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FBIS3-30425_0 | Army Staff Chief Comments on U.S. `Spying' | Language: Serbo-Croatian Article Type:BFN [Text] Kragujevac, 2 Feb (TANJUG) -- Lieutenant Colonel General Momcilo Perisic, chief of general staff of the Yugoslav Army, said today that the U.S. intention to use remote-controlled aircraft (?controlled from) Albania for spying on the territory of the FRY and Bosnia clearl... |
FBIS3-30426_0 | Country Sending Military Aid, Units to `Krajinas' | Article Type:CSO [Editorial Report] In an article titled "Saber Rattling While Talking Peace," published on page 10 of the 23 January 1994 issue of Zagreb NEDJELJNI VJESNIK, the paper's military analyst, Fran Visnar, writes that Serbia has recently delivered new arms and equipment to the "Krajinas" to replace materiel ... |
FBIS3-30480_2 | Envoy to UN Comments | that the ethnic Croats, citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina, should be treated in the same way as the Muslims who are besieged in Srebrenica, Zepa, Gorazde, Sarajevo, Tuzla, and Bihac. The enclaves of Vitez, Kiseljak, Usora, and Zepce should be proclaimed protected areas in line with principles of Resolution 824 from 1993. ... |
FBIS3-30484_0 | UN Envoy: Security Council Has `Limited Powers' | Language: Czech Article Type:BFN [Text] According to Karel Kovanda, Czech ambassador to the United Nations, who chaired the UN Security Council in January, peacekeeping by the United Nations is a question for the distant future. Karel Kovanda sees his success and that of Czech foreign policy in the Security Council mai... |
FBIS3-30520_0 | Pawlak, EU Discuss `Partnership,' Integration | Language: Polish Article Type:BFN [Article by Maria Wagrowska from Brussels: "Prime Minister Pawlak's Talks With `12'; One Day Everything Will Be Possible"--last paragraph attributed to Katarzyna Szymanska-Borginon] [Excerpt] "Integration with the European Union [EU] is our strategic goal. The treaty of association--a ... |
FBIS3-30536_5 | Zhirinovskiy Views Solutions to Bosnian War | nevertheless support the Serbs in this war? [Zhirinovskiy] No, I do not support the Serbs, I support the Slavs. Perhaps the Serbs are closer to us, the Russians, because of religion. Besides, the Serbs love us and we have helped them a lot throughout history. However, I repeat, I also love the Croats and the Slovenes. ... |
FBIS3-30578_5 | Defense, Security Council Issues Statement | Croatia and the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina and, in line with their assessment, take all adequate steps. The council calls for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire and the resumption of talks in order to reach an agreement between Croats and Muslims in line with the proposal of the contractual agreement -- on e... |
FBIS3-30587_2 | Kwasniewski Discusses Conflict | said that the SLD expects URM to submit a concept for the state administration and that this will also be discussed in the talks with the prime minister. "It is a difficult coalition, and I have never concealed this; however, there is no alternative to it. Therefore, we must act in such a way as to allow the government... |
FBIS3-30600_1 | Owen: FRY Neighbors To Hold Summit on Bosnia | (AFP) -- Turkey and seven countries neighboring ex-Yugoslavia have agreed to meet Wednesday [9 February] in Geneva with mediators David Owen and Thorvald Stoltenberg to discuss ways of ending the Bosnian conflict, Owen said here Friday [4 February]. "It will be a private consultation. No communiques, no decisions. An o... |
FBIS3-30601_0 | International Mediators Arrive in Albania | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Sofia, Feb 4 (AFP) -- International sanctions against Belgrade over its role in the war in Bosnia can not continue indefinitely, European Community mediator Lord Owen said here Friday [4 February]. "We can't go on indefinitely asking countries quite far away from fighting to ma... |
FBIS3-30603_1 | Spain, Denmark Say Decision on Sanctions `Imminent' | Danish foreign ministers indicated Thursday [3 February] that a decision on sanctions against Croatia was imminent, as Zagreb continued to deny the presence of its troops in Bosnia. Spanish Foreign Minister Javier Solana issued his warning after meeting here with Croatian Prime Minister Nikica Valentic. Solana said tha... |
FBIS3-30613_2 | Gligorov Sees U.S. Troops as `Peace Action' | the Central European Initiative, which includes Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, and Austria. [STANDART NEWS] Do you think that there is any danger involved in connection with Serbia's claims toward Macedonia? [Gligorov] Serbia should prove whether it has any claims regarding Macedonia or not by recognizi... |
FBIS3-30629_3 | Pawlak Addresses Brussels Conference | center around which the framework of the future architecture of European security will be built. The future shape of that center will be determined by today's courage displayed by Western countries in making their decisions. Failure to use the historic opportunity being created by the possibility of gradual extension o... |
