YUGOSLAV EVENTS CHRONOLOGY
	May-August, 2000


May 1 - US Def. Sec. Cohen, in Kos., warns ethnic Albanians against causing trouble in 
border area w/ Serbia, says US strengthening capabilities of stopping illegal arms flow; 
new force of 120 troops to operate in small teams along border to prevent provocations; 
House damaged in blast in Dragas; Approx. 4,000 workers, supporters of ind. trade union 
Nezavisnost (Independence), and Association of Ind. Trade Unions (ASNS) demonstrate in 
Belgrade, demand Milo. resign

May 2 - French pks fire at car, wound man who deliberately runs car into one of them 
at checkpoint in  Mitrovica; NATO, UNMIK, Father Sava form committee to help return Serb 
refs. to Kos.; KFOR denies reports that it is paying people around Djakovica for mines 
handed in to them; hand grenade thrown into garden of home in Mitrovica Nord; 4 small 
ethnic Alb. parties form coalition Alliance for the Future of Kos.  (AAK) under 
direction of former KLA commander Ramush Haradinaj, to work for Kos. ind., take a 
centrist liberal stance, and to run jointly in local elections; Draskovic's Serbian 
Renewal Movement to boycott Serbian and federal parls. over govt's failure to name 
suspects in attempt on his life in Oct.; Izet. says Ejup Ganic cannot remain as pres. 
of Mus.-Croat fed., must resign or parl. will have to vote on his position; RS Int. 
Min. reportedly has submitted documents to Hague on war crimes committed against 
Serbs in Sarajevo, other Mus-controlled areas in '92-'93; Opposition party, New 
Croat Initiative, says it will enter into local-level alliances only w/ other opp. 
parties

May 3 - UNHCR says it may leave Mitrovica if attacks on its personnel, vehicles continue; 
2000 Serbs hold peaceful demonstration in n. Mitrovica to demand return of all Serb 
refs. to homes in Kos.;  Serbian govt. fines Studio B TV $10,000 for reporting false 
news after it reports that 4 of Milo's son Marko's bodyguards beat up, arrest 3 opp. 
activists in Pozarevac, JUL statement says Marko does not have bodyguards; Draskovic's 
Serbian Renewal Movement loses its 4 seats in upper house of parl. after it boycotts 
Serbian parl.; Serbian parl. elects 9 members from Milo's Socialist Party, 9 from JUL, 
2 from Seselj's Serbian Radical party to upper house; Milo. allies now hold 2/3rds 
majority in both chambers making it capable of amending constitution;
EU proposes to raid funds from EU farm budget, aid to ex-Soviet republics to pay 
for rebuilding the Balkans (estimated $4.91 bil., originally $1.8 bil.); 89 Muslim 
students attend classes in the same school building as Croatian children in Stolac 
for the first time, both to attend separate classes, follow separate curricula;
UN forensic experts discover bones of at least 10 buried in mass grave in Obradovic 
Varos (near Gospic), possibly killed by Croatian forces;
Slovenian parl. elects (46-44) center-right Andrej Bajuk, 56, prime minister

May 4 - 2,000 Serbs demonstrate outside Mitrovica prison to call for early trial of 
others in prison; Tito's widow, Jovanka, others mark 20th anniv. of his death in Bel.;

Yugo. army issues warning to opp. that it will not permit Athreats against Milo. 
after Voj. Soc. Dem. leader Nenad Canak calls for him to arrested and tried; Yugo. 
Dep. PM Nikola Sainovic calls Otpor (Resistance) student movement a fascist 
formation; Govt. fines Studio B TV another $6,000, station director says they 
will not pay fines, or show up in court; US calls Marko Milosevic one of richest, 
most violent members of Serbian Mafia after beatings of 3 opp. activists, says this 
incident exemplifies the bandit nature of the Milo. regime; Petritsch tells NATO 
ambassadors they should not cut number of pks in Bos. as their jobs may yet be 
resistance to reforms he is trying to implement esp. ending corruption; Ganic 
says he won't resign;

May 7 - Zagreb municipal elections give 15 seats on city council to PM Racan's Social 
Dems. (21% of vote), Mesic's People's Party 9 seats (19%), Budisa's Social Liberals 
15 seats (15%), Liberal Party 6 seats, HDZ 5, Democratic Center 3, and far-right 
candidates only 2 seats; turnout 34%;

