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: (+4202) 24810804, ext. 252, fax: (+4202) 24810987 *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* C A R O L I N A No 279, Friday, March 6, 1998. FROM THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK (February 25 - March 4) Constitutional Change Should Make Early Election Possible Parliament's Chamber of Deputies February 26 approved the Social Democrats' proposal to shorten the Chamber's term of office, and voted to end the lower house's current session on election day (probably June 19). The vote means a change in the Czech Constitution, to bring the country to early elections. The decisive moment in the discussions was the support of the Freedom Union, which feared that the proposal's rejection would threaten Parliament's approval of Czech NATO membership. The proposal was approved approved by 130 deputies (the Social Democrats, Communists, Republicans, all but two of the Christian Democrats and 12 of 31 Freedom Union deputies. Some deputies, such as Ivan Masek (formerly of the Civic Democratic Alliance) and Jiri Payne (Civic Democratic Party), said they consider the change of the Constitution despite the fact that the Constitution already allows for Parliament to be disbanded a grave disrespect to the rule of law. Deputies and political parties were also criticized for the financial aspects of the vote. The government had proposed that deputies not discuss a certain bill for three months, which would result in disbanding Parliament in April, but by accepting the change to the Constitution each party will receive another 20 million crowns in state contributions, while deputies will receive two months' more pay and benefits and the right to severance pay. Jana Ciglerova/Michael Bluhm Czechs Abroad Still without Right to Vote Parliament's Chamber of Deputies rejected February 26 the amendment to the Election Act which would make it possible for Czechs living outside the Czech Republic to vote in the early Parliament elections, and returned the bill for revision to the Cabinet. Chances to adopt the amendment by the June elections are nearly zero. Against the amendment stood 95 of 180 deputies, mainly Social Democrats, Communists and neo-Fascist Republicans. The deputies accepted in general the necessity to rectify several flaws in the present Election Act, but they claimed the hasty and imperfect amendments could lead to more difficulties. "This means that even Czech citizens temporarily abroad, like the Czech hockey players, would not be able to vote," said former Interior Minister Jan Ruml to the daily Hospodarske noviny. Interior Minister Cyril Svoboda (Christian Democrats) was deeply disappointed as well: "We have to feel the compassion for those living abroad with Czech citizenship. I do not understand how anybody could vote against this," he said. Jana Ciglerova/Jana Ciglerova Freedom Union Election Leaders to Include Mlynar and Kuhnl The Freedom Union (US) recommended 10 candidates to the party's regional organizations to top candidate lists for the June Parliament elections. The 10 include four government ministers - Ivan Pilip (finance), Michal Lobkowicz (defense), Jan Cerny (Regional Development) and Stanislav Volak (labor) - and four party vice chairmen - sociologist Petr Mateju, Kutna Hora Mayor Ivo Sanc, Vaclav Krasa and Petr Mares. The list is rounded out by two unaffiliated ministers from Prime Minister Josef Tosovsky's government: Karel Kunhl (trade, until recently a member of the Civic Democratic Alliance) and Vladimir Mlynar (spokesman). While Mlynar said he might join the US, Kunhl said he will run as an independent. US Chairman Jan Ruml said he will not run in the elections and will rather concentrate on leading the party. Regional US branches will decide on the final ballots. Katerina Murlova/Andrea Snyder Romany Family Granted Asylum in Great Britain A British court granted a Czech Romany (Gypsy) family asylum in Great Britain February 27. This is the third Czech Romany family, part of the wave of emigration in October and November, to be granted asylum in Great Britain (see Carolina 262 and 264). The court ruled the family had been discriminated against in the Czech Republic and would probably be persecuted again upon returning home. The court made its decision a few days after a Romany woman was murdered in Vrchlabi (see Carolina 277). The family was awarded a four-year asylum, after which they will have to apply for British citizenship. Czech