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Mentre esponenti governativi albanesi incominciano a palesare i piani di
annessione
del Kosovo all'Albania, l'amministrazione coloniale ONU (UNMIK)
introduce le dogane,
con i rispettivi dazi da pagare, alla frontiera amministrativa interna
tra Kosovo e Serbia
centrale.
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> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20010412155131846956.html
ALBANIA: MINISTRO GIUSTIZIA PER UNIFICAZIONE CON KOSOVO
(ANSA) - TIRANA, 12 APR - Il ministro della giustizia albanese Arben
Imami,
leader del Partito per l'Allenza democratica (Pad), ha detto oggi che
''il
futuro obiettivo politico'' del suo partito ''e' l'unificazione pacifica
tra Albania e Kosovo''. Secondo Imami, il Pad lavorera' nella prossima
legislatura per giungere a questo risultato attraverso quattro diverse
direttive: l'unificazione politico-istituzionale tra le due entita',
l'unificazione monetaria, doganale e fiscale e l'unificazione nel campo
dell'istruzione ''per creare un unico spazio culturale albanese''. La
quarta direttiva indicata da Imami e' quella oggettivamente piu'
complessa:
''Incoraggiare un movimento diplomatico che convinca la comunita'
internazionale che l'unificazione tra Albania e Kosovo non crea una
forza
destabilizzante, ma e' al contrario una garanzia per la stabilita' di
Albania, Kosovo e di tutta l'europa sud-orientale''. Il ministro si e'
detto convinto che ''il processo di integrazione europea va in questa
direzione''. E' la prima volta che un esponente del governo albanese
(pur
se rappresentante di un partito minore) si esprime in favore
dell'unificazione tra Albania e Kosovo. In precedenza solo l'attuale
leader
dell'opposizione Sali Berisha (con il quale il Pad sta valutando se
partecipare insieme alle prossime elezioni di giugno), si era detto
favorevole alla creazione di ''una federazione albanese'' nei
Balcani.(ANSA)
BLL 12/04/2001 15:51
> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20010417122431849901.html
KOSOVO: MITROVICA, SERBI BLOCCANO MEZZI KFOR E ONU
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 17 APR - Manifestanti serbi hanno organizzato da
questa
mattina blocchi stradali intorno a Kosovska Mitrovica, turbolenta citta'
del Kosovo settentrionale per protestare contro una decisione della
missione delle Nazioni Unite (Unmik) per l'imposizione di dazi doganali
sulle merci provenienti dal vicino territorio della Serbia.
Andrea Angeli, portavoce della missione Onu, ha confermato che ai posti
di
blocco viene impedito il passaggio anche ai mezzi dell'Unmik e della
Kfor,
forza di pace a guida Nato.
La tensione e' molto alta anche dopo la decisione annunciata dal
comitato
di crisi serbo di voler interrompere tutte le relazioni con i
rappresentanti della missione delle Nazioni Unite. La prevista riunione
settimanale fissata per questa mattina con rappresentanti dell'Unmik e'
stata annullata dai delegati serbi. La notte scorsa un'auto di un
albanese
che si trovava sul lato serbo della citta' e' stata incendiata. Fino a
questo momento non si segnalano scontri. (ANSA).
BLL 17/04/2001 12:24
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"IL GOVERNO JUGOSLAVO NON APPROVA"
ZIVKOVIC: YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT DID NOT APPROVE CUSTOMS POINTS
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) Yugoslav Interior Minister Zoran
Zivkovic told Tanjug Tuesday, on the occasion of the setting up of UNMIK
customs posts on the administrative boundary of Kosovo and Metohija,
that
noone on the Yugoslav side approved their opening.
Zivkovic, in a Serbian parliament break, said he heard UNMIK's
explanation that it was a reaction to the control points opened recently
by
the Republic of Serbia on the other side of the administrative boundary
"although there are no customs crossings."
Zivkovic assessed that "it was remark that deserves further
consideration," adding that a solution will most probably be found in
the
next few days.
"IL GOVERNO SERBO NON ERA STATO INFORMATO"
UNMIK CUSTOMS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF SERBIAN GOVERNMENT
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) The Serbian government said on
Tuesday that it was not informed or consulted about the introduction of
customs posts on the administrative boundary of Kosovo and Metohija with
the rest of Serbia.
Incorrect are all claims, coming from whatever side, that the
government was officially informed, or, even consulted, about the
introduction of customs posts at Rudnice and Jerinje near Zubin Potok
and
Leposavic.
"The Serbian government was informed about the introduction of
customs posts by the media and considers the decision wrong and contrary
to
all domestic and international legal regulations, and particularly
Resolution 1244," the statement said adding that UNMIK has been informed
about the position of the Serbian government.
"IL PARLAMENTO SERBO SI OPPONE"
SERBIAN PARLIAMENT OPPOSES CUSTOMS CHECKPOINTS IN NORTHERN KOSOVO
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) The Serbian parliament on Tuesday
strongly condemned the UN Civilian Mission for Kosovo and Metohija
(UNMIK)
decision to place Customs checkpoints at the administrative border
between
Serbia's southern province and other parts of Serbia.
A statement issued after a meeting, which the parliament
presidency held with the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, Socialist
Party
of Serbia and Party of the Serbian Unity party club representatives and
MPs
from KosovoMetohija, said that the Serbian parliament "strongly condemns
the placing of Customs checkpoints."
"Such onesided UNMIK administration moves are aggravating an
otherwise dramatic situation in KosovoMetohija and may increase the
plight
and moving out of Serbian and other nonAlbanian population," said the
statement submitted to Tanjug by the parliament's Information Service.
The Serbian parliament "believes that the embitterment of Serbs
throughout northern Kosovo is justified and therefore demands that UNMIK
urgently remove illegal Customs checkpoints, because they clash with (UN
Security Council) Resolution 1244," the statement said.
ANCHE LA DOS CONDANNA LA DECISIONE DELL'UNMIK
NO YUGOSLAV CUSTOMS ON ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY WITH KOSOVO
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) DOS party grouping head in Serbian
parliament Cedomir Jovanovic said on Tuesday that "there are no customs
points on our side towards Kosovo and Metohija, nor did they ever
exist,"
but only points for controlling all goods entering FR Yugoslavia.
Kosovo and Metohija are part of Serbia and Yugoslavia and there
is
no reason for forming internal customs posts, Jovanovic told reporters
in
Serbian parliament.
Pointing out he expected from the Serbian government to react
officially, Jovanovic assessed that "everything that the international
community did last weekend deserves the strongest condemnation of both
the
Yugoslav and Serbian administrations" and that "there are no reasons for
such radical and flagrant violations of Resolution 1244."
KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE HOPELESS CASE, SERBIAN VICEPREMIER SAYS
LOZNICA, April 18 (Tanjug) The world community has not been
authorized by the Yugoslav or Serbian authorities to set up a customs
administration anywhere in KosovoMetohija, and it is unclear why, and to
what end, this has been done, Serbian VicePremier Vuk Obradovic said in
the
western Serbian town of Loznica late Tuesday. Asked at a press
conference
whether the establishment of the UN customs administration was a step
towards an independent KosovoMetohija, Obradovic, who is also the leader
of
SocialDemocracy (SD), replied that "independence of Kosovo is a hopeless
case", as this province was, and would be, part of Serbia and
Yugoslavia.
"Everybody in the world community should be aware of the fact
that
any problems emerging in the Balkans and southeastern Europe can only be
tackled through the socalled regional approach," Obradovic said.
BATIC: UNMIK'S DECISION HAS TO BE CHANGED
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) Serbian Justice Minister Vladan
Batic
said on Tuesday that UNMIK's decision for setting up customs posts on
the
administrative boundary of Kosovo and Metohija with Serbia was taken
without consultations with the Yugoslav and Serbian authorities.
The decision "has to be changed," he told reporters in Serbian
parliament.
"IL GOVERNO JUGOSLAVO ERA STATO INFORMATO A META' FEBBRAIO"
YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT WAS INFORMED ABOUT SETTING UP CUSTOMS IN KOSOVO
NEW YORK, April 18 (Tanjug) UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said in
New
York on Tuesday that UNMIK is the temporary authority in KosovoMetohija
and
that the decision to collect tax for local needs is in conformity with
the
mandate of the UN mission, and that all people in the province will
benefit
from the income.
Eckhard said that protests and objections of Kosovo Serbs
against
this decision would be better accepted if they were processed through
legal
channels.
The border taxes have a local character, and are intended for
resolving local problems, and therefore it is normal that they should be
collected in the territory of KosovoMetohija, a UN Secretariate legal
expert said.
The expert pointed out that the UNMIK decision is neither new
nor
unexpected, since, according to him, the Yugoslav government and the
Committee for cooperation with UNMIK were informed about it in
midFebruary.
BLOCCHI STRADALI PER PROTESTA
UNMIK AND KOSOVO SERBS LOCK HORNS
NORTHERN KOSOVO, 18 April (B92) As road blockades begin to
bite,
north Kosovo Serbs and the UN mission are continuing to dig their heels
in
over the Kosovo-Serbia customs dispute.
Serbian political representatives from the area pledged today
that
the blockades would remain for as long as UNMIK sticks to its decision
to
open customs checkpoints on the administrative border.
A Radio B92 correspondent reports that the selective blockades
on
KFOR and UNMIK supply routes are beginning to bite since army and police
will not allow food to be airlifted in to the international troops.
The squeeze has intensified with a further blockade in Kosovska
Mitrovica near the bridge over the Ibar River. In response to Belgrade
pleas of ignorance, UNMIK spokesman Frank Benjaminsen yesterday claimed
that in fact the Yugoslav authorities had given approval and indeed were
kept informed of the move.
Benjaminsen denied it was a further step towards the separation
of
Kosovo, adding that tax would be paid only on certain goods originating
outside Yugoslavia.
Unmoved, Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic warned of a possible
escalation of tension between protestors and KFOR.
Kosovska Mitrovica municipality president Nenad Radosavljevic
claimed that protest organisers were in fact Socialist activists and
smugglers who had manipulated the people. (Radio B92)
KOSOVOMETOHIJA SERBS BLOCK ROADS TO CENTRAL SERBIA
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, April 17 (Tanjug) KosovoMetohija Serbs
blocked the road through Leposavic on Tuesday, bringing traffic between
the
Serbian province and central Serbia to a complete halt, after a decision
of
the local Political Defense Committee and the authorities of
municipalities
in northern Kosovska Mitrovica.
