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RFE/RL NEWSLINE  16 September 1999

BAHAMAS REINTRODUCE VISA REQUIREMENT FOR CZECHS. The Bahamas
on 15 September announced the re-introduction of a visa
requirement for Czech citizens. A spokeswoman for the Bahamas
embassy in London told CTK that the Bahamas have unilaterally
abolished visa requirements for a number of countries but the
requirements have been re-introduced for the Czech Republic,
as well as Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Russia, because
those countries did not reciprocate. In late August the
Bahamas, a member of the Commonwealth, introduced visa
requirements for Slovaks. It explained that the step was in
line with similar measures introduced by the U.K., which last
year introduced the requirement for Slovak citizens to halt
an influx of Roma seeking asylum there. MS

MONTENEGRO PRESIDENT IN HUNGARY. Prime Minister Viktor Orban
on 15 September told visiting Montenegro President Milo
Djukanovic that Hungary would like to see Montenegro join the
OSCE and the Council of Europe, Hungarian media reported.
Djukanovic said Montenegro continues to rely on Hungarian
political and economic help. He said that the efforts of the
Vojvodina ethnic Hungarian minority to gain autonomy are
"legitimate." "I believe we have a common enemy, the last
anti-democratic and dictatorial regime in Europe, which not
only wants to strangle the autonomy of Vojvodina but also
totally ignores Montenegro," Djukanovic said in reference to
the regime of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. MS

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