May 8 - Ekrem Rexha, former UCK leader known as Commander Drini shot and killed by  
unknown assailants in Prizren 3 ind. journalists, 2 members of Otpor arrested in 
Pozarevac (Milo's home town) prior to planned demonstration to protest beating of 
Otpor activists at hands of Milo's son's group; EU FMs meet in Brussels, agree to 
$18 mil. in support for Mon. state budget Petritsch says lack of protests against 
arrests of Krajisnik makes him confident that more war crimes suspects will be 
arrested in next several months, says Ahigh profile seizures definitely need to 
be seen; Mesic presides over ceremony commemorating victory over fascism (Tudj. 
never attended ceremony)

May 9 - UNMIK announces that intl. judges will be put in charge of local courts 
presiding over Serb, Alb. magistrates (only 1 in place so far, in Mitrovica) in Kos. 
to hear cases regarding war crimes (40 Serbs are being held, but only 13 have been 
indicted; all must be either tried or released within 1 year according to UNMIK rules; 
only 5 have been indicted by Hague so far); Grenade thrown into Serb-owned shop in 
Cernica (MNB-E) wounding 6; US units reinforced around Klokot after elderly Serb 
killed on May 6, Serbs remove roadblock set up in morning after KFOR orders them to;
Police in Pozarevac prevent opp. cars from bringing demonstrators into town, also arrest 
opp. leader Nenad Canak of League of Social Dems. in Vojvodina; leaders of opp. cancel demo.;
Klein calls for Bos. to be admitted early to Council of Europe or Ait will always live 
under shadows of partition; Petritsch says control of eco. little changed since 
communist time, major industries largely run by nationalist parties Croatian police 
arrest 7 right-wingers at anti-fascist demonstration in Zag.; PM Racan says in 
Brussels that Croatian troops to join pks in Kos., says Croatia to apply for full 
NATO membership as soon as it is accepted into Partnership for Peace;
Slovenian Euro. Affairs Min. Igor Bavcar says Slovenia to continue path toward EU 
admission

May 10 - Serb crowds of 200 and 300 3 km. east of Vitina attack US pks guarding house, 
Orthodox church, throw stones, issue threats, 1 soldier injured; KFOR seizes weapons 
including 20 rocket-propelled grenades, 7 RPG launchers, 60,000 rounds of rifle ammo., 
others near Glogovac (MNB Centre); Kouchner says Kos. Transitional Council meeting 
issued historic statement in condemning crimes committed against other ethnic groups 
and calling for everyone to avoid violence; council also calls for release of 1,200 
ethnic Albanians held in Serb jails; 2,000 ethnic Albanians protest in Istog against 
return of Serb refs. to Kos., say Serbs not welcome until all ethnic Albanians freed 
from Serb jails, other conditions met; Italian Lt. Gen. Carlo Cabigiosu named as next 
commander of KFOR, effective in Oct. 2000 after Gen. Ortuno steps down;
10,000 opp. members protest in Kragujevac, 2,000 in Cacak over govt. efforts to stop 
Pozarevac protest; Several opp. parties, Otpor say they have agreed to form crisis 
committee, use same resources, organize protests; also announce that former Yugo. Pres. 
and nationalist leader Dobrica Cosic has joined the movement;
Army command in Mon. calls on govt. to react to report in London paper that Mon. 
govt. has trained elite unit of snipers to liquidate army officers; Socialist People's 
Party files legal suit against PM Vujanovic, 2 cabinet ministers for abuse of office;
Educ. ministers from RS, Croatian-Muslim fed. sign agreement providing for unified 
educ. policy throughout country, texts to teach common heritage for all Bosnians 
and use both Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, and all sides to be allowed to develop 
their cultural and historic heritages (program worked out under direction of 
Petritsch's office, Council of Europe); Croatian PM Racan, NATO's Robertson announce 
Croatia to join Partnership for Peace in May, Racan says joining PfP will enhance 
chances of getting foreign investments; 5,000 war veterans demonstrate in Split 
against govt. plans to coop. w/ Hague