All roads in Kosovska Mitrovica, Zvecan, Leposavic, and Zubin
Potok have been blocked since 8 am on Tuesday. The blockade also applies
to
all vehicles of international organizations.
KOSOVO SERBS BLOCK IBAR TRUNK ROAD NEAR LEPOSAVIC
LEPOSAVIC, April 17 (Tanjug) Serbs in Leposavic blocked the
Ibar
trunk road in four places early on Tuesday, protesting against the
placing
of Customs checkpoints at the administrative border between
KosovoMetohija
and other parts of Serbia. Serbs said that the "people in the Leposavic
municipality will
not allow a greater Albania to be set up by the placing of Customs
checkpoints at the administrative border between KosovoMetohija and
Serbia."
"Through a perfidiously pursued policy and disregard of UN
Security Council Resolution 1244 and the Kumanovo Agreement, KFOR and
UNMIK
have sided with ethnic Albanian extremists," it was said in a statement
made by the Serbs who blocked the road at 8 a.m. "We will use all
democratic means to oppose this."
The barricades, placed in Socanica, Leposavic, Lesak and
Jerinje
at the administrative border between KosovoMetohija and Serbia, will be
removed once Customs officers withdraw from the KFOR's Belgian
contingent
checkpoint.
The Leposavic municipality crisis board protest has been joined
by
all enterprises, shops and catering facilities, which stopped working at
9
a.m. Schools and universities have disrupted classes and lectures and
the
local health centre and outpatient clinics admit only the patients who
need
urgent treatment.
UNMIK police and KFOR troops are peacefully observing the road
blocks and their commands are constantly in touch with the Leposavic
municipality crisis board.
PROTESTS, ROAD BLOCKS TO GO ON UNTIL REMOVAL OF CUSTOMS CHECKPOINTS
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, April 17 (Tanjug) Serbs in northern
KosovoMetohija will never accept Customs checkpoints at the
administrative
border between KosovoMetohija and other parts of Serbia, several
thousand
protesters taking part in a rally in northern Kosovska Mitrovica said on
Tuesday.
Protesters said that the UNMIK decision in Kosovo symbolised
one
of the attributes of statehood and that this was a first step towards
the
realisation of an independent Kosovo state.
Serbs will decisively oppose this decision, using all available
democratic means, it was said at the rally, held at the central town
square.
Member of the Political Committee for the defence of the
northern
part of KosovoMetohija Dr Milan Ivanovic said that the introduction of
Customs put economic and political pressure on the Serbs, brought their
survival into question and meant that their expulsion from Serbia's
southern province would continue.
Ivanovic said that KosovoMetohija was and would remain an
integral
part of Serbia and Yugoslavia and called upon Serbs to persist in their
struggle aimed at removing Customs checkpoints. He said that roads would
remain blocked until the withdrawal of this decision and that peaceful
rallies would be held every day.
The next protest rally is to be held in Zvecane on Wednesday.
The
Kosovska Mitrovica rally ended with a stroll to the road block at the
end
of the town, in the direction of Zvecane.
During the rally, two KFOR fighter plains and two helicopters
flew
low over the site.
KFOR SPOKESMAN: SERBS BLOCK KFOR VEHICLES ON FIVE ROADS
PRISTINA, April 17 (Tanjug) Kosovo and Metohija international
force KFOR spokesman Roy Brown said in Pristina on Tuesday that United
Nations and KFOR vehicles were stranded on at least five roads in
northern
Kosovo and Metohija blocked by Serbs from this part of the province in
protest against a unilateral decision by the U.N. Kosovo civilian
mission
UNMIK to set up a tax checkpoint on the administrative boundary between
Kosovo and Metohija and Serbia proper.
KFOR is trying to resolve the situation without confrontations,
but it has warned that members of the international force are ready to
remove the blockades if necessary for peacekeeping operations or "the
passage of the essential services," the spokesman said.
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del Kosovo all'Albania, l'amministrazione coloniale ONU (UNMIK)
introduce le dogane,
con i rispettivi dazi da pagare, alla frontiera amministrativa interna
tra Kosovo e Serbia
centrale.
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> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20010412155131846956.html
ALBANIA: MINISTRO GIUSTIZIA PER UNIFICAZIONE CON KOSOVO
(ANSA) - TIRANA, 12 APR - Il ministro della giustizia albanese Arben
Imami,
leader del Partito per l'Allenza democratica (Pad), ha detto oggi che
''il
futuro obiettivo politico'' del suo partito ''e' l'unificazione pacifica
tra Albania e Kosovo''. Secondo Imami, il Pad lavorera' nella prossima
legislatura per giungere a questo risultato attraverso quattro diverse
direttive: l'unificazione politico-istituzionale tra le due entita',
l'unificazione monetaria, doganale e fiscale e l'unificazione nel campo
dell'istruzione ''per creare un unico spazio culturale albanese''. La
quarta direttiva indicata da Imami e' quella oggettivamente piu'
complessa:
''Incoraggiare un movimento diplomatico che convinca la comunita'
internazionale che l'unificazione tra Albania e Kosovo non crea una
forza
destabilizzante, ma e' al contrario una garanzia per la stabilita' di
Albania, Kosovo e di tutta l'europa sud-orientale''. Il ministro si e'
detto convinto che ''il processo di integrazione europea va in questa
direzione''. E' la prima volta che un esponente del governo albanese
(pur
se rappresentante di un partito minore) si esprime in favore
dell'unificazione tra Albania e Kosovo. In precedenza solo l'attuale
leader
dell'opposizione Sali Berisha (con il quale il Pad sta valutando se
partecipare insieme alle prossime elezioni di giugno), si era detto
favorevole alla creazione di ''una federazione albanese'' nei
Balcani.(ANSA)
BLL 12/04/2001 15:51
> http://www.ansa.it/balcani/kosovo/20010417122431849901.html
KOSOVO: MITROVICA, SERBI BLOCCANO MEZZI KFOR E ONU
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, 17 APR - Manifestanti serbi hanno organizzato da
questa
mattina blocchi stradali intorno a Kosovska Mitrovica, turbolenta citta'
del Kosovo settentrionale per protestare contro una decisione della
missione delle Nazioni Unite (Unmik) per l'imposizione di dazi doganali
sulle merci provenienti dal vicino territorio della Serbia.
Andrea Angeli, portavoce della missione Onu, ha confermato che ai posti
di
blocco viene impedito il passaggio anche ai mezzi dell'Unmik e della
Kfor,
forza di pace a guida Nato.
La tensione e' molto alta anche dopo la decisione annunciata dal
comitato
di crisi serbo di voler interrompere tutte le relazioni con i
rappresentanti della missione delle Nazioni Unite. La prevista riunione
settimanale fissata per questa mattina con rappresentanti dell'Unmik e'
stata annullata dai delegati serbi. La notte scorsa un'auto di un
albanese
che si trovava sul lato serbo della citta' e' stata incendiata. Fino a
questo momento non si segnalano scontri. (ANSA).
BLL 17/04/2001 12:24
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"IL GOVERNO JUGOSLAVO NON APPROVA"
ZIVKOVIC: YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT DID NOT APPROVE CUSTOMS POINTS
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) Yugoslav Interior Minister Zoran
Zivkovic told Tanjug Tuesday, on the occasion of the setting up of UNMIK
customs posts on the administrative boundary of Kosovo and Metohija,
that
noone on the Yugoslav side approved their opening.
Zivkovic, in a Serbian parliament break, said he heard UNMIK's
explanation that it was a reaction to the control points opened recently
by
the Republic of Serbia on the other side of the administrative boundary
"although there are no customs crossings."
Zivkovic assessed that "it was remark that deserves further
consideration," adding that a solution will most probably be found in
the
next few days.
"IL GOVERNO SERBO NON ERA STATO INFORMATO"
UNMIK CUSTOMS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF SERBIAN GOVERNMENT
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) The Serbian government said on
Tuesday that it was not informed or consulted about the introduction of
customs posts on the administrative boundary of Kosovo and Metohija with
the rest of Serbia.
Incorrect are all claims, coming from whatever side, that the
government was officially informed, or, even consulted, about the
introduction of customs posts at Rudnice and Jerinje near Zubin Potok
and
Leposavic.
"The Serbian government was informed about the introduction of
customs posts by the media and considers the decision wrong and contrary
to
all domestic and international legal regulations, and particularly
Resolution 1244," the statement said adding that UNMIK has been informed
about the position of the Serbian government.
"IL PARLAMENTO SERBO SI OPPONE"
SERBIAN PARLIAMENT OPPOSES CUSTOMS CHECKPOINTS IN NORTHERN KOSOVO
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) The Serbian parliament on Tuesday
strongly condemned the UN Civilian Mission for Kosovo and Metohija
(UNMIK)
decision to place Customs checkpoints at the administrative border
between
Serbia's southern province and other parts of Serbia.
A statement issued after a meeting, which the parliament
presidency held with the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, Socialist
Party
of Serbia and Party of the Serbian Unity party club representatives and
MPs
from KosovoMetohija, said that the Serbian parliament "strongly condemns
the placing of Customs checkpoints."
"Such onesided UNMIK administration moves are aggravating an
otherwise dramatic situation in KosovoMetohija and may increase the
plight
and moving out of Serbian and other nonAlbanian population," said the
statement submitted to Tanjug by the parliament's Information Service.
The Serbian parliament "believes that the embitterment of Serbs
throughout northern Kosovo is justified and therefore demands that UNMIK
urgently remove illegal Customs checkpoints, because they clash with (UN
Security Council) Resolution 1244," the statement said.
ANCHE LA DOS CONDANNA LA DECISIONE DELL'UNMIK
NO YUGOSLAV CUSTOMS ON ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARY WITH KOSOVO
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) DOS party grouping head in Serbian
parliament Cedomir Jovanovic said on Tuesday that "there are no customs
points on our side towards Kosovo and Metohija, nor did they ever
exist,"
but only points for controlling all goods entering FR Yugoslavia.
Kosovo and Metohija are part of Serbia and Yugoslavia and there
is
no reason for forming internal customs posts, Jovanovic told reporters
in
Serbian parliament.
