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Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl> - western memocide regierung element pasted data below du = serious +? du +? du != kan be serious. http://www.m9ndfukc.org/memocide.neu+improved.genocide-swastika http://www.m9ndfukc.org/konkurs/00.html http://www.m9ndfukc.com/botz/kinematek_kurrent.html http://www.m9ndfukc.com/kinematek >From: mediawatch-owner@freeb92.net >Subject: ANEM's weekly report: Feb 26-March 3 2000 > >ANEM'S WEEKLY REPORT >ON MEDIA REPRESSION IN SERBIA >FEBRUARY 26, -MARCH 3, 2000. > >RADIO B92 BEGINS TELEVISION TEST TRANSMISSIONS > >BELGRADE, February 26, 2000 -- The usurping management of the Public Radio >Broadcast Company Radio B92, which seized this company illegally from its >owners, the employees, on April 2, 1999, following a ruling by the >Belgrade Commercial Court, has begun television test transmissions in the >Belgrade area on UHF Channel 33. > >VECERNJE NOVOSTI FINED AGAIN > >BELGRADE, February 26, 2000 -- Belgrade daily Vecernje novosti was today >fined 180,000 dinars, about 9,000 Deutschmarks, by City Magistrate >Slobodan Tirnanic. The daily was convicted of breaching the Public >Information Act in an article published on January 31 which claimed that a >young man had drowned in the Drina River after his boat had capsized >because it was overloaded with smuggled goods. The charges were brought by >the father of the drowned man. Novosti's information had been drawn from >an official report by state bodies which alleged that the tragedy had >occurred while a Yugoslav Army patrol boat was pursuing the other boat >with two people aboard. The same report stated that the survivor was >subsequently charged with smuggling. Thus this new fine is part of the >ongoing campaign against Novosti and Vecernje novosti. Novosti has been >convicted twice in three days under the notorious Public Information Act. >The fines totalled 470,000 dinars. The daily reported that both f! ! ines >had already been paid. > > >DISMISSAL OF CACAK TELEVISION DIRECTOR "POLITICAL" > >CACAK, February 26, 2000 -- The former director of ANEM member station >Cacak RTV has claimed that political motives could have been behind his >dismissal in mid-February. Stojan Markovic was officially dismissed that >he had been absent from his duties without leave for 22 days up to the end >of last year. In an interview for Novosti, Markovic expressed suspicion >that the dismissal resulted from a conflict between Cacak Mayor Velimir >Ilic and TV Cacak editors, who were not will to adjust their programming >to the mayor's views. Markovic, a member of the Democratic party, also >speculated that his support for Slobodan Vuksanovic in his bid to wrest >the party leadership from Zoran Djindjic could be a motive for his >sacking. He added that the affair would have dire consequences for the >opposition coalition which holds local government power in Cacak. Markovic >has been replaced as director by Zoran Micovic, formerly the company's >financial manager. > > >IVAN MARKOVIC CONTINUES VERBAL ATTACKS > >BELGRADE, February 26, 2000 -- Yugoslav Left spokesman and Federal >Telecommunications Minister Ivan Markovic today launched another virulent >verbal attack on his political opponents. Again Markovic acted illegally, >disseminating lies about the opposition. State daily Politika quoted >Markovic as saying that the state should react rapidly and more >efficiently against organisations such as TV Pancevo, Studio B, ANEM and >Vecernje novosti, which had breached the law. By making unsubstantiated in >the Politika article that the media beyond his control were operating >illegally (apparently anything not under the direct control of Markovic's >party is illegal) and that Belgrade was "governed by the CIA", Markovic >again demonstrated the intention of the regime coalition to go to any >lengths in confrontation with the opposition, the independent media and >all sectors of the civil society in Serbia. The only new item in the JUL >representative's statement was the Vecernje novosti, a daily whi! ! ch was >once considered state-controlled, was labelled as "treacherous". In recent >days Novosti has been subjected to intense pressure and exorbitant fines, >leading to fears that the paper will soon be burdened with similar >problems to those of Danas and Glas javnosti, both of which have been >targetted by the regime in recent months with the intention of financially >destroying these independent publications. > > >STUDIO B RECOMMISSIONS MOUNT KOSMAJ TRANSMITTER > >BELGRADE, February 26, 2000 -- Studio B Television has restored >transmissions to central Serbia with the installation of a new repeater >station on Mount Kosmaj, the station's director, Dragan Kojadinovic, said >today. Studio B's repeater equipment was stolen from Mount Kosmaj forty >days ago, limiting the station's coverage to the Belgrade area. > >Kojadinovic said today that the new repeater restored the stations signal >to two million viewers and that the Studio B program was also available to >another 1.5 million potential new viewers through local television >stations which rebroadcast Studio B programs locally. > > >CENSORSHIP AT RADIO SABAC > >SABAC, February 26, 2000 -- Radio Sabac Editor-in-Chief Ogolik Peric has >officially introduced censorship of current affairs programs on this radio >station. A memorandum written by Peric to the editor of the station's main >news program has come to light. It reads: "Vera, pay attention to the >report from the Serbian Renewal Movement press conference. Mute the sound, >particularly those statements which criticise state bodies or local >authorities". > >Federal MP Zivko Topalovic said today "One thing is certain - they can't >hide the truth from the people. Anyway, precisely because of this kind of >editorial policy almost no one respects or listens to Radio Sabac, which >was once the leading > > _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold