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 26, 1997

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    RADIO B92 ANNOUNCEMENT

    Radio B92 has received an enormous listener response to a half-
    hour documentary by B92 reporter Svetlana Lukic on Serbia's three
    months of civic protest. Because of this response, Radio B92 will
    rebroadcast the documentary on Thursday, February 27 at 4.00 pm,
    Yugoslav time.


    TEACHERS CONTINUE STRIKE

    Teacher members of the trade union Nezavisnost are continuing to
    strike, despite the return to work by members of the Autonomous
    Trade Union. The Council of Belgrade High Schools has also said
    that its members will not return to work until the government has
    met their demands, particularly that for a salary increase.

    About 1,000 teachers on Wednesday protested in front of the
    Serbian Government Building, blocking traffic through one of the
    city centre's main crossrroads.


    PARLIAMENT CALL FOR CHANCELLOR'S RESIGNATION

    The Education Board of the Serbian Parliament on Wednesday called
    on Belgrade University Chancellor Dragutin Velickovic to resign,
    in order to meet student demands.

    The Board also demanded that the Serbian Government negotiate with
    unions representing striking teachers, to reach an agreement which
    would allow children to return to schools.


    UK AGAINST MILOSEVIC

    London's The Times on Wednesday said that the visit of the Zajedno
    leaders to London clearly demonstrated that the British Government
    was not on the side of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. The
    Zajedno leaders were expected to discuss democratic reform in
    Serbia and the Dayton agreement during a meeting with British
    Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind.


    BUDAPEST MAYOR TO VISIT DJINDJIC

    The Mayor of Budapest, Gabor Demski will arrive in Belgrade on
    Friday for an official visit to Belgrade's new mayor Zoran
    Djindjic. Mayor Demski will also meet the other members of the
    Zajedno triumvirate, Vuk Draskovic and Vesna Pesic and students at
    the University of Belgrade.


    CROATIAN DELEGATES FOR BELGRADE

    Croatia and Yugoslavia will continue their talks on the
    implementation of the agreement on normalisation of relations
    between the two countries. A six member Croatian delegation will
    arrive in Belgrade on February 28. The main items on the agenda
    for the discussions are the succession of the former Yugoslavia
    and the social status of refugees.


    FORMER INFORMATION MINISTER TURNS PUBLISHER

    Aleksandar Tijanic, the former Serbian Minister for Information
    and ex Editor-in-Chief of BK Television and TV Politika, will
    found a new daily newspaper, Gradjanin, (The Citizen). Mr Tijanic
    has announced that he is still negotiating with Dnevni Telegraf
    owner Slavko Curuvija about the establishment of the newspaper,
    but publication is expected to commence by the beginning of March.

    Prepared by: Goran Dimitrijevic
    Edited by: Steve Agnew

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