Pointing out he expected from the Serbian government to react
officially, Jovanovic assessed that "everything that the international
community did last weekend deserves the strongest condemnation of both
the
Yugoslav and Serbian administrations" and that "there are no reasons for
such radical and flagrant violations of Resolution 1244."
KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE HOPELESS CASE, SERBIAN VICEPREMIER SAYS
LOZNICA, April 18 (Tanjug) The world community has not been
authorized by the Yugoslav or Serbian authorities to set up a customs
administration anywhere in KosovoMetohija, and it is unclear why, and to
what end, this has been done, Serbian VicePremier Vuk Obradovic said in
the
western Serbian town of Loznica late Tuesday. Asked at a press
conference
whether the establishment of the UN customs administration was a step
towards an independent KosovoMetohija, Obradovic, who is also the leader
of
SocialDemocracy (SD), replied that "independence of Kosovo is a hopeless
case", as this province was, and would be, part of Serbia and
Yugoslavia.
"Everybody in the world community should be aware of the fact
that
any problems emerging in the Balkans and southeastern Europe can only be
tackled through the socalled regional approach," Obradovic said.
BATIC: UNMIK'S DECISION HAS TO BE CHANGED
BELGRADE, April 17 (Tanjug) Serbian Justice Minister Vladan
Batic
said on Tuesday that UNMIK's decision for setting up customs posts on
the
administrative boundary of Kosovo and Metohija with Serbia was taken
without consultations with the Yugoslav and Serbian authorities.
The decision "has to be changed," he told reporters in Serbian
parliament.
"IL GOVERNO JUGOSLAVO ERA STATO INFORMATO A META' FEBBRAIO"
YUGOSLAV GOVERNMENT WAS INFORMED ABOUT SETTING UP CUSTOMS IN KOSOVO
NEW YORK, April 18 (Tanjug) UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said in
New
York on Tuesday that UNMIK is the temporary authority in KosovoMetohija
and
that the decision to collect tax for local needs is in conformity with
the
mandate of the UN mission, and that all people in the province will
benefit
from the income.
Eckhard said that protests and objections of Kosovo Serbs
against
this decision would be better accepted if they were processed through
legal
channels.
The border taxes have a local character, and are intended for
resolving local problems, and therefore it is normal that they should be
collected in the territory of KosovoMetohija, a UN Secretariate legal
expert said.
The expert pointed out that the UNMIK decision is neither new
nor
unexpected, since, according to him, the Yugoslav government and the
Committee for cooperation with UNMIK were informed about it in
midFebruary.
BLOCCHI STRADALI PER PROTESTA
UNMIK AND KOSOVO SERBS LOCK HORNS
NORTHERN KOSOVO, 18 April (B92) As road blockades begin to
bite,
north Kosovo Serbs and the UN mission are continuing to dig their heels
in
over the Kosovo-Serbia customs dispute.
Serbian political representatives from the area pledged today
that
the blockades would remain for as long as UNMIK sticks to its decision
to
open customs checkpoints on the administrative border.
A Radio B92 correspondent reports that the selective blockades
on
KFOR and UNMIK supply routes are beginning to bite since army and police
will not allow food to be airlifted in to the international troops.
The squeeze has intensified with a further blockade in Kosovska
Mitrovica near the bridge over the Ibar River. In response to Belgrade
pleas of ignorance, UNMIK spokesman Frank Benjaminsen yesterday claimed
that in fact the Yugoslav authorities had given approval and indeed were
kept informed of the move.
Benjaminsen denied it was a further step towards the separation
of
Kosovo, adding that tax would be paid only on certain goods originating
outside Yugoslavia.
Unmoved, Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic warned of a possible
escalation of tension between protestors and KFOR.
Kosovska Mitrovica municipality president Nenad Radosavljevic
claimed that protest organisers were in fact Socialist activists and
smugglers who had manipulated the people. (Radio B92)
KOSOVOMETOHIJA SERBS BLOCK ROADS TO CENTRAL SERBIA
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, April 17 (Tanjug) KosovoMetohija Serbs
blocked the road through Leposavic on Tuesday, bringing traffic between
the
Serbian province and central Serbia to a complete halt, after a decision
of
the local Political Defense Committee and the authorities of
municipalities
in northern Kosovska Mitrovica.
All roads in Kosovska Mitrovica, Zvecan, Leposavic, and Zubin
Potok have been blocked since 8 am on Tuesday. The blockade also applies
to
all vehicles of international organizations.
KOSOVO SERBS BLOCK IBAR TRUNK ROAD NEAR LEPOSAVIC
LEPOSAVIC, April 17 (Tanjug) Serbs in Leposavic blocked the
Ibar
trunk road in four places early on Tuesday, protesting against the
placing
of Customs checkpoints at the administrative border between
KosovoMetohija
and other parts of Serbia. Serbs said that the "people in the Leposavic
municipality will
not allow a greater Albania to be set up by the placing of Customs
checkpoints at the administrative border between KosovoMetohija and
Serbia."
"Through a perfidiously pursued policy and disregard of UN
Security Council Resolution 1244 and the Kumanovo Agreement, KFOR and
UNMIK
have sided with ethnic Albanian extremists," it was said in a statement
made by the Serbs who blocked the road at 8 a.m. "We will use all
democratic means to oppose this."
The barricades, placed in Socanica, Leposavic, Lesak and
Jerinje
at the administrative border between KosovoMetohija and Serbia, will be
removed once Customs officers withdraw from the KFOR's Belgian
contingent
checkpoint.
The Leposavic municipality crisis board protest has been joined
by
all enterprises, shops and catering facilities, which stopped working at
9
a.m. Schools and universities have disrupted classes and lectures and
the
local health centre and outpatient clinics admit only the patients who
need
urgent treatment.
UNMIK police and KFOR troops are peacefully observing the road
blocks and their commands are constantly in touch with the Leposavic
municipality crisis board.
PROTESTS, ROAD BLOCKS TO GO ON UNTIL REMOVAL OF CUSTOMS CHECKPOINTS
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, April 17 (Tanjug) Serbs in northern
KosovoMetohija will never accept Customs checkpoints at the
administrative
border between KosovoMetohija and other parts of Serbia, several
thousand
protesters taking part in a rally in northern Kosovska Mitrovica said on
Tuesday.
Protesters said that the UNMIK decision in Kosovo symbolised
one
of the attributes of statehood and that this was a first step towards
the
realisation of an independent Kosovo state.
Serbs will decisively oppose this decision, using all available
democratic means, it was said at the rally, held at the central town
square.
Member of the Political Committee for the defence of the
northern
part of KosovoMetohija Dr Milan Ivanovic said that the introduction of
Customs put economic and political pressure on the Serbs, brought their
survival into question and meant that their expulsion from Serbia's
southern province would continue.
Ivanovic said that KosovoMetohija was and would remain an
integral
part of Serbia and Yugoslavia and called upon Serbs to persist in their
struggle aimed at removing Customs checkpoints. He said that roads would
remain blocked until the withdrawal of this decision and that peaceful
rallies would be held every day.
The next protest rally is to be held in Zvecane on Wednesday.
The
Kosovska Mitrovica rally ended with a stroll to the road block at the
end
of the town, in the direction of Zvecane.
During the rally, two KFOR fighter plains and two helicopters
flew
low over the site.
KFOR SPOKESMAN: SERBS BLOCK KFOR VEHICLES ON FIVE ROADS
PRISTINA, April 17 (Tanjug) Kosovo and Metohija international
force KFOR spokesman Roy Brown said in Pristina on Tuesday that United
Nations and KFOR vehicles were stranded on at least five roads in
northern
Kosovo and Metohija blocked by Serbs from this part of the province in
protest against a unilateral decision by the U.N. Kosovo civilian
mission
UNMIK to set up a tax checkpoint on the administrative boundary between
Kosovo and Metohija and Serbia proper.
KFOR is trying to resolve the situation without confrontations,
but it has warned that members of the international force are ready to
remove the blockades if necessary for peacekeeping operations or "the
passage of the essential services," the spokesman said.
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JUGOSLAVIA: MONTENEGRO, MANIFESTAZIONE CONTRO INDIPENDENZA DA
FEDERAZIONE
(ANSA-AFP) - PODGORICA (JUGOSLAVIA), 18 APR - Cica 10 mila
simpatizzanti della coalizione tripartita 'Per la Jugoslavia' hanno
manifestato ieri sera a Podgorica contro l'indipendneza del Montenegro,
piccola
repubblica che assieme alla Serbia forma dal 1992 la Repubblica federale
di
Jugoslavia. ''Dopo le elezioni legislative di domenica prossima non vi
sara' nessun
referendum sull'indipendenza'', ha detto Predrag Bulatovic, il
presidente del
Partito socialista popolare (Snp), uno dei tre schieramenti della
coalizione.
Dicendosi certo della vittoria, Bulatovic ha assicurato che invece del
referendum
promesso dall'attuale presidente indipendentista Milo Djukanovic la sua
alleanza
riprendera' il dialogo con la Serbia ''per il futuro della Jugoslavia''.
Nel corso
della manifestazione sono stati scanditi slogan ostili a Djukanovic, che
i
nazionalisti [SIC] accusano di essere troppo allineato con l'Occidente.
Alle legislative
di domenica, che fanno seguito alle elezioni anticipate tenute in Serbia
lo scorso
dicembre, il partito di Djukanovic e' favorito. Il presidente
montenegrino vuole
staccarsi da Belgrado e dar vita ad una unione tra stati sovrani con la
Serbia. Il
presidente jugoslavo Vojilsav Kostunica, succeduto a Slobodan Milosevic
lo scorso
ottobre, non e' favorevole all'indipendenza del Montenegro ma ha detto
che, in caso
di referendum, si atterra' alla volonta' dei cittadini. (ANSA-AFP). ZU
18/04/2001 00:13
MONTENEGRO'S FUTURE IS SAFE ONLY WITHIN YUGOSLAVIA
PODGORICA, April 18 (Tanjug) The coalition "Together for
Yugoslavia" is not fighting for the survival of the common state with
Serbia for the sake of Serbia, but because it is certain it is best for
Montenegro to be in a common state with that republic, Socialist
People's
Party President Predrag Bulatovic, the coalition election list's
principal
candidate, said late Tuesday.
