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STUDENTS' E-MAIL NEWS FROM CZECH REPUBLIC
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C A R O L I N A No 219, Friday, October 18, 1996.
FROM THE EVENT OF THE PAST WEEK (October 9 - 16)
DOMESTIC SCENE
Political Leaders Negotiate Czech-German Declaration
Coalition leaders Vaclav Klaus of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS),
Josef Lux of the Cristian Democratic Union-Czechoslovak Peoples' Party
(KDU-CSL) and Jan Kalvoda of the Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) met
with the leader of the strongest opposition party, Chairman Milos Zeman
of the Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD), to discuss the text of the
long-awaited Czech-German declaration. Czech President Vaclav Havel and
Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec of ODS attended the meeting as well.
The declaration should bring an end to the recent problems in
Czech-German relations.
Some sources say that conflict arose when talks slid from
declaration preparation into politics. Main problem points focused on
the steps that should follow the signing the declaration and
ratification by both houses of Parliament, and about whether Parliament
would have the power to amend it. Zeman insists the text is not
finished, which refutes the statements of the president and prime
minister. Havel is convinced the declaration will be signed by the end
of the year.
David Simonik/Andrea Snyder
State Budget Proposal on Its Way Through
The 1997 state budget proposal squeezed by its first reading in
Parliament with the assistance of four opposition Social Democrats,
including Budget Committee Chairman Josef Wagner and Social Democrat
Vice-Chairman Karel Machovec. One-hundred-and-three of the 200 members
of Parliament voted for the 549.1-billion-crown budget. While 99 of them
were coalition members, the entire remaining opposition was against. Two
Social Democrats declined to vote.
The Social Democrats will not punish the four members who voted
with the coalition, but a break may be coming. Michal Kraus was quoted
in the press as accusing them of accepting bribes, and Wagner
recommended the Mandate and Immunity Committee look into it (this,
however, will not be possible, because he did not make his proposal in
Parliament). Kraus then explained his words as "it is possible to buy
a parliamentary deputy, for example, by patting his head or commending
him in the press." The deputies in question, however, are demanding
a public apology.
Bohdana Rambouskova/Andrea Snyder
Public Confused about Senate
A survey showed that Communists are the best-acquainted with the
soon-to-be-elected Senate, according to results in the October 12 daily
MF DNES about public Senate awareness. Of the Czech Moravain Communist
Party respondents, 38.5 per cent answered correctly, as compared to
37.2 per cent of ruling Civic Democratic Party voters and 36.2 of Civic
Democtatic Alliance supporters. Neo-Fascist Republicans were the least
informed, with only 18.9 per cent giving the correct answer of 81
Senators in the Senate. Republicans will be the only party not
represented in the Senate race in November.
However, the voting population is unclear on other Senate matters
as well. The Senate can influence the state budget, said 33.5 per cent
of respondents, although this power is not in the Constitution. Roughly
two-thirds of those polled, however, knew that the Senate can return
a law to Parliament to be re-discussed, and 63 per cent knew that the
Senate represents Parliament after the lower house is dissolved.
Concerning elections, people know that a majority electoral system
is used for the Senate, but not everyone knows that in some districts,
voters will make the trip to the voting booths again in two years. In
other districts, Senators will be elected in four years, and in yet
others, election will not take place for six years. The Senate elects
one-third of its members every second year.
Libuse Kolouchova/Andrea Snyder
Constitutional Court Approves Three Senate Candidates
The Constitutional Court in Brno decided October 15 that three
applicants to the race for the Senate, whose applications had been
turned away by first the Central Election Committee and then the Supreme
Court (see Carolina 218), would be able to run.
The press reported that the decision made at the Constutional Court
was simple and fast, allowing Kamila Mouckova (an independent running on
the Civic Democratic Alliance's ballot), Czech Ambassador to Germany
Jiri Grusa (Civic Democratic Party) and Jaroslav Sabata, a one-time
member of the Czechoslovak Federal Parliament now running independently,
to enter the race. The Constitutional Court said "natural justice and
decency are more important than the strictness of the law," as quoted by
daily MF DNES.
