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Verkiezingsavond in Den Haag van de Vereniging Kosova-Nederland volgt de locale verkiezingen in KosovaFederal Parliament to sit tomorrow
The founding session of the new Federal Parliament will be held tomorrow afternoon and is to be convened by the presidents of both chambers, DOS leader Dragoljub Micunovic said today.
6th October 2000Kostunica: normal contacts with political opponents
Yugoslav President-Elect Vojislav Kostunica said tonight that he had spoken to Slobodan Milosevic and the leadership of the Yugoslav Army and that there was now no further need for citizens to be concerned.
6th October 2000Milosevic and Pavkovic congratulate Kostunica
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic this evening congratulated Vojislav Kostunica on his election victory, Beta reports.
6th October 2000Milosevic concedes, but "I'll be back"
Slobodan Milosevic tonight addressed the Yugoslav nation on television, congratulating Vojislav Kostunica on winning the Yugoslav presidency.
6th October 2000Milosevic talks with Ivanov
Ex-President of the FRY Slobodan Milosevic talked today with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, reported the YU INFO television, broadcasting a tape recording of the meeting.
6th October 2000Federal Constitutional Court confirms Kostunica victory
The Federal Constitutional Court has notified the Democratic Opposition of Serbia that it has upheld its appeal against the presidential election results.
6th October 2000Huge crowds celebrate apparent fall of Milosevic
Huge crowds are on the streets of Belgrade, celebrating what appears to be the overthrow of President Milosevic after a day of mass protests. The new political situation appeared to be confirmed shortly before midnight local time (2200 GMT) when Vojislav Kostunica appeared on state television described as the new president.
5th October 2000Kostunica: we stay till the end
Opening his address to the people assembled with "Liberated Serbia!" the president elect of the FRY, Vojislav Kostunica, said that from this day on the following rule was in power: not a single vote is to be lost, not a single vote is to be stolen.
5th October 2000Opposition leaders in parliament
Several tens of citizens broke into the Federal Parliament around 16.00 hours. Policemen guarding the building pulled out.
5th October 2000Elections annulled
The presiding judge of the Federal Constitutional Court, Milutin Srdic, said the Court had annulled the first round of the presidential vote in Serbia. In an interview with the Radio Free Europe Srdic said that the election for the FRY President had been proclaimed null and void, which meant that the electoral procedure for the presidency would start all over.
5th October 2000Hundreds of thousands demonstrate - strikes throughout Serbia
Hundreds of thousands of people continued to demonstrate and strike throughout Serbia on October 3, demanding recognition of the victory of Vojislav Kostunica, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, in September 24 presidential election in Yugoslavia.
4th October 2000Constitutional court deliberates DOS complaint
The Federal Constitutional Court held today a public debate occasioned by the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) complaint against the Federal Electoral Commission (SIK) decision on a runoff of presidential vote.
4th October 2000Over 10,000 people in front of Tamnava mine pit
Over 10 thousand people assembled today around 18.00 hours in front of the Tamnava mine pit. Citizens are still flowing in, while the miners on strike are welcoming them with cheers.
4th October 2000Patriarch Pavle urges army and police to preserve peace in the country
Serbian Patriarch Pavle, today, called upon the army and the police as well as "all men of good will" to preserve peace in the country.
4th October 2000DOS presents ultimatum to regime and Slobodan Milosevic
The Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) called on citizens to assemble on Thursday in front of the Yugoslav Parliament and thus manifest their protest against "a gross electoral theft the Federal Electoral Commission performed at the order of Slobodan Milosevic, whereby dictatorship was introduced in the country."
4th October 2000Police turns down students request for audience with minister
The Belgrade-based police turned down today students who requested an audience for their delegation with the Serbian Interior Minister Vlajko Stojiljkovic, and release of two high-school students who had been taken in for blocking the traffic at the Slavija Square.
