Serbian TV Newscast

Call Number
350-1-1:714/1

General information

Call No.:
350-1-1:714/1
Part of series
HU OSA 350-1-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Europe: Balkan Archive
Located at
VHS NTSC #714 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00000714
Date of air
1999-03-31
Date
1999
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
Serbian, English
Duration
38 min.

Content

Form/Genre
Television program
Contents Summary
00:00:00-00:38:25- Avni Mustafaj of the National Albanian American Council speaks (cut off) - Statements by Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, and Defense Minister Marshal Sergeiev (sp).- Statement by Ivanov on Milosevic's agreement to peace negotiations.- Statement by Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic.- Yugoslav federal government meets in Belgrade; condemns NATO actions in Yugoslavia; urges Kosovo Albanians to remain in Kosovo - Serbian government meets; enough food to feed population; decide to increase cigarette sales and production - Western media did not cover the Serb exodus from the Krajina after Croatian forces, armed by the US, pushed the Serb population out of Croatia - Western media compensate all of NATO's shortfalls by focusing on the Kosovo refugee exodus; CNN and SKY use allegations to blame the Serbs for the refugees; allegations of Pristina being a ghost town untrue. - France press denied false allegations of a concentration camp existing at the Pristina soccer stadium. - Reporter interviews a group of Albanians on the Yugoslav-Macedonia border on their reasons for leaving Kosovo. - General Pavkovic and General Lazarevic visit soldiers of the Pristina corps. Statement by 3rd army Commander Lieutenant General Nebojsa Pavkovic, Pristina Corps Commander Major General Vladimir Lazarevic, and two Yugoslav army soldiers. - NATO bombs areas of Pristina with cluster bombs. - Reports on the bombing of Gracanica monastery; Lukare and Braca Jugovici village; Kisnica, Gracanica, and Badovac village; Prizren; Urosevac; Pec; Vranje; and Cacak.

Context

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