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OMRI Daily Digest II, No. 222, 14 November 1995

From: "Steve Iatrou" <siatrou@cdsp.neu.edu>

Open Media Research Institute Directory

CONTENTS

  • [1] BOSNIAN SERB LEADERS SAY KARADZIC WILL STAY ON.

  • [2] CROATS WORRIED ABOUT EASTERN SLAVONIA.

  • [3] SERBIAN RADICAL DENOUNCES MILOSEVIC.

  • [4] SERBIAN OPPOSITION DIVIDED.

  • [5] MONTENEGRIN JOURNALIST ARRESTED.

  • [6] ROMANIA'S KING MICHAEL REFUSED ENTRY VISA.

  • [7] ROMANIAN PRESIDENT IN EGYPT.

  • [8] MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT, DEPUTIES DISCUSS LANGUAGE ISSUE.

  • [9] INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DELINQUENCY IN CHISINAU.

  • [10] INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED INTO BULGARIAN TV BOSS.

  • [11] FORMER SUPREME COURT JUDGE LEAVES ALBANIA.

  • [12] ALBANIAN JOURNALISTS PROTEST PRESSURE ON MEDIA.


  • OMRI DAILY DIGEST

    No. 222, Part II, 14 November 1995

    SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE

    [1] BOSNIAN SERB LEADERS SAY KARADZIC WILL STAY ON.

    The Pale leadership issued a statement to SRNA denying reports that its civilian and military leaders will resign in a deal to escape prosecution for war crimes. AFP on 14 November quoted the text as saying that "President [Radovan] Karadzic is president of the Serbian Democratic Party, a powerful political force, and even if he wanted to, he could not retire from politics because of his party obligations. The resignation of General [Ratko] Mladic is also ruled out and cannot be demanded by anyone from the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina or the international community." Meanwhile, U.S. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns noted that "there's no question in our minds that Mr. Karadzic and General Mladic, as leaders of the Bosnian Serbs, are responsible, individually, for the massacres at Srebrenica and Zepa, for the massacres at Banja Luka and for many, many other massacres in years past." -- Patrick Moore

    [2] CROATS WORRIED ABOUT EASTERN SLAVONIA.

    Praise has come from U.S. President Bill Clinton, as well as from Belgrade and Moscow, for the peace agreement on eastern Slavonia (see OMRI Daily Digest, 13 November 1995), but many Croats are not happy. AFP on 14 November reported that some refugees fear that Serbs who chased them from their homes will now be able to stay and consolidate their demographic and political positions. "Once more, we have been sacrificed by our president {Franjo Tudjman}," grumbled one man. "He's the one that should be sent to live there with the Serbs who massacred us." Local Croatian kingpin Branimir Glavas told Reuters on 13 November that he sees trouble ahead if the Serbs try to establish their own fiefdom. Vjesnik reported the next day that the Serbs have pumped out at least half a million tons of oil from the area since they took it in 1991. -- Patrick Moore

    [3] SERBIAN RADICAL DENOUNCES MILOSEVIC.

    The Sueddeutsche Zeitung on 14 November reported that ultranationalist leader of the opposition Serbian Radical Party (SRS) Vojislav Seselj has denounced Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic for presiding over what he called the greatest defeat of Serbia since the massive battlefield losses inflicted by the Ottoman armies at Kosovo Polje in 1389. Seselj was referring to Milosevic's recent role in the Dayton talks. He described the president's participation in drawing up a pact that may provide for transferring rebel Serb-held parts of eastern Slavonia to Croatian control as one of the "biggest-ever sell-outs" of Serbian national interests. Nasa Borba on 14 November quotes the SRS leader as suggesting that no part of Serbia is safe from Milosevic and that "next in line are the Republic of Srpska, Montenegro, Kosovo, Sandzak and Vojvodina." -- Stan Markotich

    [4] SERBIAN OPPOSITION DIVIDED.

    Nasa Borba on 14 November reported that recent efforts by the Serbian opposition Democratic Party (DS) to forge an alliance with the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) are floundering. The larger DS alleges that two mainstream "democratic" parties are fragmenting the electorate and thereby weakening the opposition vis-a- vis the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia. But Milorad Jovanovic, spokesman for the DSS, urged the DS to concentrate on unifying its own membership before talking about unity with other parties. Despite describing themselves as "democratic," both the DS and DSS have curried favor with accused war criminal and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. -- Stan Markotich

    [5] MONTENEGRIN JOURNALIST ARRESTED.