3rd October 2000Constitutional court holds a public debate on DOS complaint
President of the Federal Constitutional Court Milutin Srdic accepted the complaint lodged by the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) against the Federal Electoral Commission decision on the September 24 presidential election.
3rd October 2000Eleven people arrested after blockades
At least eleven people have been arrested for participating in protest blockades of Serbian major cities, initiated by the opposition.
3rd October 2000Tens of thousands of people in the center of Belgrade
Two large groups of people, a total of tens of thousand of citizens, took to the streets of Belgrade, walking towards the Federal Institute for Statistics (FIS) and Yugoslav National Bank (YNB), headed by the leaders of the G17 plus non-government organization.
3rd October 2000Serbia on fire
Almost every major city in Serbia has been forced to a stop after thousands of citizens blocked the main streets and roads this morning.
3rd October 2000DOS plans mass national protests in Belgrade
The Democratic Opposition of Serbia today called on all Belgraders to rally in the centre tomorrow to hear plans for protests by the whole of Serbia.
3rd October 2000Valjevo Election Commission resigns
The members of the Election Commission in the town of Valjevo today resigned collectively.
2nd October 2000Kostunica visits Kolubara
A cordon of 30 riot squad police parted today to allow president-elect Vojislav Kostunica to enter the Kolubara mine, where thousands of workers have been on strike since Friday.
2nd October 2000Criminal charges against Election Commission president
The leader of the Serbian Resistance Movement, Momcilo Trajkovic, today filed criminal charges against the president of the Federal Election Commission Borivoje Vukicevic and Commission member Vukasin Jokanovic, alleging that they had abused their positions, Trajkovic's lawyer Vladimir Bozovic said today.
2nd October 2000Wave of state media disobedience
Several government-controlled media companies stated today that in the future they would inform the citizens on all events objectively and that they were supporting the citizens who had entered the action of general civil disobedience.
2nd October 2000Kolubara mine still on strike
Half of 7,500 Kolubara workers on strike were still inside the coal mine grounds. According to B2-92, on Sunday night a police cordon was not allowing them to reach their working positions.
2nd October 2000Roadblocks accross Serbia
This morning, in several places in Serbia roadblocks were made of passenger vehicles, buses, trucks and agricultural plant.
2nd October 2000Kostunica: Peaceful and democratic revolution
It is up to Serbia to achieve a historic victory on its own and dismantle the system now ruled by an authoritarian leaders, Vojislav Kostunica said today.
2nd October 2000Strikes and blockades in Vojvodina
2nd October 2000General strike on Monday
Democratic Opposition of Serbia called on the Serbian citizens to launch a general strike and a boycott of the state institutions at 5 a.m. on Monday morning. The first action is to begin at noonwhen the supporters of the Democratic Opposition should go to the Federal Bureau of Statistics to demand that the officials show them the results of the presidential election.
1st October 2000Rallies around Serbia
Serbian citizens continued to express their protest at the non- recognition of Vojislav Kostunica's presidential victory in towns all around Serbia last night.
1st October 2000Putin to mediate in Yugoslav electoral crisis?
US President Bill Clinton requested from Russian President Vladimir Putin to mediate in the Yugoslav election crisis.
1st October 2000Secondary school pupils to protest on Monday
Otpor yesterday called on all secondary school pupils in Belgrade to gather in front of Saint Sava and Belgrade's Sixth High schools at 11 a.m. on Monday in protest at the non recognition of Democratic Opposition of Serbia presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica's victory in the first round of the presidential elections last Sunday.
1st October 2000Actions filed against Serbia for police misconduct
Humanitarian Law Center attorneys have filed 38 legal actions against the Republic of Serbia, seeking 9 million 440 thousand dinars in compensation for 51 persons for violation of their human dignity, rights and freedoms through unlawful police conduct in the period from January to 24 September this year.
1st October 2000Kostunica holds talks with Dienstbier
Special UN Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Former Yugoslavia Jiri Dienstbier Dienstbier traveled to Belgrade last night to meet with Vojislav Kostunica. Kostunica and Dienstbier talked for around forty five minutes regarding the post electoral crisis in the country.
