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Serbia Today, 97-03-25
Serbia Today
CONTENTS
[01] WORKING VISIT OF ATHENS BUSINESSMEN TO YUGOSLAVIA
[02] DEPRIVED AND HUMILIATED
[03] UNACCEPTABLE VIEWS OF THE UNHCR
[04] THE LIST OF A POLITICAL NATURE
[05] GOVERNMENT OF SERBIA PRESENTED DRAFT VERSION OF THE LAW ON OWNERSHIP
TRANSFORMATION
[06] HASTY SETTLING OF KNIN
[07] TERRIBLE TESTIMONY OF A RAPED SERBIAN WOMAN
[08] ENTIRE COPIC'S HERITAGE TURNED TO ASHES
[01] WORKING VISIT OF ATHENS BUSINESSMEN TO YUGOSLAVIA
For the first time after almost five decades, a delegation of businessmen
from the region of Athens is to come on a working visit to Yugoslavia this
week. In the organization of the Trade and Industrial Chamber of Athens,
from March 26 to 28, 1997 representatives of 33 Greek companies will be
visiting Belgrade. It was stated in the Chamber of Economy of Yugoslavia
that this will be a representative delegation of businessmen who are having
production and trading companies in most of the key economic branches: in
pharmaceutics, food industry, production of aluminum, electrical
engineering, manufacture of hydraulic and sanitary equipment, civil
engineering, metal industry, production of cosmetics, non-metals, tobacco,
paper. Delegation will also contain representatives of the banks and it was
already announced that the Athens businessmen in the talks with their
Yugoslav counterparts, further to the exports of their products, will also
offer various other forms of production cooperation.
Serbia Today, 1997-03-25 ; Politika, 1997-03-25
[02] DEPRIVED AND HUMILIATED
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in Macedonia has raised its
voice because of the cases of desecration of Serbian cemeteries in
Macedonia. Protests were also sent by the Union of Associations of Veterans
from the Liberation Wars of Serbia from 1912-1920 and yesterday on the same
occasion the communique was released by the Holy Synod of the Serbian
Orthodox Church. In the communique condemnation is expressed of the
destruction of Serbian cultural and historical monuments and warning given
that in this former Yugoslav republic constitutional status of Serbs is not
solved yet, which is a precondition for solution of all the other problems -
Serbian schools, legalization of the eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox
Church, cultural institutions, mass media, participation in the state
authorities. The attempts to influence the actual government in Macedonia
to open schools in the Serbian language, did not bear fruit, except in the
village of Kuceviste, reads the communique, with the remark that all this
is accompanied by demonization of Serbs as occupiers in these areas. It is
further stated that in Macedonia there is not a single newspaper or radio
station and television channel in the Serbian language, that Macedonian
authorities did not allow establishment of church municipalities of the
Serbian Orthodox Church. Serbs in Macedonia are the poorest part of the
population because the regions in which they are living are neglected, so
in this way there is a premeditated instigation for the migration of the
Serbian population. There are no Serbs either in the legislative
authorities while the Association of Serbs and Montenegrins in Macedonia
and the Democratic Party of Serbs in Macedonia are under constant pressure
by the authorities, exposed to intimidation, reads the communique of the
Serbian Orthodox Church.
Serbia Today, 1997-03-25 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-03-25
[03] UNACCEPTABLE VIEWS OF THE UNHCR
"Belgrade office of the UN High Commissariat for Refugees (UNHCR) offered
in Geneva a draft document in which as a permanent solution for the
majority of refugees in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia integration is
implied, but in this respect there were no consultations with the competent
institutions of our country", stated Bratislava Morina, Commissioner for
Refugees of Serbia, upon her return from Geneva and the regional meeting of
the Commissariats for Refugees of Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, both
entities of Bosnia-Herzegovina and the representatives of the international
organizations and donors. Prejudice that the largest number of refugees
will remain in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is in contradiction with
the general determination of the UNHCR and the international community for
repatriation, as the best solution for refugees from the territories of
former Yugoslavia, but is also contradictory to the economic potential of
the FR of Yugoslavia, says Morina. The data are showing that an enormous
majority of refugees wishes to return, especially the refugees from Krajina,
and in this respect especially the UNHCR should have a more active role
with the Croat authorities. On the other hand, the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia is economically exhausted during the last years. The approach of
the UNHCR which is supporting integration is endangering the elementary
existence of refugees, especially without a clear humanitarian aid of the
international community, stated Marina and especially warned that the
termination of the program of aid may bring about a humanitarian
catastrophe.
Serbia Today, 1997-03-25 ; Borba, 1997-03-25
[04] THE LIST OF A POLITICAL NATURE
The latest and now reduced list to 150 names of suspected Serbs from the
region of Baranja, Western Srem and Eatsren Slavonia, who are accused by
the Croat authorities of war crimes, is causing great excitement in the
ranks of Serbian political parties and organizations. It is not published
yet who is on that list, because allegedly negotiations are still taking
place between the Serbian and the Croat sides and General Klein, but Zagreb
daily "Vjesnik" has nevertheless published several of the most renown
names. They are Slavko Dokmanovic, Mile Pavkovic, Goran Hadzic, Ilija
Kresojevic, Mile Knezevic, Rade Gvojic, Grujo Amidzic, Milos Stanimirovic,
Radoslav Stanimirovic and Nenad Zigic. While commenting this list of the
suspects, president of the Alliance of Serbian Organizations and deputy in
the Croat Parliament (Sabor) Dr. Milorad Pupovac says: "The list is of a
political nature, and only in part based on legal grounds. On this list
there are persons who according to legal indicators should not be there.
