Protests in Serbia Archive
Odraz B92 Daily News Service

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    ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service
    Odraz B92 vesti (by 4 PM), January 16, 1997

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    ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON PRISTINA UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR

    Pristina University Chancellor, Radivoje Popovic, survived an
    assassination attempt this morning, news agency SRNA reported.

    Hospital spokesman however said that the Chancellors life was not
    in danger, in spite of serious injuries and burns. The car-bomb
    was activated in another car when the Chancellor's car was driving
    by at 7:45 AM.  Both cars were completely destroyed, and windows
    in surrounding buildings were shattered in the blast. A police
    investigation into explosion is underway.


    MALICI: ALBANIA WANTS TO CONTROL MOVEMENT IN KOSOVO

    Writer and political analyst from the province of Kosovo, Skelzen
    Malici, today stated on BBC Radio that ``authorities in Tirana
    want to control the political movement of the Albanians in Kosovo,
    in order to prevent extremists from prevailing and stop an open
    conflict with Serbia, because Albania was not ready for this,''
    Montena-fax reported.

    Malici commented that a significant number of members of the
    Democratic Union of Kosovo (headed by Ibrahim Rugova) sympathised
    with the type of political struggle headed by Adem Demaci
    (Rugova's political rival)


    VESNA PESIC: SUPPORT FROM FRENCH GOVERNMENT

    Head of the Civic Alliance of Serbia, Vesna Pesic, yesterday
    visited France and met with French Foreign Minister De Charet. In
    a statement to Rdaio B92 about that visit, Mrs. Pesic said
    ``Mister De Charet has convinced me of the French Government's
    support for the recognition of the November 17th election results.
    Mr. De Charet confrimed that, on the following sessions of the
    OSCE, he would stand for the acceptance of the Gonzalez's report
    in full.''


    GERMAN AMBASSADOR: ELECTORAL RESULTS MUST BE RECOGNIZED

    Today's issue of the Montenegrin daily Pobjeda published a
    statment from the German ambassador to Yugoslavia, Wilfried
    Gruber, where he stated that ``results of the local elections from
    November 17 must be accepted in full, and in the manner
    recommended by the OSCE. After that, the authorities need to open
    a serious dialogue with the opposition on the true freedom of the
    press and objective information given by the electronic media.
    Only after that, conditions for the preparation of the Republican
    elections can be created.''


    APPEAL TO OSCE TO STAND FOR RADIO BOOM 93

    The Association of the Independent Electronic Media of Yugoslavia
    sent a letter to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
    Europe, in which they called on the OSCE to make a stand for the
    reinstatement of the broadcast of the Radio Boom 93 from the city
    of Pozarevac. The letter stressed that the broadcast of Radio
    Boom93 had been interrupted on December 3 last year, on the same
    day when the transmitter of Radio B92 was switched off.

    While Radio B92 resumed broadcasting after two days due to strong
    international pressure on Serbian authorities, Radio Boom 93 --
    the only independent media in the city of Pozarevac -- was still
    off the air.

    The letter emphasized that Radio Boom 93 was the only source of
    objective information on the events in Serbia in the rural area of
    Pozarevac, the city where President Milosevic has a family house
    and where his son lives.


    MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT DOES NOT BLAME MILOSEVIC

    President of Montenegro, Momir Bulatovic, stated for British TV
    Channel 4 that ``Milosevic was not guilty for the current crisis
    in Serbia because he is too good a politician to run a risk on
    such an insignificant topic,'' Montena-fax reported. ``It is no
    secret that I too am connected to Slobodan Milosevic. I am his
    accessory as a result in of our mutual relations. I am, above all,
    responsible for Montenegro and its citizens.''


    LOUISE ARBOUR COMES TO YUGOSLAVIA

    Chief Prosecutor from the Hague Tribunal, Louise Arbour, is
    planning her first visit to Croatia, Bosnia and Yugoslavia, AFP
    reported. Arbour is expected to arrive in Yugoslavia on January
    23, for a two day visit, when she will talk to the Federal
    Ministers of Internal Affairs and Justice.

    Prepared by: Aleksandra Scepanovic
    Edited by: (not edited)

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