CCCCC AA RRRRR OOOO LL II NN N AA CC AA A RR R OO O LL II NNN N AA A CC AA A RRRRR OO O LL II NN N N AA A CC AAAAAA RR R OO O LL II NN NN AAAAAA CCCCC AA A RR R OOOO LLLLLL II NN N AA A STUDENT'S E-MAIL NEWS FROM CZECH REPUBLIC Faculty of Social Science of Charles University Smetanovo nabr. 6 110 01 Prague 1 Czech Republic e-mail: CAROLINA@cuni.cz tel: (+42 2) 24810804, ext. 252, fax: (+42 2) 24810987 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* C A R O L I N A No 175, Friday, October 20, 1995. EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OCTOBER 11-18, 1995 Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic on Visit to Prague Alija Izetbegovic visited the Czech Republic October 13-14. He gave a speech on the future of multiethnic cohabitation in the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina and attended a concert in the Rudolfinum closing the Month of Bosnian Culture. In the course of meetings with Czech President Vaclav Havel and Minister of Foreign Affairs Josef Zieleniec, President Izetbegovic declared his belief in renewal of the multinational nature of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He emphasized that dismantling Serbian fascism is necessary to the success of the recent Geneva peace settlement established by the international community. Vaclav Havel underlined in his address at Prague Castle the fact that responsibility for the evil in Bosnian conflict cannot be attached to any single nation, but only to these subjects who spread revenge and ethnic hatred. "What is happening in former Yugoslavia presents a trial for the whole of Europe; it is the test of how seriously Europe adopts the declared principles on which its better future should be built. If the principle of civic coexistence were defeated in the battle for survival in Bosnia-Herzegovina, it would be defeated in the whole of Europe. That should not be allowed to happen," said Havel. Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus did not meet President Izetbegovic; he also did not attend an evening party at Prague Castle due to his participation at the conference Prognos Forum in Basel, Switzerland, and to his attendance at the ODS party meeting in the Moravian town of Trest. Mr Klaus expressed recently his disappointment with not being informed in advance about the invitation President Havel issued to the Bosnian president. Zora Kasikova/Milan Smid Jan Strasky Meets With Health Care Unions Minister of Health Jan Strasky negotiated with delegates of the health care unions on Tuesday Oct. 17. "It was only the first consultation, and you cannot await the recall of the strike now," said David Rath, president of the Medical Union Club (LOK), after the two and half hour meeting. Another meeting should take place next week, which could result in postponement or recall of the strike announced for November 1. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Chamber of Medicine, the Health Care Labor Union, and the Association of Nurses. They expressed appreciation of Strasky's knowledge of financial problems in the Czech medical care. There is still the possibility that the fee for hospital care, already announced by former health minister Rubas, may be introduced before the general election in June 1996. To meet the demands of LOK it would be necessary to increase by 150 crowns the value of one hour of work by a doctor. Minister Strasky met also the managing director of General Health Insurance Company Jiri Nemec on Monday. They discussed the new price list of medicines and drugs and a proposed decrease in tariffs for hospital day care (the hospitals should get lesser money for longer patient's stay). Olga Huderova/Milan Smid Government Passes Proposal of Law on Money Laundering Minister of Justice Jiri Novak announced that Wednesday, October 11, the government passed a proposal for a law that is intended to avert the legalization of crime money. Novak, who submitted the law, is a member of the Civic Democratic Party. Beginning April 1, 1996, financial institutions such as banks, funds, insurance companies, casino operators, and lotteries will be forced to report irregular transactions/business and require identification for every transaction over 500,000 kc. Also, customs and postal money services will have to report such transactions. Novak defines irregular business as being "conduct, the character, volume or uniqueness of which obviously strays from a normal volume or character of trade." A special unit of the Ministry of Finance will be entrusted with the assimilation and analysis of such data. A fine