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POLITIKA
POLITICS

LEXA VO VAZBE

Poslanec Hnutia za demokraticke Slovensko (HZDS) a byvaly
riaditel Slovenskej informacnej sluzby (SIS) Ivan Lexa bol
vzaty do vazby. Obzaloba vznesena proti nemu obsahovala pat
bodov - Lexa bol obvineny z unosu syna byvaleho prezidenta SR
Michala Kovaca ml. do cudziny, z kradeze Mercedesu 208 D,
fingovaneho nakupu triptychu Klanania troch kralov a inych.
"Je odovodnene podozrenie... ze keby Lexa ostal pocas
trestneho sihania na slobode, mohol by marit vysetrovanie
napriklad ovplyvnovanim svedkov," povedal na tlacovej
konferencii sef vysetrovania ministerstva vnutra Jaroslav
Ivor. V pripade, ze sud uzna Lexu za vinneho, hrozi mu trest
odnatia slobody od 5 do 12 rokov.
Podla dennika SME, opozicia povazuje celu zalezitost za
spinavu frasku a prirovnala ju k vykonstruovanym politickym
procesom z 50. rokov. Samotny Lexa poprel vsetky obvinenia.

LEXA IN CUSTODY

Ivan Lexa, a deputy for the Movement for a Democratic
Slovakia (HZDS) and former Slovak Security Service (SIS)
director has been arrested. Lexa's prosecution involves five
charges including the kidnapping of the former president's
son Michal Kovac Jr., the alleged stealing of a Mercedes 208
D, the forged purchase of the triptych "Adoration of the
Magi", and others.
           "There is a suspicion...that Lexa,if he were left free
during the prosecurion period, could mar the investigation for example
by influencing witnesses," said the interior ministry's chief
investigator Jaroslav Ivor. If Lexa is found guilty he may serve a
sentence of 5 to 12 years imprisonment.  According to the daily SME,
the opposition considers Lexa's case a farce and compared it to the
made-up political trials in the '50s. Lexa himself denied all
allegations.


PRELETY NATO POVOLENE

Slovenska vlada zaciatkom aprila odsuhlasila lietadlam NATO
neobmedzeny pristup do vzdusneho priestoru Slovenska. Podla
premiera Dzurindu sa vdaka tomuto kroku Slovensko stalo "de
facto clenom NATO". Pretoze rozhodnutie vlady nebolo
schvalovane NR SR, opozicia s nim prejavila ostry nesuhlas
a oznacila ho za protiustavny.
O tyzden neskor schvalil parlament vyhlasenie o situacii
v Kosove. Hovori sa v nom, ze kroky vlady boli v sulade
s dlhodobymi narodnymi a statnymi zaujmami Slovenskej
republiky, ale vlada mala o nich promptne a vycerpavajuco
informovat NR SR a obcanov.

NATO FLIGHTS ALLOWED

In the beginning of April, the Slovak government approved unlimited
access for NATO's planes to the Slovak airspace.  According to Prime
Minister Mikulas Dzurinda, this made Slovakia "de facto a member of
NATO". Since this approval had not been passed by the Slovak
Parliament, the opposition strongly disagreed with the government's
steps and called them unconstitutional.  A week later the Slovak
Parliament approved a statement on the Kosovo situation. According to
it, Cabinet's steps confirm the long-standing national and state
interests of the Slovak Republic but the Cabinet should have promptly
and comprehensively informed Parliament and also the citizens.


MASAKER V DUNAJSKEJ STREDE

Vysledkom vojny gangov bolo desat zabitych muzov
v juhoslovenskom meste Dunajska Streda. Traja muzi
v kombinezach vtrhli so samopalmi do bocnej miestnosti
tunajsej restauracie, kde spustili palbu. V tom case tam bolo
pritomnych dalsich 14 hosti a dvaja casnici, z ktorych nik
nebol zraneny. "Podla doterajsich vysledkov vysetrovania
mozno povedat, ze ide o masovu vrazdu ludi z podsvetia,"
konstatoval minister vnutra Ladilsav Pitner pricom dodal, ze
profesionalni vrahovia su pravdepodobne Ukrajinci.
Ide o najvacsiu masakru v historii Slovenska. Policia nasla
na mieste 114 nabojov.

