YUGOSLAV EVENTS CHRONOLOGY JAN. 1997 - APRIL 1997 Jan. 1 Up to 8,000 students use whistles, spoons, and other noises to drown out evening news on state-run TV, police allowed dem. to march through capital for first time in days Jan. 2 Serbian Orthodox Church holds 2-day synod, accuses Milo. govt. in letter of destroying the country just to hold onto power, calls on auth. to >recognize the will of the people= and >condemns the falsification of the peoples= votes=; Zajedno leaders read church statement to dems.; writers= assoc. of Serbia tell Milo. in open letter that >you have led Serbia to the verge of civil war=; Milo. ally and mayor of Bel., Nebojsa Covic, said to have resigned in protest of elec. stonewalling saying he deeply disagreed w/ his party; Plavsic says Bos. Serbs won=t give up Kara., Mladic in letter to new UN Sec. Gen. Kofi Annan as it would cause >massive civil and mil. unrest=, questions cts= legality, ability for suspects to get fair trial; SFOR begins confiscating tank ammo. donated to Bos. army through >Train and Equip= pro- gram since it was properly registered, 474 unregistered out of total of 11,000 shipped seized thus far; NATO says dozen Mus., Serb houses destroyed over past week in Croat- held area near Mos.; Zag. public prosecutor pressing charges against 3 senior officials of local Open Society Institute for alleged financial malpractice and tax evasion, but Soros Found. in NY denies charges; Cro. rail workers= union ends strike after reaching deal w/ govt. to increase wages while ending strike Jan. 3 New Bos. govt. holds first sessions w/ House of Reps. meeting first in Sara. but w/ no flags or nat. symbols where it ap- proves Coun. of Mins. (Silajdzic co-chair), then holds 2nd session in Serb-controlled Lukavica (8 miles sw of Sara.) where House of People also holds session; NATO sends top mil., civ. leaders for meetings; Kraj. comments >we are obliged to leave the principles of war, force, and domination forever and to turn to the principles of neg. and common respect=; 1st war crim. sentenced in Hague, Drazen Erdemovic, appeals 10 year sentence Jan. 4 Yugo. FM Milutinovic rejects OSCE findings, says opp. only won in small cities of Uzice, Krugujevac, and Zrenjanin and SDS won majority of seats in Bel., although conceding they won 9 of 16 wards in Bel's lower local coun., says Nis elec. uncertain; US says this >fails to address seriously the recommendations of OSCE report; Christopher sends letter to Milo. saying continued intransigence will lead to further isolation; dems. continue; SDA confirms it received $500,000 from Iran in mid-96 but says it went only for scholarships, not elec. Jan. 5 Thousands drive cars downtown, blow horns, sound alarms, fake engine problems to protest govt. restrictions on protestors due to contention they are blocking traffic; Fired head of nat. bank, and co- founder of Zajedno, Dragoslav Avramovic, joins crowds of dems. in downtown Jan. 6 Student leaders receive assurances from JNA head Momcilo Perisic that it won=t inter- vene in protests, says army wants pol. dis- putes peacefully resolved; students rejected by head of police, Zoran Sokolovic, in similar appeal; 200,000 turn out on Orthodox Christmas Eve defying ban and head to St. Sava Cathedral for greetings from Patriarch Pavle; student leaders say as of 9th they will not back off from police confrontation; explosion in garden outside of Comm. Party hq in Bel., opp. says this was govt.- provocation; Aleksa Buha, new head of Kara's former party (SDS) calls on Milo. to avoid bloodshed, respect elec. results, but mosque in Sara. sub. of Hrasnica hit w/ machine gun fire; Mus. woman evicted from home in Mos. by Croats; Bos. Fed. PM Dehem Bicakcic says coal miners free to strike but prohibited from blocking movement of traffice throughout country Jan. 7 20,000 blocked by police from marching out- side of pedestrian mall, students call off protest due to Christmas holiday; Tear gas thrown into Sara. Orthodox church during Christmas day services; Roman Cath. Archbishop of Sara., Cardinal Vinko Puljic, joins Orthodox Serbs in celebrating Christ- mas after Serb Archbishop Nikolai had done the same on Dec. 25; TVIN, Bos. ind.-funded ind. TV station, resumed broadcasting after having stopped on Jan. 1 due to satellite problems, al- though state-run media had attempted to portray it as part of financial scandal Jan. 8 Milo=s govt. says opp. won 37 seats in Nis, orders investigation of all >responsible for irregularities=, opp. says it will hold out for all elec. victories and that it won 41 seats in Nis (Soc. say they won 32); Milo=s wife, Mirjana Markovic, says opp. trying to topple govt., auth. should act against >enemies of the state...financed from abroad=; 50,000 show up for protests highlighted by traffic blockages; Cro. police in Mos. refusing to provide IPTF w/ daily reports or answer questions; UN reports 3 more abandoned Mus. homes destroyed in 6 exp. in Capljina by Croats; Brcko arbitration talks begin again; Tudj. drops from sight again, speculation that he doesn=t have long to live Jan. 9 80,000 protest in Bel., 12,000 in 2 separate events in Nis; Supreme Ct. recog- nizes opp. victory in Vrsac, dems. vow to continue until all elec. victories restored; opp. says Supreme Ct. ordered local ct. to review annulment of elec. result in Vrsac (n. Ser.); Draskovic claims that Milo=s wife, Mirjana Markovic, has ordered her sec. detail to have Dras. killed; Prince Alexander says he has close ties to opp., ready to return if people want him; Krajisnik says Serbs willing to try own war crims. using files from WCT, but intl. police force to apprehend them will pose threat to peace in country; Plavsic writes to UN=s Annan that Bos. Serbs will not hand over Kara., Mladic saying this will only threaten peace; Zubak warns Serbs that they face >total defeat= if they go to war over Brcko Jan. 10 Sec. forces withdraw from streets, stu- dents hold noisy celebration and first march through center of town since ban; Six US congressmen in Bel., Rep. Bruce Vento (D-MN) addresses rally of 50,000 tells them >Amer. is w/ you=; group speaks only w/ FM Milutinovic; 2 other Eur. officials also in town to pressure Milo. regime; Zag. extends Radio 101 license to end of month Jan. 11 2 Dep. Pms issue joint statement w/ student opps. calling for recognition of elec. victories; Soc. govt. pledges quick ct. decisions