News

Call Number
350-1-1:604/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:604/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
BetaSP NTSC #604 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000604
Original Title
Dnevnik
Date of air
1999-03-20
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Serbo-croatian
Duration
26 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
Serbian Television Evening News:
- Serbian delegation offers autonomy to Kosovo in negotiations with Contact Group (Markovic statement): Albanians are "separatists and terrorists".
- Parliament reaction to Rambouillet negotiations, parliament to meet.
- Public reaction: "Kosovo is ours, we are not afraid."

00:05.32
- Yugoslav Information Minister visits Kosovo and issues statement: "occupation of Kosovo is unacceptable"; comments on Kosovo media: certain Albanian newspapers have been fined for spreading dissent and encouraging terrorism.

00:07.22.
- Govt. delegation reports to the government: "Rambouillet agreement is a document without any legal basis, an international scandal"; statements by individual delegation members.
- Kureish states: "there is no humanitarian catastrophe in Kosmet – it is all a fabrication by Albanian terrorists and the American administration."
- Serbian Radical Party: "American administration is the greatest initiator of terrorist activity."
- Yugoslav Left Party: Kosovo: "Kosovo and Metohija is not just a territory, it is a cradle of our culture; if we give up Kosovo and Metohija, Sandzak will follow."
- OSCE verifiers leave Kosovo.
- Situation in Kosovo peaceful.
- Momir Bulatovic states, "we won't let NATO troops into our country."
- Report from Dijon: pro-Yugoslav protests; "our people clearly show readiness to fight and defend themselves," signs read: "we are going to Kosovo".

Report on foreign media coverage:
- Russian daily Duma: outraged at NATO threats; French Liberation: the West needs to stop meddling; Italian Communist Party supports Yugoslavia; Makedonija Denes analyst supports Milosevic.

00:18.00
- Clinton holds a press conference and talks only about Kosovo and Metohija, "stating a slew of untruths". (translate)
- Political commentary on Clinton's statement. (translate)

Report on foreign media coverage:
- Belgian media

News in English:
- Milutinovic comments on meeting in Paris: "we are always for equality and peace".
- President of Serbian National Assembly sets meeting to discuss Rambouillet talks.

00:21.47
- OSCE verifiers leave Kosovo.
- Albanian terrorists open fire on police station in Luzane.

00:26.00 END OF TAPE

Context

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