MASSACRE IN DUNAJSKA STREDA

Ten men were killed in a gang war in the southern city of
Dunajska Streda. Three men wearing overalls entered a side
room of a restaurant and opened fire with machineguns. At the
time, there were 14 other guests and two waiters in the
restaurant. None of them was hurt.
   "The results of the investigation already allow us to say it was a
mass murder of people from the underworld," Interior Minister Ladislav
Pitner said, adding that the professional killers were probably
Ukrainians.  The massacre was the biggest in Slovak history. Police
found 114 machine gun cartridge cases at the scene of the crime.

RIADITEL PIESTANSKYCH KUPELOV JE OBVINENY Z PODVODU

Podla sefa vysetrovania Ministerstva vnutra Jaroslava Ivora,
policajny vysetrovatel obvinil Karola Martinku, generalneho
riaditela Vadium Group a byvaleho riaditela Devin Banky
z podvodu. Martinka je obvineny z nezakonneho transferu 51
percent akcii Piestanskych kupelov na akciovu Spolocnost
zamestnancov Piestanskych kupelov (SZPK) a potom na Vadium
Group. Ivor upresnil, ze vdaka tomuto prevodu prisiel Fond
narodneho majetku (FNM) o takmer 602 429 milionov korun alebo
o este vyssiu sumu.
Ivor dalej informoval, ze Martinka sa v sucasnosti zdrziava
v zahranici. Karol Martinka je manzelom Blazeny Martinkovej,
blizkej Meciarovej priatelky znamej ako "poradkyna pre
vsetko".


PIESTANY SPA DIRECTOR CHARGED WITH FRAUD

According to the Chief investigator at the Interior Ministry Jaroslav
Ivor, fraud charges have been laid against Karol Martinka, general
director of the Vadium Group, and former director of Devin
Bank. Martinka allegededly unlawfully transferred 51 percent of the
Piestany Spa to an employees' joint stock company (Spolocnost
zamestnancov Piestanskych kupelov - SZPK), and then to Vadium
Group. Ivor specified that through this act, the national
privatization agency -- National Property Fund (FNM)-- suffered
damages amounting to 602,429 million SKK or even more.  Ivor said
that at present Martinka is outside Slovakia.  Karol Martinka is a
husband of Blazena Martinkova, who was known as Meciar's close friend
and "consultant for everything".


KANDIDATI NA PREZIDENTA

Kandidatmi v prvych priamych prezidentskych volbach na
Slovensku, ktore sa budu konat 15. maja su:

Rudolf Schuster (narodeny 4.Januara 1934), primator druheho
najvacsieho slovenskeho mesta Kosic a predseda Strany
obcianskeho porozumenia (SOP). Podporuju ho strany sucasnaej
vladnej koalicie - Strana demokratickej koalicie (SDK),
Strana demokratickej lavice (SDL), Strana obcianskeho
porozumenia (SOP) a Strana madarskej koalicie (SMK).

Vladimir Meciar (26. jula 1942), byvaly slovensky premier,
predseda Hnutia za demokraticke Slovensko (HZDS), kandidat
tejto strany.

Jan Slota (14. septembra 1953), primator Ziliny a predseda
Slovenskej narodnej strany (SNS), kandidat tejto strany.

Michal Kovac (5. augusta 1930), byvaly slovensky prezident
v rokoch 1993-98.

Magda Vasaryova (26. augusta 1948), vystudovana sociologicka,
byvala herecka a velvyslankyna Ceskoslovenska v Rakusku,
v sucasnosti predsednicka Slovenskej spolocnosti pre
zahranicnu politiku.

Juraj Svec (16. januara 1938), byvaly rektor Univerzity
Komenskeho, poslanec za Stranu demokratickej koalicie (SDK).

Boris Zala (9. decembra 1954), vysokoskolsky ucitel, filozof,
byvaly predseda Socialno-demokratickej strany Slovenska
(SDSS).

Ivan Mjartan (31. augusta 1958), byvaly velvyslanec v Ceskej
republike a byvaly clen Hnutia za demokraticke Slovensko
(HZDS).

Jan Demikat, predseda Narodnej alternativy Slovenska,
podnikatel.

Juraj Lazarcik (20. aprila 1949), vysokoskolsky ucitel,
kandidat Komunistickej strany Slovenska (KSS).


PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

The candidates for president in the first direct elections in
Slovakia which will hold on May 15:

Rudolf Schuster, (born January 4, 1934), mayor of Slovakia's
second largest city Kosice and leader of the Party of Public
Understanding (SOP). He is supported by the recent
governmental coalition - the Party of a Democratic Coalition
(SDK), the Party of the Democratic Left (SDL), the Party of
Public Understanding (SOP) and the Party of Hungarian
Coalition (SMK).

