16.06.1999

OHR SRT News Summary, 16 June 1999

Headlines

  • More than 40,000 Serbs fled Kosovo – ICRC Geneva reported;
  • VJ given another 24 hours to pull out from Kosovo;
  • International officials give priority to disarmament of KLA;
  • VJ and British K-for troops reached an agreement on extension of deadline for the VJ pullout; – BETA
  • Bishop Artemije of Prizren and nine priests are leaving Prizren since they no longer feel safe;
  • Two mass-graves of murdered Albanians found in areas of Drenica and Gnjilane; – REUTERS- BETA;
  • Lt. Gen. Jackson dramatically appealed to Serbs not to leave Kosovo;
  • FRY reactions:

SPO: Vuk Draskovic says that the explanation of the Serbian President Milutinovic why the SRS cannot leave the Government is dangerous and easy to see through.

DSS: made an appeal to the Yugoslav and international community to assist Serb refugees.

Nova Demokratija: Zarko Jokanovic called the Milutinovic decree unconstitutional and ridiculous.

  • BREAKING NEWS: NATO and KLA reached agreement on disarmament of KLA; – SRNA quoted sources close to the British Government.

RS news

  • HR Carlos Westendorp decided to extend deadline for submitting claims for the repossession of socially-owned apartments in the RS until December 19, 1999.
  • RS Directorate for Privatisation announced the beginning of the privatisation process on July 26, 1999.