Although the last day to register was October 16, 10 more possible
candidates turned to the Constitutional Court for a ruling.
Constitutional Court Judge Vojen Guttler said this could delay Senate
elections in the districts of the possible candidates.
Michal Schindler/Andrea Snyder
Bank Investigation Committee Has Leader
By one vote, opposition Social Democrat Jaroslav Basta was elected
head of the parliamentary committee for the investigation of the
Kreditni Banka Plzen crash. Michal Kraus was the Social Democrats'
controversial first choice as committee chairman, and his nomination
caused an uproar on the Parliament floor, mainly because of Kraus'
Communist past (he was a member of the Czech National Council from
1986). The Poldi Steel investigation has yet to get underway, because of
the lack of a majority to elect a committee chairman.
Matej Cerny/Andrea Snyder
ODS to Change Structure
The Civic Democratic Party Executive Council decided at a two-day
seminar in Podebrady to change its management style and methods. Prime
Minister and party Chairman Vaclav Klaus was quoted in daily MF DNES as
saying they are looking for ways to draw the membership base into the
solving of actual problems in raising interest in party membership. For
example, the current five vice-chairmanships will be reduced to four,
the controversial executive vice-chairman position will be eliminated,
as well as the establishment of new positions such as general secretary
(named by the chairman), and chief secretary, who will guarantee party
finances. The Executive Council also proposed the establishment of an
expert commission, which would create party platform documents, a job
heretofore done by individual party ministers. The weekend seminar was
seen as a reaction to the policies some blame for the party's decline in
summer's general elections.
Karolina Cebrovska/Petra Sevcikova
Army Plans Reorganization of Jobs
The army plans in the name of reorganization is to fire about
1,500 civil employees by March 31. Those workers are primarily employed
in the trade area of accomodation and construction services. Another
1,500 employees will likely be let go in the future. Colonel Miroslav
Legl, director of the Defense Ministry's Property Management Division
made these statements at an October 11 press conference organized by the
Czech-Moravian Labor Union of Military Civil Employees.
According to the union Chairman Petr Simerka, it is correct and
necessary to reduce the management at the ministry, but he does not
agree with reducing trade workers taking care of army buildings even in
the remotest areas.
David Vlk/Petra Sevcikova
German Customs Finds Radioactive Cargo
German customs found radioactive copper and bronze scrap October
13 on the Czech-German border, where German customs secured a truck
driving form Russia to Germany. Czech specialists determined the freight
was not harmful to humans, but it is still scheduled to be returned to
Russia.
The truck had to undergo two border controls on Czech territory
(first in Cesky Tesin), but neither noticed the contaminated cargo. The
driver said he was uninformed about the freight.
This case is not rare; in the past, Czech customs allowed vehicles
with radioactive content to continue through the country. Interior
Ministry Spokesman Jan Subert said these are not necessarily cases of
smuggling strategic, radioactive material.
Marketa Kropacova/Petra Sevcikova
General Secretary of Interministry Antidrug Committee Removed
Eva Millerova, general secretary of the Interministry Antidrug
Committee, was removed from office at a private meeting with Prime
Minister Vaclav Klaus October 14. Zdenek Poslusny, former director of
the Physical Education Research Institute, was named her successor.
Experts say Millerova's work had worsened. After her removal, the
first step in reorganizing the committee, they expect improvement in
relation between individual interested parties and more dynamic
international cooperation.
Pavel Novak/Magda Vanova
Minister Pilip Has First Child
Lucie Pilipova, wife of 33-year-old Minister of Education Ivan
Pilip, gave a birth to a daughter October 8.