on elec.; US envoy Kornblum says US considering unilateral freeze on new trade deals, high-level visits w/ Bel.; Contact Group calls on Serbia to increase democratization, recognize elec.; Silajdzic warns against resettling of Serbs from E. Sla. into BH as this would endanger peace; US amb. to Cro. Galbraith tells E. Sla. Serbs that Cro. army will be stationed in Vuk. after 7-17 Jan. 12 Greek FM Pangalos tells Milo. that his govt. should recognize opp. victories totally= but Milo. says Gre. should recog- nize prin. of >noninterence=; Bildt says Serbian eco. dangerously weak, close to collapse; Bri. DM Portillo in BL says aid relies on implementation of Dayton agree- ment including turning over war crims.; Late in evening Nis elec. comm. demands elec. be rerun in 9 districts, thereby rejecting govt. concessions; Hun. govt. says situation concerns them, comments that it was >unacceptable to at- tempt to eliminate rightful social claims by force=; Bos. Agr. Min. says eco. func- tioning at only 10-15% of prewar levels; Tudj. appears on TV looking thin but fit Jan. 13 500,000 Serbs celebrate Orthodox New Year's Eve w/ massive demonstration, riot police remain in barracks; Tudj=s office says he is not terminally ill, but recovering; RS police refuse to give UN names of police saying this is a state secret; Bos. govt. army structure announced, to have 14 brigades, divided among 3 Mus., 1 Croat corps, and 2 rapid-reaction battalions; Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) claims res. for 1-9 killing of Maliq Sheholli, member of Milo=s SPS and of Podujevo City Coun., says it is a warning to collaborators Jan. 14 Tuesday night dem. suspended after Bel. elec. comm. concedes city to opp., but dems. say they will continue to protest until all victories restored; Socialists in Nis concede to ct. announcement; Cro. State Judicial Committee fires Sup. Ct. head Krunoslav Olujic for discredit- ing ct. by associating w/ crims., having sex w/ minors, but Olujic says he is being fired for upholding judicial ind.; UN Sec. Coun. extends UN monitors on Cro. Prevlaka Peninsula mandate until 7-15; Cro. to exempt E. Sla. Serbs from mil. service for 2 years, reserve 2 seats for Serbs in upper house of leg., advisory positions for Serbs in Mins. of Inter- nal Affairs, Justice, Educ., and Culture, voting rts. to be given to all those who have Cro. papers; 2nd ethnic Alb. shot in n. Kosovo for allegedly cooperating w/ Serbian police, while ethnic Albanians demonstrate at Skopje Univ. for Alb-lang. faculty, in- struction; 71 year old Mus. woman evicted from her apt. in Mos. by Croat militia, Cro. soldier moves in Jan. 15 Socialists take back opp. victory in New Belgrade, govt. deps. convene city coun. despite protests by 300; ct. also decides in favor of Socialists in c. Ser. town of Smederevska Palanka; Zajedno leader Vesna Pesic calls for deadline for accept- ance by govt. of opp. victories after which opp. will declare all Serbian institutions invalid; 2 US Senators - Carl Levin and Jack Reed - tell 20,000 protestors that Amer. supports them; Socialist ally in parl., New Democracy party leader Dusan Mihajlovic says his party may not continue in coalition govt.; Milo. purges Branislav Ivkovic, head of Bel. party, replaces him w/ hard-liner Dragan Tomic (speaker of parl.); US denies that it favors handing Brcko over to Serbs Jan. 16 Eur. Parl. passes res. urging intl. orgs. to suspend eco. contacts w/ Yugo. until steps are taken to increase dem.; head of OSCE speaking in Vienna urges Milo. to accept its findings saying gradual conces- sions won't work; Milo. says in statement a constructive and dem.= solution is needed since Serbia is being so damaged, but rejects student demands that hard- line Bel. Univ. chancellor Dragutin Velic- kovic be fired; Yugo. Def. Coun. including Milo., Yugo. Premier Radoje Kontic, Mont. Pres. Bulatovic, and top mil. leaders meets to discuss crisis; Students symbolically scrub building where univ. board met to wash shame from it; 20,000 protest in city ctr.; Bos. Serb leader Nikola Koljevic in coma after shooting himself in attempted suicide; Izet. enters heart unit of Kosevo Hosp. to undergo tests; Dean of Serbian Univ. of Pristina, driver wounded in car bomb attack in city, Kos. Lib. Army claims responsibility Jan. 17 Mon. FM Janko Jeknic killed in car crash near Podgorica; Bel. opp. leaders (Draskovic, Djindjic) return from con- ference in Rome, tell 20,000 dems. that no politician in world supports Milo.; Mirjana Markovic writes in paper that dems. >are weapons...for a war of Serbs against Serbs= Jan. 18 1,000 Serbs hold dem. in Pristina to protest attack on dean of Pris. Univ., Radio Serbia blames attacks on Draskovic, Milo=s wife calls opp. the real >terrorists=; Exp. destroys part of bridge near Koraj in Serb-held n. Bos.; Gunmen threaten Mus. journalists in view of UN police in Mos., journalists protest they will boycott Bildt=s meetings unless sec. guar- anteed; Bos. state comm. dealing w/ missing persons says 31 mass graves containing 1,462 bodies and 466 single graves found and exhumed last year; Hague chief prose- cutor Louise Arbour says Cro. not coop. w/ WCT, that mechanisms in place but have not led to concrete results Jan. 19 10,000 rally w/ pets in downtown Bel. for Pets against the Beasts in Power=; Ger. FM Kinkel meets w/ opp. leader Djindjic, says intl. pressure will not lessen Jan. 20 Bel. police attack dems. injuring 12 af- ter police move to disperse crowd in town center; Soc. Party files ct. appeal to cancel previous rulings favoring opp. in Bel., and Serbian municipal ct. suspends decision; rallies now in 64th day; State TV airs allegations by Soc. mayor of Pris- tina who blames Zajedno for car bombing that wounded rector of city univ.; Bos. Serbs in Bosanski Brod fire weapons across Sava R. into Slavonski Brod in Croatia, minor damage reported; UN in Sara. criticizes Serbs for breaking Gentleman's agreement on use of UN funds to repair houses of owners who had been ethnically cleansed; UN special reporter for human rts., Eliz. Rehn, says she wants Serbian auth. to think about her request for human rts. office in Kosovo Jan. 21 Patriarch Pavle reportedly blesses stu- dent dems.; Gov. of Tuzla area, Sead Jamakosmanovic, calls for replacement of Rus. troops in SFOR contingent saying they had complicity in Serb attack on bridge in Celic-Koraj area, wants them replaced w/ Amer. who they have confidence in; 2 more Mus. evicted from homes in w. Mos. Fre. leader of Nat. Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen meets in Bel. w/ Seselj, says Seselj's party protects and defends >near enough the same things that we defend=, but Le pen expresses sympathy for dems.; Rehn says Kosovo headed for >real exp.=; Cro. DM Susak, Int. Min. Ivan Penic and Intel. chief Miroslav Tudjman (son of pres.) hold talks w/ UN admin. of E. Sla. Jacques Klein Jan. 22 Former dep. head of municipal auth. in Nis, Branko Todorovic, says SPS was involved in massive vote rigging on 17 Nov. by means of stuffing ballot boxes w/ 15-20,000 phony votes; Bel. elec. comm. says again that Zajedno did win elec. w/ 64 of 110 seats; Kornblum meets w/ students reps. while thousands more continue confrontation w/ police in downtown Bel.; Milo. meets w/ Bulatovic, stress unity between them Bos. Serb PM Klickovic says again Kara., Mladic not to be handed over to WCT which has an anti-Serb prejudice; Tudj. urges Serbs to vote in local elec., but says in annual state of nation speech that reintegration of Cro. into the Bal- kans is totally unacceptable...Cro. be- longs to Cen. Euro. and Med. circles Izet. leaves hosp., doctors say condition is satisfactory Jan. 23 Police attack dems. in Kragujevac who are blocking road into city, 16 injured; Police had occupied local radio, tv station caus- ing staff to halt work in protest; 10,000 continue protests in Bel.; 11 Mus. return to homes in village of Ga- jevi in Serb-held terr. of ne Bos. after lengthy formal sponsorship procedure; US, Rus. SFOR troops surprise 10 Bos. Serb police setting anti-personnel mine in same area; Le Pen meets w/ Krajisnik, says all world's patriots have >common set of identical values which makes us all a community of civilized men and women Jan. 24 Milo. issues statement blaming opp. for open terror, says they are being sup- ported by intl. circles who want to de- stabilize Yugo., and that new >capable and creative people to be brought into the govt. (speculation that this means Seselj); Statement is met at night by police violence w/ clubbings injuring 16; Zajedno reaches agree- ment w/ police in Kragujevac who vacate tv building, opp. editorial team allowed to enter; Protestors in Bel. continue round the clock noisy confrontation w/ police, Djindjic tells rally of 15,000 only the fall of (his) regime can make us happy; Radio 101 announces that they have gained their license renewal, but still must settle ownership dispute Jan. 25 1 protestor, 1 policeman hurt as police attack dems. in Bel. as dems. now gather- ing at different locations in city to drown out evening news broadcasts and then march in their own districts; Nasa Borba says Milo. has met in past week w/ Seselj; Authorities close local TV station in town of Bajina Basta (w. Serbia) where opp. won elec., other station in c. Serbia in opp. hands looted; Bos. Serbs attack Mus. who are attempting to help families seeking to return to village of Gajevi inside Serb terr., SFOR said to have stood by and watched w/ US spokesperson saying sec. in the RS is surely not the responsibility of SFOR; Zubak accuses Mus. of harboring for. Islamic fighters while leaders of HDZ, SDA issue 11-pt. program providing for rotating pres., vp positions on an- nual basis w/ Croat for >97; Nikola Koljevic dies in Bel. after suicide attempt Jan. 26 Serbian police arrest Avni Klinaku, sus- pected head of Kos. Lib. Army Jan. 27 300,000 march in early morning led by Patriarch Pavle to celebrate St. Sava's day, police withdraw cordon to allow 50,000 students to march along main streets; US criticizes >systematic use of the police to intimidate= protestors in Bel.; UNHCR suspends repatriation program in Gajevi area for 48 hours; Bildt holds talks w/ Plavsic; US, allies considering special force for capturing war crimes suspects Jan. 28 60,000 take to Bel. streets again as police suspend ban on marches, but police in nearby Smederevska Palanka beat women and children taking part in rally after Zajedno swears in parallel local coun.; Bel. First Dis. Ct. overturns ruling by city elec. comm. recognizing opp. win; Zajedno takes over offices in Nis but local police report directly to Fed. Int. Min.; Milo. reportedly buying pro- perties in Greece, Corfu; US Sec. of State Albright says intl. comm. will insist on coop. and compliance= w/ Dayton Agreement; Bildt meets again w/ Plavsic, sides agree on joint pa- trols of UN, Bos. Serb police in Gajevi area immediately; 50 Serbs in Borovo Selo stone Cro. pen- sion officials, bank reps., and police, attack prevents Serbs from receiving Cro. govt. pensions; Serbian Dem. Forum leader Veljko Dzakula says sit. of Serbs in Cro. has deteriorated, says Cro. govt. responsible for provocations, beatings, etc., and sit. worse in Knin Jan. 29 Rus. Dep. FM Igor Ivanov holds meeting w/ Milo., says Milo. might soon offer new compromise; 10-20,000 students block down- town traffic while police maintain low profile; Clinton tells Def. Sec. Cohen SFOR not to be used to arrest war crims.; US Amb. James Pardew, mil. envoy in charge of >Equip and Train= program says Bos.-Cro. forces have taken necessary steps to from joint army; 30-40 young Servs block offices in Borovo Selo, Trpinja Jan. 30 Yugo. pres. Zoran Lilic says >elec. re- sults should be recognized wherever the opp. won by the will of the people=, but says they should refrain from making broader claims; 30,000 take part in pro- tests blowing whistles, kazoos, banging on pots and pans, police do not interfere; Plavsic says Mus. can return to homes provided they had homes in Serb-held areas prior to war, complete procedures, 28 Mus. return to Gajevi; Head of RS Army Gen. Staff, Gen. Pero Colic says army will de- fend Brcko; 37 ethnic Albanians reported arrested in Kos. in recent days; Mac. Cult. Min. Slobodan Unkovski becomes first high-ranking govt. official from his country to visit Greece Jan. 31 3 ethnic Albs. killed by Serbian police after shootout near Vucitrn; UN-escorted convoy of Mus. blocked by 300-400 Croats while trying to return to homes in Croat- held Stolac; Belgian sol. w/ UN killed by Serb in E. Sla., Jordanian soldier, civ. UN official also wounded after UN Sec. Coun. endorses Cro. govt. letter of in- tent for reintegration of region; Tudj. says he is healthy enough to run for another term, but