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RADAR Two deputies were denied visas to visit the Marshall Islands in order to tour a U.S.-operated radar base, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported April 13. Communist Deputy Alexandr Černý and Christian Democrat Rostislav Slavotínek were denied because they applied only days before the April 14 departure, the U.S. Embassy said. Černý says he was rejected because the communists are opposed to a U.S. radar base here.

VISAS A bilateral visa-waiver program between the Czech Republic and the U.S. would be in violation of European Union policy, according to an EU diplomat who was quoted in Hospodářské noviny April 17. Ireland, Italy and Germany are urging U.S. lawmakers to reject a bill that would grant visa waivers to countries that tighten security.
BONDY Influential Czech writer Egon Bondy died in Bratislava April 9 at age 77. Bondy was part of an underground movement critical of the Soviet regime and influenced revolutionaries such as former President Václav Havel, who helped issue Charter 77 after police raided a concert by a band that used Bondy’s writings as lyrics.
CHURCH Cardinal Miloslav Vlk says the struggle between church and state over ownership of St. Vitus Cathedral is still unsettled, ČTK reported. The Supreme Court ruled in February that ownership must be handed back to the state April 16. On his personal Web site, Vlk says no agreement has been reached on management of the building.
TIBET Prague Mayor Pavel Bém criticized China’s foreign policy after he was denied entry to Tibet to scale Mt. Everest despite having the required visa and permit, his spokeswoman said April 14. Prague City Hall has participated in campaigns supporting Tibet’s independence from China. Bém will ascend the peak from Nepal instead.


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