Slovakian hotline for solving EU conundrums

  • 2003-05-08
  • Katarina Rysova
BRATISLAVAIn a small room in a government office, 21-year-old student Peter Weiss answers a stream of calls about the referendum to be held on May 16 - 17. His tools are a computer and lots of information brochures."My house is now worth a million crowns. How much will it be worth after Slovakia joins the EU," asks a retired Slovakian.Working during his vacation time along with 13 other economics students, Weiss does his best to dispel fears about Slovakia's accession to the union on May 1, 2004. "I grow vegetables. How many carrots will I be able to grow," asks a farmer. "I have an old car...
 
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