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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 302, Friday, September 25, 1998.
FROM THE EVENTS OF THE PAST TWO WEEKS (September 9 - September 23)
Havel Expresses Sympathy for Clinton
President Vaclav Havel's state visit to the USA from September
15-19 went better than expected, said presidential spokesman Ladislav
Spacek. Havel, on his 11th visit to the US, was accompanied by Foreign
Minister Jan Kavan, Defense Minister Vladimir Vetchy and Czech National
Bank Governor Josef Tosovky.
The visit was exceptional for Havel and American President Bill
Clinton. Havel was making his first official trip since his intestinal
operation and its complications. Havel was also the first foreign
statesman to visit the US after the release of the Kenneth Starr Report.
Clinton met journalists for the first time since the report's release at
a highly anticipated press conference with Havel on the White House lawn
September 16.
Havel and Clinton discussed global problems such as the threatening
global economic recession as well as the situations in Russia and
Kosovo. Havel thanked Clinton for Clinton's contribution to NATO
expansion and called on Clinton for further expansion to the East.
Commentators agreed that Havel's presence took some of the spotlight
from the Monica Lewinsky affair. Havel said he still considers Clinton
his friend and sees no reason for Clinton to leave office. Havel
presented Clinton with the Order of the White Lion, the Czech
Republic's highest state honor, at a gala White House dinner.
Havel spent September 24 meeting with top legislators. He thanked
them for approving Czech membership in NATO and assured them that the
Czech Army is militarily and politically prepared for membership.
American congressman asked about racism in Czech Republic, although they
did not ask about the government's position on Radio Free Europe's
broadcasting to Iran and Iraq from Prague, as had been expected.
Katerina Murlova/Michael Bluhm
AFTER DEADLINE: Christian Democrat Chairman Josef Lux resigned from his
functions because of leukemia September 24. The 42-year-old Lux was also
chairman of the Christian Democrats' parliamentary club and had been
agriculture minister and deputy prime minister in the governments of
former Prime Ministers Vaclav Klaus and Josef Tosovsky from 1992-98.
Government Proposes Deficit Budget
Prime Minister Milos Zeman's Cabinet prepared its first draft of
the 1999 state budget with a deficit of 26.8 billion crowns, which was
approved at its September 13 extraordinary meeting. The majority of
ministers described the budget demands as "moderate." The exception was
Finance Minister Ivo Svoboda, who tried to persuade the Cabinet to lower
the deficit under 15 billion crowns. The Cabinet did not listen to
Svoboda or the opposition and gave its final approval to submit the
proposal to Parliament September 22.
Total revenues should be 580.9 billion crowns and expenses 607.7
billion crowns. The budget proposal plans for inflation of 7.8 per cent
for 1999. The top priorities are the building of transportation
infrastructure, education and ecology. Therefore the major budget
increases are allocated to the Transportation Ministry (more than 30 per
cent), the Environment Ministry (nearly 20 per cent) and the Culture
Ministry (15.5 per cent). The education, defense, labor, agriculture,
finance, justice and trade ministries can also count on increases in
their budgets. The Foreign Ministry will increase its budget only
nominally, in real prices the budget is smaller. The Health Ministry
received similar treatment. The budget proposal cut funding for the
Office of the President (22.4 per cent decrease) and the Czech
Parliament (6.3 per cent less for the Chamber of Deputies, 2.0 per cent
less for the Senate). On the other hand, the Office of the Government
nearly doubled its budget from 185.2 billion crowns to 368.3 billion
crowns in 1999 with the argument that it is necessary to improve state
administration, which was neglected by the government of former Prime
Minister Vaclav Klaus, and it is necessary to bring legislation into
harmony with EU norms.
The budget proposal has been rejected from many sides. Opposition
deputies doubted the feasibility of the 19-billion-crown increase on the
income side supposed from an increase in consumer taxes for gasoline and
cigarettes and an increase in social insurance. Those new taxes have not
yet been approved by Parliament, and it is well known that the
opposition parties are against any tax increases. If the new tax
proposals are rejected, the deficit could reach 46 billion crowns.
Former Finance Minister Ivan Pilip called attention to the fact that the
budget proposal ignores the expected 10-billion-crown loss of the
Consolidation Bank.
