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FBIS4-9288_0 | Russian Duma Delegation Meets With Officials | BFN ["Pool" item] [Text] Belgrade, April 22 (TANJUG) -- Yugoslav Prime Minister Radoje Kontic said on Friday [22 April] that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia resolutely urges a political and peaceful solution to the crisis in the former Yugoslav Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina and supports Russia's principled and obje... |
FBIS4-9297_4 | Government, Police Said Tapping Telephones | operational scrutiny" goes to a hotel, then through collaboration between the police and the desk clerk, he is sent to a room that is permanently bugged. Usually between eight and 10 rooms are bugged in the larger hotels. One of the hotel rooms is always "at the service" of the police, and that is the location of the "... |
FBIS4-9301_0 | Rugova Discusses Troop Movements, Bosnia Talks | BFN [Unattributed report: "From President Rugova's Press Conference" -- issued by the Democratic League of Kosova] [Text] "The past week was characterized by harsh Serbian terror, so that it is very difficult to give exact figures of the victims subjected to this repression, which has been taking place for several year... |
FBIS4-9319_0 | Aid Organization: 535 Killed in Gorazde | BFN [Text] Paris, April 22 (AFP) -- The Bosnian Serb offensive against Gorazde has killed 535 people and wounded 1,740 of the Moslem enclave's population since it began March 29, the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres [MSF] said Friday [22 April]. This was an increase from Thursday's figures of 436 dead and 1,467 wounded... |
FBIS4-9344_1 | HDZ Denounces Breakaway Members in Address | and it gained momentum after the second general convention of the HDZ, held on 15 October 1993. Manolic and Mesic protested their deep dissatisfaction with decisions adopted with an overwhelming majority at the convention. Their objections referred to the new program envisaging the completion of the transformation of t... |
FBIS4-9349_1 | `Text' of NATO Ultimatum to Bosnian Serbs | authorised under UN Security Council Resolutions 824, 836 and 844, noting also Security Council Resolution 913. 2. Reaffirmed its support for a negotiated settlement of the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina and called for the intensification of the efforts to achieve a peaceful settlement; and in this context welcomed the... |
FBIS4-9350_1 | Kontic Criticizes Western Policy on Gorazde | an offensive against Serb positions in late March. When the Moslems were threatened with military defeat, NATO bombed Serb positions around the town on April 10 and 11 allegedly to protect the local U.N. observers. Since this did not affect the situation on the front, NATO set another ultimatum to Serbs in Bosnia-Herze... |
FBIS4-9351_1 | Sainovic Criticizes Policy of `Ultimatums' | Montana international forum in Bucharest that the policy of pressures, ultimatums and punishing of Yugoslavia has been proved ineffective, inhuman and counter-productive. Such a policy only postpones a just solution to the lengthy crisis and widens the economic, social and cultural gap between the Balkans and the other... |
FBIS4-9354_33 | `Text' of Policy Statement of Slovak Government | measures are inevitable to ward off an imminent collapse: -- to quantify and specify the justified demands of health care on the state budget for 1993 and determine the method of settling the liabilities of health care facilities, -- to find ways of alleviating the budget deficit in health care for 1994, -- to carry ou... |
FBIS4-9354_47 | `Text' of Policy Statement of Slovak Government | work of the government administration, and change the style of the government's work. We will support all efforts aimed at improving the quality of the activity of courts and at effectively enforcing their independent operation and status as well as their professional ethics. The government will continue to implement t... |
FBIS4-9358_4 | Party Leaders Comment on Election Prospects Green Party Chairman Zoltan Medveczki | Turtles, and McDonald's." How does a political party fight against prostitution, homosexuality, and an immoral way of life? [Medveczki] We would inform the people that there would be no need for prostitution with an adequate sexual culture. Prostitution and homosexuality are the hotbed of AIDS. However, these monstrosi... |
FBIS4-9359_3 | Party Views on Border, Minority Issues Noted | when drawing up this section. ``The Fidesz urges the signing of basic treaties with the neighboring countries as a culmination of good-neighborly relations. However, it is important to establish a system of diverse bilateral agreements because, without these, the basic treaty would be a formal act without any content.'... |
