RFE/RL Daily Report
No. 186, 29 September 1994
PRAGUE RANKS 16TH IN SURVEY OF EUROPEAN BUSINESS LOCATIONS. In a
survey of the best European business locations published by the
Financial Times on 27 September, Prague placed 16th, ahead of all
other East European cities as well as West European capitals such
as Lisbon, Vienna, and Athens. Warsaw ranked 17th, Budapest 22nd,
and Moscow 29th. London topped the list, followed by Paris and
Frankfurt. The survey was based on interviews with 500 executives
in nine European Union countries. The newspaper says Prague's
greatest advantage is that "it is the beautiful capital of a
politically stable country full of hardworking, educated and
skilled people able to produce high-quality items at wage rates
roughly 10 per cent of those in neighboring Germany and
Austria."-- Jiri Pehe, RFE/RL Inc.
HUNGARIAN DIPLOMAT ATTACKED IN TEHERAN. A Hungarian commercial
attache was in a critical condition after unknown intruders
attacked both him and his wife in their Teheran apartment early on
27 September, MTI reports. The diplomat's wife was killed in the
attack. -- Karoly Okolicsanyi, RFE/RL Inc.
STOLTENBERG AND OWEN IN BUDAPEST. Thorvald Stoltenberg and David
Owen, co-chairmen of the International Conference on Former
Yugoslavia, met with Hungarian Prime Minister Gyula Horn, MTI
reports. Topics discussed included losses suffered by the
Hungarian economy owing to the UN's trade embargo on rump
Yugoslavia. Owen said that according to UN regulations, countries
whose economies are adversely affected by an UN embargo are
entitled to compensation. -- Karoly Okolicsanyi, RFE/RL Inc.
HUNGARY BANS SALES OF POWDERED PAPRIKA. Owing to widespread lead
contamination, the Hungarian government has banned the sale of
powdered paprika, Western agencies report. The poisonous material,
which was "added" by criminal gangs and used as an artificial
coloring to improve the appearance of low-quality paprika, has
made dozens of people ill. The ban, however, is in effect only at
markets and outdoor fairs. Officials say controls at the country's
two largest producers, which provide all Hungary's paprika
exports, are adequate. The police report that 18 people have been
arrested for selling contaminated paprika. -- Karoly Okolicsanyi,
RFE/RL Inc.
[As of 1200 CET]
(Compiled by Eileen Downing and Jan Cleave)
Copyright 1994, RFE/RL, Inc. All rights reserved.
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