According to Zeman's cabinet, the main reason for drafting
a deficit budget is the necessity to invest in restarting the Czech
economy. However, critics among Parliament deputies and experts claim
that only a small part of proposed spending will be dedicated to
promoting growth. The majority of proposed expenses are intended for
cost-of-living increases in pensions, salary increase in the state
sector, the army and the police, which critics call unproductive sectors
which are not among the needed investments.
Katerina Murlova/Milan Smid
Zeman Meets Meciar at the CEFTA Meeting
Representatives of the seven countries (Slovakia, Bulgaria,
Romania, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and the Czech Republic) associated in
the Central Europe Free Trade Association (CEFTA) met at a prime
ministers' conference in Prague September 11-12.
Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman proposed resuscitating the idea of
Visegrad (Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
co-operation, which could bring CEFTA a political dimension. Zeman also
briefly met his Slovak counterpart, Premier Vladimir Meciar. They
confirmed their intent to fulfill the agreement on the division of
federal property signed last year by Zeman's predecessor Vaclav Klaus,
and said they will resume the activities of the intergovernmental
commission for this issue.
Lenka Jindrlova/Milan Smid
Zeman Meets Catholic Church Leader Miloslav Vlk
The first meeting between the new Social Democrat Prime Minister
Milos Zeman and the head of the Czech Catholic Church Cardinal Miloslav
Vlk took place September 10. Vlk said they agreed that not the past but
the present is important for the relationship between state and church,
and that various faiths could contribute to a revival of spiritual
values in society. The restitution of church property was mentioned only
in passing during the meeting.
Lenka Jindrlova/Milan Smid
Jews Enter the Year 5759
The festivities for Rosh Hoshanah, the first two days of the Jewish
New Year 5759, were celebrated September 21-22. In the Czech Republic
festive religious services and other ceremonies took place in 13 Czech
synagogues. More than 500 people attended the four services organized in
Prague on the eve of the Jewish New Year. The conservative Jewish divine
service in Prague's Pinkas Synagogue was attended by the Deputy Prime
Minister Egon Lansky.
Jakub Svab/Milan Smid
International Symposium - The University and Its Students
Prague's Charles University and the Czech Medical Society of Jan
Evangelista Purkyne organized an international symposium entitled The
University and Its Students at the Law School of Charles University
September 9-12.
"The symposium should provide an opportunity for dialogue between
students and professors and for debate about their positions," said
Charles University Rector Karel Maly at the gala opening of the
symposium. The main prize of 30,000 crowns for an essay on the topic The
University after 2000 was awarded to Lukas Jelinek, a law student from
Brno's Masaryk University.
The scholarly portion of the symposium was divided into four parts.
The first one, on human rights, focused on the university mainly from
the historical perspective (e.g., the status of women in universities),
the second topic was religion, the third students and society, and the
fourth discussed the future of the university. The last part also
involved discussion on the contribution of the Internet and new
information technologies to academia.
Michal Cerny/Milan Smid
Not a Wall But a Fence Will Contain Romanies in Usti nad Labem
The municipality of Nestenice, a district in the northern Bohemian
city of Usti nad Labem, upheld its decision to separate the homeowners
on Maticni Street from the rent-free public housing across the street,
where mostly members of the Romany (Gypsy) minority live (see Carolina
292). Instead of the proposed four-meter-high wall a 1.8-meter-high
fence will be built made from ceramic tiles. The compromise was approved
by both parties involved in the street dispute. The fence should protect
the owners of the houses from noise, smell and mess they claim exists
around the public housing.
Surprisingly, both neo-Fascist Republican representatives in the
city council voted against construction of the fence despite the
well-known position of Republican leader Miroslav Sladek that the
four-meter-high wall is not high enough. The fence, sidewalk and
children's playground to be constructed for the public housing will cost
1 million crowns and be finished next spring.
Lenka Jindrlova/Milan Smid
Czech Republic Attractive for Drug Smuggling
The Conference on Drugs Smuggling, organized by the
Inter-Ministerial Anti-Drug Commission in cooperation with the European
Council, took place in Prague September 16-18. Increasing the quality
and effectiveness of the international cooperation of European airports
in controlling drug smuggling was the main goal of the conference.