Black-haired Tereza was born with the assistance of the new father
two weeks before she was due. The minister hurried directly from
Parliament, where the battle of the state budget started, to the Prague
hospital where his wife was giving birth. Immediately after his daughter
was born he returned to his colleagues in Parliament.
Simona Malkovska/Magda Vanova
Prague Metro Catches Fire
The most serious accident in the history of Prague underground (in
transit since 1974) happened October 14 just after 9:30 a.m. morning on
the A (green) line. In the tunnel between Jiriho z Podebrad and Namesti
Miru stations a fire broke out, caused probably by an electrical short
circuit. A heavy smoke containing dangerous chemicals affected 30
passengers, who had to be taken to the hospital. The smoke did not cause
serious health problems to any of them. The traffic on the line was not
restored until late afternoon, after a check of all cables in the area
of the accident. The damage was estimated at 100,000 crowns.
Michaela Klevisova/Magda Vanova
TV Premiera Changes Name
The second-largest private television station, Premiera, is going
to broadcast as Prima, as announced on the channel's news October 15.
Premiera said the request for an approval of the new name will be filed
appropriately with the Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting.
However, legal complications with registering the new name are making
the use of the new name more difficult.
Batyrbek Gaparov/Magda Vanova
Record-holder in Applying for University Study
A record worthy of the Guinness Book of Records was made by a youth
applying to 45 various colleges. One-hundred-and-forty high-school
graduates submitted more than 10 college applications. According to
information released by the Ministry of Education this week, 92,000
applicants filed 220,000 applications. The largest portion (22 per cent)
applied for economic studies, slightly less (20 per cent) for teaching
professions, then came humanities (15 per cent), technical studies (13
per cent) and law (8 per cent).
Batyrbek Gaparov/Magda Vanova
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Indian President Visits Czech Republic
At the Prague Castle October 11 Indian and Czech ministers, in the
presence of Indian President Shankar Dalai Sharma and Czech President
Vaclav Havel, signed an agreement on investment protection and cultural
cooperation.
During his three-day visit in the Czech Republic, the Indian
president also met Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus and the Parliament
Chairman Milos Zeman. On the weekend, Shankar visited Karlovy Vary
(Carlsbad), where he took in spa colonnades and a warm spa geyser.
Lucie Podesvova/Denisa Vitkova
FROM SLOVAKIA
Slovaks to Decide Entry into NATO And EU in Referendum
The Slovak government coalition has agreed that entry into the EU
and NATO will be decided by the citizens of Slovakia in a referendum in
February 1997. According to the October 12 edition of Czech daily MF
DNES, the announcement was made by Parliament Vice-Chairman and
coalition party the Association of Slovak Workers Chairman Jan L'uptak.
According to public opinion research, 58.8 per cent of responding
citizens would vote for joining the EU, but only 43 per cent would agree
to Slovakia's becoming a member of NATO.
Jan Potucek/Denisa Vitkova
Slovak Economic Results a Surprise
The Slovak national economy shows an increase in almost all
spheres - according to an OECD study published October 10 in Czech daily
MF DNES. In comparison with the Czech Republic, Slovakia has a bigger
increase in gross national product in the first six months of 1996; its
annual inflation rate is about 5.2 per cent, almost 4 per cent less than
in the Czech Republic. Slovakia also leads in dynamic imports in the
first half-year. However, one of the problems of Slovak economy is the
rate of unemployment, at 12.5 per cent, four times higher than in the
Czech Republic. Concerning export, Slovakia lags behind as well - its
exports, in prices, grew at only 2.4 percent, and volume decreased by
6.5 per cent.
Jan Potucek/Denisa Vitkova
ECONOMY
Economic Ministers against Growth of Trade Deficit
The fight against still-growing trade deficit, which reached 101
billion crowns during the first eight months of 1996 (see Carolina 217)
was the main topic of economic ministers' meeting October 15.
"The trade deficit has reached an unpleasant level, though the aim
of economic measures is not to attain the opposite - that means export
exceeding import," said Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus, according to the
daily Hospodarske noviny October 16.
