News

Call Number
350-1-1:598/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:598/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #598 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000598
Original Title
Dnevnik
Date of air
1999-02-06
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Serbo-croatian
Duration
32 min.
Notes
February 6, 7, 8, and 10

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
News in English:
- Report on Serbian government meeting: who will be sent to Rambouillet to negotiate. Serbian Television Evening News. Report on the beginning of the Rambouillet conference – Jacques Chirac: peace of Kosovo depends on the negotiators (cited); Robin Cook: there needs to be respect for human and civil rights (cited); Hebert Vedrin: the goal of the Contact Group is to aid the negotiations (cited).
- Report on disagreement among Albanians over who should represent them in Rambouillet – Belgian press cited: speculation regarding Albanian representatives (cited).

News in English:
- Albanians bombed a Pristina street; Jacques Chirac speaks at Rambouillet (cited); Russians warn that the U.S. could jeopardize upcoming talks; Veljko Odalovic states: Albanians' late arrival proves their inability to solve the problem through negotiation; Radosav Radicic accused Albanian attack on Devic monastery, hopes OSCE will not turn its head to this KLA attack.

Serbian Television Evening News:
- Report on Rambouillet talks: Ratko Markovic asks for a joint statement on the Pristina street bombing; Ratko Markovic: talks are not a peace conference, but a meeting (cited); Yugoslavia's territorial integrity must be respected; French government announces temporary suspension of flights around Rambouillet.
- Serb demonstrations in Paris against NATO and Albanian separatists; two speakers: Kosovo integral part of Yugoslavia, no Albanian independence.
- Report on ongoing Rambouillet talks: one of the ten principles is respect for Yugoslavia's sovereignty.

03:11:50 – News in English:
- Report on Rambouillet talks; Serbian Assembly's reaction to the peace talks: the Assembly condemns NATO's bombing threats; Serbian parliament's reaction to Rambouillet: Yugoslavia wants a peaceful solution; pro-Yugoslavia demonstrations held on Parisian Republic Square; Duma passes resolution opposing NATO threats to Yugoslavia; Willy Wiemer meets with Yugoslav officials and representatives of Kosovo's minorities; Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic meets his Bulgarian counterpart; three people killed in Pristina street bombing; Serbian police seize a truck loaded with weapons – OSCE present during police investigation.

Serbian Television Evening News:
- The beginning of the report is cut off.
- Reporter cites statements by Hebert Vedrin (Chief of French diplomacy): warned on the complexity of peace talks, France will do anything possible to further the talks, and French media reaction to peace talks; French Foreign Ministry denounced Pristina street bombing.
- Report on the latest conclusions of the peace talks: Vedrin met with Serbian and Albanian delegation; Igor Ivanov and Madeleine Albright arrive in Rambouillet tomorrow.
- Report on foreign media coverage:
Chinese press: Kosovo is part of Serbia, cradle of Serbian culture; Russian press: praise Albanian and Serbian delegation success in overcoming beginning difficulties; German media: optimism present in Rambouillet; Belgian media: published joint statement of delegations condemning bombing attack in Pristina.

Context

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