From: dstein@oak.math.ucla.edu (David Stein)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
Subject: RFE 216
Keywords: DUBCEK is dead
Date: 9 Nov 92 21:13:55 GMT
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department


                       RFE/RL Daily Report

                                          No. 216, 9 November 1992

DUBCEK IS DEAD.  Alexander Dubcek, the symbol of "communism with a
human face," died of multiple organ failure on 7 November in a
Prague hospital, where he spent the final nine weeks of his life.
The 70 year-old former First Secretary of the Communist Party of
Czechoslovakia suffered chest and spinal injuries in a car crash
on 1 September and subsequently underwent several operations.
Several leading Czech and Slovak officials praised him for his
achievements. Former Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel said that
he was "deeply moved" by Dubcek's death, Reuters reported. He said
that he knew Dubcek as a "kind, open, and modest human being," and
added that he was an "important personality of modern Czechoslovak
history." A spokesman for the Slovak government said that Dubcek
left his mark on Slovak politics which "helped Slovakia to be seen
by the world." (Jan Obrman, RFE/RL, Inc.)

EC CALLS ON CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO TEMPORARILY HALT CONSTRUCTION AT
GABCIKOVO.  The European Community called on Czechoslovakia to
temporarily stop construction on the controversial hydroelectric
dam project on the Danube, Reuters reported on 6 November. The EC
Commission, which has been mediating the dispute over the dam
between Hungary and Czechoslovakia, said that work should go on
for now to avert the risk of flooding, but should stop on 21
November. Czechoslovakia will respect the EC's decision,
Czechoslovak Deputy Foreign Minister Zdenko Pirek told reporters
in Brussels.  The EC Commission is sponsoring a thorough study of
the project's environmental and sociological impact and
specialists of several countries are to meet in Brussels on 15
November to discuss the its findings.  (Jan Obrman, RFE/RL, Inc.)

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