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Subject: Selezione notizie dalla Jugoslavia, 16-29/1/2000
> B92 29/01/2000 ------------------------------------------
>
> PERISIC CHIUSE UN OCCHIO SUL SOSTEGNO DELLA NATO ALL'UCK?
> Matic accuses Perisic of turning a blind eye to the arming of Kosovo
> separatists
>
> KRUSEVAC, Saturday - The public will soon be informed about where the
> Kosovo
> separatists obtained their arms and who in Yugoslavia turned a blind eye
> to
> such activities, the Federal Minister of Information Goran Matic said in
> an
> interview for Krusevac TV Plus today. Matic told TV Krusevac that a
> meeting
> between American and French Secret Service experts had taken place in
> Sarajevo in 1997 where they had decided to arm Kosovo separatists from
> SFOR
> bases. Matic said that the names of those whose job it was to prevent
> this
> taking place, above all Army Chief of Staff General Momcilo Perisic
> (currently leader of the Movement for a democratic Serbia) would soon be
> made
> public.
>
> VERSO LA SVENDITA DELLE TELECOMUNICAZIONI DEL MONTENEGRO
> Montenegro to put Montenegrin Telecom and Electricity Company up for
> sale
>
> MONTENEGRO, Saturday - The Montenegrin Tender Commission announced today
> that
> they are planning to put Montenegrin Telecom and the Montenegrin
> Electricity
> Company up for sale. The Commission stated that they would sell off more
> than
> 51% of the companies since foreign investors would not be interested in
> anything less than a controlling share. The sale will take place under
> consultation with Deloitt & Touche.
>
> Former Montenegrin government official and member of G17, Nebojsa
> Medojevic
> told B2 92 of his reservations regarding this decision. Medojevic said
> that
> he felt this was not the right time to make such a move since due to the
> current uncertain political situation in Yugoslavia, the companies would
> be
> sold for far less than their real market value.
>
> CONTINUI SEGNALI DI IRREQUIETEZZA DA DJUKANOVIC
> Djukanovic: clarification of relations within the Federation imminent
>
> MONTENEGRO, Saturday - Clarification of the relations within the
> Yugoslav
> Federation will take place this year, Montenegrin President Milo
> Djukanovic
> told press in Bar today. Djukanovic said that a way out of the current
> crisis
> could be achieved if the Federal bodies and Serbia showed a constructive
> approach towards the proposals put forward by Montenegro regarding the
> redefinition of relations within the Federation and that this would
> result in
> a stabilisation of the situation within the Federation. Djukanovic added
> that
> should such an approach fail to materialise, Montenegro would finally
> and
> definitively go its own way.
>
> B92 28/01/2000 ------------------------------------
>
> ANALISTA MILITARE BRITANNICO SULLA IPOTESI DI NUOVA
> AGGRESSIONE NATO IN APPOGGIO ALLA SECESSIONE MONTENEGRINA
> British concern over Montenegrin crisis
>
> BANJA LUKA, Friday - NATO would react if federal Yugoslav forces clashed
> with
> Montenegrin troops in Yugoslavia's southern republic, British military
> analyst Paul Beaver said today. Beaver told media in Banja Luka that
> another
> bombing of Serbian military targets was possible, but that it would
> depend on
> how seriously NATO understood Belgrade's threats against the Montenegrin
> government. He also expressed concern that the US could try to remove
> Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic from power and that the Americans
> could
> see a Montenegrin conflict as an opportunity to implement such a plan.
>
> ROBERTSON: PER LA SITUAZIONE ATTUALE IN KOSOVO
> E' TUTTA COLPA DI MILOSEVIC
> NATO "resolute" over Kosovo
>
> BRUSSELS, Friday - NATO Secretary-General George Robertson said today
> that
> the level of violence and bloodshed in Kosovo was still too high but
> that the
> Alliance was determined to change that. Robertson added that the Balkans
> would have looked considerably different today had Belgrade opted for
> serious
> political and economic reforms ten years ago.