Vladimir Meciar (July 26, 1942), former Slovak Pime Minister,
the chairman of the Movement for a Demokratic Slovakia
(HZDS), of which he is the candidate.

Jan Slota (September 14, 1953), mayor of Zilina, the Slovak
National Party (SNS) leader and this party's candidate.

Michal Kovac (August 5, 1930), the former Slovak President
from 1993 to 1998.

Magda Vasaryova (August 26, 1948), a trained sociologist,
actress and the former Czechoslovak ambassador to Austria,
the recent chairman of the Slovak Society for Foreign Policy.

Juraj Svec (January 16, 1938), the former chancellor of Comenius
University, a deputy for the Slovak Democratic Coalition, but not that
party's candidate.

Boris Zala (December 9, 1954), an university teacher,
philosopher, the former chairman of the Social-Democratic
Party of Slovakia (SDSS).

Ivan Mjartan (August 31, 1958), the former Slovak ambassador
to the Czech Republic, the former member of the Movement for
a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS).

Jan Demikat, the chairman of the National Alternative of
Slovakia, enterpreneur.

Juraj Lazarcik (April 20, 1949), an university teacher, the
Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) candidate.

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EKONOMIKA
ECONOMICS

FNM ZISKAL SPAT AKCIE PNS

Fond narodneho majetku (FNM) ziskal od spolocnosti
Danubiaprint spat 76,58-percentny akciovy podiel (70 142
akcii) v distribucnej spolocnosti Prva novinova spolocnost
- PNS. Stalo sa tak po tom, co sest vydavatelov ohlasilo
bankrot, pretoze dlhy PNS narastli do vysky 4O mil. korun.

FNM TAKES BACK PNS STOCK

The National Property Fund has taken back a 76.58-percent stake
consisting of 7O,142 shares in the press distributor Prva novinova
spolocnost (PNS) from Danubiaprint. The move came after six publishers
had previously announced bankruptcy, since the PNS's debts totalled 4O
million crowns.

OTAZKA PREZITIA

Podla prezidenta VSZ a. s., Kosice Gabriela Eichlera maju VSZ
v sucasnosti iba dve moznosti - prezit alebo padnut.
V rozhovore pre hospodarsky tyzdennik Trend odmietol hovorit
o detailoch spoluprace s potencialnymi zahranicnymi
investormi, pretoze ziaden z buducich moznych partnerov este
s konkretnou ponukou neprisiel.

QUESTION OF SURVIVAL

The president of VSZ a. s., Kosice, Gabriel Eichler, has said
in an interwiev for the economy and business weekly Trend,
that VSZ has only two options these days - to survive or to
fall.  VSZ is a major steel-maker and Slovakia's largest single
manufacturing enterprise.  It is in financial difficulty.
  On the question about the possible future foreign investors Eichler
answered that he could not talk about details because none of the
potential partners had come with a concrete offer yet.

SLOVNAFT HLADA STRATEGICKEHO PARTNERA

Slovnaft, a. s. Bratislava, dosiahol v roku 1998 cisty zisk
11 milion korun (SKK). Prepad zisku pred zdanenim, ktory
sposobili vyrazne straty z financnych opercii, znamenal
znizenie urovne z 3,1 miliard SKK v roku 1997 na vlanajsich
909,6 milionov SKK.
V suvislosti s dramatickym poklesom zisku prezident Slovnaftu
Slavomir Hatina vyhlasil, ze spolocnost si hlada zahranicneho
strategickeho partnera.

SLOVNAFT IN SEARCH OF STRATEGIC PARTNER

Oil refiner Slovnaft, a. s. Bratislava, reached a net profit
of 11 million crowns (SKK) in 1998. The drop of the pretax
profit from 3.1 billion SKK in 1997 to 909.6 million SKK last
year was caused by losses from financial operations.
In connection with the dramatic drop in profits, the
president of Slovnaft, Slavomir Hatina, said that company was
looking for a foreign strategic partner.

V SKRATKE
IN BRIEF

* Miera nezamestnanosti dosiahla v marci rekordnych 17,6
percent. Celkovy pocet nezamestnanych sa zvysil na 470 000.

* The unemploynment rate reached a record of 17.6 percent in
March. The total number of unemployed increased to 470 000.

* Cista zahranicna zadlzenost Slovenska vzrastla v roku 1998
z 1,9 miliard USD na 4,1 miliard USD.

* Net foreign indebteness of Slovakia had grown from 1.9
billion USD to 4.1 billion USD in 1998.

