From: antenna@well.sf.ca.us (Robert Horvitz)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.czecho-slovak
Subject: CAROLINA - Weekly EJournal from Charles University, Praha
Date: 22 Aug 92 19:12:10 GMT
Organization: Internews

Here is a sample issue of CAROLINA, an electronic bulletin published
weekly by the students of the Journalism Faculty at Charles University
In Praha.  Subscription info is at the end.  I should say that it's
published weekly during the college's active semesters.  Right now
it's coming out very irregularly.  But if you want a concise summary
of political news from the CSFR, you can't beat it for the price!
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From: ANTENNA%CSEARN.BITNET@AEARN.EDVZ.Uni-Linz.AC.AT
 
Date:          Fri, 21 Aug 1992 12:00:00 MDT
From:          "Carolina/Eng No 38" <CAROLINA@CSEARN.BITNET>
Subject:       Carolina/Eng No 38


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         STUDENT'S E-MAIL NEWS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA

         School of Social Science of Charles University
         Smetanovo nabr. 6
  110 01 Prague 1
         C.S.F.R.
 e-mail address: CAROLINA@CSEARN.BITNET

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       C A R O L I N A  No 38,  Friday, August 21, 1992.


FROM THE EVENTS OF THE PAST DAYS (From August 17 to August 21)

Vaclav Klaus and Oposition
    Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klus  met in Czech National Council with
MPs' clubs of coalition as well as of oposition. This meeting was caused
by demand of oposition to  be better informed about negotiations between
Slovak  winning party  HZDS (Movement  for Democratic  Slovakia) and its
Czech  partner ODS  (Civic Democratic  Party). According  to Mr.  Klaus'
statement after the meeting, the Czech parliament oposition has hopefuly
believed (at least), that the  development towards independence has been
a main atribute  of Slovak political representation  for last two years.
The basic condition  for developing good mutual relations  is the strict
separation  of both  republics and   then establishing  of a  network of
bilateral  agreements,   said  he  Prime  Minister.   To  prepare  these
agreements as soon as possible is now the main task of both governments.

Negotiations about Costitutions
    National  councils  of  both  republics  are  working  on  drafts of
republic constitutions.  Committees of Slovak  National Council pas  had
more than  300 different critical  comments of the  the draft of  Slovak
constitution. Critiques are focused upon article 36 declaring the "right
for work  and proper salary, which  enables to live on  dignified living
standard". Comments are now under the process of being incorporated into
the draft by Committee for Constitution of Slovak National Council.
    The  main features  of Czech  constitutions are  still the matter of
discussion.  There are  two committees  - governmental  and parliamental
- and  they  agreed  until  now  only  on  the  basic  fact  that future
parliament will  consist of two  houses. Coalition and  oposition cannot
agree on the regional structure of  future Czech republic. There are two
basic possibilities -  lands or states. Moravia can  be seen as Moravian
Land  and Slezian  Land or  Moravian-Slezian Land.  Prague might  be the
special region with the status of land.

Meeting between  HZDS (Movement for Democratic  Slovakia) and ODS (Civic
Democratic Party)
    Another  meeting of  representatives of  two main  political parties
will take place in Prague on Wednesday August 26. The meeting will focus
upon draft  of the law about  cancelling of federation and  upon memo of
members of parliamental  club of ODS about further  existence of federal
parliament.

The weight of Czechoslovak currency
    Czechoslovak currency  (koruna - crown) side  by side with Hungarian
currency  (forint) are  two most  stabilized currencies  in Central  and
Eastern Europe  (we cannot count the  former East Germany which  has got
the stabilized currency as a gift).  The exchange rate of Czech currency
compared with five  currencies (DEM, USD, FFR, ATS and  CHF) is the same
since 1.  1. 1991 till nowadays.  The rate is (roughly)  28 crowns for 1
USD and 18 crowns for 1 DEM.  Czech crown is the only currency which was
not  devaluated since  1991. The  inflation is  even lower  than in some
countries of  EC (for instance Portugal).  The only destabilization took
place in Wien after elections in  June. These facts seems to support the
statement  of  Czech  Finance  Minister  Ivan  Korarnik,  that the Czech
economy has  reached the lowest point  and that the turn  towards better
development started in last few months.

The Anniversary of Societ Invasion
    The 24th anniversary of Soviet invasion will take place this week on
August 21. Czech television broadcasted  the documentary film SEVEN DAYS
TO REMEMBER  on Tuesday. The  film was done  by operators of  Short Film
Industry  Prague  during  the  first  week  of  invasion. The rough film
material was smuggled  to Canada nad comleted there.  Czech actor living
in the USA  Jiri Voskovec served as a speaker  of English text. The film
was nowadays broadcasted with talks of operators working in 1968.

News from our School
    This  week a  new course  for handicapped  has started  in School of
Social  Sciences, Charles  Univesity. The  course is  designed for blind
students who want to improve their ablitity to use computer equipment as
a study tool for blind people.


CULTURAL SERVICE

    The representative  exhibition of life  work of Czech  painter Josef
Sima has been  settled in Prague Castle. Sima spent  most of his life in
Paris and  was a member of  avantgard between wars. The  exhibition will
take place there till the end of September.

    On the house,  where Czech writer Jan Cep was  born, a new plate was
established on  August 15. Jan Cep  left Czechoslovakia in 1948  and was
one of the authors orientated towards religious literature.

WEATHER REPORT
    This  is the  third week  of really  warm and  dry weather.  In some
regions using of  drinking water for watering flowers  is forbidden. The
weather forcast for  next week speaks promisingly about  some change and
colder weather.
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        Robert Horvitz, Radio Consultant, The Soros Foundations          
        Karlovo nam. 15     121 27 Praha 2      Czecho-Slovakia
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