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3 RFE/RL NEWSLINE 16 July 1998 (mind)  48 sor     (cikkei)
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+ - RFE/RL NEWSLINE 13 July 1998 (mind) VÁLASZ  Feladó: (cikkei)

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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 2, No. 132, 13 July 1998

CHECHEN PRESIDENT ACCEPTS PREMIER'S RESIGNATION. Aslan
Maskhadov has accepted Basaev's resignation as acting prime
minister and assumed the latter's duties, presidential press
spokesman Mairbek Vachagaev told ITAR-TASS on 11 July. The
same day, Chechen Deputy Prosecutor-General Magomed
Magomadov told journalists that he believes two British and
two Hungarian aid workers abducted in Chechnya over the past
year have been moved to neighboring Ingushetia. LF

POLISH PREMIER SAYS EARLIER NATO ENLARGEMENT POSSIBLE.
Following his visit to the U.S., Jerzy Buzek said on 12 July
that Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic may join NATO
in January 1999, three months earlier than anticipated,
Reuters reported. Buzek said the proposal to speed up the
admission of new members to NATO has been accepted by the
U.S. administration (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 2 July 1998).
NATO enlargement was initially planned to coincide with the
alliance's 50th anniversary, in April 1999. He noted that if
voting on NATO enlargement is completed by November and the
Czech, Hungarian, and Polish parliaments ratify the NATO
treaty in December, the new countries could formally join in
January. He also said the U.S. agrees that the costly
change-over of Poland's military hardware to NATO standards
may be postponed. JM

MECIAR ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT... Slovak Prime Minister
Vladimir Meciar said on 10 July that the country's main goal
is to join the EU, Slovak Radio reported. He added that
Slovakia is also "interested in NATO membership," but he
said that comments by former President Michal Kovac have
hurt its chances for membership. He noted that relations
with Poland, Ukraine, and Austria were good, although
Bratislava and Vienna have "contrasting views" on nuclear
energy, a reference to Austria's opposition to Slovakia's
operation of the Mochovce nuclear power plant. Meciar argued
that relations with Hungary have improved but are weakened
by Budapest's failure to adhere to an international court
verdict on the controversial Gabcikovo-Nagymaros dam. And he
said that tension over the Hungarian minority in Slovakia
needs to be overcome, commenting that Slovakia is
responsible to international institutions but not to any
other government regarding minority rights. PB

HUNGARY'S HORN DECLINES HONORARY POST. Outgoing Socialist
Party (MSZP) chairman and former Prime Minister Gyula Horn
unexpectedly told a party board meeting that he does not
intend to become the party's honorary chairman, "Magyar
Hirlap" reported on 13 July. Horn said he made that decision
because of recent debates within the party about the need
for the post. MSZP Executive Deputy Chairman Magda Kovacs
Kosa said Horn does not lay claim to any other posts within
the party but will remain active in the party's domestic and
international affairs. MSZ

HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS EU MEMBERSHIP IN FOUR
YEARS. Janos Martonyi said that if Hungary is not admitted
into the EU by 2002 it will be due to reasons "beyond our
control," Hungarian Television reported on 12 July. Martyoni
said Budapest's accession to the EU would be "favorable for
the Hungarian communities beyond our borders." He added that
once in the EU, Budapest would work to accelerate the
process of accession for Hungary's neighbors. Meanwhile,
eight FBI agents have arrived in the Hungarian capital to
help police investigate the 2 July car bombing that killed
four people. PB

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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 2, No. 133, 14 July 1998

TEN COUNTRIES JOIN EU OVER TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON BELARUS...
Ten non-EU countries--Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, and
Slovenia--have joined the EU in imposing travel restrictions
on Belarusian state officials because of a dispute over
diplomatic residences at Drazdy, near Minsk (see "RFE/RL
Newsline," 13 July 1998). Those countries say they "will
ensure that their national policies conform to that common
position," AP reported on 13 July. The U.S. State Department
is also preparing punitive measures against Belarus similar
to the EU ban. U.S. State Department spokesman James Rubin
said on 13 July that the EU and the U.S. are "reading from
the same script" in their dispute with Belarus and that an
analogous action by the U.S. can be expected shortly,
Reuters reported. JM