According to estimates of one European Council representative, about 70
per cent of all smuggled drugs are moved by plane. The Czech Republic is
very attractive to smugglers thanks to its position in central Europe,
commission head Pavel Bem said. "The situation is complicated by the
great difference between the cost of drug production and their final
costs on market, which is growing because of repressive steps," Bem
added. "The illegal movement of outlawed drugs is very attractive for
smugglers and their tactics more and more refined."
The Czech Republic has recorded some successes in the detection of
illegal activities despite the growth of the amount of smuggled drugs.
"Cooperation with international organizations is the only way to
continue in the established trend," said another conference participant,
Jiri Komorous from the National Anti-Drug Headquarters.
Nora Novakova/Mirek Langer
FROM SLOVAKIA
Election Campaign under Glare of Foreign Stars
The campaign for the September 25-26 general elections is coming to
an end in Slovakia. The ruling Movement for the Democratic Slovakia
(HZDS) is trying to impress the country with the number of foreign stars
and by recalling the successful deeds of the incumbent government.
After the visit of Claudia Schiffer, who September 10 opened in the
presence of Premier Vladimir Meciar a new highway between Horna Streda
and Ladce, actors Paul Belmondo Jr., Gerard Depardieu and Claudia
Cardinal also accepted invitations to come to Slovakia. While Cardinal
performed with Meciar on a television show, Depardieu took part directly
in a HZDS election rally. When asked why they support the HZDS, the
celebrities avoid a direct answer. Schiffer told the daily SME: "I am
here on the invitation of the premier of this country, and I don't think
that this has anything in common with the politics." A similar answer
was given by Cardinal. However, the new highway was presented as
a success of HZDS policy with much visible party paraphernalia.
Some speculate about the expenses of the HZDS election campaign.
Schiffer's visit allegedly cost 5 million Slovak crowns. The Eastern
Slovakia Steel Mill in Kosice (Vychodoslovenske zelezarny VSZ) is a big
HZDS sponsor, and majority owner Alexander Rezes is manager of the HZDS
election campaign.
The main goal of the campaign is to influence the undecided voters,
which, according to one pre-election opinion poll, comprise 17 per cent
of the electorate.
Katerina Murlova/Milan Smid
Controversy over TV Markiza Ends in Anti-Government Demonstration
The headquarters of the private TV channel Markiza in Zahorska
Bystrica was occupied by a private security guard commando September 15
for the second time. This was one consequence of the ongoing legal
dispute concerning ownership of the TV license holder company Markiza
Slovakia Co. between Pavol Rusko, the present general director of TV
Markiza and former co-owner of the company, and the corporation Gamatex,
which claims majority ownership after the Markiza Slovakia Co. lost
a court case concerning past obligations.
Rusko, and later also representatives of the opposition Slovak
Democratic Coalition (SDK), accused the ruling Movement for a Democratic
Slovakia (HZDS) and the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) of an attempt
to prevent media access for the opposition parties before the election.
The Office of the Slovak Government, HZDS and SIS denied any involvement
in the case.
Hundreds of people gathered in front of the TV Markiza to protest
the occupation of the premises, opposition parties mobilized the people
to defend "freedom of expression," and the events developed into
a two-day national political manifestation. After demonstrators forced
the security guards out of the newsroom and control rooms, the live
coverage of events was broadcast nationwide, including other locales
where more anti-government demonstrations were organized. In the Markiza
building many important opposition politicians and artists performed in
front of the TV cameras for nearly two days. The demonstrators were
supported also by former Slovak President Michal Kovac.
Only the immediate danger that the TV license could be withdrawn
forced the parties involved to compromise. The Markiza TV channel is
actually operated by the Slovak Television Company (STS, Slovenska
televizna spolocnost'), a joint venture between Markiza Slovakia Co.
(51 per cent) and the American corporation CME (49 per cent). After CME
declared that it would respect the court verdict as to the new ownership
of Markiza Slovakia Co., Gamatex representatives promised to recall
their security guards. All the parties involved promised to abstain from
any interference in news coverage and broadcasting until October 11, and
no personnel moves should be carried out until then.
