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 STUDENTS' 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 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 ------------------------------------------ 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. 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