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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, trece izdanje, 30. decembar 1996. UPOZORENJE FORIN OFISA SRBIJI Velika Britanija nastavlja sa nesmanjenom paznjom da prati razvoj dogadjaja u Srbiji, a danas je tim povodom i Forin ofis objavio zvanicno saopstenje. Kako za FoNet javlja Tamara Milanovic, Britanija je upozorila Srbiju da ne sprecava proteste opozicije i izjavila da bi nepostupanje u skladu sa izbornim rezultatima moglo da naskodi njenom odnosu sa ostalim delom sveta. U saopstenju se kaze da je Britanija duboko zabrinuta najnovijim razvojem dogadjaja u Srbiji. Pozivaju se vlasti da ne sprecavaju pristalice opozicije u mirnim okupljanjima i protestima i da postuju ljudska prava svih svojih gradjana. Sve strane treba da se uzdrzavaju od provokacija i nasilja. Neuspeh vlasti u Srbiji da brzo i pozitivno odgovore na izvestaj bivseg spanskog premijera Felipea Gonzalesa imace negativan uticaj na odnose Srbije sa Evropskom unijom i ostatkom medjunarodne zajednice, kaze se u zvanicnom saopstenju Forin ofisa. EVROPSKI DNEVNICI O SITUACIJI U SRBIJI Vecina vodecih evropskih dnevnika posvecuje danas svoje uvodnike situaciji u Srbiji, javlja za FoNet dopisnik Nase Borbe Mirko Klarin. Njihov je zajednicki zakljucak da predsednik Slobodan Milosevic ugrozava Srbiju, a da je opozicija jaca i stiti od ponovnog uvodjenja sankcija. Ako iko i ista danas destabilizuje Srbiju, onda to, po evropskim komentatorima, nisu fantomske ,,strane sile'' i njihova navodna ,,peta kolona'', vec sam predsednik Milosevic i njegova cvrsta resenost da svim sredstvima i po svaku cenu sacuva svoju vlast. ,,Zalosno ga je gledati'' -- pise danas uvodnicar briselskog dnevnika ,,Libr Belzik'' -- ,,kako se, uz rizik da zemlju baci u gradjanski rat, grcevito drzi vlasti... koju ce izgubiti za dan, mesec ili godinu''. Do manje-vise identicnog zakljucka da je Milosevic ,,na kraju puta'', ali i da taj kraj moze da bude i dug i veoma bolan, dolaze i ostali evropski listovi. U analizi posvecenoj ,,dvojici umornih tirana'', londonski ,,Gardijan'' predvidja slican kraj i Milosevicevom ,,najboljem neprijatelju'', hrvatskom predsedniku Franji Tudjmanu. ,,Ako iko i ista danas jaca Srbiju, time sto popravlja njenu poslednjih godina veoma naruzenu medjunarodnu reputaciju, onda su to'' -- napisao je danas uvodnicar londonskog ,,Fajnensel tajmsa'' -- ,,srpska opozicija i njeno dostjanstveno drzanje u proteklih sest sedmica''. Prema uvodniku pariskog ,,Monda'', za zapadne demokratije nema trenutno vaznijeg zadatka nego da doprinesu ,,pomirenju srpskog naroda sa medjunarodnom zajednicom'', nakon sto je beogradski rezim, tokom ratnih godina, ubedio svoj narod da mu je ostatak sveta -- ,,neprijatelj''. Niz najuglednijih evropskih listova poziva svoje vlade da -- dok u Beogradu ne prihvate preporuke Gonsalesove misije -- ,,obustave sve kontakte i poslove sa Milosevicem i njegovom klikom'', ali da istovremeno pojacaju podrsku srpskoj opoziciji i civilnom drustvu. Konacno, ako iko i ista danas stiti Srbiju od ponovnog uvodjenja sankcija, onda to -- zakljucuju evropski komentatori -- nije Rusija (kojoj beogradski rezim sluzi kao jeftina moneta u potkusurivanju za Zapadom), vec su to, opet, srpska opozicija i njeno nedvosmisleno izjasnjavanje protiv takvog vida pritiska na rezim. Takav stav opozicije uvodnicar ,,Monda'' navodi kao glavni argument protiv obnavljanja sankcija, dokazujuci kako su one ,,batina sa dva kraja''. Slicno rezonuje i ,,Fajnensel tajms'', suprostavljajuci se ekonomskim sankcijama sem u slucaju da se one mogu selektivno sprovesti, tako da ,,pogode samo Milosevica i njegovu kliku, a postede srpski narod''. Po londonskom finansijskom dnevniku, to bi se, mozda, moglo postici zamrzavanjem njihovih individualnih racuna u svetskim bankama. Prema uvodnicaru ,,Dejli telegrafa'', ponovno ,,pritezanje sankcija'' bi, ipak, trebalo ostaviti kao alternativu za slucaj Milosevicevog ,,konacnog obracuna sa demonstrantima'' ili njegovog definitivnog odbacivanja izbora misije OEBS.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, trece izdanje, 30. decembar 1996. MADJARSKI MEDIJI O PROTESTIMA U SRBIJI Izborna prevara zbog koje je Srbija sada na ivici gradjanskog rata bila je nepromisljen potez rezima Slobodana Milosevica jer su rezultati saveznih izbora pokazali da vecina gradjana podrzava aktuelnu vlast, ma koliko ona bila nedemokratska, centralizovana i povrh svega korumpirana, ocenjuje u danasnjem redakcijskom komentaru madjarski dnevnik ,,Nepsabadsag''. Kako javlja dopisnik FoNeta Dragan Jakovljevic, list pise da je ta greska vladajuce garniture izbacila na videlo cinjenicu da se samovolja aktuelnog predsednika i njegovog jednopartijskog drzavnog aparata ipak ne moze sprovoditi bez ikakvih ogranicenja. ,,Nepsabadsag'' dodaje da je Milosevic upao u sopstvenu klopku iz koje, kako se navodi, nece moci da se izvuce zrtvovanjem pojedinaca iz svog okruzenja jer bi time potkopao piramidu na cijem vrhu sedi. Opozicija bi takvu situaciju mogla da iskoristi kada bi osim ne mnogo popularne strane podrske i jasne namere rusenja sadasnje vlasti imala i adekvatan politicki program. Ona ga, medjutim, po svemu sudeci nema, bas kao sto ni rezim nema predstavu kako bi se bezbolno izvukao iz zamke u koju je upao. Za to vreme situacija u Srbiji je pred eksplozijom i ako do nje dodje, odgovorna ce biti iskljucivo vlast, zakljucuje ,,Nepsabadsag''. POTPISAN PROTOKOL MODALITETA SASTANAKA SAVETA MINISTARA Na danasnjoj 11. sednici Predsednistva BiH, odrzanoj u Lukavici, kopredsedavajuci Saveta ministara potpisali su Protokol modaliteta sastanaka Saveta ministara BiH, prenosi SRNA. Sledeci svoje odluke od 30. novembra i 12. decembra 1996. godine, Predsednistvo poziva Predstavnicko vece BiH da se sastane u Sarajevu 3. januara 1997. godine i odobri imenovanje kopredsedavajucih Saveta ministara i, nakon sto budu imenovani, da odobri imenovanja potpredsedavajuceg, ministara i njihovih zamenika -- stoji u saopstenju izdatom nakon sastanka. Predsednistvo je, takodje, pozvalo Vece naroda BiH da istog dana odrzi svoju inauguralnu sednicu u Lukavici. KRAJISNIK: KONSTRUKTIVNA SEDNICA PREDSEDNISTVA Predstavnik Republike Srpske u Predsednistvu BiH Momcilo Krajisnik ocenio je danasnju sednicu ovog tela kao konstruktivnu, pozdravio dogovor o konstituisanju preostalih zajednickih organa, te najavio da bi uskoro trebalo da bude oformljena i Centralna banka, javlja SRNA. On je naglasio da je raspravljen i nesporazum sa visokim predstavnikom Mihaelom Stajnerom, koji je objasnio zasto Predstavnicki dom nije konstituisan prosli put, kada su poslanici iz RS vise od 48 sati cekali na Palama pocetak sednice. ,,Uspostavljanjem zajednickih organa RS ce imati vise ovlascenja i prava nego sto to danas ima'' -- zakljucio je Kajisnik. KUCAN POVERIO DRNOVSEKU MANDAT Slovenacki predsednik Milan Kucan okoncao je danas sedam nedelja postizborne neizvesnosti, imenujuci bivseg premijera Janeza Drnovseka za predsednika nove manjinske vlade. Izbori u Sloveniji, odrzani 10. novembra dali su parlament u kome ni Drnovsekova Liberalno demokratska stranka (levi centar), ni Slovenacka narodna stranka Marjana Podobnika (desni centar) nisu mogle da obezbede vecinu. Drnovsekova stranka je osvojila najvise glasova na izborima, a parlament ce se o njegovoj kandidaturi za premijera izjasniti pocetkom januara. Pripremio(la): Valentina Delic
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Sa Pro-a: ================================ Forum, Mediji.1449, drakce (6.1449) Uto 31/12/1996 05:27, 4051 chr :: Associated Press ---------------------------------------------------------------- Rifts Emerge in Serb Army By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press Writer Monday, December 30, 1996 3:56 pm EST BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- President Slobodan Milosevic used the Yugoslav army as his loyal strike force in Croatia and Bosnia, and rewarded it afterward by taking away its money and prestige. Officers are bitter -- and they may be ready to fight back. Signs are emerging that some officers in the traditionally secretive army support the tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters whose daily demonstrations mark the toughest challenge to Milosevic's nine years in power. The military has nowhere near the strength it had a few years ago when it was Europe's fourth-largest army. But it remains the only force in Yugoslavia capable of defending the opposition movement. The Serb leader's loyal police force has blocked protests and beaten protesters. ``Some of the troops commanded by younger officers could soon hit the streets, preventing Milosevic's police from beating up and harassing demonstrators,'' said analyst Radovan Petrovic, who writes for several Belgrade newspapers and is known to be close to the military. ``What we see is the deep split within the army over democratic demands for changes in Serbia,'' he said. ``Younger army officers are with the people, while the older ones are still with Milosevic.'' About 60,000 people took to the streets again Monday -- the 41st day of protests that started after Milosevic annulled local elections that opposition candidates had won in November. International mediators have told Milosevic to concede defeat, but he has ignored them. The opposition has been buoyed, however, by a statement Sunday from a group of army officers who declared that ``our jets, tanks, cannons and howitzers will aim exclusively at enemies.'' ``If need be, we will lead the Serb people into the final, victorious truth. We want to live in a dignified, free and democratic country, without anyone's dictatorship,'' said the statement, signed only with the names of military units. The officers, some belonging to the elite 63rd Commando Unit based in Serbia's second-largest city of Nis, called on army chief of staff Gen. Momcilo Perisic to declare whether he and the brass stand ``with the people, with the young generation, with the future.'' Petrovic said the chief of staff and senior officers were part of the old Communist military leadership that prefers stability, even though Milosevic has slashed their budgets and power. The army issued a statement indicating that it intended to remain neutral. ``The army general staff and the army as a whole are united in the consistent fulfillment of their duties,'' it said. ``Any other interpretation of the army's role does not represent its official stand, regardless of how that is presented to the public.'' A meeting Monday between the army chief and Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic, a Milosevic lieutenant, was a likely sign of concern among Milosevic aides about the army's reliability. As the old Yugoslav federation disintegrated, Milosevic used the Yugoslav People's Army to intervene in the republics of Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia. He also sent army tanks into Belgrade streets in March 1991 to quell massive protests against him. He was suspicious, however, of the Communist-trained officer corps. In recent years, he purged its ranks and rechanneled funds into a loyal and already well-equipped police force. Independent sources say the police number about 100,000, the army numbers about 114,000, and the army reservists, about 400,000. While the army brass remains loyal, lower-ranking officers are fed up. Younger officers and field commanders complain about their low status and are believed to be ready to openly joint opposition ranks. Officers' salaries are behind schedule. Recruits complain of hunger because of a lack of money for even regular meals in the barracks. (c) Copyright 1996 The Associated Press ------------------------------------------------- 6.1449 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1450, drakce (6.1450) Uto 31/12/1996 05:27, 3815 chr :: Associated Press ---------------------------------------------------------------- Milosevic Urged To Accept Vote By JUDITH INGRAM Associated Press Writer Monday, December 30, 1996 7:12 pm EST BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- The first crack appeared Monday in the ruling Serbian coalition's stand against an opposition uprising, when an ally of President Slobodan Milosevic urged him to respect democracy and reinstate opposition election victories. Although small, the New Democratic Party would deal a blow to Milosevic's coalition government if it pulled out to protest his annulment of the November elections. A leader of the moderate-leftist party pointedly did not rule that out, saying it was considering all its options in its insistence upon ``full democracy.'' ``We will never participate either in revolution or dictatorship,'' party vice president Zarko Jokanovic said. The dissent within the coalition further buoyed the opposition, elated Sunday by a declaration from a group of army officers that they would never turn their weapons against the demonstrators. Students and supporters of the political opposition to Milosevic marched by the tens of thousands Monday, as they have daily since Milosevic annulled their Nov. 17 election victories. Seeking to outwit police, who last week banned their marches on the pretext of keeping the capital streets open to traffic, the students urged people Monday to drive their cars into the city center to block the streets. But few drivers appeared to respond to the appeal, and buses that the students tried to rent for the blockade were prevented by the police from coming downtown. As in the past several days, the roughly 5,000 student protesters were confined Monday to a downtown pedestrian area, watched by police in full riot gear. Students urged Milosevic in a New Year's message to accept the findings of international fact-finders, who announced their conclusion Friday that the opposition won elections in 14 communities, including Belgrade and Nis. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe urged Milosevic to concede defeat, and gave him until Thursday to reply to their findings. ``It seems we are one step from democracy; but it's been a long time since we've been so close to civil war,'' the students said in a statement faxed to The Associated Press. ``With every day of hesitation we are further from the world that we desperately long for. ... Now is the time to act like a statesman, with honor and determination,'' the students said. Another 60,000 opposition supporters defied frigid weather and riot police -- most of them sitting in buses throughout the city center -- to protest against Milosevic. Some demonstrators pelted riot police with snowballs. The Independence trade union wrote Milosevic to warn him that it would confront police if they continue to beat workers at rallies. It said several of its activists had been badly beaten recently. Gorjan Lalic, one of the union's leaders, said that members would organize their own security, which will ``be ready to fight back if attacked by police.'' Meanwhile, opposition leader Vuk Draskovic urged leaders of Montenegro, the small republic that shares the Yugoslav federation with Serbia, to boycott the federal parliament. ``Even Europe and the United States cannot help us as much as small Montenegro,'' Draskovic said. The parliament of Montenegro met Monday to discuss a resolution of the unrest in Serbia. The Yugoslav Left Party led by Mirjana Markovic, Milosevic's wife, said Monday that the head of its chapter in the central Serbian town of Kraljevo was attacked Sunday night by opposition supporters, and demanded that the police take action. It gave no other details of the attack. (c) Copyright 1996 The Associated Press ------------------------------------------------- 6.1450 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1451, drakce (6.1451) Uto 31/12/1996 05:27, 5813 chr :: Christian Science Monitor ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday December 31, 1996 Edition Why Serbia Opposition Aims At First Lady's Power, Privilege Paul Wood, Special to The Christian Science Monitor BELGRADE -- To thousands of protesters who have marched in Belgrade for seven weeks, everything wrong with Serbia comes down to the ruling family - particularly the wife of President Slobodan Milosevic. Demonstrators hold up pictures of Mira Markovic and shout "red witch." As her husband's closest confidant and leader of her own neo-communist party, she is depicted as the power behind the throne. And as pressure against the regime builds, the opposition widely believes Ms. Markovic, more than her husband, is pushing for a hard-line response - and maybe even a violent crackdown. Markovic was christened Mirjana, but as a child she adopted her mother's partisan nom de guerre, Mira, which means "peace." Her mother was shot as a traitor in 1942 after revealing the names of comrades under torture by Hitler's Gestapo. Her father, a senior Communist Party boss, is said to have ignored his daughter. Mr. Milosevic's early life was touched by similar tragedy: Both parents committed suicide. The couple has been close since meeting at school in the small Serbian town of Pozarevac. <Picture>POWER COUPLE: President Slobodan Milosevic and his wife, Mirjana Markovic, are Serbia's most powerful politicians. But protests have put them under siege. (SRDJAN ILIC/AP) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Markovic helped manage her husband's rise to power in the mid-1980s. A professor of Marxism at Belgrade University, she now has her own party, the Yugoslav United Left (JUL). The party has achieved great influence in Yugoslav political life, beyond its tiny popular support. "JUL is a mass of contradictions," says Belgrade commentator Dejan Anastasijevic. "It is a mixture of war criminals, smugglers, state industry bosses, and idealists." The membership of JUL (pronounced "yule") comes mostly from governing and business elite. It has little popular support, polling 2 to 3 percent in elections. JUL politicians, however, make up about half of the Cabinet and a third of parliament. It is seen as a communist party, but it recently campaigned for privatizing state firms. Western diplomats in Belgrade say that JUL's influence means that any privatization will not be genuine. Diplomats say the political elite in JUL will either retain control over key industries or enrich themselves in the process of privatization. "Serbia is a country run for the benefit of 200 families," comments one outside observer. Markovic wears a trademark plastic flower in her black hair and affects girlish mannerisms. But her influence is preeminent. Her column in Belgrade's Duga magazine is known as "the horoscope" for its accurate predictions of which ministers are to be sacked. As protests in Belgrade began to build - after authorities canceled Nov. 17 local election results in 13 towns that the opposition won - Markovic rushed back to Belgrade from a book tour in China. More than just restoring election results, the opposition says it wants to sweep away "Serbia's police state" and break the government's virtual media monopoly. When Markovic returned, hers became the first official voice to counter the demonstrators. In the Duga column she called protesters "fascist malcontents." This rhetoric, along with appeals to peace, brotherhood, and unity, evokes Yugoslavia's communist past. Many in Serbia are concerned that it will revive the old conflict between communist partisans and Chetniks (anti-communist nationalists). Meanwhile, another conflict may be brewing between the regime and the military. This week, the opposition began circulating a letter apparently from several Army officers - including some from the elite 63rd Brigade. In it, the officers say they won't turn against protesters - as the military has done in previous protests. "We will not be against our people," it says. "Our planes, tanks, and weapons will be turned against the enemy." While the rift with the military could be just beginning, Markovic has long feuded with Danica Draskovic, wife of opposition leader Vuk Draskovic. "She is from a lowly family," wrote Markovic of Mrs. Draskovic, "and has the hysterical belligerence of inferior people, especially nonachieving women." In what is known in Serbia as "the war of the wives," Draskovic hit back, writing in her own column that Markovic "sees herself as she would like to be and projects her own features onto her hated and dangerous rivals." The ill feeling extends to Milosevic's whole family. Antigovernment demonstrators carry flags of the Italian carmaker Ferrari - a satirical reference to Milosevic's son, Marko, who drives a Ferrari. He wants to be a racing driver and has reportedly crashed more than 20 cars. The police haven't pursued inquiries into the accidents. Milosevic's daughter, Marija, owns a radio station that many critics say was bought with a loan from a state bank. All this has political significance - stirring up the passions of the people against the elite and inviting comparisons with Romania's Ceaucescu family, or the Philippines' Marcos family. The Milosevic offspring are seen as part of the elite: businessmen, Socialist and JUL officials, and war profiteers who enjoy a life of expensive cars and cellular phones. Because the average wage in Serbia is $120 per month, the opposition seeks to make Markovic's power - and the privileges her family enjoys - the focus of discontent for many Serbs about their own poor standard of living. (c) Copyright 1996 The Christian Science Publishing Society. ------------------------------------------------- 6.1451 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1452, drakce (6.1452) Uto 31/12/1996 05:27, 8274 chr :: Los Angeles Times ---------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, December 30, 1996 NEWS ANALYSIS Serbia Offers Poor Ground for a Velvet Revolution, Observers Say <Picture> Balkans: Belgrade's student protesters plan today to honor peaceful revolt that toppled Czechoslovakia's Communists. By TRACY WILKINSON, Times Staff Writer BELGRADE, Yugoslavia--Serbian students protesting against President Slobodan Milosevic plan to march to the Czech Republic Embassy today to place flowers in honor of the so-called Velvet Revolution that toppled communism in Czechoslovakia seven years ago. The comparison between anti-Milosevic rallies here and the domino demonstrations that ended communism in most of Eastern Europe in 1989 is a common one. It is an analogy that the students and opposition parties leading the Serbian protests enjoy and promote. But, as many Serbian analysts and Western diplomats point out, Belgrade is not Prague. The differences between last decade's Eastern Europe and today's rump Yugoslavia--dominant Serbia and tiny Montenegro--are significant and complicate any prediction of the outcome of the most tenacious campaign against the authoritarian regime of the Serbian president. "In Eastern Europe, you had imposed systems and governments, imposed against the will of the people and with no legitimacy," Belgrade analyst Zarko Korac said. "Here you have a mutant Communist system, and taking down a mutant system is a lot more difficult." Predrag Simic, who runs a Belgrade research institute, said: "This is 1996, not 1989. A lot of things have changed." For one, the world is no longer bipolar, divided into Washington and Moscow's spheres of influence. Other factors that belie easy comparisons, in addition to the nature and history of communism here, are the vicious war that accompanied the disintegration of the Yugoslav federation; the nature of the opposition to Milosevic; and the fact that he continues to enjoy considerable support. And the momentum for change that swept Eastern Europe in the autumn of 1989, bringing the fall of the Berlin Wall and ending in the execution of Romania's totalitarian dictator, has long passed. In contrast to most of the rest of Eastern Europe, communism in the former Yugoslav federation was not imposed by Moscow and an army of occupation but was indigenous. It came in the person of Marshal Josip Broz Tito, the native-born leader who ruled from the end of World War II until his death in 1980. Communism was a system that Tito used to paper over the deep ethnic differences within old Yugoslavia's borders--the Serbian, Croatian and Muslim tensions that exploded into warfare, at Milosevic's instigation, after the collapse of the Soviet Bloc. Milosevic used communism to rise to power, and Serbia today resembles a one-party state in the classic Communist sense. The president's Socialist Party and two smaller leftist parties--one run by Milosevic's wife--control the media, the police, most large businesses and organs of state. Yet until war erupted in Croatia in 1991, Yugoslavs enjoyed a modicum of economic freedom and were allowed to travel relatively freely, gaining a sense of well-being that kept a lid on dissent. As communism began to crumble elsewhere in Europe, Milosevic scrambled to find a new ideology to protect himself. He so whipped his people into a frenzy of nationalism that few dared challenge the system in place--or the man who promised a Greater Serbia. * * * Suddenly, bigger enemies than Communists faced the Serbian people: Croats, and later Muslims and the entire Western world. With his distortion of nationalism, Milosevic successfully co-opted or corrupted potential opponents, especially from among the intellectual and artistic segments of society--the fertile ground for democratic movements in Czechoslovakia and elsewhere. War that raged in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the international economic sanctions imposed on Serbia for starting it, left a country psychologically and financially crippled. Some analysts say they believe the specter of traumatic war and chaos prevents many Yugoslavs from joining the street demonstrations that have been targeting Milosevic daily for six weeks. The Serbian protest movement, in another contrast to the Czechoslovak, Polish and Hungarian experiences, is not a national phenomenon. Under the Moscow-imposed communism of Eastern Europe, hatred for the authorities was widespread. Although there have been smaller rallies in other towns, the campaign against Milosevic is largely Belgrade-based and dominated by students and the middle class; retains the fairly narrow goal of overturning election fraud; and has failed to attract organized labor or rural supporters in significant numbers. "The country as a whole is not ripe for revolutionary change," said a Western diplomat with experience in Eastern Europe. In addition to the students, Serbia's opposition is led by a coalition of three political parties known as Zajedno (Together). Its leaders have vacillated and fought over the years, some plunging into the same strident nationalism that Milosevic promoted and some voicing support for the war at one time or another. A number of Serbian analysts say they believe the West remains ambivalent in its support for Vuk Draskovic, Zoran Djindjic and the rest of the opposition leaders, whose commitment to democracy is still in question. Although Washington and European capitals--once allied with Milosevic in brokering an end to the Bosnian war--now insist that the Serbian president restore the municipal elections won by the opposition, such support for the protests was slow in coming. "There are no great fans of the Serbs in the West. Even the Serbian opposition is not that welcome," Simic said. "For good or bad, the Serbs are blamed for a lot of things, and [the opposition] cannot count on the same kind of support that Havel and Walesa had from the West." Vaclav Havel, the dissident Czech playwright, and Lech Walesa, the Polish labor leader, both became president after leading the campaigns against communism in their countries. They emerged as leaders with respectable credentials during their respective revolutions, and each gave his people a legitimate alternative to the Communist rulers. In the Prague of 1989, as students, intellectuals and other dissidents staged day after day of peaceful demonstrations, the Communist leadership evaporated once it became clear that Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev would not be sending in tanks to help out. So went the Velvet Revolution. In Bucharest, the Romanian capital, revolt was bloody. Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his power-grabbing wife, Elena, faced rioting mobs and were executed on Christmas Day. An estimated 1,000 people died in the rebellion. Because of similarities between the Ceausescus and Milosevic and his wife, Mirjana Markovic, many Yugoslavs wonder aloud if the Bucharest scenario is the most likely denouement here. The more harsh among them demand it. Again, however, there are significant differences. The demise of the regime in Romania was in fact more of an internal coup than actual revolution, historians now agree. In Serbia thus far, no one has emerged from within the system with the power or backing to overthrow Milosevic. * * * Yet many in Serbia believe that Milosevic has been mortally wounded by the protests. Milosevic's strategy has been to pit one part of the population against the other--his rural, poor party faithful against the urban, educated opposition. Overall, he apparently hopes to wear down, weaken and outlast the opposition. With each passing day, though, the risk of greater violence grows as protesters and police face off in tense confrontations and the rhetoric of civil war escalates. Scores of people were beaten last week. Society is more polarized than ever. After the wars in Bosnia and Croatia, Simic and others said, revolutionary change in Serbia would almost certainly be bloody. "It wouldn't be a Velvet Revolution," he cautioned. "There's not much velvet in the Balkans." Copyright Los Angeles Times ------------------------------------------------- 6.1452 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1453, drakce (6.1453) Uto 31/12/1996 05:27, 5995 chr :: Wall Street Journal ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition -- December 31, 1996 EASTERN UPDATE Milosevic Backers Question Him; Hungary and Romania Make Up MOUNTING DOUBTS: Milosevic's supporters turn skeptical about his tactics. Pressure is building from allies of the Serbian president to reinstate opposition election victories. The parliament of Montenegro, Serbia's junior partner in the Yugoslav federation, was planning a vote on a resolution calling on the Serb leadership to respect the findings of the international team from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The premier of Montenegro had expressed solidarity with the street protests. A party in Milosevic's ruling coalition also is pressing for Milosevic to respect the OSCE findings. The departure of the small moderate leftist party could be a vital first crack in Milosevic's coalition. LET'S BE FRIENDS: Hungary and Romania mend fences. The countries have agreed to reopen consulates in both countries that were closed years ago due to frosty relations. The thaw comes as Romania's new foreign minister, Adrian Severin, visits Budapest to exchange the ratification documents of the basic treaty between the two countries. The long-delayed agreement fixes existing borders and establishes minority-rights guarantees, and sets the stage for closer economic and political cooperation between the neighbors, who have been at loggerheads over territorial and ethnic-rights issues. Both countries say they now will work together toward NATO and European Union integration. IT ADDS UP: Moscow is the most expensive capital in Eastern Europe for Western business executives, says DHL. A survey by the express- distribution company on the price of doing business in Eastern Europe indicates Moscow is three times as expensive as London. The Russian capital came out on top of the Eastern European capitals in four of 10 indicators: the costs of a night in a five-star hotel, office space, a two-bedroom apartment in the city center, and installing a phone line, which the survey says costs $2,500. BAD-NEWS BANKS: The Czech banking system has had a rough year, and prospects for a prosperous 1997 don't look all that great. First, the Czech National Bank revealed that $8 billion of the $33 billion in loans at the nation's banks are completely worthless and probably need to be written off. The number of worthless loans has been rising, jumping by around $100 million since June. In addition, the nation's fifth-largest bank, Agrobanka, was found to be operating with a negative net worth of around $150 million. State regulators, who seized Agrobanka last summer because of liquidity concerns, have been looking for a foreign financial institution willing to help the bank out of the hole, but the latest revelation could make that search a bit harder. LAYING OFF THE BOOZE: The Russian government may rescind a quota on imported alcohol planned to take effect Jan. 1. Licensing would replace quotas and government quality-control efforts would be increased, says Oleg Davydov, the country's foreign economic relations minister. "This changes the heart of the matter, as it is a stronger measure than putting quotas on spirits," Davydov says. SHRINKING POPULATION: Hungary's birth rate in 1996 is the lowest this century. Not surprisingly, the number of marriages this year has also fallen to its lowest level since World War I. Overall, Hungary's population continues to decline -- to 10,174,000 this year, about 400,000 below the 1976 figure, according to the Central Statistics Office. Mortality rates for middle-aged Hungarian men are among the highest in Europe, health officials say, due to poor diet, overwork, stress and excessive alcohol and cigarette consumption. GOING UP: Poland's Ministry of Finance announced large increases in consumer electricity, heat and gas prices to take effect Jan. 1. The ministry says consumer bills for heat will rise by 10%, while gas bills will rise an average 18%. Electricity bills will rise by 17% in 23 rural administrative regions, but by 16% in 10 urban regions, the first time different rural and urban electricity prices will exist. The move is designed to take into account higher transport costs in providing energy to rural areas. TOP PICK: Slovenian President Milan Kucan names incumbent Premier Janez Drnovsek as his candidate to form a new government following November elections that deeply polarized the country. Drnovsek's Liberal Democrats easily emerged as the strongest single party in the Nov. 10 elections, winning 25 parliamentary seats. Parliament must approve Drnovsek's candidacy, and only then can he begin forming a new government. LEFT TURN: A Communist challenger has defeated a presidential appointee to win election as governor in Russia's Volgograd region. Initial results of Sunday's vote show Nikolai Maksiuta capturing nearly 51% of the vote against 44% for the incumbent governor, Ivan Shabunin, the region's Central Election Commission reported. "Nearly all rural areas" voted for Shabunin, the commission says. President Boris Yeltsin and his aides are closely watching the regional elections now under way. PIRATES UNPLUGGED: Poland cracks down on copyright violators. Western rock stars used to refuse to take the stage in the country, formerly Europe's most flagrant bootlegger. But since it started enforcing copyright laws, Poland is once again a tour stop for top-selling movers and shakers. Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, Sting and other artists drew huge concert crowds this year. "The money, the number of records one can sell here started to make sense," says Marek Niedzwiedzki, Poland's most-popular disk jockey. "It's an audience of 40 million, so one can earn a few zlotys here." --BRIAN CRONK, DEAN CALBREATH, BETSY McKAY and ERNEST BECK Copyright c 1996 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ------------------------------------------------- 6.1453 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1454, drakce (6.1454) Uto 31/12/1996 10:44, 3581 chr :: Nasa Borba ---------------------------------------------------------------- Utorak, 31. decembar 1996. EVROPSKI KOMENTARI SRPSKIH PREVIRANJA Milosevic destabilizuje a opozicija jaca Srbiju Najugledniji evropski listovi pozivaju svoje vlade da dok u Beogradu ne prihvate preporuke OEBS obustave sve kontakte sa Milosevicem ali da istovremeno pojacaju podrsku srpskoj opoziciji Mirko Klarin dopisnik "Nase Borbe" iz Brisela Ako iko i ista danas ugrozava i destabilizuje Srbiju, onda to, po evropskim komentatorima, nisu fantomske "strane sile" i njihova navodna "peta kolona", vec sam predsednik Milosevic i njegova cvrsta resenost da svim sredstvima i po svaku cenu sacuva svoju vlast. "Zalosno ga je gledati" - pise juce uvodnicar briselskog dnevnika "Libr Belzik" - "kako se, uz rizik da zemlju baci u gradjanski rat, grcevito drzi vlasti koju ce izgubiti za dan, mesec ili godinu". Do manje-vise identicnog zakljucka da je Milosevic "na kraju puta", ali i da taj kraj moze da bude i dug i veoma bolan, dolaze i ostali evropski listovi, ciji uvodnici i komentari sve vise nalikuju na politicke nekrologe srpskom predsedniku. Ako iko i ista danas jaca Srbiju, time sto popravlja njenu poslednjih godina veoma naruzenu medjunarodnu reputaciju, onda su to - napisao je juce uvodnicar londonskog "Fajnensel tajmsa" - srpska opozicija i njeno dostojanstveno drzanje u proteklih sest sedmica. Prema uvodniku pariskog "Monda", za zapadne demokratije nema trenutno vaznijeg zadatka nego da doprinesu "pomirenju srpskog naroda sa medjunarodnom zajednicom", nakon sto je beogradski rezim, tokom ratnih godina, ubedio svoj narod da mu je ostatak sveta - "neprijatelj." Niz najuglednijih evropskih listova poziva svoje vlade da dok u Beogradu ne prihvate preporuke OEBS "obustave sve kontakte i poslove sa Milosevicem i njegovom klikom", ali da istovremeno pojacaju podrsku srpskoj opoziciji i civilnom drustvu. "U ovoj je fazi" - smatra "Frankfurter algemajne cajtung" - "vazna svaka u inostranstvu izgovorena rec o unutar-srpskom odmeravanju snaga. Ne sme se ostaviti utisak da zapadne demokratije i dalje racunaju sa covekom koji je upravljao ratom i udario samar u lice demokratiji. Ali, ne sme biti ni velikih reci kojima bi se u masama pobudile nade u podrsku spolja... a koja bi zatim izostala". Konacno, ako iko i ista danas stiti Srbiju od ponovnog uvodjenja sankcija, onda to - zakljucuju evropski komentatori - nije Rusija (kojoj beogradski rezim sluzi kao jeftina moneta u potkusurivanju za Zapadom i tvrdjenju pazara za ustupke koje od njega trazi), vec je to, opet, srpska opozicija i njeno nedvosmisleno izjasnjavanje protiv takvog vida pritiska na rezim. Takav stav opozicije uvodnicar "Monda" navodi kao glavni argument protiv obnavljanja sankcija, dokazujuci kako su one "batina sa dva kraja". Slicno rezonuje i "Fajnensel tajms", suprostavljajuci se ekonomskim sankcijama... sem u slucaju da se one mogu selektivno sprovesti, tako da "pogode samo Milosevica i njegovu kliku, a postede srpski narod". Po londonskom finansijskom dnevniku to bi se, mozda, moglo postici zamrzavanjem njihovih individualnih racuna u svetskim bankama. Prema uvodnicaru "Dejli telegrafa", ponovno "pritezanje sankcija" bi, ipak, trebalo ostaviti kao alternativu za slucaj Milosevicevog "konacnog obracuna sa demonstrantima" ili njegovog definitivnog odbijanja da prihvati preporuke OEBS... Mozda se time, priznaje britanski uvodicar, "Milosevic ne bi srusio, ali bi se ucinilo jasnim da njegova produzena vlast osudjuje Srbiju na sramnu izolaciju". Copyright c 1996 Yurope & ,,Nasa Borba" ------------------------------------------------- 6.1454 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1455, drakce (6.1455) Uto 31/12/1996 10:44, 2095 chr :: Financial Times ---------------------------------------------------------------- Belgrade: Serbs defy riot police MONDAY DECEMBER 30 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some 50,000 people yesterday again joined in anti-government demonstrations in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, although riot police stopped them from marching, writes Paul Wood in Belgrade. It was the 42nd day of demonstrations against cancellation of local election results which appeared to give victory to opposition parties. Sub-zero temperatures and a very heavy police presence appeared to have cut numbers. In a statement, the opposition coalition Zajendo (Together) accused President Slobodan Milosevic of resorting to a state of emergency and police terror. One of the opposition leaders, Mr Vuk Draskovic, told the crowd that an opposition protester who died last week had been beaten to death by the police, despite official denials. "We must on no account respond to their terror with our own terror," he said. Opposition officials later said an elite army group in southern Serbia had withdrawn support from President Milosevic. They showed a letter which was supposedly from officers in the 63rd brigade of the Yugoslav Third Army group, which is stationed in the south, including the Albanian-dominated region of Kosovo. There was no independent confirmation that the letter was genuine but an opposition spokesman said: "This is a huge psychological blow for Milosevic." The Serbian leader has also come under pressure from the Serbian Orthodox church. Patriarch Pavle said in his Christmas message: "The respect of law and justice obliges us all to observe the freely expressed will of the people, and to prevent autocracy and violence." Mr Milo Djukanovic, premier of Montenegro, Serbia's junior partner in the Yugoslav federation, also expressed support for student demonstrators. President Milosevic is due to make a formal response on Friday to a report on the elections from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. (c) Copyright the Financial Times Limited 1996 ------------------------------------------------- 6.1455 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1456, drakce (6.1456) Uto 31/12/1996 10:44, 2926 chr :: Financial Times ---------------------------------------------------------------- Financial Times Editorial comment Democracy in Serbia MONDAY DECEMBER 30 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There is a general rule that regimes which lead their peoples into disastrous conflicts are soon driven from office. Presidents Saddam Hussein of Iraq and Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia have so far been conspicuous exceptions. The former has deflected his people's anger on to western powers which have kept the country languishing under UN sanctions. The latter, by contrast, having done more than anyone else to bring about the bloody dissolution of Yugoslavia by fanning the flames of ethnic nationalism, made himself appear the indispensable peacemaker without whose help the conflict could not be ended. The western world has almost fallen over itself to lift sanctions on Serbia, as a reward to Mr Milosevic for his part in the Dayton peace agreement. That has left western leaders in an awkward posture now that there are mass demonstrations against the Serbian president in Belgrade and other cities. The demonstrators support opposition parties, whose claim to have won last month's municipal elections has now been vindicated by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Some western governments seem to have been hoping the protests would die down, so that they could carry on doing business with a Serbian leader they have got to know and, up to a point, respect. That reaction was mistaken. Even if Mr Milosevic did play an essential role in bringing the Bosnian fighting to an end, he has since done little to help realise the programme for a reunited, democratic Bosnia contained in the Dayton agreement. And now, having invited the OSCE to investigate the Serbian local election results, he appears prepared to reject its findings - showing again that he respects western ideas and institutions only so long as they can be twisted to strengthen his hold on power. The present stage of peace-building in former Yugoslavia requires political stability. It is illusory to suppose Mr Milosevic can provide this while he ignores elementary democratic principles. If anything now threatens Serbia itself with civil war, it is his undimmed determination to retain power by any means and at any cost. The response must not be renewed economic sanctions, unless they can be constructed (for instance by freezing individual bank accounts) to penalise Mr Milosevic and his cronies while sparing the Serbian people. But the west should leave Serbs in no doubt where its sympathies lie. It should have no further dealings with the dictator unless he accepts the elected local authorities. And it should express firm support for an opposition whose dignified behaviour has done much to redeem the Serbs' tarnished international reputation. (c) Copyright the Financial Times Limited 1996 ------------------------------------------------- 6.1456 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1457, drakce (6.1457) Uto 31/12/1996 10:44, 2002 chr :: Financial Times ---------------------------------------------------------------- Serbia: Army chief fails to endorse Milosevic TUESDAY DECEMBER 31 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ By Paul Wood in Belgrade ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mr Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian president, yesterday faced increasing signs of discontent within the Yugoslav army as the opposition prepared for a big anti-government demonstration tomorrow in Belgrade, the capital. General Momcilo Perisic, the army chief of staff, slapped down a call from a group of army officers to back the protests. But he pointedly refused to issue a declaration of support for Mr Milosevic, merely saying the army would ensure stability. "There are attempts at speculation, manipulation and unfounded allegations about the role of the army," a statement from the general staff said. "The aim is to draw its members and units into activities that are outside its established social status and constitutional role." The statement added: "The general staff of the army of Yugoslavia and the army in its entirety are united in their consistent execution of the set tasks." The statement appeared to be an attempt by the army chief to keep his forces out of Serbia's political turmoil. Protests began six weeks ago against the cancellation of local election results which gave victory to opposition parties. Yesterday, 5,000 university students tried to march across the Sava River bridge but were blocked by police. Later, tens of thousands of people backing Zajedno (Together), the opposition coalition, massed in Republic Square. The army helped Mr Milosevic crush demonstrations in 1991, but western observers in Belgrade said it was far from clear if the army would support him this time. The Yugoslav army has been unhappy for some time at the fall in its status relative to Serbia's numerous and well-equipped police forces. (c) Copyright the Financial Times Limited 1996 ------------------------------------------------- 6.1457 --
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, 31. decembar 1996. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Svi tekstovi su Copyright 1996 Radija B92. SVA PRAVA ZADRZANA. ------------------------------------------------------------------ NOVOGODISNJA CESTITKA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Radio B92 Internet B92 Odraz B92 Svojim saradnicima, prijateljima i neprijateljima, citaocima, gledaocima i slusaocima sirom sveta, u verziji na srpskom i engleskom, audio i pisano, na cirilici i latinici zele mirnu, srecnu i uspesnu Novu 1997. godinu. Zelimo da se nas uspesni kontakt produzi i onda kada budemo imali vise demokratije. Znamo da hoce -- jer pravde nikada nema dovoljno, da bi nestala potreba za pokusajem da se stvari i dogadjaji prikazu i saznaju u sto istinitijem obliku. U ime ,,B92'' Sasa Mirkovic i Veran Matic VESTI DANA -- BEOGRAD I JUGOSLAVIJA ------------------------------------------------------------------ DIPLOMATE: VLAST U SRBIJI SPREMNA DA PRIHVATI PREPORUKE OEBS Diplomate Evropske unije su danas izjavile da je vlast u Srbiji spremna da prihvati preporuke iz izvestaja OEBS-a u kome se predsednik Srbije Slobodan Milosevic poziva da prizna rezultate lokalnih izbora. Ova izjava je usledila, posto su se sefovi holandske, irske i italijanske diplomatske misije u Beogradu susreli danas sa pomocnikom sefa jugoslovenske diplomatije Nikolom Cicanovicem, da bi u ime Evropske unije izrazili ocekivanje da ce se ,,hitno i u potpunosti'' delovati u skladu sa izvestajem i preporukama specijalnog predstavnika OEBS-a Felipea Gonzalesa. Kako javlja Rojter, sef delegacije evropskih diplomata, prvi sekretar holandske ambasade Meno Lenstra ocenio je da je sastanak sa zamenikom sefa jugoslovenske diplomatije Nikolom Cicanovicem bio pozitivan i da, kako je on shvatio, srpska vlada trazi nacine da primeni preporuke OEBS-a. Delegacija EU srela se Cicanovicem posto je propao pokusaj da budu primljeni kod Milosevica ili kod sefa diplomatije Milana Milutinovica. CICANOVIC PONOVIO MILUTINOVICEV KOMENTAR Pomocnik sefa jugoslovenske diplomatije Nikola Cicanovic je, kako se navodi u demarsu EU dostavljenom Fonetu iz holandske ambasade, ponovio komentar ministra spoljnih poslova SRJ Milana Milutinovica, da je Gonzalesov izvestaj dobar, izbalansiran i konstruktivan dokument. Iako nije mogao da potvrdi da ce vlada prihvatiti sve preporuke, on je saopstio da je njena namera da obezbedi da se volja naroda, izrazena u drugom krugu lokalnih izbora, u potpunosti postuje. Taj proces bi trebalo da ukljuci akcije vlade, parlamenta i sudova u Srbiji ali, rekao je Cicanovic, ne moze se ocekivati da do toga dodje narednih dana zbog praznika, stoji u demarsu EU.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, 31. decembar 1996. DE SARET RAZGOVARAO SA MILUTINOVICEM Srbija pozdravlja kao ,,konstruktivan'' izvestaj Organizacije za evropsku bezbednosti i saradnju o lokalnim izborima, ali istice da joj je potrebno vreme da razmotri sve njegove opcije, saopsteno je danas u francuskom minsitarstvu inostranih poslova, a prenosi AFP. Ministarstvo se oglasilo posle popodnevnog telefonskog razgovora francuskog ministra inostranih poslova Erve de Sareta sa sefom jugoslovenske diplomatije Milanom Milutinovicem. ,,Gospodin Milutinovic je izvestaj ocenio kao konstruktivan, ali mu je potrebno vreme da ga razmotri'', navodi se u saopstenju francuskog ministarstva inostranih poslova. De Saret je, prema njegovim recima, trazio od Milutinovica da se ubrza sa primenom preporuka OEBS-a. ,,Cini se neophodnim da jugoslovenske vlasti bez odlaganja saopste da ce preporuke bivseg spanskog premijera biti usvojene i primenjene'', rekao je Rimelar. FRANCUSKA UPOZORAVA BEOGRAD Francuska je danas upozorila Beograd da, ukoliko odbije da primeni preporuke misije OEBS-a i ne prizna pobedu opozicije na lokalnim izborima, rizikuje sve vecu izolaciju. Kako javlja AFP, portparol ministarstva spoljnih poslova u Parizu Zak Rimelar je pozvao predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica da sto je pre moguce ponudi dijalog opoziciji koja demonstrira ulicama Beograda. ,,Ako srpske vlasti odbiju punu i casnu primenu preporuka, rizikuju izolaciju i okrenuce ledja punoj reintegraciji Beograda u medjunarodnu zajednicu'', rekao je on.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, 31. decembar 1996. e-mail: beograd@siicom.com URL: http://www.siicom.com/odrazb/ odrazb92@b92.opennet.org http://www.siicom.com/b92/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Svi tekstovi su Copyright 1996 Radija B92. SVA PRAVA ZADRZANA. ------------------------------------------------------------------ MILOSEVICEVA NOVOGODISNJA CESTITKA U udarnim vecernjim informativnim emisijama Radija i Televizije Srbije, preneta je novogodisnja cestitka predsednika Srbije, Slobodana Milosevica, u kojoj ni reci nije bilo o aktuelnoj politickoj krizi posle lokalnih izbora. Milosevic je konstatovao kako misli da ,,Smo godinu za nama, cak, veoma dobro iskoristili, ako se imaju u vidu spoljna i unutrasnja ometanja, kojima smo bili izlozeni, narocito poslednjih meseci''. Istakao je da je povecan drustveni proizvod, izvoz, zaposlenost i primanja gradjana, ali da je to jos uvek nedovoljno jer jos uvek veliki broj gradjana zivi tesko. ,,Iduca godina bice godina reforme, velikih svojinskih i strukturnih promena, koje treba da omoguce afirmaciju svih onih elemnata motivacionog mehanizma koji ima trzisna ekonomija. To ce biti i godina pocetka velikih investicionih projekata, koji treba zaista da promene lice nase zemlje'', rekao je Milosevic, cestitajuci gradjanima Novu godinu i dodao: ,,Da budemo mirna, slobodna, bogata i nezavisna zemlja''. RAZJASNJENJE OEBS-A POSLE PRAZNIKA Portparol Srpskog pokreta obnove Ivan Kovacevic izjavio je danas da ce Organizacija za evropsku bezbednost i saradnju verovatno posle Nove godine poslati razjasnjenje nejasnoce da li je delegacija OEBS utvrdila da je koalicija ,,Zajedno'' na lokalnim izborima pobedila u Skupstini grada Beograda i osam opstina ili u devet beogradskih opstina. Kovacevic je na konferenciji za novinare rekao da je koalicija ,,Zajedno'' zatrazila razjasnjenje, ali da se na odgovor mora sacekati, posto su u toku praznici. Na pitanje da li su istinite informacije o podrsci pojedinih jedinica Vojske Jugoslavije koaliciji ,,Zajedno'', Kovacevic je odgovorio: ,,Vrlo uzdrzan ton jucerasnjeg saopstenja Vojske Jugoslavije nagovestava autenticnost podrski koje smo dobili''. SKUPSTINA CRNE GORE IZRAZILA ZABRINUTOST Skupstina Republike Crne Gore odbila je sinoc da usvoji tekst rezolucije koji je predlozila opoziciona koalicija ,,Narodna sloga'', pa je, umesto ostre osude rezima u Srbiji, zbog ponistavanja izborne pobede opozicione koalicije ,,Zajedno'' na lokalnim izborima u brojnim srbijanskim gradovima, kao i zbog brutalnog obracuna sa mirnim demonstrantima na ulicama Beograda, izrazena zabrinutost zbog tih zbivanja, javlja Montena faks. Usvojeni, znatno ublazeni tekst rezolucije glasi: ,,Skupstina RCG izrazava zabrinutost zbog politickih tenzija vezanih za lokalne izbore u Republici Srbiji i negativnih refleksija tih zbivanja na medjunarodni polozaj SRJ, na realizaciju njenih strateskih interesa u procesu reintegracije u medjunarodne organizacije i institucije, kao i razvoj demokratskih odnosa i izgradnju efikasne trzisne privrede. Skupstina RCG podrzava nastojanje da se neodlozno utvrdi puna istina o toku i rezultatima izbora za neke lokalne organe vlasti u Republici Srbiji, u skladu sa demokratskim slobodno iskazanom voljom gradjana. Skupstina RCG podrzava opredjeljenja i stavove da se nastali problemi rijese na demokratski nacin, u duhu najboljih tradicija Republike Srbije, izbjegavajuci sve vrste sukoba, afirmisuci dijalog i toleranciju glavnih politickih snaga u Republici Srbiji, uz postovanje Ustava i institucija Republike Srbije, kao i medjunarodnih demokratskih normi i standarda, koje izrazava institucija OEBS-a''.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, 31. decembar 1996. BULATOVIC: 1996. -- GODINA STABILIZACIJE UKUPNIH PRILIKA Predsednik Republike Crne Gore Momir Bulatovic, u intervjuu novogodisnjem broju podgoricke ,,Pobjede'', rekao je da bi se ,,ova godina, najopstije, mogla okarakterisati kao vrijeme stabilizacije ukupnih prilika u nasoj drzavi'', javlja Montena faks. ,,Savezna Republika Jugoslavija oslobodjena je teskog tereta sankcija, a samim tim stvoreni su uslovi za promisljenije i odlucnije djelovanje u pogledu reintegracije nase drzave u medjunarodnu zajednicu, odlucujucih iskoraka u pravcu demokratskog razvoja i podizanja nivoa privredne efikasnosti'' -- rekao je Bulatovic, precizirajuci da, ,,sa jednom ubjedljivom vecinom u parlamentu, sa kvalitetnom, zrelom i odgovornom Vladom, Crna Gora, u okviru SRJ, ima istorijsku sansu da sve svoje razvojne programe realizuje brzo, odlucno i efikasno, na dobro svih gradjana''. POZIV VLADI RCG DA IZMENI ODLUKU O ANTENI M Radio Antena M iz Podgorice, najveca nezavisna stanica u Crnoj Gori dobila je dopis Ministarstva industrije, energetike i rudarstva u kojem se navodi da je dozvola za rad istekla 15. decembra 1996. godine i da ce ovo Ministarstvo raspisati javni konkurs za frekvenciju 87,6 MHz na kojem se emituje ovaj program. To prakticno znaci da postoji velika mogucnost da ,,Antena M'' izgubi frekvenciju jer se konkurs sprovodi po sistemu aukcije (onaj ko da najbolju ponudu dobija i frekvenciju. Provladini mediji i organizacije uvek imaju sansu da daju bolju ponudu, sto se vec dogadjalo, samo da bi se zauzela frekvencija bez obaveze da se sa nje i emituje program. Ministar informisanja Crne Gore je vec najavio da ce ,,Antena M'' biti kaznjena zbog svoje nezavisnosti u vreme kada je u Srbiji zabranjen Radio B92. Asocijacija nezavisnih elektronskih medija poziva Vladu Republike Crne Gore da izmeni odluku Ministarstva za industriju, energetiku i rudarstvo o ukidanju dozvole Anteni M i da postuje univerzalne principe slobode stampe. Koordinator Asocijacije nezavisnih elektronskuih medija Veran Matic, glavni i odgovorni urednik Radija B92 ,,ILI VI ILI JA'' Kako Radio B92 nezvanicno saznaje, tokom prepodneva odrzana je sednica upravnog odbora Radio Televizije Studio B. Kako su nam izbvori iz ove kuce saopstili celnik ove kuce Djordje Minkov rekao je potpisnicima jucerasnje peticije ,,Ili vi ili ja''. Ovaj pouzdani izvor saopstio nam je da vecina kolektiva podrzava pismo i potpisane urednike, te da ce istrajati u svojim stavovima. Da podsetimo, novinari i urednici ,,Studija B'' uputili su juce pismo organizatorima Studentskog protesta '96 u kome im pruzaju podrsku i najostrije protestuju zbog brutalnih prebijanja kolega iz zemlje i inostranstva.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, 31. decembar 1996. STUDENTI NA DEDINJU Nekoliko sati pred kraj 1996. godine, beogradski studenti uspeli su da dodju do Dedinja, nadomak kuce predsednika Milosevica u Tolstojevoj ulici. U akciji je ucestvovalo tridesetak clanova Glavnog odbora Studentskog protesta, koji su autobusom gradskog saobracaja broj 43 stigli do Topciderske zvezde. Na pocetku Tolstojeve ulice, predsednik Glavnog odbora Aleksandar Djukic otvorio je sednicu odbora i procitao deklaraciju slobode: ,,Mi studenti BU iz srca zabranjenog grada obznanjujemo deklaraciju slobode nasem narodu. Pravo na istinu je neprikosnoveno pravo svakog pojedinca i naroda. Jer istina je jedini put do slobode. Svaki covek se radja slobodan sa pravom da nadje svoju srecu. Niko ne moze da uzurpira zakone i da se stavlja iznad njih. Samovolja manjine nad vecinom nije buducnost nase civilizacije. Demokratija jeste nas cilj i duznost svakog slobodnog coveka je da pruzi otpor bezakonju i tiraniji''. INICIJATIVNI I GLAVNI ODBOR STUDENTSKOG PROTESTA '96. Studenti su se zatim uputili Tolstojevom ka kuci Predsednika Srbije gde im je nekoliko policajaca saopstilo da ne mogu dalje. Skrenuvsi u jednu od ulica kolona je dosla do kuce Dobrice Cosica. Cosic je izasao ispred kuce i sa studentima razmenio cestitke za Novu godinu. Rukovodstvo studentskog protesta vratilo se gradskim prevozom do platoa ispred Filozofskog fakulteta gde je u 21 sat poceo svecani docek Nove godine. NOVOGODISNJA PROSLAVA NA ULICAMA BEOGRADA Deljenjem paketica deci na Trgu Republike, predstavnici koalicije ,,Zajedno'' su u ranim popodnevnim satima zapoceli novogodisnju proslavu u centru Beograda. Osim paketica vise hiljada malisana imalo je priliku da gleda i za njih pripremljen novogodisnji program. Velike bine i ozvucenja vec su montirani na Trgu Republike gde Beogradjane ocekuje muzicki i umetnicki program do pred zoru, sa brojnim muzicarima i glumcima, kao i na Platou pred zgradom Filozofskog fakulteta, gde ce u organizaciji Studentskog protesta mladji Beogradjani moci da uz koncert, kicenje jelke i vatromet, provedu najludju noc. DJINDJIC: BEOGRAD NOCAS NAJSVETLIJA TACKA NA ZEMLJI U izjavi za Radio B92 jedan od celnika koalicije ,,Zajedno'', Zoran Djindjic, pozvao je Beogradjane i sve goste Beograda da na docek Nove godine na Trgu Republike ponesu najraznovrsnije svetiljke kako bi osvetlil Beograd da ga ceo svet vidi. ,,Neka Beograd nocas bude najsvetlija tacka na zemaljskoj kugli. Neka ovo bude vece solidarnosti svih onih koji zele da Beograd bude evropska metropola, kakav je bio i kakav ce sigurno opet biti'', rekao je Djindjic i naglasio da se i u novoj godini nastavljaju mirni protesti zbog ponistavanja pobede opozicione koalicije ,,Zajedno'' na lokalnim izborima u Beogradu i drugim vecim gradovima u Srbiji.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, 31. decembar 1996. U POSLEDNJIM SATIMA STARE GODINE -- BEZ STRUJE Poslednji sati stare godine neprijatni su za jedan broj gradjana Beograda, buduci da nemaju struju, iako je tokom popodneva Elektroprivreda Srbije saopstila da su eliminisani uzroci zbog kojih je dolazilo do restrikcija elektricne energije u pojedinim delovima Srbije, da su time obezbedjeni uslovi za uredno i sigurno snabdevanje elektricnom energijom svih potrosaca danas i narednih dana. ,,DNEVNI TELEGRAF'': LILIC PREMIJER, BULATOVIC PREDSEDNIK ,,Dnevni telegraf'' tvrdi u danasnjem broju da bi novi predsednik SR Jugoslavije mogao da bude Pavle Bulatovic, dok bi sadasnji sef drzave Zoran Lilic postao savezni premijer. Beogradski list, pozivajuci se na izvore iz vrha Demokratske partije socijalista Crne Gore, navodi da je takav predlog kadrovskih resenja u vrhu SRJ izneo licno predsednik Srbije Slobodan Milosevic u razgovoru sa predsednikom Crne Gore Momirom Bulatovicem. Milosevic je, navodno, rekao da je Srbija zainteresovana za mesto predsednika savezne vlade i nagovestio da ce za tu funkciju predloziti Lilica. On nije doveo u pitanje pravo Crne Gore da predlozi kandidata za predsednika SRJ, uz sugestiju da mu se ,,veoma dopada gospodin Pavle Bulatovic'', pise ,,DT''. Mandat Lilicu na polozaju predsednika SRJ istice na leto, dok novi savezni premijer mora da bude izabran u naredna dva meseca. Sadasnji premijer SRJ Radoje Kontic nedavno je izabran za poslanika u Vecu republika Savezne skupstine. STRANI MEDIJI O KRIZI U SRBIJI ------------------------------------------------------------------ ,,VASINGTON POST'' O POLITICKIM PREVIRANJIMA U SRBIJI Opisujuci tekuca politicka previranja u Srbiji ,,Vasington Post'' danas konstatuje da je javni protest koalicije ,,Zajedno'' i studenata oznacio pocetak kraja vladavine poslednjeg komunistickog rezima u Evropi. Kako za FoNet javlja dopisnik ,,Nase Borbe'' Slobodan Pavlovic, ovaj ugledni americki list, medjutim, procenjuje da bi moglo da prodje jos prilicno vremena dok se ne dodje do zavrsnog cina ove drame u Srbiji. List konstatuje da ce predsedniku Srbije Slobodanu Milosevicu i njegovom rezimu, kako je receno, na kraju ,,doci glave'' ne opozicija i mirni demonstranti na ulicama, vec nezadovoljnici iz njegovog najblizeg okruzenja, kao i katastrofalna ekonomska situacija u Srbiji, koja je nastavila da se pogorsava, iako se Jugoslavija pre godinu dana oslobodila medjunarodnih trgovinskih sankcija. Dugorocno gledajuci -- ekonomska situacija u Srbiji ne samo sto je ocajna, vec i nema prakticno nikakve sanse da se popravi dok je Milosevic na vlasti, konstatuje se na kraju ove analize ,,Vasington Posta''. DOGADJAJI U SRBIJI I DALJE U ZIZI INTERESOVANJA Pobuna gradjana u Srbiji zbog manipulacije vlasti rezultatima lokalnih izbora i prva godisnjica dejtonskog mira u Bosni zauzimaju istaknuto mesto na listama najznacajnijih dogadjaja u 1996. godini u svetu koje danas objavljuju vodeci moskovski listovi. Kako javlja dopisnik FoNeta Branko Stosic, navodeci da se opozicija zbog ponistavanja izbora od 17. novembra suprostavlja vlastima nezapamcenim demonstracijama, list ,,Sevodnja'' pise da je rezim, posle 37 dana, izgubio strpljenje i izveo na ulice protiv demonstranata isto tako do sada nezabelezen broj pripadnika specijalne policije. ,,Delavoj mir'', list poslovnih krugova ruske prestonice, pise da Jugoslaviji preti opasnost od novog raspada. Isticuci da je situacija posle sest nedelja masovnih protesta i dalje napeta, list navodi da je Crna Gora zapretila da ce potraziti samostalan izlaz u medjunarodnu zajednicu, ukoliko Slobodan Milosevic ne postigne kompromis sa koalicijom ,,Zajedno''. ,,Moskovske Novosti'', medjutim, ocenjuju da je kompromis moguc zakazivanjem novih izbora. To odgovara i opoziciji, jer na talasu masovnih antivladinih protesta moze da ocekuje jos bolje rezultate, a vlasti mogu da racunaju da ce na popravnom ispitu moci da izbegnu prethodne greske, pise moskovski nedeljnik. Sto se Bosne tice, svetska zajednica ima sve razloge da bude zadovoljna svojom misijom, pise ,,Sevodnja'' jer, ma sta govorili skeptici o neveselim perspektivama resavanja jugoslovenske krize, zahvaljujuci IFOR-u u Bosni su odrzani izbori i posle cetiri i po godine rata, zemlja je dobila nove organe vlasti.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, 31. decembar 1996. VESTI IZ BIH I HRVATSKE ------------------------------------------------------------------ REORGANIZACIJA I PROFESIONALIZACIJA VOJSKE RS Predsednik Republike Srpske i vrhovni komandant oruzanih snaga Biljana Plavsic predsedavala je u Banjaluci sednicom Vrhovnog saveta odbrane RS, na kojoj su razmatrana pitanja u vezi sa reorganizacijom i profesionalizacijom Vojske RS, javlja SRNA. Nakon visecasovnog zasedanja, iz Kabineta predsednika Republike izdato je sinoc saopstenje u kome se kaze da je Vrhovni savet odbrane usvojio niz konkretnih mera u vezi sa materijalnim obezbedjenjem i jacanjem oruzanih snaga. U saopstenju se navodi da je materijalno jacanje oruzanih snaga jedan od prioritetnih zadataka na kojem ce se ubuduce intenzivno raditi u cilju zastite teritorijalnog integriteta i bezbednosti celokupnog stanovnistva u RS. IZETBEGOVIC NEZADOVOLJAN ODVIJANJEM MIROVNOG PROCESA Bosanski predsednik Alija Izetbegovic nezadovoljan je sporim odvijanjem mirovnog procesa, javlja AFP. U intervjuu za danasnje Oslobodjenje Izetbegovic je upozorio da istice vreme za primenu Dejtonskog sporazuma, ciji mnogi delovi tek treba da budu sprovedeni u zivot. On je dodao da se nada da je ,,sadasnja situacija samo privremena i da ce uskoro biti jasnija. Ali, ako se to ne dogodi doci ce vreme da se upitamo da li zelimo mir ove vrste''. Medju odredbama Dejtonskog sporazuma koje jos nisu primenjene nalaze se i one koje se ticu ratnih zlocinaca, ali i povratka oko dva miliona izbeglica i raseljenih lica. PREDLOZENI MINISTRI ZAMENICI U SAVETU MINISTARA Kopredsedavajuci u Savetu ministara BiH Boro Bosic potvrdio je sinoc agenciji SRNA da je na sastanku Predsednistva u Lukavici sa drugim kopredsedavajucim -- Harisom Silajdzicem -- potpisao Protokol o modalitetima sastanaka Saveta ministara. U Protokolu je od srpske, muslimanske i hrvatske strane, predlozen i sastav Saveta ministara. ,,LA TAJMS'': IZETBEGOVIC ,,NA PLATNOM SPISKU CIA'' Iran je ovogodisnju izbornu kampanju predsednika Predsednistva Bosne i Hercegovine Alije Izetbegovica finansirao sa najmanje 500.000 dolara, javlja danas AFP, prenoseci pisanje ,,Los Andjeles Tajmsa''. Pozivajuci se na poverljive dokumente CIA, list tvrdi da je Izetbegovic od Iranaca primio najmanje dva kofera sa po oko 250.000 dolara, nekolio nedelja pre izbora, odrzanih u septembru. Taj novac podrzava teoriju CIA da Iran i dalje ima jak uticaj u Bosni, uprkos tvrdnjama Bele kuce da to nije istina. CIA ocenjuje da je Izetbegovic sada ,,bukvalno na platnom spisku'' Irana, pise list. Uprkos takvom izvestaju, administracija predsednika SAD Bila Klintona pristala je da Bosni prosledi vojnu pomoc od 100 miliona dolara. BOBAN SMENJEN SA MESTA DIREKTORA INA Bivsi lider bosanskih Hrvata Mate Boban smenjen je sa funkcije komercijalnog direktora INA, sto predstavlja novi znak razlaza Zagreba sa nekadasnjim saradnicima u BiH, javlja danas AFP, prenoseci pisanje zagrebackog nedeljnika ,,Nacional''. Boban od srede vise nece biti direktor INA. ,,Nacional'' navodi da Boban ,,nije mogao da se ukljuci u pravac odredjen novim strateskim interesima Hrvatske koji, u potrazi za naftom, neizbezno vodi ka islamskim zemljama''. List tvrdi da je smena Bobana rezultat odluke predsednika Hrvatske Franje Tudjmana da se distancira od takozvanog ,,hercegovackog lobija''. ,,DNES'': ,,HRVATI ZELE DA SE NJIHOV JEZIK RAZLIKUJE OD SRPSKOG'' Najtirazniji ceski dnevnik ,,Mlada Fronta -- Dnes'' u napisu u danasnjem broju donosi tvrdnju da ,,nacionalisticki orijentisani lingvisti u Hrvatskoj, uz podrsku politicara, izmisljaju nove reci, samo da bi svoj jezik razlikovali od srpskog i ocistili od svih stranih uticaja''. Mnogi Hrvati zato, kako stoji u napisu, zasnovanom na clanku nacionalne agencije CTK, mogu samo da nagadjuju znacenje reci koje u govorima upotrebljava predsednik Franjo Tudjman. ,,Nove reci, koje cesto zvuce cudno i arhaicki, u medijima koje kontrolise drzava pojavljuju se svakodevno i iznenadjuju rogobatnoscu'', konstatuje se u napisu i navode primeri ,,oporba'' umesto ,,opozicija'' i ,,zrakomlat'' umesto ,,helikopotera''. Upuceni smatraju da pokusaji reformisanja jezika u Hrvatskoj po svaku cenu, odnosno odvajanja od srpskog, ima vise politicke nego naucne motive. ,,Za nase politicare jezik je prvorazredni simbol'', citira se lingivsta Dubravko Skiljan. U zakljucku se dodaje da se ,,jezik ne razvija slobodno. Vracen je u proslost i tamo vene. Kontrolisan je i unistavan. To je jezik, koji razumeju jedino cenzori''. Pripremio(la): Valentina Delic
