News

Call Number
350-1-1:645/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:645/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #645 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000645
Date of air
1999-04-05
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Serbo-croatian
Duration
30 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
Beta TC: 04:55:35-05:24:20 - Report on anti-NATO protest in Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Angela Trpunovska, Dragan Kalinic, and Petar Djokic, president of Republika Srpska's Assembly, speak at the gathering. Djokic: Serbia is defending itself with the most powerful weapon - national unity; announces future establishment of government of national unity. (cited). - (04:57:38) Report on anti-NATO protest in Germany: protests held in 150 German cities. Many supporters wore bull's eye badges to show solidarity with the Serbs. In Berlin, the German police arrested a man for carrying a sign depicting German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder as Hitler. - (04:58:30) Report on anti-NATO protest, concert in Podgorica, Montenegro. - Report on anti-NATO protest, concert in Bor. - Report on anti-NATO protest gathering, concert in Belgrade. Footage of concert included. - (05:02:15). Report from Vranje on the13th day of NATO's aggression: 11 missiles hit the city, killing two and injuring 23 persons. Footage of ravaged civilian sites and residential areas. Interview with a local resident included. Cigarette plant also damaged, as well as a publishing company, bus station, and a church. - (05:03:33) Report on NATO attack on Raska and Biljanovac: aggressor's fascist air-force drops seven missiles in the area destroying civilian sites. Three missiles hit a new bridge over the river Ibar, 15 km from Biljanovac. Witnesses report there were no casualties on the bridge. Footage of damage shown. - (05:04:52) Report on NATO attack on Zemun: aggressor bombs downtown Zemun in early morning. Schools and other educational sites damaged. Interview with Vojislav Seselj featured: "American bandits have struck in the heart of Zemun. They didn't cause any losses to our army. They bomb residential areas to scare the people. But they simply cannot understand that the Serbs are increasingly determined in defense of their homeland, their independence and the holy Kosovo land. What they are doing is not going to bring them any good. This will reveal their murderous essence, evil intentions, and inhumanity." Seselj likens Clinton to Hitler. Milorad Babovic, dean of the Agricultural faculty, and Jagos Puric, Chancellor of University of Belgrade, also interviewed. - (05:07:21) Report on NATO attack on Zvezdara, a Belgrade district: city hospital hit in early morning. Footage of buildings on fire included. Director of a local elementary school interviewed about damage to his school. - (05:08:37) Report on NATO attack on Belgrade: NATO targets civilian sites. Missiles exploded near the city hospital in Zvezdara. - (05:09:16) Report on the aftermath of a NATO attack on Nis: tobacco factory warehouse still in flames a few hours after last night's air strike. Footage of destruction and firefighters at work shown. Damage to tobacco factory estimated at five million dollars. Factory's day care center damaged. - (05:10:10) Report on the second attack on Nis: three missiles hit downtown Nis. Footage of destruction shown. - Report on NATO attack on Gracanica, Serbian holly land: two bombs explode near the Gracanica monastery, damaging civilian and residential sites. - Milovan Drecun reports on the Third Army meeting to evaluate the Pristina Corps' recent actions. Third Army Commander, Nebojsa Pavkovic, spoke of future activities. (cited). Footage of the Yugoslav Army officers' meeting featured. - (05:13:25) Report on NATO attack on Pristina: the Gracanica monastery and Slatina airport were targeted again. Business office, located close to a Serbian Orthodox cemetery, was hit. - Report on NATO attack on the airport "Pristina," near Slatina. - Report on NATO strikes on Kosovska Mitrovica: report on damage. Destroyed bridge shown. The criminal missiles are indiscriminate in their targets: they target civilian sites. Several homes were destroyed in Bairut (sp?), a village with a predominant Siptar population. - Last night, aggressor's NATO planes dropped bombs on Prizren, Suva Reka, and Dragas, damaging civilian sites mainly. A criminal missile hits Sajinovce, a village with a predominant Albanian ethnic minority population. Three individuals were wounded. - Report on NATO attack on chemical industry site in Lucani. There is rightful concern that the damage could cause an ecological catastrophe. There were no casualties. - (05:17:23 - BEGINNING CUT OFF) Report on the German political circles' reaction to NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia. Several political leaders are cited. - (05:18:17) John Brooton (sp?), former Primer Minister of Republic of Ireland, now an opposition leader, accused Robin Cook, British Minister of Foreign Affairs, of distorting the truth about the tragic impact of strikes against Yugoslavia on Kosmet's residents. According to the London Times, Cook stated that no one could have thought the aggression on Yugoslavia would result in a serious humanitarian crisis. Cook was warned that a military campaign again Yugoslavia would set off a flood of refugees (cited). - The Independent: This ill-conceived war is lost; NATO wages war against innocent civilians and civilian sites (cited). - Report from Washington D.C.: The American Pentagon was against bombing of Yugoslavia, but Clinton dismissed its suggestions and ordered a brutal aggression against Yugoslavia. Today's Washington Post sheds light on a deep rift between political and military leadership in Washington and accuses the criminal Clinton of being directly responsible for events in Yugoslavia - country that became known as a killing field (all cited). The Washington Post cites the bloodthirsty Madeleine Albright, analyzing her domino theory regarding Kosovo. This morning, CNN cited the Washington Post and reported that Clinton administration's foreign relations policy is facing a deep crisis. (all cited) - (05:21:49) Report from Brussels, Belgium: Well-known Belgian publicists, Michel Colone (sp?) was hospitalized for three days, after he was severely beaten on the eve of peaceful anti-NATO demonstrations. - A Greek daily reports that several dozens of metal coffins were transported to America and Germany; coffins contain bodies of American pilots and other NATO soldiers and officers who died in the strike against Yugoslavia (narrative is read over footage of American troops).

Context

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