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Serbia Today, 97-04-29
Serbia Today
CONTENTS
[01] YOUR MOVE EU
[02] BULLETIN SUPPLEMENT: THE BACKGROUND OF "ROUND TABLES" ON KOSOVO AND
METOHIJA IN NEW YORK AND VIENNA
[03] EXTREME NATIONALISM IN CROATIA A THREAT FOR PEACE IN THE BALKANS
[04] INCITING DIFFIDENCE
[05] GALBRAITH: THE REHABILITATION OF PAVELIC IS UNACCEPTABLE
[06] RECORD HARVEST RESULTS OF YUGOSLAV HYBRID CORN IN GREECE
[07] EASTER FESTIVITIES
[08] YUGOSLAV CONSTITUTION DAY CELEBRATED
[01] YOUR MOVE EU
Yugoslavia has done all it should have to obtain trade alleviation from the
European Union and now the EU Council of Ministers convening today should
take a stand - said Federal Deputy Premier Danko Djunic. We hope that the
decision will be a positive one, because EU trade preferentials are
extremely important for us, said Djunic. Before today's Luxembourg meeting
of the "fifteen", diplomatic sources in Bonn have revealed that Germany no
longer opposes customs alleviation for Yugoslavia. The draft proposal for
the so-called preferentials regarding the export of Yugoslav products to EU
markets was ready last autumn, but it was obstructed on various occasions,
thus greatly complicating our exports.
Serbia Today, 1997-04-29 ; Borba, 1997-04-29
[02] BULLETIN SUPPLEMENT: THE BACKGROUND OF "ROUND TABLES" ON KOSOVO AND
METOHIJA IN NEW YORK AND VIENNA
Recently two so-called "round tables" have been held abroad, and new
similar meetings have been announced to deal with Kosovo and Metohija - the
southern Serbian province which seems to be the object of foreign efforts
to internationalize the issue - even though it is a purely internal Serbian
and Yugoslav question. Both meeting, first in New York and soon after in
Vienna, have been sponsored and organized by the Carnegy Foundation - a
private US organization. The participants also had the same "profile",
declaring themselves as so-called democratic opposition. Representatives of
ethnic Albanian separatists boasted that during the meetings with Serbian
opposition representatives they openly talked about the secession of Kosovo
and Metohija.
According to Ms. Sarah Flanders, Coordinator of the "International Action
Center" - a New York based organization, all that is happening to Kosovo
comes as no surprise. "Kos-Met is newly being activated as a weapon against
the Serbs, because the foreign factor simply isn't satisfied with what it
managed to achieve in this sense" - Ms. Flanders said. According to her,
the foreign factor - namely the US, "is now relying on the help of the
Serbian opposition to step up the campaign, and is using not only media by
the US private Carnegy Foundation which was created for such purposes."
"Clearly, the well-being or the human rights of ethnic Albanians in Kos-Met
isn't by any means the US objective in forcing the internationalization of
the internal Serbian question", warned Ms. Flanders, adding that the United
States, that keeps giving lessons in democracy to everyone, is also the
state where human rights are most drastically breached and racist prejudice
thrives. "The only purpose of the super-power is economic expansion,
domination over small countries in the economic and naturally the military
sphere", underlined Ms. Sarah Flanders. In realizing this objective the
official circles rely on so-called private organizations - such as the
Carnegy Foundation, which are actually backed by multi-national companies
which control everything in America.
Ms. Flanders also raised the question: "Are the people in Serbia and
Yugoslavia aware of the fact that back in 1990, when there was still no war
or secession, the American Government passed a special law to block all
loans and financial aid to former Yugoslavia?" This law was passed by both
Houses of the Congress on November 5th 1990, after it had been approved by
the Senate Committee for third countries funding prompted by then US
President George Bush.
