From: amils@nyx.cs.du.edu (Alex MILS)
Subject: M.I.L.S. - NEWS 16/11/92
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MILS - NEWS                                     November 16, 1992
 
 
BULGARIA SUPPORTS MACEDONIAN-UN PLAN
Skopje. The Bulgarian Foreign Minister, Stojan Ganev, has come
out in favour of Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov's plea for
United Nations Peace-keeping troops to be stationed in the newly
independent republic.
Ganev, who is President of the UN's General Assembly, said his
government supported Gligorov's initiative for stability in the
Balkans region. Ganev also said Bulgaria would support all
initiatives for stability in the Balkans.
The Foreign Minister said Bulgaria would not infringe upon
Macedonia's sovereignty and would act as stabilising factor in
these turbulent times.
Italian newspaper, "Corriere Dela Sera," has voiced its strong
approval of Gligorov's call for UN troops in Macedonia. The paper
declared that the tension existing within Kosovo could easily
lead to war in Macedonia, and then engulf the whole Balkan
peninsula.
 
ETHNIC ALBANIANS PREPARE FOR WAR IN MACEDONIA
Skopje. Ethnic Albanians in Macedonia are preparing to go to war,
according to a report in the Italian newspaper, "Messagiero."
The Skopje correspondent for the Rome daily has discovered that
Albania, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria are ready to invade
Macedonia.
Messagiero reported that the Yugoslav cyclone had sucked in
Macedonia. According to the paper, the UN sanctions against
Serbia and Montenegro--which make up the rump Yugoslavia--have
also affected Macedonia, a country not supposed to be hit by the
embargo.
 
GREEK MEDIA'S DIRTY TRICKS CAMPAIGN
Skopje. The Greek media has launched a dirty tricks campaign
aimed at discrediting Macedonia. Greek television station,
"Mega," announced it had a "secret document" that claimed that
Macedonia was seen as "Europe's drug capital for the manufacture
of drugs" and that "those drugs were sold to the Italian Mafia."
Mega also claimed that with the profits from the drug trade,
Macedonia bought Russian weapons through Bulgaria. The Macedonian
Army, according to Mega, grew opium and heroin in its restricted
military zone, "Krivolak," and then the crop was processed in a
"secret factory" near Skopje. The chemicals for manufacturing
drugs, according to the Greek TV station, were supplied by
Israel.
 
GREEK PAPER CLAIMS GLIGOROV UNDERMINES DIALOGUE 
Skopje. Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov's regime had
undermined dialogue with Greece over the issue of stability in
the Balkan region, according to reports in the pro-Greek
government newspaper, "Elefteros Tipos."
The paper claimed that Gligorov had changed Macedonia as a
nation-state for the Macedonians to a nation-state for
Macedonians and Albanians, and with this opened the way for the
creation of a "Greater Albania."
 
EC RIGHT WING PARTIES TURN BLIND EYE  
Skopje. After criticising "Serbian communist aggression towards
the independent state Bosnia-Hercegovina," and calling for
stronger sanctions against Belgrade, EC right wing parties,
including Greece's "New Democracy," have failed to react to
Serbia's latest breaking of the UN imposed trade embargo.
The right wing parties held a conference recently in Athens and
failed to respond to Serbian trucks who filled up with petrol
from Greek oil tankers at the Bulgarian town of Petric, which is
near the Greek border. According to reports from Reuters news
agency, Bulgarian customs officials and EC observers have been
powerless to stop the flow of oil to Serbia and Montenegro--the
rump Yugoslavia.
 
ALBANIA SUPPORTS MACEDONIA
Skopje. The Albanian President, Sali Berisha, told the President
of the Interparliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe,
Miguel Martines, that his country had always supported Macedonia
and would continue to do so.
He said Macedonia should only be recognised if it enshrines in
its constitution that it is a nation-state of free citizens.
President Berisha said that Albanian deaths from last week's riot
in Skopje, the Macedonian capital, were caused by Serbia.
 
"MACEDONIA NEVER A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY"
Skopje. The leader of the ethnic Albanian PDP party, Nevzat
Halili, in an interview for Albanian television about the riot
in Skopje, said the incident was set up by Macedonia to get
international recognition. "Macedonia does not deserve to be
recognised," he said, "and it has never been a democratic
country." He added, "the riot on November 6 was a continuation
of an anti-Albanian policy, which was cooked up in Belgrade
kitchens."
 
ITALIAN CONSULATE IN SKOPJE.
Skopje. "Italy, along with France, will soon open a consulate in
Skopje," an official from the Italian Foreign Ministry said. 
 
PASSENGERS TRAPPED IN SOFIA
Skopje. About 400 people travelling on the privately owned
Bulgarian airline company, Jes Air, have been left stranded in
Sofia, the Bulgarian capital.
Most of the passengers were Macedonians from Australia and have
been forced to wait 10 days for a flight to either Melbourne or
Sydney.
Three flights to Australia and one to New York City have been
cancelled because a Jes Air plane had been seized at Manchester
Airport, England, for refusing to pay airport tax. It seems
unlikely that the tax will be paid or that the stranded
passengers will be able to leave Sofia. Latest reports indicate
that some of these passengers should be able to board flights for
Melbourne and Sydney.
 
MACEDONIAN ASSOCIATION FORMED IN HOLLAND
Amsterdam. On November 14, a Macedonian association was formed
in Holland. The association elected a committee of management.
 
 
PALAIR MACEDONIAN LANDS AT BRUSSELS AIRPORT
Skopje. Today, for the first time, a Palair Macedonian passenger
plane landed at Zaventem airport, Brussels, Belgium. This is the
start of the Skopje-Brussels-Skopje flight route. Brussels will 
be an excellent transfer point for travellers from the US, Canada
and Europe who want to fly to Macedonia.
 
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