News

Call Number
350-1-1:641/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:641/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #641 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000641
Date of air
1999-04-02
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Serbo-croatian
Duration
30 min.
Notes
copy on a separate Beta cassette

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
Beta TC: 01:42:43–02:11:59 – Serbian Television

01:42.39
- Report from Cacak: Russian and Belorussian parliament delegation visits "Sloboda" home appliance factory that had been hit by ten NATO missiles the night before. The delegation ascertained that the factory did not produce anything relating to the military. Delegation representatives give statements: NATO's goal is clear – destruction of the Serbian economy; Yugoslavia should be given military and technical aid for its defense; Yugoslavia did not threaten anyone and all UN nations should help the attacked country (cited).
- Report from Belgrade: President of the National Assembly holds conference on NATO aggression for foreign diplomats: open act of aggression in Europe for first time since WW2; the aggressor in cahoots with a terrorist organization; UN Charter violated; aggressor planned and carried out a humanitarian catastrophe in order to justify the aggression to the international public; the humanitarian catastrophe is a result of air strikes; aggression genocidal because mostly civilians are targeted; territorial integrity and sovereignty of country will be defended from the aggressor; the state and political leadership, as well as all political parties and our country's citizens are united; justice is on Yugoslavia's side; only solution for Kosovo is a political one which would guarantee equality to all nationalities in Kosovo and Metohija; all countries and international organizations are asked to condemn aggression and work for it to cease (cited).

01:45.59
- Report from Salonica, Greece: relatively long footage of mostly Greek folk music concert, Serbian flags waved. Zvonimir Simunec reports: Salonica supported Yugoslavia tonight as several hundreds of thousands people gathered at concert. The main theme was "Immediately stop NATO bombs!" The most popular Greek singers and a Serbian composer, Goran Bregovic, performed. Songs were interrupted by shouts of, "America is a killer! NATO get out of Greece, Greece get out of NATO! Yugoslavia is Serbia! Adolf Clinton!" and others. Serbian, Yugoslav, and Greek flags were waved. An account number where people could donate money for help to Yugoslav victims of air strikes flashed on screen.

01:50.30
- Report from Athens, Greece: A general strike was held by union activists from 1–3 p.m. throughout Greece in support of Yugoslavia. Traffic in Athens was stopped.
- Report from Skopje, Macedonia: anti-NATO protest and concert.
- Report from Bitola, Pelagonia: anti-NATO protest.
- An anti-NATO protest was held on Times Square in New York, where at least 5,000 protesters shouted anti-NATO and pro-Yugoslav slogans.
- Report from Paris, France: anti-NATO march from the Republic to the Bastille Squares; 20,000 people participated; Communist party leader as well as French and Serbian students present.
- Vienna, Austria: Serbs protest against NATO air strikes. NATO caused humanitarian catastrophe.
- Copenhagen, Denmark: anti-NATO protest held by Serbs and Montenegrins, many Danes participated. Doves of peace were released.
- New Delhi, India: Communist Party of India states it took 50 years for the world to realize NATO was not a defense organization, but an organization to further American goals. The Communist Party organized protest in front of American Embassy in New Delhi.
- Sofia, Bulgaria: Mothers and Children Organization in Sofia protested tonight in front of National theatre, and spoke on behalf of all Balkan mothers and children. The message was "enough with the destruction."

01:55.45
- Yugoslavia is defending itself against NATO aggression using all means at hand: [it is using] the Yugoslav army and police, the media, and songs in all the towns throughout the country. Footage of protests and concerts in: Novi Knezevac, Kikinda, Aleksandrovac, Pozega, Bajina Basta, Pirot, Majdanpek, Sremska Mitrovica, Ivanjica, Guca, Cacak, Zajecar, Lebane, Loznica, and Prijepolje.
- Report on anti-NATO protest in Podgorica, Montenegro. Serbian nationalist songs sung. The protest was peaceful.
- Report on anti-NATO protest in Pjevlja, Montenegro. Short speeches by Pljevlja officials.
- Report on anti-NATO protest by factory workers in "freedom-loving" Rakovica.

02:06.10
- Report on protest against NATO fascism in Kraljevo: Serbia is not afraid, it is following president Slobodan Milosevic into yet another victory. Speeches by Kraljevo residents.
- Footage from anti-NATO concert in Belgrade. Serbian folk song sung. Sergei Baburin, vice president of Russian Duma sings Russian song.

02:11.05
END OF TAPE

Context

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