FBIS4-9362_1 | Melescanu Views Improving Bulgarian Relations | cooperation with Romania, which for us will lead to an increase in foreign investments and support from the international financial organizations. [Gotev] How do you view the prospects for the development of Bulgarian-Romanian relations, which includes taking joint foreign policy initiatives in the Balkans and the Blac... |
FBIS4-9374_0 | Dimitrov Supports NATO in Former Yugoslavia | BFN [Interview with Filip Dimitrov, chairman of the National Coordinating Council of the Union of Democratic Forces [SDS], by Neli Koleva in Sofia on 15 April: "Only International Organizations Can Stop the Yugoslav Conflict From Spreading"] [Text] [Koleva] In the course of today's debates on the permission that parlia... |
FBIS4-9377_1 | Attitudes of Electorate Toward Voting Viewed | low turnout in a recent parliamentary by-election in The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) prompted a team of journalists from the Skopje daily VECER to conduct a survey on the public's attitude toward voting in the general elections scheduled for November. The results of the poll were published in the 31 M... |
FBIS4-9396_0 | Simic: Air Strikes Set `Dangerous Precedent' | BFN ["Pool" item] [Text] Belgrade, April 22 (TANJUG) -- Yugoslav Vice-Premier Zeljko Simic said on Friday that the international community had set a dangerous precedent by raiding Bosnian Serb positions at the eastern Bosnian Moslem enclave of Gorazde, which might have incalculable consequences for the future of intern... |
FBIS4-9397_0 | Impact of Sanctions on Income Viewed | BFN [Text] Belgrade, April 25 (TANJUG) -- The biggest measurable damage to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the international sanctions is the drop in the national income from 3,000 dollars to 700-900 dollars per capita, Dr. Oskar Kovac told TANJUG on Monday. The prominent economist is a member of a team of ex... |
FBIS4-9422_0 | Ethnic Hungarian Involved in 1989 Violence Free | BFN [Report by Bogdana Paun: "One More Ethnic Hungarian Sentenced to Prison After the 1989 December Events To Be Released"] [Text] Yesterday in Alba Iulia another court session took place in the litigation initiated after the presidential decree pardoning eight ethnic Hungarians who were sentenced to long prison terms ... |
FBIS4-9423_11 | Military Potential of Croat-Muslim Union Viewed | license, and they were also planning to produce the AT-4. Before the war they produced the Strela 2-M light portable antiaircraft system, and production under license of the Igla antiaircraft system, which is also light, was also being prepared. The Lightning air-to-surface 128-mm missiles, which are not guided, and th... |
FBIS4-9426_4 | Gligorov on Greek Dispute, Kosovo Dangers | in the Balkans where everything is mixed up in great confusion symbols take on very great significance. But many of our symbols in this region are common property, and I think that it is important that in the future we should view with tolerance and understanding the symbols as common property. The Greek antique cultur... |
FBIS4-9430_3 | Klaus Discusses Political Ideology, Trends | the GDP in the private sector, is a painless and idyllic social activity in which only the best and most honest have succeeded. Unfortunately. However, I cannot imagine this process being carried out in a more rational way. Of course, it was possible to postpone and slow down privatization. I am convinced, however, tha... |
FBIS4-9433_1 | Further Reportage on Crans Montana Forum Nastase on Peace in Balkans | in the Balkans gave the speaker of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, Adrian Nastase the opportunity to say: "I think that the theme we are discussing today at the forum is now topical not only for Bucharest, but for all capitals of the world. Listing the factors that keep the Balkans under pressure he named the trouble... |
FBIS4-9434_0 | Further Reportage on Crans Montana Forum Participants View Balkan Issues | BFN [Text] Bucharest, ROMPRES, 23/4/1994 -- Further to the dialogue started on the first day of the Crans Montana Forum, the plenum session of Friday, 22 April, brought together important personalities to discuss about prospects of peace in the Balkans. The session was chaired by the speaker of the Romanian Chamber of ... |
FBIS4-9437_0 | Further Reportage on Crans Montana Forum Iliescu on Middle East, Yugoslavia | BFN [Text] Bucharest ROMPRES, 24/4/1994 -- After the final session of the Crans Montana Forum conference in Bucharest, Romanian President Ion Iliescu commented for ROMPRES the problems of the Middle East and the conflict in former Yugoslavia from the perspective of the relevant contacts during the conference. The works... |
