Protests in Serbia Archive
Odraz B92 Daily News Service

---

    ------------------------------------------------------------------
    ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

    Odraz B92 vesti (by 8 PM), February 1, 1997

    E-mail: odrazb92@b92.opennet.org, beograd@siicom.com
    WWW:    http://www.siicom.com/odrazb/, http://www.opennet.org/b92/
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
    All texts are Copyright 1997 Radio B92. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
    ------------------------------------------------------------------



    NEWS BY 8 PM
    ------------------------------------------------------------------


    ALBANIANS DIE IN POLICE SHOOTOUT

    Three Albanians were shot and killed and one policeman wounded in
    a conflict between civilians and police in Kosovo on Friday. A
    statement from the Serbian Ministry of the Interior on Saturday
    said the Albanians were suspected of belonging to the terrorist
    ``Kosovo Liberation Army.''

    The pro-Rugova Kosovo Information Centre condemened the incident
    as one of the fiercest police attacks on Kosovo Albanians since
    1990.

    The Kosovo Information Centre also said that ten Albanians had
    been detained by police in the last ten days.


    CONTACT GROUP: BELGRADE MUST ACCEPT OSCE REPORT

    The five-member Contact Group on the former Yugoslavia warned on
    Friday that Serbian authorities must implement the recommendations
    of the OSCE in full and without delay. The OSCE report confirmed
    the victory of the opposition in local elections in a number of
    cities in Serbia. American representative of the Contact Group,
    John Cornbloom, said that the members of the group are unanimous
    in their demand for adoption of the report.


    SIXTY-THIRD PROTEST RALLY IN KRAGUJEVAC

    Several thousand demonstrators gathered in Kragujevac on Saturday
    to express dissatisfaction with the economic blockade of the city
    by Serbian authorities. Citizens were also protesting against the
    government's continued refusal to relinquish control of local
    media.

    Local Mayor Veroljub Stefanovic told the crowd that many people
    from all over the world had sent messages of support. ``Kragujevac
    is the Socialist Party's nightmare. They simply cannot grasp the
    fact that they are now the opposition here,'' Mayor Stefanovic
    said.

    More than a thousand teachers from Kragujevac schools also
    protested in the centre of the city on Saturday, demanding payment
    of overdue salaries from December and January.


    RAILWAY LINE SABOTAGED

    Spokesman for the UN peacekeeping forces in Eastern Slavonia,
    Philip Arnold, has confirmed that part of the rail line linking
    Vinkovci in Croatia with Tovarnik in Yugoslavia was blown up on
    Saturday. The line had been reopened only on Monday, after having
    been closed since 1991.

    Prepared by: Goran Dimitrijevic
    Edited by: Steve Agnew

    ------------------------------------------------------------------
    ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service
    E-mail: odrazb92@b92.opennet.org, beograd@siicom.com
    WWW:    http://www.siicom.com/odrazb/, http://www.opennet.org/b92/
    ------------------------------------------------------------------