News

Call Number
350-1-1:701/2

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:701/2
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #701 / No. 2
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000701
Date of air
1999-05-02
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Serbian
Duration
34 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
Beta TC: 05:29:11-06:03:09
- Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic releases the three captured U.S. soldiers with Reverend Jesse Jackson. Speech by Colonel General Blagoje Kovacevic, Yugoslav army headquarters Assistant Chief of Staff, and the three U.S. soldiers.
- Reactions to the release of U.S. soldiers from: Washington (DC), Moscow, Athens, Paris, Bonn, Sofia, Rome, and Beijing.
- Announcer reads list of towns bombed in the previous night.
- NATO bombs hit the Kursevac area, the Kraljevo area, Novi Sad, Kursumlija, and Cacak.
- Report shows Pentagon Spokesman Ken Bacon denying NATO responsibility for the Kursumlija bus bombing.
- Yugoslav Deputy Information Minister Nebojsa Vujovic and Serbian Health Minister Leposava Milicevic hold press conference.
- NATO officials confirm two NATO planes were shot down by Yugoslav defense forces - one in the Macva area, the other in the Adriatic Sea.
- One NATO plane crashes on the Skopje airport.
- Media reactions from Rome, Beijing, London, and Skopje.
- Anti-war protest in Stuttgart (Germany), Kocani (Macedonia), London (England), and Innsbruck (Austria).
- Statements by Serbian Radical Party, Yugoslav United Left, and Serbian Democratic Party.
- Interview with Alexander Backovic, Director of the RTS recording studio.

Context

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