FBIS4-9438_1 | Concern Voiced Over `West Europeanization' | reason, then, I have decided to adopt the term suggested by Michelle Bertelli: "Not Western Europe." The difficulty of locating Eastern Europe on a map these days--does any country now identify itself as East European?--leads me to suspect that "Europe" itself is merely the figment of our political imagination. But "We... |
FBIS4-9438_7 | Concern Voiced Over `West Europeanization' | of whom are certainly not living as Estonians, but still enjoy the vodka-and-misery lifestyle of the dear old USSR. If we want to find another country to put somewhere near the top of the list, Poland looks like a good bet. Its population is pretty much homogeneous, but it doesn't quite fulfill the border requirement, ... |
FBIS4-9449_1 | Havel, Zieleniec View European Integration | states and is a forum for debate about EU issues in all spheres, comes out in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary in their national languages for the first time today. Reflecting upon the reasons which have prevented Europe from becoming a continent of peace, cooperation and equal chances for all and from ... |
FBIS4-9497_8 | Gligorov Addresses National Assembly | the independence referendum. This commitment also stems from our Constitution, which stresses that the Macedonian nation is based on the principle of self-determination, an aspiration that our people expressed in the referendum on the establishment of the independent Republic of Macedonia. We view this as a historic ta... |
FBIS4-9500_5 | Berisha Addresses National Assembly | The removal of the Iron Curtain was not only accompanied by the liberation of the dozens of countries and hundreds of millions of people from one of the most cruel dictatorships that mankind has experienced, but we have to admit that it was also accompanied by dangerous phenomenons: the Bosnian syndromes, the Zhirinovs... |
FBIS4-9501_0 | Paper Publishes Interview With Ex-King | BFN [Interview with ex-King Mihai I by Liviu Valenas in Versoix, Switzerland; date not given: "I Hope People Will Not Lose Their Courage"; broadcast on Deutsche Welle on 6 April] [Excerpts] [Valenas] Sire, three years ago you granted an interview to our radio station, Deutsche Welle, and here we are again after three y... |
FBIS4-9504_12 | Parties' Foreign Policy Programs Described | the European Union must follow adequate preparations. This foreign policy task also has many domestic political implications, mainly in the area of the economy and legal harmonization, and the necessary institutions will have to be established to coordinate the preparations. Rather than the time of membership, they con... |
FBIS4-9505_1 | Survey Shows Increased Support for Socialists | or does not even reach this minimum -- for example, the National Democratic Federation [NDSZ] and the Social Democratic Party of Hungary [MSZDP]. More people became certain about their preferences as the parliamentary candidates became known, party lists were published, and the campaign became more intensive. While in ... |
FBIS4-9511_4 | Schmognerova Outlines Economic, Social Aims | in the enterprise sphere, and on exports. [Stulajter] As far as exports are concerned, what kind of pro-export measures can the government take? [Schmognerova] We would like to expand activities associated with providing insurance and possible credit for exports, as long as the resources are found. It will be necessary... |
FBIS4-9522_0 | TANJUG: 1.5 Million on Brink of `Poverty' | BFN [Text] Belgrade, April 26 (TANJUG) -- The U.N. sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have brought to the brink of social poverty at least 1.5 million citizens by forcing them to seek Red Cross humanitarian aid. One of the parameters of the drastic overall impoverishment of the Yugoslavs, either left ... |
FBIS4-9564_0 | Gligorov's Visit to Bulgaria Viewed | BFN [Article by Gjorgji Ristevski: "Liberation From Myths and Illusions"] [Text] Sofia, 27 April -- "I am very satisfied and it was not by pure chance when I said that the visit of President Kiro Gligorov to Bulgaria was of a historic nature. Not because it is the first official visit, but because it represents the end... |
FBIS4-9579_1 | Anti-Albanian `Greek State Policy' Criticized | Hellenic nature shrieks. The term "Greek chauvinist circles" is by now outdated. The term "certain circles" is also lackluster. The madness of the senile Sebastiano [ethnic Greek head of the Albanian Orthodox church] can no longer be called simply madness. The anti-Albanian activities of the criminal Omonia organizatio... |
FBIS4-9585_0 | TANJUG Cites Moscow Radio Praising Belgrade | BFN [Text] Belgrade, April 28 (TANJUG) - Radio Moscow said on Thursday [28 April] the current and future achievements of Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro) "are a guarantee of stability and peace in the entire territory of former Yugoslavia, a guarantee of the restoration of the legitimate rights of the Serbian people on t... |