>
> YDS 28/01/2000 ---------------------------------------------------
>
> AVVIATA LA RICOSTRUZIONE DI ALTRI 21 PONTI BUTTATI GIU' DALLA NATO
>
> REPUBLIC OF SERBIA - RECONSTRUCTION
> AGREEMENT SIGNED ON CONSTRUCTION OF 21 BRIDGES
> BELGRADE, January 27 (Tanjug) - Director of the Directorate for the
> Reconstruction of the Country Milutin Mrkonjic signed on Friday
> contracts
> for the construction of 21 road and railway bridges that were destroyed
> in
> NATO's aggression last year.
> Construction works within the second phase of reconstruction are due to
> be
> completed by July 7 this year, and they will be realized by seven
> domestic
> firms - Kraljevo factory of carriages, MIN of Nis, Gosa of Smederevo,
> Mostrogradnja of Belgrade, 14 oktobar of Krusevac, Novi auto put of
> Belgrade and Graditelj of Leskovac.
> Recalling that in NATO's aggression were destroyed and damaged 64
> bridges,
> Mrkonjic specified that in the first phase of reconstruction were
> completed
> and opened for traffic 32 bridges, and that construction works were
> underway on seven other facilities.
> The construction of the 21 bridges, with the exception of three bridges
> in
> Novi Sad, will complete the road infrastructure in Serbia, Mrkonjic
> said.
>
> NUOVO GOVERNO IN MONTENEGRO DOPO LE DIMISSIONI DEL MINISTRO
> DEGLI ESTERI ACCUSATO DI LEGAMI CON LA CAMORRA
>
> REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO - GOVERNMENT
> VUJANOVIC PROPOSES NEW MINISTERS
> PODGORICA, January 27 (Tanjug) - A special session of the Montenegrin
> Parliament, convened to review a Government reshuffle, started with
> great
> delay on Friday afternoon due to the need for further consultations.
> Premier Filip Vujanovic nominated as the new Foreign Minister Branko
> Lukovac, current representative of Montenegro in Slovenia. The former
> Minister Branko Perovic resigned recently after accusations of being
> linked
> to illegal trade in Italy.
> Instead of Predrag Goranovic, as Deputy Premier has been proposed
> Ljubisa
> Krgovic, who now occupies the office of member of the Monetary Council
> of
> Montenegro.
> Rade Gregovic, current Mayor of Budva, is to replace Radovan Bakic as
> Minister of urban planning and Budimir Dubak, current Minister of
> Culture
> is to take over the Ministry of Religion from Slobodan Tomovic.
> Dubak, according to the proposal of the Premier, is to be replaced by
> Radojica Luburic, current Director of the Montenegrin Institute for
> Scientific-Technical and Cultural Cooperation.
> Vujanovic thanked the outgoing Deputy Premier and Ministers Predrag
> Goranovic, Branko Perovic, Radovan Bakic and Slobodan Tomovic.
>
> LA LIBIA CONTESTA L'ATTIVITA' DI "MEDICI SENZA FRONTIERE"
> E DI KOUCHNER IN KOSOVO E METOHIJA
>
> JAMAHIRIYA - KOUCHNER VIOLATES EVERY DAY U.N. CHARTER
> TRIPOLI, January 28 (Tanjug) - The Libyan daily Al Jamahiriya strongly
> criticized the activities of the French organization Medecins Sans
> Frontieres in Kosovo and Metohija and the awarding of the Nobel Peace
> prize
> for 1999 to that organization.
> Medecins Sans Frontieres have political goals and operate under a
> suspicious umbrella, the Libya daily said this week, and the activities
> of
> the U.N. representative in Kosovo-Metohija Bernard Kouchner support that
> assessment.
> "In spite of the fact that the man is a doctor, he is playing an inhuman
> NATO role in dealing with the problems of the Province of Kosovo and
> Metohija," Al Jamihiriya said.