FBIS3-30631_0 | Serb Diplomat Comments on Recognizing Macedonia | Language: Bulgarian Article Type:BFN [Interview with Professor Dr. Rados Smilkovic, charge d'affaires at Yugoslav Embassy in Sofia, by Vulko Vulkov and Albena Shkodrova; place and date not given: "The Serbs Have Nothing Against What Is Good for the Bulgarians"] [Excerpts] [STANDART NEWS] Now that the UN Security Counci... |
FBIS3-30638_0 | Zhelev, Daskalov Meet With Owen, Stoltenberg | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Report by Iva Toncheva] [Text] Sofia, February 3 (BTA) -- The security guarantees which all countries neighbouring on Yugoslavia need is a question crucial for Bulgaria, too, and it was raised at a meeting between President Zhelyu Zhelev and the two international mediators on the Yug... |
FBIS3-30684_0 | Veterans Protest Presence of Socialists | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Budapest, 7 February (MTI) -- About 80 members of the "56-ers Federation," comprising veterans of the 1956 revolution, staged a demonstration in front of the parliament building today, protesting against the fact that both the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP), success... |
FBIS3-30699_0 | B-H Mediators Owen, Stoltenberg Arrive Notes Possible Romanian Role | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Bucharest, ROMPRES, 3/2/1994 -- Lord David Owen, in Bucharest now together with Thorvald Stoltenberg, thanked President Iliescu for the opportunity offered to them to exchange views on the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina. "Romania has an important contribution to make, you have ... |
FBIS3-30700_0 | B-H Mediators Owen, Stoltenberg Arrive Nastase Briefs Cochairmen | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Bucharest, ROMPRES, 3/2/1994 -- Adrian Nastase, speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, had an interview, Thursday, February 3, with Lord David Owen and Thorvald Stoltenberg, co-presidents of the International Conference on Former Yugoslavia, currently in Bucharest. The guests spok... |
FBIS3-30710_0 | Economy Ministry Official on Advantages of CEFTA | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Bratislava Feb 3 (CTK) -- Slovakia considers the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) as a test before joining the European Union market. Together with the Czech Republic, Slovakia advocates shortening the term for removal of customs and non-tariff barriers from eight ... |
FBIS3-30754_3 | Aleksander Luczak on PSL, Rural Policy | such appropriate financial means for rural areas, as well as subsidies and inexpensive credits. But now it turns out that there is not enough money in the budget; even your own Sejm deputies club is critical of that. [Luczak] There is more money in the budget than was the case last year, but there is still not enough f... |
FBIS3-30754_6 | Aleksander Luczak on PSL, Rural Policy | quote is from--your campaign leaflet. [Luczak] There is nothing you can guarantee forever in a market economy. Every artificial creation will prove impossible to implement after some time passes. But it would also be a bad thing if one were to discontinue measures aimed at guaranteeing the profitability of production. ... |
FBIS3-30758_4 | Moravcik Presents Foreign Policy Report Evaluation of the Fulfillment of Slovak Foreign Policy in 1993 | the level of mutual cooperation and finding ways to improve it. On this basis, the plan for cooperation between the Slovak Defense Ministry and NATO SHAPE has been drafted for 1994. From the viewpoint of searching for the optimal forms of cooperation, the visit to Slovakia by Dr. E.v.C. Bruce, NATO director of press an... |
FBIS3-30770_2 | Klaus Talks About Davos, European Integration | discuss what percentage share this additional influence--that is, the establishment of external integration--has had, apart from the aforementioned dominant influence, in Europe's success. [Danes] Nevertheless, our state certainly desires integration with the European Union.... [Klaus] Our state, in any case, wants to ... |
FBIS3-30771_1 | Klaus on Full Convertibility of Koruna | absolute convertibility without any restrictions in few places--perhaps only in Hong Kong. All other countries have some form of regulation. So, progress from one phase of convertibility to another is simply relative and continuous and has nothing to do with political symbolism. [Krejci] What are the advantages and dis... |
FBIS3-30772_0 | CEFTA Delegations Hold First Joint Session | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Prague February 4 (CTK) -- Government delegations from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland met today for the first session of the Joint Committee of the countries of the Central European Agreement, during which they considered the present state of trade between the... |