In the following two years the government will try to slow the
foreign trade growth, after which the deficit should decrease. Many
finance specialists have wondered aloud about a crown devaluation for
several months, nevertheless the ministers did not present any
exchange-rate measures nor does the prime minister wish to consider the
use of this oft-discussed weapon. According to the government, budget
and currency policies are most important, and thus the state budget
should remain balanced in future years and the central bank should not
loosen its anti-inflation measures.
Roman Jedlicka/Katerina Zachovalova
Prague Cabbies Raise Fares
Together with the deregulation of taxi fares (a decision made by
Prague City Hall October 15), the majority of Prague cab drivers started
to charge more for their services. Regulated prizes had fluctuated
around 12 crowns per kilometer, now the rate is about 16 crowns to 18
crowns.
A minute of waiting costs 20 crowns to 30 crowns (before it was 10
crowns). "Taxi drivers were still not able to cover all elementary
running expenses and they had to get money from their customers
somehow," said Taxi Guild Director Pavel Pavlat. Fares and other prices
for services, which can be set by the drivers themselves, can also jump
more than 100 per cent.
New rates must be shown on the outside of the taxi door or on
another visible place. "A customer can choose the one whose prizes are
the most suitable," said Pavlat. The biggest Prague dispatchers
providing non-stop telephone taxi services will not rush into price
deregulation, for competition reasons, and at least until the end of
October will charge the old prices.
Jakub Prochazka/Katerina Zachovalova
MARKETS AND COMPANIES
* The PX-50 official Prague stock exchange index continued its fall
- its value sat at 535.5 points October 16. The long-term decrease is
caused mainly by the most traded shares such as SPT Telecom (trade
volume of more than 20 million crowns) reached a price of 3,090 crowns
October 16, its lowest since March.
* More than two-thirds of the shares of traditional south Bohemian
carp supplier Rybarstvi Trebon were transferred in a direct trade on the
stock exchange.
* The Czechoslovak Trade Bank (CSOB) has probably bought a large
stake in the North Moravian Gas Company (Severomoravska plynarenska
- see Carolina 217). CSOB's spokesman confirmed that the bank is buying
the shares for an unnamed investor. Moravian gasmen are well-off this
year, according to updated estimates. 1996 profits will probably reach
100 million crowns, twice the original predictions.
* According to the daily Hospodarske noviny from October 16, the
Motokov International company confirmed contracts with foreign partners
on the production and export of 12,000 Zetor tractors by the end of
1999. The tractors are manufactured in Brno (their export accounts for
about 94 per cent of all production) are already on American, French,
Finnish, Canadian or Irish markets.
* The traditional producer of Czech safety matches Susice SOLO will
have a new owner - probably the Efekta Finance financial group from
Brno. Efekta will gain almost 50 per cent of the poorly functioning
company from the Czech Savings Bank (Ceska sporitelna), Zivnobanka and
Czech Insurance (Ceska pojistovna) investment companies. According to
Efekta Director Jan Dundela, share price should fluctuate around 750
crowns, the last Prague Stock Exchange price being 203 crowns. New
business goals or methods to solve crises are not yet known, according
to the October 16 edition of daily MF DNES.
* The National Property Fund announced a tender for the sale of all
the shares of Litomerice Brewery (Pivovar Litomerice). The criteria will
foremost be the highest offer (the fund set an orientation price of
46.5 million crowns). Brewery production is around 66 hectolitres per
year. The company is not very attractive because of old technology and
hard-to-recover debts.
Martin Ceramak/Katerina Zachovalova
View of the Czech Economy Changed
While the Prague Stock Exchange Index continues to fall, other East
European countries have no reason to complain about any lack of investor
interest. Indexes of the Polish, Hungarian, even Russian stock exchanges
are on the rise and trade volumes are comparatively high.