* Devizove rezervy Narodnej banky Slovenska dosiahli pocas
prveho apriloveho tyzdna doteraz najnizsiu uroven - 2,78
miliard USD.

* Foreign exchange reserves of the National Bank of Slovakia
reached their lowest level - 2.78 billion USD during the
first week of April.

* Slovensky statny rozpocet zaznamenal na konci prveho
stvrtroku 1999 prebytok 1,03 miliard Sk.

* The Slovak state budget had a surplus of 1.03 billion crowns at the
end of the first quarter of 1999.

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ROZLICNE
MISCELLANEOUS

* Priblizne 959 tisic korun sa vyzbieralo v Bratislave pocas
apriloveho Dna narcisov. Akciu iniciovala Liga proti rakovine
a vytazok bude pouzity na boj so zakernou chorobou.

* About 959 thousand Slovak crowns was collected during the
Daffodils Day in April in Bratislava. The action was
organised by the Slovak Leage Against Cancer and money will
be used for fighting with this insidious disease.

* Slovenska televizia (STV) sa chce od nedavnej minulosti,
pocas ktorej sa zdiskreditovala jednostrannou propagandou
vladnuceho Meciarovho kabinetu a hnutia HZDS, distancovat aj
novym vizualom. Slovenskym divakom predstavila nove logo,
zvucky a niektore nove relacie. Podla vedenia STV, novy
vizual reprezentuje zmenu kvality novinarskej prace v STV.

* Slovak Television (STV) wants to distance itself from its recent
past also by presenting a new look. STV discredited itself during last
four years by broadcasting programmes and news full of one-sided
propaganda of Prime Minister Meciar's Cabinet and his party - the
Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS).  Slovak TV has introduced
its new logo, jingles and some new programmes. According to the STV's
management, the new visual face represents changes in the professional
approach to journalism at STV.

*  Po vlanajsom poziari Zbojnickej chaty sa koncom marca
stala obetou ohna dalsia vysokotatranska Chata kapitana Rasu
(1 180 metrov nad morom). Chata bola postavena na Podbanskom
vo Vysokych Tatrach v roku 1961. Ponukala ubytovanie pre 50
ludi. V case poziaru v nej neboli hostia, iba zamestnanec,
ktory privolal poziarnikov.

*  After last-year's fire that burnt Zbojnicka chata, another
High Tatras hut called Chata kapitana Rasu (1.180 metres
above sea level) was destroyed by flames. The cottage in
Podbanske, the High Tatras, was built in 1961, and could
serve 50 tourists at a time. When the fire started no guests
where present, only an employee who called the fire
department.

*  V 17 miestnostiach domu zo 16. storocia v Banskej
Stiavnici nasli restauratori fresky s japonskymi a cinskymi
motivmi - drakmi, fantazijnymi odevmi, exotickou faunou
a florou. Vznik fresiek odhaduju na 18. storocie a svojou
krasou i rozsahom tvoria stredoeuropsky unikat.

*  In 17 rooms of the 16th century building at Banska
Stiavnica restorers have found frescos of Japanese and
Chinese motives - dragons, mystical clothes, exotic fauna and
flora. The Frescos, approximately from the 18th century, are
considered to be unique in Central Europe.

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KULTURA
CULTURE

CENU DOMINIKA TATARKU ZISKAL PAVEL HRUZ

Piatym laureatom prestizneho ocenenia dominika Tatarku sa
stal banskobystricky spisovatel Pavel Hruz. Cenu udeluje
kazdorocne Slovenske centrum PEN klubu a nadacia Dominika
Tatarku. Hruz vstupil do slovenskej literatury v 60. rokoch
s Dokumenmi o vyhladoch a Okultizmom. Po dvadsatrocnom zakaze
publikovania vysli jeho dalsie knihy az po roku 1989.

PAVEL HRUZ RECEIVED DOMINIK TATARKA'S AWARD

Pavel Hruz, a writer from Banska Bystrica, became the fifth laureate
of the prestigeous Dominik Tatarka award. The annual prize has been
given by the Slovak Center of PEN -- the International Writers Club --
and the Dominik Tatarka Foundation. Hruz entered Slovak literature in
the sixties by publishing Documents about Outlooks and the
Occultism. The rest of his books were published after 1989, after 20
years of political prohibition on his works.  The Dominik Tatarka
Foundation is named after one of Slovakia's most celebratred writers.

