SRNA REVIEW OF DAILY NEWS, May 14, 1996

Srpska Republica News Agency (SRNA) Directory

From: Mirjana Petrovic <almirja@cotton.vislab.olemiss.edu>

SARAJEVO - At the IFOR's press conference held today at Pale, the representatives of multiethnic forces couldn't say whether the Moslems, caught by Serbs near Zvornik were terrorists. The spokesman of International Police Task Forces /IPTF/ Alexander Ivanko said that they know that three seven Moslems admitted that they participated the killing of four Serbs at Krusev Do, located 50 km from Milici.

SARAJEVO - "The ethnic partition of Bosnia must be prevented, if there is a wish to avoid a series of wars in Balkans. That is the recipe for the long term chaos in this important part of the Europe", stated recently the High Representative of the international community Carl Bildt in his special statement for CNN. And now, let's imagine the situation as it would be if, let's say so , on May 1991 some "influential international diplomat", with the decisiveness that Bildt shows, stated for CNN "the same, but little different": "The ethnic partition of Yugoslavia must be prevented, if we wish to avoid the series of wars at Balkans. That is the recipe for long term chaos in important part of Europe", is written in the commentary of Zeljko Grujic with an title "Tailoring the marionette shirt".

BELGRADE - The ordinary session of the Holly Synod started at Belgrade. According to the sources closely related to the church, today's "Evening news" announces that the topics will be, mainly, about the problems of the church in Diaspora, between which there will be the returning of expelled Serbian priests and believers to there homes in Croatia and at the area of CroatMoslem Federation, as well as about the problem of independence of the Macedonia church.

BERLIN - While criticising the authorities of some European countries because of the allegation that they abandoned the Dayton Agreement in their private conversations, recent US mediator for the former Bosnia Richard Hoolbruck asserted that the White House from the beginning of the war until today was devoted to creating of the unitary state, dominated by Moslems - reports todays "Secksische Zeitung". In its commentary on his statement to London's "Times", this news assesses that Hoolbruck now, as a private person, became more specific.

BRUSSELS - The answers offered by the main witness, the British historian James Gow, in the trial against Dusan Tadic, to his defence undermined the positions of many western politician and commentators, assessed Belgian press in the first reactions after the beginning of the trial in Hague. Influential Belgium newspapers, like "Le'Soir" and "Standard", underline that Gow, which before this trial was famous of his his excellent knowledge of the situation in Yugoslavia, for the first three days answered at the "friendly questions" of the Hague judges, "causing the doubt in the spontaneity of their dialogue."

LONDON - At this moment throughout the Europe there are about 700,000 refugees from the former Bosnia, and the number of those who were ready to return after the invitation of Sarajevo regime is minor, reports SRNA according to the sources close to UNHCR in London. The majority of 25 states, which accommodated Bosnian refugees, are openly announcing that the majority of these people would be returned until the summer this year, because after the end of the war the conditions for normal living were created.

ZURICH - "Noe Zuricher Zeitung" reports that at the end of the last and the beginning of this week the tensions in Sarajevo and Mostar were increased. It also states that in the mutual shooting at Dobrinja, Sarajevo, one Serb and one Moslem were wounded, and that the tensions in Mostar were caused by the Moslem parties which has decided to boycott the local elections, if the terms for applications of candidates, expired on Monday, do not change.

BANJALUKA - The second advisory meeting of the military prosecutors of the Army of Republika Srpska /VRS/, at which the work of the military prosecutors in the year 1995 will be analysed, will be held at BanjaLuka. Few topics will be discussed, between them four professional issues.

ZVORNIK - The Association of the war veterans from 1991 in the area of the Zvornik municipality requested for the president of the Republic Association Djuradj Davidovic to be released from duty. In the press announcement the reason for this change was his participating at the left party meetings and his attitudes he expressed there.

BELGRADE - The series of the worker's protests happening in Serbia didn't stop till today. About 10.00 h A.M., when the protest of workers of the Belgrade's factory for motors and tractors IMT was announced, in front the federal parliament have gathered about 1,500 workers, while from the surrounding streets permanently new were coming. About 500 workers from the early morning were demonstrating in front of the Government house, discontented with yesterday's negotiations with the deputy premier Slobodan Babic.

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