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RFE/RL NEWSLINE  2 March 2000

SLOVAK RAILWAY COMPANY WANTS COMPENSATION FOR HUNGARIAN
STRIKE. Slovak Railways spokesman Milos Cikovsky said on 1
March that the company wants 39,429 euros ($38,400) in
compensation from the Hungarian National Railways for losses
related to the Hungarian railway workers' strike in February,
CTK reported. In other news, Slovak Foreign Minister Eduard
Kukan said on 1 March that the government will spend 30
million crowns (about $700,000) to raise awareness in the
country about NATO, CTK reported. VG

HUNGARIAN CHIEF PROSECUTOR TO RESIGN? Hungarian Prosecutor-
General Kalman Gyorgyi met with President Arpad Goncz on 1
March to discuss his intention to resign over the recent
scandal surrounding the election of board members of
Hungarian Television, "Magyar Hirlap" and the private TV "RTL
Klub" reported. According to the reports, Gyorgyi said
earlier that it would be unconstitutional to elect only
government representatives to media boards and that he
intends to resign because his opinion has not been taken into
consideration. Opposition politicians demanded the
resignation of parliamentary speaker Janos Ader, saying he
breached the law by proposing that lawmakers vote for
incomplete media boards (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 29 February
and 1 March 2000). MSZ

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