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       C A R O L I N A  No 45,  Friday, October 16, 1992.


FROM LAST WEEK'S EVENTS (October 7 - 14)

Czech and Slovak government talk of the division of the state

    Negotiations on  the bilateral contract  between the Czech  Republic
and the Slovak Republic, which  will become independent states after the
1st  January 1993,  were opened   by the  two republics'  governments on
Saturday, October 11, in Kolodeje  near Prague. Besides the ministers of
the republics,  federal premier Jan  Strasky, vicepremier Rudolf  Filkus
and the governor general of the Czechoslovak State Bank, Josef Tosovsky,
participated at the meeting.
    Both   the   cabinets   exchanged   their   proposals  about  trade,
custom-duty, taxes  and social policy. After  an introductory session in
Kolodeje they decided to accept the Czech proposals as a basic structure
into which Slovak comments will be incorporated.
    The  prime ministers  Vaclav Klaus  and Vladimir  Meciar reached  an
agreement upon  the most important  principles of a  customs union which
would among other things also include agricultural products.
    The  process of  creating a  currency union  will be  devided into 3
stages: After  January 1, 1993 the  currency will remain common,  in the
second phase there will be imposed a separation with a ratio of 1:1. The
final rate  shall be defined  by the different  development of both  the
republics.
    Both  the delegations  agreed that   the first  phase of  the coupon
privatisation  which is  already in  process will  be finished together,
whereas the  second phase will be  under the command of  the independent
states.

Next step towards the disintegration of Czechoslovakia

    The Bill  of Jurisdiction proposed  by the government  was passed on
the October  8 in both  the chambers of  the Federal Assembly.  This Act
shifts further federal jurisdiction to the level of republics.
    From now on  the federal government will direct  only the Department
of  Finance, Foreign  Affairs, National  Defence, Interior,  Economy and
Control.  Railways, postal  and communication  services, the environment
and  security  services  will  be  under  the  exclusive  control of the
republics.
    The members  of Parliament also approved  a resolution demanding the
federal government to present a Bill on  the transfer of the rest of the
federation's  jurisdiction to  the republics  as soon  as possible.  The
prospective passing of such a Bill would de facto mean an extinguishment
of the joint state.

Amendment to the Act of Banktrupcy

    An  Act temporarily  limiting the  so-called Act  of Banktrupcy  was
passed in  the Federal Assembly on  Friday, October 9. The  Act declared
that within a period of 6 months,
i.e. until  April 22, 1993 the  court is entitled to  announce a failure
only in the case that an enterprise is overburdened with debt. It is not
entitled to do so if the enterprise is only disabeled by payments.
    This amendment was brought up  due to the fear of chain-banktrupcies
now threatening more than 200 Czechoslovakian state enterprises.

The federal government

    A broadened policy-statement was  approved at the government session
and  now  is  waiting  for  consideration  in  the Federal Assembly. The
current policy-statement was valid till  September 30, which is the date
when an agreement on the legality of the establishment of Czechoslovakia
was supposed to be agreed.
    In its  statement the government intends  to present Parliament with
24 more Bills, among them amendments of the Acts of Taxes.

Meciar in Italian press

    We  are disintegrating  to become  Europeans -  this headline in the
Italian daily Corriere della Sera  introduced an interview with Vladimir
Meciar. The Slovak premier stated  that the separation of Czechoslovakia
will  be  peaceful.  He  renounced  the  allegation  that  he  wants  to
re-establish a  communist regime in Slovakia.  The only potential source
of tension  in Central Europe could  be Hungarian nationalism, according
to Meciar.
    In his interview Meciar accuses  ex-president Vaclav Havel of having
a great deal of responsibility for  the contemporary crisis. He labelled
the ex-president  " a visionary with  absolutely unrealizable thoughts".
Czech  premier   Vaclav  Klaus  was   in  his  words   characterised  as
" a difficult but fair partner."
    "There are two  centrals running against us - one  in Prague and the
other  one   in  Budapest,  and   those  are  spreading   a  picture  of
a non-tolerant and xenophobic Slovakia," Meciar said. On the top of this
he  added that  he was  always willing  to reach  an agreement  with the
oposition.

UNIVERSITY OF TRNAVA

    The  Ministry  of  Education  and  Science  of  the  Slovak Republic
falsified  the rubber  stamp of  the  University  of Trnava  and on  the
October 12 organised an illicit  matriculation of three students of this
school.
    The rest  of 76 students came  to the matriculation arranged  in the
school building by the regularly elected Academic Senate .
    The  Ministry also  blocked all  the accounts  of the  University of
Trnava,  but nevertheless  the Academic  Senate is  determinated to give
lectures without a  claim to salary. The management  has applied to many
significant European  universities for moral support.
(according to the dailies Lidove noviny and Prostor)


WEEKLY TELEGRAPH

    -  A  MOTION  ON  CUSTOMS-UNION  between  the  Czech  and the Slovak
republic  was  passed  in  the   extraordinary  session  of  the  Slovak
government on Friday, October 9.
    - THE FINAL  BORDER between the Czech and  the Slovak republics will
be  specified  by  1994  after  an  agreement  between both the national
governments. So far the current border is valid.
    - ACTIVATION  OF THE GABCIKOVO WATERWORKS  is possible after October
15,  according to  the director  of the  state enterprise Water-supplies
Constructions,  J. Binder.  The  Hungarian  side demands  an independent
inspection of German specialists.
    - THE BALANCE OF ACCOUNTS in the ratio of 2:1 in the division of the
federal reserves seems  to come into consideration rather  more than the
teritorial principle,  according to the  Minister of Foreign  Affairs of
Czechoslovakia,  J. Moravcik.  At a  press conference  he also suggested
that ambassies do  not have to be established in  all the countries with
whom Slovakia will develop diplomatic relationships.
    - MORAVIA SHOULD HAVE A  SPECIFIC POSITION within the Czech republic
in  the opinion  of Vaclav  Havel and  Jan Krycer,  the chairman  of the
Movement for  the Self-governing Democracy  Association for Moravia  and
Silesia (opposition party in the Czech National Council).
    - ALEXANDR DUBCEK, the ex-chairman  of the Federal Assembly, who had
a bad accident on September 1, 1992 is still in a critical state. Having
undergone an  acute belly operation  the patient is  now attached to  an
artifical kidney.

REGIONAL NEWS SERVICE

    P i  l s e  n - The  management of the  biggest Czech machine  works
Skoda Pilsen has  resigned as a consequence of  the Minister of Industry
and Trade of the Czech republic, Vaclav Dlouhy's doubting on its ability
to solve the critical state of the enterprise.

    J  i h  l a  v a  -  Academic  life returned  to the  centre of  the
Bohemian-Moravian  Uplands where  in  1964  a pedagogical  institute was
abolished.  An inaugural  matriculation on  Saturday, October  10 opened
gates to 160 new students. Both the Jihlava's faculties, agronomical and
gardening are a part of the University of Agriculture in Brno.

WEATHER

    In the course of the last  week it turned considerably cold. Nightly
temperatures sank below zero (Centigrade) and in the morning the streets
were covered  with frozen puddles.  If the winter  is so frosty  as this
year's summer was hot - there is  a lot to expect. Although rather cold,
the days are still sunny.
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