FBIS4-9586_3 | General Sees Crisis as `Historic Chance' | strategy? [Radinovic] Yes. [Reljic] What can the unfolding of events tell us about the U.S. strategy? There is the impression that NATO -- where the United States is the decisionmaker -- is behaving like the Yugoslav People's Army during the breakup of Yugoslavia. Politicians are in two minds and the army makes a funny... |
FBIS4-9603_2 | Delic Views Army's Military Progress | achieved in the past two years of the aggression against Bosnia-Herzegovina by the Serbo-Montenegrin aggressor and the HVO. Although it was Army Day, the day of its foundation, that was the only question related to the achievements reached in the past two years. The severity with which Gorazde is being attacked, as wel... |
FBIS4-9615_4 | Changes in Main Customs Office | profit," by charging the customs service a "fee" for the use of the system. In turn, GUC will save administrative and equipment costs and will be able to collect fees faster. It is expected that the system will be speeded up by using scanners that will read "any type of customs document," including SAD (the Standard Ad... |
FBIS4-9636_1 | KDNP Expert Views Budget Deficit, Taxation | immediate reduction of the budget deficit. [Rabar] We must temporarily put up with the existence of a budget deficit. The current level is obviously too high and cannot be maintained in the long run. However, we have to get out of the vicious circle that there is no income, which in turn increases the budget deficit, s... |
FBIS4-9653_4 | Media Situation on Eve of Elections Analyzed | its members. Two distinct views have emerged regarding how the elections might be affected by the transformation of Hungarian Radio and MTV into the government's propaganda institution. For that is what they have become, and the fact that before 8 May also the representatives of other parties will be allowed to go befo... |
FBIS4-9663_6 | Positions of UCR Economic Advisers Discussed | "There are two reports on Argentina. The first is that inflation is low, there is stability, interest rates are low, and foreign funds are coming into the country, albeit for speculative purposes. But the other has to note that there are tragic pockets of poverty and that unemployment remained at 10 percent of the popu... |
FBIS4-9681_4 | Interior Minister Correa Interviewed | to what happened with the Senate president election might happen again? [Correa] No. The decision is not to postpone the issue but to begin working on it now, in a manner so as to obtain results. Because what could we do now? Send the same draft bills that were rejected by the right and put them on Congress' agenda, pe... |
FBIS4-9717_0 | Government Announces Increases in Fuel Prices | BFN [Text] Tegucigalpa, 30 Mar (NOTIMEX) -- President Carlos Roberto Reina's government, which came to power last January, has announced new gasoline, diesel, and kerosene prices will go into effect beginning today. Super gasoline, which cost 8.66 lempiras per gallon ($1.10), increased to 10.10 lempiras (a $.20 increas... |
FBIS4-9718_0 | Congress Recommendations for Economic Plan | BFN [Text] Tegucigalpa -- Congress has sent most government secretariats a document that resembles a government plan. The document includes recommendations, and it reviews issues that range from exerting financial control over decentralized institutions to eliminating the Finance Police. The document, which bears the n... |
FBIS4-9728_3 | Poll: More Guadalajara Residents To Vote for PRI | to represent 32 percent of the country's total population, that is, one out of every three citizens in the republic had the possibility of being polled. This makes the survey very representative. In those 13 cities, 78.6 percent said they would vote in the upcoming elections; 8.5 percent said they would not vote; and 1... |
FBIS4-9731_0 | Bear Market Causing `Turmoil' at Stock Exchange | BFN [Text] Blue chips were down by 4 percent yesterday, Bocon [consolidation bonds] quotations plummeted, and the Central Bank sold off the staggering amount of $167.4 million. Obviously, this turn in business transactions has caused turmoil in the City. Stockbrokers found a new explanation for the debacle in stock pri... |
FBIS4-9733_5 | International Bidders Vie for SIVAM Project | He argues that the Europeans are going to be in a better position than the Americans to offer a more attractive financial solution, because they are not facing the same kind of official resistance. There is no question that allegations like this are ploys in the information game intended to bombard the enemy positions,... |
FBIS4-9742_1 | Intellectual Property Agreement Praised | months to just 24. In the same way, registering a trademark, which used to take a massive length of time--40 months--can now be done in 120 days. Industry has been quick to take advantage of this improvement: last year 13,270 trademark registrations and over 800 industrial patent applications were filed. The improvemen... |