FBIS3-30781_7 | Opposition Condemns Serbo-Croatian Agreement | Has Recognized the Serbian Republic Not only the Croatian opposition, but also many foreign media houses, and even diplomats, have assessed that the Croato-Serbian agreement constitutes a pressure on Muslims, so that Zvonko Lerotic, the president's personal adviser, states that "the Muslims are thereby forced to make s... |
FBIS3-30808_8 | Pawlak on Coalition Situation, `Partnership' | right thing to do since it is about time to put an end to historical divisions, and it is time to start talking about the problems. I think that, when one looks at the current situation, amidst all the emotions linked to all of the personnel issues, what struck me was that so little attention was paid to such an import... |
FBIS3-30836_12 | Cosea Discusses Problems of Economic Reform "My Joining the Party Cannot Be Interpreted As an Adherence Coming From My Heart and Soul" "If They Do Not Sign the Accord With the IMF, My Offer To Resign Remains Valid" "What Romania Needs Now Is a Coalition Government Including All Opposition Parties" "Oscillations Between... | the National Romanian Unity Party [PUNR] or the extreme left-wing parties? [Cosea] The [PDSR's] alliance with the PUNR, for instance, is greatly disadvantageous. Abroad, they consider the PUNR an extremist party. Thus it is quite obvious that great difficulties will emerge again in Romania's international relations. Th... |
FBIS3-30916_7 | President Views Domestic, Foreign Issues | As other examples show, delaying reforms, deeper but inevitable changes, cannot buy time. There is just a temporary illusion that the situation is under control, but the right thing to do is to crack a tough nut, and it will be a very tough one indeed. In my opinion, there is no other way. I hope that the people of Mac... |
FBIS3-30916_10 | President Views Domestic, Foreign Issues | in particular, as a pivotal area for which, as you know, there have been many battles and wars in history. Therefore, the mission of peace-keeping forces has a dual role. One is to prevent -- therefore, those forces do not act after a conflict happens, they do not separate warring factions, but analyze the situation in... |
FBIS3-30942_0 | Bosnia's Neighbors Meet To Discuss Crisis | Language: English Article Type:BFN [By Jean-Michel Stoullig] [Text] Geneva, Feb 9 (AFP) -- Foreign ministers from seven countries neighbouring ex-Yugoslavia met here Wednesday [9 February] to discuss the Bosnian crisis amid calls for NATO air strikes as Austria called for "the necessary action" to halt the carnage. Aus... |
FBIS3-30950_1 | Granic, Silajdzic Agree on Joint Statement | president and minister for foreign affairs of the Republic of Croatia, and Haris Silajdzic, president of the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina, have agreed on the following joint statement, which we present in its entirety: 1. Both countries will send letters to the UN Security Council demanding international controls o... |
FBIS3-30972_2 | `Enormous' Solidarity Demonstration in Warsaw | the demonstration, Ursus unionists were competing with the supporters of the National Committee. When the former were shouting "Down with judecja [probably reference to the Democratic Union allegedly being dominated by Jews]" and "Down with Walesa," while National Committee supporters were chanting "Solidarity." "We do... |
FBIS3-31018_1 | Commentary: NATO Threats Lead to Instability | to postponing peace negotiations indefinitely and forcing the Serbian side to make new concessions to the Muslims. As we already know, this has been used as an excuse for the world centers of power to exert pressure on the Serbs again, which was also demonstrated at the aforementioned NATO meeting in Brussels. It is no... |
FBIS3-31038_0 | Editorial Views U.S. `Threat' on FRY Ties | Language: Hungarian Article Type:BFN [Endre Aczel editorial: "Passing on Responsibility"] [Text] If we strip certain issues to the bare facts, we will find that the United States of America has actually threatened Hungary lest it become closer to the rump Yugoslavia. The threat was contained in U.S. Foreign Affairs Spo... |
FBIS3-31045_0 | Zhelev Statement on Air Strikes Reported | Language: Bulgarian Article Type:BFN [Text] On 13 February President Zhelyu Zhelev departed for Brussels, where he will sign the documents regarding joining the Partnership for Peace initiative. This is how he described prior to the departure his position regarding NATO's ultimatum related to eventual air strikes again... |
FBIS3-31048_2 | Berisha, Malta's Tabone on Cooperation, Bosnia | they will be strengthened in the future, because this is a desire of both countries and our two politicians. Further, Mr. Tabone pointed out the fields of cooperation. At the end, according to the statements they made, both presidents were of the opinion that, beside the defined fields, other fields of cooperation exis... |