Cabinet Minister and Chairman of the government's Committee for Romany Affairs Vladimir Mlynar said this is an isolated incident and asked Romanies not to leave the Czech Republic. He said granting asylum is important proof of the problems of coexistence of Romany living with the rest of Czech society. Dozens of Czech Romanies applied for asylum in Great Britain from 1989 to 1997, and about10 families were awarded refugee status. More than 550 Czech and Slovak Romany emigrants have returned from Great Britain since the October exodus. Eva Fronkova/Andrea Snyder Romany Civic Iniciative Demands Spots on Czech Police Force Romany Civic Iniciative (ROI) delegates demanded the Czech government include Romanies (Gypsies) on the Czech police force at a meeting in Pardubice. ROI said the Interior Ministry should have at least 10 Romanies at each police headquarters and hold at least 50 places for Romanies at police academies. The delegates also demanded a Romany coordinator to handle the issue of racially motivated crimes. ROI demands that its conditions be met by May 1. Interior Vice Minister Vojtech Sedlacek, who was invited to the meeting, said the ministry realizes the possible advantage of Romany police officers, but will not create new posts. He said that doors are open at police headquarters in regions where there are not enough policemen. Emil Scuka was again voted ROI chairman. He told Czech daily Pravo that many other Romanies are planning to leave the country. "After they learned that England granted one Romany family asylum, they live in hope that they might have the same luck." Tension is growing in the Romany community and there are more racially motivated attacks on both sides. One of the most tragic was January 17 in Krnovo na Bruntalsku, when a Romany woman suffered second and third-degree burns (see Carolina 273). Another attack in Vrchlabi (in the Trutnov district) resulted in the death of a 26-year-old Romany woman (see Carolina 277). The most recent (the 30th this year) racially motivated crime was last week, when three Romanies attacked some policemen (see below). Petr Bilek Jr./Andrea Snyder Roma Attack Police in Moravska Trebova About 30 Romanies (Gypsies) attacked four policemen on the night of February 26. Investigators accused the four most aggressive Romanies of rioting, attacking a public official and racial violence. Witnesses said verbal attacks on the policemen were of a racial character. The Romanies have not been sentenced. The Romany Civic Initiative (ROI) and government officials have spoken out against the attack. ROI said the incident will cast a bad light on Romanies. The incident occurred in front of a bar, where Romanies attacked four off-duty policemen. One of the attacked screamed that he was a policeman. The police ran to safety and reported the incident at a nearby police station. The police had cuts and bruises all over their bodies; two of them are unable to work due to the injuries. Romanies later gathered in front of the station to demand the release of the accused. Ludvik Pospisil/Andrea Snyder Martin Bursik Named Environment Minister President Vaclav Havel named Martin Bursik the new environment minister at the Lany Castle February 27. Prime Minister Josef Tosovsky recommended the 38-year-old Prague City Council's Environment Committee chairman after Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) leader and former Environment Minister Jiri Skalicky left his post following his party's finance scandal. Bursik's priorities as environment minister are to support positive ecological behavior and to re-open environmental issues, such as the unfinished construction of the Temelin nuclear power plant. Bursik studied environmental protection, and graduated from Charles University's Natural Science Faculty. He worked for seven years as a hydrologist in the state Hydrology Construction company. In 1990 he represented the Civic Forum in Parliament, where he was a member of the Environment Committee and the Agricultural Committee. In 1994 he was voted into the Prague City Council on the Free Democrats - National Liberal Social Party ticket and chaired the Environment Committee. He became a member of the council's Security Committee. Havel makes no secret of the fact that Bursik's opinions on the environment are very close to his own. Environmental organizations see the minister as a potential partner, as do the Austrians, who believe he will restart talks on Temelin. However, Prague