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, novogodisnje izdanje, 1. januar 1997. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Svi tekstovi su Copyright 1996 Radija B92. SVA PRAVA ZADRZANA. ------------------------------------------------------------------ VESTI NOVOGODISNJE NOCI ------------------------------------------------------------------ RADIO B92 PROGLASEN ZA RADIO GODINE Razgovor s gospodinom Bjernom Kristoferom Akfinatom, direktorom koordinacionog biroa Medjunarodne medijske pomoci, iz Hennefa u Nemackoj. Akfinat: ,,Titulu 'Radio stanica godine' dodeljujemo vec pet godina u neredovnim vremenskim razmacima. Dobijaju je radio- stanice koje su tokom jedne godine ostvarile izuzetne rezultate. Desava se da ima radio stanica koje se izuzetno isticu, a desava se i da ih nema. Tako da mi svake godine odlucujemo da li cemo nagradu dodeliti ili ne. Ove, 1996. godine, Radio B92 iz Beograda je izglasan za 'radio stanicu godine' a obrazlozenje je da 'se trudi da objektivno izvestava u teskim nedemokratskim uslovima u Jugoslaviji'. Mediji u tom delu Jugoslavije izvestavaju jednoobrazno i vecim su delom u drzavnim rukama, i zato je slobodan glas, kakav ima 'B92' veoma vazan. Ziri za dodelu nagrade cine medijski strucnjaci. Ove godine su svi bili Nemci, ali ih cesto ima i iz drugih zemalja. Saradnici Medjunarodne pomoci ('Internacionale Mediumhilfe') su strucnjaci koji su cesto vlasnici medijskih firmi. Oni su pocasni saradnici i sastaju se uvek krajem godine, kada se izmedju ostalog bira i radio-stanica godine''. B92: Koje stanice su ove godine bile nominovane za nagradu? Akfinat: ,,Bili su to 'Radio 101' iz Zagreba, 'Radio Indeks' iz Beograda, i 'Radio Labin' iz Labina u Hrvatskoj. Radio B92 se tokom godine probio u prvi plan i pobedio ostale stanice iz bivse Jugoslavije. Ove godine smo imali tezak zadatak jer sve te stanice zasluzuju nagradu. Ipak, Radio B92 je dobio nagradu kao predstavnik nezavisnih radio-stanica sa teritorije eks- Jugoslavije''. B92: Ko su bili dosadasnji dobitnici ove titule? Akfinat: ,,Prosle godine je, recimo, to bio Radio Ruanda. Na njihovom jeziku stanica se otprilike zove 'Radio golub mira'''. B92: Da li ste vi medjunarodna organizacija, i koliko clanova sada imate? Akfinat: ,,Sediste i uprava su u Cirihu, Koordinacioni biro, koji obavlja najveci deo posla je u Nemackoj. Saradnici rade na dobrovoljnoj bazi, ne primaju platu, nisu clanovi, vec cine savet IMH-a koji se redovno sastaje i donosi odluke. Postoji i Medjunarodna medijska mreza, nju cine mediji iz razlicitih zemalja sveta -- radio stanice i novine, a uskoro ce u clanstvo biti primljene i prve TV-stanice. Ova medijska mreza se izgradjuje od januara 1996. godine i trenutno broji 30 clanova. Bilo bi lepo kada bi nam se i Radio B92 pridruzio''.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, novogodisnje izdanje, 1. januar 1997. PROSLAVA U CENTRU BEOGRADA Dok ovo javljamo u toku je najveselija, najsvetlija, najbucnija proslava Nove 1997. godine i duha slobode koji vlada Beogradom i Srbijom vec skoro mesec i po dana. Muzika svira na Trgu slobode jos od podne. Pre ponoci Beogradjane su pozdravili poznati beogradski glumci i celnici koalicije ,,Zajedno'' cestitajuci im praznik. Nakon vatrometa u ponoc, koji je potrajao preko pola sata uz pistanje, zvizdanje, zvonjavu satova kao i odjekivanje mnogobrojnih petarda, poceo je novogodisnji koncert na kome su pevali Vlada i Bajka, Dza ili Bu, Milan Delcic, Gru, Saper i Krstic, Obojeni program... Gradjani su preplavili siri centar grada. Osim prostora na Trgu republike, ulice Srpskih vladara do Slavije i Vasina do Platoa su prepune novogodisnjih setaca. NOVA GODINA -- STUDENTI Hiljade Beogradskih studenata i profesora proslavile su nocas Novu Godinu i 39. dan svog protesta na platou ispred Filozofskog Fakulteta. Program je kasnio i vise od akademskih petnaest minuta, te je umesto u 21c poceo oko 22 casa. Pozdrav je okupljenima uputio clan Inicijativnog Odbora Studentskog protesta '96 Cedomir Jovanovic rekavsi da ce u iducoj godini biti ispunjeni studentski zahtevi i da studenti nece dozvoliti da 1997. godinu ,,pojedu skakavci''. Potom je zasvirao Bajaga sa svojim ,,Instruktorima'', potom je na binu izasao madjionicar Rosi, koji je izveo iluzije -- ,,vatrene zene'', ,,glasacka kutija'' i ,,demokratija''. Indeksovo pozoriste izvelo je svoj Novogodisnji ,,Gnevnik'' a posle njih bend Kristali imao je svojih 15 minuta svirke. Potom je, oko 11 casova i 20 minuta zbog tehnickih problema prekinut tek zapoceti koncert, te su se studenti uputili ka Trgu Republike, gde su i docekali Novu Godinu. Studente su ipak, pre kraja programa pozdravili i Cane iz Partibrejkersa i Delca. I pored problema sa tehnikom i nekih organizacionih problema, studenti su i nocas bili veseli i duhoviti, sto je njihov protest i krasilo u prethodnih 38 dana. Vatromet, baklje, prskalice, konfete, lampe i neizbezne petarde uvelicale su tzv. najludju noc Beogradskih sudenata. Iako je ceo Plato bio sve vreme pun, najveca guzva bila je u omanjem kavezu koji se nalazio na bini, u kojem su tri studenta provela nekoliko sati, sve do ponoci kada su simbolicno pusteni na ,,slobodu''. Ni nocasnje okupljanje nije proslo bez prisustva stranih zastava kao sto su: Ferari, Juventus, Brazil, Fiorentina, Bob Marli. Kreacija veceri, bio je gumeni napumpani reptil na kome je pisalo poslednji Slobosaurus. Zbog Novogodisnje noci, novo okupljanje zakazano je danas u 18 casova.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, novogodisnje izdanje, 1. januar 1997. MATESA O 1997. GODINI Hrvatska ce nastojati da u 1997. godini nacini prve korake ka clanstvu u Evropskoj uniji, izjavio je premijer Zlatko Matesa hrvatskoj drzavnoj televiziji. ,,Od pocetka 1997. razgovaracemo sa EU sa ciljem zakljucivanja sporazuma o saradnji i trgovini'', rekao je Matesa, a prenosi AFP. Prema njegovim recima, ti razgovori ce pomoci da se Hrvatska priblizi svom cilju, odnosno clanstvu u EU. U zloslutnijem delu izjave, on je najavio da ce u 1997. doci do istorijskog povratka Hrvatske u Vukovar, u Istocnoj Slavoniji. Francuska agencija primecuje da se na hravtskoj televiziji ne pominje bolest predsednika Franje Tudjmana, za koju se veruje da je smrtonosna. KRAJISNIK: SRBI SU GOSPODARI RS Clan Predsednistva Bosne i Hercegovine Momcilo Krajisnik konstatovao je u intervjuu za novogodisnji broj ,,Glasa srpskog'' da srpski narod moze biti zadovoljan i da je Republika Srpska stvarnost, javlja SRNA. ,,Nasi neprijatelji nisu vise u situaciji da nas tretiraju kao uzurpatora, agresora i slicno, iako to i dalje pokusavaju'', dodao je Krajisnik i naglasio: ,,Mi smo potpuno ostvarili jedan svoj cilj -- postali smo gospodari u RS''. Ocenjujuci da srpski narod moze biti zadovoljan zbog stepena ostvarene samostalnosti RS, Krajisnik je objasnio da je sasvim mali deo drzavnih funkcija ostao na nivou BiH, a, prema njegovim recima, ,,i u tim funkcijama ostvarili smo ravnopravnost i partnerstvo''. Pripremio(la): Valentina Delic
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Preuzeto sa Pro-a: ================================ Forum, Mediji.1462, drakce (6.1462) Sre 01/01/1997 02:35, 1785 chr :: Announcement ---------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement Of The Association Of Independent Electronic Media (12/31/96 6 pm GMT) Radio Antena M in Podgorica, the largest independent station in Montenegro, has received an official note from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining, which says that the station's working license expired on December 15. The Ministry has announced that it will call a public competition for the frequency 87.6 MHz, on which Antena M has been broadcasting its programs up to now. This newest development means that Antena M may well lose its frequency, because the competition is an open bid one, so the pro-Government media or organizations have the chance to offer a higher bid and obtain the frequency license without the obligation to broadcast anything. This has already happened in the past. The Montenegrin Minister of information has already announced that Antena M will be "punished." All this comes at a time when Radio B92 is again being oppressed in Belgrade. The world considers Montenegrin authorities more liberal than Milosevic: as far the position of the media is concerned, however, the two regimes are comparable. We call on the associations of professional journalists to urge their governments to put a pressure on Montenegrin authorities, so the position of the independent media may be improved and the contract with Antena M extended. The Association of the Independent Media calls on the Government of the Republic of Montenegro to reverse the decision of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining which has canceled Antena M's license and to respect the universal principles regarding the freedom of the press. Veran Matic Coordinator of the Association of the Independent Electronic Media Editor-in-Chief, Radio B92, Belgrade ------------------------------------------------- 6.1462 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1470, drakce (6.1470) Sre 01/01/1997 09:00, 408 chr, +kljuc.jpg 10k :: Reuter ---------------------------------------------------------------- BELGRADE, 1 JAN 97 - Opposition leader Vuk Draskovic (R) receives a key from Santa Claus as clock strikes midnight in Belgrade, January 1. Thousands of opposition supporters held a huge New Year's rally to the din of drums and whistles in a central Belgrade square to demand a democratic Serbia, hours after President Milosevic ignored protests against election fraud. ev/Photo by Emil Vas REUTERS ------------------------------------------------- 6.1470 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1471, drakce (6.1471) Sre 01/01/1997 09:01, 2829 chr :: Associated Press ---------------------------------------------------------------- Yugoslavia Chronology Tuesday, December 31, 1996 7:31 am EST BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Highlights of Yugoslavia's elections and the ensuing pro-democracy protests: Nov. 3 -- Elections are held for federal parliament and local assemblies in 189 municipalities in Serbia. President Slobodan Milosevic's ruling Socialists, allied with neo-Communists, win on the federal level. A runoff is needed for local elections. Nov. 17 -- Runoff elections are held for local offices, and the three-party opposition coalition Zajedno appears to win in most large communities, including Belgrade. Nov. 19 -- Milosevic-controlled electoral commissions annul local elections in several Serbian districts, mostly in cities areas where the opposition claimed victory. Nov. 20 -- First day of opposition rallies. Nov. 24 -- Courts, acting on complaints from Milosevic's party, annulled the results of the runoff elections in Belgrade. They order a third round of voting in cities where opposition was strong. Nov. 27 -- Third-round voting is held. Milosevic's candidates win easily due to near-total boycott by the opposition. Nov. 30 -- Number of demonstrators at rally reaches 150,000. Dec. 8 -- Supreme Court rejects an appeal to reinstate the opposition's victory in Belgrade. Dec. 13 -- In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Milosevic denies the charge he stole the election and invites a foreign review. Dec. 15 -- A court in the southern Serb town of Nis rules that the opposition won there. Dec. 17 -- Milosevic meets with student protesters who marched from Nis, promises them an investigation of the election controversy. Dec. 19 -- Number of demonstrators reaches new high of 250,000. Dec. 20 -- Fact-finding mission from Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe arrives in Belgrade. Dec. 24 -- Violence explodes as opposition supporters clash with Milosevic backers in Belgrade. Police beat opposition protesters. At least 58 people are injured. Dec. 25 -- Police ban anti-government rallies. Dec. 26 -- Riot police seal off a central square and beat demonstrators with clubs. Death confirmed of Predrag Starcevic, a man police beat two days earlier. Dec. 27 -- International fact-finders urge Milosevic to concede defeat. The OSCE reports the opposition won in 13 communities -- almost all cities, including Belgrade. Dec. 28 -- Starcevic, the first person killed in demonstrations, is buried and thousands attend funeral. The prime minister of Montenegro, Serbia's tiny partner what remains of the Yugoslav federation, sends a message of support to Belgrade students. Dec. 29 -- A group of Yugoslav army officers expresses support for protesters in a letter. (c) Copyright 1996 The Associated Press ------------------------------------------------- 6.1471 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1472, drakce (6.1472) Sre 01/01/1997 09:01, 2854 chr :: Associated Press ---------------------------------------------------------------- Milosevic Loses Supporters By JUDITH INGRAM Associated Press Writer Tuesday, December 31, 1996 8:46 am EST BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Opposition leaders today invited supporters to celebrate New Year's Eve on Belgrade's snow-covered streets, after the first crack appeared in Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's coalition. Serbia's New Democratic Party could deal a blow to Milosevic's coalition government if it withdraws to protest the annulment of Nov. 17 local elections won by the opposition. The small, moderate-leftist party said Monday that it was considering all its options, including ``full democracy.'' ``We will never participate either in revolution or dictatorship,'' party Vice President Zarko Jokanovic said. Dissent within the coalition further buoyed the opposition, elated by a declaration from a group of army officers Sunday that they would never turn their weapons on the demonstrators. In Montenegro, Serbia's partner in the Yugoslav federation, parliament passed a resolution today urging that ``the truth be established about the election results in a democratic manner,'' the official Yugoslav news agency Tanjug reported. The opposition had called for tough criticism of Milosevic's ``bloody dictatorship,'' but the ruling party's milder formulation won out. The Fonet independent news agency said the resolution implicitly called for Milosevic to respect the finding of international mediators that the opposition had won the majority of votes in 14 Serbian cities, including the capital of Belgrade and Nis, the second-largest city. In a New Year's message, students appealed Milosevic to accept the conclusions of international fact-finders who declared Friday that the opposition won the elections. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe also urged Milosevic to concede defeat, and gave him until Thursday to reply to its findings. ``With every day of hesitation we are further from the world that we desperately long for,'' the students said in a statement faxed to The Associated Press. ``Now is the time to act like a statesman, with honor and determination.'' Opposition leaders planned a New Year's festivities, starting with a masked ball this afternoon, a walk organized by student protesters, and a then a ``big bash'' attended by some of the country's top actors and musicians. An invitation printed in Monday's newspapers said revelers should bring candles, sparklers or an alarm clock set for midnight. It said a Christmas tree would be erected in Republic Square and people could leave new year's wishes on pieces of paper under it. The dress code was to be informal, featuring heavy parkas and boots for partying in the snow that was falling steadily today. (c) Copyright 1996 The Associated Press ------------------------------------------------- 6.1472 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1473, drakce (6.1473) Sre 01/01/1997 09:01, 4249 chr :: Associated Press ---------------------------------------------------------------- Europeans Press Milosevic By JUDITH INGRAM Associated Press Writer Tuesday, December 31, 1996 8:05 pm EST BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Holding sparklers, candles and torches, 150,000 opposition supporters jammed the center of Belgrade for a New Year's Eve bash and celebration of their strident pro-democracy movement. Europeans were increasing pressure on Slobodan Milosevic to accept opposition election victories, with France warning of isolation if the Serbian leader defies the international community. Opposition leaders had appealed to their supporters to refrain from ``traditional celebration'' -- meaning shooting in the air -- on New Year's Eve, and asked them to leave their firearms at home. There was no significant police presence on the streets, in contrast to previous days' gatherings that have been restricted by riot police. Traffic was frozen as pedestrians streamed downtown from all directions. Shortly after midnight, the three opposition leaders -- Zoran Djindjic, Vuk Draskovic, and Vesna Pesic -- addressed the tens of thousands of supporters, who spilled out of the main square into side streets and shared champagne and hamburgers in sub-freezing temperatures. ``Let us finish in '97 what we started in '96,'' Djindjic urged the revelers. ``They are finished. We have won,'' added Pesic, referring to Serbia's Socialist leaders. Last week, international mediators announced their findings that the opposition had won Nov. 17 local elections in 14 communities, including Belgrade and Nis, the largest cities in Serbia. Annulment of those election results sparked daily protests across Serbia, posing the biggest challenge to the authoritarian Serbian leader since he took power in 1987. Concerned by the silence from Serbian authorities, diplomats representing the European Union presented a request to the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday for Milosevic to promptly answer the mediators' recommendations to respect the election results. Nicola Cicanovic, the deputy foreign minister, received the diplomats. He ``could not confirm that the government would accept all the recommendations,'' according to a press release from the delegation. Cicanovic repeated Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic's earlier characterization of the report by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe as ``balanced and constructive,'' but made no concrete promises. France stepped up the pressure on Tuesday. Jacques Rummelhardt, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, told reporters in Paris that the OSCE findings ``should be put in place very soon.'' He said that France's foreign minister, Herve de Charette, had spoken with Yugoslav Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic, who said his government wanted ``a period of reflection.'' ``If the Serbian authorities were to reject a full and sincere execution of the recommendation, they risk isolating themselves and turning their backs on full reintegration ... in the international community,'' Rummelhardt said. ``We warn them against any such temptations.'' Milosevic maintained his silence on the elections. In a new year's address to the nation Tuesday night, he noted that a year had passed since the end of the Bosnian war and the lifting of sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia. ``I think we can freely say that we used that year well, even if we take into account the obstacles from abroad and at home, especially in the last few months,'' he said, standing stiffly before the camera in a black, double-breasted suit. Like a classic Communist leader, he promised that 1997 would be a year ``when huge investments will start and those investments will really change the face of our country.'' Police prevented dozens of students from walking up the street where Milosevic lives on Tuesday evening. The students had hoped to deliver a ``declaration of freedom.'' The students turned into a neighboring street, where they were greeted by the former Yugoslav president, Dobrica Cosic. He expressed his hope that 1997 would ``be a year of democracy, thanks to all the students,'' student protester Dusan Vasiljevic said. (c) Copyright 1996 The Associated Press ------------------------------------------------- 6.1473 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1474, drakce (6.1474) Sre 01/01/1997 09:01, 6941 chr :: Washington Post ---------------------------------------------------------------- Milosevic's Fall Clear, But Perhaps Not Near Rifts, Economy More Perilous Than Protests By Michael Dobbs Washington Post Foreign Service Tuesday, December 31 1996; Page A11 The Washington Post Serbian opposition leaders may be right when they insist that their six-week-old protest movement against President Slobodan Milosevic marks the beginning of the end for the last Communist regime in Europe. The catch is that the final act in the drama may last a long time. "I have no illusion that street demonstrations alone will be sufficient to get rid of Milosevic," said Democratic Party leader Zoran Djindjic, referring to the daily protest rallies that he has organized since Milosevic annulled the results of several local elections won by the opposition on Nov. 17. "This is all part of a much longer historical process. We cannot think that the government will fall within a month, or even two or three months." The counteroffensive by the Milosevic government over the past few days, including the mobilization of tens of thousands of riot police in the streets of Belgrade, has served as a reminder that the Serbian president still has considerable resources at his disposal. Many observers say that in the long run his fate is more likely to be determined by struggles within his government and an almost unrelievedly bleak economic outlook than by the carnival-like street protests that have captured the world's attention. While some commentators have drawn parallels between Milosevic and such East European Communist leaders as Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania and Gustav Husak of Czechoslovakia, who were overthrown by popular upheavals in 1989, the contrasts are even more striking. The Communist system that survived in Yugoslavia -- of which Milosevic's Serbia is the dominant republic -- has proved both more flexible and more deeply entrenched than the governments that fell like ninepins in 1989 as soon as it became clear that they no longer enjoyed the backing of the Soviet Union. "This is a home-grown Communist regime that carried out its own revolution and was answerable to its own people," said a Western diplomat here. "In that sense, Milosevic has more legitimacy than the other Communist leaders." The distinction dates largely to the days following World War II; in contrast to the rest of Eastern Europe, which was freed from Nazi rule by the Soviet army, Yugoslavia largely liberated itself, and Tito's Communist partisans found themselves in a privileged position at the end of the war. Alone among East European Communist parties, they refused to take orders from Stalin and were expelled from the Moscow-led international Communist movement in 1948. After Mikhail Gorbachev began to liberalize the Soviet Union in the 1980s, its East European satellites were swept away. In Yugoslavia, however, the Communist system proved much more tenacious. Milosevic was able to preserve his power base in Serbia, the largest of Yugoslavia's six original republics, by tapping into a rich vein of Serbian nationalism, which supplanted communism as the republic's guiding ideology while leaving Communist state structures intact. In turn, other national groups -- Croats, Muslims, Slovenes and others -- rose up in the other republics. This was followed by the violent destruction first of the Yugoslav federation and then of the Yugoslav republic in which the nationalisms ultimately collided -- Bosnia. Milosevic is now witnessing the fruits of his power grab. His dream of a single Serbian state stretching from the Danube almost to the Adriatic lies in ruins. More than 600,000 refugees from historically Serb-populated areas of Croatia and Bosnia have fled to Serbia proper. Serbia is economically devastated and internationally isolated. Serbs have begun fighting one another, if not with tanks and guns, then at least with sticks and stones. In many other countries, a leader who had visited so many misfortunes on his people might have been strung up by now. The fact that Milosevic has managed not only to remain in power, but also to have shifted much of the blame for the disaster onto others, is a testament to his ability to manipulate Serbia's unique political culture to his advantage. "He is a political genius," said an East European diplomat who has observed him over many years. "He lost everything but somehow emerged a winner." Paradoxically, Serbia's poverty and international pariah status may have contributed to Milosevic's longevity, as the Serbian leader has been able to convince a significant portion of Serbia's 10 million population that the rest of the world is against them. "The big powers do not want a strong Serbia," Milosevic declared at a rally last week. "That is why they are attempting to destabilize the country through the creation of a fifth column." Such rhetoric plays well in the countryside, which has always been the backbone of Milosevic's support. But it does not impress the urban elite, who have been flocking to daily demonstrations organized by a coalition of five opposition parties. Nevertheless, even in the cities, public opinion is deeply divided. For every resident of Belgrade who has taken part in the demonstrations, at least five or six have stayed at home. While talk of Milosevic's imminent demise seems premature, he has suffered a major political setback. The opposition has been reinvigorated. The process of normalizing relations with the West, which would allow Yugoslavia to regain access to international credit markets, has been set back by many months. Equally ominous for Milosevic, cracks have begun to appear in his hitherto monolithic regime. The small New Democracy party, which forms a coalition with the ruling Socialist Party, has called on Milosevic to recognize the results of the Nov. 17 elections. There have been rumblings of protest from the demoralized and much diminished Yugoslav army; today, the army leadership said it would remain "united in the consistent fulfillment of [its] duties," an apparent rejection of recent calls by officers not to fire on protesters. The leaders of Montenegro -- Serbia's junior partner in the new, two-republic Yugoslavia -- are also distancing themselves from Milosevic's government. Over the long term, Serbia's economic situation is desperate and is unlikely to improve as long as Milosevic is in power. He has postponed serious economic reforms for fear of a backlash by industrial workers. Much of the state budget is being used to pay an 80,000-member police force to deal with street disturbances. "He has no intention of embarking on reforms, and this is what is ultimately going to destroy him," Djindjic said. "He has created a system which is not able to survive over the long term." (c) Copyright 1996 The Washington Post Company ------------------------------------------------- 6.1474 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1475, drakce (6.1475) Sre 01/01/1997 09:01, 3899 chr :: Los Angeles Times ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, December 31, 1996 Serbia Army Units May Not Back Regime <Picture> Balkans: An unverified letter suggests some in military would resist using force on pro-democracy protesters. Largest rally yet is planned for today. By TRACY WILKINSON, Times Staff Writer BELGRADE, Yugoslavia--Embattled Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic came under new pressure Monday with the purported rebellion of an elite army unit, while leaders of anti-government street demonstrations planned their largest rally yet for New Year's Eve. On the 43rd consecutive day of protest against alleged election fraud, thousands of students and other demonstrators paraded over ice-coated streets through police gantlets and heard from a young activist released from jail after 25 days. "They tortured me, and I am here to prove we are not afraid," declared Dejan Bulatovic, arrested and beaten after he marched with an effigy of Milosevic in prison garb. Milosevic, whose decision to annul opposition victories in municipal elections last month triggered the greatest wave of unrest in his nine-year rule, meanwhile was hearing from critics in his own government--and possibly in his own security forces. Nine detachments of the Yugoslav army from Serbia's second-largest city and five other towns lent support to the opposition and said they would disobey any orders to use force against the protesters, according to a mysterious, two-page letter addressed to Milosevic that surfaced over the weekend. "We will not allow Serbia to be ruined, and we will not be against our people," said the unsigned letter. "Our tanks and our guns will only be used against enemies. . . . If it is necessary, we will stand in front of the Serbian people for the final victory of truth." The disaffected officers' petition was first presented to army Chief of Staff Gen. Momcilo Perisic in a weekend meeting in the city of Nis, the independent Belgrade news agency VIP reported Monday. Except for the VIP report, the authenticity of the letter could not be verified, and diplomats were regarding it with caution. The government seemed to be taking it seriously and moved quickly to dispel the notion of dissent. * * * In a meeting shown prominently on state television Monday night, a dozen senior army officers paid a visit to Zoran Lilic, president of the rump Yugoslavia--which is made up of Serbia and tiny Montenegro. The officers voiced their support for the state. Perisic was shown at the meeting and was quoted saying that the army would defend the "stability and integrity" of Yugoslavia. "Internal and external stability of the country are necessary," Perisic said. In response to the letter late Monday, the army's general headquarters issued a denial of internal splits within the military. "With international influences, some are trying to involve the army in activities that