FBIS3-31054_1 | Assembly Official on NATO Action in Bosnia | Generally speaking, I am not very pleased about such letters, but I repeat that I am not acquainted with the text. I remember another similar letter from the former Turkish president, and this is the second case. I am convinced that Bulgaria, which by its behavior has demonstrated that it is conducting a pragmatic fore... |
FBIS3-31061_1 | Opinion Poll Puts MSZP Ahead of Fidesz | albeit to a small extent every month, and it showed a 4 percent increase in January compared with December. The opposite trend can be seen in the case of the Federation of Young Democrats [Fidesz], the party that is currently in second place. Compared with September 1993, the number of Fidesz supporters fell by almost ... |
FBIS3-31080_1 | Yugoslav Army News Conference on NATO Threat | envisaged, all peace efforts would be annulled and we would enter a new dangerous stage with unforeseeable consequences, Colonel Vuksic stressed. [Begin Vuksic recording] NATO's decision, if it is indeed that, represents a precedent in international relations and is virtually making NATO equal or superior to the world ... |
FBIS3-31101_0 | Commentary Praises U.S. Recognition | Language: Macedonian Article Type:BFN [Commentary by Zoran Andonovski: "The Circle Is Closed"] [Text] The strategists of the U.S. State Department and the White House were probably not aware of what a small signature on the decision for recognition of Macedonia meant for the 2 million citizens "out there in the Balkans... |
FBIS3-31113_0 | Stoltenberg on EU `Action Plan' for Bosnia | Language: English Article Type:BFN ["Pool" item] [Text] Geneva, Feb 12 (TANJUG) -- Co-chairman of the conference on former Yugoslavia Thorvald Stoltenberg stated on Saturday that peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina was nearer now that the three warring sides agreed that the action plan of the European Union (E.U.) would serve ... |
FBIS3-31121_6 | Foreign Ministry Spokesman on NATO, Sarajevo | 1990 in Krakow, the Visegrad Group was established with a big bang. This Visegrad Group comprised Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary; apart from developing close economic cooperation, these three countries decided to build up political cooperation and make efforts to join West European structures. Does the Visegrad Gr... |
FBIS3-31123_1 | Saryusz-Wolski on European Integration | at transforming and modernizing our country, and the completion of the integration of Central Europe in the interests of both Western Europe and Poland itself. Following the fall of Communism in 1989, Europe entered into a period of essential structural transformation, a complex, long-term process. In the eyes of the p... |
FBIS3-31125_3 | Daily Reports on Alleged Arms Sales | thanks to this the Americans knew what weapons were being used there by the Russians. One of the main transactions came in 1987: the purchase, through the German Democratic Republic and Czechoslovakia, of 12 T-72 tanks, which the Pentagon had not been able to obtain in any way before. Another important purchase was als... |
FBIS3-31125_7 | Daily Reports on Alleged Arms Sales | only way that the Soviet arms could reach the United States was through... The Original Sale of Them to Third Countries According to our informers, there were two ways the West could come into possession of the weapons used by the Polish Army: First: The intelligence services of a Western state, not necessarily those o... |
FBIS3-31136_0 | Gligorov Statement on U.S. Recognition | Language: Macedonian Article Type:BFN [Unattributed article including statement by President Kiro Gligorov: "Impetus Toward Peace and Stability"] [Text] Yesterday the United States and the Republic of Macedonia established full diplomatic relations. Yesterday afternoon the president of the Republic of Macedonia receive... |
FBIS3-31163_0 | Melescanu: UN Involvement in Bosnia `Vital' | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Bucharest ROMPRES, 10/2/1994 -- "The meeting's main purpose was to analyze the way how the countries in the region could assist in the implementation of the European Union's peace plan," said Romania Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu on his return from Geneva, where he ... |
FBIS3-31164_1 | Foreign Ministry Presents Diplomatic Agenda | affairs of Yugoslavia and with the minister of culture and relations with diaspora of Serbia. The visit is an expression of the Romanian Foreign Ministry's preoccupation of maintaining a continuous dialogue with the Romanian nationals living in Yugoslavia and of finding, together with the Yugoslav authorities, the mean... |
FBIS3-31175_0 | French Officials Discuss `Balladur Plan' | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Bratislava, Feb 10 (CTK) -- After a meeting between Slovak representatives and a group of senior officials of the French cabinet today, Slovak Deputy Prime Minister Jozef Prokes expressed himself for creating such security guarantees in Europe which would prevent possible desta... |