    Montena-fax on 10 November reported that Vladimir Jovanovic, a journalist for the Montenegrin independent weekly Monitor, has been barred from leaving the country to attend a media workshop in Ljubljana. He has been detained on charges of having false documents. Reporters without Borders wrote a letter of protest to Milosevic in which they expressed the suspicion that Jovanovic has been arrested because of his statement suggesting that the attempted assassination of the Macedonian president was orchestrated by Serbian, Russian, and Bulgarian mafias, Beta reported on 11 November. -- Daria Sito Sucic

    [6] ROMANIA'S KING MICHAEL REFUSED ENTRY VISA.

    Romania's exiled King Michael has been refused an entry visa to attend the funeral of opposition leader Corneliu Coposu, Radio Bucharest reported on 13 November. Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu said Michael would be granted a visa only if he unequivocally recognized Romania's current constitutional order. Michael's wife, Ana de Bourbon Parma, and one of their daughters, Princess Margareta arrived in Bucharest the same day. Michael, who was forced into exile in 1947, has been allowed to visit his native country only once (in 1992) since the demise of the communist regime. -- Matyas Szabo

    [7] ROMANIAN PRESIDENT IN EGYPT.

    Romanian President Ion Iliescu on 13 November began a two-day official visit to Egypt, Romanian and Western media reported. He met with his Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak, to discuss ways to boost bilateral political and economic relations. They also discussed the situation in the former Yugoslavia and the prospects for NATO's expansion in Eastern Europe. Iliescu is also scheduled to debate the conflict in Bosnia with the head of the Cairo-based Arab League, Esmat Abdel Meguid. Also on 13 November, Romania and Egypt signed three protocols on cooperation in foreign affairs, health, and labor. Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Mussa told journalists that Egypt hoped to double the volume of its trade with Romania to $1 billion in the coming years. -- Dan Ionescu

    [8] MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT, DEPUTIES DISCUSS LANGUAGE ISSUE.

    Mircea Snegur on 13 November discussed with a group of deputies his legislative initiative to amend the constitution to state that the country's official language is Romanian, BASA-press and Infotag reported. Snegur rejected accusations that he was driven by political ambitions when he launched the initiative in April. He also made clear that he opposed the idea of a referendum on the language issue. Most of the deputies attending the meeting supported his standpoint and spoke out in favor of a compromise. -- Dan Ionescu

    [9] INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DELINQUENCY IN CHISINAU.

    An international conference on crime and public security in the Black Sea region ended in Chisinau on 11 November, BASA-press and Radio Bucharest reported. The participants--who included including experts from the region as well as from Germany, Great Britain, and the U.S.--discussed the social problems that have arisen from "post-Soviet militarism." They also considered the risk of the region becoming a buffer zone between the Balkans and flash points east of the Black Sea. The participants appealed to the countries surrounding the Black Sea to create a regional security system. -- Matyas Szabo

    [10] INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED INTO BULGARIAN TV BOSS.

    An investigation has been launched into the activities of Ivan Granitski, director-general of Bulgarian National TV, Demokratsiya reported on 11 November. The Union of Democratic Forces has accused Granitski of repeatedly denying its representatives access to air time and has asked that he be suspended (see OMRI Daily Digest, 17 October 1995). Deputy Prosecutor-General Vladislav Spasov confirmed that an investigation has begun, saying there is already enough material to prove Granitski violated the provisional statute on the state-run media. Granitski could be dismissed legal proceedings get under way. If convicted, he would face up to five years in prison. -- Stefan Krause

    [11] FORMER SUPREME COURT JUDGE LEAVES ALBANIA.

    Zef Brozi, the former head of the Albanian Supreme Court, has left Albania for the U.S., the newspaper Albania reported on 14 November. In September, Brozi was dismissed by the parliament, despite the lack of a quorum. He was replaced by his deputy, Avni Shehu. Since then, Brozi has expressed fears of political persecution. Albania speculates that Brozi took the decision to leave the country after police surrounded his house on 4 November and confiscated his diplomatic passport. The paper also quotes him as saying that "the state is preparing something against me." Meanwhile, ATSH quotes Shehu as saying that the courts "have never before been more independent than now." -- Fabian Schmidt

    [12] ALBANIAN JOURNALISTS PROTEST PRESSURE ON MEDIA.

    The Albanian Association of Professional Journalists on 11 November issued a statement expressing concern about the frequent pressure put on journalists by the judiciary and other public bodies. The association reported cases of journalists who, it claimed, have been illegally detained by the police. It appealed to the government to take measures against the "repression on the freedom of press and journalists." In particular, the association mentioned Blendi Fevziu, chief editor of Aleanca, who has been charged with slander for linking the head of the State Control Commission to a corruption affair. It also charged that the police has not properly investigated the bombing of Koha Jone chief editor Nikolle Lesi's house (see OMRI Daily Digest, 3 and 7 November 1995). -- Fabian Schmidt

    This material was reprinted with permission of the Open Media Research Institute, a nonprofit organization with research offices in Prague, Czech Republic.
    For more information on OMRI publications please write to info@omri.cz

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