Protests in Serbia Archive
Odraz B92 Daily News Service

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    ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

    Odraz B92 vesti (by 6 PM), February 11, 1997

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    STUDENTS PROTEST IN FRONT OF SERBIAN PARLIAMENT

    Belgrade students formed two lines from the School of Philosophy
    to the Serbian Parliament [about a kilometer's distance] on
    Tuesday. Safety-belts made of ice and a brain made of wire were
    carried along the path between the two lines and left in front of
    the Serbian Parliament building. Boris Karajicic, a member of the
    Managing Board of the Student Protest, said that the safety-belts
    represented a means to end the political crisis in Serbia, the
    melting ice represented urgency. The wire-brain, Mr. Karajicic
    said, was meant to say that there had been very little
    intelligence in the actions of the ruling party so far, FoNet
    reported on Tuesday.

    The Radical deputies greeted the protesting students from the
    windows of the Serbian Parliament, but the students jeered at
    them. The students then went for a march along the ``media
    route,'' past the Radio Television Serbia, Radio Belgrade and
    Company 'Politika' buildings, in protest at the state media's news
    coverage.


    GAJEVIC: OPPOSITION PREDICTIONS ABOUT SERBIAN GOVERNMENT DID NOT
    COME TRUE

    Gorica Gajevic, leader of the Socialist M.Ps in the Serbian
    Parliament, said on Tuesday that the gloomy predictions of the
    opposition with regard to the actions of ``the government of
    national unity elected at the time of a difficult economic and
    political situation'' had not come true.

    In a debate on the reconstruction of the Serbian Government, Ms.
    Gajevic commented that the Serbian Government had achieved
    outstanding results: preserved the peace, preserved amenities and
    created the conditions for economic recovery in the country. One
    of her illustrations of this was that the coalition of the
    Socialists, the Yugoslav United Left and the New Democracy parties
    had achieved a decisive victory in the recent elections.

    Ms. Gajevic stated that the outgoing ministers had by no means
    done a bad job, but the reconstruction of the Government was
    proposed so as to make economic measures to develop the country
    more effective. This, according to Ms. Gajevic, called for fresh
    energy and new people. In response to complaints about the
    increased number of ministers, Ms. Gajevic replied that any
    Western country ``took care of its bureaucracy,'' and that ``we
    cannot be a desert island in relation to the world, instead we
    must bring the world here and turn it to ourselves,'' the
    newsagency Beta reported on Tuesday.


    OFFICIALS OF CITY GOVERNMENT OF NIS MAKE PUBLIC DATA ON THEIR
    PERSONAL ASSETS

    The current Zajedno dominated City Council in Nis has introduced a
    new practice of ``listing the assets of officials.'' Before taking
    their posts formally, the Zajedno officials in the city government
    have submitted their personal assets to inspection. The local
    newspaper 'Narodne Novine' carried a statement that this move by
    the city officials was aimed at preventing any personal gains from
    the posts they hold, FoNet reported on Tuesday.


    BOOK ``ART IN YUGOSLAVIA 1992--1995'' PRESENTED

    The Foundation for Open Society, with Belgrade Centre for
    Contemporary Art and Radio B92, launched their illustrated book
    entitled ``Art in Yugoslavia 1992--1995'' on Tuesday. The book
    contains photos of the Yugoslav arts during the period of
    sanctions and international isolation, which was nevertheless
    characterized by great creativity and numerous arts events. The
    book is designed to document that period, with the aim of
    presenting and preserving the artistic production of that
    difficult time. The books are available in both Serbian and
    English.

    Prepared by: Marija Milosavljevic
    Edited by: Mary Anne Wood

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