News

Call Number
350-1-1:660/2

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:660/2
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #660 / No. 2
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000660
Date of air
1999-05-14
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Serbian
Duration
43 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
Beta TC: 05:27:48-06:10:05
- NATO bomb hits refugee convoy near Korisa, killing several civilians. Footage of burned civilian bodies. Interviews with survivors. (Report shown at the end of the tape).
- Reactions from Russia to the refugee convoy bombing.
- Biased reporting in U.S. media causes Hillary Clinton's visit to a Macedonian refugee camp to get more coverage than the Korisa massacre.
- Announcers read: body count at Korisa massacre site around 100; statements on the massacre by the Temporary Executive Council President Zoran Andjelkovic and the Jugoslav Left.
- Reports on the bombing of Krusevac, Pirot, and Jagodina.
- Pristina corps air defense shoots down three spy planes.
- Statement by Yugoslav Minister Pavle Bulatovic.
- Withdrawal of Yugoslav army troops continues. Speech by a general (?).
- RTS interviews Pristina residents about the serene life in the city in order to disprove Britain's statements that Pristina has become a ghost town.
- Political and media reactions from Beijing, Moscow, New York, D.C., New Delhi, Paris, and London.
- An internet site explains how NATO is preparing to stage an incident similar to that of Sarajevo's Markale massacre in order to justify the use of ground forces.
- Serbs living in Stuttgart (Germany) light candles to protest NATO bombing.
- Yugoslav embassy in Madrid (Spain) opens a photo exhibit of war crimes perpetrated by NATO.
- Serbian Minister Milorad Mircic receives a Serb delegation from Switzerland.
- Yugoslav government to pay salaries to 68.000 workers whose factories were destroyed during the NATO bombing.
- Announcer reads statements by the Serbian Socialist Party, Serbian Radical Party, Serbian Renewal Movement, Serbian Democratic Party, and the Serbian People's Party.
- Milo Djukanovic, Zoran Djindjic, Vesna Pesic establish talks with Western leaders; French media reactions to Djukanovic's visit to Paris.
- WWII Veteran's Association meets in Belgrade (cut off).
- NATO bombs an Albanian refugee convoy near Korisa. Footage of dead and burned bodies. Interview with survivors. (Report shown at the beginning of the tape).

Context

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