of two million crowns awaits law-breakers, and those who repeat the crime within the year will be slapped with a fine of 10 million crowns. Also, an ammendment to the crime law enables confiscation of illegally-obtained property. Both the government and police agree that even the prepared law won't put a complete stop to money laundering. It should, however, make running "dirty money" much tougher. Should parliament approve, the Czech Republic will become, following Hungary, the second post-communist country to have passed such a law. Novak announced that he and Minister of Foreign Affairs Josef Zieleniec, a member of the Civic Democratic Party, will submit materials to the government, enabling the Czech Republic in 1996 to join the European money laundering convention, which was approved in Strasbourg in 1990. Zbynek Vicar/Andrea Snyder Culture Minister Accepts Resignation of Deputy Prokop Michal Prokop, Deputy to the Minister of Culture and a member of the Civic Democratic Party, handed in his resignation Monday, October 16. Minister Pavel Tigrid accepted it the following day. Prokop said the reason for his resignation is that long-time conflicts between himself and the minister were no longer purely professional and were having political consequences. He went on to say that mistrust by some of the professional public towards the ministry was an additional reason for his action. Prokop said that the experts' negative reactions to the Ministry of Culture were caused by some of Tigrid's recent decisions, for example, the well-known case of the firing of Czech Film Director Ladislav Kantor. Prokop disagrees with both Tigrid's way of treating people, and his plan to make changes in within the administration. Tigrid obliterated Prokop's position as First Deputy and cut his functions August 1. However, Prokop does agree with Tigrid that Czech culture is not undergoing any crisis and that the Ministry of Culture may soon be dissolved. Viktorie Reschova/Andrea Snyder Amateur Bomb at Government Offices A threatening letter addressed to Premier Vaclav Klaus was delivered to the offices of the government Wednesday, October 11. Enclosed were an explosive device and gunpowder. The police reported that the anonymous sender demanded money and threatened terrorist attacks if his demands were not met. The letter was mailed from the Prague 1 post office October 9. The explosives were discovered by X-ray during a routine mail-check at the government offices. Weapons manufacturing company Sellier and Bellot produces this explosive, which cannot be found in stores. The explosive is used in quarries and for demolition purposes. Livia Savelkova/Andrea Snyder Foreigners to Show the Color of their Money Before Crossing Czech Borders Beginning October 13, at border crossings foreigners have had to show that they possess at least 500 kc per day for a 10-day visit to the Czech Republic. For longer visits, they are now required to show the equivalent of 7,000 kc. Tourists under the age of 18 need only half of that amount. Customs officials are satisfied with a spoken intent of time spent in the Czech Republic, which will not be verified later. An alternative to the required amount is an invitation, or documents, from a travel agency, for example, verifying the length of stay in the country. Lucie Hismanova of the Ministry of the Interior's press department said that visitors from neighboring countries will not be expected to show the required amount. The original proposal that foreigners show 7,000 kc for ten days was rejected by the government. Marketa Hudkova/Andrea Snyder Wife of Minister Dyba Presses Charges Against Deputy Kraus Blanka Dybova, wife of the Minister of Economy, will press charges against Martin Kraus for accusing her on TV Nova of taking part in the oil mafia. The Social Democratic (CSSD) representative to parliament was taking part in a Sunday discussion show. Kraus' accusation is based on the claim that Dybova had been employed by an AWT Austrian company suspected of evading millions of crowns of taxes, through oil fraud. Czech daily "Pravo" reports that Kraus announced at a CSSD press conference that it is clear that top Civic Democratic Party members, or their family members supported or support the oil mafia. It was at this time that he mentioned Blanka Dybova. ATW denied Kraus' accusation. CSSD Chairman Milos Zeman announced, however, that the Dybas should make a public apology and that Minister Dyba should abdicate. The newspaper "Cesky tydenik" wrote that the police have accused 50 people, and that only one has been sentenced. At