General information

Call No.:

350-1-1:39/4

Part of series

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

Located at

VHS PAL #39 / No. 4

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00000039

Original Title

Der andere Balkan

Date of air

1992-03-24

Date

1992

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

German

Notes

No notes available

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

The focus of the report is Macedonia and its newly-gained independence. The main issues covered are Greek animosity towards an independent Macedonia, and questions regarding the Serbian and Albanian minorities. Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov comments on the issue, stating that Macedonian people only want their independence. Greece opposes Macedonia's independence, contending that Macedonia is a Greek territory. Gligorov further states that the economy remains unstable and that Greece's economic embargo on Macedonia conflicts with EU free-trade agreements. The report further states that after gaining independence from Yugoslavia, Gligorov's goal for Macedonia is to show that peaceful coexistence in the Balkans is possible. The difficulty for Macedonians to receive visas from Greece is also mentioned. Elizabeta Dadovska, a Macedonian born in Greece, talks about her inability to visit the Greek village where she was born and partially raised. Her mother Sofija Kuleva and Vasil Kulev, her brother, comment on Greece's frustration with Macedonia. Both Jana Popovska, a teacher, and Goko Gosevski, an Ohrid museum curator, give brief accounts of Macedonian history and independence. Gosevksi states that the worst aggression Macedonia ever suffered was from Serbs in WWII. The report claims that Serbia has always regarded Macedonia as a colony, a part of land which has to be protected. Todorska Kozewska, a Macedonian worker married to a Serb, talks about being taught that Macedonia exists only as a part of Yugoslavia. Sahade Aliv, an Albanian girl, talks about the oppression Albanians endure in Macedonia. Also interviewed is Naser Zyberi, leader of the Albanian Party for Progress, who states that although Albanians are constitutionally equals to other ethnicites, they do not feel treated as equals. The report ends with a brief account of how farmers are coping with the economic crisis. In the past, they were seen as poor, but currently, villages are seen as being fully capable of fending for themselves. Other footage includes the night of Macedonia's independence celebration, St. Clement Orthodox Monastery, antique furniture of the Urania trade family, Macedonian villagers, and Albanian houses built within Macedonia with money earned by Albanian men working in Western countries.

Context

Associated Names

ORF (Copyright holder, Producer)