SLOVAK ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AT DISPUTED NUCLEAR PLANT. Jozef
Zlocha visited the controversial Mochovce nuclear power
plant on 13 July, an RFE/RL correspondent in Bratislava
reported. Zlocha met with the plant's director, Jozef
Valach, who said the plant is operating at 35 percent
capacity. The plant went into operation on 8 June, despite a
storm of protests from the Austrian government that it is
unsafe. Several Western companies involved in the design and
construction of the plant have said it fulfills all safety
standards. Meanwhile in Bratislava, four political parties
decided at a roundtable meeting that they will send a joint
letter to Austrian Chancellor Viktor Klima expressing their
determination to secure the necessary political, economic,
and legislative criteria needed to join the EU. Austria
currently holds the post of the EU presidency. The groups at
the meeting were the Slovak Democratic Coalition, the
Hungarian Coalition Party, the Party of the Democratic Left,
and the Party of Civic Understanding. PB

POLICE CHIEFS DISMISSED IN HUNGARY. Interior Minister Sandor
Pinter on 13 July dismissed national police chief Laszlo
Forgacs, Criminal Investigations Director Istvan Ignacz, and
Public Safety Director Ferenc Banfi, Hungarian media
reported. Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the dismissals
are part of an agreement between him and Pinter and are in
line with the government's intention to strengthen the
police forces. Pinter said he intends to appoint the deputy
director of public safety, General Peter Orban, as the new
national police commander. Former Interior Minister Gabor
Kuncze said he suspects political motives behind the
changes, adding that the integrity and expertise of the
dismissed officials were unquestionable. MSZ

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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 2, No. 135, 16 July 1998

AUSTRIAN REPORT CLEARS CONTROVERSIAL SLOVAK NUCLEAR PLANT.
Wolfgang Kromp, the head of an international team of nuclear
facility experts, said in Vienna on 15 July that Slovakia's
Mochovce power plant passed initial safety inspections, an
RFE/RL correspondent reported. A U.S. member of the team
said that except for two areas--reactor vessel integrity and
confinement--the plant's level of safety equals that of
nuclear power plants in the West. Initial reports of the
Kromp-led investigation prompted Austrian politicians to
demand that the plant not open until safety concerns were
allayed. Kromp said a complete investigation was not carried
out because the operators of the plant denied investigators
access to certain areas when they visited in May. Mochovce
is 120 kilometers from Austria and even closer to Hungary.
PB

HUNGARY CONCERNED ABOUT DELAY IN EU EXPANSION. Hungarian
Prime Minister Viktor Orban told visiting Austrian Foreign
Minister Wolfgang Schuessel on 15 July that Hungary worries
about a possible delay in EU enlargement owing to the EU's
internal reforms. Austria currently holds the EU presidency.
Orban said Hungary would like to be a member of the EU by
2002, while Schuessel argued that there is no need to set a
specific date. Schuessel also met with Foreign Minister
Janos Martonyi and announced that EU accession talks with
the six "fast-track" countries will begin on 10 November. In
other news, the parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee
approved the nomination of former Foreign Minister Geza
Jeszenszky as ambassador to Washington and Erno Keskeny as
ambassador to Moscow. MSZ

HUNGARIAN FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT ON ECONOMY. Zsigmond Jarai
said on 15 July that Hungary's rising productivity is
fueling a strong economy, Reuters reported. Jarai said
budget revenues are expected to increase by 5 percent,
which, he said, could lead to tax cuts in 1999. At a joint
press conference, National Bank of Hungary Chairman Gyoergy
Suranyi said annual inflation is expected to decrease this
year and could be below 10 percent by 2000. PB

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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 2, No. 136, 17 July 1998

NATO PEACEKEEPING EXERCISES LAUNCHED ALONG LITHUANIAN COAST.
Some 5,000 troops from the Baltic States, Hungary, Poland,
the U.S. and western Europe are taking part in training
exercises along the Lithuanian coast. Code-named "Baltic
Challenge 98," the maneuvers are being coordinated by NATO
as part of its Partnership for Peace program. Among those
taking part are more than 2,000 U.S. soldiers as well as
troops from the Baltic Battalion, whose members are trained
specifically for NATO peacekeeping duties. Russian,
Belarusian, and Ukrainian observers also reportedly are
present. JC

HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER IN PARIS. After meeting with French
President Jacques Chirac in Paris on 16 July , Hungarian
Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that EU internal reforms
are not expected to hinder EU enlargement. In talks with
French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, Orban said Hungary will
"not offer areas and industries for colonization but will
present economic opportunities" for EU countries. Trade
between the two countries totaled nearly $1.7 billion last
year, 23 percent more than in 1996, "Napi Gazdasag"
reported. Orban also said that joining the EU by 2000 is
"ambitious" but "realistic." This was Orban's his first trip
abroad as premier. MSZ

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