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Serbia Today, 97-02-11
Serbia Today
CONTENTS
[01] AID FOR HEALTH CARE OF YUGOSLAVIA
[02] PROGRAMS READY FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN POLAND AND YUGOSLAVIA
[03] STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL OF SERBS IN CROATIA
[04] ACCUSATIONS BECAUSE OF 'RELIGIOUS SEAL'
[05] SERBIAN POLICEMEN ARE ENTERING ALSO DUGI DIO VILLAGE
[06] ARMED CLASHES BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND CROATS IN MOSTAR
[01] AID FOR HEALTH CARE OF YUGOSLAVIA
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
(Federation) has sent to the health care institutions in the territory of
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia medical aid in the value of 900,000
Swiss francs. The aid contains special medical sets and hygiene articles,
and it was provided in cooperation with the Institute for Health Care of
Serbia, Federal Ministry of Health and the Yugoslav Red Cross. Medical
material for hospitals, dispensaries and other larger medical institutions
were supplied by the national societies of the Red Cross of Norway, Finland,
Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden and Canada.
Serbia Today, 1997-02-11 ; Borba, 1997-02-11
[02] PROGRAMS READY FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN POLAND AND YUGOSLAVIA
President of the Chamber of Economy of Yugoslavia Prof. Dr. Mihailo
Milojevic and the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, H.E. Slavimir Dabrova, stated yesterday during
their talks that there is a great business interest and legal grounds for
cooperation between the two economies. Last year agreements were concluded
on mutual protection and promotion of investments, on trade and economic
cooperation and the agreement on avoiding double taxation. Milojevic
pointed out that the two countries, before sanctions, had an annual
economic exchange in the value of 500 million US dollars, that the
communication between partners was not stopped even at the time of
sanctions and that the chances for cooperation are now even better,
especially since both countries are turned towards the market economy.
Serbia Today, 1997-02-11 ; Borba, 1997-02-11
[03] STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL OF SERBS IN CROATIA
After the meeting yesterday between President Tudjman and the transitional
administrator of the UNTAES, General Jacques Klein in Zagreb, it was
reported that the Croat state leadership in a few days will announce the
date for holding of the county and local elections, and immediately after
that the UNTAES administration will announce the date for holding of the
elections in this region. At these elections there will be a joint
candidacy by both of the Serbian political parties from Zagreb - the
Serbian National Party (presided by Milan Djukic) and the Serbian
Independent Party (presided by Dr. Milorad Pupovac). Both parties are
striving for the remain and return of as many Serbs as possible to their
homes in Croatia and for their real equality and a dignified life. In his
statement for "Vjesnik" daily, Dr. Pupovac who is recently as well as his
colleague Djukic often visiting the locations in the UNTAES region, is
mentioning that for Serbs at this moment "the most important thing is to
take part at the elections", because, as he explains, "it is important to
obtain the structure of power which will be in the function of what is to
follow: real integration of people". Regarding the role of media in Croatia,
Pupovac said that recently many TV programs are no longer informative but
propaganda ones, because someone obviously wishes to increase the confusion
and even de-stabilize the process of reintegration.
Serbia Today, 1997-02-11 ; Politika, 1997-02-11
[04] ACCUSATIONS BECAUSE OF 'RELIGIOUS SEAL'
Sarajevo physician Safet Cibo from the Orthopedic Hospital "Kosevo" came up
with an original method of placing a "religious seal" on his patients,
Sarajevo children. Without the permission of parents, with the prescribed
surgical cut, he was circumcising the male population of the Sarajevo
children. Forcible circumcision, it seems, lasted for quite some time,
until the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Bosnia-Herzegovina raised
its voice. President of the Committee Srdjan Dizdarevic, stated for the
Sarajevo media: "I do not know how many cases are in question. But I do
know that children would leave the hospital circumcised, and that parents
did not know anything about it beforehand and neither were asking for it".
Dr. Cibo transferred the accusations on the political level claiming that
this is an attack on a religious ceremony and that the Helsinki Committee
is working, as he says, "for one party which wishes to do away with Muslims,
and especially those who were fighting for Bosnia-Herzegovina". Helsinki
Committee is announcing that it will conduct the case to its conclusion,
and that the evidence will be supported by new facts.
Serbia Today, 1997-02-11 ; Politika ekspres, 1997-02-11
[05] SERBIAN POLICEMEN ARE ENTERING ALSO DUGI DIO VILLAGE
Members of the Center for Public Safety of the Ministry of Interior Affairs
of the Republic of Srpska, according to the agreement with the
representatives of the international forces, will establish tomorrow the
rule of the Republic of Srpska in the village of Dugi Dio near Zvornik,
which the Muslims have occupied several months ago, ignoring the fact that
according to the Dayton Accords it belongs to Serbs. Since the Serbian
policemen started doing their job over the last few days in the villages of
Jusici and Mahala, in which also the Muslims have entered forcibly, it is
expected that a stop will be finally placed on several months of problems
caused by Muslims on the borders between the Republic of Srpska and the
Muslim-Croat Federation near Zvornik. The first identity cards of the
Republic of Srpska will be issued in a few days for those Muslims who have
expressed their wish to live in Mahala. "For the moment 25 Muslims accepted
to live in and respect the authorities and laws of the Republic of Srpska.
This number is much smaller than the one which was present before the entry
of our police force in this village. We hope that the 'guests' of Mahala
not of good will have understood that they can no longer remain as armed
occupiers, but as peaceful citizens to whom we guarantee safety just as we
do to all the other inhabitants of the Republic of Srpska", said Colonel
Dragomir Vasic, chief of the Center for Public Safety. Next week the
identity cards will be given also to those Muslims who have decided to
remain in Jusici, and then to their compatriots in the village of Dugi Dio.
Serbia Today, 1997-02-11 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-02-11
[06] ARMED CLASHES BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND CROATS IN MOSTAR
The UN spokesman Alexander Ivanko announced yesterday that one person was
killed and several wounded in the clashes between Muslims and Croats in
Mostar. According to the claims of the Sarajevo media, the clashes started
when five thousand Muslims, on the occasion of the Bayram feast, started on
a visit to the Muslim cemetery which is located in the Croat part of the
town. According to the media reports, the Muslim convoy was attacked by the
Croat police and a group of citizens with batons in their hands. According
to the reports of the local Mostar media, after these clashes and the blood-
bath, situation is very tense. Groups of citizens from both parts of Mostar
are gathering at the separation line, which is causing anxiety and fears
that new incidents might occur. Minister of Interior Affairs of Neretva-
Herzegovina county, Valentin Dzoric announced that in Mostar a curfew was
introduced. Last night yet another detonation of the tromblone mine was
registered in the northern part of the city which is under the Croat
control, and was fired from the Muslim positions. The co-chairman of the
Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina Haris Silajdzic, who is now in
Mostar, stated for the Muslim media that the situation in the city is still
very critical. He said that the Croat authorities in western Mostar are
evicting Muslims from houses and apartments and are collecting them in one
place so that they may serve as a live shield.
Serbia Today, 1997-02-11 ; Vecernje novosti, 1997-02-11
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