FBIS4-9754_0 | Experts Discuss Nuclear Program | BFN ["Open Agenda" program with host Antonio Resillez and guests Daniel Cordoniu and Gilberto Salazar from the Nuclear Affairs Executive Secretariat, SEAN -- live] [Text] [Resillez] Given the postponement of the Juragua Nuclear Plant project in Cienfuegos, many people were under the impression that in effect, the Cuban... |
FBIS4-9760_0 | Havana Cites AIDS Figures, Ambulatory Program | BFN [Text] Dr. Rigoberto Torres, an expert on AIDS, has told this newscast that despite significant economic limitations, over 60 participants in a new ambulatory program have their food supplies guaranteed and the same access to treatment and medicines as hospitalized patients. Torres added that the diet program inclu... |
FBIS4-9765_0 | Commentary Defends Self-Employment | CSO [Commentary by Jose Alejandro Rodriguez] [Text] As with everything that breaks with tradition, self-employment has sparked controversy in Cuban society. And the spectrum of opinions covers everything from advocating a complete deregulation of this activity, eliminating all controls and restraints, to a fear of any ... |
FBIS4-9766_0 | Editorial Addresses Shortages, Productivity | CSO [Editorial: "Shortages and Vicious Circles"] [Text] As the Workplace Parliament becomes a more common occurrence, more often than not the analysis does not stop at the harmful effects of the financial imbalance, but goes on to consider proposals concerning production, efficiency, the functioning of the business sys... |
FBIS4-9812_1 | Surcharge Increased for U.S., Canadian Wheat | Mar (EFE) -- Official sources reported here today that the Brazilian Government has ordered an increase in import duties for wheat over a period of four and a half months. The sources added, however, that Argentina -- Brazil's main trade partner in the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) -- will not be affected by th... |
FBIS4-9818_0 | Minister Sends Letter on Protocol to Gaviria | BFN [Text] The Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces suggested yesterday that Colombia join Protocol II of the Geneva Convention of 1949, a multilateral agreement that contains the international human rights principles that cannot be violated during armed conflicts. The protocol bans terrorism as a form of armed strugg... |
FBIS4-9820_12 | Minister Goldenberg Addresses Congress | daily lives of Peruvian men and women. In order to carry out this challenge it is necessary that we place an ever-increasing emphasis on social aspects. This is why I wish to explain some of the most important changes that have occurred in the sectors directly involved in the country's social development. In health car... |
FBIS4-9820_16 | Minister Goldenberg Addresses Congress | integrated country; it wants to expand its domestic market and produce more. To achieve this, it requires basic infrastructure facilities for transportation and communications, electricity generation, potable water and sewage systems, and ports and airports. These facilities will improve the standard of living of all P... |
FBIS4-9821_0 | Part IV of Article on Judicial Reform | BFN [Part four of a judicial reform series by Victor Andres Ponce] [Text] Just as it is important to resolve the problem of the inadequate number of judges to meet the requirements of justice, it is crucial to address the crisis of the judicial career, which has been markedly degraded in recent decades. Specialists con... |
FBIS4-9862_0 | ANPP To Begin Work on Economic Problems | BFN [Report by Raimundo Lopez] [Text] Havana, 1 Apr (PL) -- This May, following the conclusion of a unique process of consultations with the rank and file of the workers unions, the Cuban parliament will begin working on solutions to one of the most delicate problems facing the nation's economy: cleaning up the domesti... |
FBIS4-9866_0 | Exchange of Russian Oil for Sugar `Should Start Soon' | BFN [Text] Moscow, 29 Mar (PL) -- Sources in the economic section of the Cuban Embassy in Russia have stated, based on the bilateral agreements signed last December, the exchange of Russian oil for Cuban sugar should start soon. Cuban officials who have spoken to PRENSA LATINA mentioned the information published by the... |
FBIS4-9867_0 | U.S. Congress Anti-Cuban Bill Termed `Vengeful' | BFN [Text] Havana, 24 Mar (PL) -- Today, Luis Suarez, director of the Center of Studies on America, CEA, called the anti-Cuban bill presented to the U.S. Congress by Representative Robert Menendez vengeful and illogical.. In statements to PRENSA LATINA, Suarez said the proposal, which will be analyzed today during a he... |
