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POLAND SUPPORTS SLOVAKIA'S NATO MEMBERSHIP. Foreign Minister Dariusz Rosati
told journalists in Warsaw on 28 May that "Poland certainly wants to see
Slovakia in NATO even after the recent controversial Slovak referendum." He
added that "it is in Poland's interest to have a nation that is a member of
NATO at its southern border." He noted that Poland wants its "friends" to put
in their domestic affairs in order and enter NATO as soon as possible.
CZECH COALITION ANNOUNCES STABILIZATION PROGRAM, GOVERNMENT CHANGES. Leaders
of the three government coalition parties on 28 May announced radical
stabilization measures aimed at dealing with growing economic problems. Prime
Minister Vaclav Klaus told journalists the new set of austerity measures will
be "painful" and will result a temporary economic decline and rising
unemployment. The measures include budgetary cuts, wage restrictions, and
possibly new import barriers. The coalition leaders also announced that
Education Minister Ivan Pilip will replace Finance Minister Ivan Kocarnik and
Czech Ambassador to London Karel Kuenhl will take over the trade and industry
portfolio from Vladimir Dlouhy. Parliamentary Security Committee Chairman Petr
Necas is Interior Minister Jan Ruml's replacement, and Czech Ambassador to
Germany Jiri Grusa is to become minister of education.
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