FBIS3-31197_1 | Boross Meets Regional Ethnic Minority Leaders | Duray of the Coexistence Movement of Slovakia, Bela Bugar of the Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement of Slovakia, Andras Agoston of the Democratic Hungarian Community of Vojvodina, Sandor Fodo of the Cultural Association of Subcarpathian Hungarians, Arpad Pasza of the Democratic Hungarian Community of Croatia, and ... |
FBIS3-31215_1 | `Genocide' Would Cause Yugoslav Army To Fight | into halting such assistance that the UN imposed economic sanctions on Yugoslavia in 1992. The open involvement of the well-equipped VJ in the fight against United Nations servicemen in Nato aircraft would be a first step towards widening the Bosnia war and turning Nato's attempt to lift the siege of Sarajevo into the ... |
FBIS3-31231_2 | Importance of NATO Ultimatum to Bosnian Serbs | to the Bosnian Serbs is at the same time an indirect message to the Serb rebels in Croatia and to the military-police regime that is in power in Serbia. The content of the message is that they should put a time limit on their military actions on the territory of Bosnia-Herzegovina, that they should limit the use of cer... |
FBIS3-31246_0 | Izetbegovic Protests as Serbs Shell Hospital | Language: Serbo-Croatian Article Type:BFN [Text] The aggression against Bosnia-Herzegovina continues to take its deadly toll, currently at its worst in the Bihac region, according to a letter sent today by Alija Izetbegovic, president of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Presidency, to (Cornelio Sommaruga), chairman of the Intern... |
FBIS3-31249_0 | POLITIKA on Croatia's Involvement in Bosnia | Article Type:CSO [Editorial Report] The 31 January issue of the Belgrade daily POLITIKA on page 7 discusses a "real political scandal" going on in Croatia regarding the issue of whether Croatia is directly involved in the war in Bosnia. The "affair" resulted from the appearance on Croatian Television's "TV Parliament" ... |
FBIS3-31255_0 | `Ethnic Cleansing' in Sandzak Viewed | Language: Serbo-Croatian Article Type:BFN [Article by Azem Hajdarevic: "Persecution of the Muslims"] [Text] The state of "Yugoslavia" has intensively been using various methods of ethnic cleansing in Sandzak. Media propaganda, police repression, and permanent killing and kidnapping of the Muslims have played the most i... |
FBIS3-31257_0 | Report on Zhirinovskiy's Activities | Language: Serbo-Croatian Article Type:CSO [Article by D. Becirovic: "Zhirinovskiy: There Will Be No Bombing of Serbian Towns"] [Text] "Do you believe that NATO will indeed attack the Serbs from the air?" Vladimir Zhirinovskiy was asked today at a news conference. "This will not happen. They only want to affect the mora... |
FBIS3-31264_2 | Prime Minister Argues for Free Trade | this in the direction of the West, it is absolutely clear that it is our duty to speak at the same volume in addressing the East. [Danes] Are these steps towards breaking down the trade barriers a part of some broadly based international political concept? [Klaus] Everything must be placed in a much more general framew... |
FBIS3-31267_2 | Interpol Favors Using Security Services in Drug War | new. First of all, it is necessary for government and political officials to understand the seriousness of the threat represented by organized crime in the drug trade and to be aware of the kind of resources that it is necessary to use. I think, however, that they are aware of the benefit that will arise from combining... |
FBIS3-31281_0 | Press Spokesman on Arms Sales | Language: Polish Article Type:BFN [Text] Zbigniew Ostrowski, press spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Economic Cooperation, asked to comment on THE WASHINGTON POST article that reported on Poland's sales of modern Soviet military equipment to the United States, said that the matter should be treated as press revelat... |
FBIS3-31282_1 | Ex-Generals Deny Sales | United States. Such deals could not possibly have been legally implemented without my knowledge. I know of no cases involving weapons sales to the United States at all. We sold weapons to Syria, Libya, Iraq, Hungary, Bulgaria, and India. At that time, it was implausible to supply NATO member countries. Perhaps there wa... |
FBIS3-31291_1 | Jeszenszky Views Croat Relations, Balkan War | we discuss the present, the time of the former Yugoslavia, or the time of the Croato-Hungarian Compromise of 1868, which was also not bad. Naturally, we could discuss its implementation. However, if I am to talk about how relations between the two countries have developed since 1990, then I would like to say with the u... |
FBIS3-31295_1 | Klaus Still Opposed to NATO Air Strikes | by this: unfair in human terms? [Klaus] I said this in an open conversation on Thursday [10 February] and yesterday. I have not repeated it. [passage omitted] Let us leave behind this hyperbole. Of course, it poses the question first of all whether it is possible to reach some sort of stable solution only by military, ... |
