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STUDENTS' E-MAIL NEWS FROM CZECH REPUBLIC
Faculty of Social Science of Charles University
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C A R O L I N A No 238, Friday, March 14, 1997.
FROM THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK (March 5-12)
First Step towards NATO Successful - with One Small Catch
The Czech Republic sailed through the first round of NATO
preparation evaluations with ease, placing first among NATO hopefuls.
Anthony Cragg, deputy general secretary of NATO for defense planning and
policy, said that nothing should stop the Czech Republic from signing
a document in Brussels, on the basis of which they should be invited to
enter NATO. The document will have to be approved by all 16 member
countries for the Czechs to gain admittance.
The one dark spot in this bright picture is the brewing affair of
the lost NATO documents, which supposedly list the standards the Czech
Republic must meet. The Ministry of Defense has 595 of the 650 standards
documents they should have. Although Defense Minister Miloslav Vyborny
denies it, the missing documents should be somewhere at the ministry.
The official cause of the mix-up is the disorganization surrounding
representatives of the ministry during their visits to Brussels to
receive the documents. NATO headquarters did not precisely register how
the documents changed hands. Sources from the Ministry of Defense are
talking about criminal negligence and irresponsibility of the
ministry's employees while working with the documents. Some of the
papers were found at the bottom of a cabinet in an empty, seal room,
which was once part of a department that no longer exists. Although NATO
representatives were stunned by the Ministry's approach to documents of
such importance, they said that this incident will not influence the
Czech Republic's NATO entry.
Jaroslav Schovanec/Andrea Snyder
Romanian and Czech Presidents Talk in Prague
Romanian President Emil Constantinescu visited the Czech Republic
March 10-11. At a meeting with President Vaclav Havel, he said that
Romania is fully prepared to enter NATO. They agreed that
post-communist countries should not compete for NATO entry, but should
instead focus on cooperation.
Constantinescu also met with Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus regarding
the recently begun economic reforms in Romania. The Romanian president
said Czech reforms could become a model for Romania in many ways.
Ondra Provaznik/Andrea Snyder
Iranian Foreign Minister Visits Czech Republic
Czech Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec and Prime Minister Vaclav
Klaus met with Iranian head of diplomacy Ali Abkar Velayati March 11.
They discussed ties between the two countries, international terrorism,
the European integration process and the situation in the Middle East.
Ondra Provaznik/Andrea Snyder
Unions Bash New Railways Director
Vladimir Sosna replaced Rudolf Mladek as General Director of Czech
Railways March 10. Sosna had been director of the Trade Operations
Division. Union leaders were threatening strikes last week, saying that
agreements on re-organization were not being kept. Union leader Jaromir
Dusek told Czech Television that Sosna, as a member of Mladek's
management, was also responsible for wasting money on the rails. He also
confirmed the threat of a new strike.
Minister of Tranportation Martin Riman (Civic Democratic Party)
says, however, that Sosna is a guarantee of continuing necessary
railroad transformation. He told Czech daily MF DNES that union leaders
are probably going to slander all Czech Railways general directors until
a union leader is sitting in that chair.
Jakub Prochazka/Andrea Snyder
Teachers' Union Threatens General Strike
At a two-day meeting of the Czech-Moravian School Employees Union
(CMOS) March 7-8, leaders decided to continue their strike readiness.
Teachers plan to demonstrate on Prague's Wenceslas Square for higher
wages. Union leaders have already decided to write a petition opposing
the proposal that the amount of required teachers' hours be increased.
If the government passes this bill, the union will send a complaint to
the International Labor Organization.
CMOS Chairman Jaroslav Rossler says that increasing the number of
required hours would be a breach of the Labor Act. Education Minister
Ivan Pilip maintains that increasing teachers' wages depends on
intensifying their work.
The union discussed many other steps, like announcing a nationwide
teachers' strike or blocking the high school final exams needed for
university entrance.
Michaela Klevisova/Andrea Snyder
Republican Chairman's Arrest Legal
The State Prosecutor's Office confirmed March 7 that the police had
acted in accordance with the law when they detained parliamentary deputy
and neo-Fascist boss Miroslav Sladek one week ago. At the time, his
immunity had not been removed in writing.
