News

Call Number
350-1-1:604/2

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:604/2
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #604 / No. 2
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000604
Original Title
Dnevnik
Date of air
1999-03-21
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Serbo-croatian
Duration
23 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
Serbian Television Evening News:
- Serbian Information Minister Vucic holds a press conference on the problems in South Serbian province: Republic of Serbia will defend itself in case of attack or occupation, stresses importance of unity, reacts strongly to concentration of security forces in Kosovo – tells reporter she could not have seen it, calls CNN reporters liars.
- Milovan Drecin reports from Kosovo: Yugoslav army General Pavkovic inspects troops on Macedonian border, footage of Yugoslav army troops and artillery, Pavkovic comments on possible NATO invasion and on the army's readiness, Pavkovic talks to border soldiers. (translate)

00:31.04
- Public reaction to Western Alliance threat.

00:32.43
- Report on the meeting of the Macedonian community in Jabuka: messages are "all for one, one for all" and "long live Slobodan Milosevic."
- The Socialist Party of Serbia holds a press conference: NATO threat, support for Milosevic and his policies for saving national identity.
- Serbian Radical Party statement on NATO threat: proof of the American administration's political breakdown; Walker misused his welcome and helped terrorists massacre Serbian children.
- The Socialist National Party of Montenegro meets in Berane and supports the Serbian and Yugoslav government, NATO threats condemned; Bulatovic voices support for the Yugoslav government.

00:37.30
- Report on pro-Yugoslav protest in Paris: "we won't give up Kosovo"; support for Serbian delegation at talks and for Slobodan Milosevic; readiness to defend Kosovo by all means. (translate)

00:41.58
- Pro-Yugoslav and anti-NATO protests in Australia.

Report on foreign media coverage:
- Germany: Well*** Sontag criticizes the U.S.; the Italian Communist Party supports Yugoslavia at a meeting in Rimini, Fetinolli states that American imperialism should be fought against; Great Britain: The Times states that Serbia is not endangering any other country, The Independent warns that conflict might spread if NATO attacks; Macedonia: the Yugoslav ambassador to Skopje visits Macedonia's Ministry of Exterior and is handed a letter protesting the alleged incident on the Yugoslav-Macedonian border – Yugoslav ambassador terms the protest unsubstantiated.
- Albanian terrorists opened fire on police vehicles on Pristina-Podujevo road.

Context

Associated Names
Radio-televizija Srbije (RTS) (Producer)