FBIS4-9872_0 | Researcher Predicts End to Rationing | BFN [Article by correspondent Gabriel Molina "for EL SOL DE MEXICO": "The Cuban Economic Situation Will Make Ration Books Disappear"; PRENSA LATINA in Spanish at 0259 GMT on 29 March transmits a service message killing this item] [Text] Havana -- The Cuban ration book is about to disappear. Strangely enough, this is no... |
FBIS4-9873_0 | Workers Federation Head: Change in Mentality Needed | BFN [Text] Havana, 29 Mar (PL) -- Pedro Ross Leal, secretary general of the Cuban Workers Federation (CTC), has cited the proposals by the workers movement to heal the country's finances, saying a change in mentality is needed to find solutions. He has said the more than 80,000 meetings at work centers, attended by mor... |
FBIS4-9874_0 | Havana Province Head Cited on Food Supply | BFN [By Javier Rodriguez] [Text] Havana, 26 Mar (PL) -- A Cuban province is responsible for the food supply for nearly one third of the country, capital city included. To meet this objective, that province is struggling to overcome the deep crisis affecting its output and local economy. Havana Province, with 600,000 in... |
FBIS4-9880_0 | Havana Notes Korean Military Mobilizations | BFN [Commentary by Eduardo Dimas] [Text] For a few months now, we have been receiving information on the United States' attempt to force the DPRK to allow inspections of their nuclear facilities under the pretext that this country is manufacturing or is currently in possession of atomic weapons. The International Atomi... |
FBIS4-9887_0 | Roundup of Economic Activity | BFN [Editorial Report] The following is a compilation of fileworthy reports on economic developments carried on Havana radio and television in Spanish between 30 March and 4 April. Radio Rebelde at 0000 GMT on 30 March reports that solidarity groups from Ukraine are shipping 400 tons of milk to Cuba as a token of appre... |
FBIS4-9897_0 | Autopsy Shows Traces of Drugs in Dead U.S. Soldier | BFN [From the "Up-to-Date" newscast] [Text] An autopsy has revealed that the U.S. military man who died while playing with a hand grenade had taken three types of drugs. Dr. Juan Mateo Llort, director of the Forensic Medicine Institute, has confirmed that a toxicological examination on the body of U.S. Lieutenant Colon... |
FBIS4-9951_0 | Workshop on Zoonosis Held in Ciego de Avila | BFN [Text] Health specialists encouraged organizations to work together in the prevention of illnesses transmitted from animals to human beings, which in medical terms is known as zoonosis. During a national workshop in Ciego de Avila on the diseases that animals can communicate to humans, there was unanimity of opinio... |
FBIS4-9958_12 | Zedillo Discusses National Situation | would be wrong to deny this reality. The second problem is unemployment. This is a problem that, by the way, has worsened recently. Unemployment has worsened significantly during the past year, after several years of improvement. The third very serious problem I see is the very low, and in many cases, insufficient inco... |
FBIS4-9958_15 | Zedillo Discusses National Situation | of extreme poverty in which many Mexicans live. [Zabludovsky] We cannot avoid discussing a problem that emerged on 1 January. We can call it the Chiapas problem. How do you view this problem, and how do you view the peace process? [Zedillo] First, I believe that, as all Mexicans have, I must express my feelings regardi... |
FBIS4-9996_7 | Industry Minister on Harmonization, Foreign Investment | harmonization of macroeconomic management policies. These are factors that the presidents watch rigorously. The expansion of lists with those countries cannot be very extensive; but we have had talks aimed at incorporating some products between now and May that can be of interest from an export viewpoint. We are hopefu... |
FBIS4-10031_0 | Ambassador: Canadian Investments To Increase | BFN [Text] Havana, 31 Mar (PL) -- Mark A. Entwistle, the Canadian ambassador to Cuba, said today that his country's businessmen will increase their investments in Cuba. He also reexpressed his government's opposition to the U.S. blockade of the island. During an interview given to GRANMA newspaper, Entwistle said comme... |
FBIS4-10034_0 | Concludes Visit | BFN [Text] Havana, 2 Apr (PL) -- With positive results for the Cuban-Zambian bilateral ties and economic cooperation, Zambian Foreign Minister Remmy Kaindu Gilly Mushota ended his visit to Cuba today. Mushota, who was invited by his colleague Roberto Robaina to visit Cuba, negotiated cooperation agreements in the secto... |
FBIS4-10039_1 | Robaina on Unconditional Talks, Emigres Meeting | an unjustly imposed blockade." He added that both OAS votes and a genuine willingness to invest in Cuba are needed to end it. As for his government's policy of promoting investments, Robaina assured that even Cubans in exile will have an opportunity to participate in the opening up process. "Cuba cannot say that it is ... |