One of the causes of the Czech decline is considered the change in
evaluation of the Czech economy abroad. While at the beginning of this
year superpositive appreciations of the Czech economy were common and
frequent (namely in the period of Czech entry into the OECD), now
positive news are decreasing and negative reports are increasing in the
foreign press. Foreign brokerage houses are not short of harsh and
consistently critical attitudes towards the intransparency and
immmaturity of the Czech capital market.
Martin Cermak/Milan Smid
Exchange Rates at the Czech National Bank
(valid from October 11)
country currency
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Australia 1 AUD 21.588
Belgium 100 BEF 85.915
Great Britain 1 GBP 43.297
Denmark 1 DKK 4.623
Finland 1 FIM 5.935
France 1 FRF 5.235
Ireland 1 IEP 43.658
Italy 1000 ITL 17.718
Japan 100 JPY 24.318
Canada 1 CAD 20.135
Luxemburg 100 LUF 85.915
Netherlands 1 NLG 15.776
Norway 1 NOK 4.177
New Zealand 1 NZD 19.074
Portugal 100 PTE 17.559
Austria 1 ATS 2.517
Greece 100 GRD 11.318
Slovakia 100 SKK 87.142
Germany 1 DEM 17.709
Spain 100 ESP 21.044
Sweden 1 SEK 4.108
Switzerland 1 CHF 21.497
USA 1 USD 27.269
ECU 1 XEU 33.993
SDR 1 XDR 39.166
CULTURE
Jaroslav Seifert Prize for 1996
On October 9 two poets, Jirina Haukova and Zbynek Hejda, became
the newest laureates of the prestigious Jaroslav Seifert Prize in the
assembly hall of Zivnostenska banka in Prague. Haukova, the first female
laureate, was recognized for her book The Light in September, which
includes poetry from 1978 through 1984. Hejda won favor with his Valse
Melancolique. Both books were published last year.
The prize, awarded every year, was originated by the Charta 77
Foundation shortly after the death of Nobel laureate Jaroslav Seifert in
1986. Other Jaroslav Seifert Prize winners include top Czech writers
like Bohumil Hrabal and Ivan Divis. Besides the prestige connected with
the award, laureates also receive a financial gift of 250,000 crowns,
provided by the sponsor - Zivnostenska banka.
Ondrej Slavik/Denisa Vitkova
Milos Forman Brings New Film To Prague
Czech-born director Milos Forman (Amadeus, One Flew Over The
Cuckoo's Nest) and others involved in his new film The People versus
Larry Flynt arrived in Prague October 14, just after the film's premiere
in New York.
The film is based on the career of Larry Flynt, who accompanied
Forman to Prague. This founder of striptease bars and publisher of
pornographic magazines was shot years ago and is now confined to
a wheelchair. Flynt also acts in the film, which deals with the conflict
of pornography and morality, paradoxically in the role of a judge that
could send him to prison for life.
Along with Flynt and Forman, the film's star, Woody Harrelson, and
rock singer Courtney Love made the trip. Harrelson, known for Oliver
Stone's Natural Born Killers, plays Flynt. Love, famous as Kurt
Cobain's widow, is Flynt's wife in the film.
Forman brought the film to Prague in order to show it to his
friends in the Czech Republic, including President Vaclav Havel. Havel
and his late wife Olga Havlova helped Forman as consultants, when Forman
was choosing an actress for the role of Flynt's wife.
In the end, Havel did not attend the first run of the film at the
Prague Castle, where many VIPs and Holywood guests were in attendance.
Havel got acquainted with Forman's new work later, at a private showing
with Forman and the Czech Ambassador to the United States Michael
Zantovsky, who interpreted the English dialogue for Havel. According to
the daily MF DNES, Havel did not want to meet Flynt personally during
the first performance because such a meeting could be understood as
support of pornography.