are out of the army's role and duties," the statement said. If real, the letter would confirm persistent rumors of dissatisfaction and confusion within the Serbian security forces and would offer another sign that the pillars of power sustaining Milosevic are beginning to crack. The letter seemed to be warning Milosevic against declaring a state of emergency, an extreme measure he is thought to be considering. The army units purported to have joined in the letter included Yugoslavia's 63rd Paratrooper Brigade, an elite group that saw battle against Croatia in 1991. Support from the army would represent a significant boost for the opposition. Yet the army--with many of its generals purged by Milosevic--has been eclipsed in recent years by the police, which Milosevic favors, pays well and has used as a paramilitary state security apparatus deployed against the demonstrators. Copyright Los Angeles Times ------------------------------------------------- 6.1475 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1476, drakce (6.1476) Sre 01/01/1997 09:01, 3756 chr :: CNN ---------------------------------------------------------------- Serbian opposition celebrates on Belgrade square <Picture: gathering> Opposition, Western nations keep pressure on Milosevic December 31, 1996 Web posted at: 11:30 p.m. EST (0430 GMT) From Correspondent Steve Harrigan BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (CNN) -- Serbian opposition leaders brought alarm clocks with them Tuesday night to a New Year's Eve party in Belgrade's main square. The clocks were intended to symbolize their belief that time is running out for the president to recognize local elections held in November, in which Serbia's ruling party was beaten. <Picture: screaming man> The party was also an opposition effort to boost its declining numbers at the rallies. Actors and rock groups banded together with politicians and Santa Claus on a stage erected in the Belgrade square. An estimated 150,000 people streamed into the square, dancing, singing, and waving torches, candles and sparklers. "It's high time to recognize the elections and our rights to vote and our votes to be recognized," said one reveler. Perhaps because there was no significant police presence on the streets during the party, the turnout was one of the largest in the 44-day string of protests. But time and the weather may favor Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Since he began using the police to block the marches, the crowds have gotten smaller. West keeps up pressure Meanwhile, pressure from the West is unabated. Last week a report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe concluded that opposition forces had won at least 14 local elections in Serbia, including Belgrade and Nis, the largest cities in Serbia. <Picture: Lenstra> Although a European Union delegation failed to meet with Milosevic Tuesday, its members were optimistic after meeting with a deputy foreign minister. In a statement, the EU said diplomats had met with Nikola Cicanovic, the Yugoslav assistant minister of foreign affairs, and "he declared it was their intention to ensure that the will of the people, as expressed in the second round of the local elections, be fully respected." Dutch diplomat Menno Lenstra said, "We expressed our concern about the present situation, and we urged the authorities to act upon the recommendations, and we got an impression that they are doing that." Cicanovic said it would take action by the Serbian government, parliament and the courts -- which would not come until after the holiday ends. Milosevic skips over opposition in address <Picture: Milosevic> Despite all the noise protesters raised at Tuesday night's rally and elsewhere, the government continues to ignore the demonstrations. In his own New Year's Eve address to the nation, Milosevic never even directly mentioned the protests, nor did he give any clue of what action the government would take. "We have made the best of it," he said of 1996. "Even if we take under consideration the disturbances from inside and outside the country that we were exposed to, especially in the last couple of months, we have made the best of this year." Milosevic promised the Serbian people that next year would be better economically with more investment and a move toward a market economy. "Let it be a peaceful, free, rich and independent country," said Milosevic. "I wish you all a lot of success." His slight of the opposition had little effect on the street. Students tried once again, however, to bring their message directly to the president. Police prevented dozens of students from walking up the street where Milosevic lives on Tuesday evening. The students had hoped to deliver a "declaration of freedom." (c) 1996 Cable News Network, Inc. ------------------------------------------------- 6.1476 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1477, drakce (6.1477) Sre 01/01/1997 09:16, 3498 chr :: Reuter ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday December 31 11:07 AM EST Bells to Toll for Milosevic in Street Fest BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (Reuter) - After weeks of protests, Serbia's opposition planned Tuesday to usher in the New Year with a huge street party and a cacophony of bells it says will be tolling for President Slobodan Milosevic. The Zajedno (Together) coalition said it hoped to muster the biggest street party Belgrade had ever seen to mark the 44th day of protests over election fraud. The "ticket" to the party will be an alarm clock, sparkler or candle. According to coalition plans, on the stroke of midnight the clocks will all start ringing in a light-hearted notification to the socialist president that his time is running out. Zajedno accused Milosevic of orchestrating electoral fraud last month to cheat it out of clear local election wins in 15 major towns across Serbia, including the capital Belgrade. To back demands that the results be restored, Zajedno has staged more than six weeks of street marches that have jammed the capital and spread to provincial towns. A senior diplomatic source said the European Union would add to the already considerable international pressure on Milosevic by hand-delivering a message to either the Serbian president or Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic. The source said the Dutch Embassy's first secretary would lead the British and Italian ambassadors and an EU official in a delegation to pass on the message calling for the government to respect democracy and concede the electoral losses. The delegation, representing the "troika" of past, present and future EU presidents, was expected to stress support for last week's report by a team from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) that was critical of Milosevic and endorsed Zajedno's allegations of fraud. Tuesday night's party includes a costume ball for children followed by a mid-evening procession and then a huge party in Republic Square with pop music groups and actors. The street spectacle takes advantage of Belgrade's traditional enthusiasm for celebrating the New Year to help maintain the enthusiasm of Zajedno's supporters whose ranks have dwindled since snowy, sub-zero weather set in a week ago. It is also a way around an Interior Ministry ban on marches that disrupt traffic -- a clumsy but effective edict that has driven the protests off city streets and onto a narrow pedestrian mall. Police enforcing the ban blocked 5,000 university students who tried to march across the Sava River bridge Monday forcing them to retreat into the mall. Later, tens of thousands of Zajedno supporters massed in Republic Square with riot police packing adjacent streets to prevent protesters from swarming into traffic zones. Dejan Bulatovic, a Zajedno activist who had been beaten while in police custody, appeared at the rally after he was released Monday, having served 25 days in jail for carrying an effigy of Milosevic in prison garb. "They are wrong if they think we have achieved nothing in these 41 days," one of Zajedno's leaders, Zoran Djindjic, told the crowd. "We began by chasing a fox which stole our votes and ended up driving a dinosaur out of its lair." With the streets sealed off by the authorities, Zajedno also confined its now traditional march to the pedestrian mall, walking in circles and jeering at the cordons of riot police. Copyright (c) 1996 Reuters Limited. ------------------------------------------------- 6.1477 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1478, drakce (6.1478) Sre 01/01/1997 09:16, 4061 chr :: Reuter ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday December 31 5:30 PM EST Milosevic Promises Reforms, Ignores Opposition BELGRADE (Reuter) - Serbia's President Slobodan Milosevic Tuesday wished his people a happy New Year, promising reforms but making no reference to demands by the opposition and the West that he reverse election fraud. Hours after his speech, thousands in Belgrade launched a New Year celebration that added another protest to their weeks of street demonstrations demanding that he fully embrace democracy. "The coming year will be a year of reforms -- major ownership and structural changes which should make possible an affirmation of all motivating elements in a market economy," he said in a statement broadcast by Serbian state televivision. Milosevic only obliquely referred to the political crisis that began after his ruling socialists reversed local election results which awarded control of 15 of the biggest towns in Serbia, including Belgrade, to the opposition. "I think we can justly say that we have used this year well, even very well, having in mind the...internal obstructions we have experienced, especially in the past few months," Milosevic said. The fraud has sparked 44 days of mass demonstrations in Belgrade and dozens of other towns by students and opposition supporters demanding respect for democracy. A report by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) recommends that Milosevic fully accept the opposition victories. Milosevic's deliberate snub poured cold water over expectations that the issue could be resolved in the near future. European Union diplomats who had met Yugosolav deputy foreign minister earlier in the day said the Serbian government may be ready to act on the OSCE recommendations but were cautious over its commitment. "While (the deputy foreign minister) could not confirm the Government would accept all the recommendations, he declared that it was their intention to ensure that the will of the people... be fully respected," an EU press statement said. A Western diplomatic source took the meeting cautiously. "We're not sure if this represents a major breakthrough, but it moves things in the right direction," the source said. The delegation was representing the EU in a move aimed at stepping up international pressure on Milosevic, spearheaded by the United States, to accept the findings of the OSCE report. The opposition Zajedno (Together) coalition planned a huge street party with alarm clocks and a cacophony of bells it says will be tolling for Milosevic on the stroke of midnight telling the communist-turned-socialist that his time was running out. Protesting Belgrade students sneaked past Milosevic's feared security forces and after three attempts foiled by hundreds of riot police managed to reach Milosevic's home in the elite residential district of Dedinje. A group of some 20 student representatives, camera crews and reporters took a trolley-bus to Dedinje from the city center and then walked up the street to Milosevic's home. "The four policemen standing outside Milosevic's home were stunned when they saw students," a witness said. "One of them told the students they could not pass by under any circumstances, so they shook hands with him and wished them a happy New Year," the witness said. Later some 5,000 students staged a "happening" in a Belgrade square as part of the New Year celebrations. Six of them shut themselves in a cage while a magician performed a trick with vanishing ballots in a box ridiculing the ruling socialists for their election fraud. The street spectacle took advantage of Belgrade's traditional enthusiasm for celebrating the New Year to help maintain the enthusiasm of Zajedno's supporters whose ranks have dwindled since snowy, sub-zero weather set in a week ago. It is also a way round an Interior Ministry ban on marches that disrupt traffic that has driven the protests off the city streets and onto a narrow pedestrian mall. ------------------------------------------------- 6.1478 --
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, drugo izdanje, 1. januar 1997. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Svi tekstovi su Copyright 1996 Radija B92. SVA PRAVA ZADRZANA. ------------------------------------------------------------------ VESTI DANA ------------------------------------------------------------------ NOVOGODISNJI KARNEVAL U BEOGRADU Stotine hiljada ljudi proslavilo je na trgovima i ulicama u centru Beograda novu 1997, u do sada najmasovnijem kolektivnom doceku Nove godine u jugoslovenskom glavnom gradu. Karnevalsku atmosferu u Beogradu na temperaturi od minus deset stepeni otpoceli su oko 21.00 cas studenti na platou ispred Filozofskog fakulteta, koji sa tog mesta vec danima krecu u setnje centrom grada, u znak protesta zbog ponistavanja drugog kruga lokalnih izbora u vise gradova i opstina u Srbiji. Centralni novogodisnji hepening uprilicile su, medjutim, oko 23.00 casa pristalice koalicije ,,Zajedno'' na Trgu Republike, zapocevsi slavlje uz zvuke pesme ,,Boze pravde''. Ni problemi sa strujom nisu omeli Beogradjane, koji su potpuno ispunili Trg Republike i okolne ulice da proslave Novu godinu. Isto vazi i za mnogobrojne prvake beogradskog glumista, koji su ucestvovali u novogodisnjem programu. Ponoc je docekana vatrometom. Prve cestitke gradjanima su uputili lideri koalicije ,,Zajedno'' Vuk Draskovic, Zoran Djindjic i Vesna Pesic, porukama: ,,Oni su gotovi, pobedili smo'', ,,Zivela nova demokratska Srbija'' i ,,Dovrsimo ono sto smo zapoceli''. Posle toga, hiljade ljudi pocelo je da se razilazi gradom, ali je veliki broj Beogradjana ostao na Trgu Republike, gde je usledio muzicki nastavak novogodisnjeg programa. Nekoliko desetina hiljada ljudi imalo je priliku da peva sa Goranom Bregovicem, Dejanom Cukicem, Delcom, Vladom i Bajkom... U centru Beograda veceras nisu mogli da se vide policajci sa ,,protivdemonstrantskom'' opremom. Retki saobracajci su rado pozirali za fotografiju sa ucesnicima slavlja. Centar Beograda je u do duboko u noc bio potpuno zakrcen automobilima i velikim brojem pesaka na ulicama. Za sve vreme slavlja grad se orio od zaglusujuce buke desetina hiljada zvizdaljki, truba i automobilskih sirena.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, drugo izdanje, 1. januar 1997. MAROVIC: ONI KOJI SU ZVALI OEBS, TREBA DA UVAZE IZVESTAJ Predsednik crnogorske skupstine Svetozar Marovic je u novogodisnjoj poruci gradjanima Crne Gore istakao je da ocekuje da ,,oni koji su pozvali komisiju OEBS-a uvaze izvjestaj te komisije''. ,,Ocekujemo da oni koji su pozvali komisiju OEBS-a, oni koji su se sa njima sreli i razgovarali, uvaze izvjestaj komisije OEBS-a. To je prvi korak, vazan korak, za prevazilazenje krize u Beogradu i Srbiji'', porucio je Marovic preko nezavisnog podgorickog radija ,,Antena M''. Kako prenosi Montena-faks, on je istakao da ,,Srbija i Crna Gora, odnosno SR Jugoslavija, ne smiju pristati na novu izolaciju'' jer bi to ,,ugrozilo perspektive razvoja nase zemlje'', porucio je Marovic. DIMITRIJEVIC: CRNOGORSKA VLAST JOS NIJE POTROSENA Profesor beogradskog Pravnog fakulteta Vojin Dimitrijevic izjavio je u intervjuu nogovodisnjem broju ,,Monitora'' da se iz situacija kakva je trenutno u Srbiji, ,,bez krvi izlazi samo ako se nadje neko iz vlasti, kao prelazno resenje, neko ko se nije toliko uprljao i kome se moze oprostiti''. ,,Takvih ljudi u srpskoj vlasti gotovo da nema, svi su potroseni, a u Crnoj Gori jos nisu'', istakao je Dimitrijevic, a prenosi Montena-faks. On je ocenio da ,,rezim u Crnoj Gori, na prvi pogled, izgleda malo kulturnije od ovog u Srbiji'', ali da, ,,ako vlast svojim politickim protivnicima preti da ce ih tuziti sudu, onda ona cini isti greh koji su komunisti cinili prema politickim oponentima, koje su tretirali kao neprijatelje''. Prema njegovim recima, ,,mi, ovde (u Srbiji), imamo nekoga ko je lud i nista vise nije u domenu politike, vec psihijatrije i nama od tog ludila preti velika opasnost''. On je napomenuo da za sve ove godine ,,jos nije mogao da primeti da i Crna Gora ima na vlasti psihijatrijske slucajeve'' i dodao: ,,Zbog toga ja danas emotivno pozivam racionalno crnogorsko rukovodstvo da reaguje i da budu svesni svoje istorijske odgovornosti'', porucio je Dimitrijevic, dodajuci da se i u Beogradu ,,na crnogorsko rukovodstvo gleda kao na veoma gresno, ali jos sastavljeno od normalnih, racionalnih ljudi''. ,,Ti ljudi, izgleda, jako vole novac ali su, ipak, ljudi koji su razumni. Njihova uloga u ovom trenutku je veoma vazna'', ocenio je on. NOVOGODISNJE PORUKE PEROVICA I KILIBARDE Predsednik Liberalnog saveza Crne Gore Slavko Perovic i jedan od vodja koalicije ,,Narodna sloga'', u novogodisnjoj poruci gradjanima Crne Gore izjavio je da sadasnja generacija ima nezahvalan i veoma tezak zadatak da demontira ,,posljednji komunisticki diktatorski rezim u Evropi''. Kako prenosi Montena-faks, Perovic je preko nezavisnog podgorickog radija ,,Antena M'' precizirao da je pretposlednji takav rezim ,,onaj u Srbiji, rezim Slobodana Milosevica, a posljednji ce biti rezim Momira Bulatovica''. Predsednik Narodne stranke i jedan od lidera koalcije ,,Narodna sloga'' Novak Kilibarda, izrazio je, preko ,,Antene M'', nadu da ce se ,,svi zajedno, u novoj 1997. godini, izboriti za pobjedu demokratije u Crnoj Gori''. On je precizirao da ,,to podrazumijeva obezbjedjivanje prostojnog standarda, postovanje ljudskih i gradjanskih prava i dusevni mir stanovnistva''. ,,Narodna sloga smatra da ce, u zajednici sa demokratskim snagama Srbije, sa koalicijom Zajedno, uspjeti da dovede demokratiju u ovu zemlju'', porucio je lider narodnjaka i ponovo pozivao vladajucu partiju Crne Gore da se ,,prikljuci demokratskim snagama'', rekao je Kilibarda. MONITOR O ANTENI M ,,Rezim cije su vodje saucesnici u jednom od najvecih zlocina u istoriji Balkana, koji su isli na ratiste da podrze rusioce Dubrovnika, koji su iskopali 200 grobova u Crnoj Gori, batinali i mucili ljude u svojim zatvorima, saucestvovali u otimanju ljudi iz vozova i njihovim ubistvima, koji na svojim grudima nose ordenje dodijeljeno im od ratnih zlocinaca za pomoc koju su im pruzali u bosanskom krvoprolicu, potvrdjuju svoje shvatanje tolerancije i demokratije: gase nejaki glas radija Antena M koji se jedva cuje od buke njihovih gromoglasnih medija, iako je ona i njima nudila i davala rijec, da bi oni sada njoj oduzeli, kad nijesu uspjeli da obezbijede da ih ona pita samo ono sto naruce i pamti samo ono sto bi oni zeljeli da udje u istoriju'' -- pise u uvodniku novogodisnjeg broja nezavisnog crnogorskog nedeljnika ,,Monitor'', povodom vesti o oduzimanju frekvencije ,,Anteni M''. ,,Ipak, postoji nada'' -- nastavlja jedan od osnivaca nedeljnika i Radija Antena M, Miodrag Perovic, u uvodniku najnovijeg ,,Monitora''. ,,Ako nas istorija uci icemu, uci nas jednoj stvari: svako zlo je privremeno, pa makar trajalo visestruko duze od ljudskog zivota! Vektor dominantnih sila istorije usmjeren je na drugu stranu od one kuda su se usmjerili Milosevic i Bulatovic. Osnovna ljudska prava, medju koje spada i pravo na slobodu misli i izrazavanja, ne mogu ostati u njihovoj volji i posjedu!'' -- stoji, uz ostalo, u uvodniku novogodisnjeg ,,Monitora''.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, drugo izdanje, 1. januar 1997. STUDENTI VECERAS PROTESTUJU BUKOM Studentski protest organizuje danas akciju ,,Buka je u modi'' i poziva gradjane da se u 19.00 sati okupe na platou ispred Filozofskog fakulteta sa ,,rekvizitima za pravljenje buke''. Akcija, koja pocinje tacno u 19.30 sati, u vreme emitovanja drugog dnevnika RTS-a, ima alternativni naziv -- ,,pobrkani loncici'' (sto je aluzija na izjavu jugoslovenskog sefa diplomatije, Milana Milutinovica, povodom izvestaja OEBS-a, da su malo pobrkani loncici). Gradjani se pozivaju da dodju i ,,zajedno prave buku''. Od okupljenih se ocekuje da dodju ,,sa svim onim u sta moze da se lupa i da se trubi'', a obavezno sa ,,rekvizitima'' ucesnika dosadasnjih protestnih setnji beogradskim ulicama -- pistaljkama i trubama. SUDBINU SRBIJE NE ZNA NI DEDA MRAZ ,,Sta dolazeci dani donose Srbiji kao i celom Balkanu, ne zna cak ni Deda Mraz. To znaju samo Gospod Bog i jedan covek. Rec je o predsedniku Srbije Slobodanu Milosevicu'', pisu u novogodisnjem broju ,,Moskovske novosti''. Kako javlja dopisnik FoNeta Branko Stosic, moskovski nedeljnik je lidera Srbije uvrstio medju pet licnosti koje su obelezile najznacajnije dogadjaje prosle godine. ,,Slobodan Milosevic se pobrinuo da bude u centru paznje svetske javnosti tokom cele 1997. Na pocetku je bio nezamenljivi mirotvorac, a na kraju nepomirljivi partner svoje opozicije. Ako je prvo znacajno podiglo medjunarodni rejting srpskog predsednika, drugo ga osetno smanjuje'', pisu Moskovske novosti. Isticuci da ce medjunarodna zajednica lako zaboraviti stare zasluge predsednika Srbije ako se on oglusi o savete da se na lep nacin dogovori sa ,,neposlusnom opozicijom'', list kaze da se ne moze predvideti kojim ce putem on krenuti. ,,Razumeti sta Milosevic hoce danas, veoma je tesko, kao i uvek uostalom'', zakljucuje moskovski nedeljnik. GENERAL DIVJAK PRED PENZIJOM Drugi covek bosanske armije general Jovan Divjak, odlukom predsednika predsednistva Bosne i Hercegovine Alije Izetbegovica, stavljen je na listu za penzionisanje, izvestila je sarajevska televizija. Kako javlja AFP, Divjak, Srbin koji je bio lojalan Izetbegovicu tokom opsade Sarajeva, bio je na visokom polozaju u pretezno muslimanskoj vojci BiH od pocetka rata 1992. On je pao u nemilost nakon potpisivanja Dejtonskog sporazuma decembra 1995, kada se usprotivio kontroli Izetbegoviceve Stranke demokratske akcije nad armijom. Divjak se, takodje, protivio podeli Bosne na dva entiteta jer se time, po njegovom misljenju, opravdava etnicko ciscenje. Pripremio(la): Valentina Delic
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, trece izdanje, 1. januar 1997. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Svi tekstovi su Copyright 1996 Radija B92. SVA PRAVA ZADRZANA. ------------------------------------------------------------------ VESTI DANA ------------------------------------------------------------------ SASTANAK OEBS-A U PETAK U BECU Americki mediji opsirno su izvestili o protestnom doceku Nove godine na Trgu Republike u Beogradu gde se, kako se navodi, uprkos snegu i hladnoci, okupilo oko 150.000 ljudi da pozeli i najavi Srbiji ulazak u srecnu i slobodnu 1997. godinu. Kako za FoNet javlja dopisnik ,,Nase Borbe'' Slobodan Pavlovic, u jednom od izvestaja Si-En-En-a konstatovano je danas na tu temu da je predsednik Srbije Slobodan Milosevic u svojoj novogodisnjoj poruci prakticno ignorisao proteste opozicije i studenata. Sudeci, medjutim, prema ,,Vasington postu'', Milosevic nije ignorisao samo opoziciju, vec to isto cini i sa zahtevom Organizacije za evropsku bezbednost i saradnju koja je zatrazila da se do kraja ove nedelje priznaju pobede opozicionih kandidata u devet beogradskih opstina i jos 13 gradova u Srbiji. Pozivajuci se na diplomatske izvore, izvestac tog lista javlja da Milosevic i sef njegove diplomatije Milan Milutinovic nisu zeleli da se tim povodom sastanu sa zapadnim izaslanicima u Beogradu, a da im je onda pomocnik ministra inostranih poslova Nikola Cicanovic najavio da ce, zbog novogodisnjih praznika, vlastima, Skupstini i sudovima u Srbiji biti nemoguce da do petka sprovedu u zivot zahtev koji im je postavila panevropska komisija, prevodjena bivsim spanskim premijerom Felipeom Gonsalesom. U Vasingtonu je, s tim u vezi, jedino potvrdjeno da ce OEBS razmotriti u petak, na sastanku u Becu, situaciju u Srbiji i Milosevicevo reagovanje na zahtev koji mu je upucen. Vlada SAD izjasnice se tek posle toga o svojim sledecim potezima, za koje se u ovom trenutku jedino navodi da su vlastima u Beogradu vec vise puta nagovesteni diplomatskim kanalima i javnim saopstenjima, za slucaj da ne bude ispostovana volja naroda Srbije, demokratski izrazena na izborima 17. novembra.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, trece izdanje, 1. januar 1997. STUDENTI PONOVO SETAJU Posle 6 dana sprecavanja od strane policije, studenti Beogradskog Univerziteta ponovo su setali centralnim gradskim ulicama. ,,Nemamo TV ali imamo ''tam tam,, i cujemo se dovoljno daleko'' bio je radni naslov vecerasnje akcije studenata, kojima se u toku dvocasovne setnje prikljucilo desetine hiljada Beogradjana. Daleko veci broj gradjana ucestvovao je u akciji pravljenja buke lupajuci o razne predmete sa svojih prozora i balkona. Cinjenicu da policije nije bilo studenti su oznacili povicima ,,Vratite nam kordon'' i ,,Setnja, Setnja'', a ogranizacioni odbor Protesta munjevito je doneo odluko o inace nenajavljenoj setnji. Novo protestno okupljanje studenata najavljeno je za sutra u 18 casova, na Platou zna se. O jucerasnjoj proslavi Nove godine na ulicama Beograda, kao jednoj u nizu protestnih okupljanja koje je ovoga puta bilo svecano, drzavni mediji nisu rekli ni rec. U njihovim izvestajima kaze se da su Beogradjani proslavili Novu godinu, tradicionalno, u svojim domovima. GRADJANI U TAM-TAM AKCIJI Novi Beograd veceras je od 19.30 do 20c, bio najbucniji deo grada, i tako zaglusujucom bukom postideo opoziciona uporista iz starog dela grada. Srpama, pisaljkama i drugim zvucnim rekvizitima pobunu protiv nacina na koji izvestavaju drzavni mediji ubedljivo je veceras iskazao i Dorcol. NOVOGODISNJA PROSLAVA U GRADOVIMA SRBIJE U mnogobrojnim gradovima Srbije, u kojima se preko mesec dana protestuje na ulicama zbog ponistavanja rezultata lokalnih izbora, sinoc je odrzan svecani protest i pozdrav nadolazecoj godini. U Kragujevcu je vise od 10000 ljudi na trgu ,,kod krsta'' slavilo uz muziku i igru, vrucu rakiju i vatromet. Pre ponoci organizovana je protestna setnja u kojoj su bili i novi gradonacelnik Veroljub Stevanovic, predsednik Izvrsnog odbora Skupstine grada Borivoje Radic i potpredsednik Skupstine grada Vlatko Rajkovic, predstavnici opozicione koalicije ,,Zajedno''. Cestitajuci Kragujevcanima Novu godinu, gradonacelnik Stevanovic je obecao da ce raditi samo u interesu gradjana. te da se ,,ne boji teskoca koje je ostavila prethodna neodgovorna i nedemokratska vlast''. U Nisu je na centralnom gradskom trgu oslobodjenja bilo vise od 50 hiljada gradjana koji su u karnevalskom raspolozenju uz vatromet, baklje, prskalice, balone i kanonadu petardi docekali Novu godinu. Predstavnik koalicije ,,Zajedno'' iz Demokratske stranke Nisa, Toplica Djordjevic rekao je Radiju B92 da nije bilo nikakvih incidenata i da demonstranti nemaju nikakvih problema sa policijom pohvalivsi nacelnika niskog SUP-a gospodina Gvozdenovica. Gospodin Gvozdenovic se, inace, visoko kotirao u anketi koju je medju svojim gledaocima sprovela niska Televizija 5. Lideri niske koalicije ,,Zajedno'' su, cestitajuci im Novu godinu pozvali, pozvali okupljene gradjane da nastave ,,borbu za istinu i demokratiju''. Predstavnici koalicije su u ponoc oznacili da je poceo i 45. dan protestnih okupljanja zbog ponistavanja rezultata lokalnih izbora od 17. novembra i pozvali Nislije da se ponovo okupe sutra u 15,00 casova. Bio je ovo prvi docek Nove godine u Nisu na otvorenom. Nakon protesta opozicione koalicije ,,Zajedno'' u 17c, na glavnom trgu u Jagodini Novu godinu je docekalo izmedju dve i tri hiljade gradjana. Pre toga je u 17 sati odrzan je protest opozicione koalicije ,,Zajedno'' zbog ponistavanja rezultata lokalnih izbora. Protest je odrzan na trgu gde ce se nastaviti i sutra u 17 sati. Oko 7000 Leskovcana docekalo je na trgu u svom gradu Novu godinu. Docek su organizovali gradska skupstina i privatni Radio ,,016''. Nova godina je docekana uz muzicko zabavni program, vatromet i takmicenje za naj Deda Mraza. Predsednik Skupstine opstine Gojko Velickovic nije cestitao gradjanima Novu godinu kako je najavljeno. On je prisao mikrofornu ali nije nista rekao, ili zbog mnogobrojnih zvizduka ili iz tehnickih razloga. Na trgu je bio veliki broj pristalica opozicione koalicije ,,Zajedno'' koji su bili prepoznatljivi po skandiranju ,,'ajmo 'ajde, svi u napad''. Igrala su se tri kola, a kolo koalicije ,,Zajedno'' bilo je najvece. Za vreme slavlja na trgu je vidjeno nekoliko uniformisanih policajaca. Cetiri sata pre toga jake policijske snage blokirale su pristalice koalicije ,,Zajedno'' koji su se sinoc okupili na protestu zbog ponistavanja izbornih rezultata. Njima nije dozvoljeno da idu u protestnu setnju, pa su oni na pojedinim mestima setali sa rukama na glavama, kao zatvorenici. U centru Kraljeva se u novogodisnjoj noci pekao vo na raznju. Vise od 15.000 gradjana doslo je na poziv opozicione koalicije ,,Zajedno'' da proslavi Novu godinu na gradskom trgu. Protest Kraljevcana nastavlja se sutra u 17 sati. U Novom sadu, sinoc je oko 20000 gradjana kod spomenika Svetozaru Mileticu igralo valcer uz sampanjac i vatromet. Novogodisnju proslavu organizovala je novoizabrana Skupstina grada.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, trece izdanje, 1. januar 1997. MILAN PANIC -- STUDENTIMA: ,,NEKA VAS NISTA NE ZAUSTAVI'' Bivsi jugoslovenski premijer, Milan Panic, porucio je u novogodisnjoj cestitki studentima da je buducnost Srbije u njivhovim rukama i da se zato nada da su svesni odgovornosti koju imaju u ovim presudnim danima. ,,Zelim Vam da u tome istrajete i da Vas nista ne zaustavi na putu kojim ste krenuli'', kaze ze u cestitki Milana Panica, prosledjenoj medijima... ,,Zelim Vam da se u 1997. godini ispuni san koji su sanjale mnoge studentske generacije pre vas i da upravo Vi budete nosioci te nove demokratske Srbije u kojoj cete moci da primenite sva znanja koja sticete yna Univerzitetu, i koja cete na najbolji nacin iskoristiti u novom demokratskom sistemu za koji se borite'', istice se u cestitci. Panic je porucio studentima da u svemu imaju njegovu potpunu podrsku i zamolio ih da prenesu njegove ,,najiskrenije zelje i cestitke za Novu 1997. godinu'' celoj demokratskoj Srbiji. TUDJMANOVA ZELJA: U VUKOVAR POD POBEDNICKIM ZASTAVAMA Odlazak u Vukovar i poboljsanje zivotnog standarda, su dve najvece novogodisnje zelje hrvatskog predsednika Franje Tudjmana, koje je saopstio sinoc na Trgu bana Jelacica okupljenim gradjanima. On je izrazio svoju nadu da ce ,,i oni biti sa njim kada Hrvatsku pod pobednickim zastavama povede u Vukovar i hrvatsko Podunavlje''. I u drugim vecim gradovima u Hrvatskoj organizovani su doceci Nove godine na gradskim trgovima. U Osijeku su bila dva paralerna doceka, jedan je organizovao zupan osijecko-baranjski Branimir Glavas, a drugi gradonacelnik Osijeka Zlatko Kramaric. IZETBEGOVICEVE NOVOGODISNJE ZELJE Mir i celovitost BiH su dve najvece novogodisnje zelje predsednika Predsednistva BiH Alije Izetbegovica. ,,Iza nas je godina u koju smo posle icrpljujeceg rata za opstanak i slobodu usli sa velikim nadama. Neke od tih nada su se ostvarile, a mnoge nisu. Ili smo ucinili nedovoljno, ili smo hteli previse'', kazao je Izetbegovic u novogodisnjoj poruci koju danas prenosi sarajevski drzavni radio. Izetbegovic je rekao da ,,treba neumorno da se radi da bi se osigurala celovitost zemlje, pokretanje proizvodnje, da bi se osigurala pravda za borce i porodice palih boraca, da bi se skolovali mladi i stitili stari, a iznad svega da bi se stitio mir i jacala odbrana''. Prema njegovim recima treba neumorno raditi na tome, ukljucujuci u to sve ljude dobre volje, bez obzira na veru, naciju i politicko uverenje,,, rekao je Izetbegovic u novogodisnjoj poruci gradjanima. Pripremio(la): Valentina Delic