> "The organization Medecins Sans Frontieres has, contrary to Security
> Council Resolution 1244, took part in the covering up of numerous
> criminal
> acts in Kosovo, such as the massacre of 14 women and children in the
> village Staro Gacko near the town of Lipljan.
> "The U.N. Mission conducted the forensic examination of the bodies
> without
> the participation of Yugoslav doctors. That means the distancing of
> Yugoslav forensic experts from the investigation with a view to covering
> up
> the case and removing the most important traces, and in turn the
> encouraging of crimes and criminals whose conduct suits the
> international
> forces (NATO) that make up KFOR," Al Jamahiriya said. The Libyan daily
> further said that the "misfortune of ethnic cleansing was repeated also
> in
> the cities of Prizren, Djakovica, Istok, Klina and others, as well as
> the
> destruction of monuments as a monastery from 1315 in the vicinity of the
> capital city of Pristina".
> "In return," Al Jamahiriya said, "the organization Medecins Sans
> Frontieres received all the prize and eulogies, and even the Nobel Peace
> Prize."
> "The conduct of the French Doctor Without Borders, Kouchner, in Kosovo,
> sets an example for the daily flagrant violations of human rights and of
> the U.N. Charter," Al Jamahiriya said, recalling that that was not the
> first Nobel Peace Prize whose awarding has given rise to doubts.
>
> YDS 27/01/2000 -----------------------------------------
>
> STANZIATI 900 MILIONI DI DINARI PER I PROFUGHI IN SERBIA
>
> 900 MILLION DINARS FOR DISPLACED FROM KOSOVO AND METOHIJA - YUGOSLAV
> MINISTER
> KRUSEVAC, SERBIA, January 26 (Tanjug) - Yugoslav Minister for Refugees,
> Displaced and Exiled Persons Bratislava Morina said on Wednesday in the
> city of Krusevac, central Serbia, that the Yugoslav and Serbian
> Governments
> have earmarked 900 million dinars as aid for refugees and temporarily
> displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija.
> Morina, who is also Serbian Minister for Refugees, presented the
> corresponding organs in Krusevac with ten tonnes of relief aid for the
> internally displaced persons who found refuge in this region.
> She pointed out that the corresponding state organs are currently
> registering all displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija and that this
> data will be verified by the representatives of neutral Switzerland.
> "This
> will be yet another in the series of proof about the activities of the
> ethnic Albanian terrorists who are being helped by a part of the
> international community and who forced the Serbs and other non-Albanians
> to
> leave their homes," Morina said.
> Underscoring that under U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 Kosovo and
> Metohija is an integral and unalienable part of the Republic of Serbia
> and
> the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Morina stated that she expects the
> annulment of all decisions by UNMIK head Bernard Kouchner which are not
> in
> keeping with this resolution.
>
> ANTICOSTITUZIONALE L'USO DEL MARCO TEDESCO IN MONTENEGRO
>
> USE OF GERMAN MARK IN MONTENEGRO NOT IN KEEPING WITH FEDERAL
> CONSTITUTION
> BELGRADE, January 26 (Tanjug) - The Yugoslav Constitutional Court ruled
> on
> Wednesday that the decision on the use of the German mark in Montenegro
> parallel with the national currency dinar, is not in keeping with the
> Constitution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Law on the
> National
> Bank of Yugoslavia and the Law on Foreign Currency Transactions.
> The Court said that the decision of the Montenegrin Government on taking
> over certain competencies of the National Bank of Yugoslavia "with the
> aim
> of protecting the economic interests of Montenegro" is also not in
> keeping
> with the Federal Constitution and the Law on the National Bank of
> Yugoslavia.
> In November 1999, the Court set a deadline for the Montenegrin
> Government
> to come up with explanations regarding the initiative of the National
> Bank
> of Yugoslavia to begin proceedings for the assassement of the
> constitutionality and legality of the controversial Montenegrin
> decisions.
> Montenegro, however, failed to respond.