Michal Schindler/Jan Majer
Czech Books At Frankfurt Fair
Among almost 7,000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, the
Czech Republic introduced its production at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Twenty-five 25 Czech publishers were presenting their products from
October 2-7 and, financialy supported by the Ministry of Culture,
a national exposition was making visitors acquainted with the Prague
National Gallery and Czech National Library. A part of the exposition
was also a collection of the most beautiful books published in the Czech
Republic in 1995.
The Czech exposition could easily be overlooked among publishing
giants such as Germany, the United States, Great Britain or China.
Expositons of central and eastern European countries were placed on the
periphery of an exposition area, because of the expansion of multimedia.
The Frankfurt fair is a very important event, where many contracts
are arranged, and, according to fair manager Peter Weidhaas, about 80
per cent of world copyright transmissions and licences are signed.
Lucie Vackova/Jan Majer
Multimedia Installation in Rudolfinum
In Prague's Rudolfinum an exeptional exhibition of multimedia art,
Along the Frontiers, will continue until November 24. Four American
artists - Ann Hamilton, Bruce Nauman, Frencesco Torres and Bill Viola
- are displaying works created specially for the Rudolfinum (the seat of
the Czechoslovak Parliament between the world wars), works the typical
Czech gallery-goer has not yet had the chance to see.
Jaroslav Schovanec /Zuzana Kawaciukova
Legend of Modern Ballet in Prague
Mikhail Baryshnikov, a living legend of world ballet, presented the
opening performance of his European tour on the stage of Prague's
National Theater October 16-7. Viennese audiences will see him next,
though "only" as a member of the White Oak Chamber Ensemble.
Lenka Javurkova/Zuzana Kawaciukova
Kolya Waits for Oscar Nomination
The members of the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) October
11 chose the popular Kolya, directed by Jan Sverak and written by and
starring his father, Zdenek, as the Czech representative for an Oscar in
the category of best foreign film for 1996. The international appeal of
the movie was proved by its garnering the main prize at the Tokyo
International Film Festival (see Carolina 218).
Lenka Javurkova/Zuzana Kawaciukova
Czech Musical Dracula Celebrates First Birthday
The most expensive Czech musical, Dracula, celebrated one year of
existence October 3. The authors of the text are Zdenek Borovec and
Richard Hes, the author of the music is Karel Svoboda. Public favor was
won foremost by costumes designed by Theodor Pistek (Milos Forman's
frequent coworker), the staging (Daniel Dvorak) and the acting and
singing of the performers (Lucie Bila, Daniel Hulka, Leona Machalkova,
Jiri Korn, Pavel Vitek and others).
The project of producers duo Egon Kulhanek and Daniel Honzik had
counted on a five-month run, but the public decided otherwise. Half
a million spectators have bought tickets (ranging in price from 65
crowns to 450 crowns) for the two-hour performance in Prague's Palace of
Culture. Dracula has won two platinum albums (for more than 50,000
albums sold) and one gold record. Every Saturday during the summer
Dracula was performed in English.
Jana Wiesnerova/Zuzana Kawaciukova
SPORT
Second-Round Results in European Soccer Cups
Slavia Praha met the Spanish team FC Valencia in its first game of
the second round of the UEFA Cup at home in Prague October 16. Slavia
lost the game 0-1 when the winning goal was scored in the 73rd minute by
Spanish forward Moya.
Also, Sparta Praha lost its first second-round European Cup
Winner's Cup game October 17, this time against the Italian team AC
Fiorentina 2-1. Since Sparta played its first match in Italy, it is
still keeping some hope alive for advancing into the next round.
Honza Mazak/Milan Smid
Velka Pardubicka Steeplechase: Irish Favorites Defeated
The most popular and the oldest steeplechase in the Czech Republic,
the Velka Pardubicka, took place in Pardubice October 13. The Czech
horse Cipisek ridden by Russian jockey Vladislav Smitkovskij won the
106th running. Two favored horses from Ireland - It's a Snip (jockey
Richard Dunwoody) and Irish Stamp (jockey Norman Williamson) - finished
third and second, respectively. No demonstration by animal rights
activists, as occured in previous years, took place this time.
