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 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 ------------------------------------------ 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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