1st October 2000Dienstbier: Milosevic rejects Russian mediation proposal
Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic has rejected Russia's proposal that Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov mediate regarding the current post election crisis in the country, Special UN Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Former Yugoslavia Jiri Dienstbier announced in Podgorica last night.
1st October 2000Bakarec: Electoral Commission's explanation - a mockery
Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) will lodge an appeal to the Federal Constitutional Court over the today's decision of the Federal Electoral Commission which dismissed the Democratic Opposition's complaint, DOS election officer Nebojsa Bakarec told Beta tonight.
30th September 2000An invitation to Bozovic and Minic for a recount
Vojislav Kostunica, presidential candidate of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia appealed to the speakers of both chambers of the Federal Parliament to hold a recount of the votes in the September 24 elections, because of the large disparity in the official data of the Federal Electoral Committee (SIK).
30th September 2000Ilic showed proof that ballots have been destroyed
Velimir Ilic, the mayor of Cacak presented reporters with filled ballots from the Belgrade municipality of Cukarica, and envelopes containing the ballots of prisoners and soldiers, which were transported to the private paper processing company "Diva" from Preljina to be destroyed.
30th September 2000Dienstbier: Milosevic refuses Ivanov's mediation
Special UN envoy for human rights in former Yugoslavia Jiri Dienstbier stated today that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic refused a mediation from the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Igor Ivanov.
30th September 2000Ruling party preparing the public for recognition of election defeat
Greek state news agency ANA estimates that the change in tone and manner in which the state-run media in FR Yugoslavia are now reporting about the Democratic Opposition of Serbia and its activities represents "preparations of the Yugoslav public for the opposition victory".
30th September 2000Strikes all around Serbia
There were strikes, road blockades and rallies all around Serbia today in protest at the non recognition of DOS presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica's electoral victory.
30th September 2000Tens of thousands demand recognition of Kostunica's victory
Tens of thousands of Serbian citizens last night demanded that the regime recognise the victory of Democratic Opposition of Serbia presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica. In towns all around Serbia citizens gathered to express their protest.
30th September 2000Milosevic asylum rumours
There's growing speculation that the Yugoslav president is planning to flee the country.
29th September 2000Yugoslav army allegiance wavers
Milosevic, it seems, cannot count on the army to bail him out after his election defeat.
29th September 2000Civil disobedience sweeps across Serbia
A wave of civil disobedience is spreading through the cities of Serbia in response to a call from the Democratic Opposition of Serbia for citizens to defend their choice of president.
29th September 2000DOS supporters in the Republic Square
The Democratic opposition is holding a rally tonight in the Republic Square in Belgrade, protesting the dispute of the election results. Free Serbia reporters in the streets claim that about 80,000 people have gathered in protest.
29th September 2000Milosevic gets additional 142,000 votes from Kosovo
The Democratic Opposition of Serbia has lodged a complaint with the Federal Election Commission demanding the annulment of 142,000 votes. The complaint is based on examination of hundreds of voting registers from polling stations in Kosovo.
29th September 2000Novi Sad at standstill, even state media
The Vojvodina capital of Novi Sad ground to a halt at 2.00 p.m. today, City Assembly senior official Predrag Filipov said today.
29th September 2000Secondary schools initiate protests accross Serbia
Students of the Belgrade Secondary School of Philology left their classes in protest against the election fraud. Students left their schools, joined shortly afterwards by some of the professors.
29th September 2000Citizens called on day and night rallies and general strike
Leaders of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia have called on Belgraders to gather on Friday at 2 p.m. in front of the Federal Parliament building and not to leave until the authorities recognised the election victory of the opposition presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica.
29th September 2000Djukanovic: We won't accept humiliation
Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic stated that Kostunica's victory was undisputed, just as the fact that Milosevic would not concede, a correspondent of Radio B2-92 reported.
