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         STUDENTS' E-MAIL NEWS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA

         School of Social Sciences of Charles University
         Smetanovo nabr. 6
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         C.S.F.R. (Czech Republic - from January 1, 1993)
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       C A R O L I N A  No 56,  Friday, January 1, 1993.


FROM THE EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK (Dec. 25 to Dec. 31)

V. Meciar and V. Klaus Meet

     On Sunday, December 27, Vladimir Meciar and Vaclav Klaus met
again in Hotel Borik in Bratislava. After the meeting, the Slovak
Premier told the journalists that in his republic, voucher
privatization will not continue. On the other hand, V. Klaus
confirmed that in CR, one more round will take place. Both
Premiers emphasized that neither side has yet decided on the
nomination of an Ambassador to the other country. According to V.
Klaus, the post of an Ambassador will be no less important than a
post of a Minister in the Czech government.

Applications for Citizenship

     To this date, the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Czech
Republic has received more than 35,000 applications by Slovak
citizens for Czech citizenship. This number is increasing at the
rate of three thousand a day. A citizen of SR just has to state
the given name and surname, date and place of birth, residence
and marital status. Applications can be submitted until the end
of 1993.

New Customs Crossings

     Between the Czech and the Slovak Republic, altogether 18
customs crossings will be in operation, eleven of them on
highways and seven on railways. The first ones have been finished
at Sudomerice, next in line are in Mosty u Jablunkova, Horni
Becva, Velke Karlovice, Strelna, Brumov and Lanzhot.

Debate on Ministerial Seats

     On Tuesday, the chairmen of the Czech governmental coalition
started the first round of negotiations about filling the posts
of the Deputy Premier, the newly created posts of the Minister of
Defence and Minister of Transportation, the function of the
Director of Security and Information Services and the Inspector
General of the army.
     KDU-CSL (the Christian-Democratic Union/People's Party) is
interested in the post of the Defence Minister, and is nominating
the Deputy Prime Minister of the former Federal government,
Antonin Baudys. KDS is recommending its candidate to be in charge
of the department of transportation. We will inform you about the
results of these negotiations.

The Division of the Transit Gas Pipeline Finalized

     The transit gas pipeline will be divided on the territorial
basis into two national companies which will together found a
third, supernational company. This company will function as a
partner in foreign negotiations. This arrangement was agreed upon
by the Ministers of Industry of the respective Republics, V.
Dlouhy and L. Cernak. This step solves one of the most complex
property disputes between the newly formed republics.

The Prague Spring 1993

     The international music festival Prague Spring is now
distributing a detailed outline of its 48th year. For the period
from May 12 to June 1, over fifty concert and opera performances
are in preparation. As a partial departure from the tradition, it
is the Liverpool Philharmony which will give the opening
performance of Smetana's Ma vlast (My country). Tickets can
already be ordered.

What Is GEN?

     The independent film and television corporation FEBIO, which
captured the viewers' interest by a documentary film series OKO
(The Eye), has presented its new project GEN - a serial called
The Gallery of the Nation's Elite, in which they will line up 100
quarter-hour video portraits of our most famous personalities
from the arts, politics, sciences, sports, medicine, banking, and
business. The father of this project is a film director Fero
Fenic; the first four works were created by directors Juraj
Jakubosko (on V. Klaus), Jan Nemec (on the creative artist Ester
Krumbachova), Olga Sommerova (on the priest Vaclav Maly), and
Ondrej Toman (on V. Havel). The films will be shown weekly on the
Czech Television, starting January 4.

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Dear Readers,

     year 1992 is over. Thank you for joining us in following the
events in Czechoslovakia, which comes to its end together with
the year. The future years will show whether or not the
politicians and citizens living in both new republics have made
the right decisions. In a special supplement, we will show you
readers' letters from all corners of the world, with their views
on the division of Czechoslovakian Republic into the Czech and
Slovak Republics. We wish you all, as well as the new states, a
happy and successful year


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Your Editors.

Translation: Slavek Kovarik (kovarik@sscvax.cis.mcmaster.ca)
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