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OMRI Daily Digest II, No. 204, 19 October 1995

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

Open Media Research Institute Directory

CONTENTS

  • [1] KARADZIC SAYS FRENCH AIRMEN "KIDNAPPED . . ."

  • [2] . . . BUT FRANCE CALLS HIS STATEMENT "GROTESQUE."

  • [3] KARADZIC CALLS TERRITORIAL MAP THE MAIN ISSUE.

  • [4] BOSNIAN SERBS CONTINUE TO ARREST FOREIGN JOURNALISTS.

  • [5] RUMP YUGOSLAVIA, BOSNIA TO OPEN LIAISON OFFICES.

  • [6] RUMP YUGOSLAV ARMY TESTS COMBAT PREPAREDNESS.

  • [7] NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR THE LIBERATION OF KOSOVO CALLS FOR RESISTANCE.

  • [8] MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT TO LEAVE HOSPITAL "VERY SOON."

  • [9] HUNGARIAN PREMIER IN CROATIA.

  • [10] ROMANIAN STUDENTS CONTINUE TO PROTEST FEES.

  • [11] MOLDOVAN STUDENTS RESUME PROTESTS.

  • [12] SUSPECT CHARGED WITH MURDER OF FORMER BULGARIAN DEPUTY MINISTER.


  • OMRI DAILY DIGEST

    No. 204, Part II, 19 October 1995

    SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE

    [1] KARADZIC SAYS FRENCH AIRMEN "KIDNAPPED . . ."

    Bosnian Serb leaderRadovan Karadzic told reporters on 18 October that the two French pilots shot down on 30 August have been kidnapped by unknown men. The pilots were allegedly undergoing medical treatment for injuries sustained in the crash when the mysterious abductors arrived. Karadzic suggested the kidnappers might be Muslims but did not indicate how a Muslim band might have gotten through what was presumably a tight security net. He also promised an investigation. The VOA on 19 October said it was the first admission by the Bosnian Serbs that they held the pilots. -- Patrick Moore

    [2] . . . BUT FRANCE CALLS HIS STATEMENT "GROTESQUE."

    Liberation reported on19 October that the issue of the airmen had been at the top of the agenda of Foreign Minister Herve de Charette when he arrived in Belgrade the previous day. The paper quoted unnamed French officials as saying that they felt that Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic "knows nothing about the fate of the pilots and that is rather disturbing." Another called Karadzic's story "grotesque," adding that "either the two pilots are dead and Karadzic does not want to say, or they are mocking us." -- Patrick Moore

    [3] KARADZIC CALLS TERRITORIAL MAP THE MAIN ISSUE.

    Nasa Borba on 19 October quoted the Bosnian Serb leader as again stressing that "the map" remains the key question for a future settlement. He added that Pale's ties to Belgrade have been "normalized" and that his own relations with Bosnian Serb commander General Ratko Mladic are "good." The Daily Telegraph quoted Karadzic as rejecting any claims that territorial gains by the allied armies in recent months mean that the Serbs will get less than the 49% of the republic's territory specified in the current partition plan. "We won't accept the result of this aggression," he declared in Banja Luka. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung stated that Bosnian Croat forces hold 30.6% of the total land area and government troops 21%. -- Patrick Moore

    [4] BOSNIAN SERBS CONTINUE TO ARREST FOREIGN JOURNALISTS.

    UNPROFOR officials in Sarajevo have confirmed that in addition to two Turkish journalists captured by Bosnian Serbs on 13 October and kept in a military prison near Sarajevo, Bosnian Serb police have detained one British and two American journalists at Pale, Slobodna Dalmacija reported on 19 October. Negotiations on their release have already started through the mediation of UNPROFOR and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Serbs have made the Turkish journalists' release conditional on the freeing of two Serbian journalists held by Bosnian government forces. But according to SRNA, the Serbian journalists have been killed in prison, BETA reported on 19 October. No independent sources have confirmed this story. Meanwhile, U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke told Oslobodjenje that Sarajevo should not become a new divided Berlin, while the BBC on 19 October quoted Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic as saying that Sarajevo must remain undivided. -- Daria Sito Sucic

    [5] RUMP YUGOSLAVIA, BOSNIA TO OPEN LIAISON OFFICES.