Speaking at an election rally of this coalition in Podgorica,
Bulatovic said "the Montenegrin regime is preparing a trick...They want
to
maintain their personal and dictatorial power and privileges, to make an
independent Montenegro."
"Even though they mention some alliance with Serbia, they are
not
for a community with it, but for parting from Serbia and (for) borders,"
Bulatovic said.
He said the coalition would win at the Sunday parliamentary
elections in Montenegro and then continue dialogue with the democratic
authorities in Serbia on reorganizing the current Yugoslav federation.
---
SI RIPETE LO SCENARIO DEL 1991:
IL MINISTRO DEGLI ESTERI FRANCESE DICE DI NON APPOGGIARE
L'INDIPENDENZA DEL MONTENEGRO...
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DOES NOT SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE OF MONTENEGRO
PARIS, April 12 (Tanjug) French Foreign Minister Hubert
Vedrine
said in Paris late Wednesday that the international Contact Group
supports
democratic Montenegro in democratic Yugoslavia, and that any unilateral
decision would mean stoppage of political, financial and economic aid of
the international community to this republic.
Foreign ministers of the country members of the Contact Group
for
former Yugoslavia said at a press conference after the meeting that
general
elections in KosovoMetohija should be held only if security conditions
are
fulfilled, if all communities participate in them, and refugees return
to
their homes.
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov played a key role in the
finalization of this formulation, Tanjug said.
Ivanov told the press conference attended by foreign ministers
of
all country members that elections are the best way for forming
democratic
institutions, and that Russia in this respect cannot oppose them.
Asked by reporters whether he thinks that the general elections
in
KosovoMetohja should be held by the end of the year, U.S. State
Secretary
Colin Powell answered in the affirmative, while the other ministers did
not
give any time frames.
The Yugoslav authorities were sent a message of support for the
democratic changes, the undertaken measures towards reforms, the
establishing of a lawabiding state, and respect of the rights of
minorities.
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DOES NOT SUPPORT SECESSION, SAYS
VEDRINE
PARIS, April 13 (Tanjug) The international community is
against
the possible secession of Montenegro from Yugoslavia and it does not
believe an independent Kosovo would be a good solution, French Foreign
Minister Hubert Vedrine has said.
One unilateral decision would provoke another, and then there
would be problems, Vedrine said in talks with reporters from Macedonia,
BosniaHerzegovina, and Albania after the end of the Contact Group
meeting
in Paris on Wednesday.
Asked how the world would react if Montenegro nevertheless opts
for independence, Vedrine said the international community was not
obliged
to say what it would do in reaction to something that has not yet
happened.
Praising the democratic changes in Belgrade, Vedrine said the
best
way to help was to understand that Yugoslavia needs time in order to
resolve its problems in stages and back all actions with legal
decisions.
All partners are in agreement on this, Vedrine said.
Asked if there were any disagreements on the situation in the
Balkans among the partners, he said the group had a joint policy, common
principles and core ideas, but that it was true that these were not
viewed
in exactly the same light by all.
DJUKANOVIC: LA SALVEZZA DEL MONTENEGRO E' L'INDIPENDENZA
MONTENEGRO'S SALVATION IS ITS INDEPENDENCE, SAYS DJUKANOVIC
BIJELO POLJE, April 12 (Tanjug) Montenegro's salvation lies in
its independence, Montenegrin President and Democratic Socialist Party
leader Milo Djukanovic said late Wednesday at the preelection convention
of
the coalition "Victory for Montenegro" in Bijelo Polje.
"We have been reconstructing and have almost reconstructed the
Montenegrin state after a whole century of its stumbling and systematic
extermination," Djukanovic said, and added that after a convincing
victory
of this coalition at the April 22 elections "a democratic referendum
will
be held in Montenegro."
He voiced hope that, at this referendum, the Montenegrin people
will give "a convincing majority vote for reconstruction and full
sovereignty of Montenegro," which the international community would
accept
and recognize.
...COMUNQUE VADA A DICEMBRE SARANNO INGHIOTTITI NELL'EURO
MONTENEGRO TO SWITCH TO EURO IN DECEMBER, MONTENEGRIN PREMIER
PODGORICA, April 11 (Tanjug) As of December 2001, the euro
will
be the official currency in Montenegro, Montenegro's Premier Filip
Vujanovic announced in Podgorica late Tuesday.
Speaking at the promotion of the coalition "Victory of
Montenegro", comprising his Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and the
SocialDemocratic Party (SDP), Vujanovic said that "independence for
Montenegro, and its economic sovereignty are prerequisites for better
life," and that Montenegro will not allow someone else to control it any
more.
As a sovereign country, Montenegro will get more favourable
loans
from international financial institutions, but this will not be possible
if
it has to wait for Serbia to pay back huge loans obtained from the World
Bank, according to Vujanovic.
KOSTUNICA E' PREOCCUPATO!
KOSTUNICA PREOCCUPIED BY SURVIVAL OF COMMON STATE
BELGRADE, April 14 (Tanjug) Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica
said he believed in the future of the common state of Serbia and
Montenegro
and that in the center of his attention was the survival of the common
state and its reconstruction.
Kostunica in an interview for the holiday issue of Glas
javnosti
daily newspaper said that "despite the means the authorities in
Montenegro
are clearly using, such as pressures, blackmail, threats, poisonous
rhetoric in the media, even the talk of hatred, I think what is rational
will prevail, which means that I believe in the future of a common
state."
Asked whether he would accept to run for president of Serbia in
case of the breakup of Yugoslavia, Kostunica said "at the moment when I
accepted candidacies of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia in the
summer
of last year I did not think about my personal career but about the
survival and future of the state, and I do not think about it now."
"Simply, there are so many reasons to fight for the survival of
the common state of Serbia and Montenegro and that is what I am thinking
about."
KOSTUNICA NO REASON WORTH BREAKING UP STATE
PODGORICA, April 15 (Tanjug) Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica said Saturday evening he did not see any reason worth the
breaking up of the state community of Montenegro and Serbia.
"We can and should reconstruct Yugoslavia into a functional
federation, that will be correspond to the needs of Montenegro and of
Serbia," Kostunica said in an interview with the newlyfounded Podgorica
television production MN.
The Yugoslav President confirmed "that the will of the people
must
be respected, but a will that is not expressed against the backdrop of
pressures, blackmail and media manipulations and contrary to the
Constitution of Montenegro."
In his assessment, in regular conditions, the coalition of the
Democratic Party of Socialists and of the Social Democratic Party could
not
expect to win at the April legislative elections in Montenegro.
Commenting the statements of some Montenegrin officials that
Yugoslavia does not exist any longer, the Yugoslav head of state said
that
"the official authorities in Montenegro want one thing, and the whole
world
another."
"The whole international community says that Yugoslavia exists,
albeit inefficient in many elements," he said. "We want to make it
efficient and to what aspires our platform for new relations inside the
federation," Kostunica said.
YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT'S AIDE CALLS UNITARIZATION STORIES
PROPAGANDA
PODGORICA, April 13 (Tanjug) An aide to Yugoslav President
Vojislav Kostunica dismissed as unclear claims by Montenegrin officials
to
the effect that Kostunica's platform for a new federation of Serbia and
Montenegro is a political, rather than a government programme.
In a statement to Friday's issue of Glas Crnogoraca, Slobodan
Samardzic said that all of Serbia and part of Montenegro support the
"socalled political program", while "their socalled government program
drew
support only from a part of Montenegro that is colloquially referred to
as
'official', and they had better think about that".
Samardzic described as legally groundless claims by some
Montenegrin officials that consent to Kostunica's platform would mean
approval of unitarization of the common state.
Unitary states and federations do exist, and President
Kostunica's
platform envisages a federation with certain confederal elements, based
on
the specific structure of a possible federation of Montenegro and
Serbia,
Samardzic explained. Therefore, the unitarization story is sheer
political
propaganda, he noted.
IL MONTENEGRO HA ACCUMULATO UN DEBITO ESTERO
SUPERIORE AL MILIARDO DI DOLLARI
LABUS MONTENEGRO'S DEBT OVER BILLION DOLLARS
BELGRADE, April 14 (Tanjug) The debt of Montenegro in the
total
debt of FR Yugoslavia to foreign countries is over a billion dollars,
and
not 307 million dollars as politicians in Podgorica claim, said Friday
evening Yugoslav Deputy Premier Miroljub Labus.
"If FR Yugoslavia was to disassociate, someone will have to
explain to the citizens of Montenegro that the per capita debt in that
Republic is much higher than in Serbia," Labus said in a Television
Politika talk show.
Pointing out he was speaking as an economist, Labus said he was
confident that FR Yugoslavia will be preserved, because its breakup
would
put off foreign capital inflow to Serbia and to Montenegro for at least
two
years, which is how long the process of redefining the debt balance
between
federation members would take.
INDEPENDENCE OF MONTENEGRO FROM ECONOMIST'S ANGLE - DINKIC
PODGORICA, April 14 (Tanjug) Yugoslav central bank governor
Mladjan Dinkic considers that the independence of Montenegro has no
economic reasons and would be more damaging than useful for the
Republic.
"The independence of Montenegro at this moment when Yugoslavia,
and Serbia, are making great strides in economic reforms and in their
integration into the world, has no meaning, all the more as the costs of
its independence will be greater than the benefits," Dinkic said to the
association of young journalists of Montenegro.
The governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia considers that
the
Montenegrin economy is "not capable of surviving the competition of
European products."
DJUKANOVIC E VUJANOVIC: ANDREMO DRITTI ALLA META
DJUKANOVIC I WILL ASK FROM PARLIAMENT TO CALL REFERENDUM
BELGRADE, April 14 (Tanjug) President of Montenegro and of the
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) Milo Djukanovic said he was
convinced
his party will win at the upcoming elections after what he will ask from
parliament to call a referendum, and that the positions of Serbian
Premier
Zoran Djindjic were closer to him than those of Yugoslav President
Vojislav
Kostunica.
In an interview for the Saturday issue of Blic newspaper,
Djukanovic said he understands "a certain amount of fear of
international
political circles who, unfortunately, are not used to seeing civilized
solutions in the Balkans."
Djukanovic underlined that "the federal state does not have any
chance of surviving."