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Preuzeto sa Pro-a: ================================ Forum, Mediji.1484, drakce (6.1484) Cet 02/01/1997 01:59, 4816 chr :: Associated Press ---------------------------------------------------------------- Students Fuel Yugo Democracy Call By JUDITH INGRAM Associated Press Writer Wednesday, January 1, 1997 1:49 pm EST BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Fueled with caffeine, cigarettes and much of the nation's admiration, students have become the engine driving Serbia's pro-democracy movement. Students have kept themselves outside the atmosphere of hatred and mistrust that pervades today's Serbia -- between President Slobodan Milosevic and the political opposition, between haves and have-nots, between city slickers and rural residents. They provide the good-humored choreography, costumes and props that have turned protest into political theater. Their marshals keep order on the streets. Their ideas give steam to the demonstrations, now in their sixth week. And, unlike opposition politicians, they enjoy unqualified public support. ``These young people are the only innocent people in this society,'' said Sonja Biserko, the head of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia. ``They're not responsible for Milosevic being in power for 10 years.'' Many Serbs are angry at Milosevic for starting wars in Bosnia and Croatia, and for encouraging international isolation with his extreme nationalist views and policies. They are angry, too, at foreign governments for imposing economic sanctions that brought a brisk end to the comfortable life many people once enjoyed. But no one seems to dislike the students. People are impressed by their good humor, discipline, clear thinking, and by their faith in Serbia's democratic future -- faith that kept them from leaving the country, like some 200,000 young Serbs have over the past six years. Zoran Mitic, a 30-year-old taxi driver, got out of his car recently to watch a stream of student protesters march past. He didn't mind losing fares. The students, he said, are ``the ones who want to live in this country, the people whom this country should rely on, the people who still think with their heads.'' When Milosevic decided to meet with opponents last month, it wasn't with his political foes. He chose a group of students from Nis, who had walked 150 miles to talk to him. On New Year's Eve, student delegates went to his neighborhood in hopes of presenting a pro-democracy message, but police turned them back. The students have been careful to distance themselves publicly from the political opposition, which Milosevic backers accuse of inciting civil war and which skeptics claim expresses the same aggressive nationalism that sparked wars in Croatia and Bosnia. ``Ours isn't a partisan protest, but it is a political protest,'' said student spokesman Vojislav Filipovic, a 19-year-old archeology major at Belgrade University. Still, many of the student leaders belong to the Democratic Party, which is part of the opposition coalition Zajedno, or Together. And the students seem to work in cooperation with the party. The daily student protest, starting at noon, serves as a warm-up act for opposition demonstrations. For a New Year's protest Wednesday night, students booked drummers and said Belgrade's two independent radio stations would broadcast their rhythms. They called on supporters to bang on water pipes and windows in hopes of drowning out state TV's 7:30 p.m. newscast. Milan Bozic, an adviser to opposition leader Vuk Draskovic, said the students served as ``mediators'' between the coalition's supporters and middle-class Serbs unsure about the opposition. The students ``are helping us a lot,'' Bozic said. Students have kept their demands narrow: reinstatement of Nov. 17 local elections the opposition won, resignation of several Milosevic supporters among Belgrade University rectors, and removal of the Serbian interior minister. Filipovic, the student spokesman, says he and his peers learned from the mistakes of the 1992 student movement, which had called for Milosevic's resignation. This generation, he said, knows the limits of what it can achieve. Demonstrators in 1992 blockaded themselves in university buildings. But today's protesters invite -- and receive -- support from all citizens. The students have a wide following: their parents, grandparents, professors and the legions of people who lean out apartment windows to cheer them on. Few would be surprised if Milosevic were to crack down on the political opposition. Police have beaten dozens of people already. Milosevic supporters killed one demonstrator, and shot and wounded another. So far, Milosevic has left the students alone. ``There's a difference in the way he treats us,'' Filipovic said. ``Either he's afraid of us, or respects us more than the opposition protesters.'' (c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press ------------------------------------------------- 6.1484 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1485, drakce (6.1485) Cet 02/01/1997 01:59, 3517 chr :: Associated Press ---------------------------------------------------------------- Yugo Students Protest TV News ^By JULIJANA MOJSILOVIC Associated Press Writer Wednesday, January 1, 1997 4:25 pm EST BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- In a cacophony of drums, cymbals, spoons and whistles, Belgrade students carried their protest to state television Wednesday night, symbolically drowning out the evening news broadcast. For the first time in days, police allowed the approximately 5,000 protesters to march through the capital. After a police ban was imposed last week, the protests had been confined to a pedestrian zone. On Wednesday night, only a few plainclothes police monitored the crowd. As news spread that the police were not blocking the march, more students and opposition supporters joined the crowd, which grew to at least 8,000. For the past six weeks, students and the political opposition have been protesting the government's annulment of Nov. 17 local elections that the opposition won. The students called on fellow Serbs to join their noisy protest against state television, which they accused of spouting propaganda in favor of Serbia's authoritarian president, Slobodan Milosevic. ``We want to save people from listening to state news,'' said Rastko Seic, a Belgrade University student. ``This is the final rehearsal for the biggest drum performance, which we are planning for one of these days.'' At 7:30 p.m., when state television's main newscast started, Belgrade residents opened their apartment windows and blew whistles, banged on walls and threw fire crackers. The marchers wended through the streets to the television building. ``Thieves! Red bandits!,'' they jeered, and pelted the building with firecrackers and snowballs. Last week, international mediators announced findings that the opposition had won local elections in 14 communities, including Belgrade and Nis, the largest cities in Serbia. Milosevic's government annulled those opposition victories. Diplomats say Milosevic has created a dilemma for himself. If he concedes the opposition victories, he will lose face. If he holds his position, he risks isolating himself and his country just one year after Yugoslavia began its reentry into the international community after Milosevic signed the Dayton peace accord ending the war in Bosnia. Either way, they say, his grip on power has been weakened. The speaker of the parliament of Montenegro, Serbia's junior partner in the Yugoslav federation, said Wednesday that Milosevic should choose the path ``of political dialogue and compromise.'' ``We expect those who invited the OSCE commission, those who met them and talked to them, to respect the commission's findings. That is the first step, the important step, in resolving the crisis in Belgrade and in Serbia,'' speaker Svetozar Marovic said in a new year's message carried by the independent Fonet news agency. At Tuesday night's New Year's celebration, opposition leaders pledged that 1997 will be the year they finally crack his grip on power. ``Let us crown what we started in 1996,'' Vuk Draskovic, one of the leaders of the Zajedno, or Together, opposition coalition urged tens of thousands of opposition supporters. The coalition, together with university students, has engineered the biggest challenge to Milosevic since he took power in 1987. Serbia's Socialist leader ``are finished. We have won,'' exulted Vesna Pesic, another opposition leader. (c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press ------------------------------------------------- 6.1485 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1486, drakce (6.1486) Cet 02/01/1997 01:59, 4313 chr :: Washington Post ---------------------------------------------------------------- Serbia Contests Vote Recognition Deadline Protesters Turn Out for New Year's Celebration of Persistence By Michael Dobbs Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, January 1 1997; Page A24 The Washington Post The Serbian government sought to gain a breathing space in its six-week battle with demonstrators for democracy Tuesday by saying it is impossible to meet a Friday deadline set by an international mission for the recognition of opposition victories in local elections. The message came in response to an inquiry by European diplomats seeking an official reply to international demands that Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic reinstate opposition victories in local elections held Nov. 17 in Belgrade and 13 other Serbian cities and towns. It coincided with a raucous New Year's Eve celebration by tens of thousands of opposition protesters, who thronged a central square for the 43rd day running to denounce Milosevic for electoral fraud. The leader of the international fact-finding team, Spain's former prime minister Felipe Gonzalez, formally asked Milosevic last week to reinstate the opposition victories and warned that the Serbian faced increasing international isolation if he refused. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is to meet in Vienna on Friday to consider what further action to take against Yugoslavia, of which Serbia is the dominant republic. Milosevic has made no public comment on Gonzalez's statement. He has avoided contact with Western diplomats for more than two weeks. The diplomats representing the European Union were received Tuesday by a Yugoslav deputy foreign minister, Nicola Cicanovic, who said the Serbian government intends "to ensure that the will of the people be respected," as expressed in the Nov. 17 vote. A spokesman for the diplomats, Meno Censtra of the Danish Embassy, said Cicanovic had failed to give assurances that the recommendations of the OSCE mission would be implemented in full. He quoted Cicanovic as saying that the Serbian government, parliament and courts intended to take unspecified action in response to Gonzalez but that the Friday deadline was unrealistic "because of the holiday season." The Milosevic government has indicated it might be prepared to make some concessions to the opposition, such as restoring their victory in Nis, Serbia's second-largest city. But a big question mark remains over what it plans to do in Belgrade, where the opposition won more than 60 percent of the seats in the 115-seat city assembly before the election was annulled for unspecified "irregularities." In his first public appearance since Dec. 24, Milosevic appeared on television Tuesday evening to wish the nation a happy New Year and said 1997 would bring major economic reform and large-scale investment from the West. In his only reference to the political crisis, he said that the last year had been "rather good," despite attempts at "interference" by opponents of his government both at home and abroad. Tuesday night and this morning, tens of thousands of opposition supporters crammed into Republic Square in central Belgrade for a noisy New Year's celebration that was part party, part political demonstration. Chanting "Democracy, Freedom" and waving a variety of flags -- including the flag of the American Confederacy -- they let off firecrackers and blew whistles to signal to Milosevic that his time is up. The demonstration was one of the largest in recent days. Attendance has dropped steadily, partly because of the bitterly cold weather and partly because of police intimidation. Opposition leaders regarded the New Year's Eve celebrations, when Serbs traditionally take to the streets, as a chance to show their strength. It remains to be seen how tough a line the OSCE will take with Serbia if Milosevic only reinstates some of the opposition election victories. The United States has threatened to call for the reinstatement of U.N. sanctions against Yugoslavia, which were lifted after the signing of the Dayton peace agreement on Bosnia in December 1995. But diplomats here concede that Russia would almost certainly veto a new sanctions package. (c) Copyright 1997 The Washington Post Company ------------------------------------------------- 6.1486 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1487, drakce (6.1487) Cet 02/01/1997 01:59, 4345 chr :: Los Angeles Times ---------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, January 1, 1997 Belgrade 'Rings In' Year, Literally By TRACY WILKINSON, Times Staff Writer BELGRADE, Yugoslavia--Under a sky dotted by fireworks, tens of thousands of festive anti-government demonstrators poured into downtown Belgrade on Tuesday to ring in the New Year--literally--with hand-held alarm clocks set at midnight. The clocks, they said, symbolized that Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's time is running out. For his part, Milosevic used the New Year's celebration to send a rare, televised message to his citizens, promising better salaries, more investment and vague reforms. He did not mention that his government is under attack for election fraud after annulling the election victories of his opponents in more than a dozen city halls. "The coming year will be a year of reforms, of property and structural changes," Milosevic said, painting a rosy picture of prospects for recovery despite increasing international isolation triggered by his refusal to concede electoral defeat. In an indirect allusion to the ongoing political crisis, Milosevic added that his government performed "very well" in the past year in the face of "external and internal obstructions, especially in the last few months." In the streets, meanwhile, the mood was more festive than political. Many of those who donned fur coats and goose-down parkas against the frigid cold and packed into the central Republic Square said they were regular participants in more than six weeks of protest against Milosevic. Others joined for the first time, saying they wanted to see the gala. "Let us finish in '97 what we started in '96," opposition leader Zoran Djindjic urged the crowd early today, as the celebration dragged into the wee hours. Unlike previous demonstrations, which have been increasingly hemmed in by heavily armed riot police, the gathering Tuesday night had an official permit. There was no significant presence of police, and the gathering was peaceful. That seemed to contribute to a relaxed and jubilant mood. People wore glittery party hats, carried balloons and sparklers, blew whistles and set off smoke bombs. For the first time in more than a week, parents brought their children, a sign of confidence that police, this time, would not intervene. "I would not have brought her any other time," Zorica Smederac, a high school teacher, said of her 10-year-old niece. "Everybody is very optimistic. It seems [the regime] is starting to give in." Revelers, crowded shoulder-to-shoulder in the plaza, listened to songs from famed Yugoslav director Emir Kusturica's film "Underground," an anti-Communist movie about a Serbian family that hides in its basement during World War II and ends up staying there through Yugoslavia's turbulent recent history. Earlier in the week, Kusturica lent his support to the opposition, saying he had to stand up for people demanding their minimum rights. At midnight, the revelers set off fireworks and opened bottles of champagne, and their alarm clocks rang out. "I doubt Milosevic will leave [because of] these kinds of demonstrations, but it is worth doing it so that the whole world sees that Serbia wants change," said Branislav Kostresevic, 26, a land surveyor who, like half of Serbia's city dwellers, is out of work. Kostresevic, who was with a group of buddies taking swigs from a bottle of vodka, participated in the futile student protests of 1991 and has seen many in his generation simply abandon the country out of frustration. "Five years ago--that was the right time to leave this country and avoid this hell," he said. Students distributed fliers Tuesday night calling for "a happy New Year, a free New Year." Also Tuesday, a delegation of European Union diplomats came to Belgrade to try to persuade Milosevic to accept an international finding that he should restore the Nov. 17 elections he annulled. Milosevic refused to meet with the envoys. Still, the delegates met with mid-level officials and felt encouraged. Milosevic must respond this week to the finding, issued by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, following a mission to Belgrade to review the election results scrapped by Milosevic. Copyright Los Angeles Times ------------------------------------------------- 6.1487 --
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Inace, Italijani su beogradski docek nove godine proglasili za najveseliji u Evropi :)))))
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Sa Pro-a: ================================ Forum, Mediji.1491, drakce (6.1491) Cet 02/01/1997 18:48, 465 chr, +vuk.jpg 10k :: Reuter ---------------------------------------------------------------- BELGRADE,2 JAN 97 - Serbian opposition leader Vuk Draskovic (C) is swamped by supporters, as he arrives at Belgrade's Republic Square, during a Serbian opposition coalition Zajedno protest rally against election rigging January 2. The protesters held their rally in Republic Square but police enforcing an interioir ministry ban on street marches stopped them from holding their usual parade through the city streets. im/Photo by Yannis Behrakis REUTERS ------------------------------------------------- 6.1491 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1492, drakce (6.1492) Cet 02/01/1997 18:48, 2105 chr :: Associated Press ---------------------------------------------------------------- Yugo Students May Change Tactics By JULIJANA MOJSILOVIC Associated Press Writer Thursday, January 2, 1997 11:00 am EST BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- New tactics to oppose Serbia's president may be in the works, an opposition leader suggested today. Fear of police harassment has grown among the demonstrators in recent days. Thousands of demonstrators have filled the streets daily for six weeks to demand President Slobodan Milosevic accept their victories in Nov. 17 local elections. That could be ending, opposition leader Vuk Draskovic, hinted. ``Our battle for democratic Serbia is entering a final phase,'' Draskovic said. ``We won't be demonstrating on streets forever.'' Without being specific, Draskovic indicated new ways of conducting protests may be announced. The opposition claims police have been increasing pressure on demonstrators by taking some of them from their homes for interviews, and harassing them on the street and in detention. Belgrade's independent radio B 92 reported that a Serbian Orthodox priest who had taken part in demonstrations was arrested Tuesday. He reportedly was released a day later, after receiving an injection that made him sick and a warning not to attend opposition rallies. The report could not be confirmed. Students and opposition parties planned rallies today. Wednesday evening, 8,000 students marched to the state television building to protest government propaganda. They used drums, cymbals, tambourines, spoons and whistles to symbolically drown out the main newscast Wednesday evening. Many residents joined in, banging pots and window frames. ``Thieves! Red bandits!,'' the students jeered as they passed the television building, pelting it with firecrackers and snowballs. Only a few plainclothes policemen monitored the crowd. Last week, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe agreed that the opposition won the annulled local elections in 14 communities, including Belgrade and Nis, the largest cities in Serbia. (c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press ------------------------------------------------- 6.1492 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1493, drakce (6.1493) Cet 02/01/1997 18:49, 3396 chr :: Associated Press ---------------------------------------------------------------- Serbian Church Attacks Milosevic By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press Writer Thursday, January 2, 1997 12:19 pm EST BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- Serbia's Orthodox Church issued its toughest criticism ever of Slobodan Milosevic today, accusing him of trying to set Serb against Serb in order to maintain power. The statement boosted the morale of some 30,000 demonstrators on the icy streets of Belgrade, who are demanding that the Serbian leader reinstate opposition victories in Nov. 17 elections. Milosevic opponents had hoped they could rally today without interference from police. But several hundred heavily armed riot police were deployed around the demonstrators in downtown, preventing what have become daily marches on Belgrade streets since the election results were annulled. The Serbian church never has spoken out so strongly against Milosevic. It previously backed the nationalist wars he unleashed in neighboring Croatia and Bosnia that only ended just over a year ago. Its statement now is important because the church is one of the few organizations that nearly all Serbs give at least nominal allegiance. It could serve as a unifying force for protests, and strengthen their sense that their cause is right. Church leaders met in an emergency session today, and later criticized Milosevic for ``strangling political and religious freedoms'' and ``falsifying peoples' votes.'' ``He has already placed us against the whole world, and now he wants to set us against each other and trigger bloodshed just to preserve power,'' said the statement faxed to The Associated Press. It accused Milosevic, in power since 1987, of ``bringing the country and the nation to the complete collapse, and making people beggars.'' ``The Serbian Orthodox Church strongly condemns such policies of this regime,'' said the statement, which was read out to protesters who gathered in downtown Republic Square. It called on Milosevic to concede the Nov. 17 municipal losses and give Serbs ``some hope for a better and quiet future.'' The emotional crowd chanted ``God Help Us!'' and ``Down With Red Bandits!'' Opposition leader Vuk Draskovic indicated that new ways of conducting the protests, a daily occurrence for six weeks, may be announced in the coming days. ``Our battle for a democratic Serbia is entering a final phase,'' said Draskovic. ``We won't be demonstrating on streets forever.'' Draskovic called on people to stage smaller rallies throughout Belgrade ``behind the police cordons'' because ``the next few days will be crucial for our decisive battle.'' The opposition claims police have been increasing pressure on demonstrators by taking some of them from their homes for interviews, and harassing them on the street and in detention. Belgrade's independent radio B 92 reported that a Serbian Orthodox priest who had taken part in demonstrations was arrested Tuesday. He reportedly was released a day later, after given an injection that made him sick and a warning not to attend opposition rallies. The report could not be confirmed. Last week, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe agreed that the opposition won the annulled local elections in 14 communities, including Belgrade and Nis, the largest cities in Serbia. (c) Copyright 1997 The Associated Press ------------------------------------------------- 6.1493 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1494, drakce (6.1494) Cet 02/01/1997 18:49, 1189 chr :: CNN ---------------------------------------------------------------- Despite bitter cold, marchers return to Belgrade streets <Picture: demos> January 1, 1997 Web posted at: 11:00 p.m. EST (0400 GMT) BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (CNN) -- About 5,000 university students marched in Belgrade's main square Wednesday, banging drums, pots and pans in support of Serbia's opposition government. Their demonstration coincided with the start of evening news in Belgrade; students said they were trying to drown out the news, which has given little coverage to the protests since they began six weeks ago. Their numbers were far fewer than then tens of thousands regularly drawn to the protests just a week ago, partly because there is now a police ban on rallies. The decline is also partially blamed on the chilling temperatures seen across Europe this week. Many of the opposition leaders spent the day resting after a massive New Year's Eve rally in Belgrade's main square, which drew tens of thousands of people, lasted into the wee hours of Wednesday morning. The Zajedno (Together) coalition plans another rally for Thursday. Correspondent Steve Harrigan and Reuters contributed to this report. (c) 1997 Cable News Network, Inc. ------------------------------------------------- 6.1494 --
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 16 sati, 2. januar 1997. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Svi tekstovi su Copyright 1997 Radija B92. SVA PRAVA ZADRZANA. ------------------------------------------------------------------ SPREMNI ZA NOVE PROTESTE ------------------------------------------------------------------ OEBS: BEOGRAD TRAZI JOS VREMENA Zvanicni Beograd zatrazio je jos vremena da bi formalno odgovorio na poziv medjunarodnih predstavnika da prizna pobedu opozicije na lokalnim izborima u vise gradova i opstina u Srbiji, javlja danas AFP, a prenosi FoNet pozivajuci se na izjavu diplomate Organizacije za evropsku bezbednost i saradnju. Agencija podseca da je delegacija OEBS, sa bivsim spanskim premijerom Felipe Gonsalesom na celu, posle nedavne posete Beogradu, proslog petka objavila izvestaj kojim od vlasti u Srbiji trazi da priznaju rezultate lokalnih izbora, od 17. novembra. Neimenovani diplomata OEBS potvrdio je da Beograd trazi jos vremena. Ranije se pominjalo da ce srpske vlasti na izvestaj OEBS odgovoriti u petak. Ovaj funkcioner OEBS demantovao je, medjutim, reci jugoslovenskog sefa diplomatije Milana Milutinovica da je izvestaj medjunarodne delegacije preliminaran i da bi tek trebalo da bude usvojen. ,,Zakljucci iz Gonsalesovog izvestaja su definitivni. Nece biti novog izvestaja OEBS'', rekao je ovaj diplomata. On je dodao da ce OEBS razmotriti izvestaj u petak na neformalnoj sednici u sedistu ove organizacije u Becu. SAVETOVANJE EPISKOPA SPC U Patrijarsiji Srpske pravoslavene crkve u Beogradu danas je pocelo savetovanje episkopa SPC povodom aktuelne situacije u Srbiji, receno je FoNetu u kancelariji Svetog Sinoda. Ocekuje se da ce glavna tema danasnjeg savetovanja episkopa biti svakodnevne demonstracija sirom Srbije i situacija nastala nakon ponistavanja rezultata lokalnih izbora. Tim povodom patrijarh srpski gospodin Pavle, koji je sazvao savetovanje, oglasio se pre nekoliko dana apelom upucenim vlastima da se uzdrze od primene sile prema demonstrantima i da postuju volju naroda. Patrijarh je apelovao i na demonstrante da svoj protest izrazavaju mirno i za primer dao mirne studentske demonstracije koje je nedvosmisleno podrzao u posebnom saopstenju. Kako je receno u kabinetu Svetog Sinoda, ocekuje se da o danasnjem savetovanju u toku popodneva bude objavljeno saopstenje za javnost. 230 SVESTENIKA SINODU SPC Dvesta trideset svestenika Sabackovaljevske eparhije zatrazilo je od Svetog Sinoda Srpske Pravoslavne Crkve da se jasno odredi prema dogadjajima u Srbiji. ,,Prezivljavamo najdramaticnije dane u nasoj novijoj istoriji, ali i dane u kojima vaskrsava nada za spas i izbavljenje srpskog naroda, a da crkva nije rekla svoju rec u skladu sa ulogom u istoriji naroda. Obracamo se vapajnom molbom da se Sabor nasih arhijereja na celu sa Patrijarhom jasno i nedvosmisleno odredi i osudi nevidjenu i nezapamcenu fizicku i duhovnu tiraniju i tiranina, nasilje i nemoral od strane srbijanske komunisticke bezboznicke i satanske vlasti nad golorukim, nezasticenim narodom, pre svega nad studentima, koji predstavljaju savest i buducnost ovog naroda. Ne pristajemo na uobicajena saopstenja koja su nejasna, nedorecena i dvosmislena, a koja komunisticka RTS redovno upotrebljava u svoju korist. Ceo svet, sve casno i posteno, pojedinci i institucije podrzali su borbu protiv kradje i nasilja, a za priznavanje drugog kruga izbora. Po mudroj reci mitropolita Josifa: Mi smo uz svoj narod, pa sta nam Bog da'', navodi se, izmedju ostalog, u pismu 230 svestenika Sabackovaljevske eparhije Svetom Sinodu SPC.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 16 sati, 2. januar 1997. SESELJ: PREDSTOJI NAGODBA VLASTI I KOALICIJE ,,ZAJEDNO'' ,,U Novom Sadu, u kojoj je Koalicija 'Zajedno' osvojila vlast, svi odbornici te koalicije su bivsi socijalisti. Socijalisti su Novim Sadom nastavili da vladaju preko Koalicije 'Zajedno''', rekao je lider Srpske radikalne stranke Vojislav Seselj. Seselj smatra da je predsednik Srbije Slobodan Milosevic gubitnik i da je zbog neprestanih protesta gradjana po Srbiji ,,ranjen toliko da se nece moci oporaviti'', te predstoji nagodba vlasti i koalicije ,,Zajedno''. Radikali bi, po Seselju, ucestvovali u panel raspravi, koja se odrzava u republickom parlamentu, ali samo pod uslovom da im budu vracena poslanicka mesta koja su ,,ukrali'' socijalisti. ,,Studentski protest nema ni legitimitet ni legalitet, jer iza studenata ne stoji nikakva narodna volja. Studentski protest bio bi legitiman kada bi imao sindikalni karakter, odnosno, kada bi studenti trazili bolje uslove studiranja'', smatra je Seselj. VESTI Posle 15 casova poceo je miting pristalica koalicije ,,Zajedno'' na Trgu Republike. Studenti ce i danas pokusati da krenu u setnju pod geslom ,,Buka u modi''. Zbog velikog broja policajaca, koji su danas primeceni, ako i ne dodje do setnje, studenti ce odsetati ,,zatvorski krug'' u Knez-Mihajlovoj ulici. U Novom Sadu nemacka marka ,,na crno'' prodaje se po 4,10 dinara, a kupuje za 3,90 dinara. Prema informacijama koalicije ,,Zajedno'' u Nisu, okruzni javni tuzilac Golub Golubovic podneo pismenu ostavku na clanstvo u Gradskoj izbornoj komisiji, ali predsednik GIK Branislav Nesic odbija da je javno saopsti. Potpredsednik Demokratske stranke i republicki poslanik Zoran Zivkovic proglasen je u anketi privatne lokalne televizije TV 5 za Nisliju godine. Cetiri dubrovacka muzicara, od ukupno 16, koji su otputovali uoci Nove godine u Palermo da zajedno nastupe kao popuna Sarajevske filharmonije sa muzicarima iz Srbije i Crne Gore, odbili su da sviraju i vratili se u Dubrovnik. ,,Kada su saznali da ce na novogodisnjem koncertu u Palermu morati svirati u drustvu muzicara s podrucja bivse Jugoslavije, ukljucujuci srpske i crnogorske kolege, dubrovacki violinisti Boris Krasovac, Nika Lale, Jadran Milicevic i Nike Srabotnak spakovali su kofere i vratili se u Dubrovnik'', pise ,,Slobodna Dalmacija''.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 16 sati, 2. januar 1997. PANICEVA CESTITKA STUDENTIMA Bivsi jugoslovenski premijer Milan Panic porucio je u novogodisnjoj cestitki studentima da je buducnost Srbije u njihovim rukama i da se zato nada da su svesni odgovornosti koju imaju u ovim presudnim danima. ,,Zelim Vam da u tome istrajete i da Vas nista ne zaustavi na putu kojim ste krenuli'', kaze se u cestitki Panica. ,,Zelim Vam da se u 1997. godini ispuni san koji su sanjale mnoge studentske generacije pre vas i da upravo Vi budete nosioci te nove demokratske Srbije u kojoj cete moci da primenite sva znanja koja sticete na Univerzitetu, i koja cete na najbolji nacin iskoristiti u novom demokratskom sistemu za koji se borite'', stoji u cestitki. Panic je porucio studentima da u svemu imaju njegovu potpunu podrsku i zamolio ih da prenesu njegove ,,najiskrenije zelje i cestitke za Novu 1997. godinu'' celoj demokratskoj Srbiji, prenosi FoNet. POPOVIC: ,,NASA BIJEDA NIJE SAMO MATERIJALNA, VEC I DUHOVNA'' Predsednik Saveza samostalnih sindikata Crne Gore Danilo Popovic izjavio je da ,,nasa bijeda nije samo materijalna'' i ukazao da ,,siromastvo unistava i duh svakog drustva'', javlja Montena-faks, a prenosi FoNet. ,,Sindikalno clanstvo, otuda, nema dovoljno gradjanske i sindikalne hrabrosti, pa se, svi zajedno, cesto ponasamo kao kukavice, prenosimo odgovornost sa jednih na druge'', ocenio je Popovic u novogodisnjoj poruci. ,,Iako se planiraju nova otpustanja radnika po osnovu tehnoloskih viskova, mi nijesmo u mogucnosti da se na vrijeme informisemo o sredstvima planiranim za njihovu zastitu, niti o ukupnim sredstvima za socijalne namjene'', naglasio je Popovic i dodao da ,,na sve to sindikalne organizacije gledaju cutke''. ,,Upravo zbog toga kazem da nas je zahvatila ne samo materijalna, vec i duhovna bijeda, da nemamo dovoljno gradjanske i sindikalne hrabrosti. Da izostaje tradicionalna sindikalna i radnicka solidarnost sa onima koji ostaju bez posla'', zakljucio je Popovic. U CRNOJ GORI NE RADE DO 9. JANUARA Uprkos tome sto je petak, 3. januara, radni dan, najveci broj zaposlenih u Crnoj Gori nastavice da praznuje, povezujuci novogodisnje praznike sa vikendom, a potom i sa tri dana bozicnih praznika, javlja Montena-faks, prenosi FoNet. Prvi sledeci radni dan u Crnoj Gori bice cetvrtak, 9. januar. Pripremio(la): Zoran Penevski
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> Jel' konstituisana Savezna Skupština? Jeste. > Koliko oni (ND) imaju mandata? Dva. ;) Ono što je bitnije jeste da li je konstituisana Skupština Beograda? Onoga trenutka kada (i ako) je konstituišu postaće jasno za šta su se odlučili. Pitam zato što je danas bio Čović na "Radosti Evrope" (video ga ja na TV).
