Protests in Serbia Archive
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      ODRAZ B92, Belgrade                             Daily News Service

      Odraz B92 vesti (by 10 PM), April 27, 1997

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      NEWS BY 10 PM

        Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Pavle Reads Easter Service  . . .  23
        Vesna Pesic to Sue Police Lieutenant Colonel . . . . . . . .  32
        Russia Backs Government -- Opposition Dialogue in Serbia . .  41
  15    Detained Workers Freed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
        Croatian Authorites Had War Crimes Evidence on Stojicic  . .  63
        Federal Authorities Owe Montenegrin Pensioners 215 Million
        Dinars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70
        Croatians Demand Departure of Extremist Serbs  . . . . . . .  75

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      SERBIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH PAVLE READS EASTER SERVICE

      Serbian Orthodox churches throughout the world on Sunday
  25  celebrated Easter. Patriarch Pavle sent Easter greetings to the
      citizens of Serbia and followers of the Orthodox faith. Patriarch
      Pavle told the congregation that the church would pray for Serbs
      not to be led into temptation and that whereever they lived that
      the sun of freedom would shine down on them. He called for the
  30  return of all refugees and displaced persons and said that they
      should live out there lives in peace and prosperity.


      VESNA PESIC TO SUE POLICE LIEUTENANT COLONEL

      Leader of the Civic Alliance of Serbia (GSS) Vesna Pesic has
      brought legal charges against police Lieutenant Colonel Slobodan
  35  Maksimovic at Belgrade's First Municipal Court. According to a
      statement issued by the GSS on Sunday, Mr. Maksimovic led special
      police forces during the Brankov Bridge clashes between peaceful
      demonstrators and the police on the night of February 2nd/3rd. Ms.
      Pesic was among those injured in the clashes, BETA reported on
  40  Sunday.


      RUSSIA BACKS GOVERNMENT -- OPPOSITION DIALOGUE IN SERBIA

      Leader of the opposition Serbian Renewal Movement Vuk Draskovic
      told reporters, on returning from Russia Sunday, that
      representatives of the Russian Government had expressed their
  45  ``full and unconditional support'' for the establishement of a
      democratic dialogue between the government and opposition in
      Serbia.

      Mr. Draskovic said that he had ``thanked the Russian Government
      for supporting the return of Serbia as a fully-fledged member to
  50  the international community,'' and insisted that ``democratic
      Serbia and Serbian people should not be penalised because of the
      destructive politics of one man,'' BETA reported.


      DETAINED WORKERS FREED

      Serbian trade union 'Nezavisnost' told Beta on Sunday that two of
  55  the eight detained workers from the cement factory in Novi Popovac
      had been set free on Saturday. 'Nezavisnost' stated it was unclear
      why the remaining six had still not been released and that they
      had appealed the court verdict sentencing them to one month
      imprisonment.

  60  The two freed workers said all eight detainees had gone on hunger
      strike last Wednesday in protest at what they called their unfair
      arrest. The remaining six are continuing their hunger protest.


      CROATIAN AUTHORITES HAD WAR CRIMES EVIDENCE ON STOJICIC

      Croatian daily 'Vjesnik' reported on Sunday that Croatian
  65  auhorities had been in the process of gathering war crimes
      evidence against the late Serbian Deputy Interior Minister Radovan
      Stojicic at the time of his murder. The daily reports that the
      Croatian State Prosecution was to be presented with an extensive
      file containing documents on Mr. Stojicic.


  70  FEDERAL AUTHORITIES OWE MONTENEGRIN PENSIONERS 215 MILLION DINARS

      The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia owes Montenegrin pensioners
      upwards of 215 million dinars, Montena Fax reported on Sunday. Of
      that amount, 194.6 millions are overdue payments from the 1996 tax
      year.


  75  CROATIANS DEMAND DEPARTURE OF EXTREMIST SERBS

      Croatian Democratic Union candidate for the Mayor of Ilok (Eastern
      Salvonia) Stipan Kraljevic told Croatian daily 'Vecernji List' on
      Sunday that a Croat controlled city government would be
      established within 30 days, but stressed that ``first all
  80  extremist Serbs must leave the region.''

      Prepared by: Marija Milosavljevic
      Edited by: Julia Glyn-Pickett

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