The Montenegrin president, speaking about relations with
Yugoslav
President Vojislav Kostunica and Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic said "I
respect very much both the position of Mr. Djindjic and that of Mr
Kostunica...With Djindjic I have friendly relations, and I have known
him a
longer time. His pragmatism and realistic approach to economic and
social
issues and topics are closer to me," Djukanovic said.
THERE WILL BE NO MORATORIUM - VUJANOVIC
PODGORICA, April 14 (Tanjug) Montenegrin Premier Filip
Vujanovic
resolutely said that "there will be no moratorium for resolving
interstate
relations between Montenegro and Serbia."
In a statement for Radio Deutsche Welle, carried on Saturday by
Montenegrin media, Vujanovic said that the referendum on the statelegal
status of Montenegro will be called immediately after the constitution
of
the republic's new parliament, following elections on April 22.
He dismissed speculations that Montenegro's bid for
independence
might be the cause of instability in the region.
"The project we are proposing is in the interest of stable
relations of Serbia and Montenegro, and thereby of stability of the
region
as a whole," Vujanovic said.
DJUKANOVIC: NON C'E' EGUAGLIANZA POSSIBILE ALL'INTERNO
DELLA FEDERAZIONE
DJUKANOVIC: MONTENEGRO'S EQUALITY IN FR YUGOSLAVIA NOT POSSIBLE
PODGORICA, April 16 (Tanjug) Montenegrin President Milo
Djukanovic said late Sunday there are reasons to doubt that Yugoslav
President Vojislav Kostunica is inciting tensions by alleging
irregularities existed in the election campaign in Montenegro.
This came in his comment about the statement made Sunday by
Kostunica in an interview with the new Television MN in Podgorica, that
the
coalition "The Victory is Montenegro's Milo Djukanovic" could not win at
the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
"Now I see what is the force that inspires our political
opponents
in Montenegro who persist in claiming there are many irregularities
here,"
Djukanovic said.
VUJANOVIC: IL MONTENEGRO AVRA' IL SUO ESERCITO
VUJANOVIC: MONTENEGRO WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY
PODGORICA, April 16 (Tanjug) Democratic Party of Socialists
(DPS)
VicePresident and Montenegrin Premier Filip Vujanovic said that
Montenegro
will soon have its professional army.
The Podgorica daily Vijesti quoted Monday Vujanovic as saying
at
the DPS preelection panel in Andrijevica that "no one in Montenegro will
ever be able to set up commands or appoint commanders."
"In just a few months, Montenegro will have its own
professional
army and its own defence," he said. He pointed out that Serbia has
been
offered a union of internationally recognized states "as the best
solution
for future relations."
"If they refuse talks on the issue, we will become independent
at
a referendum and also we will live better," Vujanovic said.
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JUGOSLAVIA: MONTENEGRO, MANIFESTAZIONE CONTRO INDIPENDENZA DA
FEDERAZIONE
(ANSA-AFP) - PODGORICA (JUGOSLAVIA), 18 APR - Cica 10 mila
simpatizzanti della coalizione tripartita 'Per la Jugoslavia' hanno
manifestato ieri sera a Podgorica contro l'indipendneza del Montenegro,
piccola
repubblica che assieme alla Serbia forma dal 1992 la Repubblica federale
di
Jugoslavia. ''Dopo le elezioni legislative di domenica prossima non vi
sara' nessun
referendum sull'indipendenza'', ha detto Predrag Bulatovic, il
presidente del
Partito socialista popolare (Snp), uno dei tre schieramenti della
coalizione.
Dicendosi certo della vittoria, Bulatovic ha assicurato che invece del
referendum
promesso dall'attuale presidente indipendentista Milo Djukanovic la sua
alleanza
riprendera' il dialogo con la Serbia ''per il futuro della Jugoslavia''.
Nel corso
della manifestazione sono stati scanditi slogan ostili a Djukanovic, che
i
nazionalisti [SIC] accusano di essere troppo allineato con l'Occidente.
Alle legislative
di domenica, che fanno seguito alle elezioni anticipate tenute in Serbia
lo scorso
dicembre, il partito di Djukanovic e' favorito. Il presidente
montenegrino vuole
staccarsi da Belgrado e dar vita ad una unione tra stati sovrani con la
Serbia. Il
presidente jugoslavo Vojilsav Kostunica, succeduto a Slobodan Milosevic
lo scorso
ottobre, non e' favorevole all'indipendenza del Montenegro ma ha detto
che, in caso
di referendum, si atterra' alla volonta' dei cittadini. (ANSA-AFP). ZU
18/04/2001 00:13
MONTENEGRO'S FUTURE IS SAFE ONLY WITHIN YUGOSLAVIA
PODGORICA, April 18 (Tanjug) The coalition "Together for
Yugoslavia" is not fighting for the survival of the common state with
Serbia for the sake of Serbia, but because it is certain it is best for
Montenegro to be in a common state with that republic, Socialist
People's
Party President Predrag Bulatovic, the coalition election list's
principal
candidate, said late Tuesday.
Speaking at an election rally of this coalition in Podgorica,
Bulatovic said "the Montenegrin regime is preparing a trick...They want
to
maintain their personal and dictatorial power and privileges, to make an
independent Montenegro."
"Even though they mention some alliance with Serbia, they are
not
for a community with it, but for parting from Serbia and (for) borders,"
Bulatovic said.
He said the coalition would win at the Sunday parliamentary
elections in Montenegro and then continue dialogue with the democratic
authorities in Serbia on reorganizing the current Yugoslav federation.
---
SI RIPETE LO SCENARIO DEL 1991:
IL MINISTRO DEGLI ESTERI FRANCESE DICE DI NON APPOGGIARE
L'INDIPENDENZA DEL MONTENEGRO...
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DOES NOT SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE OF MONTENEGRO
PARIS, April 12 (Tanjug) French Foreign Minister Hubert
Vedrine
said in Paris late Wednesday that the international Contact Group
supports
democratic Montenegro in democratic Yugoslavia, and that any unilateral
decision would mean stoppage of political, financial and economic aid of
the international community to this republic.
Foreign ministers of the country members of the Contact Group
for
former Yugoslavia said at a press conference after the meeting that
general
elections in KosovoMetohija should be held only if security conditions
are
fulfilled, if all communities participate in them, and refugees return
to
their homes.
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov played a key role in the
finalization of this formulation, Tanjug said.
Ivanov told the press conference attended by foreign ministers
of
all country members that elections are the best way for forming
democratic
institutions, and that Russia in this respect cannot oppose them.
Asked by reporters whether he thinks that the general elections
in
KosovoMetohja should be held by the end of the year, U.S. State
Secretary
Colin Powell answered in the affirmative, while the other ministers did
not
give any time frames.
The Yugoslav authorities were sent a message of support for the
democratic changes, the undertaken measures towards reforms, the
establishing of a lawabiding state, and respect of the rights of
minorities.
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DOES NOT SUPPORT SECESSION, SAYS
VEDRINE
PARIS, April 13 (Tanjug) The international community is
against
the possible secession of Montenegro from Yugoslavia and it does not
believe an independent Kosovo would be a good solution, French Foreign
Minister Hubert Vedrine has said.
One unilateral decision would provoke another, and then there
would be problems, Vedrine said in talks with reporters from Macedonia,
BosniaHerzegovina, and Albania after the end of the Contact Group
meeting
in Paris on Wednesday.
Asked how the world would react if Montenegro nevertheless opts
for independence, Vedrine said the international community was not
obliged
to say what it would do in reaction to something that has not yet
happened.
Praising the democratic changes in Belgrade, Vedrine said the
best
way to help was to understand that Yugoslavia needs time in order to
resolve its problems in stages and back all actions with legal
decisions.
All partners are in agreement on this, Vedrine said.
Asked if there were any disagreements on the situation in the
Balkans among the partners, he said the group had a joint policy, common
principles and core ideas, but that it was true that these were not
viewed
in exactly the same light by all.
DJUKANOVIC: LA SALVEZZA DEL MONTENEGRO E' L'INDIPENDENZA
MONTENEGRO'S SALVATION IS ITS INDEPENDENCE, SAYS DJUKANOVIC
BIJELO POLJE, April 12 (Tanjug) Montenegro's salvation lies in
its independence, Montenegrin President and Democratic Socialist Party
leader Milo Djukanovic said late Wednesday at the preelection convention
of
the coalition "Victory for Montenegro" in Bijelo Polje.
"We have been reconstructing and have almost reconstructed the
Montenegrin state after a whole century of its stumbling and systematic
extermination," Djukanovic said, and added that after a convincing
victory
of this coalition at the April 22 elections "a democratic referendum
will
be held in Montenegro."
He voiced hope that, at this referendum, the Montenegrin people
will give "a convincing majority vote for reconstruction and full
sovereignty of Montenegro," which the international community would
accept
and recognize.
...COMUNQUE VADA A DICEMBRE SARANNO INGHIOTTITI NELL'EURO
MONTENEGRO TO SWITCH TO EURO IN DECEMBER, MONTENEGRIN PREMIER
PODGORICA, April 11 (Tanjug) As of December 2001, the euro
will
be the official currency in Montenegro, Montenegro's Premier Filip
Vujanovic announced in Podgorica late Tuesday.
Speaking at the promotion of the coalition "Victory of
Montenegro", comprising his Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and the
SocialDemocratic Party (SDP), Vujanovic said that "independence for
Montenegro, and its economic sovereignty are prerequisites for better
life," and that Montenegro will not allow someone else to control it any
more.
As a sovereign country, Montenegro will get more favourable
loans
from international financial institutions, but this will not be possible
if
it has to wait for Serbia to pay back huge loans obtained from the World
Bank, according to Vujanovic.
KOSTUNICA E' PREOCCUPATO!
KOSTUNICA PREOCCUPIED BY SURVIVAL OF COMMON STATE
BELGRADE, April 14 (Tanjug) Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica
said he believed in the future of the common state of Serbia and
Montenegro
and that in the center of his attention was the survival of the common
state and its reconstruction.
Kostunica in an interview for the holiday issue of Glas
javnosti
daily newspaper said that "despite the means the authorities in
Montenegro
are clearly using, such as pressures, blackmail, threats, poisonous
rhetoric in the media, even the talk of hatred, I think what is rational
will prevail, which means that I believe in the future of a common
state."
Asked whether he would accept to run for president of Serbia in
case of the breakup of Yugoslavia, Kostunica said "at the moment when I
accepted candidacies of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia in the
summer
of last year I did not think about my personal career but about the
survival and future of the state, and I do not think about it now."