Mayor Jan Koukal of the Civic Democrat Party called his opponent from the municipal building a cultivated populist. Anna Kadava/Andrea Snyder Christian Democrats: The State Should Be Stronger and Stricter Without Chairman Josef Lux's attendance, a nationwide conference of the Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party took place in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) last weekend. The conference started a series of talks about the party's pre-election program, and a prospective post-election government coalition with the Social Democrats was discussed as well. In Karlovy Vary only discussions were held, and the conference did not accept any conclusions. One of the main topics was a call for a stronger and tighter role for the state in the economy. According to the media, the participants agreed that unsuccessfully privatized property should be returned to state ownership and the state should make membership in professional associations compulsory. However, the party then had to emphatically deny it wants to nationalize companies. Talks about a stronger state role evoked other right parties' disagreement. For instance, the Freedom Union Chairman Jan Ruml said he does not believe the Christian Democrats mean such statements seriously. Although there was no official discussion about a prospective post-election government coalition with the Social Democrats, the topic was actively discussed in private. A group around party Vice Chairman Jan Kasal has been showing some aversion to a coalition with the Social Democrats, but some consider the coalition a foregone conclusion. The Social Democrats are not enamored of the Christian Democrats' hesitation. "It would not be bad to surprise the Christian Democrats with an election result such that we would not need to cooperate with them at all," said Social Democrat Chairman Milos Zeman. Jan Puncochar/Denisa Vitkova NEWS IN BRIEF * Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) disintegration continues. Deputies Michal Prokop, Karel Ledvinka (chairman of the ODA Parliament club and vice chairman of the Chamber of Deputies) and Dusan Navratil left the party March 3. The meeting between ODA Vice Chairman Miroslav Toser and the Civic Democratic Party Chairman Vaclav Klaus was one of the impulses for their move. ODA Chairman Daniel Kroupa expressed disagreement with this meeting, which provoked ODA members, although Klaus and Toser said the meeting was private. The ODA club, the smallest deputies' club in Parliament, now consists of four ODA members and nine independents. * NATO General Secretary Javier Solana visited Prague March 4 after stops in Hungary and Poland. * Media speculation appeared about the possibility of changing the charges against Libor Novak to distortion of business information or dropping the charges entirely. Former Civic Democratic Party (ODS) Vice Chairman Novak, accused of evading some 500,000 crowns in donation taxes, remains in police custody. Police do not have enough evidence to take the case to trial. According to Novak's lawyer, former federal Interior Minister Tomas Sokol, witness depositions speak in his client's favor, although Chief Detective Zdenek Janicek said he does not agree fully. * Prague Mayor Jan Koukal (Civic Democratic Party - ODS) survived a recall vote February 26. Only one vote lacked to pass the recall motion initiated by the Constructive Opposition club together with Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) members in the City Council failed to be approved. Opposition councilmen accused Koukal of mismanagement and criticized his arbitrary calling of a demonstration to support former Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus, criticized problems with Prague taxi drivers and scandals surrounding the city bond offering. * The first and so far the last Czech astronaut, Vladimir Remek, began his cosmic journey 20 years ago in the spaceship Salyut 6, launched March 2, 1978. Remek spent eight days in orbit and Czechoslovakia became the third country - after the Soviet Union and the United States - to send one of its citizens into space. Katerina Murlova, Ondrej Drabek/Mirek Langer, Milan Smid FROM SLOVAKIA Michal Kovac No Longer President After five years as president of Slovakia, Michal Kovac handed over presidential powers to the government of Premier Vladimir Meciar March 2 in Bratislava. Because Kovac's term came to and end without a new president being elected, Slovakia's constitution