least 14 people have been found murdered or legally proclaimed dead in relation to the case of tax evasion in the oil industry. Marketa Skodova and Matej Husek/Andrea Snyder Only Five Parties Have a Chance to Be in Parliament Besides the two dominant parties, rightist Civic Democrats (ODS) and leftist Social Democrats (CSSD), only three parties have a chance to get through its deputies into the new Czech Parliament next year. These parties are: Czechoslovak Christian-Democratic Union/Peoples Party (KDU-CSL), Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) and finally the Communist Party of Czech and Moravia (KSCM). Neither the Institute of Public Opinion nor the Empirical Research Center predict any big chances to other political parties. ODA and the Communist Party months has lost some of its supporters recently but on the other hand the People's Party got some new fans - two percent increase during the period of August-October. According to the opinion poll also the Vaclav Klaus's ODS has gained during the same period, while Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) registered loss in the poularity. The overall results indicates that ODS could get 82 mandates, CSSD 55, KDU-CSL 23, KSCM 22 and ODA 18 mandates. About seventy percent of voters is willing to vote, seven percent has decided not to vote at all, eleven percent thinks over their abstention and the rest eleven percent is still undecided. David Vozdecky/Maria Tripolti SD and LSNS Partners in Elections The leaderships of the political parties SD (Free democrats - no seats in Parliament) and LSNS (Liberal Party of National Socialists - 5 seats in Parliament) agreed upon a proposal for a political contract merging the two parties. The meeting took place in Javornik in Benesov district on Saturday. The meeting participants agreed on temporary leadership for the new party consisting of both present chairs (Vavrinec Bodenlos /LSNS/ and Jiri Dientsbier /SD/). However, Dientsbier will became the sole leader of the party for parliamentary elections in June 96. All the proposals - including the party's new name - should be approved at the merger congress that will take place in the beginning of December. LSNS spokesman said that "people will perceive this as the rise of a new election subject worthy of attention, because they have clamoured for a party in the middle of the political spectrum for a long time." Alice Ticha/Jitka Hejtmankova Minister Pilip Pushes Tuition Fee Despite unsuccesful negotiation with Czech banks, the Minister of Education still prefers charging a tuition fee for students who ought to have the opportunity to take out loans. Should the banks not set forth acceptable conditions for tuition loans, the Ministry of Education will propose that the tuition will not exceed 10,000 crowns. If it will not be possible to agree with banks on a system of loans acceptable for both sides, Ivan Pilip will suggest a payment in cash. In this case, the amount would be cut in half - 5 or 6,000 crowns per year. The meeting of economic ministers on Tuesday Oct. 24 as well as the cabinet meeting will consider concrete conditions of the financial participation of students in the payments for the tuition. Lucie Chytrackova/Jitka Hejtmankova Duke of Lichtenstein is Left Emptyhanded On October 11, the German North-Rhine-Westfalian Court in Cologne refused to hand over to the Lichtenstein Princpality a painting from the collection of the chateau in Valtice. The Court justified its decision by asserting that the German judicial system is not empowered to make decisions in cases connected with war-related events. The work of a Dutch painter Pietr van Laer "A Roman Lime Quarry" from the begining of the 17th century was confiscated by the Czech authorities in 1945 applying the rules of so-called Benes Decree. The painting had been exhibited in Valtice until the year 1991 when the Conservation Office in Brno shipped it for an exhibition of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne. The painting whose price reached 10 million crowns was removed from the exhibit after the legal action of the Lichtenstein Duke Hans Adam II, who claimed the painting was private family property. The Lichtenstein party will appeal to a Supreme Court and if needed to the International Tribunal in Haag. However, the director of the Conservation Office in Brno, Vladimir Pospisil, is convinced that the painting will be returned to the Czech Republic this year. "I am going to ask for an immediate release of the painting without any regard to the appeal," he said. Klara Schirova/Klara Schirova