"Simply, there are so many reasons to fight for the survival of
the common state of Serbia and Montenegro and that is what I am thinking
about."
KOSTUNICA NO REASON WORTH BREAKING UP STATE
PODGORICA, April 15 (Tanjug) Yugoslav President Vojislav
Kostunica said Saturday evening he did not see any reason worth the
breaking up of the state community of Montenegro and Serbia.
"We can and should reconstruct Yugoslavia into a functional
federation, that will be correspond to the needs of Montenegro and of
Serbia," Kostunica said in an interview with the newlyfounded Podgorica
television production MN.
The Yugoslav President confirmed "that the will of the people
must
be respected, but a will that is not expressed against the backdrop of
pressures, blackmail and media manipulations and contrary to the
Constitution of Montenegro."
In his assessment, in regular conditions, the coalition of the
Democratic Party of Socialists and of the Social Democratic Party could
not
expect to win at the April legislative elections in Montenegro.
Commenting the statements of some Montenegrin officials that
Yugoslavia does not exist any longer, the Yugoslav head of state said
that
"the official authorities in Montenegro want one thing, and the whole
world
another."
"The whole international community says that Yugoslavia exists,
albeit inefficient in many elements," he said. "We want to make it
efficient and to what aspires our platform for new relations inside the
federation," Kostunica said.
YUGOSLAV PRESIDENT'S AIDE CALLS UNITARIZATION STORIES
PROPAGANDA
PODGORICA, April 13 (Tanjug) An aide to Yugoslav President
Vojislav Kostunica dismissed as unclear claims by Montenegrin officials
to
the effect that Kostunica's platform for a new federation of Serbia and
Montenegro is a political, rather than a government programme.
In a statement to Friday's issue of Glas Crnogoraca, Slobodan
Samardzic said that all of Serbia and part of Montenegro support the
"socalled political program", while "their socalled government program
drew
support only from a part of Montenegro that is colloquially referred to
as
'official', and they had better think about that".
Samardzic described as legally groundless claims by some
Montenegrin officials that consent to Kostunica's platform would mean
approval of unitarization of the common state.
Unitary states and federations do exist, and President
Kostunica's
platform envisages a federation with certain confederal elements, based
on
the specific structure of a possible federation of Montenegro and
Serbia,
Samardzic explained. Therefore, the unitarization story is sheer
political
propaganda, he noted.
IL MONTENEGRO HA ACCUMULATO UN DEBITO ESTERO
SUPERIORE AL MILIARDO DI DOLLARI
LABUS MONTENEGRO'S DEBT OVER BILLION DOLLARS
BELGRADE, April 14 (Tanjug) The debt of Montenegro in the
total
debt of FR Yugoslavia to foreign countries is over a billion dollars,
and
not 307 million dollars as politicians in Podgorica claim, said Friday
evening Yugoslav Deputy Premier Miroljub Labus.
"If FR Yugoslavia was to disassociate, someone will have to
explain to the citizens of Montenegro that the per capita debt in that
Republic is much higher than in Serbia," Labus said in a Television
Politika talk show.
Pointing out he was speaking as an economist, Labus said he was
confident that FR Yugoslavia will be preserved, because its breakup
would
put off foreign capital inflow to Serbia and to Montenegro for at least
two
years, which is how long the process of redefining the debt balance
between
federation members would take.
INDEPENDENCE OF MONTENEGRO FROM ECONOMIST'S ANGLE - DINKIC
PODGORICA, April 14 (Tanjug) Yugoslav central bank governor
Mladjan Dinkic considers that the independence of Montenegro has no
economic reasons and would be more damaging than useful for the
Republic.
"The independence of Montenegro at this moment when Yugoslavia,
and Serbia, are making great strides in economic reforms and in their
integration into the world, has no meaning, all the more as the costs of
its independence will be greater than the benefits," Dinkic said to the
association of young journalists of Montenegro.
The governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia considers that
the
Montenegrin economy is "not capable of surviving the competition of
European products."
DJUKANOVIC E VUJANOVIC: ANDREMO DRITTI ALLA META
DJUKANOVIC I WILL ASK FROM PARLIAMENT TO CALL REFERENDUM
BELGRADE, April 14 (Tanjug) President of Montenegro and of the
Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) Milo Djukanovic said he was
convinced
his party will win at the upcoming elections after what he will ask from
parliament to call a referendum, and that the positions of Serbian
Premier
Zoran Djindjic were closer to him than those of Yugoslav President
Vojislav
Kostunica.
In an interview for the Saturday issue of Blic newspaper,
Djukanovic said he understands "a certain amount of fear of
international
political circles who, unfortunately, are not used to seeing civilized
solutions in the Balkans."
Djukanovic underlined that "the federal state does not have any
chance of surviving."
The Montenegrin president, speaking about relations with
Yugoslav
President Vojislav Kostunica and Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic said "I
respect very much both the position of Mr. Djindjic and that of Mr
Kostunica...With Djindjic I have friendly relations, and I have known
him a
longer time. His pragmatism and realistic approach to economic and
social
issues and topics are closer to me," Djukanovic said.
THERE WILL BE NO MORATORIUM - VUJANOVIC
PODGORICA, April 14 (Tanjug) Montenegrin Premier Filip
Vujanovic
resolutely said that "there will be no moratorium for resolving
interstate
relations between Montenegro and Serbia."
In a statement for Radio Deutsche Welle, carried on Saturday by
Montenegrin media, Vujanovic said that the referendum on the statelegal
status of Montenegro will be called immediately after the constitution
of
the republic's new parliament, following elections on April 22.
He dismissed speculations that Montenegro's bid for
independence
might be the cause of instability in the region.
"The project we are proposing is in the interest of stable
relations of Serbia and Montenegro, and thereby of stability of the
region
as a whole," Vujanovic said.
DJUKANOVIC: NON C'E' EGUAGLIANZA POSSIBILE ALL'INTERNO
DELLA FEDERAZIONE
DJUKANOVIC: MONTENEGRO'S EQUALITY IN FR YUGOSLAVIA NOT POSSIBLE
PODGORICA, April 16 (Tanjug) Montenegrin President Milo
Djukanovic said late Sunday there are reasons to doubt that Yugoslav
President Vojislav Kostunica is inciting tensions by alleging
irregularities existed in the election campaign in Montenegro.
This came in his comment about the statement made Sunday by
Kostunica in an interview with the new Television MN in Podgorica, that
the
coalition "The Victory is Montenegro's Milo Djukanovic" could not win at
the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
"Now I see what is the force that inspires our political
opponents
in Montenegro who persist in claiming there are many irregularities
here,"
Djukanovic said.
VUJANOVIC: IL MONTENEGRO AVRA' IL SUO ESERCITO
VUJANOVIC: MONTENEGRO WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY
PODGORICA, April 16 (Tanjug) Democratic Party of Socialists
(DPS)
VicePresident and Montenegrin Premier Filip Vujanovic said that
Montenegro
will soon have its professional army.
The Podgorica daily Vijesti quoted Monday Vujanovic as saying
at
the DPS preelection panel in Andrijevica that "no one in Montenegro will
ever be able to set up commands or appoint commanders."
"In just a few months, Montenegro will have its own
professional
army and its own defence," he said. He pointed out that Serbia has
been
offered a union of internationally recognized states "as the best
solution
for future relations."
"If they refuse talks on the issue, we will become independent
at
a referendum and also we will live better," Vujanovic said.
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BUNGLING IN BALKANS REVEALED
In a conflict, good guys and bad guys aren't always
clearly defined
By PETER WORTHINGTON -- Sun Media
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/908n1.html
For those interested in knowing how the Balkans got that
way -- Bosnia and Kosovo -- a rare, three-part TV documentary
concludes tomorrow evening on the History Channel.
Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War is a product of New York's
Frontier Theatre and Film Inc., co-produced by George Bogdanich and
German TV producer Martin Lettmayer.
Four years in the making, the documentary has been amended
as events unfolded, including the Kosovo war and its effects,
and was judged the Best Social Documentary at the New York
International Independent Film and Video Festival.
There is a minimum of editorializing or unsubstantiated
comment in the documentary -- unusual for a topic as volatile,
controversial and emotional as the Balkans.
The segment on Kosovo is of special interest to Canadians,
since we joined the war because the U.S. wanted a united front,
not because we had a clue what was going on, or why.
Canada's former ambassador to Yugoslavia, James Bissett,
argued against the war, and history is proving him right. Truth
in Kosovo -- the Balkans -- is cloaked in half-truths and propaganda.
The documentary shows Madeleine Albright, first as UN
ambassador and later as U.S. Secretary of State, not only opposing
Serbs, but mindlessly endorsing Bosnia and eager for war in
Kosovo. She hand-picked Canada's Louise Arbour to be war crimes
prosecutor, who had no experience with the Balkans and
tended to believe every atrocity claimed by the Muslims.
Video footage shows Albright rejecting evidence that
Bosnians bombed or mortared their own people, then blaming the
Serbs in order to persuade NATO to attack the Serbs -- a ploy as
ancient as warfare itself, and repeatedly proven both in Bosnia
and Kosovo.
The supposed massacre at Racak, in Kosovo, which lit the
fuse for the 78-day air war, has been shown to be a hoax -- dead
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) fighters (since given military
funerals) were arranged in a gully to appear as if massacred,
complete with mutilations and torture -- proclaimed by both Albright and
Clinton.
President George Bush (Dubya's dad) was also captive of
anti-Serb mania, perhaps because the Bosnian and Kosovo sides hired
New York public relations firm Ruder-Fenn. Serbs were too dumb
to do likewise.
Retired U.S. generals were actively involved in advising
and guiding both Bosnians and Croats against Serbs of Krajina,
massacring and "ethnically cleansing" some 300,000 of them
in Operation Storm -- mindful of Desert Storm (the same
planners).
To his credit, Canada's General Alain Forand defied orders
in efforts to save Serb refugees in Knin from massacre.
In conflicts, we -- the allies -- like good guys and bad
guys to be clearly defined.
Who is right, who is wrong; who are victims, who villains.
White hats versus black hats.
The Balkans don't work that way. The tragedy of the Serbs
(apart from having Milosevic as president) is that their public
relations was so inept that they were effectively demonized.