> Quoting constitutional and legal provisions, the Court set out that
> under
> the constitution the territory of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is
> a
> single economic and market area and that only the National Bank of
> Yugoslavia, as an independent institution and the only bank of issue
> within
> the Yugoslav monetary system, is responsible for monetary policy, the
> stability of the currency and for financial discipline.
> The Court also instigated proceedings to investigate the
> constitutionality
> of the Montenegrin Law on Amnesty which released from responsibility all
> military conscripts who failed to respond to the mobilization during the
> NATO aggression from March 24 - June 10, 1999.
> The Court has set a two-week deadline to the Montenegrin Parliament to
> take a position on this law.
> According to the Court, no republican organ is authorized to release
> anyone from the responsibility for the offence of draft dodging since
> this
> is regulated only by federal laws.
> The Court said it was stopping the realization of all individual acts
> adopted on the basis of the disputed law.
>
> SI VA NORMALIZZANDO IL TRAFFICO AEREO SULLA JUGOSLAVIA?
>
> AIR TRAFFIC OVER YUGOSLAVIA NORMALISING
> BELGRADE, January 27 (Tanjug) - Air traffic over Yugoslavia has begun
> returning to normal as of dawn on Thursday, according to the National
> Flight Control chief.
> Flight Control Administration Director Branko Bilbija told TANJUG that,
> as
> of 1 minute past midnight last night, the Yugoslav Flight Control was
> guiding 55 percent of all flights over Bosnia- Herzegovina at altitudes
> between 9,000 metres and 13,000 m.
> Also, radars were guiding planes over Yugoslavia flying from central
> Europe to Greece and the Middle East, and there were plans to open
> corridors to Croatia and Italy.
> "For the past four or five months, talks have been going on in Paris,
> Brussels and Rome about normalising air traffic in Yugoslav air space,
> and
> the accords reached have only just begun to be implemented today," said
> Bilbija.
> He added that flights in Yugoslav air space had been banned since the
> start of NATO's aggression on Yugoslavia on March 24, 1999.
> When the air strikes ended on June 10, Yugoslav flight controllers took
> over about 20 percent of flights, viz. those to Macedonia. As of today,
> they were slowly resuming the guiding of planes for all foreign air
> carriers.
>
> GENERALE JUGOSLAVO PROMETTE IL RITORNO DELL'ARMATA IN KOSMET
>
> YUGOSLAV GENERAL SAYS PRISTINA CORPS WILL RETURN TO KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
> LESKOVAC, January 26 (Tanjug) - An annual analysis of the readiness for
> action of the Yugoslav Army Pristina Corps was made at the Corps'
> command
> on Wednesday. A statement issued by the Corps press section quoted Corps
> Commander Maj. Gen. Radojko Stefanovic, who supervised the proceedings,
> as
> saying that the Corps had been the backbone of the Yugoslav Army's and
> the
> Third Army's defence in Kosovo and Metohija.
> Maj. Gen. Stefanovic said that Corps troops had put up a brilliant
> resistance to the far superior enemy, saying that, by uniting all
> defence
> forces in the Yugoslav Republic of Serbia's southern province, the Corps
> had managed to preserve its potential, troops and materiel sustaining
> minimum losses.
> The statement also said that, thanks to the state and economic
> structures'
> maximum engagement and assistance offered, the Corps had managed to
> provide
> new facilities made of brick for its entire personnel following NATO's
> March 24-June 10 1999 aggression and to create favourable conditions for
> the life and work of Corps commands and units.
> Third Army commander Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic voiced confidence that the
> Corps would soon return to Kosovo and Metohija "where it will raise the
> flag of freedom under which all citizens - Serbs, Montenegrins and
> members
> of other ethnic groups - will coexist in peace with ethnic Albanians as
> before."
>
> B92 27/01/2000 ------------------------------------
>
> LA GERMANIA FA LA CAMPAGNA ELETTORALE IN JUGOSLAVIA
> German support for Serbian opposition
>
> BERLIN, Thursday - The German government has demanded a thorough
> re-examination of sanctions against Serbia, calling for more severe
> measures
> directly aimed at Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and his
> associates.