Although investigator Vaclav Kubik had confirmed Sladek's status
over the phone with the secretary of the Mandate and Immunity Committee,
his move caused an uproar in Parliament. Minister of the Interior Jan
Ruml joined the opposition and some of the coalition in promising an
investigation of the legality of the arrest (see Carolina 237).
Sladek, chairman of the Association for the Republic-Czechoslovak
Republican Party, was arrested for his statements at a demonstration
against the Czech-German Declaration in front of Lichtenstein Palace in
Prague. Among other things, he said that too few Germans were killed
during the war. He may be sentenced to as many as two years for inciting
racial and national hatred.
David Simonek/Andrea Snyder
BIS Missing More Documents
Jaroslav Jira, provisional director of the Security Information
Service (BIS), confirmed that five pages torn from secret service
volumes are real. They show that the BIS monitored the activities of
people and organizations concerned with the Czech-German Declaration.
The documents were sent anonymously to the Chairman of the
Pan-European Union Rudolf Kucera (who is also chairman of the Political
Studies Institute at the Faculty of Social Sciences). Kucera in turn
gave them to Jaroslav Basta, head of Parliament's Commission for Secret
Service Control.
Vit Bartek/Andrea Snyder
Justice Minister Parkanova Will Recall Attorney General
Newly appointed Minister of Justice Vlasta Parkanova (see Carolina
229) announced her intention to recall Attorney General Bohumira
Kopecna, after a meeting of female public officials with President
Vaclav Havel's wife Dagmar at the Prague Castle March 11. Parkanova
refused to comment on the reasons for Kopecna's dismissal before
informing the Cabinet.
Kopecna revealed that she had learned of Minister Parkanova's
intentions March 10, and that Parkanova reproached her for managerial
incompetence and for not elaborating a strategy for the Attorney
General's Office. Kopecna rejected these charges in a Czech Television
interview. Some reservations about Kopecna's performance were also
expressed by two former justice ministers, Jiri Novak (Civic Democratic
Party), who appointed Kopecna as attorney general, and Jan Kalvoda
(Civic Democratic Alliance). Kopecna's most likely successor is Vit
Vesely, High State Attorney from Olomouc.
Batyr Gaparov/Milan Smid
Michael Zantovsky on ODA Chairman Ballot
Senator and former Czech ambassador to the US Michael Zantovsky
confirmed his interest in the chairmanship of the Civic Democratic
Alliance (ODA). Daniel Kroupa, Jiri Skalicky, Karel Ledvinka, and Libor
Kudlacek are already on the ballot. Trade Minister Vladimir Dlouhy has
still not ruled out the possibility of his candidacy.
Zantovsky decided to "offer his face" to the ODA because the party,
he said, needs a new face. If elected chairman, he would stress the
"rule of law" in the party, he said.
Zantovsky gained the support of the southern Bohemian ODA
organization, and experts rate Zantovsky the leading candidate thanks to
strong public recognition.
Vit Bartek/Milan Smid
New Visa Should Clip Eastern Europeans' Wings
Interior Minister Jan Ruml and Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec
(both Civic Democratic Party) are to present the government a new visa
policy that would correspond to visa practics in European Union
countries.
The first step is to be the establishment of visa requirements with
states having a visa-free relationship with the Czech Republic and visa
requirements with EU states. Also, according to the new law, long-term
residency would be eliminated. Instead of residency, foreigners who want
to work, launch a business or study here would ask for
a special-purpose visa, which would be valid for one year. There will
also be new laws for employing foreigners and for foreigners doing
business here.
The new, proposed laws for foreign stays and asylum which the
government passed March 5 are only a part of extensive measures the
cabinet intends to enact in the future towards foreigners, especially
those from the former Soviet Union.