FBIS3-31298_8 | Prospects for `Partnership' Admission Viewed | list of priority matters of national security. Fortunately, European strategists and realistic politicians are placing more and more confidence in "the artfulness of history," that is in the belief that overcoming the Russian obstacle (complicated by the Zhirinovskiy factor) can easily be compensated. In this way, othe... |
FBIS3-31304_0 | Army Spokesman Downplays Danger of Air Strikes | Language: Bulgarian Article Type:BFN [Andrey Rangelov report: "No Immediate Danger for Bulgaria Exists"] [Text] There is no immediate danger of Bulgaria becoming involved in the Yugoslav conflict, even if NATO goes through with its threat to carry out air strikes on Serbian positions. This is what Colonel Plamen Studen... |
FBIS3-31307_0 | Implications of NATO Balkan Policy Examined | Language: Bulgarian Article Type:BFN [Atanas Matev commentary: "....For Balkan States In Particular"] [Text] Tension within NATO circles has been greatly escalating over the last two or three days and is growing to an unprecedented level. Naturally, it is related to the ultimatum against the Bosnian Serbs that was rece... |
FBIS3-31314_9 | Second Installment of Moravcik's Policy Report 1.2 Foreign Policy of the Slovak Republic and the Process of European Integration 1.3 Relations Between the Slovak Republic and the United Nations | European Baroque." This successful project, in the framework of which seven exhibitions were organized in various CEI countries, is to continue with three more exhibitions in 1994. The regional association known as the "Working Commonwealth of Danubian Countries (PSPK)" associates 22 entities (federal countries, indepe... |
FBIS3-31314_12 | Second Installment of Moravcik's Policy Report 1.2 Foreign Policy of the Slovak Republic and the Process of European Integration 1.3 Relations Between the Slovak Republic and the United Nations | Slovak permanent representative at the United Nations submitted a note to the Security Council chairman enumerating all Slovak losses caused by the sanctions against Yugoslavia, which was published in the form of Security Council document No. S/26648. Within the framework of efforts to solve the problems of sanctions, ... |
FBIS3-31339_7 | Klaus Addresses Swiss Banks on Transformation | framework of the so-called Visegrad Group--are also groundless. Such cooperation cannot be created from above, but only--and perhaps only--from below. Futile "Maastricht" Ambitions The Western world--first and foremost, West Europe and the European Union--has its own problems. These problems are characterized by the cu... |
FBIS3-31339_9 | Klaus Addresses Swiss Banks on Transformation | situation is a challenge for all of us--in the West and in the East. During those periods in which Europe was not fatefully divided, it always represented unity in abundance. The vision of European union in the sense of unification was always, in the better instance, a utopia, a dream bearing no relation to reality. In... |
FBIS3-31339_12 | Klaus Addresses Swiss Banks on Transformation | in the CSFR and huge in Poland, Russia, and the other successor states to the USSR. On the other hand, the dynamism of prices later in the reform process is determined by the extent of the restrictions on finance and monetary policy. In the CSFR's case, the rise in prices a month after the start of the reforms was a "m... |
FBIS3-31355_1 | Crvenkovski Assails Greek Government's Moves | of the EC council of ministers reached at the Edinburgh summit on 12 December 1992, according to which our country must be provided with regular oil supplies. Such unilateral and unacceptable measures taken by the Greek Government are particularly worrying since they are also in contravention of the UN Security Council... |
FBIS3-31363_1 | Kolodziejczyk Comments on Polish Security | very vague, and clear provisions were only incorporated at the very last moment, following sharp criticism from Warsaw. I hope we will shortly be acquainted with other PFP criteria as well, mainly the technical ones, and, of course, we will do our best to fulfill them, provided our Western partners are willing to indul... |
FBIS3-31368_2 | Sejm Deputy Swiecicki on Nation's Finances | budget deficit makes loans more expensive. [Grzegrzolka] What types of spending do you consider unnecessary? [Swiecicki] In a market economy, is it really necessary to subsidize the State Railways by Z7 trillion and provide agriculture and industry with several dozen trillion zlotys? Instead of spending budget funds on... |
FBIS3-31374_0 | WASHINGTON POST Seeks To Discredit Poles | Language: Polish Article Type:BFN [Relayed by TV Polonia Network] [Text] The purpose of THE WASHINGTON POST article was to discredit us in the eyes of the Russians, who are our number-one partner in special equipment trade, Cenzin [arms trading company] Chairman Tadeusz Bednarek has told Panorama. On Monday THE WASHING... |
FBIS3-31375_2 | Serreqi Views EU Aid, Yugoslav Crisis | EU extend the cooperation with the three seas, the Adriatic Sea, the Black Sea, and the Aegean Sea which are very important for all the countries. Speaking of the political reforms in Albania, Minister Serreqi said the democratic forces have made important steps toward the establishing and consolidating a pluralist dem... |
