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Date:         Fri, 11 Dec 1992 13:01:00 EDT
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From:         "YORGOS M. MALTAS" <GEORGE@UMBC.BITNET>
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                     CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

MACEDONIA CHANGES NAME. The parliament of the former Yugoslav
republic of Macedonia voted late on 10 December to change its name
to the Republic of Macedonia (Skopje).  Radio Serbia said
Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov had asked parliament to adopt
the name in a bid to win international recognition and "a sign of
our goodwill." The proposal won support of all assembly deputies
apart from some opposition parties and a few independents.  Greece
has blocked EC recognition of Macedonia saying that the use of the
name implies a claim to the northern Greek territory also called
Macedonia.  International media report that more than a million
people demonstrated in Athens on 10 December supporting the Greek
government's position and against any change in the EC's wavering
stance on recognition. UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali
has urged the Security Council to send 800 peace-keeping troops to
Macedonia. They would be deployed along Macedonia's border with
Serbia and Albania to monitor the situation and stand between
hostile forces.  An EC summit begins today in Edinburgh and
Macedonia is on the agenda.(Milan Andrejevich, RFE/RL, Inc.)

NATO PLANS FOR YUGOSLAV AREA. German TV reported on 10 December
that NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels have drawn up
contingency plans for action in the former Yugoslavia. Options
include enforcing the no-fly zone over Bosnia with warplanes,
creation of "safe havens" for civilians, and the deployment of
peacekeepers to trouble spots such as Kosovo.  The ministers
stressed that plans would only be used if the UN decides that
further measures are needed. Almost all NATO allies have ruled out
the possibility of full military intervention with ground forces.
(Milan Andrejevich, RFE/RL, Inc.)

BOSNIAN SERBS WANT SARAJEVO CIVILIANS EVACUATED.  On 10 December
Radios Croatia and Serbia quote Bosnian Serb leader Radovan
Karadzic as saying that evacuating Sarajevo is the only way to
save the civilian population.  Karadzic made the point in a letter
to international organizations and the cochairmen of the Geneva
Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.  Earlier in the week Karadzic
offered safe passage out of the city for all Sarajevo residents,
but no evacuation has taken place. Another Bosnian Serb leader,
Nikola Koljevic, said that Bosnian Serb forces will evacuate all
civilians themselves if there is no other way to remove them. In
Geneva Bosnian Foreign Minister Haris Silajdzic dismissed the
evacuation order, calling it cruel and cynical.  (Milan
Andrejevich, RFE/RL, Inc.)

HAVEL CONDEMNS ANTI-SEMITISM.  Former Czechoslovak President
Vaclav Havel spoke out against a rising tide of anti-Semitism,
following the publication last week of an article in a right-wing
publication purporting to list Jews active in the Czech Republic's
cultural sphere.  In a press conference in Prague on 10 December,
Havel said that the list in Politika is the type of prose written
in the early period of Nazi Germany that "led to concentration
camps." Meanwhile, Josef Tomas, editor-in-chief of the weekly,
announced that he is suspending publication for the time being. He
told CTK on 10 December that Politika will not be published until
criminal proceedings against it are completed. Tomas and the owner
of the publication, Martin Savel, face charges of inciting racial
hatred and national, racial, and religious defamation.  (Jan
Obrman, RFE/RL, Inc.)

BULGARIA AT BLACK SEA MEETING.  At a conference of the foreign
ministers of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation group in Antalya,
Turkey, on 10 December, Bulgarian chief delegate, Deputy Foreign
Minister Dimitar Ikonomov, confirmed Bulgaria's support for
coordinated regional efforts, although he said cooperation should
not be allowed to interfere with the "foreign economic or foreign
political priorities" of the 11 participating countries. According
to the BTA report, Ikonomov reiterated Bulgaria's position that
the Black Sea states must avoid becoming a closed group.  Bulgaria
accepted chairmanship of the group for the second half of 1993 and
proposed hosting an international research conference on economic
aspects of Black Sea cooperation. (Kjell Engelbrekt, RFE/RL, Inc.)
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