BRIEFLY * After its weekend meeting in Trest u Opavy, the executive council of Civic Democratic Party (ODS) suggested that Senate elections take place at the same time as parliamentary house elections, in July 1996. * The ex-minister of health service Ludek Rubas decided to accept the offer of a part-time position as advisor to new minister Jan Strasky. * Premier Vaclav Klaus met with his British counterpart John Major about the EU problem and about how Europe is perceived as a whole. They met at the the Conservative party conference in Blackpool, northern England, on Thursday October 12. * The constitutional court in Brno decided that in the future small independent breweries will pay lower taxes than their competitors. This means that President Vaclav Havel's suggestion to cancel the tax alleviation was rejected. * Wednesday October 11 the Ministry of Finance suspended the lottery game "Nova sance" which TV NOVA had regularly broadcast as a part of TV BINGO, because of suspected extensive cheating. * Wednesday October 11 Public Attorney for Prague 3 Karel Bruckler submitted to the Czech Office of Investigation, accusing two high police officials of breaking the law in a May raid in the restaurant " U Holubu." J. Hejtmanova, P. Mrzena, R.Wolak, A.Kocarjan, N. Hajkova/J.Motejzikova FROM SLOVAKIA Former Member of SIS Provides Some Background on the Kidnapping of Michal Kovac Jr. In its Tuesday copy, the Slovak oposition daily SME published an interview with a former employee of the Slovak Information Service, who took part in pursuit of the President's son. The former agent, who had proved his SIS membership by a service identification card, gave initials of names of his supervisors who had assigned him to the pursuit. According to the former employee, SIS head Ivan Lexa ordered the pursuit and also directed it by means of a radio connection. "I heard him in my transmitter and I recognized his voice," claims the man, who, because he fears for his life, wants to remain anonymous. The former agent stated that he had entered the SIS service with an idea of working for the benefit of the state and not for the beneift of indidivuals and their political parties. "When I discovered what I had unwillingly participated in and what I would have to participate in in the future, I decided to tell the truth to both the Slovak nation and the world, and leave the SIS." Michaela Vysoudilova and Darina Coufalova/Klara Schirova SME Daily in Danger The most important Slovak oppositionist daily SME found itself in existential troubles after a private printing house, Concordia, had on Tuesday, October 10 canceled its production with no prior anouncement. Director of Concordia Frantisek Mana justified his action by citing CME's 2 million crown debt. Editor-in-chief of SME Karol Jezik refuted Mana's arguments by pointing out that debts of other dailies are many times higher. He claimed further that the director of the printing house rejected an immmediate cash payment of the debt and continues to insist on canceling the contract, even though SME would have to pay 6 million crowns for cancelling the contract. The Tuesday copy of SME was finally published in a competing printing house, Danubia, which refused further cooperation on Wednesday. According to Jezik's statement in the Thursday copy of SME, political motives form a background to the behaviour of the printing houses. Since Wednesday, SME has been published in a printing house in Komarno, despite the fact that deadline is at 4 p.m. However, the number of copies continues to increase, and a record 70,302 copies were printed on Friday. Petr Pabian/Klara Schirova BUSINESS/ECONOMICS Invex Computer 95 The fifth annual computer trade show for Central and Eastern Europe, Invex Computer, took place October 12-14 in Brno. The Come in Future exhibition, designed specifically for layman and school children, was also part of the fair. It introduced technology for education, the "home office," games and entertainment programs. More then 700 exhibitors had displays, filling a space of more than 40 thousand square meters. The Invex fair, begun in 1991, continues to attract a growing amount of visitors and exhibitors, including giants like Compaq, IBM, Digital, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft. Jaromir Vicari/Jitka Hejtmanova Software Piracy At least 25 people in the Czech Republic are being prosecuted for software piracy, other cases are undergoing investigation, said police agent Josef Cerny of the economic crime department. Ostrava's district court has already cast the first 10 verdicts