29th September 2000JUL plotted poll coup
JUL officials called on Milosevic to annul the opposition's electoral victory.
29th September 2000Official result: Democratic Opposition wins Belgrade City Assembly
28th September 2000Radicals call for repeal of Public Information Act
The Serbian Radical Party caucus has launched a number of initiatives in the Serbian Parliament, including the repeal of the notorious Public Information Act and a call for the replacement of Police Minister Vlajko Stojiljkovic.
28th September 2000Opposition stands firm: no second round
There will be no second round of the presidential elections, Democratic Opposition representative Vladan Batic said today after last night's decision by the Federal Election Commission.
28th September 2000Vijesti: Socialists trying to bargain
Senior Socialist Party official Nikola Sainovic attempted again yesterday to strike a deal with opposition representatives on the second round of presidential elections but met with categorical refusal, Podgorica daily Vijesti writes today.
28th September 2000Britain, Bulgaria and Romania call on Milosevic to cede power
Britain today called on Slobodan Milosevic to cede power. Bulgarian Prime Minister Ivan Kostov and his Romanian counterpart Mugur Isaresceau also called on Milosevic to admit defeat at the presidential elections and to respect the Serbian people's will for change.
28th September 2000Moscow: Opposition should reveal material as soon as possible
Moscow considers that, in order to clear up the situation, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia should as soon as possible make public the election materials for which they had claimed proved the first round victory of Vojislav Kostunica.
28th September 2000Election Commission confirms second round
The Federal Election Commission has confirmed the final results of elections for the president of Yugoslavia and ruled that a second round of voting will be held. The Commission announced that no objections had been lodged with regard to the presidential election and that a second round would be held on the 8th of October.
28th September 2000About 350,000 people in downtown Belgrade
According to Free Serbia reporters there were about 350,000 Belgraders in the city centre attending the rally of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia.
27th September 2000Hiber: Three years' jail for falsifying election results
The vice president of the Civil Alliance of Serbia, Dragor Hiber, reminded members of the Federal Election Commission that the penalty for falsification of election results was three years' imprisonment. Hiber warned that the Democratic Opposition had polling station records signed by all election commission members present.
27th September 2000Djindjic threatens general strike
The campaign manager for the Democratic Opposition, Zoran Djindjic, said today that the opposition would call on the people of Serbia for a general blockade of the country if the Federal Election Commission did not allow an opposition audit of the election results.
27th September 2000Kostunica: We will defend ourselves
The man the opposition calls the president-elect, Vojislav Kostunica, addressed a crowd estimated at 200,000 in central Belgrade tonight to tell them the opposition would not accept another election fraud.
27th September 2000Federal Electoral Commission denies access to election material
The representatives of the Federal Electoral Commission (SIK) today refused to allow an expert team of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) to inspect the ballots and the election material.
27th September 2000Patriarch Pavle:
"Yugoslav Army and Police should be with the people"
Serbian Patriarch Pavle received yesterday Vojislav Kostunica, presidential candidate of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia.
27th September 2000Kostunica: It is obvious that Milosevic is losing
The presidential candidate of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) Vojislav Kostunica said this evening that the Federal Electoral Commission (SIK) was late with announcing the election results because it was quite clear that the regime was being heavily defeated.
26th September 2000"Milosevic is here to stay one way or another"
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Lord Russel-Johnston, accused "dictator Slobodan Milosevic" today in Strasbourg of having rigged the elections.
26th September 2000Election Commission:
Second round for Milosevic and Kostunica
Slobodan Milosevic and Vojislav Kostunica will meet in a second round of voting for the federal presidency on October 8, the Federal Election Commission announced tonight.
26th September 2000Opposition romp home
Judging by preliminary and unofficial results, Milosevic and his clique have suffered an absolute and catastrophic defeat.
26th September 2000CeSID: Kostunica wins in first round
According to results processed so far, Democratic Opposition of Serbia presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica has won in the first round of the election, Centre for Free Elections and Democracy representative Zoran Lucic said today.