> German Foreign Minister Joscha Fischer, submitting the report on the
> Pact for
> Stability in the Bundestag today, gave credit to the Serbian opposition
> for
> its efforts in uniting and seeking replacement of the regime. Fischer
> also
> said that Germany supported the opposition in its demands for
> parliamentary
> elections by the end of April.
>
> The political director of the British Foreign Office, Charles Crawford,
> told
> Radio B2 92 this afternoon that it was important to understand that
> Europe
> had taken a unanimous decision not to lift sanctions. Crawford denied
> that
> Britain and Holland had blocked an initiative to reduce the sanctions.
> Asked
> whether the US had pressured Britain and Holland over the issue Crawford
> denied knowledge of such a move, adding however that the Americans were
> very
> good at applying pressure to anyone when it suited them.
>
> Meanwhile, the director of Washington's Balkans Action Council, James
> Hooper,
> said today that he believed Milosevic would do anything in order to
> divide
> the opposition and the West, believing that the US and the EU would
> finally
> turn back to him. Hooper described the EU as being so exhausted that it
> was
> again considering backing Milosevic, adding that it was obvious that
> Serbian
> Renewal Movement leader Vuk Draskovic was being used to undermine
> opposition
> efforts. The worst thing, said Hooper, was that Democratic Party
> President
> Zoran Djindjic had fallen into a well-laid trap.
>
> Replying to Hooper's statement, Djindjic told the BBC World Service that
> Hooper had demonstrated his basic lack of understanding of the internal
> political situation in Serbia.
>
> NUOVO GOVERNO IN MONTENEGRO
> Montenegrin government reshuffle
>
> PODGORICA, Thursday - The governing Democratic Party of Socialist in
> Montenegro last night agreed on substantial changes to the cabinet of
> Prime
> Minister Filip Vujanovic. The final outcome was expected to be announced
> after a scheduled meeting of parliament, which began late because of
> party
> consultations on the cabinet changes. Fonet reports that the new foreign
> minister is expected to Branko Lukovac and that Ljubisa Krgovic would
> become
> deputy prime minister.
>
> REUTERS 26/01/2000 ---------------------------------
>
> ASPRO CONTRASTO TRA BULGARIA E RUSSIA PER IL MANCATO
> INVITO DELLA RF DI JUGOSLAVIA AL SUMMIT DI SOFIA
>
> Bulgaria rejects Russian anger over Balkan summit 09:26 a.m. Jan 26,
> 2000 Eastern
> SOFIA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Bulgaria, facing angry complaints from Russia,
> on Wednesday defended its decision not to invite Yugoslavia to a Balkan
> summit last weekend.
> ``The aim of the meeting, which was fulfilled, had been to find a common
> approach to solving regional problems,�� said Bulgarian Foreign
> Ministry spokesman Radko Vlaikov.
> ``At a time when cooperation with Yugoslavia is difficult, its
> participation in the event would have blocked positive results of the
> meeting,�� he told a news conference.
> Russia's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday issued a statement denouncing the
> informal meeting of prime ministers of seven countries bordering
> Yugoslavia which was hosted by Bulgaria.
> Representatives of Belgrade, which enjoys relatively good ties with
> Moscow, had not been invited to the meeting, also attended by European
> Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
> ``We are surprised by the absence of Yugoslavia, whose internal
> situation was discussed at the meeting,�� said Russia�s statement.
> ``The isolationist format of the event...could hardly be constructive,
> not to mention ethical.��
> The Russian document said that a decision by the summit to continue such
> consultations ``looked very similar to an attempt to create a closed
> anti-Yugoslav pact with Euro-Atlantic orientation.��
> The summit was unanimous in pressing the West to do more to get off the
> ground the Balkan Stability Pact, formally launched by Big Powers last
> year but still lacking economic substance.
> But they were divided on whether to ease international sanctions imposed
> on Yugoslavia, which are hurting the economies of its neighbours.