The compromise was reached during negotiations with the licensing
body of the Slovak Council for Broadcasting September 17. The next day
TV Markiza returned to its regular schedule and the Council for
Broadcasting fined TV Markiza 3.5 million Slovak crowns for breaching
its license conditions and the ban on broadcasting political
commercials.
Katerina Murlova/Milan Smid
ECONOMY
GNP Falls by Record 2.4 Per Cent
The Czech Republic's gross domestic product for the second quarter
of 1998 fell in comparision with last year by 2.4 per cent, according to
figures released September 14 by the Czech Statistics Office. It is the
greatest decline since 1992 in the indicator.
"The country's economy is in crisis. We must be able to admit that,
it's the first step toward correcting it," said Prime Minister Milos
Zeman. In the first quarter GDP declined by 0.9 per cent. For the first
half of the year the decline stands at 1.7 per cent. "It's a tragedy.
I estimate growth for the whole year at -1.5 per cent," said Petr
Zahradnik of Prague Securities for the September 14 edition of the daily
Pravo.
Economists agree that the situation has been critical for some
months. Consumption is declining and has fallen by up to 7 per cent,
damaging retailers and producers alike.
Lenka Jindrlova/Michael Bluhm
AFTER DEADLINE: The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will
be able to hold their session in the year 2000 in Prague after the Czech
government September 23 approved state guarantees of 2 billion crowns
for the state bonds to be issued for the reconstruction of the Congress
Center (formerly the Palace of Culture) in connection with the session.
Exchange Rates at the Czech National Bank
(valid September 22)
country currency
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Australia 1 AUD 18.025
Belgium 100 BEF 88.648
Great Britain 1 GBP 51.725
Denmark 1 DKK 4.797
ECU 1 XEU 35.911
Finland 1 FIM 6.007
France 1 FRF 5.455
Ireland 1 IEP 45.757
Italy 1000 ITL 18.499
Japan 100 JPY 23.045
Canada 1 CAD 20.135
Luxemburg 100 LUF 88.648
IMF 1 XDR 42.117
Hungary 100 HUF 14.045
Netherlands 1 NLG 16.221
Norway 1 NOK 4.128
New Zealand 1 NZD 15.414
Poland 1 PLN 8.582
Portugal 100 PTE 17.830
Austria 1 ATS 2.600
Greece 100 GRD 10.620
Germany 1 DEM 18.290
Slovakia 100 SKK 88.742
Slovenia 100 SIT 19.208
Spain 100 ESP 21.536
Sweden 1 SEK 3.883
Switzerland 1 CHF 22.292
USA 1 USD 30.752
CULTURE
Bartoska Recalled from Karlovy Vary Film Festival Management
Actor Jiri Bartoska and program director Eva Zaoralova, who led the
International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary for five years, were
recalled together with nine other people from the festival's foundation
council September 16. During the council meeting, representatives of the
Ministry of Culture, Grandhotel Pupp and the city of Karlovy Vary
announced their surprising decision without explanation.
Bartoska said the next year of festival is threatened by absence of
leadership and organizers. He suggested entrusting his company Film
Servis with organizing the festival for the coming year, because the
foundation had to be dissolved for legal reasons and the formal
structure of the future foundation had not been resolved. With the
exception of the Grandhotel Pupp, all sides had agreed with the
arrangement, Bartoska said.
Karlovy Vary Mayor Josef Pavel said the reason for the recall was
the necessity to avoid conflict of interests which could occur in the
transformation of the foundation to a public company. The transformation
will have to begin January 1 because of new laws. Pavel said a majority
of past members of foundation council will probably be active in the new
company, which would create a conflict of interest had they remained on
the council.
Lenka Jindrlova/Mirek Langer
Tribute to Anna Farova - Exhibit of Marc Ribaud's Photographs
As a tribute to his friend Anna Farova for her 70th birthday, French
photographer Marc Ribaud presented an exhibit in the French Institute in
Prague.
Ribaud was born in June 1923 in Lyon and has taken photographs since
age 15. He became a member of the Magnum Photo agency in 1954, later
becoming its president. He is renowned for his journalist photography
and was awarded many prizes for his books of photos. Between the 60's
and 80's he often photographed Prague and Bohemia.
The exhibition, which closed September 20, evoked the atmosphere of
the past regime (police cars, pensioners in Prague streets, the pensive
face of a man standing over a broken wine bottle on Charles Bridge, May
Day celebrations, cars hidden under canvases standing in the street).