ZOMRELA TATIANA HUBINSKA

Vo veku 54 rokov zomrela zaciatkom aprila slovenska spevacka
popularnej hudby Tatiana Hubinska. Spevacka znama
predovsetkym v 60. a 70. rokoch ucinkovala s Combom Gustava
Offermanna a neskor so skupinou Juraja Velcovskeho.
Preslavila sa hitmi Casanova a Halo baby, halo boy.

TATIANA HUBINSKA DIED

A famous Slovak popular singer from the 60s and 70s, Tatiana
Hubinska, 54, died at the beginning of April. Hubinska played
with the Combo of Gustav Offermann, later on with Juraj
Velcovsky's Group. She was famous for her hits Casanova and
Halo baby, halo boy.

USPECH 11-ROCNEJ VYTVARNICKY

Po domacich i zahranicnych uspechoch mladych romskych
vytvarnikov z Jarovnic (obce, ktora bola vlani takmer znicena
zaplavami), sa zviditelnila 11-rocna Lenka Januvova. Ziacka
zakladnej skoly v Jarovniciach ziskala na medzinarodnej
detskej sutazi Bitola 99 v Macedonsku, znamej ako Maly
Montmartre, diplom za najlepsiu pracu.

SUCCESS OF 11-YEAR-OLD ROMANY ARTIST

 Young Romany painters from elementary schools in Jarovnice were
successful again thanks to 11-year-old Lenka Januvova.  She received a
diploma for the best work at the international children's competition
Bitola 99, Macedonia, known as The Small Montmartre. The Slovak
village of Jarovnice was almost completely destroyed by last year's
floods. Romany children's paintings from this village were exhibited
several times in Slovakia and also abroad and were always successful.

BASNIK IVAN LAUCIK ODMIETOL CENU ZA POEZIU

Na protest proti situacii v slovenskej literature a kulture
odmietol basnik Ivan Laucik prevziat cenu Spolku slovenskych
spisovatelov za poeziu . Podakoval clenom odbornej poroty za
uznanie, udelenie ceny vsak povazuje za sposob korumpovania.

 POET IVAN LAUCIK REFUSES THE AWARD FOR POETRY

The poet Ivan Laucik refused the award for poetry given by
the Association of Slovak Writers to protest against the
situation in Slovak culture and literature. He thanked the
jury for the appreciation of his work, but he considered the
award as a way of corruption.

L&S V AUSTRALII
Znami slovenski herci Milan Lasica a Julius Satinsky sa
vratili na Slovensko z trojtyzdnoveho turne po Australii. Ich
vystupenia v cesko-slovenskych kluboch spestrili slavne hity
byvalej skupiny Modus v podani Jana Lehotskeho.

L&S IN AUSTRALIA
Famous Slovak actors Milan Lasica and Julius Satinsky
completed their three-week-tour through Australia and
returned to Slovakia. Performances held in Czech and Slovak
clubs were accompanied by Jan Lehotsky's interpretation of
famous hits of the former Slovak band Modus.

JAZZ AND HOT DANCE DUEL 99

Uz treti rocnik JAZZ AND HOT DANCE DUEL 99 zorganizovalo
v Pezinku miestne kulturne centrum. Vystupili na nom Prazsky
swingovy orchester a Melody Makers z Ceskej republiky,
Bratislava Hot Serenaders a Funny Fellows zo Slovenska, Lasar
Cruz (Kuba) a Henry de Winter (Nemecko).


JAZZ AND HOT DANCE DUEL 99

The third year of the JAZZ AND HOT DANCE DUEL 99 was organised by town
of Pezinok's culture centre. It included performances of the Prague
Swing Orchestra and Melody Makers from the Czech Republic, Bratislava
Hot Serenaders, as well as Funny Fellows from Slovakia, Lasar Cruz
(Cuba) and Henry de Winter (Germany).

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SPORT
SPORT

* Slovensko po prvykrat ziskalo historicky titul europskeho
sampiona zenskej basketbalovej ligy. Hracky SCP Ruzomberok vo
finale Final Four v Brne (Ceska republika) zdolali taliansky
celok SFT Como 63:48 (34:23).
  Na margo brilantneho uspechu svojich zverenkyn trenerka
Natalia Hejkova povedala: "Takisto ako vsetky hracky som
nesmierne stastna. Tazke je slovami vyjadrit pocity... Az po
case si zrejme uvedomime plny vyznam tohto velkeho uspechu."

* Slovakia achieved a historical title of  European
Champion in female basketball for the very first time.
Players of SCP Ruzomberok won over the Italian team SFT Como
63:48 (34:23) in the Final Four finals in Brno (the Czech
Republic).
  The marginal note of a coach Natalia Hejkova to brilliant
success of her protegees was: "I am as terribly happy as the
whole team. It is hard to express feelings by the words... It
will take us probably some time to realize this great
success."