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> Ono sto je bitnije jeste da li je konstituisana Skupstina > Beograda? Onoga trenutka kada (i ako) je konstituisu postace Nije, mada je zakonski rok istekao. Verovatno ce se sakupiti posle vikenda pod hitno, vezano za pismo OEBS-u, ako budu imali gde da parkiraju ljimuzine od pandura (danasnji bilans: 10 autobusa, 1 mini-bus, 6 kombija, i stojadina koliko ti dusa hoce). > Pitam zato sto je danas bio Covic na "Radosti Evrope" (video ga > ja na TV). Zvanicno je jos gradonacelnik. Samo nesto mislim kako mu je za novaka bila muka :))) Godinama se trudio da "spontano" organizuje docek na Trgu, i sad mu neka setacka bagra ukrala zamisao :>
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 2. januar 1997. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Svi tekstovi su Copyright 1997 Radija B92. SVA PRAVA ZADRZANA. ------------------------------------------------------------------ BUKA U MODI ------------------------------------------------------------------ SAOPSTENJE SVETOG ARHIJEREJSKOG SABORA SPC ,,Razmotrivsi celokupnu situaciju nastalu posle 17. novembra kojeg je drasticno pogazena volja naroda izrazena na lokalnim izborima od strane vladajuceg rezima, Sveti arhijerejski sabor smatra: 1. Da se ovde ne radi samo o politickom i stranackom oprededljenju, vec pre svega o etickom i sustinskom pitanju u nasem narodu; 2. Srpska pravoslavna crkva, ocekujuci da ce preovladati razum i doci do prihvatanja stvarnosti i priznanja narodne volje i dostojanstva, molila se sa velikim strpljenjem Gospodu -- Knezu Mira da medju Srbima zavlada Hristov mir. Kako do toga nije doslo, vec je, posle nekoliko nedelja brojnih mirnih demonstracija na ulicama Beograda i drugih gradova i mesta sirom Srbije, primenjena sila od strane vladajuceg rezima sa namerom da se ugusi slobodno izrazena volja naroda, pri cemu je prolivena i krv neduznih zrtava koja, kao nekad Aveljeva, vapije na nebo, sabrase se srpski arhijereji da kazu svoju rec. Srpska pravoslavna crkva najostrije osudjuje falsifikovanje narodnih glasova, gusenje sloboda politickih i verskih (nedozvoljavanje veronauke u skolama, izbacivanje Svetog Save iz srpskih skola, nevracanje i unistavanje crkvi oduzete imovine, prodaju zaduzbinskih zgrada poklonjenih crkvi pre nekoliko vekova, a sto ni okupatori nisu radili, nevracanje maticnih knjiga koje su cuvale korene srpskog naroda, maltretiranje svestenstva i vernika koji glasno izrazavaju svoje neslaganje sa gazenjem narodnih sloboda), a narocito premlacivanja i ubistva naroda na ulicama nekad slobodarskog Beograda i sirom Srbije. Sveti Arhijerejski Sabor osudjuje vlast koja je prenebegla, ne samo izbornu volju naroda, vec pre svega pogazila nasu slavnu i mukotrpnu istoriju, vekove, narodno pamcenje, obraz, dostojanstvo, ime, cirilicu, duhovne i nacionalne vrednosti i svetinje, izdala zapadne srpske krajine, dovela naciju i drzavu do potpunog sloma, a narod do prosjackog stapa, zavadila nas sa celim svetom, a sada pokusava da nas i medjusobno zavadi i zakrvi samo da bi sacuvala svoju vlast. Zato, Sveti Arhijerejski Sabor Srpske Pravoslavne Crkve, kao vekovni cuvar narodnih svetinja i vrednosti, energicno i javno zigose i osudjuje ovakvo ponasanje vladajuceg rezima. Srpski Arhijereji smatraju i uvereni su da samo postovanje demokratskih principa i ljudskih prava i priznanje rezultata izbora od 17. novembra mogu celom srpskom narodu i ostalim gradjanima Srbije doneti nadu u bolju buducnost i miran zivot. Nalazeci se u predvecerju Rodjenja Bogomladenca Hrista, koji nam je doneo mir, kojeg ovaj svet ne moze ni dati, niti ga oduzeti od nas, mi se molimo Novorodjenom Gospodu da nam podari toliko zeljeni mir, slogu i ljubav. Mir Bozji! Hristos se rodi!'', kaze se na kraju saopstenja sa vanredne sednice Svetog arhijerejskog sabora Srpske pravoslavne crkve.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 2. januar 1997. DANASNJI MITING NA TRGU REPUBLIKE Vise desetina hiljada pristalica koalicije ,,Zajedno'', blokirano jakim policijskim snagama na Trgu Republike u Beogradu, okupilo se danas na 43. protestnom mitingu, zbog ponistavanja drugog kruga lokalnih izbora u vise gradova i opstina u Srbiji. Predsednik Srpskog pokreta obnove Vuk Draskovic je rekao da u ovu godinu ulazimo sa velikom nadom, ali i sa strepnjom i strahom. ,,Ono sto mi hocemo je najpre priznavanje izbornih rezultata od 17. novembra, a zatim da sef ove drzave postupi po nalogu misije koju je sam pozvao u zemlju''. Draskovic je naglasio: ,,Kao demokratski i odgovorni ljudi mi bismo istog trenutka, i ne bi bili potrebni kordoni policije, obustavili demonstracije i rezimu pruzili sansu za demokratski dijalog, da razgovaramo o odgovornosti onih koji su falsifikovali izborne rezultate, koji su pucali u Ivicu Lazovica i ubili Predraga Starcevica, i trazili bismo deblokadu medija''. Draskovic je rekao da ima informacije da se predsednik Srbije opredelio za, kako je rekao, ponovni ,,rat'' Srbije sa Evropom i Amerikom. On je dodao da je Milosevic resio da Srbiju ,,zatvori u logor'' i da se sprema na ,,jos jednu pljacku naroda'', ali da to, kako je ocenio, nije koncept SPS-a, nego koncept JUL-a. ,,Nadam se da ce za dva do tri dana covek, koji proizvodi laz pa onda u nju poveruje, da shvati da je on u ovom trenutku predsednik samo nekoliko policijskih jedinica, ratnih profitera, pljackasa i mafijasa okupljenih oko JUL-a i da je vecina protiv njega''. ,,Da bi pobedila nasa, prva opcija, molim vas, masovnije nego ikad, na ulice, ljudi, bije se odsudna bitka, da ne ode Srbija u 1997. godini u ratove srpsko-srpske. I Badnje vece cemo proslaviti zajedno'', porucio je Draskovic. Predsednik Demokratske stranke Zoran Djindjic je ocenio da je u novogodisnjoj noci ,,Beograd za ceo svet, osim za predsednika Srbije i njegovu televiziju, bio glavni grad zemaljske kugle'', jer su sve svetske tv stanice prvo izvestile o doceku Nove godine na beogradskim ulicama. Osvrcuci se na novogodisnju poruku Slobodana Milosevica u kojoj se naglasava da ova godina treba da bude godina reformi, Djindjic je rekao: ,,Naravno da su nam potrebne reforme, ali On je poslednji koji o tome treba da govori''. Predsednik Gradjanskog saveza Srbije Vesna Pesic je rekla: ,,Nas docek Nove godine je bio fascinantan i pokazao je da smo jedna porodica, a gospodin Komrakov sa RTS-a je pokazao kako je Nova godina docekana u Pekingu''. ,,Sve su precutali, ali za nas je najveca investicija to sto sada svaki gradjanin ima smisao zivota'', rekla je Pesic, ocenjujuci da su gradjani ,,do sada ziveli unizeno i mislili da moze da nam bude samo jos gore''. ,,Sada znamo da mora da nam bude bolje i zato cemo da se borimo i za nas glas i za nasu Srbiju i zato ulazimo sa optimizmom u 1997. godinu'', rekla je Vesna Pesic. Posle mitinga, gradjani su prosetali Knez Mihajlovom ulicom, jer je nekoliko hiljada policajaca bilo rasporedjeno u okolnim ulicama, prenosi FoNet.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 2. januar 1997. STUDENTSKA SETNJICA U CENTRU GRADA Vise hiljada studenata danas se okupilo na Platou ispred Filozofskog fakulteta nakon 18 casova. Govornika nije bilo, ali je akcija ,,Buka u modi'' urodila plodom. U kracoj setnji, zbog prisustva specijalaca, duz Vasine ulice, Cika Ljubine i Knez Mihajlove, studenti su, uz pomoc petnaestak profesionalnih bubnjara, proizvodili buku. Slicno okupljanje najavljeno i sutra za 18 casova. DRASKOVIC O POLICIJSKIM PRETNJAMA Predsednik Srpskog pokreta obnove Vuk Draskovic izjavio je danas Televiziji Rojter da nema garancija da ce ucesnici protesta na ulicama Beograda ostati mirni, u slucaju novog policijskog nasrtaja na njih, prenosi FoNet. Draskovic je dodao da se vlast predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica dogovara sa paravojnim grupama da skrse proteste gradjana, koji vise od mesec dana u Beogradu i gradovima u unutrasnjosti traze priznavanje rezultata drugog kruga lokalnih izbora. Posle onemogucavanja protestnih setnji centrom Beograda, koje je usledilo nakon sukoba pristalica vlasti i opozicije 24. decembra, dolazilo je do sporadicnih napada policije na gradjane koji podrzavaju Koaliciju ,,Zajedno''. Draskovic je tim povodom ponovio da i dalje vazi opredeljenje Koalicije ,,Zajedno'' da se odrzi mirni karakter protesta, ali je upozorio da, u slucaju zaostravanja policijskih pretnji, ,,niko ne moze garantovati da gradjani nece uzvratiti, u cilju samoodbrane, kako bi zastitili svoje zivote i ljudsko dostojanstvo''. ,,Na zalost, to bi mogao biti pocetak krvoprolica i gradjanskog rata'', zakljucio je Draskovic. GIK U NISU I DALJE BROJI Na sednici Gradske izborne komisije u Nisu, danas su ponovo brojani listici sa 27 birackih mesta na kojima se donosi odluka o 17 odbornika gradske skupstine, izjavila je za Radio B92 predstavnik koalicije ,,Zajedno'' u izbornoj komisiji Biserka Zivkovic. Prema njenim recima, koalicija ,,Zajedno'' ponovljeno glasanje smatra besmislenim. ,,U ovom trenutku broje se listici, ali dva su razloga zasto mi mislimo da oni ne treba da ih broje. Prvo, mi mislimo da su listici dodavani, a drugi razlog je sto su se clanovi izborne komisije vec pre tri dana izjasnili da rezultatima ne treba verovati. Rezultati se sada ne slazu ni sa originalnim ni sa falsifikovanim zapisnicima. Cemu brojanje, videcemo na kraju'', kaze Biserka Zivkovic. Prema recima Biserke Zivkovic, brojanje glasackih listica od 17. novembra bice i na dnevnom redu sutrasnje sednice Gradske izborne komisije. Gospodja Zivkovic je rekla da je na sednici potvrdjeno da je okruzni javni tuzilac Golub Golubovic podneo ostavku na clanstvo u izbornoj komisiji. On je u pismu izbornoj komisiji naveo da ostavku podnosi iz zdravstvenih razloga. Biserka Zivkovic kaze da je na sednici procitano i pismo direktora Klinicko- bolnickog centra u Nisu i odbornickog kandidata SPS-a Branislava Teodorovica, koji izbornu komisiju obavestava da odustaje od kandidature.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 2. januar 1997. ,,VASINGTON POST'' O SITUACIJI U SRBIJI Prema proceni ,,Vasington Posta'', najurgentniji posao medjunarodne zajednice u Evropi bice da u ovoj, tek zapocetoj, godini obezbedi narodu Srbije da dobije rukovodstvo, koje ce biti po njegovom demokratskom izboru, javlja za FoNet dopisnik ,,Nase Borbe'' Slobodan Pavlovic. Podsecajuci da protesti demokratske opozicije i studenata zbog laziranih opstinskih izbora u Srbiji traju vec mesec i po dana, u komentaru ovog uglednog americkog lista upozorava se koliko je taj trazeni demokratski proboj u Srbiji zapravo i u funkciji onoga sto Vasington naziva ,,odbranom svojih nacionalnih interesa na Balkanu''. ,,Postovanje demokratski izrazene volje naroda Srbije donece, ne samo olaksanje za 10 miliona ljudi, koji zive pod vlascu Milosevica i njegovog totalitarnog rezima, poslednjeg te vrste u Evropi, vec ce se time, isto tako, otvoriti najsigurniji i najkraci put ka smanjenju napetosti na celokupnom prostoru bivse Jugoslavije'', konstatuje se u danasnjem uvodniku ,,Vasington Posta''. List pominje i americko vojno prisustvo u Bosni, koje je za Ameriku, kada su balkanske teme u pitanju, prioritetno i apsolutno najvaznije. ,,Milosevic se unazad godinu dana predstavljao Zapadu kao jedini koji moze da natera bosanske Srbe na postovanje Dejtonskog sporazuma, ali se sada pokazalo da on ili nije u stanju ili jednostavno ne zeli da se dalje angazuje oko Bosne'', navodi se uvodniku ,,Vasington Posta''. Vasingtonski list zakljucuje da je za Milosevica dosao trenutak suocavanja sa istinom, kad ce kod kuce morati da odgovara na pitanja svom narodu pred kojim se pojavio ,,kao lider koji nije uspeo u svom cilju stvaranja 'Velike Srbije''', vec je, s druge strane, ,,uspeo da upropasti i ucvili Srbiju i da je ostavi izolovanom i bez postovanja u svetu''. RUSKI MEDIJI O SITUACIJI U SRBIJI Ruski mediji javljaju danas da polozaj vlasti u Srbiji postaje svakim danom sve tezi, jer su izgledi za izlazak iz corsokaka, u koji su sebe dovele, sve manji, a broj onih koji podrzavaju njihove protivnike sve veci. Kako javlja dopisnik FoNeta Branko Stosic, najgledanija televizijska mreza NTV ocenjuje danas da ce i Srpska pravoslavna crkva, koja se jos ranije distancirala od predsednika Slobodana Milosevica, otvoreno stati na stranu demonstranata. Na poziv grupe svestenika da Crkva podrzi zahteve gradjana, ucesnika masovnih protesta, javlja NTV, Sveti Sinod SPC trebalo bi konkretno da se opredeli izmedju vlasti i demonstranata. ,,Jedini moguci stav Crkve, koja ne moze da se odvoji od naroda, fakticki je najavio sam patrijarh srpski Pavle, kada je u poruci, pre nedelju dana, rekao da ce -- u slucaju da vlasti primene silu -- biti na strani zrtava represije'', podvlaci ova moskovska televizijska mreza. U medijima se, takodje, ukazuje na neodrzivost ruskog neutralizma. Navodeci da je Kontakt grupa -- 'Savet mudraca' za bivsu Jugoslaviju, kako kaze NTV, zakljucila da je u medjunarodnoj zajednici potrebna demokratska i stabilna Jugoslavija, moskovske ,,Novosti'' isticu da Zapad insistira na prvom opredeljenju, a Rusija na drugom. Najnoviji dogadjaji u Srbiji nedvosmisleno pokazuju da su promene neminovne. Pitanje je samo da li ce doci odozgo ili odozdo, pise moskovski nedeljnik, isticuci da su one pre svega propusnica za demokratsku Evropu, a ne samo uslov ocuvanja stabilnosti u zemlji.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 2. januar 1997. OSTALE VESTI ------------------------------------------------------------------ SFOR NAJAVLJUJE KONFISKACIJU ORUZJA ARMIJE BIH Medjunarodne Snage za stabilizaciju (SFOR) najavljuju da ce konfiskovati vise stotina tenkovskih granata dostavljenih armiji BIH, posredstvom americkog programa ,,Opremi i obuci'', zbog toga sto nisu bile valjano registrovane. Pripadnici SFOR otkrili su 474 tehnkovske granate, kalibra 105 mm, u skladistu armije Federacije BIH, koje nisu imale propisanu dokumentaciju, na koju obavezuju odredbe Dejtonskog sporazuma, rekao je portaprol SFOR major Toni Vajt. ,,Ovo nije prvi put da zbog loseg vodjenja knjiga konfiskujemo oruzje. Oni moraju biti pazljiviji'', rekao je Vajt, aprenosi FoNet. UNISTENO VISE MUSLIMANSKIH I SRPSKIH KUCA Iz staba snaga NATO saopsteno je danas da je za proteklih nedelju dana na teritoriji pod kontrolom Hrvata, u blizini Mostara, unisteno vise od deset kuca u kojima su nekada zivele muslimanske ili srpske porodice, javlja AFP, a prenosi FoNet. Kako se navodi, napadi su bili sracunati na obeshrabrivanje izbeglica koji nisu Hrvati da se vrate kucama. U nedelju uvece u Stocu je unisteno pet muslimanskih kuca, a dan kasnije jos jedna je zapaljena, izjavio je portparol snaga NATO major Toni Vajt. U blizini Kukavca unistene su tri kuce, takodje u nedelju uvece, dok su u Stocu detonirane i dve srpske kuce. Osim toga, u ponedeljak eksplozija je ostetila vise kuca u selu Prebilovci, rekao je Vajt na konferenciji za stampu. 3 MILIONA MINA NA SIREM DOBOJSKOM PODRUCJU Stab SFOR u Doboju je na danasnjoj konferenciji za stampu saopstio da je duz 157 kilometara duge linije razgranicenja izmedju Republike Srpske i Federacije BiH, na sirem dobojskom podrucju, postavljeno ,,3.018 minskih polja sa tri miliona mina'', prenosi SRNA, te FoNet. ,,Od posledica ranjavanja minsko-eksplozivnim sredstvima na ovom podrucju u prosloj godini poginulo je 11 civila, a 27 ih je teze ranjeno. Poginulo je i pet vojnika Nordijsko-poljske brigade, dok su njih trojica ranjeni prilikom patroliranja u zoni odgovornosti ove jedinice'', saopstio je Artur Bilski, pres-ficir u dobojskom Stabu SFOR.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 2. januar 1997. MAGAZIN ------------------------------------------------------------------ VESTI RTS u vecerasnjem Dnevniku 2 nije ni recju spomenuo danasnje saopstenje Svetog arhijerejskog Sabora SPC niti protestna okupljanja u Beogradu. Gradjanske inicijativa iz Frankfurta i nemacki studenti ce 5. januara u podne mirnom setnjom ispred jugoslovenske ambasade izraziti podrsku kolegama sa Beogradskog univerziteta. RADIO B92: BUKA U MODI Proizvodnji buke uz pomoc razlicitih pomagala -- serpi, lonaca, tepsija, tiganja, plehova, konzervi, cegrtaljki, zvona, truba, daira, pistaljki i svih ostalih improvizovanih naprava M-97, odnosno akciji BUKA U MODI i veceras se odazvao znacajan broj gradjana iz razlicitih delova grada u vreme emitovanja drugog Dnevnika RTS-a. Prema izvestajima slusalaca, koji su uspeli da uspostave telefonsku vezu sa nasim radijom, bukaci su se iskazali u sledecim delovima Beograda: u okolini Liona, Cvijicevoj, 29. novembra izmedju Ktitora i Sajkaske, oko hale PIONIR, u Narodnog fronta, u okolini Doma omladine, Vlajkovicevoj, Palmoticevoj, zatim u Dalmatinskoj, 27. marta, pa na Cuburi, u Save Kovacevica, Vidovdanskoj, Grcica Milenka, Macvanskoj, u Starom Mirijevu, oko Bogoslovije u Danteovoj i Marjane Gregoran, okolini Gradske bolnice, u studentskim domovima Rifat Burdzevic i Slobodan Penezic, potom na Konjarniku, u naseljima Rudo 1, 2 i 3, na Bulevaru JNA oko trznog centra, na Juznom Bulevaru, na Autokomandi u Vojvode Stepe prema Kumodraskoj, na staroj Bezaniji, u blokovima 19a, 21, 23, 27, 28, 44, 45, 61, 62, 63, 64, 70, 70a, kao i u IV bloku Studentskog grada, zatim u komsiluku opstine Novi Beograd, kod hotela Jugoslavija i Merkatora, gotovo na celom Dorcolu, zatim u naselju Golf na Cukarici, u ulicama Pere i Steve Todorovica, vojnom soliteru izmedju Pozeske i Zarka Pucara, delu Cukaricke padine. Bucno je bilo i ulici Dzona Kenedija, ali su nam tamosnji stanovnici javili da se poseban spektakl sprema za sutra. Zbog toga sto smo za sinocnjeg sampiona u pravljenju buke proglasili Novi Beograd, dobili smo niz prigovora slusalaca, posebno sa Dorcola. Strucni ziri Radija B92 i veceras je imao tezak posao. Posto je bila mrtva trka izmedju intenziteta buke sa Dorcola i sirine rasprostranjenosti bukaca na Novom Beogradu, da bi smo izbegli moguce prigovore, odlucili smo da veceras ne proglasavamo sampiona buke, vec da stanovnicima Durmitorske ulice dodelimo medalju za hrabrost, buduci da se oni nalaze u neposrednom komsiluku saveznog i republickog MUP-a. Pripremio(la): Zoran Penevski
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Preuzeto sa Pro-a: ================================ Forum, Mediji.1501, drakce (6.1501) Pet 03/01/1997 05:04, 4838 chr, +sparkler.jpg 12k :: CNN ---------------------------------------------------------------- Serbian Orthodox Church denounces Milosevic <Picture: student with horn> January 2, 1997 Web posted at: 7:10 p.m. EST (2410 GMT) BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- The influential Serbian Orthodox Church Thursday lent its voice to the condemnation of Slobodan Milosevic, blasting the Serbian president for risking war and destruction to hold on to power. The church statement encouraged opposition leaders, who drew about 30,000 people onto the streets to protest the annulment by Milosevic of November 17 local elections in districts where the opposition won. It was the harshest attack against Milosevic by the church since he came to power nearly 10 years ago. It marked the first time church leaders have openly taken sides in Serbia's political struggle. The statement, issued after an emergency meeting of the highest church dignitaries, accused Milosevic of having "trampled over our glorious history...name, dignity, spiritual and national values, brought the nation and the country to total collapse, and made people beggars." 'He wants to set us against each other' <Picture: protest> The church said Milosevic was trying to set Serb against Serb in order to maintain power. "He has already placed us against the whole world, and now he wants to set us against each other and trigger bloodshed just to preserve power," said the statement. The statement was important because the church is one of the few organizations that all Serbs grant some degree of allegiance. It could serve as a unifying force for protesters, and strengthen their sense of righteousness. The church, which in the past backed Milosevic and even the nationalist wars he unleashed in Bosnia and Croatia, blasted him for "strangling political and religious freedoms" and "falsifying peoples' votes." It urged the Serbian president to concede his electoral loss and give Serbs "some hope for a better and quiet future." The statement, read at the opposition rally, drew emotional chants of "God help us!" and "Down with red bandits!" Opposition: Marches won't last forever <Picture: boy> The church's announcement came after opposition leaders suggested that the anti-Milosevic marches won't continue forever. Opposition leader Vuk Draskovic indicated that after more than 40 days of street demonstrations, new ways of conducting protests may be announced. "Our battle for democratic Serbia is entering a final phase," Draskovic said. "We won't be demonstrating on streets forever." In Vienna, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was planning to assess the situation in Serbia on Friday. Last week, an OSCE fact-finding mission that came to Belgrade at Milosevic's invitation issued a report concluding that the opposition had won local elections in 14 communities, including Belgrade and Nis, the largest cities in Serbia. Milosevic's government annulled those elections, triggering the biggest street protests against him since he came to power nine years ago. Serbian government officials so far have sent mixed signals, saying the OSCE report is "fair and constructive" but refusing to say whether it will be accepted. An OSCE official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the organization agreed to postpone an original deadline early this week for Milosevic to give a formal response to the findings. The Serbian government asked for more time to formulate their answer, the official said. Students target media for protests Taking advantage of the absence of riot police who have blocked their marches over the past week, students in Belgrade took their protests to the state television building Wednesday. The students urged fellow Serbs to join their demonstration on Wednesday night against state television for broadcasting what they said is propaganda in favor of Milosevic. The march by approximately 5,000 students through Belgrade was accompanied by drums, cymbals, tambourines, spoons and their trademark whistles. The students have accused the media of manipulating information about their protests and Milosevic's government. Serbia's junior partner in the Yugoslav federation, Montenegro, kept up its pressure on Milosevic on Wednesday. Svetozar Marovic, the speaker of Montenegro's parliament, said the Serbian president should choose "political dialogue and compromise." "We expect those who invited the OSCE commission, those who met them and talked to them, to respect the commission's findings. That is the first step, the important step, in resolving the crisis in Belgrade and in Serbia," Marovic said in a new year's message carried by the independent Fonet news agency. Copyright 1997 The Associated Press. (c) 1997 Cable News Network, Inc. ------------------------------------------------- 6.1501 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1502, drakce (6.1502) Pet 03/01/1997 05:04, 2725 chr :: Washington Post ---------------------------------------------------------------- Serbia's Democratic Choice Thursday, January 2 1997; Page A16 The Washington Post THE MOST urgent project in Europe in the new year is to ensure the people of Serbia the leadership of their democratic choice. This result would not just bring relief to the 10 million people who live under Slobodan Milosevic in what has been called the last totalitarian regime on the continent. The example and policy of democracy in Serbia also would open the surest and shortest road -- if still a steep and rocky one -- to resolving tensions throughout the former Yugoslavia as a whole. But is it sentimental, or at least regrettably premature, to expect the street demonstrations of 40-plus days to make the difference? Mr. Milosevic has deployed his well-armed and well-paid police to harass the daily protesters. He is tending to his political base among workers and farmers -- by payoffs that mock economic reform. He is skillfully playing the nationalist card and throttling independent Serbian media voices. Discontent is spreading, nonetheless, beyond the opposition parties and students who are out on the street. The Milosevic party's coalition partner in Serbia is urging him to reinstate the opposition municipal-election victories whose annulment drove the demonstrators to open protest. Even Montenegro, Serbia's usually pliant junior partner in the residual Yugoslavia, is talking about honest democra\cy. The army is showing signs of detaching itself from Mr. Milosevic's political agenda. On the international front, moreover, the Serbian leader is under ever heavier duress. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has corroborated most opposition allegations of electoral fraud and is demanding a prompt Serbian response. The earlier lifting of "inner wall" trade sanctions has made little difference because of the regime's hostility to economic reform, while the "outer wall" International Monetary Fund and World Bank sanctions are still in place and cutting deep. For the first year of the Dayton peace accords, international attention centered on Bosnia. This helped President Milosevic, who sold himself to the anxious West as essential to delivering the Bosnian Serbs to the agreed settlement. Now, things are different. He seems either unable or unwilling to work further on Bosnia. His priority is his own increasingly parlous situation at home. In that role, however, he must answer sooner or later to a public that knows him as a leader who failed in his reckless goal of creating a "Greater Serbia" and left his country broken and bereft, isolated and in disrespect everywhere. (c) Copyright 1997 The Washington Post Company ------------------------------------------------- 6.1502 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1503, drakce (6.1503) Pet 03/01/1997 05:04, 2024 chr :: Washington Post ---------------------------------------------------------------- `What "Democratic Tradition"?' (Cont'd) Thursday, January 2 1997; Page A16 The Washington Post Anthony Margan ["What `Democratic Tradition'?," letters, Dec. 21] is wrong when he chastises The Post for its editorial that referred to Serbia's "valuable democratic tradition." First of all, no country's political record is without failings. The Post's readers should be reminded that a number of British monarchs experienced violent deaths, and we fought a bloody civil war, to say nothing of committing some violations of human rights. Yet no one would suggest that we and the British do not have a democratic tradition. Second, the quoted passage from correspondent John Pomfret -- about Tito being the only ruler in Serbia to die a natural death -- is wrong. Prince Milos Obrenovic died a natural death (1860), and King Milan Obrenovic also died a natural death (1901) after he had abdicated. Peter I Kardjordjevic died a natural death in 1921, although by that time the aged monarch had transferred the royal powers to his son Alexander. As for Serbia's democratic tradition, Serbian czar Dusan issued a code of laws in the 14th century applicable to all alike. This was before many European rulers could read and write. In the 19th century, after nearly 500 years of Turkish rule, Serbia fought for and gained independence and simultaneously began a struggle for a democratic political system. After some gains and some setbacks, Serbia by the 20th century had a parliamentary system on a par with any other on the continent. At that time, countries such as Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia -- to say nothing of other Balkan countries -- could only dream of achieving parliamentary democratic systems. I agree with Mr. Margan, as I have written earlier, that we should support the protesters against Slobodan Milosevic's violation of the voters' decision in the municipal elections. ALEX N. DRAGNICH Bowie (c) Copyright 1997 The Washington Post Company ------------------------------------------------- 6.1503 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1504, drakce (6.1504) Pet 03/01/1997 05:04, 4903 chr :: Washington Post ---------------------------------------------------------------- Nationalism: Not Necessarily A Negative By Jim Hoagland Thursday, January 2 1997; Page A17 The Washington Post The inspiring peaceful protests that have filled the snowy streets of Belgrade for five weeks have caused U.S. and West European governments to reassess their once close working partnership with Serbia's political boss, Slobodan Milosevic. That is a good first step. But the brave challenge that Serb pensioners, workers, students and others have mounted to Milosevic's rule also should bring a broader reflection in the West about the narrow, manipulative and inadequate responses from the outside world to the Balkan crises of the 1990s. The street protests -- however they end -- necessarily change a general perception abroad of Serbs as a monolithic, irrational and loathsome tribe ruled by ancient hatreds and blood lusts. In showing their divisions, the Serbs also have shown an essential decency that the demands of war and ethnic solidarity had obscured in recent years. Media coverage and official condemnations rightly focused over that period on rape camps, summary mass executions and the forced evacuations of cities inhabited by Bosnian Muslims as the defining expressions of Serb nationalism. The open opposition now to Milosevic's dictatorial rule and his attempt to nullify local election losses cannot erase those earlier images. But the protests do demonstrate that there are other expressions of Serb nationalism. One valuable byproduct of the still gathering showdown between Milosevic and the protesters could be a broader understanding in the outside world of what nationalism is, and is not, in the interconnected, interfaced world of the end of the millennium. That complex subject is addressed in an important new essay by Robert H. Wiehe, professor of history at Northwestern University, in the winter issue of World Policy Journal. In it, Wiehe recalls that at the dawn of the 20th century, "Nationalism was a liberal promise of freedom and fulfillment for countless millions." But over the next 10 decades, nationalism "fell into bad company," Wiehe observes. Even worse, "it came to be seen as the very antithesis of a conviction that modern weaponry, global economics and planetary ecology made increasingly urgent: the universality of the human condition." Wiehe offers this useful definition of nationalism: "A political expression of the desire among people who believe they have a common ancestry and a common destiny to govern themselves in a place peculiarly identified with their history and its fulfillment." Americans increasingly came to see others' nationalism as irrational, destructive or inconvenient, especially as U.S. interests in global economics and fostering international political stability grew. The breakup of the Soviet empire briefly restored the luster of political nationalism, as Central Europe emerged from occupation. But wars in the former Soviet republics and the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia quickly made nationalism a dirty word again. More specifically, the appalling atrocities committed by Serb forces against the Bosnians turned Serb nationalism into a handy tool that outsiders used to justify preconceived opinions. Those who demanded intervention to stop the human suffering said that an insatiable drive for a Greater Serbia had to be met by outside force. That view turned out to be right, if somewhat overstated. Those who opposed intervention cited the ancient hatreds and implacable nationalisms of the Balkans to justify the opposite conclusion: that it would be foolhardy to intervene. Gen. Barry McCaffrey (now Clinton's drug czar) told Congress in 1992 that the Joint Chiefs of Staff had concluded that a year of airstrikes and a field army of 400,000 troops would be required to tame Serbia in an operation that would be more difficult than fighting guerrillas in Vietnam. In fact, it took a handful of NATO airstrikes and a blitzkrieg by Croatia's small army in the summer of 1995 to bring Milosevic to the peace table and to make him admit that Greater Serbia was beyond his reach. Milosevic seems to be on the eighth of his nine lives in large part because he lost the war to Croatia, failed to secure a clear victory in Bosnia and wrecked Serbia's once healthy economy. He still has enough police and military muscle to clear the streets and stay in office at least for a while longer. But Serbia and history seem to have used him up and will soon spit him out. The demonstrations are both catalyst and testimony to that outcome. The Serbs will then decide what kind of nation they will be next. The gentle uprising of December shows that their options -- and those of the outside world -- are not dictated irrevocably by ancient hatreds. (c) Copyright 1997 The Washington Post Company ------------------------------------------------- 6.1504 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1505, drakce (6.1505) Pet 03/01/1997 05:05, 7871 chr :: Washington Post ---------------------------------------------------------------- `Information Guerrillas' Score Against Milosevic Serbia's Official Media Lose Their Monopoly By Michael Dobbs Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, January 2 1997; Page A13 The Washington Post A war is underway for the hearts and minds of 10 million people living in Europe's last communist-ruled state. The weapons in this war aren't tanks and machine guns, but low-powered FM radio stations, Internet service providers and tabloid newspapers. It is an unconventional kind of campaign. On one side is massed the heavy propaganda artillery of the Yugoslav government: the national television channels, the country's leading newspapers, the state news agency. On the other side are the guerrillas of the new information age, who are inexperienced and lightly armed but can move much more quickly than their formidable but ponderous opponent. The mismatch between the rival forces makes it difficult to say who is winning the war right now. But as opponents of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic have staged unprecedented demonstrations for six weeks on the streets of Belgrade, their counterparts in the media have registered some remarkable successes. A particularly dramatic example is the doubling of the number of listeners to Belgrade's only remaining independent radio station, B-92, which was closed down briefly two weeks ago by the Milosevic government. Milosevic has ruled Serbia, Yugoslavia's dominant republic, with an iron hand for nine years. "We have succeeded in breaking the regime's monopoly of information," said Sasha Mirkovic, director of B-92, in his cramped and well-barricaded fifth-floor offices in central Belgrade. "We are the only radio station that is reporting what is happening on the streets of Belgrade. When they banned us, that was the greatest advertisement we could hope for." Despite the appearance of new media outlets, however, Milosevic's state-run Belgrade television remains the main source of information for millions of Serbs, particularly those living outside the big cities. "There are many people out there who don't have heads at all," quipped Mirkovic. "They have television sets screwed on top of their bodies." Journalists at Belgrade television declined to be interviewed for this article, citing a lack of advance notice. A former employee of the station described an atmosphere of fear and slavish obedience that discourages any sense of initiative or creativity. The punishment for straying even slightly from the official propaganda line is Draconian, he said. "Absolute loyalty is required, without using your mind at all," said Miodrag Popov, a well-known former war correspondent for Belgrade TV who was dismissed several months ago after a series of run-ins with his bosses. "The policy of showing only one point of view is counterproductive. There is a terrible hunger for information in this country. By failing to satisfy it, the state has created a demand for opposition media." Belgrade TV and other state-run media rarely mention the street demonstrations against the government's decision to overturn opposition victories in local elections held on Nov. 17. When they do, the tone is vituperative. Nicknamed "the Bastille" by opposition supporters, the television station became an early target for the protesters, who threw stones and eggs through the windows. The stench of rotten eggs lingered for days. Belgrade TV has been one of the most important political weapons in the hands of Milosevic since 1987, when he rode a wave of Serbian nationalism to become Yugoslavia's number one politician. By manipulating the flow of information, he was able to outmaneuver his communist rivals and prepare the country for war, first in Croatia and then in Bosnia. When he switched to a "peace policy" in 1993, the war propaganda was switched off as efficiently as it had been turned on. To save their jobs, television reporters and editors have learned to be zealous in implementing "suggestions" from above. Popov cited the example of a recommendation to "show less" of events in neighboring Bosnia's Serb Republic, which was virtually a Milosevic creation. "The editors were more Catholic than the pope in carrying out this instruction," he recalled. "It got to the point when we could not even talk about the weather" in the Serb Republic. Many observers here suspect that one of the main reasons Milosevic acted to annul the opposition's electoral victories in Belgrade and other big cities was the threat to his information monopoly. If the Belgrade city council had fallen to the opposition, an important television station that the council controls, Studio B, would have gone with it. In towns where the opposition has been permitted to take power, the Milosevic government is attempting to retain control over the media. On the face of it, the media battle seems uneven. Some 5,000 people are employed by Belgrade television. The average monthly salary for a qualified journalist is about $1,000, a decent living by Serbian standards. At B-92, a couple of blocks away, the staff totals 35 people, of whom 17 are journalists. Average monthly pay for a senior reporter is about $300. B-92 has a very weak signal and cannot be heard in some parts of Belgrade, let alone the rest of the country. Its transmitter is 40 years old. But it has found ways to compensate for these disadvantages. It has formed an alliance with other independent radio stations around the country and is making use of the Internet in creative ways. When the government took its transmitting facilities away, the station began transmitting audio reports via the World Wide Web. The government backed down on its threats to close B-92 after two U.S.-funded radio stations, Radio Free Europe and the Voice of America, announced that they would rebroadcast some of the station's reports. To facilitate worldwide distribution of B-92 broadcasts, the station's supporters abroad have established mirror Web sites in the Netherlands and the United States (http://www.siicom.com/odrazb). The B-92 Web site is linked to student protest sites in Belgrade and Nis, Serbia's fourth-largest city. "There are many ways these days to send out information," said Miljan Vuletic, a computer specialist at B-92. "Even if the government closed down our Internet service provider, people still have PCs and modems in their homes. It is very hard to close down all these channels." For the moment, the Internet seems more useful as a channel of communication between Serbia and the rest of the world than within Serbia, where telephone lines are very poor. Vuletic estimates that less than 1 percent of households in Belgrade are equipped with computers and modems. Significant computer use is confined to university students. Over the long term, however, the "information guerrillas" in stations such as B-92 say time is on their side. For one thing, they are much younger than their opponents. The average age of B-92 reporters is 30, compared to well over 40 at Belgrade TV. They can also rely on international support. At a recent news conference, the international official in charge of the implementation of the Dayton peace accord for Bosnia, Carl Bildt, mentioned B-92 22 times. On the other side of the information barricades, the sense of being under siege is growing all the time. It has been heightened by opposition leaders' threats to prosecute pro-government journalists for "hate-mongering" if the regime is ever overthrown. "There is an us-against-them mentality," said Popov, the former correspondent. "This is causing the journalists to do things that they protest about in normal circumstances." (c) Copyright 1997 The Washington Post Company ------------------------------------------------- 6.1505 --
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================================ Forum, Mediji.1506, drakce (6.1506) Pet 03/01/1997 05:05, 2922 chr :: Nasa Borba ---------------------------------------------------------------- Petak, 3. januar 1997. ITALIJANSKI MEDIJI O NOVOJ GODINI U BEOGRADU Folklor s politickom porukom Milosevic je izgubio ovu partiju, ocenjuje torinska "Stampa". Rimska "Republika" pise da su u novogodisnjoj noci svi imali osecaj da se vec nesto postiglo i "da je prevazidjena linija mraka" Ilija Mimica dopisnik "Nase Borbe" iz Rima Bilo je zlata vrijedno stajati u novogodisnjoj noci na Trgu Republike u Beogradu, porucio je svojim citateljima specijalni izvjestitelj torinskog dnevnika "Stampa". Tamo su se, u gomili, biljezi taj izvjestitelj, nasli cak i "zakasnjeli pisci" iz Udruzenja knjizevnika Srbije, koji su se, po izvjestajima, jednim pismom svrstali uz demonstrante i studente. Moglo bi se reci da je novogodisnji folklor na beogradskim ulicama, bogat mastom, dobio u talijanskim medijima potpun politicki smisao. Fijatov dnevnik "Stampa" pise da jedan detalj u toj noci vise od drugih objasnjava do koje tocke je "Milosevic izgubio ovu partiju" i koliko je "njegova autokracija vec osudjena na preobrazaj". Povorke, pjevanja i gegovi beogradskih studenata, objasnjava "Stampa", su postali dio dnevnog programa "MTV", planetarnog programa muzike za mlade. Protest se tako komercijalizuje, ali time ulazi u sve kuce u kojima zive mladi, pise "Stampa". Rimska "Republika" pise da su u toj noci slavlja svi imali osjecanje da se vec nesto postiglo i osvojilo, "da je prevazidjena linija mraka, da je strah pobjedjen i da se svatko domogao jednog temeljnog dobra 'sposobnosti da reskira'". "Izmedju Terazija, Trga Republike i Knez Mihailove je bilo srpsko gradjansko drustvo, ono koje gleda na Evropu i s Evropom dijeli kulturu, zelje za demokracijom i slobodom i sve nade koje se ticu zivota. Nestale su rezignacija, strah i magicne moci kojima je Milosevic sest godina hipnotizirao ovo drustvo", biljezi izvjestitelj "Republike", dodajuci temeljnu misao kako su "slavlje i protest bili prozeti duhom radosti." List, medjutim, upozorava kako u ovom trenutku nista ne ukazuje na to da je Milosevic odlucio priznati "izbornu prevaru", te zakljucuje kako "sve ukazuje na to da Milosevic nastoji dobiti na vremenu". "Ako se njegovi stavovi uskoro ne promjene i odmah ne stignu medjunarodni krediti, ova se godina moze pokazati godinom katastrofe za 'malu' Jugoslaviju, pise 'Stampa', aludirajuci na hiperinflaciju koja bi mogla biti slicna onoj stravicnoj iz prvih devedesetih godina. Navodi se kako su drzavne radnje zatvorene zbog strajka prodavaca koji ne primaju placu, kako su penzioneri, ipak, primili zaostale penzije do oktobra, ali kako "pritisak vojske i drugih javnih sluzbi znaci za vladu ponajprije nove izdatke." List konstatira da se (Miloseviceva) strategija cekanja "nije isplatila i da se Vlada nalazi sve vise pod pritiskom manifestacija i medjunarodnih zahtjeva i preporuka". Copyright (c) 1997 Yurope & ,,Nasa Borba" ------------------------------------------------- 6.1506 --
vesti.1595 sav.gacic, -> #1573, corto
> Inace, Italijani su beogradski docek nove godine proglasili za > najveseliji u Evropi :))))) Unapred se radujem oceni koju ćemo dobiti za ISPRAĆAJ, posle PADAVINA :))
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Slede vesti agencije Beta, datirane: 04.01.1997. ------------------------------------>
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BEC - Sef jugoslovenske diplomatije Milan Milutinovic naglasio je u pismu OEBS-u da je "Beograd dosledno opredeljen za postovanje volje naroda". "Ocigledno je, medjutim, da sve to treba uspostaviti unutar institucija sistema, na temelju zakona i propisa Republike Srbije", kaze se pismu, u kome se takodje navodi da je koalicija "Zajedno" osvojila vecinu u devet opstina u Beogradu, kao i u Uzicu, Kragujevcu i Zrenjaninu, a da nijedna stranka nije dobila vecinu u Pirotu, Pancevu i Jagodini. Istice se da se "jos uvek proucavaju" izborni rezultati u Nisu, drugom po velicini gradu u Srbiji.
