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RFE/RL NEWSLINE  5 November 1999

POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY SUPPORT SLOVAKIA'S NATO BID.
Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Vladimir Vetchy, and Janos Szabo, the
defense ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary,
respectively, pledged at their 3-4 November meeting in Poland
to assist Slovakia in its efforts to integrate into NATO, PAP
reported. According to CTK, the ministers also discussed
cooperation in modernizing their countries' forces and combat
equipment. JM

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RFE/RL NEWSLINE  8 November 1999

HUNGARIAN COURT REINSTATES DISMISSED HEALTH FUND HEAD. The
Budapest Metropolitan Court on 5 November ruled that the
dismissal of Agnes Cser, former director-general of the
National Health Insurance Fund was unlawful, Hungarian
media report. The court ordered that she be reinstated.
Cser was dismissed in July 1998, shortly after the new
government took office. According to the court ruling, she
was not offered a suitable post after her dismissal,
despite the fact that such a post could have been offered
her at some 150 state organizations. MSZ

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