would step down if he lost, says war crims. can=t be hiding in Cro., that Mus. more to blame for problems in Mos. Feb. 1 Riot police beat dems., use water cannons on 75th day of protests after 4 hour standoff on Bel. bridge, 80 injured in- cluding Vesna Pesic who is badly beaten, 18 arrested; Draskovic calls for protestors to come out in force; Bomb explodes on railroad line near Vuk., hand-grenade thrown in front of Croat pension payment office in Jankovci, an- other at house of non-Serb in town of Negoslavci Feb. 2 Police again attack dems. chasing them through city and into univ., but opp. moves thousands away from direct con- frontation w/ police lines; US protests actions calling police units goons, other world govts. denounce actions; Serbian police have now arrested 100 in Kosovo, critics say this is effort to distract attention from Bel. protests; Kara. tells newspaper if question of Brcko is not resolved, we will go to war again=, says he has escaped arrest because I have 2,000 men who follow me everywhere, and if [NATO tries to make an arrest] there will be at least 500 dead; Bos. Mus. commander of 2nd Corps Gen. Sead Delic says there will be more fighting unless refs. allowed to return Feb. 3 Draskovic calls for non-violent resis- tance in face of police beatings, US govt. deplores viol., calls on police to exercise restraint Feb. 4 Milo. says in letter to PM Marjanovic to prepare special law for consideration on restoring elec. victories in all cities; Djindjic skeptical, tells rally of 50,000 it a first step; Serb leadership in E. Sla. says it is breaking off contact w/ Cro. govt. until Serb >regional assem= meets, also said to be disappointed by UN=s endorsement of Cro. integration plan; Colum Murphy (Bildt spokesperson) says Kara. interview speaking of war over Brcko an outrageous provocation= that Kara. has hastened the day when he will be able to comment only from the Hague, RS Info. Min. denies Kara. made the com- ments; Croats fire grenade from Franciscan monastery (more nationalistic than other clergy); Kos. Lib. Army says 3 killed in shootout w/ Serb police members of UCK in Mos. at Mus. side of town; Cro. parl. upper house supports bill to begin paying of back pensions by March 3 just 2 weeks before nat. elec. (opp. says this is elec. ploy); Croatia=s amb. to Fed. Rep. of Yugo., Zvonimir Markovic, presents credentials to Yugo. pres. Zoran Lilic Feb. 5 Milo=s wife=s party, United Yugo. Left, demands opp. end its protests, says Milo=s acceptance of protestors= demands should open way for improved rels. w/ for. countries, but EU issues statement calling on govt. to commit itself to more reforms; Govt. submits bill on re- storing elec. in parl.; 12,000 show up for rally; US Amb. Galbraith, EU ambs., meet w/ Cro. FM Granic, stress that Croatia must do all it has promised to reassure Serbs of E. Sla.; Vuk. Serb Assem. condemns re- cent viol. which Galbraith says is work of Serbs; Intl. Crim. Tribunal hands over to Bos. govt. remains of more than 300 found in mass graves at Pilica, Lazete from Sreb. area; US magistrate in NYC orders Kara. to stand trial for crimes against hum. after charges filed by Bos. refs. Feb. 6 Draskovic says in Paris that dems. will end if Milo. actually recognizes opp. victories; 12,000 join in protest rally as 3 leaders return from Paris; Yugo. pres. Lilic, speaking before mil. officers in Kosovo, offers pol. dialogue to all parties (effort made to heal rift w/ mil.); 2 exp. in Gajevi destroy new Mus. house, damage 3 others; Izet. signs 3 credit ar- rangements w/ World Bank for $32 mil.; Bos. Coun. of Mins. fails to adopt rules of procedure as Serb co-premier Boro Bosic calls for dep. mins. to be able to vote along w/ mins. on govt. actions; Croat reps. leave Mus.-Cro. govt. session in protest over Mus. refusal to allow est. of new municipalities w/ Croat majorities; Mos. govt. breaks up over deps. inability to agree on having 1 joint bank account; Contact Group, EU dips. tell Sla. Serbs they should take out Croatian citizenship, participate in elec., told they have suf- ficient rts. Feb. 7 Lilic calls on Kos. Albanians to enter into dialogue w/ Bel., rejects >extremist nationalism=; OSCE appoints Max van der Stoel to special mission to Kos.; 500 Serbs march through Vuk. for 3rd straight day, but local Serb judicial of- ficials meet w/ Cro. Jus. Min. Miroslav Separovic, agree to begin implementing Cro. laws Feb. 8 Draskovic says in interview that if Zajed- no participates in elec. later in year his party (Serbian Renewal Movement) will name the coalition candidate, Djindjic=s (Dem. Party) will name PM candidate, and Pesic=s (Civic Alliance) will name candi- date for Speaker of Serbian parl.; More evictions in Mos. Feb. 9 Djindjic tells crowd of 10,000 that they should keep up pressure on Milo., says that he is responsible for much more than stealing elec. and can=t be trusted; Kos. Albanian shadow govt. says van der Stoel appt. treats issue as nat. minority conflict when it is really intl. conflict Feb. 10 Croats fire on 200 Mus. visiting ceme- tary in w. Mostar at end of Ramadan, kill 1, others wounded, stoned, or beaten; Croat police chief claims 18 policemen hurt but doctors report only 4 injuries; Izet. blames viol. on local Croat war- lords; PM Silajdzic sent to investigate; Both fed. army and RS army want permission to hold exercises near Brcko, SFOR says big guns won=t be allowed near area Feb. 11 Serbian parl. adopts >special law= re- instating elec. results for opp.; Opp. continues its boycott of parl. and Se- selj=s Serbian Radical Party abstains after blocking passage for 11 hours; All 3 opp. leaders say they may have to come out to the streets again to get fair conditions for Nov. elec.; Parl. approves new Min. of Local Govt. which holds possibility of transferring powers from municipalities and thereby deny opp. power, and approves Radmila Milen- tijevic as info. min. (hard-line Milo. supporter who had lived for 45 years in US); UN says 26 Mus. families evicted in Mos. over last 24 hours w/ 1 dead, 30 wounded in clashes, and Croat police setting up roadblocks to prevent Mus. from returning to their homes in city Feb. 12 20,000 students dem. in Bel. calling for reforms; govt. conducting media campaign against opp.; SFOR conducting more patrols in Mos., dis- mantle checkpts., confiscate wea.; UN neg. meet w/ Zubak, Izet., Silajdzic, agree on 