mandates that presidential powers are transferred to the government. The second round of president elections is planned for March 5, but there are no expectations for a new president to be elected. Among the powers conferred upon the government are the power to represent Slovakia abroad, to sign international contracts, to accept state visitors and to call the National Assembly into session. For now the government and the premier are not authorized to sign bills into law, to appoint members of the government and cannot dissolve the National Assembly. In front of the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, where Kovac transferred presidential powers to Meciar's government, Kovac's supporters gathered in a demonstration of sympathy for the former president and dislike for Meciar. Lenka Vochocova/Sofia Karakeva Meciar's Government Withdraws 28 Ambassadors Premier Vladimir Meciar's government took advantage of its new powers during its first meeting (held in the Presidential Place) after Michal Kovac's presidency came to an end March 2. The government declared amnesty (among others to the kidnappers of Michal Kovac Jr. and to those who sabotaged last year's referendum) to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Slovakia's existence. The government also revoked Kovac's decision to call a referendum March 19 about Slovak membership in NATO and for the direct presidential election (see Carolina 278). The government also withdrew 28 of 42 Slovak ambassadors. Slovak ambassador to the Czech Republic Ivan Mjartan was not withdrawn. Meciar March 4 explained to Slovak Radio the withdrawal of Slovak ambassadors: "Some of the government's proposals for filling important diplomatic posts were not accepted by the president. Some posts are not occupied at all, some of them for more than 5-6 years. But now I do not have to discuss it with the president, because it's in the government's authority to decide who will be appointed ambassador and who will be withdrawn. If during the past three and a half years there was not any room for such questions to be resolved, we have to correct this." Slovak opposition parties see the inability to elect a new president as a bad sign and fear the concentration of presidential powers with government authorities, according to business daily Hospodarske noviny. Lenka Vochocova/Sofia Karakeva New Version of Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Contract to Be Prepared Slovak and Hungarian delegations agreed in Bratislava February 27 to prepare a new version of the 1977 international agreement on the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros dam within two years. It should be preceded by a general agreement which, after being approved by each country's government, will be signed by the Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn and Slovak Premier Vladimir Meciar by March 25. After ratification of the reworked international agreement by each country's legislature, the waterworks should be finished in four to six years. The parties plan to enter some new points into the agreement concerning environmental protection and a renunciation of damages compensation. Years of disagreement were brought to an end last year at the International Court in the Hague. According to the information from the Czech press, a protest against the building of the dam took place last weekend in Budapest with about 20,000 participants. Lenka Jindrlova/Ajla Zinhasovic ECONOMY Crown Strengthens against Deutschmark The Czech crown reached a new high - 18.645 crowns to one deutschmark. On March 2, the Czech currency began trading at 18.73 per deutschmark and got stronger during the day, finishing at its high for the year. According to currency dealer Petr Korous, the crown will now trade within a range of 18.40 - 19.25 crowns to the deutschmark, and we cannot expect a fast return to the level around 19.30, he said. On the contrary, other experts said the crown's gains do not have any economic substance and will not last long. In the summer the crown should, according to estimates, stay at about 20 crowns to the deutschmark. Pedro Afanador/Denisa Vitkova Exchange Rates at the Czech National Bank (valid from March 6) country currency ------------------------------------------ Australia 1 AUD 22.835 Belgium 100 BEF 91.004 Great Britain 1 GBP 56.110 Denmark 1 DKK 4.926 ECU 1 XEU 37.162 Finland 1 FIM 6.188 France 1 FRF 5.598 Ireland 1 IEP 46.584 Italy 1000 ITL 19.074 Japan 100 JPY 