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      ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

      Odraz B92 vesti (by 11 PM), March 26, 1997

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      NEWS BY 11 PM

        Milutinovic in Copenhagen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
        RTS Media Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
        Belgrade Budget Adopted  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  38
  15    Europhobia Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  44

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      MILUTINOVIC IN COPENHAGEN

  20  Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic met OSCE Chairman
      Niels Helveg Petersen in Copenhagen on Wednesday.

      After the meeting Mr Milutinovic said that the talks had been open
      and constructive, and that they would encourage the positive
      development of bliteral relations between Yugoslavia and the OSCE.

  25  The Belgrade state media report Mr Milutinovic as saying that he
      and Mr Petersen had agreed that consistent implementation of the
      agreement on Eastern Slavonia was necessary for the protection of
      the Serb population there.

      BK Television, claiming sources in the Danish Foreign Ministry,
  30  reported on Wednesday that the Yugoslav Foreign Minister had
      agreed during the talks that a dialogue between the Serbian
      Government and opposition was essential.


      RTS MEDIA SHOW

      The state controlled Radio Television Serbia (RTS) on Wednesday
  35  hosted a public discussion on the media. Several parliamentary
      parties participated. Of the Zajedno coalition only the Civic
      Alliance of Serbia was represented.


      BELGRADE BUDGET ADOPTED

      The Belgrade City Council on Wednesday passed the city budget for
  40  1997. Mayor Zoran Djindjic described the budget as a crisis
      management, with an amount sufficient to cover the costs of city
      functioning, but with no room for capital investments. He said
      that further funding would only be possible through foreign loans.


      EUROPHOBIA CHAMPIONS

  45  An opinion poll conducted in twenty central and eastern European
      countries and published by the European Commission in Brussels on
      Wednesday cites the citizens of Yugoslavia as the most Europhobic
      in the region.

      16% of Yugoslav respondents to the survey see the European Union
  50  as negative (compared with an average 6% in other countries),
      while 6% see it as an actual threat.

      In the light of the anti-Europe campaign in the official media, a
      surprising 29% of respondents saw the EU as positive as 20% saw it
      as neutral.

  55  20% of Yugoslavs thought the future of the country lay with the
      EU, 20% with the US and 19% with Russia.

      Prepared by: Marija Milosavljevic
      Edited by: Steve Agnew

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