26th September 2000Hollow Milosevic victory
A low turnout takes the gloss off Milosevic's electoral victory in Montenegro.
26th September 2000Opposition: Clear first-round win to Kostunica
With 97.5 per cent of votes processed, opposition presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica has a clear majority with 54.66 per cent of the votes cast, over Slobodan Milosevic's 35.01 per cent, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia announced today.
26th September 2000British press on Yugoslav elections
The British press has dedicated major attention to Yugoslav elections, BBC reported. Every paper carries a story on the front page, and a report, analysis and comment inside.
26th September 2000Celebration of landslide opposition victory
The celebration of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia's landslide election victory was held last night in Novi Sad. Opposition leaders and an Otpor member addressed the crowd appealing to the people to persist until achieving the final victory.
26th September 2000Celebrations across Serbia
About a hundred thousand Belgraders took to the streets last night to celebrate the election victory of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia and Vojislav Kostunica. At a rally in central Republic Square, the G17 Plus movement announced the latest preliminary results which give the Democratic Opposition 105 of the 110 seats in the Belgrade City Assembly.
26th September 2000Voters call for change
Serbian voters expressed a real desire for change as they turned out in record numbers for Sunday's election.
25th September 2000No one slept in Belgrade
Serbian opposition supporters have been celebrating after claiming an historic election victory in Yugoslav presidential elections.
25th September 2000Zoran Djindjic claims victory of opposition
"On the basis of so far processed data from 60 percent of polling stations in Serbia, DOS presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica won in the first round of elections", Zoran Djindjic, leader of Democratic party said yesterday.
25th September 2000Kostunica: Sure about victory at all levels
Vojislav Kostunica said yesterday that a victory of DOS at presidential, federal and local levels was "a victory of people and truth".
25th September 2000Left leaders: We lost local elections
SPS secretary general, Gorica Gajevic, admitted yesterday victory of DOS at local elections in Serbia.
25th September 2000Opposition to celebrate victory in Belgrade tonight
The Democratic Opposition of Serbia and G17 Plus have announced a celebration in Belgrade's central Republic Square at 8.00 p.m. tonight to celebrate the victory of Vojislav Kostunica in yesterday's presidential elections and to greet the Belgrade mayor-elect, Milan St Protic.
25th September 2000Draskovic tenders resignation from party
Serbian Renewal Movement leader Vuk Draskovic told Radio B2-92 today that he will offer his resignation from the party's presidency because of its poor results in yesterday's election.
25th September 2000EU "offers a hand" to a new, democratic Serbia
The European Union today said it would offer a hand to the people of Serbia and those who represented a new democratic Serbia, while warning that "all available reports" on yesterday's elections indicated that any attempt by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to claim victory would be a fraud.
25th September 2000Federal body hijacks Internet domain
An Internet site which had been opened to report election results was hijacked this morning by a government body and the election results on the site falsified, Beta learnt today from Stanimir Miljkovic, a spokesman for Free Serbia.
25th September 2000International reactions to Yugoslav elections
25th September 2000Uneasy silence over election results
Yugoslavia's Federal Election Commission has still not made any official statement on yesterday's elections.
25th September 2000Peace and euphoria in downtown Belgrade
A crowd of 20,000 opposition supporters in central Belgrade was in a euphoric mood at 2.00 a.m. today, Radio B2-92's crew reports from the streets. Results from polling stations were being read to the crowd and Kostunica had a convincing lead.
24th September 2000 Otpor demonstration to support democratic forces in Serbia
16th September 2000Stichting Bosna weer naar Roma-kinderen
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16 September 2000Balkan SunFlowers robbed!
18th August 2000Tot 15 juli:
Tijdelijke regeling C-status asielzoekers Srebrenica
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15 Juli 2000Nationale Herdenking Srebrenica
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11 Juli 2000
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