FBIS3-31381_0 | BSP, SDS Support Noninvolvement in Bosnia | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Sofia, February 15 (BTA) -- Today the two main political forces in Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Socialist (formerly Communist) Party (BSP) and the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS) announced their stand on the possible airstrikes in Bosnia five days before the expiry of NATO's ultima... |
FBIS3-31385_0 | Military Cooperation Discussed | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Andrey Sharkov report: "New Program for Military Cooperation Between Bulgaria and Greece"] [Text] Sofia, February 16 (BTA) -- Bulgaria and Greece hold identical positions on the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Army General Lyuben Petrov, chief of the Bulgarian General Staff, and ... |
FBIS3-31440_0 | Serbs Threaten `Massacre' of Foreigners | Language: Serbo-Croatian Article Type:BFN [Interview with General-Major Manojlo Milovanovic, commander of the general staff of the army of the Srpska republic, by Slavoljub Kacarevic; place and date not given: "NATO Will Not Strike"] [Excerpts] It is said of General-Major Manojlo Milovanovic, commander of the general s... |
FBIS3-31471_4 | Commentary on Consequences, Reasons for Threat | of the Serbs, also contain the outline of the Serbian mother territory [maticni teritorij], as an excessively desired, but as the same time dangerous, prize. It represents the unit of measure for the Alliance's degree of disintegration and the extreme fear of its suicidal catharsis. For the time being, the Drina River ... |
FBIS3-31487_1 | Colonel Denies Sale of Classified Information | Sell Classified Information" -- BTA headline] [Text] Sofia, February 17 (BTA) -- No information classified as state secret has leaked about the work on the Euroref International Geodetoc Project, Colonel Nikolay Ivanov, head of the Topographic Service with the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army, said at a news briefin... |
FBIS3-31492_2 | RESPEKT Reports on Issue | yes." It can be seen once more, RESPEKT writes, that last year's government decision to complete Temelin is bringing the country a whole number of economic problems. Moreover, it is being confirmed that the completion of Temelin is using up money which would otherwise be invested into north Bohemia. The two loans from ... |
FBIS3-31520_0 | Berov Makes Statement on Bosnian Conflict | Language: Bulgarian Article Type:BFN [Text] [Announcer] With the emergence of the first manifestations of an armed conflict on the territories of former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria declared that it would never, under any circumstances, try to take advantage of the disintegrating federation's difficulties, and our country has ... |
FBIS3-31521_2 | Zhelev Views NATO Ultimatum, Greek Embargo | path. I consider that we have preserved this position until the present day. At the same time, we asked the other Balkan states and neighbors of the former Yugoslavia to adopt the same position of renouncing military intervention in the conflicts in Yugoslavia, because such an act, even if undertaken for the most noble... |
FBIS3-31545_1 | Commentary Examines U.S. Plan, Action | of the statesmen wishes to say a word about Redman's initiative. However, by analyzing the statements of Granic and Silajdzic in Frankfurt, it will not be difficult to grasp the contents of this possible solution. Dr. Granic reiterated Croatia's stand on the need for cooperation with the Muslims and on the possible coo... |
FBIS3-31620_8 | Foreign Minister Outlines `East Policy' | some magical illusion. It will be the result of common efforts and of an evolution taking place in and among existing structures. We are watching attentively the changes that are under way. The establishment of NATO's North Atlantic Cooperation Council, as well as the establishment of the WEU Consultative Forum, "Partn... |
FBIS3-31672_5 | Pellumbi Addresses Socialist Party Conference | 24-1 law, mass unemployment, court proceedings against journalists including members of the PSSh's forums, physical violence against some PSSh deputies, savage police terror and violence even inside police stations that has in some cases led to irreparable physical injury and even death, have become very worrying pheno... |
FBIS3-31672_34 | Pellumbi Addresses Socialist Party Conference | urban families, or one in five, are totally destitute and receive no income other than what they receive as welfare; and that services in health, education, culture, etc., are less and less well covered. We think that the economic reform can only be crowned with success if we show ourselves sensitive to human concerns,... |