    Nasa Borba on 19 October reported that U.S. envoy Holbrooke announced in Sarajevo that Bosnia and rump Yugoslavia have agreed to open "liaison offices" in each other's capital. The announcement comes in the wake of Holbrooke's talks in Sarajevo with Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic and in Belgrade with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Holbrooke described this latest move as "a small step" toward improving ties between the two countries, which have had no official relations since war broke out in Bosnia in 1991. Belgrade has a similar "liaison" with Zagreb, but the arrangement has failed to produce any diplomatic breakthroughs. -- Stan Markotich

    [6] RUMP YUGOSLAV ARMY TESTS COMBAT PREPAREDNESS.

    Tanjug on 17 October reported that the Yugoslav Army General Staff issued a statement acknowledging that the Novi Sad Corps, based in Serbia's northern Vojvodina province, was holding maneuvers to test combat readiness. Reportedly involved in the exercise were infantry, mechanized, air, and maritime (river) units. Tanjug said troops were "well-trained" and "highly motivated." -- Stan Markotich

    [7] NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR THE LIBERATION OF KOSOVO CALLS FOR RESISTANCE.

    According to Gazeta Shqiptare on 19 October, the National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo in its publication Clirimi has called for an armed uprising to gain independence and to end the current deadlock. The movement, however, is rather isolated within the Kosovar political scene and does not represent the majority of Kosovar Albanians, who support the policy of peaceful resistance pursued by shadow-state President Ibrahim Rugova. -- Fabian Schmidt

    [8] MACEDONIAN PRESIDENT TO LEAVE HOSPITAL "VERY SOON."

    Medical sources inSkopje were quoted by AFP on 18 October as saying that Kiro Gligorov will be able to leave hospital "very soon." Gligorov, who was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt on 3 October, is still undergoing treatment, but doctors say his "condition has been fine for several days." Gligorov is scheduled to have talks with outgoing UN Special Envoy for the former Yugoslavia Yasushi Akashi on 18 October at the hospital. Meanwhile, delegations from Macedonia and Greece are continuing their talks in Athens on the opening of liaison offices in each other's capitals. -- Stefan Krause

    [9] HUNGARIAN PREMIER IN CROATIA.

    Gyula Horn, during an official visit to Zagreb on 18 October, met with President Franjo Tudjman and Prime Minister Nikica Valentic, Croatian and Hungarian newspapers reported the next day. The two premiers said after their meeting that discussion focused on the current situation in the region, with special attention given to bilateral economic relations. Horn said Hungary is willing to participate in the reconstruction of the Croatian and Bosnian economies by offering assistance worth $1 billion. -- Zsofia Szilagyi

    [10] ROMANIAN STUDENTS CONTINUE TO PROTEST FEES.

    Students on 18 October continued to stage protests in Bucharest and other cities to oppose official plans to implement university fees, Romanian media reported. Education Minister Liviu Maior defended the new fees, saying they applied only to students who fail to take their exams and have to repeat the year. But student leader Cristian Urse claimed that the authorities were intending to introduce "various" charges. A student delegation was later received by Maior and other ministers, and Premier Nicolae Vacaroiu spoke briefly to student leaders. The two sides signed a protocol aimed at paving the way for a compromise. But Radio Bucharest later quoted Urse as saying that the protests would continue, since the government is trying "to throw dust in the students' eyes." -- Dan Ionescu

    [11] MOLDOVAN STUDENTS RESUME PROTESTS.

    More than 8,000 students and teachers on 18 October marched through Chisinau to protest official cultural policies and deteriorating living conditions, BASA-press and Infotag reported. The demonstration marked the resumption of a wave of students protests and strikes in the spring that sparked a political crisis in Moldova. Professor Anatol Petrencu, head of the republican strike committee, stated that the main goal of the protest action was to force the government to resign. He also said the students continued to insist that the official language be renamed Romanian (instead of "Moldovan") and that the "history of the Romanians" be taught in schools and universities. The organizers said the protests would continue. -- Dan Ionescu

    [12] SUSPECT CHARGED WITH MURDER OF FORMER BULGARIAN DEPUTY MINISTER.

    Plamen Mironov, director of the insurance company "BG-Plan," was arrested on 17 October and charged with the murder of former Deputy Education Minister Lambo Kyuchukov, Demokratsiya reported on 19 October. Bogdan Karayotov of the National Investigation Agency confirmed that proceedings against Mironov have started but gave no details about the motive or the evidence. Kyuchukov was killed on 7 July near Sofia (see OMRI Daily Digest, 10 July 1995), two hours after meeting with Mironov. Demokratsiya reports that he had signed a cooperation contract with "BG- Plan" and tried to convince the Education Ministry to become a client of the company. Mironov's lawyer said there is no evidence against his client and demanded that he be released. -- Stefan Krause

    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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