From: amils@nyx.cs.du.edu (Alex MILS)
Subject: M.I.L.S. - NEWS 19/11/92
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 20:49:22 GMT


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MILS - NEWS                        November 19, 1992


"MACEDONIA TO BE RECOGNISED BY CHRISTMAS"
Skopje. "By Christmas or new year, the Republic of Macedonia
should receive the best kind of present: international
recognition," an anonymous Italian source within the European
Community has told the Rome correspondent of "Nova Makedonija"
newspaper.
The source claimed that at least three EC members would grant
recognition.
"It is certain that at the EC's Edinburgh summit in December, 11
of the 12 EC members will pass a special resolution allowing any
member to freely decide whether or not they will recognise
Macedonia," the source said.
However, media reports in Greece indicate that a compromise
solution that would be agreeable to Athens and Skopje on
Macedonia's name had been put forward by the US and EC; and that
the Republic of Macedonia will not be recognised under its
existing name.

GLIGOROV MAKES URGENT APPEAL TO UN
Skopje. Today, the Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov sent a
letter to the United Nations Secretary-General, Boutros Boutros
Ghali, urging the UN force Greece to end its economic blockade
of the republic.
He said that the adoption of UN resolution 787 against
Serbia and Montenegro, caused enormous economic difficulty to
Macedonia because its railway links ran through Serbia.
"We are aware of the urgent need that the international community
puts an end to the senseless war in Bosnia in a peaceful
way...This action should be carried out in a way that does not
jeopardise the existence of Macedonia," he said. 
President Gligorov said he wanted compensation and a UN team of
experts to visit Macedonia to report about its difficult
situation.

MACEDONIAN PARTY'S RESPOND TO ALBANIAN CLAIMS
Skopje. The Reformist Union-Liberal Party of Macedonia has
criticised ethnic Albanian party leaders for damaging Macedonia's
chances for international recognition.
The Liberal Party, which is in a coalition government with the
Macedonian Social Democrats and the two Albanian parties, PDP and
NDP, announced that it would leave the coalition government of
Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski, if any governmental policy was
changed.
The Liberal Party was upset at claims made by PDP and NDP leaders
that ethnic Albanians were discriminated.

VMRO-DPMNE CRITICISES ALBANIAN PARTIES
Skopje. The Macedonian nationalist party VMRO-DPMNE, which is in
opposition, has criticised the leaders of the two ethnic Albanian
parties, PDP and NDP, for visiting Tirana, Athens and London and
spreading anti-Macedonian propaganda.
VMRO-DPMNE attacked Prime Minister Crvenkovski's government for
supporting Albanian demands for introduction of bi-lingualism for
the whole state, special status for Albanians and activities
aimed directly at the destruction of Macedonia's sovereignty,
territorial integrity and independence.
VMRO-DPMNE branded the government and Albanian parties' actions
as unconstitutional.

MACEDONIAN GOV'T VEHEMENTLY DENIES DRUG TRADE LINKS
Skopje. Today, the Macedonian government issued an official
statement in which it vehemently denied claims made by the Greek
media that Macedonia was involved in the drug trade.
The Macedonian government has offered international inspectors
the chance to inspect those places mentioned by the Greek media
where drugs are allegedly manufactured.
The government said that this was a continuation of Greece's
campaign to discredit Macedonia. The government said it was still
willing to have dialogue with Athens, despite Greece's attempt
to starve the republic into submission by an economic blockade.

GREEK CLAIMS OF PERSECUTED "GREEK MINORITY" IN MACEDONIA
Skopje. The Greek media, along with its claims of drug
trafficking by Macedonia, has now claimed that there are
persecuted Greeks in the republic.
The Greek media has quoted "two unnamed adult Greeks" from
Bitola,  Macedonia's second largest city, as saying that they
were not "allowed to travel to Greece."

BULGARIA STOPS OIL DELIVERIES
Skopje. Bulgaria has immediately stopped all deliveries of oil
and petrol through Serbian territory to Macedonia, Slovenia,
Croatia and Bosnia, because of the introduction of UN resolution
787 against Serbia and Montenegro.
The Bulgarian government has said it would try to quickly supply
oil to Macedonia by truck through its border with the republic. 

MITSOTAKIS CHASTISED BY US
Skopje. The outgoing US Bush administration chastised Greek Prime
Minister, Constantine Mitsotakis, for his country's economic
blockade of Macedonia.
President George Bush told Mitsotakis, who was in Washington on
an official visit, that the "US strongly believes that
recognition for Macedonia will be resolved as quickly as possible
so that the political temperature in the Balkans won't heat up."
Bush, according to the Serbian newspaper, "Borba," rebuked
Mitsotakis for Greece's breaking of UN economic sanctions against
Serbia.

CLINTON TO KEEP OPTIONS OPEN ON YUGOSLAV CRISIS
Florida. According to Patrick Moore of Radio Free Europe/ Radio
Liberty Inc., "On 16 November Reuters news agency quoted
president-elect Bill Clinton as saying that 'there are many
options that we have for dealing with the problem in Bosnia and
the other potential problem in Kosovo, short of sending troops
in, but beyond where have been now.' He added that he will keep
his options open at least until he takes office in January.
During the campaign Clinton criticised the Bush administration
for not being sufficiently assertive in using American influence
in the Balkans and for delaying in recognising Croatia and
Slovenia. In recent days, the Croatian media have been
meticulously cataloguing and analysing Clinton's campaign
statements, and frequently predicting that American air power may
come to play a role in the crisis."

GREEK RED CROSS "STOPPED" FROM HELPING MACEDONIA
Skopje. The Greek Red Cross apparently agreed to a request from
its Macedonian counterpart for oil trapped in the Greek port of
Salonica be transported to the republic.But "Fersped", a
Macedonian transport company responsible for oil deliveries,said
that it was unaware that the blockade had been lifted.

GREECE IS EXTENDING ITS ECONOMIC WARFARE
Florida. According to MILS correspondent in the US, Slavko
Mangovski, "The economic war waged by Greece against the Republic
of Macedonia continues to cause extreme hardship. earlier this
year Greece boycotted Italian and Dutch products because of these
countries' support for the recognition of Macedonia. This warfare
has been extended to the "Jax Fax," a US publication for the
travel industry. Its publisher was told by Greek-American
companies to modify its map of Europe and change the name of
Macedonia to Skopje or these companies would withdraw their
advertising about Greece. Does this mean that because of the
support given to Macedonia the Greek community has decided to
extend its economic warfare to The New York Times?"

MAP OF MACEDONIA IN NEW US ATLAS
Florida (MILS correspondent, Slavko Mangovski). According to The
New York Times, the Rand McNally Company, one of the largest map
makers in the world, has decided to show the Republic of
Macedonia as a separate state in its new World Atlas. The
decision was based on consultations with the UN and other
international organisations.

MTV AWARDS MACEDONIAN DIRECTOR.
Florida (MILS correspondent, Slavko Mangovski). The famous TV
music channel, MTV, has honoured Macedonian film director, Milco
Mancevski, with the award "Best Rap Video." The video is
"Tennessee by the rap group "Arrested Development."
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