From the start, Croatia got clandestine help and weaponry
from the U.S. and Germany, despite reviving Nazi symbols (checkerboard
flag) of the Ustashe.
The West conveniently forgot -- and wasn't reminded --
that Serbs were first to fight the Nazis in Yugoslavia and at
enormous risk saved downed Allied airmen in the Second World War.
In Kosovo, after the Second World War, 80% of the Serb
population was pushed out by Albanians. Post-war Albania was the
world's most paranoid country -- too recalcitrant for even the Red
Chinese.
KLA atrocities to incite reprisals by Yugoslav security
forces in turn incited anti-Serb reaction from the U.S. --
overriding European reluctance to get involved. The U.S. pushed NATO
from being a defensive alliance into an aggressive one.
Interviewed in the documentary are the likes of Lord
Carrington, Lord Owen, the New York Times' wise David Binder (with
laser-like insight about the Balkans), Generals Lew MacKenzie and
Britain's General Sir Michael Rose (whose proof that Muslim
atrocities against Muslims in order to blame Serbs was ignored).
In a perfect world, what the U.S. and NATO did in the
Balkans might constitute a war crime.
But the international tribunal in the Hague is winners
against losers; a conspiracy of silence among 19 NATO belligerents
guarantees protection.
What's done is done, but have lessons been learned?
Doubtful.
So far, some 2,100 bodies have been recovered in Kosovo
(no mass graves), while the Red Cross lists 3,368 missing among all
ethnic groups -- a far cry from the 100,000 dead initially
announced by U.S./NATO. Canada's former ambassador Bissett put it
succinctly and sadly:
"There's no question that Kosovo was an unnecessary war
... an attempt to bomb Yugoslavia into submission that should be
of concern to all people ... We have the United States as a
very powerful military force that no longer sees diplomacy and
negotiation as worth their while."
In retrospect, if Yugoslavia had been left alone, Balkan
people would have worked things out with fewer casualties, less
misery and more hope for the future.
The U.S. blew it -- as it often does when it dabbles in
areas it knows nothing about.
Worthington is founding editor of the Toronto Sun
--------------------------------------------------
/for fair use only/
In a conflict, good guys and bad guys aren't always
clearly defined
By PETER WORTHINGTON -- Sun Media
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/908n1.html
For those interested in knowing how the Balkans got that
way -- Bosnia and Kosovo -- a rare, three-part TV documentary
concludes tomorrow evening on the History Channel.
Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War is a product of New York's
Frontier Theatre and Film Inc., co-produced by George Bogdanich and
German TV producer Martin Lettmayer.
Four years in the making, the documentary has been amended
as events unfolded, including the Kosovo war and its effects,
and was judged the Best Social Documentary at the New York
International Independent Film and Video Festival.
There is a minimum of editorializing or unsubstantiated
comment in the documentary -- unusual for a topic as volatile,
controversial and emotional as the Balkans.
The segment on Kosovo is of special interest to Canadians,
since we joined the war because the U.S. wanted a united front,
not because we had a clue what was going on, or why.
Canada's former ambassador to Yugoslavia, James Bissett,
argued against the war, and history is proving him right. Truth
in Kosovo -- the Balkans -- is cloaked in half-truths and propaganda.
The documentary shows Madeleine Albright, first as UN
ambassador and later as U.S. Secretary of State, not only opposing
Serbs, but mindlessly endorsing Bosnia and eager for war in
Kosovo. She hand-picked Canada's Louise Arbour to be war crimes
prosecutor, who had no experience with the Balkans and
tended to believe every atrocity claimed by the Muslims.
Video footage shows Albright rejecting evidence that
Bosnians bombed or mortared their own people, then blaming the
Serbs in order to persuade NATO to attack the Serbs -- a ploy as
ancient as warfare itself, and repeatedly proven both in Bosnia
and Kosovo.
The supposed massacre at Racak, in Kosovo, which lit the
fuse for the 78-day air war, has been shown to be a hoax -- dead
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) fighters (since given military
funerals) were arranged in a gully to appear as if massacred,
complete with mutilations and torture -- proclaimed by both Albright and
Clinton.
President George Bush (Dubya's dad) was also captive of
anti-Serb mania, perhaps because the Bosnian and Kosovo sides hired
New York public relations firm Ruder-Fenn. Serbs were too dumb
to do likewise.
Retired U.S. generals were actively involved in advising
and guiding both Bosnians and Croats against Serbs of Krajina,
massacring and "ethnically cleansing" some 300,000 of them
in Operation Storm -- mindful of Desert Storm (the same
planners).
To his credit, Canada's General Alain Forand defied orders
in efforts to save Serb refugees in Knin from massacre.
In conflicts, we -- the allies -- like good guys and bad
guys to be clearly defined.
Who is right, who is wrong; who are victims, who villains.
White hats versus black hats.
The Balkans don't work that way. The tragedy of the Serbs
(apart from having Milosevic as president) is that their public
relations was so inept that they were effectively demonized.
From the start, Croatia got clandestine help and weaponry
from the U.S. and Germany, despite reviving Nazi symbols (checkerboard
flag) of the Ustashe.
The West conveniently forgot -- and wasn't reminded --
that Serbs were first to fight the Nazis in Yugoslavia and at
enormous risk saved downed Allied airmen in the Second World War.
In Kosovo, after the Second World War, 80% of the Serb
population was pushed out by Albanians. Post-war Albania was the
world's most paranoid country -- too recalcitrant for even the Red
Chinese.
KLA atrocities to incite reprisals by Yugoslav security
forces in turn incited anti-Serb reaction from the U.S. --
overriding European reluctance to get involved. The U.S. pushed NATO
from being a defensive alliance into an aggressive one.
Interviewed in the documentary are the likes of Lord
Carrington, Lord Owen, the New York Times' wise David Binder (with
laser-like insight about the Balkans), Generals Lew MacKenzie and
Britain's General Sir Michael Rose (whose proof that Muslim
atrocities against Muslims in order to blame Serbs was ignored).
In a perfect world, what the U.S. and NATO did in the
Balkans might constitute a war crime.
But the international tribunal in the Hague is winners
against losers; a conspiracy of silence among 19 NATO belligerents
guarantees protection.
What's done is done, but have lessons been learned?
Doubtful.
So far, some 2,100 bodies have been recovered in Kosovo
(no mass graves), while the Red Cross lists 3,368 missing among all
ethnic groups -- a far cry from the 100,000 dead initially
announced by U.S./NATO. Canada's former ambassador Bissett put it
succinctly and sadly:
"There's no question that Kosovo was an unnecessary war
... an attempt to bomb Yugoslavia into submission that should be
of concern to all people ... We have the United States as a
very powerful military force that no longer sees diplomacy and
negotiation as worth their while."
In retrospect, if Yugoslavia had been left alone, Balkan
people would have worked things out with fewer casualties, less
misery and more hope for the future.
The U.S. blew it -- as it often does when it dabbles in
areas it knows nothing about.
Worthington is founding editor of the Toronto Sun
--------------------------------------------------
/for fair use only/
* LE FOTO DELLA MANIFESTAZIONE DI CESENA
Comunichiamo a tutti i compagni che abbiamo appena aggiornato il nostro
sito con una intera galleria di foto sulla manifestazione contro la NATO
svoltasi a Cesena il 24 marzo:
> http://www.tuttinlotta.org
* SOCIALIST PARTY OF SERBIA
Belgrade, April 14, 2001 - S T A T E M E N T
Today in Belgrade, in front of the Government of Serbia building, second
mass
rally of support for Slobodan Milosevic was held.
25.000 of citizens and leadership of SPS demanded in the rally that
president of
SPS Slobodan Milosevic should continue medical treatment in Military
Medical
Academy. After political pressure on physicians, president Milosevic was
returned yesterday afternoon from that hospital to Central County Jail
in
Belgrade.
Yugoslav and international social, professional and humanitarian
organizations
are called in action of support to demands for release of Slobodan
Milosevic
from detention, so that he could defend himself free on bail, and for
termination
of persecutions and political trials.
Speakers emphasized that new regime is transforming Serbia into
concentration
camp, but people demands freedom and dignity.
Those who spread hatred and fear (advocating foreign, not Serb
interests), will
get the same in return, but doubled.
Citizens of Montenegro are greeted and called to vote against separatism
and for
Yugoslavia, free and common state of Serbian and Montenegrin people and
of
all it's citizens.
The wave of demonstrators then moved trough Nemanjina street to the
Palace of
Justice with intention to deliver a petition for release of Slobodan
Milosevic.
The petition could not be delivered with the explanation that there is
no one in
the court authorized to receive the delegation of the rally.
Demonstration ended with a call for new rally next Saturday in capital
of
Vojvodina, Novi Sad.
To join or help this struggle, visit:
> http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
> http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals)
> http://www.24casa.co.yu/ (the only free daily newspaper in Yugoslavia)
* BUNGLING IN BALKANS REVEALED
Recensione del documentario: JUGOSLAVIA: LA GUERRA EVITABILE
("Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War" - a product of New York's Frontier
Theatre and Film Inc., co-produced by George Bogdanich and
German TV producer Martin Lettmayer)
a cura di PETER WORTHINGTON -- Sun Media
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/908n1.html
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crj-mailinglist/message/916
* LE NOVITA' SUL SITO DELLA Ligue Anti-Impérialiste
> http://www.lai-aib.org
Nouveaux articles
Français
Balkans
Les victimes serbes de Milosevic
Marc-Antoine Coppo
14-04-2001
«(...) les médias refont l'histoire à leur guise, et au fond
cette
vision des choses arrange (presque) tout le monde : même les
Serbes, naguère démonisés en bloc, apparaissent à présent
comme de simples victimes prêtes à accueillir avec enthousiasme
leurs nouveaux maitres.»
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A1ABBBACAB&object_id=3009
Uranium appauvri
UA: une étude britannique contredit le rapport des Nations Unies
Frédéric Loore
13-04-2001
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A1ABCDBA&object_id=3002
English
Balkans
ANTI-NATO RALLY IN BELGRADE: THOUSANDS REPUDIATE
ARREST OF MILOSEVIC
John Catalinotto
14-04-2001
Even in prison, Slobodan Milosevic remains at the center of
Yugoslav
politics. On April 7, thousands of people filled the plaza
before the
Serbian republic government building to denounce "Fascists, NATO
murderers" and demand they "Release Slobodan."