Vit Bartak/Milan Smid
Soccer League: Boby Brno Loses Lead, Opava Defeated
In the ninth round of the Czech Soccer league (October 11-3) the
first-place team, Boby Brno, lost in Jablonec 4-1 and was surpassed in
the standings by Slovan Liberec, which defeated Hradec Kralove 1-0.
According to the press, the best game of the round took place in Opava,
where the home team was defeated by Sparta Praha 2-0.
Results of the 9th round (October 11-3): Kaucuk Opava - Sparta Praha
0-2, Banik Ostrava - Viktoria Plzen 1-1, Jablonec - Boby Brno 4-1,
Slavia Praha - Petra Drnovice 3-0, Hradec Kralove - Slovan Liberec 0-1,
Bohemians Praha - Sigma Olomouc 1-3, Viktoria Zizkov - FC Karvinna 1-0,
Ceske Budejovice - FK Teplice 5-4.
Standing after the 9th round: 1. Slovan Liberec 18 points, 2. Boby
Brno 17, 3. Kaucuk Opava 16, 4. Jablonec 14, 5. Petra Drnovice 14, 6. FK
Teplice 14, 7. Slavia Praha 13, 8. Sigma Olomouc 13, 9. Banik Ostrava
11, 10. Sparta Praha 10, 11. Ceske Budejovice 10, 12. Viktoria Plzen
10, 13. FC Karvina 9, 14. Viktoria Zizkov 8, 15. Bohemians Praha 8, 16.
Hradec Kralove 6.
Hockey Extraleague Results
Results of the 10th round: Slavia - Sparta 6-4, Olomouc - Trinec
1-1, Jihlava - Ceske Budejovice 1-3, Litvinov - Kladno 4-3, Vitkovice
- Opava 3-2, Pardubice - Vsetin 1-2, Zlin - Plzen 5-2.
Results of the 11th round: Opava - Olomouc 1-2, Ceske Budejovice
- Litvinov 4-1, Plzen - Vitkovice 3-2, Trinec - Jihlava 5-1, Kladno
- Pardubice 3-1, Vsetin - Slavia 4-1, Sparta - Zlin 3-3.
Standings after the 11th round: 1. Vsetin 16 (32-23), 2. Sparta 14
(48-31), 3. Vitkovice 14 (25-20), 4. Zlin 13 (32-31), 5. Trinec 12
(30-21), 6. Plzen 12 (35-36), 7. Kladno 12 (25-26), 8. Slavia 11
(31-32), 9. Pardubice 11 (33-39), 10. Opava 10 (30-31), 11. C.
Budejovice 9 (25-28), 12. Litvinov 9 (31-35), 13. Olomouc 8 (16-23),
14. Jihlava 3 (26-43).
Pavel Novak
Fourth Terry Fox Run in Prague
The fourth-annual Czech version of the famous Terry Fox Run took
place in Prague October 12. The record number of 4,703 runners, among
them several entertainment celebrities like actors Pavel Novy or Jan
Censky, attended this humanitarian and sporting event. Prague Mayor Jan
Koukal started the run, proceeds of which are dedicated to cancer
research.
Ondra Provaznik/Milan Smid
WEATHER
The sun has been merciful to us in recent days. Warm jackets and coats
could be left in closets for a while, the temperature was a pleasant and
mild 15 degrees to 19 degrees Celsius/60 degrees to 63 degrees
Fahrenheit. Fall reminded us of its approach with morning fogs and
evening chilliness. On October 12 we could observe through our own eyes
the partial eclipse of the sun.
Michaela Klevisova/Milan Smid
English version edited by Michael Bluhm
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Please, don't send commands SUB, SIGNOFF, NOMAIL etc to the address
CAR-CS@listserv.cesnet.cz or CAR-ENG@listserv.cesnet.cz!