Lucie Podesvova/Denisa Vitkova
Lower Speeds on Czech Roads
Beginning in June, the Interior Ministry is to lower the speed
limit in cities from the present 60 kilometers per hour (about 36 miles
per hour) to 50 km/h (30 mph); the speed limit on highways would rise to
120 km/h (72 mph). The main goal of the ministry is to lower the number
of fatal accidents - the same effect has been found after reducing the
speed limit to 50km/h (30 mph) in many European countries.
Traffic safety specialists claim the braking distance necessary for
cars rapidly shrinks, while drivers have more time to react to
unforeseen situations. The fact is also that pedestrians' chances to
survive increase by up to 50 per cent when a car hits them at the lower
speed.
However, police are protesting against raising the speed limit on
the highways, because safety will decrease thanks to the highways' low
quality (the Brno-Prague highway is 20 years old, for example).
David Simonik/Denisa Vitkova
Prison Threatens New Poldi Owners
A few years in prison are facing Josef Vostarek and Pavel
Satoransky, managers of the ProWin company that bought the firm Bohemia
Art, together with its majority share of Kladno Poldi Steelworks, from
Marko Stehlik in early March. "Both of them can be sentenced to two to
eight years of prison," said Prague State Attorney's Office spokesman
Slavomir Novak for the daily Slovo. In August 1996, the entrepreneurs
cut up the face of the girlfriend of a man who was supposed to have
caused the death of Satoransky's lover. The ProWin representatives are
also suspected of committing two more violent crimes, according to
Slovo.
Jakub Prochazka/Denisa Vitkova
FROM SLOVAKIA
Slovak Actors Lose Patience
On the morning of March 10 about 200 Slovak artists gathered in
front of the Ministry of Culture building in Bratislava to demonstrate
their disagreement with the ministry's practices. Although theaters have
been on strike since February 22, Minister Hudec does not seem to be
concerned.
That same day a group of opposition legislators was finishing
research on the dealings of the ministry. They were also planning to
discuss the 16 striking theaters. The protest demonstration, during
which the artists entered the ministry building, was directly caused by
the fact that Hudec had permitted the opposition deputies only to enter
the hall. About 60 actors, journalists and opposition deputies settled
themselves in front of the minister's office on the first floor,
requesting a dialogue. Hudec met only with the deputies, while the
artists were promised a discussion March 13. Hudec did not, however,
sign an agreement to have the discussion, the minister instead fled the
building after police announced they had found a bomb. But the artists
did not leave, and in protest stayed the night. They were supported by
famed Slovak opera tenor Peter Dvorsky and Chairman of the opposition
Christian Democratic Movement Jan Carnogursky.
The next morning the striking artists moved in front of Office of
the Government, where there was a government meeting in progress.
Premier Vladimir Meciar answered their request to enter the building by
stating he had not invited anyone to the meeting. An employee of the
office accepted the artists' protest letter.
Jan Potucek/Katerina Zachovalova
Opinion Poll Results: Governing Coalition in Decline
The present governing coalition, composed of Premier Vladimir
Meciar's Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), the nationalistic
Slovak National Party (SNS) and the left-wing Slovak Worker's
Association (ZDS) has lost almost 9 per cent of its popularity in
comparison with the election year 1994. If general elections were held
today, the coalition would not receive a majority. The decline is most
discernible in Meciar's HZDS, from 34.96 per cent voter preference in
1994 to the present 28.5 per cent. On the other hand, parties of the
Blue Alliance (the Christian Democratic Movement, the Democratic Union
and the Democratic Party) improved their position from 18.7 per cent to
28.8 percent of voter preferences. The opinion poll results were
published by the FOCUS agency and by the Political Science Department of
the Slovak Academy of Sciences. The research was done between January
25 and February 3 with a sample of 1,179 respondents throughout
Slovakia.
Jan Potucek/Milan Smid
NEWS IN BRIEF
* Two of the three government-coalition parties (the far-right Slovak
National Party and the Slovak Workers' Association) asked their voters
to vote against NATO membership in a referendum.
* Slovak inflation reached 6 per cent in February.
* According to the Office of the President of the Republic, the
evaluation of petition signatures for direct presidential elections will
be completed this week, (at this point 5 per cent to 6 per cent of the
signatures are considered invalid because of inexact data).