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBAA&object_id=3011
Police Planted Weapons in Milosevic's Villa
15-04-2001
Yugoslav Left (JUL) spokeswoman Dragana Kuzmanovic said on
Monday that the party had information that the weapons found in
the
villa of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic in Uzicka
street
had been planted by the police.
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBAA&object_id=3012
The hoax that started a war
Peter Worthington
01-04-2001
«It changes nothing, but Racak should make people wary of
government
propaganda about areas where they have little knowledge, but
strong
feelings. Remember the emotions generated about "ethnic
cleansing" in
Kosovo? At the end of World War II, the population of Kosovo was
50-50 Serb and Albanian. By 1999 it was 90% Albanian. Today,
it's
close to96%. Over 50 years, who's been "ethnically cleanse! d"?
»
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACAB&object_id=2987
Not as it seems... Was 'Racak' Kosovo's Gulf of Tonkin?
Armen Georgian and Arthur Neslen
05-04-2001
«The Sunday Times [...] last year reported claims by
Pristina-based
European diplomats that William Walker was "inextricably linked
with
the CIA". In their story, diplomatic and intelligence sources
alleged that
the team led by Walker had been a 'CIA front' helping the KLA
with
logistical and technical support. Walker had previously been an
ambassador to El Salvador in the 1980s, when Washington backed
extreme-right wing paramilitaries in that country's civil war.
Echoes of the Gulf of Tonkin, the CIA-manipulated story of the
'torpedoing' of two US destroyers that escalated the Vietnam
war, are
resonant. On 12 August 1998, the US Senate Republican Policy
Committee had commented: "Planning for a US-led Nato
intervention in
Kosovo is now largely in place. The only missing element seems
to be an
event - with suitably vivid media coverage - that could make the
intervention politically saleable ..."»
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACAB&object_id=2988
Humiliation and Absolution in the Balkans
George Szamuely
11-04-2001
The arrest of former President Slobodan Milosevic revealed the
caliber
of the men the United States installed to run Yugoslavia. A
Government
that timidly asks NATOs permission to send a few hundred lightly
armed
men to fight KLA terrorists in Southern Serbian sends thousands
of
heavily armed men wearing ski masks and stockings over their
heads to
storm a family home in suburban Belgrade.
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACBA&object_id=2993
Arrest of Milosevic continues U.S. attack on Yugoslavia
John Catalinotto
04-04-2001
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACBD&object_id=2985
«International War crimes Tribunal» financed by the United States
Government and US Multi-Nationals
Michel Collon
10-04-2001
The «Tribunal» is only interested in putting Milosevic on trial
- not
Sharon, nor Pinochet nor the Murderer Generals from Turkey: Is
it
impartial? Financed by the United States government and by
Americain
millionaires, it refuses to investigate the war-crimes committed
by
NATO and by the Albanian terrorists: Is it independent? Its
modus-operandi throws overboard numerous principles of law: Is
it
legal? We have a portrait of a very bizarre «Tribunal»...
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACBD&object_id=2999
Free Milosevic, Jail Eagleburger, Zimmermann (etc.)...
George Szamuely
11-04-2001
"The real Milosevic has never had the remotest connection with
the
idiotic cartoonish figure depicted by the U.S. government, the
"two
op-ed-page articles a year" denizens of the
defense-industry-funded
think tanks and the ignorant reporters passing for "Balkans
experts" on
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer..."
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACBD&object_id=2997
NATO forces behind International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague
Christopher Black
04-04-2001
Private justice has replaced public justice, the appearance of
fundamental justice has been replaced by an open contempt for
justice.
>
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* SOCIALIST PARTY OF SERBIA
Belgrade, April 14, 2001 - S T A T E M E N T
Today in Belgrade, in front of the Government of Serbia building, second
mass
rally of support for Slobodan Milosevic was held.
25.000 of citizens and leadership of SPS demanded in the rally that
president of
SPS Slobodan Milosevic should continue medical treatment in Military
Medical
Academy. After political pressure on physicians, president Milosevic was
returned yesterday afternoon from that hospital to Central County Jail
in
Belgrade.
Yugoslav and international social, professional and humanitarian
organizations
are called in action of support to demands for release of Slobodan
Milosevic
from detention, so that he could defend himself free on bail, and for
termination
of persecutions and political trials.
Speakers emphasized that new regime is transforming Serbia into
concentration
camp, but people demands freedom and dignity.
Those who spread hatred and fear (advocating foreign, not Serb
interests), will
get the same in return, but doubled.
Citizens of Montenegro are greeted and called to vote against separatism
and for
Yugoslavia, free and common state of Serbian and Montenegrin people and
of
all it's citizens.
The wave of demonstrators then moved trough Nemanjina street to the
Palace of
Justice with intention to deliver a petition for release of Slobodan
Milosevic.
The petition could not be delivered with the explanation that there is
no one in
the court authorized to receive the delegation of the rally.
Demonstration ended with a call for new rally next Saturday in capital
of
Vojvodina, Novi Sad.
To join or help this struggle, visit:
> http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
> http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals)
> http://www.24casa.co.yu/ (the only free daily newspaper in Yugoslavia)
* BUNGLING IN BALKANS REVEALED
Recensione del documentario: JUGOSLAVIA: LA GUERRA EVITABILE
("Yugoslavia: The Avoidable War" - a product of New York's Frontier
Theatre and Film Inc., co-produced by George Bogdanich and
German TV producer Martin Lettmayer)
a cura di PETER WORTHINGTON -- Sun Media
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/908n1.html
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* LE NOVITA' SUL SITO DELLA Ligue Anti-Impérialiste
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Nouveaux articles
Français
Balkans
Les victimes serbes de Milosevic
Marc-Antoine Coppo
14-04-2001
«(...) les médias refont l'histoire à leur guise, et au fond
cette
vision des choses arrange (presque) tout le monde : même les
Serbes, naguère démonisés en bloc, apparaissent à présent
comme de simples victimes prêtes à accueillir avec enthousiasme
leurs nouveaux maitres.»
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A1ABBBACAB&object_id=3009
Uranium appauvri
UA: une étude britannique contredit le rapport des Nations Unies
Frédéric Loore
13-04-2001
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A1ABCDBA&object_id=3002
English
Balkans
ANTI-NATO RALLY IN BELGRADE: THOUSANDS REPUDIATE
ARREST OF MILOSEVIC
John Catalinotto
14-04-2001
Even in prison, Slobodan Milosevic remains at the center of
Yugoslav
politics. On April 7, thousands of people filled the plaza
before the
Serbian republic government building to denounce "Fascists, NATO
murderers" and demand they "Release Slobodan."
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBAA&object_id=3011
Police Planted Weapons in Milosevic's Villa
15-04-2001
Yugoslav Left (JUL) spokeswoman Dragana Kuzmanovic said on
Monday that the party had information that the weapons found in
the
villa of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic in Uzicka
street
had been planted by the police.
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBAA&object_id=3012
The hoax that started a war
Peter Worthington
01-04-2001
«It changes nothing, but Racak should make people wary of
government
propaganda about areas where they have little knowledge, but
strong
feelings. Remember the emotions generated about "ethnic
cleansing" in
Kosovo? At the end of World War II, the population of Kosovo was
50-50 Serb and Albanian. By 1999 it was 90% Albanian. Today,
it's
close to96%. Over 50 years, who's been "ethnically cleanse! d"?
»
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACAB&object_id=2987
Not as it seems... Was 'Racak' Kosovo's Gulf of Tonkin?
Armen Georgian and Arthur Neslen
05-04-2001
«The Sunday Times [...] last year reported claims by
Pristina-based
European diplomats that William Walker was "inextricably linked
with
the CIA". In their story, diplomatic and intelligence sources
alleged that
the team led by Walker had been a 'CIA front' helping the KLA
with
logistical and technical support. Walker had previously been an
ambassador to El Salvador in the 1980s, when Washington backed
extreme-right wing paramilitaries in that country's civil war.
Echoes of the Gulf of Tonkin, the CIA-manipulated story of the
'torpedoing' of two US destroyers that escalated the Vietnam
war, are
resonant. On 12 August 1998, the US Senate Republican Policy
Committee had commented: "Planning for a US-led Nato
intervention in
Kosovo is now largely in place. The only missing element seems
to be an
event - with suitably vivid media coverage - that could make the
intervention politically saleable ..."»
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACAB&object_id=2988
Humiliation and Absolution in the Balkans
George Szamuely
11-04-2001
The arrest of former President Slobodan Milosevic revealed the
caliber
of the men the United States installed to run Yugoslavia. A
Government
that timidly asks NATOs permission to send a few hundred lightly
armed
men to fight KLA terrorists in Southern Serbian sends thousands
of
heavily armed men wearing ski masks and stockings over their
heads to
storm a family home in suburban Belgrade.
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACBA&object_id=2993
Arrest of Milosevic continues U.S. attack on Yugoslavia
John Catalinotto
04-04-2001
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACBD&object_id=2985
«International War crimes Tribunal» financed by the United States
Government and US Multi-Nationals
Michel Collon
10-04-2001
The «Tribunal» is only interested in putting Milosevic on trial
- not
Sharon, nor Pinochet nor the Murderer Generals from Turkey: Is
it
impartial? Financed by the United States government and by
Americain
millionaires, it refuses to investigate the war-crimes committed
by
NATO and by the Albanian terrorists: Is it independent? Its
modus-operandi throws overboard numerous principles of law: Is
it
legal? We have a portrait of a very bizarre «Tribunal»...
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACBD&object_id=2999
Free Milosevic, Jail Eagleburger, Zimmermann (etc.)...
George Szamuely
11-04-2001
"The real Milosevic has never had the remotest connection with
the
idiotic cartoonish figure depicted by the U.S. government, the
"two
op-ed-page articles a year" denizens of the
defense-industry-funded
think tanks and the ignorant reporters passing for "Balkans
experts" on
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer..."
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACBD&object_id=2997
NATO forces behind International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague
Christopher Black
04-04-2001
Private justice has replaced public justice, the appearance of
fundamental justice has been replaced by an open contempt for
justice.
>
http://www.lai-aib.org/lai/article_lai.phtml?section=A3ABBBACBE&object_id=2984
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