26.761 Canada 1 CAD 23.886 Luxemburg 100 LUF 91.004 IMF 1 XDR 45.905 Hungary 100 HUF 16.283 Netherlands 1 NLG 16.659 Norway 1 NOK 4.514 New Zealand 1 NZD 19.805 Poland 1 PLN 9.775 Portugal 100 PTE 18.352 Austria 1 ATS 2.669 Greece 100 GRD 11.872 Germany 1 DEM 18.775 Slovakia 100 SKK 97.806 Slovenia 100 SIT 19.957 Spain 100 ESP 22.150 Sweden 1 SEK 4.270 Switzerland 1 CHF 23.095 USA 1 USD 34.008 CULTURE Czech Lion 1997 The 1997 Czech Lion awards, given by the Czech Film and Television Academy, were presented in Prague's Lucerna Hall February 28. As expected, Petr Zelenka's film Buttoners (Knoflikari) took the three most valuable trophies - for best film, best direction and best screenplay. Moreover, Buttoners' Jiri Kodet won the Czech Lion for best male supporting actor. Juraj Jakubisko's film An Uncertain Report about the End of the World (Nejasna zprava o konci sveta) received four Czech Lions in minor categories (sound, editing, music, and best supporting actress - Klara Issova). The best actor award went to Jiri Schmitzer for his role in Boomerang (Bumerang), while the best actress trophy was given to Lenka Vlasakova for her role in the film Lea. The Czech Lion for lifetime achievement was awarded to Milos Forman. Bolek Polivka, last year's winner of the best actor lion for Forgotten Light (Zapomenute svetlo), was the host of the ceremony. Czech media have passionately discussed later the absence of the year's two big winners - Zelenka and Jakubisko - from the awards ceremony. Both were heavily criticized - Jakubisko attended a theater premiere and Zelenka intentionally rejected the invitation and watched the ceremony on television at home. Ales Bartl/Milan Smid Czech Egyptologists Make Extraordinary Discovery Workers at Charles University's Czech Egyptology Institute recently recorded a major success in Egypt, opening the lid of the sarcophagus belonging to Iufa, caretaker of the Pharaoh's palace. It is the first Egyptian tomb with a sarcophagus found since 1942 that had not been pillaged. According to specialists, it was a very demanding technical and financial effort, unique in the past 60 years. "Nobody here remembers anything like this," said Ladislav Bares, who found the tomb. The Czech Egyptology Institute began its activity in Egypt's Abu Siru in 1975. Its staff members have made several important discoveries - mostly from the time 2,500 years before Christ - from which the majority are displayed in the Cairo Museum. Eva Fronkova/Gabriela Pecic SPORTS Track and Field Athletes Get Complete Set of Medals in Valencia The greatest success in the Czech Republic track and field history are the five medals won in the 25th indoor European Championships in Valencia, Spain. Ludmila Formanova (800 meter) won gold, Sarka Kasparkova (triple jump) and Daniela Bartova (pole vault) got silver and Helena Fuchsova (400 meter) and Tomas Janku (high jump) won bronze. The fourth-place finishes of Jan Janku (high jump) and Tomas Dvorak (septathlon) and Zuzana Kovacikova's (high jump) fifth place helped the Czech team to an overall eighth place finish among the European elite. Formanova's victory in the 800-meter race brought the first indoor European gold for the independent Czech Republic and also was the first major victory for Formanova. She is coached by Jarmila Kratochvilova, the 1983 world champion and world-record holder. Both silver medalists lost their golds after world-record performances from their opponents, Ukraine's pole vaulter Angela Balakhonova and Britain's triple jumper Ashia Hansen. Tomas Janku provided the greatest surprise, winning the bronze in a thrilling duel against his brother Jan. "He was an opponent like anyone else. If he was better, I would not have a medal," Tomas Janku said to daily MF DNES. Decathlon world champion Tomas Dvorak was very disappointed in his fourth place. He had recently been ill and lost many points in the long jump and the pole vault. Milan Eisenhammer/Mirek Langer America Hails Czech Players The Nagano Olympics hockey "Tournament of Century" gold medalists were welcomed by fans overseas. In Buffalo, an excited crowd waited for goaltender Dominik Hasek and defender Richard Smehlik and, like in Prague, there were banners in Czech reading "Hasek for President." Before the match between Hasek's Buffalo Sabres and the Toronto Maple Leafs, (who boast Czech Martin Prochazka on their roster), Hasek and Smehlik received their medals again and were treated to the Czech national anthem sung live by