ECONOMY
Budget Reduced by 11 million
Only two months after Parliament approved the 1997 budget,
government must reduce spending by 2 per cent, or 11 million crowns. The
Finance Ministry, led by Minister Ivan Kocarnik (Civic Democratic
Party), made the decision after finding out that income taxes collected
at the end of February were 7 billion crowns less than expected.
Experts believe the measure to maintain a balanced budget was
correct, although future budgets could show a deficit. According to
Kocarnik, investments could be cut similarly in all departments, but
social programs cannot be limited.
Lucie Podesvova/Jan Majer
Poldi in Bankruptcy
Poldi Kladno Steelworks, one of the largest Czech companies, was
placed in a bankruptcy by a Prague Regional Commercial Court March 5.
Poldi's majority owners, Vladimir Stehlik and his son Marko, have
already spent some time behind bars, arrested after state investigators
charged them with misusing business information connected with the
privatization of Poldi Kladno.
Creditors proposed Poldi's bankruptcy one year ago. The future of
Poldi is in the hands of bankruptcy administrator Tomas Pelikan,
appointed by the court. "First I'm going to secure all steelworks
property and then I will sell it in parts," he said on Czech Television.
Regarding the 120 million crowns the company owes its employees, he said
he still does not known exactly how much of the sum will be paid,
because Poldi's financial situation is unclear.
Recent events slightly surprised the National Property Fund, which
is through Kladno Holding a minority owner of Poldi. Fund Chairman Roman
Ceska said to the daily Pravo he wanted to discuss the bankruptcy of
Stehlik's Bohemia Art company in advance. But Stehlik sold it to
Prague's ProWin company for 15 million crowns. ProWin may appeal the
decision of the court.
Matej Cerny/Jan Majer
Kocarnik Supports Lower Corporate Taxes
Finance Minister Ivan Kocarnik proposed a significant corporate tax
cut to the government March 12. He does not intend to introduce similar
measures for private citizens, he said.
According to Kocarnik's plans, companies should be taxed 35 per cent
of their profits, instead of today's 39 per cent. If the proposal is
accepted, the Czech Republic would better the average corporate tax rate
in European Union countries of more than 36 per cent. For citizens,
Kocarnik wants to raise yearly tax-free income from 28,800 crowns to
31,320. Per-child tax deductions would rise from 14,400 crowns to
15,720 crowns. In both cases the increase would be about 9 per cent,
which just covers the effects of inflation.
Zdenek Janda/Jan Majer
Five Arrested in Trend Case
Five people were charged with fraud in connection with the Trend
investment fund. Shareholders of this fund, founded and sold to the
accused by rock star-politician Michael Kocab and rock star-businessman
Martin Kratochvil, lost more than 1 billion crowns (about 95 per cent of
the fund's value) during the reign of the accused. Trend was placed
under forced administration in November.
The first four charged were arrested March 5. Miroslav Halek,
former chairman of the board of Trend, was arrested March 6. Police
claim to have proof of five illegal machinations connected with the
accused. If convicted, the accused can face from 5 to 12 years in
prison.
Michaela Klevisova/Magdalena Vanova
Exchange Rates at the Czech National Bank
(valid from March 14)
country currency
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Australia 1 AUD 22.991
Belgium 100 BEF 82.987
Great Britain 1 GBP 46.540
Denmark 1 DKK 4.487
Finland 1 FIM 5.736
France 1 FRF 5.074
Ireland 1 IEP 45.392
Italy 1000 ITL 17.164
Japan 100 JPY 23.687
Canada 1 CAD 21.298
Luxemburg 100 LUF 82.987
Hungary 100 HUF 16.440
Netherlands 1 NLG 15.214
Norway 1 NOK 4.263
New Zealand 1 NZD 20.237
Poland 1 PLN 9.434
Portugal 100 PTE 17.051
Austria 1 ATS 2.433
Greece 100 GRD 10.884
Slovakia 100 SKK 87.205
Germany 1 DEM 17.123
Spain 100 ESP 20.188
Sweden 1 SEK 3.796
Switzerland 1 CHF 19.930
USA 1 USD 29.029
ECU 1 XEU 33.231
SDR 1 XDR 39.856
CULTURE
Czech Gramy 1996
The Czech 1996 Gramy awards prizes were presented in Prague's
Lucerna Palace March 8. The award, analogous to the American Grammy, is
determined by the voting of the 164 members of the Popular Music
Academy. The traditional statue of a small gramophone was replaced with
a small statue of a heralding angel, designed by Jaroslav Ron. He said
he wanted to create something that would increase the prestige of the
prize and at the same time something difficult to carry home in
a plastic bag.