FBIS4-10042_0 | Further on Meeting With Abreu | BFN ["Special report" via satellite from Uruguay by Reporter Roberto Cavada] [Excerpts] Good evening to all Cubans. There are absolutely no problems whatsoever in relations between Uruguay and Cuba. We are working toward strengthening those relations, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Sergio Abreu said following a meeting wit... |
FBIS4-10072_1 | Editorial Backs President, Decries U.S. Envoy | product among consumers. According to official announcements, there are still 1,900 hectares of coca farms to be eradicated -- of the 4,500 the previous government had promised to eradicate by 31 March -- and it is obvious that in the week before the deadline's expiration it will be impossible to fulfill the promise. U... |
FBIS4-10079_2 | Bank President Denies Money-Laundering | and exchange houses, and there are no large-scale operations indicating to us that money laundering is taking place," he said. Taboada said that based on the stability observed in bank transactions, there is no possibility that "money laundering" is done that way. "For example, there is no evidence huge amounts of mone... |
FBIS4-10085_0 | Daily Supports Commission | BFN [Editorial: "Measures Against Corruption"] [Text] It is undeniable that all sectors agree it is necessary to fight corruption. Yet, when it comes to making a decision on concrete measures, there is no more unanimity. While some people emphasize the legal side of the matter, advocating the use of laws to fight this ... |
FBIS4-10098_0 | Election, Vice-Presidential Choices Viewed | CSO [Commentary by Enrique Santos Calderon: "The Echo of the Ballot Boxes"] [Text] A lot of abstention, yes, but what could be expected, given the confusion, the lack of seriousness, the absence of ideas, and the down-home populism that are proving to be one of the most debatable legacies of the Constitution of 1991? M... |
FBIS4-10115_0 | Election, Vice-Presidential Choices Viewed | CSO [Commentary by Enrique Santos Calderon: "The Echo of the Ballot Boxes"] [Text] A lot of abstention, yes, but what could be expected, given the confusion, the lack of seriousness, the absence of ideas, and the down-home populism that are proving to be one of the most debatable legacies of the Constitution of 1991? M... |
FBIS4-10116_1 | Deputy Views Patents Law, U.S. `Pressure' | speed up the approval of a pharmaceutical patents law. "I think the pressure exerted by former Ambassador Terence Todman, who is returning home, as well as by current Ambassador James Cheek and Vice President Al Gore is totally negative. They publicly placed the need to approve a patents law in accordance with U.S. com... |
FBIS4-10116_2 | Deputy Views Patents Law, U.S. `Pressure' | consequences in other countries." "In some cases it is a matter of justice to give something to the inventor. But this gratification should be granted within the framework of a broad health policy," Storani said. "We also must take into account the interests of local laboratories, which are not simply pirates stealing ... |
FBIS4-10118_0 | Congressman Assesses Stance on NAFTA, Mercosur | BFN [Interview with Florencio Acenolaza, chairman of the Foreign Relations and Worship Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, by Eugenio Andrea Bruno; place and date not given] [Excerpt] [Bruno] What is your opinion of Argentina joining NAFTA? [Acenolaza] Argentina's possible entry into NAFTA is positive, as it would en... |
FBIS4-10124_0 | Patents Law `Credential' for Negotiating Tariffs With U.S. | BFN [Text] Buenos Aires, 6 Apr (NA) -- Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo said today that the approval of the Patents Law is "a credential in the negotiations with the U.S. Government to get it to modify the extremely closed tariff stance it has with Argentina." Cavallo complained that while Argentina is "extremely open ... |
FBIS4-10135_0 | Official Says Nation `Open' to U.S. on NAFTA | BFN [Text] On 22 March, Acting Foreign Minister Jose Miguel Insulza reiterated that Chile is open to discuss either of the two possibilities for trade integration with the United States. The possibilities are the signature of a free trade bilateral treaty or the incorporation of Chile into NAFTA, of which the United St... |
FBIS4-10146_8 | Journalists Discuss Hard Currency | commercial flexibility and initiative be positive? At what point does it begin to be negative? At what point does it become impolitic? At what point does it begin to cause irritation on the part of our citizens because of the shortages they are already being affected by? [Rodriguez] Of course this -- all these attitude... |
FBIS4-10147_0 | Roundup of Economic Activity | BFN [Editorial Report] The following is a compilation of fileworthy reports on economic developments in Cuba carried on Havana radio and television in Spanish between 5 and 7 April. Radio Rebelde at 0900 on 5 April reports that sugar workers in matanzas province have completed the planting of 500 caballerias of sugarca... |