Waldemar Matuska. The star of the Czech goalie now shines in the sky, too. Scientists from the Astronomy Institute of the Academy of Sciences observatory in Ondrejov Petr Pravec and Lenka Sauronova named an asteroid found three years ago after Hasek. The asteroid, some five kilometers in diameter and circling the sun between Mars and Jupiter, will be called Dominik. In Montreal before the match between the Canadiens and the Pittsburgh Penguins, the home team's Martin Rucinsky, his medal around his neck, greeted the crowd, which also applauded six Penguin players: Jaromir Jagr, Jiri Slegr, Martin Straka, Robert Lang and Russians Alexey Morozov and Darius Kasparaitis. In the match, however, Lang disappointed the arena with a goal in the first minute, then Jagr scored two goals and added two assists. In the dark Memorial Coliseum, where the matches of Robert Reichel's New York Islanders take place, before the match against the Dallas Stars spotlights traced the Czech center skating along the boards with his medal. Edmonton Oilers' defender Roman Hamrlik celebrated in the game against the Ottawa Senators with one goal and one assist. Jiri Polak/Mirek Langer Olympics Once Again: Acrobat Valenta Finishes Fourth The first Olympic freestyle ski-jumping event ended with unexpected success of Ales Valenta, the only Czech athlete in the competition. He got the best marks in his life for his three somersaults with four twists. It seemed he would have the bronze until the last jump of the competition, which gave a medal to Belarussia's Dashchinsky. Jan Kozanek/Mirek Langer Hockey League Continues for Olympic Champions After the Olympic break, the Staropramen ice-hockey extraleague continued. The successful national team members built on their great performances, as Vsetin's Jiri Dopita scored a hat trick and helped his team defeat Vitkovice for the first time this season. The fight for eighth place has become the main topic of these rounds, because the eighth team will be the last to make the playoffs. While one candidate - Zlin - smashed Opava 10-2 mostly thanks to six goals and one assist from first-line center Cajanek, Pardubice lost important points losing in Ceske Budejovice. A few historic events took place. Vladimir Ruzicka, the 34-year-old Olympic team captain, scored his 400th goal in the league. Only two players, Milan Novy and Josef Cerny, had managed it before. In Litvinov, the first goalless tie occurred since 1959, when Litvinov entered the league. Results from the 45th round: Vsetin - Kladno 7-1, Ceske Budejovice - Opava 4-1, Jihlava - Pardubice 2-3, Karlovy Vary - Plzen 4-4, Zlin - Trinec 5-2, Sparta Praha - Vitkovice 2-5. 46th round: Trinec - Kladno 6-3, Vsetin - Vitkovice 5-0, Opava - Slavia Praha 3-5, Plzen - Ceske Budejovice 5-0, Litvinov - Zlin 4-1, Sparta Praha - Jihlava 4-0, Pardubice - Karlovy Vary 2-2. 47th round: Vitkovice - Kladno 3-1, Karlovy Vary - Sparta Praha 1-7, Slavia Praha - Plzen 1-2, Litvinov - Trinec 0-0, Ceske Budejovice - Pardubice 6-4, Zlin - Opava 10-2, Jihlava - Vsetin 2-4. Michal Cerny/Mirek Langer Soccer League without Surprises The debacle of Ceske Budejovice in Jablonec will be remembered as the main event of the 17th round of the soccer league. Penicka scored a hat trick. The 10-point gap between Sparta and Slavia did not change, because both teams won their matches. Sparta leads the standings with 42 points, Slavia has 32, and behind them is a group of 12 teams separated by nine points. Plzen (15 pts.) and Lazne Bohdanec (7 pts.) close out the standings. Results: Sparta Praha - Viktoria Zizkov 2-0, Opava - Slavia Praha 0-1, Brno - Liberec 0-0, Olomouc - Plzen 0-1, Drnovice - Ostrava 2-2, Jablonec - Ceske Budejovice 8-0, Teplice - Dukla 2-0, Hradec Kralove - Bohdanec 3-0. Jakub Svab/Mirek Langer WEATHER After a spring-like February, Mother Nature decided that with the arrival of March, it will not let the government go. Daytime temperatures dropped to 0 degrees Celsius/32 degrees Fahrenheit and fell below freezing at night. Some snow appeared in the mountains - enough to cause problems for drivers, but not enough to please skiers. No doubt cold weather is back again, but no glory for winter lovers. Karolina Kucerova/Sofia Karakeva English version edited by Michael Bluhm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This news may be published only with "CAROLINA" designation. The subscription is free. Comments and remarks are appreciated. 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