The biggest winner of the year was Romany (Gypsy) Iva Bittova, who
garnered the prize for best alternative act and for best female singer.
In the category of the best male singer, Janek Ledecky won despite tough
competition from ageless crooner Karel Gott and 50-year-old rocker
Vladimir Misik. Composition of the year went to the writing team of
Svoboda-Borovec for their song You Are My Lord from the musical Dracula.
Album of the year was Strange Century (Divne stoleti) from Jaromir
Nohavica.
The evening was hosted by comedian Karel Sip. Legends from the Hall
of Fame Hana Hegerova, Karel Gott and Olympic performed at the ceremony.
Jiri Suchy, composer, singer and creator of the Semafor Theater, was
admitted to the hall at the ceremony.
Libuse Kolouchova/Magdalena Vanova
One of the Three Kings of Bandoneon Visited Prague
The Akropolis Palace, in cooperation with the Junior Club, decided
to fill a gap in Czech cultural consciousness regarding the Latin
American scene by inviting to Prague world-renowned bandoneon
accordionist Luis di Matteo from Uruguay.
During the March 11 performance, the public had a chance to meet an
alternative tango style, called tango nuevo, which acknowledges the
influence of South-American black rhythms and jazz. In the first half of
his solo performance, Matteo made his bandoneon shimmer in the happier
tones of candombe and milonga, piling up and developing melodical motifs
in a style reminiscent of Philip Glass. In the next part his tango
returned to a more classical form and Matteo played a well-knoown
composition from the father of tango nuevo, Astor Piazolla, entitled
Farewell My Grandfather. This 63-year-old musician, who recently started
his tour in Europe, closed the concert with his most popular composition
Por Dentro de Mi (From My Inside).
Among other artists lesser known in the Czech Republic introduced
by the Akropolis in the last month were the jazz trio Babkas and the
Zbigniew Namyslowski Quartet of Poland.
Klara Schirova/Klara Schirova
Concert for Tibet
A benefit concert for Tibet, organized by Amnesty International,
the Citizens' Association for a Free Tibet-SOS Tibet and the Documentary
Center for Human Rights, took place in Prague's Akropolis Palace March
10, the anniversary of Chinese occupation of Tibet 48 years ago.
Vladimir Merta, Dagmar Andrtova-Vonkova, Jiri Stivin, Vera Bila a Zuzana
Navarova performed at the concert.
The goal of the concert was to call attention to the political
situation in Tibet, as part of the worldwide Free Tibet campaign.
The same goal is served by a petition, signed by about 5,000 people
in the last year, appealing to the Czech Parliament to officially
denounce the occupation of Tibet.
Magdalena Vanova/Magdalena Vanova
SPORT
Czech Republic Gets Three Medals in Championships
Czech track and field athletes recorded one gold, three bronzes and
10th place in the country standings at Track and Field Indoor World
Championships in Paris March 7-9. At the beginning of the meet, Sarka
Kasparkova broke her national triple-jump record twice, and with her
last attempt in the competition (14.66 meters) got a bronze medal. The
32-years-old Helena Fuchsova's advance to the 400m women's final was
a nice surprise, while her third-place finish there, with a personal
best of 52.07 seconds, looked like a dream. Robert Zmelik then crowned
the Czech successes by taking the gold in the septathlon. After five
events Tomas Dvorak led, but he was fighting an injured right heel, and
in the 60-meters hurdles his left leg let him down as well, and he had
to withdraw. Zmelik then attacked in the pole jump, he jumped into
second place, and in the closing 1,000-meters he earned the first-ever
indoor gold for the Czech Republic, breaking the Czech record (6,228
pts.)