Photographs from the exhibit "9 and 9" was a special chapter. This
exhibit was organized by Farova and 18 other photographers in
a monastery in Plasy near Plzen in 1981. Rimbaud supported it and
invited writers, photographers, journalists and celebrities in reaction
to the persecution of Farova after she signed Charter 77.
Prokop Havel/Mirek Langer
SPORTS
Czech Tennis Players Triumph in US Open Doubles
Thanks to two wins in doubles, Czech tennis made a fine showing at
the US Open in Flushing Meadows. Jana Novotna and Switzerland's Martina
Hingis won the women's doubles title, defeating American Davenport and
Belarus' Zvereva 6-3, 6-3. Cyril Suk and Australia's Sandon Stolle
unexpected won the men's doubles crown title, beating Knowles of the
Bahamas and Canada's Nestor in the final 4-6, 7-6, 6-2.
However, Novotna did leave the singles bracket earlier than she
hoped, two games from the final before losing in the semifinals. She led
4-1 in the third set against world number-one Hingis, but then she lost
five consecutive games.
"Crab" Steals Title from Chalupa
Czech rowers won two medals in the World Championships on Fuehlingen
Lake near Cologne, Germany. Light-weight sculler Vabrousek lost only to
Italy's Basalini, sculler Vaclav Chalupa finished in third. Five-time
World Championships and Olympics runner-up Chalupa started very well in
the final and led with 250 meters to go. Then he "caught a crab," in the
parlance of the sport - he hit a wave, his scull nearly halted and New
Zealand's Waddell and Switzerland's Mueller passed him.
Czech Teams Unsuccesful in European Soccer Cups
No Czech team managed to win its first match in the first round of
European Cup play. Olomouc's, Slavia's and Jablonec's hopes are still
alive, but Sparta's performance was considered an international
embarrassment.
Prague's Sparta players said they did not manage to find enough
motivation for the UEFA Cup first round after not making it to the
Champions League and lost at home to San Sebastian 2-4. Pavel Novotny
was sent off and only great play from goalkeeper Tomas Postulka saved it
from more goals.
Slavia lost 0-1 in Gelsenkirchen to the German team Schalke despite
playing well, although Vagner missed an easy chance. The last remaining
Czech representative in the UEFA Cup, Sigma Olomouc, tied the renowned
Olympique Marseille after a good performance.
Just the recent Spain national team loss in Cyprus softened
Jablonec's loss to Cyprus's Limassol in the Cup Winners Cup as another
grand failure.
Results: UEFA Cup: Sigma Olomouc - Olympique Marseille 2-2 (halftime
2-1) goals: Heinz 34 and 39 - Ravanelli 28, Roy 84. Sparta Praha - Real
San Sebastian 2-4 (2-1) goals: Cizek 31, Lokvenc 40 - Kovacevic 7 and
58, Aldeondo 48, De Pedro 83. Schalke 04 - Slavia Praha 1-0 (1-0) Max
40.
Cup Winners Cup: Apollon Limassol - FK Jablonec 2-1 (1-1) goals:
Kavazis 45, Cirstea 67 - Fukal 39.
Sparta-Slavia Derby Played on One Goal and without Goals
The legendary Sparta Praha-Slavia Praha intra-city derby finished
September 21 in a goalless tie. Sparta was clearly superior and hit the
bar three times. It has not lost in 11 regular-season derbies.
While the soccer public is consistent in the opinion that referee
Miroslav Liba contributed to the peaceful flow of game, Sparta cried
injustice. Coach Zdenek Scasny complained that Liba should have sent off
Slavia's Horvath. According to Sparta, the referee's approach was
dictated by a media campaign emphasizing how in recent matches Slavia
had reason to feel slighted.
Karvina's disappointing results led to coach Jaroslav Netolicka
getting the sack.
Results: 5th round: Slavia - Jablonec 1-1, Liberec - Sparta 1-1,
Karvina - Olomouc 1-2, Drnovice - Plzen 1-0, Teplice - Zizkov 2-0, Opava
- Hradec Kralove 3-1, Pribram - Ostrava 1-0, Blsany - Brno 3-1.
