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), February 18, 1997

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    NEWS BY 4 PM
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    TEACHERS' STRIKE CONTINUES

    The head of the Education Trade Union, Jelena Hristodulo, on
    Tuesday stated that the Serbian government spread propaganda on
    state television that the salary increase demanded by striking
    teachers would cause hyperinflation, Beta reports. ``The aim of
    such propaganda is to turn the public against education workers,''
    said Ms. Hristodulo. She announced that the teachers will hold a
    protest rally on Wednesday at noon, in front of the Serbian
    government government. A non-parliamentary party, the Social-
    democrat Union, publicly supported the strike. Some 1000 teachers
    of the city of Subotica protested on Tuesday as an act of support
    to their colleagues in Belgrade.


    STUDENTS: RECONSTRUCTION OF CRIME

    Students of the University of Belgrade are planning to perform an
    action called ``Belgrade, The Reconstruction of a Crime,'' which
    will be a symbolic demonstration that the life of each individual
    was endangered during the past few weeks.


    SERBIAN OPPOSITION: SOCIALISTS ARE TO MAKE FIRST STEP

    The spokesman of the Serbian Renewal Movement, Ivan Kovacevic,
    said the Zajedno coalition was ready for dialogue with the
    authorities, but also emphasized that the governing Socialist
    Party had to take the initiative. Mr. Kovacevic added that the
    main task of the Zajedno coalition was the fight for the freedom
    of the media and conditions for the free and fair impending
    republican elections, Beta reports.


    CZECH DAILY: SERBIAN OPPOSITION WON BATTLE, NOT WAR

    The Czech daily 'Mlada Fronta Dnes' in its Tuesday issue asks
    whether the end of the street protests in Serbia means a return to
    old habits or a hint of democratic progress. ``From the
    opposiiton's point of view, the demonstrations were successful.
    For the first time in Serbian history, local authorities in
    Belgrade are not members of the state-governing political party.
    President Milosevic can also consider himself a winner, for he
    evaded the worst -- a revolution which could break his power. But
    the new array of the political power in Serbia looks more like a
    stalemate than a triumph for the opposition. The main challenge
    for the opposition will be to maintain the high level of anti-
    Milosevic feeling in the country and use the international support
    as much as possible. One thing is for sure -- street protests will
    end, but the turmoil will not,'' concludes the Czech daily. ``


    SERBS WILL LEAVE EAST SLAVONIAN CITY OF ILOK

    The Tuesday issue of the Belgrade daily 'Blic' says that in spring
    about 7,000 ethnic Serbs will leave the city of Ilok in the
    Croatian province of Eastern Slavonia. It says the Serbs are very
    sceptical towards the elections in that part of Croatia and claim
    that they will by totally insecure when the Croatian authorities
    have taken over that area.

    Prepared by: Goran Dimitrijevic
    Edited by: Mary Anne Wood

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