Zmelik had injury problems after winning the decathlon in the 1992
Barcelona Olympic Games. After a three-year break he returned in 1995
and finished 14th in the Goteborg World Championships. Last year in the
Atlanta Olympics, he finished seventh, and the gold from Paris completed
his return to the top.
Honza Mazak/Mirek Langer
Soccer League 18th Round: Sparta Matches Slavia
First-place Slavia Praha played a good match in Ceske Budejovice,
but it did not score more then once and got only one point from a 1-1
tie. Sparta Praha took advantage of the chance to catch Slavia in the
standings, and defeated Plzen 2-0. In a game for third place, Liberec
defeated Drnovice 1-0, while Jablonec blundered and managed only a 0-0
tie at Viktoria Zizkov, saving Viktoria from falling out of the league,
for now.
Other results from the 18th round: Olomouc - Brno 0-1, Karvina
- Bohemians Praha 0-1, Opava - Hradec Kralove 1-1, Teplice - Ostrava
0-0.
Slavia, though tied with Sparta in points (33), still leads the
standings thanks to a bigger differential between goals scored and
allowed, Liberec is one point behind and Jablonec two. Also, the fight
for last place is dramatic: 13th-place Bohemians and 14th-place Zizkov
both have 14 points, while the two teams tied for last, Hradec Kralove
and Karvina, have 13 points apiece.
Honza Mazak/Mirek Langer
Playoffs Teams Definite in Hockey Extraleague
The last three rounds determined which eight teams will advance to
the playoffs, which begin March 14. The first round pairings will be
Vsetin - Slavia Praha, Sparta Praha - Ceske Budejovice, Vitkovice
- Kladno, Trinec - Pardubice. The first round is a best-of-five series,
and if a match is tied after regulation, a 10-minute, sudden-death
overtime period occurs. If no team scores in overtime, penalty shots
follow.
Results from the 50th round: Slavia Praha - Vsetin 2-3, Vitkovice
- Plzen 5-5, Zlin - Sparta 2-4, Olomouc - Opava 3-4, Jihlava - Trinec
4-3, Pardubice - Kladno 5-6, Litvinov - Ceske Budejovice 1-4.
Results from the 51st round: Sparta - Vitkovice 5-4, Vsetin - Zlin
5-5, Kladno - Slavia 2-2, Ceske Budejovice - Pardubice 1-1, Litvinov
- Jihlava 4-3, Plzen - Olomouc 5-2, Opava - Trinec 1-1.
Results from the 52nd round: Slavia - Ceske Budejovice 5-1,
Pardubice - Litvinov 4-6, Vitkovice - Vsetin 2-4, Trinec - Plzen 8-3,
Zlin - Kladno 7-4, Jihlava - Opava 7-3, Sparta - Olomouc 7-2.
Regular season final standings: 1. Vsetin pts.,
Zdenek Janda/Mirek Langer
SPORTS IN BRIEF
* Hockey fans can find information about the Czech extraleague, the
national team and future matches organized by the Czech Hockey Union on
the Internet at http://www.hokej.cz from March 6.
* The IMOS Zabovresky women's basketball team was taken out of the
European League quarterfinals by Slovak champion SCP Ruzomberok.
* In the ATP Tour Championships in Rotterdam, 26-year-old Czech Daniel
Vacek defeated Croatian Goran Ivanisevic 2-1 in sets, though he lost in
the final to Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands.
* Two-time soccer player of the year and former national team member
Ladislav Vizek assumed the position of Czech-Moravian Soccer Union
delegate.
Zdenek Janda/Mirek Langer
WEATHER
No numbers this week, simply a factual statement that spring indeed
appears to be here, and even appears it will stay. That is news enough.
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Study in Prague This Summer
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Systems for the fifth consecutive year.
The Institute will take place at the Faculty of Social Sciences in
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In 1996, more than 100 students from 22 different countries
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