> Bulgaria said they should be revised, while Albania said any relaxation
> would play into the hands of Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic.
> Vlaikov said the meeting was a success as it had created a spirit of
> better cooperation and made possible an honest dialogue on the problems
> of the troubled Balkan region.
>
> B92 26/01/2000 ----------------------
>
> ANCORA UN PAIO DI CITTA' INSERITE NEL
> PROGRAMMA UE "PETROLIO PER LA DEMOCRAZIA"?
> Energy for Democracy extended
>
> BELGRADE, Wednesday - The European Commission was expected today to
> formalise
> the extension of the Energy for Democracy program. Under the program,
> the
> southern Serbian cities of Pirot and Nis have been supplied with heating
> oil.
> The coordinator of the G17 independent economic think tank, Mladjan
> Dinkic,
> told B2 92 today that the project would now include the cities of
> Kraguejevac, Novi Sad, Subotica, Sombor and Kraljevo.
>
> ALTRI DUE RICERCATI PER L'OMICIDIO DI ARKAN
> Police seek two more gunmen in Arkan case
>
> BELGRADE, Wednesday - Belgrade police have appealed to the public for
> assistance in locating two more men suspected of being involved in the
> murder
> of underworld boss Zeljko "Arkan" Raznatovic. A police statement names
> the
> two men as Dragan Nikolic of New Belgrade and Milan Djuricic of Mali
> Zvornik.
> Four suspects are already under arrest on charges relating to the murder
> in
> Belgrade's Hotel Intercontinental ten days ago.
>
> ANCORA UN SERBO-BOSNIACO ARRESTATO
> Bosnian Serb arrested
>
> VISEGRAD, Wednesday - Bosnian Serb Mitar Vasilijevic was arrested in
> Visegrad
> yesterday on charges of war crimes in Bosnia, the Republic of Srpska
> government confirmed today. The British press writes today that
> Vasilijevic
> was a member of the White Eagles paramilitary unit which was allegedly
> involved in the first mass murders in Bosnia. According to the reports,
> Vasilijevic was involved in the murder of Muslims on the Drina bridge in
> Visegrad in May 1992 and had taken part in setting fire to two buildings
> housing 135 Muslims, including women and children.
>
> B92 22/01/2000 ---------------
>
> ARRESTATO L'ASSASSINO DI ARKAN
> Police arrest Arkan's murderer
>
> BELGRADE, Saturday - Former police officer Dobrosav Gavric has been
> arrested
> for the murder of underworld boss Arkan which took place at the Hotel
> Intercontinental in Belgrade last Saturday, Belgrade police stated
> today. At
> a press conference in Belgrade today, senior police official Milenko
> Ercic
> said that Gavric who was injured in the incident and was currently in
> hospital, was a former police officer on sick leave from June 1999 known
> to
> be working in the protection of well known Belgrade gangsters. The
> police
> have also arrested two of his accomplices one of whom was also formerly
> a
> police officer dismissed for his "mob" connections. Ercic said that all
> three
> men had confessed to their part in the triple murder and would shortly
> be
> brought before the Belgrade Municipal court.
>
> I SOCIALDEMOCRATICI DEL MONTENEGRO SI SENTONO GIA'
> AL DI FUORI DELLA JUGOSLAVIA
> No federal elections in Montenegro this year
>
> MONTENEGRO, Saturday - The Montenegrin Social Democrats will not take
> part in
> federal general elections in October, their party president Zarko
> Rakcevic
> said today in response to Yugoslav Prime Minister Momir Bulatovic's
> announcement yesterday regarding such elections. Rakcevic said that
> Montenegro considered Yugoslavia to be part of their past and would
> therefore
> not take part in any federal elections. Rakcevic also emphasisied the
> need
> for an improvement in the relations between Serbia and Montenegro, but
> said
> that such an improvement could only be reached after the formal
> recognition
> of Montenegro by the international community.