vesti.1598 guta,
VASINGTON - Sjedinjene Drzave su u petak osudile "isprazna uveravanja" Srbije da je privrzena demokratiji i izdale novo upozorenje da ce odbijanje Beograda da prizna pobedu opzicije na nedavnim izborima odvesti Srbiju u dublju izolaciju. Portparol Stejt departmenta Nikolas Berns rekao je da je to navedeno u "vrlo ostroj" poruci americkog drzavnog sekretara Vorena Kristofera predsedniku Srbije Slobodanu Milosevicu.
vesti.1599 guta,
BEC - Organizacija za evropsku bezbednost i saradnju podrzala je u petak izvestaj bivseg spanskog premijera Felipea Gonsalesa o spornim lokalnim izborima u Srbiji i pozvala Beograd da odmah i u potpunosti primeni njegove preporuke. Gonsales, koji je nadavno predvodio delegaciju OEBS u poseti Beogradu, zakljucio je u svom izvestaju da je opozicija pobedila u 13 kljucnih provincijskih centara i u glavnom gradu.
vesti.1600 guta,
BEOGRAD - Svaki dan boravka interventnih jedinica MUP Srbije u Beogradu kosta milion nemackih maraka, saopstila je u petak koalicija "Zajedno". [Beta]
vesti.1601 guta,
BEOGRAD - Lideri opozicione koalicije "Zajedno" porucili su u petak na mitingu u Beogradu da je predsednik Srbije Slobodan Milosevic odbacio nalaze komisije OEBS-a, cime je Srbiju suprotstavio celom svetu. "Vise nema premisljanja, ili Srbija ili oni", rekao je predsednik SPO Vuk Draskovic na Trgu Republike pred dvadesetak hiljada gradjana, koji vec 44 dana protestuju zbog ponistavanja rezultata lokalnih izbora. On je pozvao gradjane da sutra izadju na ulice i najavio "deblokadu Beograda" od policije koja vec nedelju dana sprecava demonstrante da marsiraju ulicama Beograda.
vesti.1602 guta,
BEOGRAD - Protest Beogradjana i opozicione koalicije "Zajedno" zbog ponistavanja rezultata lokalnih izbora u Srbiji zavrsen je u petak nesto pre 17.30. Nakon protesta na Trgu Republike, dvadesetak hiljada gradjana prosetalo je pesackom zonom Beograda, posto policija ponovo nije dozvolila mirnu protestnu setnju glavnim ulicama grada.
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BEOGRAD - Nekoliko hiljada beogradskih studenata, koji su se i u petak okupili oko 18.30 casova u Ulici kneza Mihaila, svoje 40. okupljanje posvetili su sefu jugoslovenske diplomatije Milanu Milutinovicu, kojeg su nazvali "ministrom za smeh". U sporednim ulicama oko Ulice kneza Mihaila primecene su jake policijske snage.
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BEOGRAD - Ispred gradske skupstine u Beogradu u petak u 15 casova, pred 44. protest Beogradjana i opozicione koalicije "Zajedno" zbog ponistavanja rezultata lokalnih izbora, bilo je parkirano dvadesetak autobusa punih pripadnika specijalnih policijskih snaga,
vesti.1605 guta,
KRAGUJEVAC - Posle dvodnevne pauze radi novogodisnjih praznika u Kragujevcu je u petak nastavljen protest opozicione koalicije "Zajedno" zbog ponistavanja rezultata drugog kruga lokalnih izbora. Na protestu u centru grada pred vise od 10.000 Kragujevcana, novoizabrani potpredsednik Izvrsnog odbora Skupstine grada Miroslav Marinkovic pozvao je sugradjane da nastave sa protestom "dok se i poslednji ukradeni glas ne vrati".
vesti.1606 guta,
LUKAVICA - Na Elektrotehnickom fakultetu u Lukavici, na teritoriji Republike Srpske, u petak je odrzana konstitutivna sednica Doma naroda Skupstine BiH, na kojoj je za predsedavajuceg tog veca, koje broji 15 clanova, po pet iz sva tri naroda - Muslimana, Srba i Hrvata, izabran Momir Tosic, predstavnik SDS. Njegovi zamenici su Avdo Campara iz muslimanske SDA i Petar Majic iz HDZ.
vesti.1607 guta,
SARAJEVO - Na sednici Predstavnickog doma Skupstine BiH, u petak u Sarajevu, verifikovani su mandati 42 poslanika i izabrano troclano Radno predsednistvo, koje ce u naredne dve godine rukovoditi radom tog skupstinskog veca. Zrebom je odluceno da prvi predsedavajuci bude Ivo Lozancic, predstavnik HDZ, koga ce posle osam meseci zameniti Slobodan Bijelic iz SDS, a potom ce predsedavajuci biti Halid Genjac iz muslimanske SDA. Poslanici SDS i Saveza za mir i progres iz RS prethodno su prihvatili i potpisali svecanu izjavu.
vesti.1608 guta,
SARAJEVO - Generalni sekretar NATO Havijer Solana izjavio je da ce taj savez i u 1997. godini pruziti pomoc Bosni u ucvrscivanju mira, ali je naglasio da ipak najveca odgovornost za to lezi na clanovim novoizabranih organa vlasti i samih gradjana BiH. Na konferenciji za novinare u Sarajevu, on je danasnji razgovor sa troclanim Predsednistvom BiH i kopredsedavajucim Saveta ministara ocenio kao "veoma konstruktivan", a konstituisanje Predstavnickog doma i Doma naroda BiH pozitivnim korakom za buducnost BiH.
vesti.1609 guta,
SABAC - Nekoliko hiljada Sapcana je i u petak, 34. put, protestovalo ulicama grada zbog ponistavanja rezultata lokalnih izbora u Srbiji. Milicija nije ometala setace, a zamenik nacelnika MUP-a Momcilo Petrovic obavestio je izborni stab koalicije "Zajedno" o stanju u saobracaju u gradu, napomenuvsi da su ulice prilicno klizave.
vesti.1610 guta,
NIS - Potpredsednik Demokratske stranke Zoran Zivkovic pozvao je u petak gradjane Nisa da u utorak, 7. januara krenu u Beograd, na Dedinje i da tako "pokazu ko je za koga glasao u Nisu 17. novembra".
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SARAJEVO - Predstavnicki dom Skupstine BiH verifikovao je u petak, na zasedanju u Sarajevu, izbor clanova Saveta ministara, to jest, centralne vlade. Za kopredsedavajuce Saveta izabrani su Boro Bosic i Haris Silajdzic, kao predstavnici Srba i Muslimana, a za potpredsednika hrvatski predstavnik Neven Tomic.
vesti.1612 guta,
NJUJORK - Bivsi generalni sekretar UN Butros Gali je pre odlaska sa te funkcije, u jednom od svojih poslednjih izvestaja, koji je objavljen u petak, predlozio Savetu bezbednosti da produzi mandat vojnih posmatraca na Prevlaci do 15.jula ove godine. U izvestaju se ocenjuje da je "Prevlaka stabilno podrucje", ali i upozorava "na njoj jos postoji potencijalna opasnost vojnih sukoba".
vesti.1613 guta,
ZAGREB - Hrvatska je ponudila Srbima iz istocne Slavonije jedan broj visokih funkcija u zupanijama, ministarstvima, saborskim telima, tri poslanicka mesta u Zastupnickom domu kao i osnivanje Veca srpske etnicke zajednice, pise "Vjesnik".
vesti.1614 guta,
BEOGRAD - Ministar za saobracaj Srbije Svetolik Kostadinovic izjavio je su u toku pripreme za vlasnicku transformaciju velikih saobracajnih preduzeca, kao sto Jugoslovenski aerotransport i Zeleznicko-transportno preduzece "Beograd".
vesti.1615 guta,
BEOGRAD - Portparol Demokratske stranke Slobodan Vuksanovic pozvao je u petak visoke funkcionere vladajuce Socijalisticke partije Srbije da se suprotstave politici predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica i tako doprinesu "spasavanju" Srbije.
vesti.1616 guta,
LJUBLJANA - Nuklearna elektrana Krsko u Sloveniji je zbog tehnickog kvara 1. januara automatski zaustavila rad, ali zbog pravovremenog delovanja sigurnosnih sistema nije bilo negativnih uticaja na okolinu, saopstio je generalni direktor NE Stane Rozman.
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LJUBLJANA - Od 1. januara Slovenija predsedava organizacijom Cefta - Srednjoevropskim sporazumom o slobodnoj trgovini. [Beta]
vesti.1618 dule.n, -> #1582, corto
=> Zvanicno je jos gradonacelnik. Samo nesto mislim kako mu je za novaka Kol'ko čujem na radiju, danas bi trebao da se "skine" sa te funkcije. :))) Uzeo si trofej Zorane, Zorane, Zoraneee e e. 'Ajd živeli vi meni! :)
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Serb government concedes 9 elections to opposition But protesters far from satisfied [draskovic] January 3, 1997 Web posted at: 7:30 p.m. EST (2430 GMT) BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (CNN) -- Protests, now in their seventh week, may finally be having some effect on the Serbian government headed by President Slobodan Milosevic. Serbian Foreign Minister Milan Milutinovic sent a letter to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Friday, admitting that opposition parties won nine municipal elections in parts of Belgrade. However, the admission failed to satisfy the OSCE, which has conducted its own investigation of the November voting results, and is now calling for the "prompt and complete implementation" of election outcomes for 14 municipal seats won by the opposition. U.S.: letter not enough The U.S. State Department also criticized Milutinovic's letter. Department spokesman Nicholas Burns said the letter did not go "nearly far enough in acknowledging the obligations of the Serbian government to make sure that it respects the voice of the people." And, the government's admission failed to mollify opposition demonstrators, who were on the street again Friday, braving icy weather and a cordon of riot police. Zoran Djindjic, one of the Zajedno (Together) opposition leaders, said Milutinovic's letter "will make the demonstrators even more angry. It shows that the regime has lost its compass." A Zajedno statement read, "It has become very clear that Milosevic has opted for a conflict with the whole world in an effort to stay in power." Another opposition leader, Vuk Draskovic, told 30,000 protesters that Milutinovic's letter was "full of lies and tricks." "With (Milutinovic's) letter, Milosevic fully rejected the OSCE findings," Draskovic said. "He said we won in nine Belgrade districts, but did not say a word about the city council where we won a two-thirds majority." Although tens of thousands of people have participated in the protests, most people in Serbia never see them. State-run television downplays the rallies -- when it covers them at all. Belgrade 'noisemakers' protest censorship To drown out the pro-government slant of state-run television, Belgrade residents have started making noise at 7:30 p.m., when the evening news broadcast begins. (1.7M/46 sec. QuickTime movie) [movie icon] -------------------- [icon] (635k/49 sec. AIFF or WAV sound) -------------------- At 7:30 sharp, Milutin Petrovic heads for the trash cans of his apartment building, where he bangs on the cans with a mallet while tooting a harmonica. "Sometimes I feel as little as a character in some silly movie, doing this, but it isn't funny at all," he said. At the same time, his wife Snezana makes a racket with pots and pans. "We are trying to wake up the people from the true reality they are living in, which is created by the government media. So we are trying to wake them up -- time to show that this is not the real life they are looking at," she said. Belgrade's main square becomes, for a short period every evening, an outdoor dance hall with the best security in the world and the worst music as whistles, cooking utensils, plates and cans are turned into instruments in a fight against censorship. Correspondent Steve Harrigan and Reuters contributed to this report.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 17 sati, 3. januar 1997. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Svi tekstovi su Copyright 1997 Radija B92. SVA PRAVA ZADRZANA. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PISMO OEBS-U ------------------------------------------------------------------ MILUTINOVICEVO PISMO PETERSENU U pismu danskom ministru inostranih poslova i predsedavajucem OEBS-a, Nilsu Helvegu Petersenu, jugoslovenski ministar inostranih poslova Milan Milutinovic je saopstio da je, prema podacima kojima raspolazu srpske vlasti, opozicija pobedila na lokalnim izborima i konstituisala lokalnu vlast u Uzicu, Kragujevcu i Zrenjaninu. U Milutinovicevom pismu OEBS-u dalje se kaze da NIKO nije pobedio u Pancevu, Pirotu i Jagodini. Medjutim, jugoslovenski ministar inostranih poslova tvrdi da je lokalne izbore u Kraljevu, Smederevskoj Palanci, Vrscu, Soko Banji, Lapovu i Sapcu dobila koalicija JUL-a i SPS-a. U pismu se dalje navodi da je koalicija ZAJEDNO pobedila u 9 beogradskih opstina, dok se u Nisu glasovi i dalje broje. Ministar inostranih poslova Jugoslavije Milan Milutinovic u pismu predsedavajucem OEBS-a Nilsu Helvegu Petersenu tvrdi da se podaci, kojima raspolaze medjunarodna komisija, a ticu se spornih 6 opstina, znacajno razlikuju od onih koje imaju jugoslovenske vlasti. Milutinovic je s tim u vezi pozvao OEBS da svoje nalaze o izborima u Kraljevu, Smederevskoj Palanci, Vrscu, Soko Banji, Lapovu i Sapcu predoci jugoslovenskim vlastima, koje ce, kako je rekao, odgovorne vlasti pazljivo prouciti. ,,Poziv na postovanje izborne volje gradjana izrazen u pismu OEBS-a predstavlja i nas zvanicni stav'', kaze Milutinovic. Medjutim, naglasio je sef jugoslovenske diplomatije, ta prava bi trebalo da budu ispostovana u okvirima legalnih institucija na bazi zakona Republike Srbije. PRVA REAKCIJA OEBS-A Kako Radio B92 saznaje iz izvora bliskih Gonsalesovoj komisiji, pismo jugoslovenskog ministra inostranih poslova Milana Milutinovica predsedavajucem OEBS-a Nilsu Helvegu Petersenu jos uvek se analizira. Medjutim, jedan od evropskih diplomata, koji je insistirao na anonimnosti, izjavio je Radiju B92 da je tekst pisma jugoslovenskog sefa diplomatije u najmanju ruku bezobrazan. ,,Ovo sto nam je Milutinovic poslao nema nikakve veze sa preporukama OEBS-a i nalazima Gonsalesove komisije'', rekao je ovaj diplomata. Ovaj izvor nije precizirao kada ce OEBS doneti konacan stav u vezi sa Milutinovicevim pismom danskom ministru inostranih poslova Nilsu Helvegu Petersenu.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 17 sati, 3. januar 1997. ,,ZAJEDNO'': SNAGE MUP-A KOSTAJU 50 MILIONA MARAKA Koalicija ,,Zajedno'' u danasnjem saopstenju za javnost tvrdi da ,,akcije interventnih snaga MUP-a kostaju gradjane Srbije vec najmanje 50 miliona nemackih maraka''. U saopstenju se istice da se na ulicama Beograda danima nalazi 20 hiljada pripadnika MUP-a i da njihove dnevnice, ishrana, prevoz, smestaj i oprema kostaju milion nemackih maraka na dan. Koalicija ,,Zajedno'' naglasava da su policajci u Beogradu i drugim gradovima u Srbiji angazovani vec 45 dana i procenjuje da troskovi iznose skoro 50 miliona maraka. ,,Sve ove troskove placaju gradjani Srbije, posebno najugrozeniji slojevi stanovnistva. Posto drzava nije u stanju da finansira ove troskove, jer su drzavne pare uglavnom na privatnim racunima, Slobodan Milosevic je poceo da stampa novac'', konstatuje se u saopstenju i dodaje da, posto ni to nije bilo dovoljno, najuzi vrh SPS doneo odluku da veliki deo drzavnog novca za druge namene bude prebacen policiji. ,,Na taj nacin SPS i JUL kaznjavaju gradjane zato sto vec 45 dana protestuju protiv kradje glasova na lokalnim izborima u Srbiji'', zakljucuje koalicija ,,Zajedno''. SAD POZIVA OEBS DA OSUDI MILOSEVICA ,,Nadamo se da ce se na sednici OEBS govoriti o brzoj i odlucnoj osudi srpske vlade, ukoliko Milosevic ne bude odlucio da postuje izborne rezultate'', izjavio je portparol Stejt dipartmenta Nikolas Berns. DRASKOVIC: PONIZAVAJUCI I UVREDLJIV ODGOVOR Vuk Draskovic ocenio je u izjavi Radiju B92 danas da je predsednik Srbije Slobodan Milosevic uputio uvredljiv i ponizavajuci odgovor na preporuke OEBS o lokalnim izborima u Srbiji. Predsednica Gradjanskog saveza Srbije Vesna Pesic rekla je Radiju B92 da Milutinovic u pismu istice pobedu leve koalicije, kao da je opozicija osporila njihovu pobedu u raznim malim mestima. Pesic je ukazala na to da Milutinovic od OEBS trazi dodatne podatke o rezultatima drugog kruga lokalnih izbora u spornim gradovima. To pismo nema veze sa diplomatijom, rekla je jos Pesic. JOS PAROLA ,,Dosta muze, druze''; ,,Ovo su nepravedno nametnute i nicim izazvane setnje''; ,,Ovaj narod je potpuno poludeo. Konacno!''; ,,Ukinimo Dunav. To je strano mesanje u nase unutrasnje tokove''; ,,Nije vazno sta ovde pise, vazno je cemu sluzi''; ,,Skidam kapu onom ko je uspeo toliko da nas izmanipulise''. Pripremio(la): Zoran Penevski
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 3. januar 1997. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Svi tekstovi su Copyright 1997 Radija B92. SVA PRAVA ZADRZANA. ------------------------------------------------------------------ OEBS ZA GONSALESOVE PREPORUKE ------------------------------------------------------------------ MILUTINOVICEVO PISMO PETERSENU U CELINI ,,Dragi gospodine ministre, upoznali smo se sa izvestajem gospodina Felipea Gonsalesa, Licnog predstavnika predsedavajuceg OEBS i sefa delegacije OEBS, koja je posetila SR Jugoslaviju 21. decembra 1996. godine. Kao sto je naglaseno i u izvestaju i u pismu gospodina Gonsalesa, do posete je doslo na poziv Savezne vlade u kome je stajalo da bi jedna visoka delegacija OEBS trebalo da poseti SR Jugoslaviju kako bi se direktno i istinito obavestila o svim cinjenicama vezanim za izbore za organe lokalne samouprave u Srbiji i kako bi se otklonila potpuno pogresna slika stvorena od dela medjunarodne javnosti o tim izborima. Drago nam je da je gospodin Gonsales primetio i u svom izvestaju i u svom licnom pismu predsedavajucem OEBS-a od 27. decembra da se delegacija OEBS tokom svoje kratke posete sastala, bez ikakvih prepreka, sa predstavnicima politickih stranaka, institucija i sudskim organima Republike Srbije i Vladom SR Jugoslavije i sa njima razgovarala na iskren i otvoren nacin. Jasna pozicija gospodina Gonsalesa da on nije bio arbitar i da nije zeleo da arbitrira, koju je naglasio i tokom svoje posete Beogradu i tokom prezentacije svog izvestaja u Zenevi, primljena je sa posebnim zadovoljstvom. Kao suverena drzava, koja autonomno resava svoja unutrasnja pitanja, mi ne bismo mogli da razumemo neku drugaciju poziciju. Mi smatramo da je od sustinskog znacaja sto je delegacija OEBS-a utvrdila u svom izvestaju da su izbori za organe lokalne samouprave 'posmatrani u celini, odrazavali volju vecine gradjana SR Jugoslavije'. Delegacija je takodje zabelezila da 'su kanidati koalicije SPS, JUL i ND dobili vecinu glasova na izborima u Srbiji, sto je odraz slobodne volje njenih gradjana'. Tako da su navodi nekih opozicionih partija, kao i dela medjunarodne javnosti i medija, da su izbori za organe lokalne samouprave u Srbiji ponisteni, jer su navodno te opozicione stranke pobedile na izborima, osporeni. Smatramo da slobodni, visestranacki izbori u Srbiji najsveobuhvatnije potvrdjuju jaku demokratsku tradiciju i vekovno iskustvo u razvijanju stabilnih demokratskih institucija u Srbiji. Sve te demokratske institucije su dokazale svoju vitalnost i sposobnost da obezbede svim gradjanima da uzivaju u svojim pravima i da stite njihova neotudjiva prava, cak i u najtezim uslovima kao sto je promena politickog sistema, raspad bivse zajednicke drzave SFRJ, ratni sukobi u susedstvu SR Jugoslavije, pruzanje utocista i pomoci skoro milionu izbeglica, embargo protiv SR Jugoslavije i njena izolacija. To potvrdjuje da su univerzalne vrednosti potvrdjene u Srbiji, ukljucujuci i one iz Pariske povelje. Prema nasoj proceni, pristup gospodina Gonsalesa zasluzuje podrsku u prvom redu stoga sto sve faktore poziva na konstruktivan nacin na tolerantan dijalog, transparentnu diskusiju i na resavanje svih problema na demokratski nacin, odnosno da se problemi resavaju u okviru institucija sistema, kroz primenu 'adekvatnih procedura i u duhu dijaloga i saradnje', sto de facto znaci u okviru visestranacke Skupstine. Cinjenica da su odredjene opozicione stranke dobile vecinu u nekim opstinskim skupstinama u Srbiji ne predstavlja nista novo za bilo kog gradjana Srbije. To nije bila novina cak ni kada su one dobile vecinu u mnogo vecem broju opstina nego sada, na izborima za lokalne organe samouprave odrzanim pre cetiri godine. U odnosu na opstine koje se pominju u paragrafu 7 izvestaja gospodina Felipea Gonsalesa, zelimo da vas informisemo da je, prema podacima koje mi imamo na raspolaganju, situacija sledeca: I. U odnosu na 13 opstina koje se pominju u izvestaju: a) Koalicija 'Zajedno' je pobedila i vec konstituisala lokalne organe u opstinama: Uzice, Kragujevac i Zrenjanin; b) U opstinama Pirot, Pancevo, Jagodina ni jedna stranka nije osvojila vecinu i skupstine opstina jos nisu konstituisane; c) U opstinama Kraljevo, Smederevska Palanka, Vrsac, Soko Banja, Lapovo i Sabac, SPS i JUL su osvojili vecinu; d) U opstini Nis situacija se pomno proucava. Kada kompetentne vlasti utvrde cinjenice, rezultati izbora ce biti poznati, odnosno bice preduzete mere u skladu sa rezultatima tekuce procedure i prema vazecim pravilima. II. U odnosu na devet opstina u Beogradu Koalicija 'Zajedno' je osvojila vecinu u devet opstina u Beogradu. Kao sto se da videti iz ovog kratkog spiska, u poredjenju sa spiskom opstina koje se pominju pod paragrafom 7b izvestaja gospodina Gonsalesa, podaci vezani za sest gorepomenutih opstina se znacajno razlikuju od podataka, koje je koristila delegacija gospodina Gonsalesa. U cilju provere, poredjenja i potpunog razjasnjavanja bilo bi vrlo korisno ukoliko biste vi mogli da dostavite nasim vlastima podatke koje imate na raspolaganju za opstine Kraljevo, Smederevska Palanka, Vrsac, Soko Banja, Lapovo i Sabac. Mozete biti sigurni da ce svaki detalj biti proucen sa punom odgovornoscu od strane kompetentnih vlasti. Poziv izrazen u izvestaju da se postuje volja gradjana je u sustini nasa osnovna pozicija kojoj smo privrzeni. Medjutim, ocigledno je da sve to treba uspostaviti u okviru legalnih institucija, na bazi zakona i pravila Republike Srbije. Uz to, zelimo da naglasimo da sama priroda izbora za organe lokalne samouprave u Republici Srbiji, prema nasem sistemu, implicira da lokalni izbori pocinju i zavrsavaju se na lokalnom nivou i da drzavne vlasti, prema nasem pravnom sistemu, nemaju pravo da uticu na te izbore, niti to cine. Jedina tela, odnosno institucije koje su ovlascene da resavaju probleme koji mogu da nastanu tokom izborne procedure su regularni sudovi. Te institucije su duzne da pazljivo prouce svaku novu cinjenicu ili propust koji se utvrdi i da donesu odluku o tome. Nema sumnje da ce te institucije delovati u skladu sa i uz uvazavanje opstina o kojima se radi, ciji je broj prilicno mali u odnosu na ukupan broj od 189 opstina u Srbiji. U pismu gospodina Gonsalesa upucenog ministru Kotiju pominje se da su izbori u nekim opstinama ponovljeni iz razloga 'koji nisu sasvim ozbiljne prirode'. Ne poricemo cinjenicu da iskustva poslednjih, kao i prethodnih, izbora pokazuju da je neophodno ispraviti neka pravila. To je definitivno jedno od pitanja koje treba razmotriti na predlozenoj visestranackoj panel diskusiji. Medjutim, dokle god su ta pravila na snazi, a bila su na snazi tokom proteklih izbora, nema dileme da se moraju postovati. Slazemo se sa pozicijom gospodina Gonsalesa da te probleme treba resavati 'kroz primenu adekvatnih procedura i u duhu dijaloga i poverenja'. Zelimo da istaknemo da je Skupstina Srbije uspostavila panel na kome ce predstavnici parlamentarnih stranaka imati priliki da precizno razmotre u duhu 'dijaloga i saradnje' sve pitanja oko izbora, uloge medija i druga pitanja, pred javnoscu i sa direktnim tv prenosom i da podnesu adekvatne predloge Skupstini Srbije''.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 3. januar 1997. OEBS TRAZI PUNU PRIMENU GONSALESOVIH PREPORUKA Stalni savet Organizacije za evropsku bezbednost i saradnju podrzao je veceras izvestaj komisije OEBS-a, koju je predvodio Felipe Gonsales, o spornim lokalnim izborima u Srbiji i pozvao Beograd da hitno i u potpunosti primeni njegove preporuke, javlja Rojter, a prenosi FoNet. Gonsales je u izvestaju zakljucio da je opozicija pobedila u 13 kljucnih gradova u Srbiji kao i u Beogradu, pozivajuci vlasti u Srbiji da takav rezultat prihvati. Na specijalnoj sednici Savet je razmotrio Gonsalesov izvestaj i danasnji odgovor jugoslovenskog ministra inostranih poslova Milana Milutinovica, koji je priznao pobedu koalicije ,,Zajedno'' u devet beogradskih opstina, Zrenjaninu, Kragujevcu i Uzicu. ,,OEBS podrzava preporuke u izvestaju gospodina Gonsalesa i poziva na njegovu hitnu i potpunu primenu'', izjavio je danski ambasador Lars Vising, cija je zemlja od 1. januara predsedavajuci OEBS-a. Danska, kao predsedavajuci, je takodje saopstila da je spremna da nastavi dijalog o poboljsanju izbornog sistema u Srbiji, slobodi medija i nezavisnom sudstvu. ,,ZAJEDNO'': NASTAVLJAMO PROTESTE Lideri koalicije ,,Zajedno'' najavili su danas da ce nastaviti ulicne proteste, uprkos tome sto je u pismu OEBS-u jugoslovenski ministar inostranih poslova Milan Milutinovic priznao delimicno pobedu opozicije na lokalnim izborima u nekim gradovima. Predsednik Demokratske stranke Zoran Djindjic rekao je Rojteru da to pismo predstavlja ,,jasno odbacivanje preporuka OEBS-a'', prenosi FoNet. ,,Mi ne mozemo prihvatiti parcijalna resenja i nastavljamo mirne demonstracije do postizanja cilja -- priznavanja nase kompletne pobede na lokalnim izborima od 17. novembra''. Predsednik Srpskog pokreta obnove Vuk Draskovic okarakterisao je Milutinovicev odgovor kao laz i odbijanje preporuka OEBS-a. U pismu OEBS-u, ciji stalni Savet danas zaseda u Becu Milutinovic je izneo da vlasti u Beogradu priznaju pobedu koalicije ,,Zajedno'' u devet beogradskih opstina kao i u Zrenjaninu, Uzicu i Kragujevcu. Milutinovic je pismo poslao danskom ministru inostranih poslova Nilsu Petersonu, od 1. januara predsedavajucem OEBS-a, kao odgovor na preporuke komisije te organizacije, koja je proslog meseca, predvodjena Felipeom Gonzalesom, ispitivala rezultate lokalnih izbora u Srbiji. U njemu, kako primecuju agencije, nema pomena o priznavanju pobede koalicije ,,Zajedno'' u skupstini grada Beograda. Milutinovic u pismu istice i da vlasti jos ispituju izborne rezultate u Nisu, i poziva Petersona da dostavi podatke srpskim vlastima o nalazima komisije OEBS-a o izborima u sest preostalih spornih gradova. Diplomatski izvori u Becu ovo pismo ocenjuju ,,manipulativnim'' i isticu da Beograd jos kupuje vreme.