6th round: Zizkov - Blsany 2-1, Brno - Pribram 1-1, Karvina
- Drnovice 0-2, Olomouc - Ostrava 3-2, Hradec Kralove - Liberec 2-2,
Plzen - Opava 1-1, Sparta - Slavia 0-0, Jablonec - Teplice 1-2.
Standings: 1. Teplice 13, 2. Olomouc 13, 3. Drnovice 13, 4. Sparta
12, 5. Blsany 10, 6. Opava 10, 7. Zizkov 10, 8. Hradec 8, 9. Liberec 7,
10. Plzen 7, 11. Ostrava 6, 12. Slavia 6, 13. Pribram 5, 14. Jablonec
4, 15. Karvina 4, 16. Brno 2.
Three Moravian Teams Lead Hockey Extraleague
Surprising Zlin, without stars and carried by the form of goalie
Kames, is first in the standings of the Staropramen ice hockey
extraleague after five rounds. Two other Moravian teams, Trinec and
four-time champ Vsetin, are playing well, while another favorite from
Moravia, Vitkovice, is buried deep in the standings.
Slavia's captain Vladimir Ruzicka scored his 405th goal and is
second all-time. Until the beginning of the NHL season Martin Rucinsky
will play for Litvinov.
Results: 2nd round: Jihlava - Vsetin 3-6, Sparta - Plzen 11-3,
Trinec - Ceske Budejovice 5-4, Karlovy Vary - Opava 3-1, Kladno
- Vitkovice 2-3, Pardubice - Slavia 2-1, Zlin - Litvinov 4-1.
3rd round: Vsetin - Karlovy Vary 8-2, Vitkovice - Pardubice 1-2,
Sparta - Litvinov 7-4, Opava - Zlin 1-2, Slavia - Jihlava 7-0, Plzen
- Trinec 4-1, Ceske Budejovice - Kladno 8-1.
4th round: Karlovy Vary - Zlin 3-5, Opava - Sparta 3-6, Trinec
- Litvinov 5-2, Kladno - Plzen 6-4, Jihlava - Vitkovice 2-1, Vsetin
- Slavia 3-2, Pardubice - Ceske Budejovice 2-2.
5th round: Vitkovice - Vsetin 2-3, Opava - Trinec 1-3, Litvinov
- Kladno 6-4, Ceske Budejovice - Jihlava 4-1, Slavia - Karlovy Vary
6-1, Zlin - Sparta 3-1, Plzen - Pardubice 3-1.
Standings: 1. Zlin 9, 2. Vsetin 8, 3. Trinec 8, 4. Sparta 7, 5.
Pardubice 7, 6. Slavia 6, 7. Ceske Budejovice 6, 8. Plzen 5, 9. Litvinov
4, 10. Karlovy Vary 4, 11. Vitkovice 2, 12. Kladno 2, 13. Jihlava 2,
14. Opava 0.
SPORTS IN BRIEF
* Four soccer league teams (Karvina, Plzen, Blsany and Pribram) lost
in the FA Cup's third round and were eliminated.
* Radek Drulak, 36-year-old soccer player of the year in 1995, did not
make the Olomouc team and will join Holice, which plays three leagues
lower than Olomouc.
* Rapid Vienna and Slavia Prague forward in the 30's and 40's Josef
Bican, the world's greatest scorer ever according to an international
group of statisticians, will celebrate his 85th birthday September 25.
* Czech discus thrower Ludvik Danek and Japanese sumo wrestler
Yasokichi Konishiki were awarded the Pierre de Coubertin Prize (the
highest award of the UNESCO Fair Play Committee).
* Men's volleyball European League results: Czech Republic - Belgium
3-0, CR - Finland 3-1.
* Czech volleyball juniors won the bronze medal in the European
Championships in Brno.
* White-water canoeing World Cup final results: Stepanka Hilgertova
first in the single kayak.
* Kenya's Tergat won the Prague Mattoni Grand Prix 10-kilometer run
through Prague September 18, defeating his countryman Tanui and
Slovakia's Stefko.
Sports news by Mirek Langer/Mirek Langer
WEATHER
The last week in Septmeber in the Czech Republic this year was
nearly warm enough to be called indian summer.
English version edited by Michael Bluhm
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