12-pt. program giving IPTF more powers to control town, detain those using violence, telephone contacts to be restored in Mos.; Pks order Mus., Serb troops near Brcko back to barracks, SFOR confiscates Serb tank, intends to destroy it; Tudj. formally announces that elec. will be postponed until April 13 to ensure E. Sla. will vote when rest of country does Feb. 13 Izet. says he will resign if Brcko goes to Serbs; Some Mus. returning to homes in Mos. after evictions; 5,000 Serbs march through Vuk. in effort to gain local autonomy which is rejected by Cro., intl. community; Milo. says he will act swiftly against pro- testors as 10,000 mostly students march a- gainst state run TV=s pro-Milo. reporting while 110 people workng for Serbian TV re- ported to have signed petition calling for greater freedoms Feb. 14 Intl. arbitration comm. puts off decision on Brcko; 7 exp. in Mos.; Overnight cur- few in Bos. abolished after 4 years but to remain in Mos. Feb. 15 Zajedno calls for 3 week suspension of protests to allow govt. to ease restric- tions on state media; 2 mortar rounds fired at Mus. side in Mos.; UN admin. for E. Sla., Jacques Klein, says only 15-20,000 Serbs will leave area for Serbia, says they include Serb nation- alists who >cannot live in a Cro. Cath. state=, >include war crims., people w/ guilty consciences=; 40,000 Serbs have obtained Cro. citizenship Feb. 16 UN human rts. envoy Elisabeth Rehn meets w/ opp. leader Vesna Pesic, dems. beaten by police; 5,000 students continue dems. despite Zajedno decision not to, demand firing of rector of Bel. Univ., indictment of those responsible for elec. fraud; Grenade explodes in Mos. Feb. 17 World Bank postpones until April donors= conf. due to Bos. govt. not producing re- form package; Islamic religious body, the Rijaset, condemns desecration of Cath. cemetary in Klopce near Zenica; Oslo- bodjenje says all sides= police forces have continued war among themselves, ter- rorize citizens; Tudj. meets w/ Klein, local Serb leader Vojislav Stanimirovic, guarantees there to be no new revanchism, Klein requests complete list of accused war crims.; Dems. continue in Bel. w/ teachers call- ing for back wages, transportation work- ers staging warning strike on 1/4 of city=s lines; Draskovic says if elected pres. he would work for restoration of dynasty; 3,000 Mac. students demonstrate in Skopje against law allowing teaching in Alb.- lang. at teacher schools Feb. 18 UN says 23 of 28 Mus. families evicted from homes by Croats have returned w/ help from W. Mos. (Cro.) police, but re- ports of Croat family being kicked out of E. Mos.; Bombs thrown at homes of 2 UN policemen in Serb-controlled Prijedor; Rehn calls for continued intl. presence in E. Sla. after it reverts to Cro. con- trol; Cro. says it will not surrender Tihomir Blaskic to WCT, while ct. demands DM Susak and Bos. Fed. DM Ante Jelavic turn over 4 yrs. of transcripts, memos, Cro. govt. rejects this as >inappropriate= Feb. 19 US to support, contribute to special police force for Brcko; World Bank says Bos. Mus. auth. gave $200,000 illegally to Bugojno which is allowed only human. aid due to city council=s efforts to keep minority Croats off council; Cro. FM Granic meets w/ Yugo. FM Milu- tinovic in Bel., discuss E. Sla., reach agreement on 18 other issues including citizenship; Serb leaders in E. Sla. warn that 50% of Serbs could leave region by spring due to unfair treatment; Protests continue in Bel., Zajedno agrees that Djindjic to stand as Bel. mayor Feb. 20 UN human rts. envoy Rehn visits Mos., deplores violence which led to 1 dead, 30 wounded; SFOR vehicle hit by tank rocket from Croat side of Mos.; Bos. Coun. of Mins. fails to agree on package of draft laws; Vladan Kovacevic, business partner of Milo=s son Marko shot in hotel parking lot; Mac. students protest for 4th day Alb.- lang. policy at teacher-training facility Feb. 21 Opp. moves into Bel. city hall, elect Djindjic first non-communist mayor in 52 years despite ultranationalists in- terruptions, denunciations of Djindjic; Tens of thousands attend street party at City Hall at night, remove commun- ist star from building; State-run TV says this eradicates >the symbol of the people=s fight against the evil of fas- cism=; TV also attacks Mon. Premier Dju- kanovic by citing interview in Vreme where Djukanovic calls Milo. >incompe- tent=; 2nd attack on SFOR vehicle as Ital. pk vehicle hit by hand grenade in Mos.; Cro. police chief in city says charges filed against 11 prominent Mus. involved in recent violence in city Feb. 22 5,000 students continue protests into 93rd day, now demanding that Bel. Univ. rector Dragutin Velickovic be replaced; Cities now headed by Zajedno call on citizens to stop paying $5 monthly sur- charge for state TV Feb. 23 Socialist Party purges 5 local party leaders due to elec. losses; US Amb. to Cro. Galbraith tells Cro. newspaper that reintegration of Serbs into Croatian society necessary for stability Feb. 24 Nat. Movement for Liberation of Kosovo (LKCK) calls for >armed uprising= against Serbia, says ethnic Alb. leaders too pas- sive; NATO removes roadblocks put up by Croats in Mos., says it will not hesitate to use wea. against anyone attacking SFOR; Students still protesting in Mac. Feb. 25 New Bel. city coun. appoints director, editor-in-chief for Studio B; students continue protests in Bel. and teachers still on strike; Serbian media attacks Mon. PM Milo Djukanovic, anti-Milo. figure, for 2nd time; Croat, Yugo. govts. agree to expedite missing persons searches from >91 war; UN police say Mos. Croat police respon- sible for 2-10 shootings including dep. police chief, calls for their arrest; Tudj. supporter Milan Vukovic approved by chief judicial screening comm. to head Cro. Supreme Ct. Feb. 26 Mon. parl. speaker Svetozar Marovic de- fends PM Djukanovic by saying his con- cerns about Milo being auth. were not isolated comments, but Bulatovic sayshe wants to coop. w/ Milo.; Draskovic meets w/ former Prince Alex- ander in London, says he could have an impact like Spain=s Juan Carlos; UN releases report blaming Croat side for 2-10 violence, Croats reject it as incomplete; UN Dep. High Rep. for BH Michael Steiner says 20 Cro. nationalists but not police responsible for shooting have been arrested in Mos. Feb. 27 UN says Bos. Croats, Mus. crackdown on organized crime in Mos. not verifiable Feb. 28 Yugo. (Lilic), RS (Krajisnik) sign pact est. special ties between them, to include joint council for eco. coop., creating single market, Izet. criticizes action; UN says more than 1,800 Serb families from E. Sla. have left for Serbia in Feb. while another 800 Serbs have settled in Brcko area; Cath. auth. in Bos. say churches, monasteries being targeted for attacks prior to John Paul II visit in April; 2 brothers reported to have been killed by Sretko Damjanovic and Borislav Herak in '93 found to be alive in Sara., new trial may be ordered March 2 Mac. govt. puts army on war footing due to concerns over illegal immigrants com- ing from Albania, or armed attacks on border posts; Serb mob of 150 burns down 9 of 11 pre- fab. homes built for returning Mus. in Gajevi village while Rus. SFOR troops watch; Mos. HDZ rejects UN report on recent viol. March 3 UN observer mission closes first of 3 border posts in Mac. on Albanian border; Cro. FM Granic meets w/ BL Catholic Bishop Franjo Komarica, says Cro. to open con- sulate in BL; SFOR sets up roadblocks around Gajevi, say their job is not to police local situations March 4 Bomb damages Catholic Church in downtown Sara., Cro. Dep. FM Hido Biscevic asks Mus. auth. to stop pressure, viol. against Croats; US Def. Sec. Cohen says US troops will leave BH in mid-=98 Dragutin Velickovic, rector of Bel. Univ. refuses to step down, instead calls for firing of institute heads, deans who have supported students; 150 students crash dip. reception hosted by new Serbian Info. Min. Radmila Milentijevic chanting >red bandits=; SPS, comms. launch elec. cam- paigns for pres., parl. races later in year March 5 W. Mos. police chief, Marko Radic, sus- pended for obstructing investigation of Feb. 10 incident, as well as 3 officers involved in shooting, UN requests they be arrested; 4 injured by bomb in Pristina, 2nd bomb disarmed, police suspect Kos. Lib. Army March 6 Strikes by students in Mac. enter 19th day w/ 20 on hunger strike in Skopje; Serbian Radio and TV will no longer pro- vide programs from BK TV which is in- creasingly critical of Milo.; Dan. FM Niels Helveg Petersen, chairman of OSCE says Bos. elec. to be postponed again from July to Sept., US Sec. of Def. Wm. Cohen criticizes this and says it won't stand in way pullout, but State Dept. supports move as does Bildt March 7 Serbs attack bus carrying Mus. between Sara. and Gor., beat and rob passengers and try to blow it up but fail, Bos. govt. demands better protection from UN, SFOR; 500 in Sara. take part in dem. against bombings of Cath. churches; Aus. to give $2,500 cash incentives to Bos. refs. to return home March 8 Cro., Kuwait sign agreement on increas- ing and protecting for. investment, Cro. PM Matesa tries to interest Kuwait in buying Cro. tanks, ships to offset $200 mil. debt to that country March 9 50,000 protestors commemorate >91 dems. in Bel.; US dip. Robert Farrand appt. supervisor of Brcko, 200 extra UN police to be posted to town to monitor, advise Serb police but are unarmed as per Eur. allies desires (US wanted them armed); Head of Serb auth. in E. Sla., Vojislav Stanimirovic, says all Serbs would re- main in area if Yugo. would institute dual citizenship which Cro. accepts March 10 Mac. asks UN to stop withdrawal of its forces due to unrest in Alb.; War crime trial of 3 Mus., 1 Croat in- volved in atrocities at Celebici camp near Konjic in >92 begins in Hague March 11 Gajevi (Bos.) attacked by 50 unarmed civs., possibly Serbs, 1 day after sec. cordon a- round village lifted; Rus. troops claim they didn't know it was under attack until they saw houses on fire; Serbian Info. Min. Radmila Milentijevic proposes leg. that would permit no more than 20% of all newspapers to be privately owned, and TV, radio only allowed to broadcast to 25% of pop. saying this meets w/ Eur. standards; Former Premier Milan Panic calls for free and fair elec.; E. Sla. elec. set for April 13 while only 37% of Serbs have applied for citizenship; Bos. gas company Energoinvest to cut gas supplies at end of month because of $12.3 mil. debt to Rus. Intergaz; UN Sec. Coun. calls for arrest of 3 Croats police officers involved in recent viol. March 12 Mac. Pres. Gligorov upgrades state of com- bat readiness at bases near Alb. border; Cro. emb. in Bos. complains to Bos. For. Min. of >anti-Cro. campaign by the Sara. press=, and that Mus. govt. officials are contributing to this March 13 US mil. officials urge Euros. to take on pk duties when Americans leave; IMF grants Cro. 3-year credit line worth $486 mil. for eco. reform March 14 Vecernje Novosti says Milo. will probably seek Fed. presidency in June March 15 Tudj. visits Mos. and Medjugorje; RS parl. ratifies treaty est. special rels. between them and Yugo., 61 of 72 deps. vote for it despite Plavsic urging them not to (later changes her support) March 17 Serb parl. declares support for treaty w/ RS, although Fre. FM de Charette asks fed. officials to delay ratification until it is determined it conforms to Dayton; OSCE calls on Serbs to allow free access to media in upcoming elec.; 100 Kurds arrested by Bos. policy for at- tempting to reach west, deported to Turkey; Ger. govt. says they will speed up forced repatriation of Bos. refs. unless return home voluntarily but Int. Min. says they will not send who come from Serb-held areas March 18 Former fed. DM Vladimir Soljic (a Croat) elec. by parl. as pres. of Mus.-Croat fed., Ganic stays on as vp; Cro. govt. finally comes up w/ list of accused war crims. to give to UN for E. Sla. elec. (150 names on list) March 19 Bel. Univ. rector Dragutin Velickovic re- signs post after 118 days of protests, Dragan Kuborovic names interrim rector; Ger. FM Kinkel calls for unhindered elec. in Serbia, >constructive dialogue=; Intl. Herald-Trib. reports that Milo. govt. making deals w/ Zairian mil. to send men, weapons March 20 Mont. trade delegation in US blames Yugo. emb. in Wash. for letter supposedly written by Mont. PM Djukanovic to members of US Congress; Serb govt. restricts private BK TV broad- casts to Bel, Novi Sad for alleged non- payment of bills, license called into ques- tion (owner is possible challenger to Milo. in pres. Election); Cro. auth. in Mostar give suspended sen- tences to 3 police officers involved in shootings on Feb. 10; Izet. to US to re- ceive award for building dem.; Cath. church near Travnik bombed March 21 Greek premier Kostas Simitis