General information

Call No.:

350-1-1:85/4

Part of series

HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive

Located at

VHS PAL #85 / No. 4

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00000085

Original Title

Verfeindete Bruder

Date of air

1992-12-01

Date

1992

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

German

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

The report focuses on a newly-independent Slovenia and its attempts to join Europe. The report analyzes the political situation of Slovenia after its independence from Yugoslavia. It particularly analyzes the numerous political parties. The question of the 60,000 refugees is addressed, as well as the fishing rights and Kopar harbor dispute between Slovenia and Croatia. Interviewed are the new leaders of Slovene public life. Bozo Kovac, chief editor of the daily "Republika," talks about freedom of the press and occasional political pressure. He further states that Slovenia must privatize herself in order to attract foreign capital. Rade Serbedzija, a Serb actor born in Croatia, chose Slovenia as his new home. He talks about being politically hunted in Serbia and Croatia to the point of his life being threatened. He explains that Slovenia successfully escaped from the Balkan hell. Zmago Jelincic, leader of the Slovenian National Party discusses the need for Slovenia to be ethnically clean. He compares Slovenia to Austria which, as he states, has had a policy of extricating foreigners. The wife of Momir Kandic, a Slovene, talks about her husband who was forced to leave Slovenia for four years because he refused to give up his Serbian citizenship. Milan Kucan, President of Slovenia, reflects on the Kucan case, stating that the law required everyone in the JNA (Yugoslav army) to leave their positions and renounce their Serbian citizenship in order to remain Slovenian citizens. Kucan gives an optimistic account about Slovenia's future. He sees the need for Slovenia's political parties to work together on taking care of solvable problems in the economy and society. He states that companies have to restructure themselves if they want to participate in the world market. The leader of the Styria Christian Democrats talks about the desire of the Styria Province to separate themselves economically from Slovenia. Remaining footage: Slovene dailies and "Republika" publishing agency, refugees in Slovenia, meeting between Franjo Tudjman (Croatia's president) and Milan Kucan (Slovenia's president), people gathering in the street around the Slovenian National Party booth, Momir Kandic family, and commercials for the Liberal Democratic Party and the Slovenian National Party.

Context

Associated Names

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