The initial list of Serbs suspected of various crimes contained some 3,000
names, to be gradually reduced at the pressure from the international
community. With what aims and motives it was compiled speaks also the fact
that on the list were the names of persons already deceased and of persons
living and working in Canada.
Serbia Today, 1997-03-25 ; Politika ekspres, 1997-03-25
[05] GOVERNMENT OF SERBIA PRESENTED DRAFT VERSION OF THE LAW ON OWNERSHIP
TRANSFORMATION
Government of Serbia yesterday presented to the public draft version of the
new Law on Ownership Transformation, with the accompanying Rule Book on
evaluation of the value of capital. This has practically opened the public
debate on one of the most important systemic and reform laws and has
invited all the interested political parties, associations of businessmen
and employees, scientists and professionals to give their contribution with
their suggestions, proposals and remarks over the next month, for this Law
to be of as high quality as possible. "It is our aim with this Law, most of
all to contribute towards better efficiency of the economy and through the
offered models for transformation of the social capital to give additional
motivation to those employed and all the others who were in the past giving
their contribution to the creation of the social wealth of our country.
Therefore, the priority in the ownership transformation must have those who
have created this social property, but also all the employed, both past and
present, who have through the development of social activities and work of
the state contributed to the normal functioning of the economy and society.
This approach has made it possible for the proposed solutions to be
supported by the trade unions, chambers of economy and all the other
interested participants", said at the presentation of this Law Prime
Minister of the Republic of Serbia Mirko Marjanovic. He further underlined
that it is the wish of the Government to provide legal framework for the
ownership, business, financial and organizational transformation of the
large-scale enterprises for which the state and society are especially
interested. "We are convinced that through the ownership transformation on
the basis of the proposed solutions, the situation will be finally resolved
regarding the ownership transformation of the Serbian economy, which is an
important prerequisite to establish between the state, banks and
transformed enterprises new and stable relations which exist in all the
modern market economies. This is an important condition for establishment
of a lasting economic and social security", underlined Prime Minister
Marjanovic.
Serbia Today, 1997-03-25 ; Tanjug, 1997-03-25
[06] HASTY SETTLING OF KNIN
Croat pro-government newspaper "Slobodna Dalmacija" underlines yesterday
not without pride, that Kistanje are alive again, because the first
settlers have arrived. Kistanje is soon to be renamed Janjevo, after a
village in Kosmet from where the Croats are arriving into this centuries-
old Serbian region. By the colonization of Kistanje it is scheduled in the
first phase to accommodate 200 inhabitants in 54 completely reconstructed
houses, and until the end of May another 124 buildings will be completed
for some 300 Croat families from Kosmet. Local authorities in Kistanje, at
one time an Orthodox village whose population escaped in the face of the
Croat military offensive "The Storm", are only waiting for the settlers to
settle down and immediately will submit to the Croat Parliament (Sabor)
their official proposal for the change of name Kistanje into Janjevo and
thus delete the last Serbian trace in this part of Krajina. Milan Djukic,
president of the Serbian National Party, warns that the state of human
rights of the remaining Serbs and Serbs refugees is not deteriorating from
day to day, but from hour to hour. "We have enormous proof that government
of Croatia is not only failing to repair destroyed and plundered houses of
its citizens Serbs, but is not even allowing them access to their homes
into which it is hastily settling Croat refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina
and settlers from Kosmet", says Djukic.
Serbia Today, 1997-03-25 ; Politika ekspres, 1997-03-25
[07] TERRIBLE TESTIMONY OF A RAPED SERBIAN WOMAN
By the hearing of six new witnesses yesterday before the five-member
judicial council of the Municipal Court of Banja Luka the main trial was
continued of Alija Izetbegovic, indicted for war crimes against civilian
population, prisoners of war, sick and wounded. In the so far the most
terrible testimony given by the witness Persa Vujic from Zenica, she was
telling of her rape committed against her by the two Muslims, Senad
Kapetanovic and a certain Kahriman, after having previous beaten up herself,
her father and mother in law. At the question of the attorney what
connection she sees here with Alija Izetbegovic, Mrs. Vujic said: "For my
tragedy and tragedy of the other innocent Serbs the guilty is exclusively
Alija Izetbegovic who was ordering arrests and persecution, and after this
rape many Serbs from Zenica in masses started to escape into the Serbian
territory".
Serbia Today, 1997-03-25 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-03-25
[08] ENTIRE COPIC'S HERITAGE TURNED TO ASHES
In Hasani on Grmec Mount, the native village of the great Serbian writer
Branko Copic, Muslim army has erased all trace which would remind of this
great man. This was verified by the representatives of the Foundation
Branko Copic who have for the first time after the war, visited Copic's
native village, which according to the Dayton Agreement was returned within
the composition of the Republic of Srpska. There is no more the center of
the village, and all Copic's heritage is in ashes. Memorial school where
there was a school desk with engraved initials of young Copic, was burnt to
the ground, just like the poet's native house and the reconstructed
Orthodox church. His memorial rooms were also turned to ashes and the
poet's bronze statute which was placed in front of the school is now
missing. Representatives of the Foundation and former close associates of
Branko Copic, say that it is the case of a pathological hate of Muslims
towards Serbian people, its tradition and culture. Serbs will return again
to the village of Hasani, just like they returned long ago when Turks
expelled them, and with them the memories of Branko Copic will become alive
again, said to the guests Srecko Radjenovic, president of the municipal
assembly of Srpska Krupa.
Serbia Today, 1997-03-25 ; Borba, 1997-03-25
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