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The senior opposition Civic Democrats (ODS), supported by 20.8 percent of the electorate, would win elections if they were held in September, according to a poll published by the STEM agency on Tuesday.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) will take part in a left-wing demonstration under the slogan Stop IMF Dictate after its Saturday congress, KSCM deputy chairman Jiri Dolejs said on Tuesday.
The 4th annual meeting of young people from the Czech Republic and Germany, scheduled for September 21-24, will take place in the Sumava and Bavarian Forest national parks and it will focus on environmental issues, the meeting's chief organiser Miroslav Prokes said on Tuesday.
Opinions of Czechs on democracy contradict on many points, a poll conducted by the Sofres-Factum polling agency released on Tuesday, shows. On the one hand Czechs say that they prefer democracy to an authoritarian regime but on the other hand they would rather have less freedom in order to maintain order.
The Dalai Lama, who will arrive at the Forum 2000 meeting in Prague in October, will make a separate speech on Ethics for the Next Millennium at the Prague Sport Hall on October 18, organisors said on Tuesday.
(čtk)