According to New York attorney Alvan Dorfmann, justified fear exists that
the present abuse of the question of Kosovo and Metohija, represents only
the beginning. Mr. Dorfmann, considered to be a good connoisseur of events
in this region, harshly criticized the Carnegy Fund, one of the
organizations that "carry out jobs commissioned by the Government". In n
attempt to explain why this is being done and what are the objectives of
such US policy, Mr. Alvan Dorfmann reminded that, lamentably, for the US
politics is merely business.
Ms. Dusica Potic, who was the Chairman of the Serbian Unity Congress since
1994, warned about the danger of foreign involvement in the internal
affairs of our country. Drawing a parallel between the efforts of the
ethnic Albanian minority to carry out the secession of the southern Serbian
province and the stands of the Mexican minority in the US, Ms. Dusica Potic
said that in case of a similar attempt by the Mexicans or any other ethnic
community anywhere in the United States, American authorities would resort
to decisive and drastic measures.
Serbia Today, 1997-04-29 ; Tanjug, 1997-04-29
[03] EXTREME NATIONALISM IN CROATIA A THREAT FOR PEACE IN THE BALKANS
Extreme nationalism in Croatia constitutes the greatest threat for peace in
the Balkans, states the editorial published yesterday by "The New York
Times", thus completing the series of warning articles authored by its
corespondent from former Yugoslavia. The same journalist wrote on various
occasions that official Zagreb, in spite of western pressure, continues to
obstruct the return of ethnic Serbs to Croatia, "discovered" that President
Tudjman is sabotaging the creation of the Croatian Moslem Federation in
Bosnia because of his unhidden ambition to annex Herzeg-Bosnia to Croatia,
described the methods used by Bosnian Croats to exile Moslems from Western
Mostar, stressed that the Croatian leadership refuses to cooperate with the
Hague Criminal Court. The latest editorial, entitled "Dangerous Croatian
Extremism" stresses that the threat in Croatia does not stem from a small
neo-Fascist group, like those in other countries, but rather from the
leaders of the ruling party that dream of a greater, and ethnically
cleansed Croatia. Tudjman's regime renewed some of the symbols and adopted
the ideological principles pursued by the previous Croatian state which
existed only during World War II as a Nazi puppet state and which allowed
the Ustashas to assassinate thousands of Resistance fighters, Serbs, and
Jews - stresses the editorial. Reiterating the evaluations offered by its
correspondent, The New York Times criticizes the US, Germany and the other
European countries for failing to use previous opportunities and pressure
Tudjman into giving up his nationalist plans.
Serbia Today, 1997-04-29 ; Politika, 1997-04-27
[04] INCITING DIFFIDENCE
Croatian Media report that yesterday the Office of Mr. Karl Bildt -
International Community High Representative for the implementation of the
peace agreement for Bosnia and Herzegovina, strongly criticized the
decision of the authorities in the Tuzla-Podrinje County to prohibit the
visit to Tuzla of the Orthodox Bishop of Zvornik and Tuzla. Msgr. Vasilije
was supposed to serve the Easter Mass on Sunday in Tuzla. County
authorities listed this high church prelate as a "persona non grata",
accusing him of backing the Bosnian Serbs with his behavior during the
civil war in Bosnia. Such an attitude - stresses Mr. Biltd's Office - is
contrary to the articles of the peace agreement and is only promoting
further inter-ethnic diffidence. The decision of the political leaders of
the Tuzla-Podrinje County "represents a new stimulus for division, and not
integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina", stresses the statement which also
warns that the freedom of movement must bee warranted to all citizens of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, unless the Criminal Court at the Hague raised an
indictment against them.
Serbia Today, 1997-04-29 ; Vecernje Novosti, 1997-04-29
[05] GALBRAITH: THE REHABILITATION OF PAVELIC IS UNACCEPTABLE
The US Ambassador to Croatia - Mr. Peter Galbraith, condemned all attempts
to rehabilitate Ante Pavelic - the leader of the WW II Nazi satellite -
Independent state of Croatia (NDH). "We have fought against him and what he
stood for and therefore we will neither forgive nor forget." - said Mr.