>
> B92 20/01/2000 ------------------------------------
>
> PROBLEMI NELLA COALIZIONE GOVERNATIVA IN MONTENEGRO
> Trouble in Montenegrin Government coalition
>
> PODGORICA, Thursday - The central committee of the Social Democratic
> Party of
> Montenegro last night gave its government coalition partners an
> ultimatum to
> call a referendum on secession by the end of March. The party described
> the
> decision on the referendum as a prerequisite for the survival of the
> government coalition.
>
> Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic said today that the referendum on
> secession was a real possibility and announced that the leaders of
> coalition
> parties would meet soon to discuss all controversial issues. Djukanovic
> told
> media that he was not familiar with the decision of the Social
> Democratic
> Party.
>
> YDS 18/01/2000 ------------------------------------
>
> COMITATO BULGARO CONDANNA LA AGGRESSIONE DELLA NATO
>
> BULGARIAN COMMITTEE FOR BALKAN COOPERATION CONDEMNS NATO AGGRESSION
> SOFIA, January 18 (Tanjug) - The Bulgarian Committee for Balkan
> Understanding and Cooperation on Tuesday condemned last year's brutal
> U.S.-led NATO aggression on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
> Speaking at a special session marking the 40th anniversary of the
> Committee's founding, its chairman Victor Pshelarov called on the big
> powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Balkan states and demanded
> that the people of that region decide about their fate by themselves.
> The NATO aggression on Yugoslavia has affected both the people of that
> country and all the Balkan states, the vice president of the Alliance of
> Balkan Women Emilia Maslovarova said.
> Speaking on behalf of the 600,000 professional members of the Federation
> of Bulgarian Journalists, its secretary Snezana Todorova recalled that
> the
> Bulgarian journalists strongly condemned the barbaric NATO bombing of
> the
> media centre in Serbia and Montenegro, as well as the air raids on
> hospitals, maternity wards, civilian homes, etc.
> Yugoslav diplomat Darinka Acimovic expressed gratitude to the members of
> the Bulgarian Committee for Balkan Understanding and Cooperation for
> their
> support during the brutal NATO aggression. The co-chairman of the
> Bulgarian-Yugoslav Friendship Society, Dimitrije Ostojic, a sculptor,
> called on the Balkan nations not to allow any more wars in this always
> troubled region.
>
> PREOCCUPAZIONE IN MACEDONIA PER I CONFINI INSICURI
>
> MACEDONIA CONCERNED OVER INSECURE BORDER WITH KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
> SKOPJE, January 18 (Tanjug) - Macedonian Defence Minister Nikola Kljusev
> has demanded from NATO and KFOR to help Macedonia secure its border with
> Yugoslavia in the section with Kosovo and Metohija.
> Kljusev conveyed this demand to NATO's Ambassador in Skopje, Hans
> Juergen
> Eife, and KFOR logistics commander in Macedonia, General Bob Ruth, it
> was
> said on Tuesday.
> After the arrival of KFOR in Kosovo and Metohija, Macedonia was faced
> with
> great problems since part of its border with Yugoslavia remained
> practically unsecured which, Skopje said, has an unfavourable effect on
> this country's security.
> The Macedonian border with Albania is also unsecured because the
> Albanian
> troops have long since been withdrawn from this region.
>
> B92 18/01/2000 ------------------------------------------
>
> IN PERICOLO ANCHE LA FAUNA PER I BOMBARDAMENTI DELLA NATO
> Serbian fauna endangered by NATO bombing
>
> BONN, Tuesday - Last year's bombing of Yugoslavia had catastrophic
> consequences for the region's fauna, a German paper writes today,
> quoting a
> report from an associate of Belgrade's Museum of Natural History. Milan
> Paunovic told a European Union ecology conference in Thessaloniki that
> many
> subspecies in Serbia and Kosovo were now endangered, following the
> destruction of their habitats. Paunovic quoted reports that a large
> number of
> wolves had fled from Serbia to northern Greece.