FBIS3-31678_0 | FRY Stance on Recognizing FYROM Viewed | Language: Bulgarian Article Type:BFN [Commentary by KONTINENT Belgrade correspondent Momchilo Stoyanovich: "Why Has Yugoslavia Not Yet Recognized Macedonia?"] [Text] With the U.S. recognition of Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia -- FYROM] and Russia's decision to send its ambassador to Skopje in earl... |
FBIS3-31679_0 | Ethnic Leaders From Neighboring States Meet Andras Agoston, chairman of the Democratic Union of Vojvodina Hungarians [VMDK]: We Want Autonomy! Arpad Pasza, Chairman of the Democratic Community of Hungarians in Croatia [HMDK]: We Pay Attention to the Scattered Hungarian Groups Bela Marko, Chairman of the Democratic Unio... | Language: Hungarian Article Type:BFN [Interview with Andras Agoston, chairman of the Democratic Union of Vojvodina Hungarians; Arpad Pasza, chairman of the Democratic Community of Hungarians in Croatia; and Bela Marko, chairman of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania; by Jozsef Botlik; place and date not given... |
FBIS3-31686_1 | Delegate Assesses Results of 48th UN Session | the hope of a permanent breaking with the apartheid phenomenon--that was a historical event. From Poland's perspective, what is important is the fact that the concept of "countries of economies in a transitional period" obtained recognition in the UN vocabulary. We have initiated the idea. Until recently, Poland was cl... |
FBIS3-31724_0 | Doctors Warn of `Devastating' Sanctions | Language: English Article Type:BFN ["Pool" item] [Text] Geneva, February 18 (TANJUG) -- A delegation of Belgrade doctors have warned representatives of international humanitarian organizations during a several days long visit to Geneva about the alarming effects of the United Nations (U.N.) sanctions on the health of t... |
FBIS3-31735_2 | Berisha Criticizes Serbia on Kosovo, Bosnia | further cooperation with the former communist European countries taken at the NATO summit in January this year constitutes a historic step in the life of our continent and the whole international community. NATO is now the only military alliance in our part of the world that, because of its moral values and military po... |
FBIS3-31739_2 | Defense Minister Answers Tudor's Accusations | parliament. The minister of defense also denied those accusations regarding the import of tanks from Israel. On the contrary, our country exports tanks, and Romania has not imported anything from Israel except special technology required for the modernization of MIG-21s in Bacau, and it seems that Israel is the country... |
FBIS3-31751_0 | Fourth Installment of Moravcik's Policy Report 2.3 Relations With Other States in Europe, North America, and the Commonwealth of Independent States | Language: Slovak Article Type:BFN [Fourth installment of "Report on the Fulfillment of Tasks of the Slovak Republic's Foreign Policy," delivered by Slovak Foreign Minister Moravcik to parliament in Bratislava on 2 February: "Slovakia in the World (IV)"] [Text] 2.1 Relations With Neighbors One of the most important task... |
FBIS3-31751_1 | Fourth Installment of Moravcik's Policy Report 2.3 Relations With Other States in Europe, North America, and the Commonwealth of Independent States | Former Federation After 31 December 1993 was added at the end of the year to the complex of the treaties signed with the Czech Republic so far. On the whole, the division of the property of the former federation (98 percent completed) can also be rated favorably, although the most recent problems are not getting solved... |
FBIS3-31757_1 | Commentary Views Latest U.S. Initiative | the Russians and encourage the Serbs who support a peaceful solution. What is it that is real and new, since everything sounds so familiar? Washington and Europe have finally agreed upon a joint approach, and once the White House gets into something with someone else, it has to lead. In this list of immediate tasks, Eu... |
FBIS3-31773_0 | Serb Attacks Reported Despite NATO Ultimatum | Article Type:BFN [Editorial Report] Sarajevo Radio Bosnia-Herzegovina Network in Serbo-Croatian at 0900 GMT on 24 February carries within its regular seven-minute newscast several reports on the situation in the republic. A report by the Information Service of the 1st Corps of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Army read by corres... |
FBIS3-31786_0 | Over 20 Civilians Killed | Language: Serbo-Croatian Article Type:BFN [Report by Smajl Terzic from Tesanj] [Text] The last 24 hours in the operational zone of the 7th South Operative Group have been the worst since the start of the [Serb] enemy offensive. The aggressor has continuously pounded civilian targets in Tesanj, Maglaj, Sije, Mravici, Ma... |
FBIS3-31797_1 | President Havel Discusses Far East Visit | on contacts between individual economic entities. For example, when a bank wants to establish a branch in Central Europe, it hesitates and wonders whether it should do so in Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, or elsewhere. If we create a favorable climate by means of beneficial political and legislative conditions, it will locate... |
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