Galbraith in an interview published in the latest edition of the Split
weekly "Feral Tribune". I believe that Jasenovac represents sacred grounds
where one of the greatest horrors of World War II took place, said the US
Ambassador, and added: "The US Government opposed the idea of changing the
Jasenovac monument, turning it into a burial ground of those that supported
NDH as well." Mr. Galbraith underscored the rejection of rewritten WW II
history, specifying that "Facts concerning that particular period are cruel,
because the NDH regime was one of the cruelest in history and that can not
be changed."
Serbia Today, 1997-04-29 ; Ekspres, 1997-04-29
[06] RECORD HARVEST RESULTS OF YUGOSLAV HYBRID CORN IN GREECE
Out of the 295 new strains of hybrid corn, created at the Corn Institute in
Zemun Polje, the best harvest results have been achieved by the ZP-677
strain grown in Greece. A 1.2 hectare test field near Seresus yielded
21.000 kilograms of corn. Institute Director - Dr. Mile Ivanovic said that
22 strains from various countries have been tested in Greece and the
Yugoslav hybrid corn proved to be the best. About fifty other hybrid
strains created by the Institute over the past decades have been given
international recognition, and they have been introduced on all continents,
thanks to their quality, harvest yield and competitive quality. For this
years spring sowing, the Institute has exported about five thousand tons of
hybrid seeds to a dozen countries. Sufficient quantities of all types of
seeds - ranging from early to late vegetation - have been readied to meet
the needs of Yugoslav farmers.
Serbia Today, 1997-04-29 ; Politika, 1997-04-29
[07] EASTER FESTIVITIES
Easter liturgies, mass holly communion of the believers and distribution of
painted eggs, accompanied by the traditional Easter greeting "Christ
Resurrected", marked the Sunday celebration of Easter in the churches and
monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) both in the country and
abroad. In honor of the Resurrection of our Lord - representing the
paramount Christian festivity, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle served
solemn mass in the Belgrade Orthodox Cathedral. The traditional Easter
epistle to the believers, clergy and monks signed by the Serbian patriarch
and all Archbishops of Serbian Orthodox Church has been read in all the
Churches and monasteries. "With His Resurrection, our Lord gives hope to
all the believers in these dire and bitter times", reads the Epistle, along
with the prayer that "all temptations faced by our people be terminated;
that our people might be enlighten by the Sun of freedom wherever it lives;
that all refugees may return home and continue their life in peace." - but
also adds that the Serbian Orthodox Church "sympathizes with all those
whose temples have been destroyed."
Serbia Today, 1997-04-29 ; Politika, 1997-04-28
[08] YUGOSLAV CONSTITUTION DAY CELEBRATED
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia celebrated April 27th Constitution Day,
when - five years ago - the federation of Serbia and Montenegro was
proclaimed. Third Yugoslavia was created after the unilateral secession of
four former Yugoslav republics (Slovenia, Croatia Macedonia and Bosnia),
and the new state was officially inaugurated on April 27th 1992, during the
solemn session of the Federal Parliament, after the adoption of the
Constitution of FRY and the Declaration on basic principles and objectives
of the federation. Serbia and Montenegro, two ancient and internationally
recognized since the Berlin Congress in 1876, after the break-up of the six-
member federation, formed a common state, bearing in mind the principle
that the right to stay in the common state can't be lesser than the right
of the other republics to secede. Its new Constitution defines FR
Yugoslavia as a sovereign federal state, founded on the equality of its
citizens and republics. The Declaration adopted by the Parliament stresses
that FRY continues the state, international juridical and political essence
of former Yugoslavia and that it will strictly respect all previously
assumed obligations on the international level. The Federation also
categorically stated that it has no territorial pretensions towards any of
the neighboring countries and that it fully supports the principle of
avoiding the use of force in settling all controversies. In the Declaration,
FR Yugoslavia also expressed readiness to acknowledge the rights and
interests of the seceded republics, specifying that their recognition will
follow after the settlement of open questions created by their secession.
Serbia Today, 1997-04-29 ; Tanjug, 1997-04-27
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