Headlines
- In this morning’s NATO attacks, targets were the Police Academy in Belgrade, central heating plant in Belgrade and Oil Refinery in Pancevo
- NATO did not change its aim in Kosovo – the ground troops will exclusively come into a peace mission
- German Chancellor Schroeder promised Macedonian President Gligorov that the European Union is ready to accept 100.000 Kosovar refugees
- BH Presidency Chairman condemned yesterday’s railway demolition by SFOR
- CoM Co-chairman Silajdzic praised Western Alliance determination, in his interview to CNN
- The RS Government demanded Silajdzic’s replacement due to his statements on Kosovo given to CNN
- Celebration of the Easter in Bosnia and the world
NATO Spokesman Shea said that NATO ground troops would not enter Kosovo unless in a peace mission based on Rambouillet talks. Shea also said, as NATO was informed by a Rugova’s associate, that Albanian leader Rugova’s house is under constant occupation by Serbian police forces, and that recent shot of Rugova-Milosevic meeting is but an old footage, taken two years ago. Shea, however, could not confirm these statements. UK Air Commodore Wilby said that six targets in and around Belgrade were hit last night, all of which are military or military related facilities.
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First shots of massacres of Kosovar Albanians were published yesterday. An Albanian named Milajin Belanika returned to his village after Yugoslav forces have expelled its residents, and took shots of killed Albanian men, who, what Belanika said, had no connection with the Kosovo Liberation Army. Belanika is currently residing in Macedonia.
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Montenegrin Premier Vujanovic said that possible coup d’état in Montenegro would have no chance. Western European countries warned Milosevic to restrain from any actions against Montenegro.
US Administration representatives Berger and Albright strongly refuted any possibility of sending US ground troops to Kosovo, and said that there must be no defeat, there can only be victory.
According to “The London Times”, FRY President Milosevic is on the secret indictment list for war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia. The London Times quotes sources close to the Hague Tribunal.
Albanian Premier said that number of refugees in Albania is closing biblical proportions. The similar situation was also reported from Macedonian Government who said that Macedonia has no more capacities to receive refugees.
BiH Presidency Chairman Radisic addressed a letter to the UN Secretary General and the High representative and said that SFOR’s demolition of the Belgrade-Bar Railway is opposite Dayton agreement and that the “Peace Troops have again violated their authority and put themselves into the service of the NATO Alliance, thus closing the temptation of war to BiH and the RS for one more step.” RS Minister of Information said that the RS Government will demand to initiate the procedure for Silajdzic’s replacement, due to his recent statements, and added that the RS Government demands from Radisic and other officials to immediately return to their posts and thus protect interests of the RS and FRY.
CoM Co-chairman Silajdzic gave an interview to CNN show ‘Larry King Live’ and said “all of this is a consequence of the Cold War and demolition of the Berlin Wall, but those who remained under the wall must not be forgotten.” Silajdzic said “the Belgrade regime has killed 10.000 people in Bosnia, 100.000 in Croatia and now they ask from us not to believe our own eyes…” Silajdzic also expressed his concern not for the refugees from Kosovo, “but for the people under this regime, for they are so good in killing unarmed men and women.”
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RTV BiH also brought coverage on Eastern celebration in BiH and worldwide.
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