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> > > > BBC World Service > > Monday, 18 December, 2000, 17:22 GMT > > > > The unkindest cut > > > > The government of Macedonia says the > > German ambassador in Skopje has been caught > > illegally cutting branches from protected fir > > trees for Christmas decorations. > > > > Officials said environmental inspectors caught > > the ambassador, Werner Burkart, and his wife > > with a bag full of branches close to a tree that > > had been almost destroyed in a national park > > around Mount Pelsiter one-hundred kilometres > > south of Skopje. > > > > The Macedonian officials said the ambassador > > was spared the normal forty-five-dollar fine for > > damaging protected species, but they were > > considering an official complaint to the German > > government. The German embassy in Skopje > > would not comment. > > > > >From the newsroom of the BBC World Service > > > > > > > > > > > |
