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End Note
CZECH GOVERNMENT BRACES ITSELF FOR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
CZECH PREMIER WARNS OF UNCERTAINTY IF CZECH GOVERNMENT FALLS. Vaclav Klaus
said on Czech TV on 8 June that the parliament's failure to support his
government in the 10 June vote of confidence would be a "leap in the dark."
Klaus argued it would be relatively easy to bring the government down, but he
pointed to the uncertainty of what would happen next. He said those who want
the government to fall should propose a better alternative. Klaus's Civic
Democratic Party (ODS) and its two junior coalition partners--the Civic
Democratic Alliance (ODA) and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL)--hold just 100
votes in the 200-seat parliament. But the Christian Democrats have said they
will support the government only if it first endorses a stabilization program
recently approved by the three coalition leaders. They also suggested that the
government postpone rent and energy prices hikes announced earlier this year
(see "End Note" below).
SLOVAKIA'S FIRST PRIVATE NEWS AGENCY BURGLARIZED WEEK BEFORE OPENING. The
offices of the first private Slovak news agency, which is due to begin
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