* Slovenska volejbalova liga uz pozna svojich vitazov.
V muzskej sutazi titul po siedmykrat vybojovali hraci VKP
Nafta Bratislava, medzi zenami sa suverennymi sampionkami
stali volejbalistky Slavie UK AJ OZAP Bratislava.

* The champions of Slovak volleyball league are already
known: in the male's league the title belongs to VKP Nafta
Bratislava for the seventh time, the players of Slavia UK AJ
OZAP Bratislava became sovereign champions of the female
competition.

* Hokejisti VSZ Kosice sa po tretikrat zhostili majstrovskej
ulohy, ked vo finalovej serii zdolali obhajcu titulu SK
Slovan Bratislava 3:1 na zapasy.

* Ice-hockey players of VSZ Kosice won the Slovak title for
the third time, when they beat SK Slovan Bratislava, the
last-year's champion, in four matches 3:1.

* Pod taktovkou trenera Milosa Mecira, prezyvaneho "Swedish
killer", si muzsky tenisovy tim v zlozeni Tomas Catar,
Dominik Hrbaty, Jan Kroslak a Karol Kucera, vybojoval ucast
v stvrtfinale Davisovho pohara. Slovaci zvitazili
v Trollhattane nad domacimi Svedmi, obhajcami trofeje, 3:2.

* The Slovak male tennis team - Tomas Catar, Dominik Hrbaty,
Jan Kroslak, Karol Kucera - coached by Milos Mecir, called
"the Swedish killer", advanced into the quarterfinals of
Davis Cup. Slovaks won 3:2 over Swedes, the last-year Cup
winners, in Trollhattane, Sweden.

* Slovenske tenistky Karina Habsudova a Henrieta Nagyova
postupili do semifinale 37. rocnika Pohara federacie medzi
styri najlepsie celky sveta. Slovenky si jasnou vyhrou 5:0
v Zurichu poradili s timom Svajciarska.

* Slovak female tennis players, Karina Habsudova and Henrieta Nagyova,
are among the four best world teams now that they have advanced into
semifinals of the 37th Fed Cup. Slovak players "smashed" the Swiss
team in Zurich 5:0.

* Futbalisti slovenskej reprezentacie nesplnili ocakavania
a na domacom travniku v zapase kvalifikacie na EURO 2000
remizovali s timom Madarska 0:0.
Tabulka 7. kvalifikacnej skupiny:
1. Portugalsko     5  4  1  0  18:2  13
2. Rumunsko        5  3  2  0  10:1  11
3. Madarsko        5  2  2  1  11:4   8
4. SLOVENSKO       5  2  2  1   7:3   8
5. Lichtenstajnsko 5  1  0  4   2:22  3
6. Azerbajdzan     5  0  0  5   1:17  0

*  The Slovak national football team failed  expectations
and on the home pitch it tied with Hungary 0:0 in the qualifying
match for EURO 2 000.
The tablet of the 7th qualifying group:
1. Portugal        5  4  1  0  18:2  13
2. Romania         5  3  2  0  10:1  11
3. Hungary         5  2  2  1  11:4   8
4. SLOVAKIA        5  2  2  1   7:3   8
5. Lichtenstein    5  1  0  4   2:22  3
6. Azerbajdzan     5  0  0  5   1:17  0

* Martina Moravcova ziskala prestizne ocenenie "Honda Award"
pre najlepsiu americku vysokoskolsku plavkynu.

* Martina Moravcova has been awarded a prestigious "Honda Award"
as the best American female college swimmer.

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Students who worked on this issue:
PhDr. Svetlana Hlavcakova, CSc. (supervisor),
Doc. PhDr. Jozef Vatral, CSc. (transmission),
Sylvia Kusnirova, Viera Kundratova, Danica Feterikova
(politics), Lucia Habermayerova, Michaela Mazarova (sport),
Lucia Kubosova, Zuzana Lysakova, Katarina Dibdiakova
(culture), Olivia Strapekova (economics), Andrea Lorinczova
(editor-in-chief), Martin Albrecht (technical stuff,
politics).
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Jozef Vatral, Associate Professor
Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts,
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Tel.: 00421 7 364192, Fax: 00421 7 326530
E-mail: vatral@fphil.uniba.sk
http://www.fphil.uniba.sk/~kzur/vatral.html



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