FBIS4-10182_0 | Menem Harshly Criticizes Blank Vote Campaign | BFN [Text] Santiago del Estero, 6 Apr (NA) -- Today, President Carlos Menem harshly criticized the parties that are urging Argentines to cast blank votes in the 10 April elections. He asserted it was time for people "to decide on whether to be hot or cold, as God will spew forth those who are lukewarm." Yesterday, simi... |
FBIS4-10183_0 | Political Parties Close 10 Apr Election Campaign | BFN [Text] Buenos Aires, 7 Apr (EFE) -- Argentine political parties will close their political campaign today in the midst of widespread indifference. On 10 April, citizens will elect 305 members of a Constituent Assembly that will be responsible for reforming the Constitution. Numerous radio and television surveys ind... |
FBIS4-10185_0 | Roundup of Economic Reports | BFN [Editorial Report] The following is a compilation of reports on economic activities monitored through 7 April. Tax collection in March fell 4 percent with respect to February, and 3.7 percent with respect to the estimate for the month. Official sources state that 3.57 billion pesos was the target, while only 3.44 b... |
FBIS4-10219_0 | Russia, Colombia Favor Lifting U.S. Blockade | BFN [Text] Russia and Colombia today supported the proposal in favor of lifting the U.S. blockade against Cuba on the occasion of Colombian Foreign Minister Noemi Sanin's visit to Moscow. After signing an agreement on bilateral relations, Sanin confirmed in a brief dialogue with reporters that the Cuban issue was discu... |
FBIS4-10222_0 | Commentary: Foreign Money Needed for Oil Exploration | BFN [Commentary by Roberto Morejon from the "Evening Information Review" newscast] [Text] Agreements with two countries could clear up Cuba's energy future if they are ultimately implemented, allowing the island to improve its economy, whose Achilles' heel is precisely the lack of fuel. The weekly OPCIONES, which circu... |
FBIS4-10233_0 | Scientific Hub Reactivating Camaguey Power Plant | BFN [Text] The reactivation of an old power plant, the "Manuel Julien," located in the historic sector of the city of Camaguey is one of the responsibilities assigned to the province's scientific hub. After being taken out of service a few years ago, this plant is now undergoing modifications that will allow it to burn... |
FBIS4-10306_0 | Points of Disagreement Among Economic Team Cited | BFN [Article by Sonia Mossri and Gustavo Patu] [Text] Brasilia -- Disagreements among the members of the economic team prevented Finance Minister Rubens Ricupero from announcing during his swearing-in ceremony on 5 April the rules for transition into the new currency, the real. The only consensus within the economic te... |
FBIS4-10326_4 | Nuclear Technology Program Discussed | Cuban agriculture has especially benefited from the use of nuclear techniques. Through the use of ionizing radiation, an important phytotechnical program of mutation has allowed us to obtain a variety of new plants of great economic importance. An accelerated program using the technique that leaves plants insect-free h... |
FBIS4-10326_7 | Nuclear Technology Program Discussed | in the pharmaceutical industry. Diagnostic methods with the use of radiopharmaceutical instruments are indispensable to the public health system. Among the radioisotopic techniques we can mention is the gammagraphic technique broadly used in neurological, cardiological, oncological, renal, and other studies. Cuba has a... |
FBIS4-10328_1 | Article Views Runoff, Decries Electoral Tribunal | not even able to supply overall preliminary figures. A lack of openness, impartiality, and effectiveness on 20 March hindered the vote count. The same structural deficiencies have caused the opposition to report fraudulent acts and challenge the election results in 44 municipalities. Nevertheless, the most probable out... |
FBIS4-10337_2 | Grand Front Leader Discusses Policies, Plans | show that corruption in the public administration is not fortuitous. Corruption is systemic, structural, and is affecting the operation of services that are indispensable for the development of a better standard of living. For instance, the most pessimistic estimates of the black money circulating in our financial syst... |
FBIS4-10348_1 | Space Agency Head on U.S. Proliferation Concerns, MTCR | "We want to make it plain that we really never had military objectives." The United States acknowledges the blandishments: "The creation of the civilian agency puts relations between the two countries back on track," commented an American diplomat. There is a clear motive behind these Brazilian signs of good will: a re... |
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