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OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 227, 22 November 1996

SLOVAK NATIONALITIES COUNCIL REJECTS MINORITY LANGUAGE LAW. The
government's Nationalities Council on 21 November voted not to recommend
the approval of a draft law on the use of minority languages submitted
by ethnic Hungarian representatives, CTK reported. Following the passage
of the state language law last November, the government promised to
submit a minority language law as well. Jozef Kalman, deputy premier and
deputy chairman of the Nationalities Council, said the majority of the
council's members, including some representatives of national
minorities, regard existing legislation as sufficient. The OSCE, the EU,
and other international organizations have all recommended that a
minority language law be approved. -- Sharon Fisher

HUNGARY TO INCREASE ENERGY PRICES NEXT YEAR. The cabinet has announced
that as of 1 January, natural gas will increase by 18.8%, electricity by
24.9%, and heating by 21.9%, Hungarian dailies reported on 22 November.
The increases guarantee only a 4% annual profit for energy distribution
companies. Earlier, the government pledged to guarantee an 8% profit to
energy companies with foreign ownership. The cabinet also decided to
raise pensions by 19.5% next year and to reduce expenditures in the 1997
budget by 14-14.5 billion forints to ensure that the public finance
deficit does not exceed 4.9% of GDP. Meanwhile, the National Bank
announced it will likely repay $1 billion in foreign debts ahead of
schedule. -- Zsofia Szilagyi

ILIESCU TO BECOME PARTY CHAIRMAN. Oliviu Gherman, chairman of the Party
of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR), has resigned his post, Romanian
TV reported on 21 November. Gherman said the "soul chairman" of the PDSR
has always been outgoing President Ion Iliescu, while he himself was
only a "modest substitute." He added that now that Iliescu is no longer
constitutionally barred from belonging to the party, it is Gherman's
"moral duty" to resign and ask the PDSR leadership to replace him with
Iliescu. In other news, the National Peasant Party Christian Democratic
(PNTCD) has held separate negotiations over the new coalition with the
Social Democratic Union and the National Liberal Party-Democratic
Convention. Bela Marko, chairman of the Hungarian Democratic Federation
of Romania, also conducted "preliminary discussions" with the PNTCD
leadership, saying his formation will not necessarily demand portfolios
affecting national minorities and may receive the Health Ministry. --
Michael Shafir

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