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 3. januar 1997. DJINDJIC: MILUTINOVICEVO PISMO DVOSTRUKA UVREDA Lider Demokratske stranke Zoran Djindjic ocenio je danas pismo saveznog ministra inostranih poslova Milana Milutinovica OEBS-u kao ,,dvostruko uvredljivo, kako zbog potcenjivanja intelektualnih sposobnosti clanova komisije OEBS tako i za srpski narod koji ima takvog ministra''. ,,Komisija OEBS je dobila sve dokaze o izbornoj kradji glasova i sada im Milosevic prica neku pricu kao da su clanovi te komisije mala deca koju ce lako prevariti. OEBS je dosao u u Beograd samo zbog laziranja rezultata izbora od 17. novembra, a on im sada govori o rezultatima koji su usledili posle cetvrtog i petog kruga'', rekao je Djindjic Radiju B92. Djindjic je rekao da je za gradjane Srbije ,,uvredljivo'' da imamo ministra kao sto je Milutinovic jer on ,,blamira svoju drzavu i pokazuje izuzetan stepen neobavestenosti, neznanja i bezobrazluka''. ,,Ja sam sokiran stepenom neznanja, bezobrazluka i nekompetentnosti koje iz tog pisma provejava. Ja se plasim za ovu zemlju sve dok na najodgovornijim funkcijama sede ljudi kao sto je Milutinovic'', rekao je Djindjic. On je rekao da u Milutinovicevom pismu ,,nije ucinjen ni najmanji ustupak'' i najavio nastavak protesta, jer ,,ljudi znaju zasta se bore''. ,,Drzavna televizija ce mozda nekoga iz unutrasnjosti da prevari. Ovaj narod je sigurno sokiran, a mislim da ce oni koji budu dobili to pismo biti, kao ja, sokirani stepenom nekompetentnosti'', zakljucio je Djindjic Radiju B92. DS O MILUTINOVICEVOM PISMU Pismo gospodina Milana Milutinovica, saveznog ministra inostranih poslova SRJ, predstavlja negativan odgovor OEBS-u i znaci odbijanje preporuka, koje je dobio od gospodina Gonzalesa i komisije OEBS. Osim toga, ovo pismo je i uvredljivo, jer sadrzi niz neistina i tvrdnji suprotnih nalazima komisije OEBS. DANASNJI MITING U BEOGRADU Cetrdeset i peti protestni miting u organizaciji koalicije ,,Zajedno'', koji je i danas okupio vise desetina hiljada Beogradjana, protekao je u znaku reagovanja na pismo Milana Milutinovica OEBS-u. ,,Milosevic je u potpunosti odbacio nalog Gonzalesove komisije da prizna rezultate od 17. novembra, a njegov ministar inostranih poslova poslao je pismo sastavljeno iskljucivo od lazi i trikova'', rekao je predsednik SPO-a, Vuk Draskovic i dodao da je deo obavestenja OEBS-u da je opozicija pozvana na dijalog, te da je vec otpocela panel diskusija, samo jos jedna, kako je rekao, ,,Miloseviceva oblanda''. Draskovic je gradjanima potom porucio: ,,Vise nema premisljanja, ili Srbija ili oni''. Draskovic je rekao da ,,ova zemlja ulazi u rat sa EU, SAD'' i da ,,Milosevic vodi Srbiju u samizolaciju da bi izdrzavao mafijaski, boljsevicki aparat njegove supruge''. ,,Sto on ima vise vremena -- mi ga imamo manje. Smesno je da posle 45 dana kaze da jos nije shvatio u cemu je stvar'', naglasila je Vesna Pesic, predsednik GSS. ,,Mi znamo sta moramo da radimo -- da se borimo sve dok Srbiju ne budu vodili pravi, sposobni ljudi i patriote, a ne oni koji pisu ovakva pisma i brukaju Srbiju svuda u svetu'', zakljucila je Pesic. ,,Kad pojedinac toliko krade da je to vec bolest, onda se on naziva kleptomanom, a kada se radi o kolektivnoj bolesti, onda se ona zove SPS'', rekao je predsednik DS Zoran Djindjic istakavsi da su stvari, ipak, ozbiljne, jer Srbija, kako je rekao, ,,ima posla ne samo sa onima koji kradu, vec i ne razumeju o cemu se radi''. Po zavrsetku mitinga demonstranti su krenuli u jos jednu protestnu setnju Knez Mihajlovom ulicom, jer su specijalci ponovo blokirali izlaze sa Trga. Vuk Draskovic je prethodno napomenuo da je koalicija ,,Zajedno'' nasla nacina da mirno deblokira blokadu, te da Beogradjani mogu da ocekuju da ce u narednim danima moci da setaju i van pesacke zone. Novo okupljanje zakazano je za sutra u 15 casova, a organizatori su pozvali gradjane da i veceras u 19.30 casova zvizde i udaraju u serpe sa prozora, za vreme drugog dnevnika drzavne televizije.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 3. januar 1997. DJINDJIC: MILUTINOVICEVO PISMO DVOSTRUKA UVREDA Lider Demokratske stranke Zoran Djindjic ocenio je danas pismo saveznog ministra inostranih poslova Milana Milutinovica OEBS-u kao ,,dvostruko uvredljivo, kako zbog potcenjivanja intelektualnih sposobnosti clanova komisije OEBS tako i za srpski narod koji ima takvog ministra''. ,,Komisija OEBS je dobila sve dokaze o izbornoj kradji glasova i sada im Milosevic prica neku pricu kao da su clanovi te komisije mala deca koju ce lako prevariti. OEBS je dosao u u Beograd samo zbog laziranja rezultata izbora od 17. novembra, a on im sada govori o rezultatima koji su usledili posle cetvrtog i petog kruga'', rekao je Djindjic Radiju B92. Djindjic je rekao da je za gradjane Srbije ,,uvredljivo'' da imamo ministra kao sto je Milutinovic jer on ,,blamira svoju drzavu i pokazuje izuzetan stepen neobavestenosti, neznanja i bezobrazluka''. ,,Ja sam sokiran stepenom neznanja, bezobrazluka i nekompetentnosti koje iz tog pisma provejava. Ja se plasim za ovu zemlju sve dok na najodgovornijim funkcijama sede ljudi kao sto je Milutinovic'', rekao je Djindjic. On je rekao da u Milutinovicevom pismu ,,nije ucinjen ni najmanji ustupak'' i najavio nastavak protesta, jer ,,ljudi znaju zasta se bore''. ,,Drzavna televizija ce mozda nekoga iz unutrasnjosti da prevari. Ovaj narod je sigurno sokiran, a mislim da ce oni koji budu dobili to pismo biti, kao ja, sokirani stepenom nekompetentnosti'', zakljucio je Djindjic Radiju B92. DS O MILUTINOVICEVOM PISMU Pismo gospodina Milana Milutinovica, saveznog ministra inostranih poslova SRJ, predstavlja negativan odgovor OEBS-u i znaci odbijanje preporuka, koje je dobio od gospodina Gonzalesa i komisije OEBS. Osim toga, ovo pismo je i uvredljivo, jer sadrzi niz neistina i tvrdnji suprotnih nalazima komisije OEBS. DANASNJI MITING U BEOGRADU Cetrdeset i peti protestni miting u organizaciji koalicije ,,Zajedno'', koji je i danas okupio vise desetina hiljada Beogradjana, protekao je u znaku reagovanja na pismo Milana Milutinovica OEBS-u. ,,Milosevic je u potpunosti odbacio nalog Gonzalesove komisije da prizna rezultate od 17. novembra, a njegov ministar inostranih poslova poslao je pismo sastavljeno iskljucivo od lazi i trikova'', rekao je predsednik SPO-a, Vuk Draskovic i dodao da je deo obavestenja OEBS-u da je opozicija pozvana na dijalog, te da je vec otpocela panel diskusija, samo jos jedna, kako je rekao, ,,Miloseviceva oblanda''. Draskovic je gradjanima potom porucio: ,,Vise nema premisljanja, ili Srbija ili oni''. Draskovic je rekao da ,,ova zemlja ulazi u rat sa EU, SAD'' i da ,,Milosevic vodi Srbiju u samizolaciju da bi izdrzavao mafijaski, boljsevicki aparat njegove supruge''. ,,Sto on ima vise vremena -- mi ga imamo manje. Smesno je da posle 45 dana kaze da jos nije shvatio u cemu je stvar'', naglasila je Vesna Pesic, predsednik GSS. ,,Mi znamo sta moramo da radimo -- da se borimo sve dok Srbiju ne budu vodili pravi, sposobni ljudi i patriote, a ne oni koji pisu ovakva pisma i brukaju Srbiju svuda u svetu'', zakljucila je Pesic. ,,Kad pojedinac toliko krade da je to vec bolest, onda se on naziva kleptomanom, a kada se radi o kolektivnoj bolesti, onda se ona zove SPS'', rekao je predsednik DS Zoran Djindjic istakavsi da su stvari, ipak, ozbiljne, jer Srbija, kako je rekao, ,,ima posla ne samo sa onima koji kradu, vec i ne razumeju o cemu se radi''. Po zavrsetku mitinga demonstranti su krenuli u jos jednu protestnu setnju Knez Mihajlovom ulicom, jer su specijalci ponovo blokirali izlaze sa Trga. Vuk Draskovic je prethodno napomenuo da je koalicija ,,Zajedno'' nasla nacina da mirno deblokira blokadu, te da Beogradjani mogu da ocekuju da ce u narednim danima moci da setaju i van pesacke zone. Novo okupljanje zakazano je za sutra u 15 casova, a organizatori su pozvali gradjane da i veceras u 19.30 casova zvizde i udaraju u serpe sa prozora, za vreme drugog dnevnika drzavne televizije.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 3. januar 1997. DANASNJA STUDENTSKA BUKA Vise hiljada studenata i danas se nakon 18.30 casova okupilo u Ulici kneza Mihaila, a vece je bilo posveceno Milanu Milutinovicu, kojeg su studenti nazvali ,,ministrom za sve''. Zbog kordona policije, studenti su setali Knez Mihajlovom, Cika Ljubinom i drugim ulicama u centru praveci veliku buku kako bi nadjacali Dnevnik 2. PROTESTI PO SRBIJI Kako Radio B92 saznaje, GIK u Nisu je zavrsio brojanje listica, ali se rezultati ne slazu ni sa rezultatima od 17. novembra niti sa falsifikovanim zapisnicima. Potpredsednik Demokratske stranke u Nisu Zoran Zivkovic pozvao je danas sugradjane da u utorak krenu u Beograd, na Dedinje i da tako ,,pokazu ko je za koga glasao u Nisu 17. novembra''. ,,Kada lopovi broje, glasova je sve manje. Ispasce da u Nisu nisu ni odrzani izbori i da je rezultat nula-nula'', ocenio je Zivkovic rad Gradske izborne komisije, koja i 49 dana nakon izbora nije saopstila konacne rezultate lokalnih izbora. Na niskom Elektronskom fakultetu sinoc je odrzan novogodisnji studentski protestni koncert pod nazivom ,,Hodam, ne zastajkujem'' sa niskim rok grupama. Posle dvosatnog koncerta studenti su oko 22 casa setali ulicama Nisa. Setnja je nazvana ,,Sve sto meni sija -- meni prija'', a studenti su bili ,,naoruzani'' baterijskim lampama, prskalicama, svecama i drugim svetlecim rekvizitima. Na protestu u Kragujevcu pred oko 10.000 Kragujevcana, narodni poslanik Demokratske stranke iz Kraljeva Mile Koricanac rekao je da je ,,narod jasno porucio Milosevicu da mora da ode''. U Pirotu su danas setnje zabranjene i policija je zaprecila ulice u centru. Na Trgu Slobode je organizovana ,,zatvorska setnja'' u krug, sa rukama na glavama. Vise hiljada Sapcana je, nakon citanja vesti nezavisnih medija, setalo gradom. DJINDJIC: MALA OPASNOST OD GRADJANSKOG RATA U SRBIJI Predsednik Demokratske stranke Zoran Djindjic izjavio je za TV Rojter da je mala opasnost od izbijanja veceg nasilja ili gradjanskog rata u Srbiji, zbog toga sto je vlast predsednika Srbije Slobodana Milosevica znacajno oslabljena, prenosi FoNet. ,,Temelji Miloseviceve vlasti su do te mere uzdrmani da on ne moze da izazove gradjanski rat, zbog toga sto nema dovoljno ljudi koji bi hteli, ili imali interesa, da ratuju za njega. Jedini oblik nasilja do kojeg bi moglo doci je sukob izmedju demonstranata i policije, ali ni on ne moze biti velikih razmera. Opasnost nije tako velika kao sto se pretpostavljalo'', ocenio je Djindjic. On je naglasio da ce se ulicni protesti gradjana protiv izborne prevare nastaviti sve dok Socijalisticka partija Srbije ne prizna prvobitno utvrdjene rezultate, precizirajuci da ne ocekuje ustupke SPS pre ranog proleca. U odvojenom intervjuu za Nemacki radio, Djindjic je rekao da ce solidarisanje Srpske pravoslavne crkve i delova Vojske Jugoslavije sa koalicijom ,,Zajedno'' ojacati njenu poziciju, ali da to kratkorocno gledano nece bitnije uticati na situaciju u zemlji.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 3. januar 1997. KOSTUNICA: SAOPSTENJE SPC U SKLADU SA ODGOVORNOSCU CRKVE Predsednik Demokratske stranke Srbije Vojislav Kostunica ocenio je, u danasnjoj izjavi za javnost, da je jucerasnje saopstenje Arhijerejskog sabora Srpske pravoslavne crkve, povodom politicke situacije u Srbiji, ,,u skladu sa odgovornoscu i ulogom koju Crkva ima u verskom i narodnom zivotu''. ,,Na nacin koji je prikladan njenoj misiji, Srpska pravoslavna crkva je delila sudbinu svog naroda, a kada je to trebalo i zigosala njegove dusmane van zemlje i u njoj. U predvecerje Hristovog rodjenja, koje nam je donelo mir, apel Arhijerejskog sabora SPC zvuci jos potresnije i potrebnije'', istice Kostunica. MOSKOVSKI MEDIJI O SAOPSTENJU SPC Ostra osuda antinarodne politike vlade Slobodana Milosevica, koju je posle vanrednog zasedanja objavio Sveti sinod Srpske pravoslavne crkve, dobila je danas upadljiv publicitet u ruskim elektronskim medijima, javlja dopisnik FoNeta Branko Stosic. Drzavna televizijska mreza ,,Rosija'' prenela je saopstenje gotovo u celini propraceno snimcima brutalnih upada pripadnika srpske specijalne policije u povorku opozicije i batinanja demonstranata. U opsirnom izvestaju iz Beograda, koji je dobio udarno mesto u bloku spoljnopolitickih vesti, posebno se naglasava da su srpske vlasti odgovorne, ne samo za falsifikovanje rezultata lokalnih izbora i gusenje verskih i politickih sloboda, za premlacivanje ljudi i ubistva, vec objektivno i za pokusaj da Srbe zavade jedne s drugima, kao sto su njihovu zemlju zavadile sa celim svetom. Kao i ruska drzavna televizija, i vodece radio stanice isticu da se ocekivalo da ce Srpska pravoslavna crkva stati na stranu svog naroda, ali se nije predpostavljalo da ce njena osuda rezima biti tako decidirana i bezrezervna. VASINGTON: RASPLET KRIZE U ZELJENOM SMERU U prvom, nezvanicnom, reagovanju Klintonove administracije ocenjena je kao ohrabrujuca danasnja vest iz Beca da je vlada Srbije obavestila Organizaciju za evropsku bezbednost i saradnju da priznaje pobedu kandidata demokratske Koalicije ,,Zajedno'' u devet beogradskih opstina na izborima koji su odrzani 17. novembra, javlja za FoNet dopisnik ,,Nase Borbe'' Slobodan Pavlovic. Povodom ove informacije, sadrzane u pismu ministra inostranih poslova Milana Milutivnovica, dostavljenog pred pocetak danasnjeg sastanka OEBS-a, u Vasingtonu je receno da priznavanje opozicionih pobeda na lokalnim izborima u Beogradu, Uzicu, Kragujevcu i Zrenjaninu, predstavlja znak da je rasplet krize krenuo u zeljenom smeru, ali se pri tom upozorava da je ostalo pod znakom pitanja priznavanje pobeda kandidata opozicije u Nisu i jos devet gradova u Srbiji, sto je, takodje, zatrazila Gonsalesova komisija u izvestaju dostavljenom posle misije u Beogradu. Americka administracija je, inace, pozdravila jucerasnje saopstenje Srpske pravoslavne crkve, ali je, s druge strane, izrazeno ozbiljno nezadovoljstvo Milosevicevim pokusajima proteklih dana da se oglusi o zahtev, koji mu je postavila komisija predvodjena bivsim premijerom Spanije Felipeom Gonsalesom. Klintonova administracija izrazila je, tim povodom, iscekivanje da je Srbija, zahvaljujuci pozitivnim zbivanjima koja se u poslednje vreme vide na ulicama Beograda i ostalih gradova, na putu da, kako je receno, mozda postane demokratska zemlja. Taj srpski iskorak prema demokratiji, kako je konstatovano u Vasingtonu, dosao je preko demonstracija demokratske opozicije i studenata -- demonstracija ciji ucesnici, prema recima predstavnika Klintonove administracije, postuju norme civilizovanog ponasanja i traze od vlasti da im vrati ono sto im duguje, a to su njihovi glasovi koje se dali opoziciji na izborima od 17. novembra.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 3. januar 1997. BOSNA ------------------------------------------------------------------ VERIFIKOVANI MANDATI CLANOVIMA SAVETA MINISTARA BIH Predstavnicki dom Parlamentarne skupstine Bosne i Hercegovine danas je u Sarajevu verifikovao mandate clanovima Saveta ministara, javlja SRNA. Nakon verifikacije, dvojica kopredsedavajucih i ostali clanovi ovog tela su potpisali svecanu izjavu, cime je zavrseno prvo zasedanje Predstavnickog doma. Savet ministara BiH, kojem je Predstavnicki dom Parlamentarne skupstine danas u Sarajevu verifikovao mandat, broji 12 clanova. Na osnovu postignutog sporazuma, pored dva kopredsedavajuca, Srbina Bore Bosica i Muslimana Harisa Silajdzica, Savet ima i potpredsedavajuceg, Hrvata Nevena Tomica. Za ministra spoljne trgovine i privrede izabran je Hasan Muratovic, a za njegove zamenike Gavro Bogic i Nikola Grabovac. Jadranko Prlic je novoizabrani ministar inostranih poslova, a njegovi zamenici su Dragan Bozanic i Husein Zivalj. Ministar unutrasnjih poslova je Spasoje Albijanic, a zamenjuju ga Nudzeim Recica i Milan Krizanic. STAJNER O MINISTARSKOM SAVETU BIH Zamenik visokog medjunarodnog predstavnika za BiH Mihael Stajner porucio je ucesnicima danasnjeg zasedanja Predstavnickog doma Parlamentarne skupstine da ,,njihovi narodi ocekuju da im se ponude mir i pristojni uslovi za zivot'', javila je SRNA, a prenosi FoNet. ,,Sada treba da pocne pravi posao, jer je ekonomska i socijalna situacija u oba entiteta veoma teska. Oni koji su vas izabrali na period od dve godine ocekuju da zemlju vratite ponovo na kolosek'', porucio je Stajner i dodao: ,,Oni posebno ocekuju zaposljavanje, porast plata i penzija, rekonstrukciju kuca i prihvatljiv smestaj. Ocekuju ono osnovno -- vodu, struju, grejanje, povratak izbeglica, slobodu kretanja unutar zemlje, ali i izvan nje''. Stajner je istakao da i Srbi, i Hrvati i Muslimani zele da zive i da se osecaju kao ,,obicni evropski gradjani''. ,,Oni ocekuju da zemlju uvedete u klub evropske demokratije''. ,,Ja znam da jos uvek postoji nepoverenje, ali se nadam da cete zajedno prevazici proslost. Nadam se da cete stvoriti konstruktivnu radnu atmosferu i ostvariti dobru saradnju'', porucio je Stajner u obracanju poslanicima Predstavnickog doma Parlamentarne skupstine BiH. IZETBEGOVIC: SAGLASNOST SVIH ZA PROVODJENJE DEJTONSKOG SPORAZUMA Predsedavajuci Predsednistva Bosne i Hercegovine Alija Izetbegovic ocenio je danasnje zasedanje Predstavnickog doma Parlamentarne skupstine u Sarajevu kao ,,saglasnost svih za provodjenje Dejtonskog sporazuma'', javlja SRNA, a prenosi FoNet. Obracajuci se poslanicima, Izetbegovic je u kratkom uvodnom govoru kao prioritet u narednom periodu naveo ,,povratak izbeglica, slobodu kretanja i stampe i gonjenje ratnih zlocinaca''. Clan Predsednistva BiH Kresimir Zubak je, u uvodnoj reci izrazio zadovoljstvo ,,sto se prosiruje krug tijela i osoba koje na sebe preuzimaju odgovornost za provodjenje Dejtonskog sporazuma''. ,,Ovaj slozeni posao stvaranja novog politickog sistema mora se temeljiti'', istakao je Zubak, ,,na ravnopravnosti dva entiteta i tri naroda''.
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 3. januar 1997. MAGAZIN ------------------------------------------------------------------ BALASEVIC: MORA NESTO DA SKLJOCNE OVDE List ,,Demokratija'': Kako posmatrate sve ovo sto se sada dogadja u Beogradu? Djordje Balasevic: Ja mislim da je ovaj trenutak veoma dobar. Upravo zato sto je on tezak, ali nema velikih skljocanja na zupcanicima istorije, koji se mogu lako desiti. Mora nesto da skljocne ovde, a cinjenica je da se u Beogradu ponovo pojavljuje duh koji je Beograd imao oduvek i po cemu se razlikovao od drugih gradova. Beograd je, u stvari, ono sto se desava ovih dana, duhoviti, drcni, jedan agresivni Beograd, koji je, priznajem, bio cesto van mog dometa, jer dolazim iz jednog, da kazem, ,,usporenog'' Novog Sada. VIDOSAV STEVANOVIC DIREKTOR NOVINA I RTV U KRAGUJEVCU Vidosav Stevanovic, poznati srpski knjizevnik, novi je direktor javnog preduzeca ,,Kragujevac'', koji obuhvata Radio Kragujevac, list ,,Svetlost'' i TV Kragujevac, pise danasnji ,,Blic''. To je odluceno na drugoj po redu sednici Skupstine grada od kada je u Kragujevcu konstituisana nova vlast. Odlukom gradske skupstine, smenjen je dosadasnji direktor Miodrag Milicevic, kao i dosadasnji Upravni odbor TV Kragujevac. Formiran je novi Upravni odbor na cijem celu je profesor Ekonomskog fakulteta Radojica Savkovic, kao i Nadzorni odbor TV Kragujevac. Izmedju ostalog, usvojen je i predlog mera kojima se stavlja van snage odluka bivseg Inicijativnog odbora Skupstine grada od 28. novembra '96, kojom je TV Kragujevac pripojena RTS-u. Protiv bivseg premijera gradske vlade, Dusana Mandica, i potpresednika upravnog odbora gradske TV, Zarka Rajkovica, podnete su krivicne prijave. SAOPSTENJE ZA STAMPU SVESRPSKOG KONGRESA ,,U nedelju 15. decembra 1996. godine, u velikoj sali Manastira Nova Gracanica kod Cikaga, odrzano je 36. redovno zasedanje Svesrpskog kongresa, svetske skupstine rodoljubivih organizacija i institucija Srba u egzilu, i njegovog organa Srpskog nacionalnog odbora. Na ovogodisnjem zasedanju Svesrpskog kongresa ucestvovali su delegati organizacija clanica sa svih pet kontinenata, i na osnovu dosadasnjeg plodotvornog i aktivnog rada za dobrobit Srpstva, po treci put je jednoglasno izabran dosadasnji predsednik magistar Djordje Nikolic. Svesrpski kongres je osnovan 1947. u Americi, sa sedistem u Cikagu, i jedina je legitimna i najveca skupstina Srba sa svih pet kontinenata okupljenih oko 23 srpske nacionalne religiozne i kulturne organizacije i institucije, koje su clanice Kongresa. Neki od bivsih predsednika Kongresa bili su Ambasador Konstantin Fotic, dr Bozidar Puric, Njegovo Visokopreosvestenstvo Mitropolit Irinej i dr Rajko Tomovic. Kongres je primio pozdravna pisma od Njegovog Kraljevskog Visocanstva prestolonaslednika Aleksandra, predsednika Republike Srpske prof.dr Biljane Plavsic, kao i bezbroj poruka od predsednika organizacija clanica, clanova Uprave i dobrozelecih Srba i Srpkinja iz celog sveta. Delegati na Kongresu su usvojili Rezoluciju u kojoj je data puna podrska srpskom narodu u ovom istorijskom trenutku, kao i vladi Republike Srpske, i osudjena je svaka vrsta pritiska, koji se na Republiku Srpsku vrsi sa bilo koje strane. Svesrpski kongres se odlucno stavlja na stranu zahteva sirokih slojeva srpskog naroda u Otadzbini za uspostavljanje demokratske i pravne drzave koja ce postovati volju biraca, izrazenu kroz slobodne izbore. Kongres ostro osudjuje ponistavanje rezultata opstinskih izbora u Srbiji i zahteva od vlasti da bez odlaganja povuku svoju nezakonitu odluku i da priznaju jasno izrazenu volju naroda. Ujedinjeno srpstvo u slobodnoj Srbiji! Svesrpski kongres, Srpski nacionalni odbor''
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti do 21 sat, 3. januar 1997. ,,DNEVNI TELEGRAF'': PIJANI SOCIJALISTA SA SPOMENIKA BOMBOM PRETIO OPOZICIONARIMA Oko petnaestak hiljada Kraljevcana, simpatizera koalicije ,,Zajedno'', uz kuvanu rakiju i pecenog vola, u euforicnom raspolozenju docekalo je Novu godinu u centru grada. U ponoc se na Trgu srpskih ratnika, gde se opozicionari okupljaju vise od 40 dana, cula ujednacena pucnjava, a mnogi tvrde da se radilo o automatskom oruzju. Oko dva casa izjutra medju opozicionarima je nastalo komesanje, jer se kod spomenika srpskim ratnicima pojavio sredovecni covek, koji je seo na postament i poceo iz sveg glasa da vice kako je clan SPS, a sagovornici DT kazu da je pokazivao i partijsku knjizicu i rekao da u dzepu nosi bombu. Obezbedjenje koalicije ,,Zajedno'' je brzo reagovalo i pijanog socijalistu oborilo na zemlju. U dzepu njegovog kaputa je zaista pronadjena bomba, a brzo je pristigla i policijska patrola koja je nepoznatog bombasa uhapsila. Njegovo ime nije saopsteno. ,,POLITIKA'': GRUPNI PORTRET SA POLICAJCEM Saobracajac na raskrsnici Makedonske i Ulice brace Jugovic, zimogrozljivo cupka u mestu, posmatrajuci talase ljudi koji se od Trga Republike spustaju ka Ulici 29. novembra. Iznenada ispred njega iskace grupica momaka i devojaka. Pritrcavaju mu, cestitaju Novu godinu, nude grickalice i cigare. On, zbunjen, prima cestitke i nestedimice deli poljupce. Odbija grickalice, kaze nije gladan. Ne pusi ali ce ipak uzeti jednu cigaru; ,,Da se, deco, ne uvredite!'' Odnekud se pojavljuje mladic sa foto-aparatom. ,,Cika- saobracajac, moze jedna grupna fotografija sa vama?'', pita plavokosa devojka. ,,Cika u plavom'' se prvo necka a onda popusta. Namesta se za fotografisanje, smesak i blic. Grupa nastavlja dalje kroz Makedonsku ulicu, masuci saobracajcu koji im, smejuci se, otpozdravlja. TANJUG O JUCERASNJEM MITINGU U BEOGRADU: PONAVLJANJE POZNATIH ZAHTEVA Iz danasnje ,,Politike'' prenosimo u celini Tanjugovu vest o jucerasnjem mitingu u Beogradu: ,,Pristalice koalicije Zajedno okupile su se i juce na Trgu Republike u Beogradu, gde su im govorili njihovi lideri Zoran Djindjic, Vesna Pesic i Vuk Draskovic, ponavljajuci svoje poznate zahteve''. RADIO B92: BUKA (JOS) U MODI I danas je u Beogradu, vise nego juce, buka preplavila mnoge krajeve Beograda za vreme Dnevnika 2. U kontakt-programu Radija B92, ukljucivali su se slusaoci sa Novog Beograda, Vracara, Liona, iz Zemuna, itd. Komentar jednog slusaoca je glasio: ,,Naselje Braca Jerkovic lupa, ali Milutinovica ne moze da stigne nikad!'' Pripremio(la): Zoran Penevski
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------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRAZ B92, Beograd Dnevni informativni servis Odraz B92 vesti, prvo izdanje, 4. januar 1997. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Svi tekstovi su Copyright 1997 Radija B92. SVA PRAVA ZADRZANA. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PRVO IZDANJE VESTI ------------------------------------------------------------------ OEBS JE BIO SASVIM JASAN Opozicija je pobedila u osam beogradskih opstina i Skupstini grada Beograda, izjavila je danas portparol Organizacije za evropsku bezbednost i saradnju Melisa Fleming, rekavsi da je Gonsalesov predstavnik, na jucerasnjoj vanrednoj sednici Saveta OEBS, Horhe Deskalar bio sasvim jasan po tom pitanju. U izvestaju se, medjutim, ne kaze ko je osvojio vecinu mandata u Gradskoj skupstini. ,,Formulacija u Gonsalesovom izvestaju nije najspretnija, ali je sve razjasnjeno tokom vanredne sednice saveta OEBS-a'', rekla je Fleming. U izvestaju Komisije OEBS se jos kaze da je opoziciona koalicija ,,Zajedno'' pobedila i u 13 opstina u Srbiji. PATRIJARH: SAMOVOLJA I NASILJE NE MOGU DONETI DOBRO Patrijarh Pavle je jutros u svojoj Bozicnoj poslanici rekao izmedju ostalog: Kada je u 14. veku u Zakoniku car Dusan postavio temelje drzave na pravne osnove ugledajuci se na najbolje vizantijske propise, on tu pravdu stavlja iznad svoje volje. Time on projavljuje shvatanje da samodrzac i samodrzavlje ne znaci samovolju. U dva clana Zakonika on proglasava nevazecim njegov akt kojim jednom daje nesto iz blagovoljenja a drugom uskracuje iz zlovolje, ako se to protivi Zakoniku. I da sudije sude po zakonu ne gledajuci ko je ko. Taj princip postavljanja drzave na pravne osnove i suda na istini i pravdi, koji je vazio kod nas pre 600 godina treba da vazi danas, kad se proklamuju demokratska prava i slobode. Zato postovanje zakona i pravde obavezuje sve na postovanje slobodno izrazene volje naroda, onemogucavanja samovolje i nasilja koje narodu i drzavi nikad dobro nece i ne mogu doneti. DS: POZIV POLICIJI DA SE ODUPRE ZLOUPOTREBI ,,Vise je nego jasno da je SPS na mala vrata uveo policijsku upravu i vanredno stanje u Srbiju'', kaze se u danasnjem saopstenju Demokrtaske stranke. DS smatra da na to ukazuju velike policijske snage koje su u svim gradovima Srbije angazovane na sprecavanju protestnih setnji pokazuju. ,,Ono sto mi kao opozicioni politicari pitamo jeste zasto SPS muci i maltretira i pripadnike policije, koji su i samo svesni da stoje na ulicama bez ikakvog razloga i da su zloupotrebljeni u politicke svrhe SPS'', navodi se u saopstenju. DS zato poziva ,,sve pripadnike policije da razmisljaju svojom glavom i da ne prihvate zloupotrebu koju im je SPS namenio''.