says he will travel to Mac. at >an appropriate moment=; Second Catholic church near Travnik bombed; Bildt calls for retrial of 3 Cro. policemen, says first trial a >complete mockery and a farce; UN, Cro. agree to coop. on returning 150,000 refs w/ 80,000 Croats returning to E. Sla., and 60,000 Serbs going back to w. Cro.; Yugo. sends Cro. draft treaty offerring E. Sla. Serbs dual citizenship once Cro. regains control over area; Bel. gives 500 files on missing persons whose remains were found in Vuk. to Zag. March 22 Serb policeman wounded by attacker in Kos., court charges 18 ethnic Albs. w/ terrorism March 23 Bos. Serbs agree to allow deployment of 200 unarmed UN police in Brcko although Plavsic says joint Serb-Mus. force is out of question March 24 Izet. calls on US to speed up equip-train program as only 20% of program implemented, calls for sending Mladic, Kara. to Hague while Silajdzic warns that US troop pullout will bring instability to BH March 25 Bos. Serb Int. Min. Dragan Kijac denies min. has sent police to fight in Zaire even though they are reported to be there; Pakistan says 140 Mus. Bos. army officers to train there in April; Tudj. in Belisce says Serbs will be guaranteed rts., protection if they accept citizenship, but is booed in Osijek when he repeats offer; Mon. pol. struggle continues as Milo Djukanovic ousted from vp position of governing Soc. Dem. Party (DPS) after critical remarks of Milo., now faces ouster as premier; Mac. premier Branko Crvenskovski survives no-confidence vote in parl. March 26 Izet., after meeting w/ Clinton says he received assurances that war crims. to be brought to justice, that >special forces= may be used; Head of UN group looking for missing persons resigns over lack of coop. from intl. community, Bel., Pale, and SFOR; UNHCR criticizes Bavaria for sending 44 Bos. back to their coun- try, says they are being treated like crims., Bav. blames it on Berlin; Serb family forced out their home in Knin by angry mob shortly after they had returned; Taxi drivers, truckers in Bel. protest for 7 hours over high income taxes, duties; Mac. debt reduction agreement signed w/ London Club of investors, reduces obliga- tion from $644 mil. to $228.7 mil. March 27 300 vets. of recent wars stage protest in Bel. for pensions, disability benefits; UN special envoy Eliz. Rehn urges Yugo. to reconsider proposed press law; Supreme Def. Coun. decides to continue mil. state of alert in Kos.; Plavsic reportedly under attack for rais- ing questions about war profiteering most likely by Krajisnik March 29 UN criticizes Bavaria for middle of night deportations of Bos. refs. March 30 VP of Dem. League of Kos. (LDK), Fehmi Agani, says Zajedno offer to make Kos. a region inadequate March 31 UN Sec. Coun. votes to send extra 186 police, 11 civ. personnel to Brcko; Hundreds of Serbs in Vukovar throw stones at HDZ politicians visiting area; Rijeka ct. finds 4 Bos. Mus. guilty of trying to assassinate Abdic in >96 April 2 SDS overrules Plavsic objections to new treaty on rels. w/ Bel. April 3 Socialist Party of Serbia says it won=t send del. to take part in US-sponsored roundtable between Serbs, Albs. in NY, says there are those who want to cut Serbia down to size of tiny Ottoman >Pashaluk of Bel.=; Draskovic in Wash. to also stay away; Tudj. calls opponents in elec. neo-communists working for a new Yugo. April 4 Joint Cro-Mus. patrols resume in Mos. after nearly 2 months; Albright meets w/ Zajedno leaders in Wash.; Cro. govt. announces plans to rapidly build 2,000 flats in Vuk. for returning Cro. refs. April 5 Catholic monastery at Kraljeva Sutjeska (c. Bos) hit by 3 rifle grenades April 6 Serbs in E. Sla. hold ref. demanding single Serbian administrative unit within region, Zag. declares it invalid April 7 Izet. to step up sec. for papal visit; Ger. continues to send home Bos. refs., Int. Min. says those who stayed in Bos. faced greater dangers than those who are returning, that they have a duty to re- build their country; UN human rts. envoy Rehn tells Cro. to do better job of protecting Serb rts.; Reuters reports that almost 3 mil. Serbs in Serbia cannot meet their own needs for food April 8 US State Dept. calls on Cro. Serbs to vote in upcoming elec. while local Serb assem. in Vuk. puts off decision on par- ticipation; Tudj. reopens Maslenica bridge near Zadar linking n. and s. Dal.; Mon. PM Djukanovic refuses orders from Bulatovic to fire 3 mins. who were criti- cal of Milo., says he not pres. determ- ines govt.; Zajedno leader Vesna Pesic tells Dras- kovic, Djindjic to stop feuding or opp. will suffer April 9 UN Sec. Coun. votes to suspend planned reduction of pk force in Mac. after Sec. Gen. Kofi Annan asks them to rescind pre- vious decision; Plavsic says rivals denying her air-time on Pale TV, calling for her resignation and that >this amounts to the destruction of the country=; comments seen as attack on Krajisnik who controls Pale TV Serb leaders in Vuk. tell other Serbs to vote in elec. after meeting w/ UN admin. Jacques Klein; Nor. offers 2-yr. residency permits to its 12,000 Bos. refs. if they agree to go home, Den. says it will give their 16,000 refs. $2,500 each to leave, and Swe. announces departure payments to 60,000 refs. to increase to $3,000 for adults, $2,000 for minors April 10 New US envoy to former Yugo. Robert Gelbard (replaces John Kornblum) arrives for 10-day visit, Albright says US expects greater efforts to implement Dayton Ac- cords; Kos. Lib. Army says it killed Alb. member of Milo=s Soc. Party of Serbia April 11 Radovan Stojicic, dep. Int. Min. and head of Milo=s sec. service (known as the Brute) shot in Bel. restaurant, police don't conduct manhunt for several hours (may have had info. on Milo's complicity in war-crimes) April 13 Pope John Paul II visits Sara., says Eur. did not act as a responsible witness to the war, meets w/ 3-man presidency; 50,000 at- tend mass in city stadium; plastic exp. found under bridge on parade route; Prel. elec. results have Cro. vote turnout at 54%, polls stay open 2nd day in E. Sla.; Kornblum and successor Robert Gelbard, meet w/ Ibrahim Rugova in Pristina, Kornblum calls for full restoration of Alb. rts. in pro- vince but rules out ind. support April 14 UN, US, and Serb reps. in Vuk. all call voting fair, but UN criticizes Cro. for not delivering enough ballots, voting list irregularities; Zajedno leaders say >crisis