in the cases of software piracy. Three defendants are on probation, their software has been confiscated. An estimated 83 percent of programs in the Czech Republic have been illegally acquired. Reasons include high pricing of computer programs. For example, the price of Microsoft Word 6.0 is about 8,000 Kc - an average monthly salary. Jaromir Vicari/Jitka Hejtmanova Czech National Bank Changes Exchange Rate List As of Monday, Oct. 16, the Czech National Bank began publishing only one column of exchange rates. In the past, the table was divided into separate columns denoting "check" and "cash" categories, and "buy," "sell," and "middle" values. They were abolished in accordance to the new foreign currency law, which went into effect Oct. 1, making way for competition between banks. The Czech banks will use the "official" Czech National Bank exchange rates only as a basis for their own payments and exchange policies. Lucie Chytrackova/Milan Smid Exchange Rates at the Czech National Bank (valid from Oct. 20) country currency Australia 1 AUD 19.944 Belgium 100 BEF 90.337 Great Britain 1 GBP 41.415 Danemark 1 DKK 4.788 Finland 1 FIM 6.186 France 1 FRF 5.308 Ireland 1 IEP 42.316 Italy 1000 ITL 16.465 Japan 100 JPY 26.172 Canada 1 CAD 19.706 Luxemburg 100 LUF 90.337 Netherlands 1 NLG 16.590 Norway 1 NOK 4.225 New Zealand 1 NZD 17.345 Portugal 100 PTE 17.643 Austria 1 ATS 2.641 Greece 100 GRD 11.323 Slovakia 100 SKK 89.266 Germany 1 DEM 18.589 Spain 100 ESP 21.499 Sweden 1 SEK 3.879 Switzerland 1 CHF 22.817 USA 1 USD 26.36 EMS-ECU 1 XEU 34.234 MMF-ZPC-SDR 1 XDR 39.547 CULTURE Musical Dracula Opens October 13, the Prague Palace of Culture became the place where "blood is drunk." An original Czech musical, based on the Bram Stoker novel, opened in the main hall. Many Czech and Slovak creative personalities participated in the performance, which took one year to prepare. Choreographer Richard Hes of the dance company UNO authored the entire project, both writing both the plot and coauthoring the libretto. Karel Svoboda composed the music. Slovak Jozef Bednarik directed the musical. Zdenek Borovec wrote the song texts. Pop singer Dan Landa and opera singer Daniel Hulka alternate in the lead role of Dracula. Lucie Bila and Jiri Korn will also appear in the musical. The musical will be performed till the end of the year in Prague. An English version will be prepared to be shown in Germany and Switzerland. Ticket prices range from 65 to 650 crowns. 35,000 tickets valuing 9 million kc were sold by opening night. Tomas Kopecny/Jitka Motejzikova Gaumont Celebrates 100th Anniversary A retro festival using the most important films from the Gaumont archives began in movie theater Lucerna on Tuesday, October 17. Gaumont is the oldest existing film company in the world. The event is being organized by the French Embassy in Prague, the TV station Nova, the Brno Cultural and Informational Center and Alliance Francaise in Brno. The festival will first take place in Prague, lasting until Sunday, October 22). It will play in Brno from Wednesday, October 25, until Sunday, October 29. At the opening performance Gaumont's representatives, French ambassador Benoit d'Aboville, President of TV Nova Vladimir Zelezny and young film director Alexandre Jardin, addressed the audience. The festival will present eleven historical Gaumont films, including the very first feature film by Jean Vigo "Zero de conduit" (An F in Behaviour, 1933), "Metro" (Subway, 1985) directed by movie maker Luc Besson, who is very popular in the Czech republic, the mystery by Andre Cayatte "Le glaive et la balance" (The Sword and the Scales, 1963), and the psychological thriller "Un condamme a mort-s est echappe" (Sentenced to Death - Escaped, 1956) by Robert Bresson. Matej Bartosek/Katerina Zachovalova Czech Press Photo Prize Awarded to Reflex Reporter Jan Sibik Jan Sibik won the first prize of the debuting Czech Press Photo contest, with the photograph "Rwandian Refugee From Camp Catala." This contest, inspired by the international World Press Photo competition, is organized by the Nikon and Konica companies, as well as by the Czech magazine "Fotografie-magazin". 229 photographers including mass media photojournalists and artistic photographers, such as Jindrich Streit and Jan Pohribny contributed to the exhibition. Almost two hundred works will be presented from the middle of November at the Franciscan monastery in Prague. Barbora Spevakova/Katerina Zachovalova Slovak Theater in Prague Nova scena Bratislava (New Scene Bratislava), Divadlo SNP (Theater SNP) and many other Slovak theater groups will perform at the festival "Slovak Theater in Prague" November 6-12. The festival will present a selection of the most interesting Slovak drama and musical projects from past years. Among them are Goldoni's "Klamar" (The Liar) and Russell's "Pokrevni bratri" (Kinship of Brothers). The exhibition was organized by the culture department of the Prague Mayor's office, and Divadlo Bez zabradli and various Slovak theater companies. The performances will take place at Hudebni divadlo Karlin (Karlin Musical Theater), Divadlo ABC and divadlo Adria. The similar festival "Czech Theatre 95" will take place in Slovak Studio S in Bratislava during the same week as the Prague show. Lucie Dvorakova/Katerina Zachovalova SPORT Prague Hosts Greek-Roman Wrestling World Championship The finals in the individual categories of Greek-Roman Wrestling World Championship took place in Prague Friday, October 13 and Sunday, October 15. Prague hosted the world championships for the first time in honor of the 100th anniversary of Czech wrestling. Friday evening, many defenders of world titles lost their matches. Alexander Karelin of Russia proved his sovereignity Saturday and Sunday. For the past eight years, he has been undefeated in his category of 130 kg. Five Czech wrestlers participated. Robert Mazouch placed the highest at 16th in the 62 kg category. World champions: in the category of 48 kg Sim Kwon-ho (Korea), of 52 kg Danielan (Russia), of 57kg Hall (USA), of 62 kg Martynov (Russia), of 68 kg Adji (Ukraine), of 74 kg Riemer (France), of 82 kg Yerikaya (Turkey), of 90 kg Baser (Turkey), of 100 kg Ljunberg (Sweden) and of 130 kg Karelin (Russia). Michal Kubal/Jan Palicka Wayne Ferreira is Victor at the IPB Czech Indoor On Sunday the best seeded tennis tournament in Czech history came to an end in Ostrava-Vitkovice. In three sets Wayne Ferreira of South Africa (13th in ATP) triumphed over MaliVai Washington of the USA. He received the first prize of 54,000 USD, while Washington left with 31,830 USD. Forget and Rafter beat the Czech Davis Cup team Suk and Vacek in doubles. Jan Palicka/Jan Palicka Slavia Traditionally Triumphs Abroad, Sparta Didn't Make It at Home Tuesday two Czech teams played the second round of the U.E.F.A. Cup. Slavia Prague defeated Lugano in Switzerland 2-1, and Sparta Prague beat Zimbru Kisinev from Moldavia 4-3. Slavia got off to a strong start against FC Lugano. Vagner assisted by Smicer scored the first goal 20 minutes into the game. Five minutes later, Penicka scored again. Shalimov of Lugano scored in the second half of the game. Frydek from Sparta Prague made the first goal in the first minutes of the game. Sparta led the second half at 4-1 with two goals scored by Neved and one by Budka. However, Kisinev evened out the score to 4-3 by the end of the game. Karel Bartek/Jan Palicka Liberec Leads the Football Charts After the victory over Ceske Budejovice Liberec rose to first place replacing Sparta team after they lost in Opava Results of 10th round: Slavia-Uherske Hradiste 9-1, Opava-Sparta 2-0, Zizkov-Cheb 2:0, Zlin-Jablonec 0:0, Hr. Kralove-Ostrava 2:1, Liberec-Ceske Budejovice 2:1, Olomouc-Plzen 3:0, Brno-Drnovice 2:2. David Sprincl/Jan Palicka Brno Has Second Extraleague Victory Brno hockey players achieved their second win in these year's extraleague, which does not aid them from last place. The leaders, Vsetin and Sparta, continue to head the race. Results of the 13th round: Litvinov-Kladno 0:4 Vsetin-Olomouc, Trinec-C.Bodejovice 3:5 Pardubice-Sparta 2:6 Brno-Vitkovice 3:2 Plzen-Zlin 2:3 Jihlava-Slavia 2:4. Adam Kotalik/Maria Tripoliti Extraleague Goalkeeper Imprisoned The police arrested Ivan Vasilev, a goalkeeper for the HC Sparta Praha team on Tuesday, October 17. Czech daily Mlada Fronta Dnes wrote last Thursday that Vasilev won't be the only hockey player affected by the case. The press spokesman for the Czech police, Petr Link, deems it nonsense. He says that the case concerns solely Ivan Vasilev, an opinion shared by a representative of HC Sparta and the Prague 7 police investigator, Carolina sources. Vasilev is being detained in Prague 7, under the suspicion of a moral crime, which according to Link could be sexual abuse or rape. Tomas Kopecny/Maria Tripoliti WEATHER The people of Prague were surprised by fog and rain. Industrial areas had to take special anti-smog measures, mainly for children. Northern Czech power plants limited operations. Bad weather made not only the quality of TV signals worse, but also caused the first chain of car accidents this fall. 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