>
> B92 16/01/2000 ------------------------------------------
>
> ARKAN ASSASSINATO NELL'HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL DI BELGRADO
> Arkan murdered in Belgrade's Intercontinental hotel
>
> BELGRADE, Sunday -- Zelko Raznjatovic, better known as Arkan, commander
> of
> the paramilitary Serbian Volunteer Guard active during the wars in
> Bosnia and
> Croatia, was shot in the lobby of Belgrade's Hotel Intercontinental
> sometime
> around five o' clock yesterday afternoon. Arkan, who was shot in the
> head,
> was rushed to hospital where doctors confirmed him dead. One of his body
> guards, identified as Momcilo Mandic, was also killed at the scene,
> while
> Dragan Garic whose involvement in the incident is not clear, was also
> rushed
> to hospital where he later died. The group had been sitting in a
> sectioned-off part of the lobby and were on their way to the hotel exit
> when
> they were hit by at least one round from a Heckler and Koch submachine
> gun
> that apparently hit Arkan in the eye. The Serbian police have released
> no
> details regarding the incident.
>
> All local media in Belgrade have today reported Arkan's death with
> contradictory versions of the events leading to his death. There has
> been
> considerable speculation as to how many assailants there were, whether
> they
> were hiding inside the hotel, whether they were masked as well as to the
> motives for such a murder.
>
> The Hague Tribunal indicted 47-year-old Arkan in 1997 for war crimes
> carried
> out by his paramilitaries in Bosnia and Croatia, but the indictment was
> kept
> under wraps until 31st of March last year when the tribunal made his
> indictment public. Arkan and his paramilitary forces have also been
> accused
> by the western media of involvement in apparent atrocities in Kosovo
> during
> the NATO bombardment of Yugoslavia, but Arkan denied any involvement in
> war
> crimes. In 1992 Arkan was an MP in the Serbian Parliament as independent
> candidate. The following year he founded the Party of Serbian Unity
> which did
> not manage to win a single seat in the 1993 elections. For the past
> several
> years his name has been connected with the football club Obilic which
> progressed from being a second division club to Yugoslav champion
> straight
> after Arkan purchased it.
>
> All opposition parties in Serbia stated that this murder symbolised the
> current state of affairs in the country. The Serbian Renewal Movement
> linked
> this murder to living with state terrorism. President of the Democratic
> Party
> Zoran Djindjic said that Belgrade had become a dangerous city in which
> to
> live, while Goran Svilanovic of the Civic Alliance party said that Arkan
> was
> someone who knew too much and was too deeply involved.
>
> There has so far been no public reaction to Arkan's murder from the
> regime.
>
> ALBRIGHT E COOK DISPIACIUTI PER LA MORTE DI ARKAN
> Albright and Cook: no satisfaction from Arkan's murder
>
> US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright and British Foreign Minister
> Robin
> Cook reacted to Arkan's death by stating that they took no satisfaction
> from
> his murder. Albright said that the US would have preferred him to stand
> trial
> in The Hague War Crimes Tribunal. Cook agreed with such sentiments
> saying he
> would have preferred to see Arkan taking responsibility for his crimes.
>
> ARKAN STAVA COLLABORANDO CON IL TRIBUNALE DELL'AIA?
> The Sunday Times: Arkan cooperating with the Hague Tribunal
>
> LONDON, Sunday - A source close to Arkan has revealed that he was
> supplying
> the Hague Tribunal with material which could be crucial to the eventual
> trial
> of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, London's Sunday Times writes
> today.
> The same source said that Arkan had believed that if he cooperated with
> the
> tribunal, the case against him would be dropped.
>
> PRESTO PUBBLICI I DETTAGLI SUL PROCEDIMENTO CONTRO ARKAN
> (MA DOPO DUE SETTIMANE ANCORA NON SE NE SA NIENTE...)
> Details of Arkan's indictment soon to be made public
>
> THE HAGUE, Sunday - The details of the indictment against Arkan
> regarding his
> involvement in war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia could soon be made
> public,
> Hague Tribunal spokesman Paul Risley told Reuters today.
>
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