41.01 45.01
Italy 1000 ITL 18.159 18.341 18.250 17.48 19.02
Japan 100 JPY 27.702 27.980 27.841 26.54 29.14
Canada 1 CAD 21.036 21.248 21.142 20.25 22.03
Lucemburg 100 LUF 85.186 86.042 85.614 82.61 88.61
Netherland 1 NLG 15.628 15.786 15.707 15.23 16.19
Norway 1 NOK 4.048 4.088 4.068 3.92 4.22
New Zealand 1 NZD 17.061 17.233 17.147 16.40 17.90
Portugal 100 PTE 16.939 17.109 17.024 15.84 18.20
Austria 1 ATS 2.492 2.518 2.505 2.45 2.57
Greece 100 GRD 11.881 12.001 11.941 11.23 12.65
Germany 1 DEM 17.533 17.709 17.621 17.16 18.08
Spain 100 ESP 21.307 21.521 21.414 20.41 22.41
Sweden 1 SEK 3.730 3.768 3.749 3.59 3.91
Swiderland 1 CHF 20.539 20.745 20.642 20.14 21.14
USA 1 USD 28.990 29.282 29.136 28.44 29.84
EC-ECU 1 XEU 33.794 34.134 33.964 -- --
IMF-SDR 1 XDR 41.035 41.447 41.241 -- --
Slovakia 1 XCU -- -- 33.964 -- --
SPORT
Sparta Wins First Czech-Moravian Football Title
Just one point was enough for Sparta Prague to clinch the First League
championship three rounds before the end of the season.
In its match, Sparta tied 1:1 with Ostrava 1:1 to earn enough points
for the championship.
In other matches Saturday, Liberec beat Olomouc 2:1 Drnovice-Bohemians
Prague 4:1. Brno tied with Ceske Budejovice 1:1, the same result between
Cheb - Zlin. Plzen won in Hradec Kralove 2:1 and Victoria Zizkov in
Vitkovice 1:2 . In Prague, Slavia beat Dukla 3:2. Dusan
Slovan Bratislava - The Slovak Football Champion
Slovan Bratislava secured the champion's title four rounds before the
end of Slovak First Football league play. In the 28th round, Slovan beat
DAC Dunajska Streda 4:3. Dusan
WEATHER
The weather is playing with us. One day the sun is shining and
temperatures are 25 degrees Centigrade and the next day is cool, rainy and
windy. We expect that the sky will remain cloudy until Friday, but weekend
temperatures should rise to 26 degrees.
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