of confidence= now behind them, they will abide by coop. agreements; Bulatovic calls for emer. session of parl. in Mon. to look into State Sec. Service viols. of human rts. and citizen=s free- doms April 15 HDZ claims victory in Cro. elec. w/ 41 of 63 seats in upper house (previously had 37), also expects to have 24 of 50 seats on Zag. city coun. and be able to control that body; Izet. says he will do everything to pursue war crims., that >we will chase them to the end of the world=, but Krajisnik says calm is needed, insistence on catching war crims. will lead to new war; 3 sides agree to est. central bank, new currency to be called >convertible mark= pegged to Ger. mark on 1-1 basis; different designs for 2 sides of country w/out nat. symbols; Mon. parl. speaker Svetozar Marovic says only he can determine parl. agenda, that secret service has done nothing wrong; Bulatovic now wants to fire PM Djukanovic, Marovic April 16 OSCE says Cro. elec. largely free and fair but problems existed in E. Sla. even w/ 2nd day of voting, calls voting in rest of coun- try improvement over >95 but opp. still lacks access to media, secrecy at polling places not guaranteed; Mon. PM Djukanovic says at meeting of governing Dem. Soc. Party (DPS) that he will reorganize govt. within 60 days, but won't make changes on anyone=s orders; begins visit to Greece, receives pledges for $90 mil. from bankers; Slo. PM Janez Drnovsek says parl. to start ratification procedures for assoc. agree- ment w/ EU, calls for making changes which will allow foreigners to own property des- pite fears that Austrians, Italians will use this to buy up real estate April 17 Cro. govt. says HDZ winning 16 of E. Sla. 27 districts w/ remaining 11 probably going to Serbian Ind. Dem. Party (SSDS), vote in Vuk. evenly split; Bildt tells Kofi Annan that there should be only >essential business contacts= w/ Kraj. since he is still close to Kara., says there is to be no intl. aid for Serb-controlled Bosanski Samac or Foca, or Cro.-controlled Vitez due to war crims. openly taking part in local govt. there; Bildt dep. Michael Steiner says Bos. Serb trial of 7 Mus. in Zvornik a travesty of justice= that could lead to sanctions; All Slo. parties sign declaration supporting NATO membership April 19 Governing board of Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) nominates Draskovic for presidency; Party VP Ilija Radulovic resigns due to his recent criticism of Draskovic and wife; Milo. in Athens for visit; DPS in Mon. votes that reorg. of cabinet, sec. service be left to next session of parl., rejects Bul. demands for urgent action; Sara. residents able to make direct-dial telephone calls abroad for 1st time since conflict began; US Def. Sec. Cohen says US may be willing to keep 500 troops there as part of UN force April 21 Zajedno backs Draskovic for pres., former PM Panic says opp. should unite behind one candidate and that is Dras.; Reports that Milo. gets cold reception in Greece, deny they are siding with either him or Mon. of- ficials; Tudj. in Budapest, says Zag. will resist at- tempts to force it into closer coop. w/ for- mer Yugo. reps.; Tudj. also says Cro., Hung. refs. can return home as soon as E. Sla. re- turns to Cro. rule; Izet. says Bos. falling apart, Dayton Accords need to be enforced, says Serbs are to blame for not letting refs. return home April 22 UN's Klein calls E. Sla. elec. 'free and Fair' despite irregularities; Cro. ombuds- man says there have been viols. of Cro. Serbs= rts. to return home; Ct. in Zadar resumes trial in absentia of Yugo. army commander Momcilo Perisic, 18 others on charges of war crimes during fall >91; Cro. electoral comm. says HDZ was largest winner in Zag. city council elec. by half of a percentage point (HDZ to have 24 seats opp. coal. 23, Cro. Peasant=s Party 3); Pakrac council elec. to be repeated in 2 weeks Bos. Serb trial of Zvornik 7 ends w/ just 5 minutes given to def. lawyers to speak; Lawyers from Mus. areas were not allowed to represent defendants due to not being citizens of RS; Bildt rejects Izet. claim that intl. community is to blame for Bos. coming apart; Draskovic threatens more strikes if new elec. law is not passed by June 28 April 24 SDS, HDZ reps. meet in Pale to discuss ref. return, admin. of divided localities, both say Mus. hold too many dip. posts; Bos. Serb ct. sentences 3 of Zvornik 7 to 21 yrs. in prison each, others to 1 year each; SFOR says Sara. open to intl. air traffic after 5 years, although SFOR to continue to control air space over BH; Cro. elec. results give HDZ 42 of 63 seats in upper house of parl., Cro. Social and Liberal party gets 11, remaining 10 go to other opps.; Zadar ct. sentences Gen. Perisic to 20 years in prison April 25 UN Sec. Coun. votes to urge Cro., Yugo. to respect dmz of Prevlaka peninsula, refrain from provocative actions as Cro. has moved heavy wea., special police into area; Bildt tells Bos. Croats, Serbs not to make own land deal without Mus. side; Serbs in Brcko attack Mus. in 2 separate incidents; Draskovic in Mos. says Bel., Sara. should normalize rels. April 28 Cro. sends Zlatko Aleksovski to Hague for war crimes trial for atrocities commited against Mus. in Lasva Valley in >93; US amb Galbraith says Rus. single largest arms supplier to Bos., Cro., says Wash. was correct in ignoring Iranian arms ship- ments since this prevented Zepa, others from becoming like Sreb.; Cro. Development Min. says it is not in Cro. int. to have Serbs concentrated in E. Sla. after area reverts to Cro. rule; Bildt says Mus. auth. in Tuzla prevented Orthodox Bishop Vasilj Kacavenda from at- tending Easter services over weekend, says this reinforces divisions in rep. April 29 EU for. mins. decide to restore Yugo=s commercial privileges, praise improvement in opp. access to media, but says future privileges subject to Bel. policy toward media, Kos., new elec. law; Former PM Panic says he has joined Zajedno, says Kos. problem >more or less solved= due to intl. opinion that Kos. remain part of Serbia; Dras. says he will call >all of Serbia= out to dem. unless govt. talks to opp. about elec. law April 30 Serbian police charge 5 Albs. w/ planning terrorist activities over May 1 holiday, say they all belong to UCK; Bildt tells UN Sec. Coun. it may be neces- sary to have>business contacts w/ Kara. who he calls >a force of evil and intrigue= but also >an elected rep. of BH