May 11 - Tens of thousands attend funeral in Prizren of slain UCK commander Ekrem Rexha; 
Thaci comments that an Aind. Kos. is important for the stability of the Balkans but that 
Ind. will come once the Kosovars have decided on it and we have convinced the world, says 
priorities are peace in Kos. and free local elections, calls on Kosovar Serbs to register 
for elections or they will not have voice in Kosova's future; Dem. Party says opp. to 
hold series of rallies including 1 in Pozarevac, Dep. PM Nikola Sainovic says May 9 
rally wasn't blocked, but police were trying to protect citizens' safety; Otpor activist 
Dejan Veljovic beaten up by 2 unknown attackers in Bel.; Govt. bans mobile phones, 
pagers in govt. buildings to protect official secrets against Aforeign spies and their 
local agents; Mon. Justice Min. Dragan Soc says govt. reserves right to protect itself, 
may increase size of police force if it feels it to be necessary, denies there is elite 
force of snipers as claimed by army; Crowd of 150 Serbs stone buses of Muslim women 
who try to visit former homes in Bratunac, Bos., 22 arrested; Bosnian International 
Advisory Group (IAG) reports that they have Amade significant progress in dismantling 
old socialist system of payments, payment bureaus in both RS, and Muslim-Croat Fed. to 
have functions transferred to other bodies, and then shut down; Croatia's Mesic calls 
Milo. a criminal, says he may be overthrown, could wind up being hanged;
Parl. approves bills to guarantee minority rights according to Euro. standards, 
vote to restore earlier law which guaranteed proportional rep. to minorities making 
up more than 8% of pop.

May 12 - Petritsch's office amends privatization law so as to protect investors in 
disputed ownership cases, OHR office says creation of a business-friendly environment 
is of utmost importance and Aonly if Bos. is successful in attracting investors will 
it experience eco. recovery and growth

May 13 - Head of Vojvodina provincial govt. and of local branch of Socialist Party, 
Milivoje Gutovic killed by sec. guard in Novi Sad, police claim killer was Otpor 
activist and member of Serbian Renewal Movement; Opp. leaders say demonstration 
planned for Bel. on May 15 will still go ahead; Croatian govt. announces 100-day 
program to promote growth, create jobs; parl. annuls legislation providing govt. 
bail-outs for failing banks; Milan Bandic (Social Dems.) chosen by electoral 
coalition to be new mayor of Zagreb, Filip Borac (Social Liberals) to head city 
council, and Square of Croatian Heroes to be renamed old name Square of Victims of Fascism

May 14 - Yugo. journalists visit Orahovac, stopped by Ger. KFOR soldiers who find 
that 3 of them have expired KFOR press cards and deny them entry to area; journalists 
then attempt to gain access without escort but are not arrested;
Draskovic speaks at rally in Ravna Gora in honor of Draza Mihajlovic, says his SPO will 
use all possible means to carry out its Aholy patriotic duty against Milo.

May 15 - 1st war crimes trial held in Kos. of Serb Milos Jokic, accused of heading 
paramilitary unit; 500 Serbs protest for an hour in front of prison in MNB-N to 
support hunger strikers; 500 Albanians conduct quiet commemoration in Varga (MNB-N), 
100 gather peacefully in MNB-W, no incidents; US pks find 2 anti-personnel mines near 
Albanian school in MNB-E; Police detains several opp. activists in morning, but 25,000 
rally in support of Otpor in Belgrade, Draskovic calls auth. Aterrorists and murderers 
for crackdown on Otpor while Djindjic calls on army, police to stop obeying Milo. and 
save the people painlessly; Yugo. Info. Min. calls Otpor Aunregistered fascist org.; 
Yugo. DM and indicted war criminal Dragoljub Ojdanic in Mos., del Ponte's office says 
she is alarmed over first trip by top indicted leaders outside Yugo. since May; Govt. 
says it is beginning program to build 100,000 new apartments throughout Yugo. for young 
couples, mil. personnel, and police; EU to provide $50 mil. to Djukanovic govt. as 
support for a govt. that believes in elections; US says it has indefinitely suspended 
aid to Bos. Croat military due to its failure to speed up integration into joint Mus-
Croat army, also suspends IMET funding for training Bos. Croat members of Mus.-Croat 
mil. set to begin on or after May 12;

May 16 - Shots fired at Serb convoy in Carevcil; Fire set in unoccupied house in Serb 
sector of Mitrovica, another in Serb house in Stimlje (MNB-C); 22 temporarily detained 
for curfew viols. in Prizren; Serb police arrest 8 member group, charge them w/ 
kidnapping indicted war criminal Bos. Serb Dragan Nikolic, handing him over to SFOR 
last month, police allege they were working for for. intelligence services and been 
paid $45,720; Western reps. headed by US Balkans envoy Richard Sclar urge Bos. 
collective pres. to get over ethnic differences, create single eco. space and this 
should be begun w/ revitalization of electric industry; also praise progress made 
in some areas of Mus.-Croat federation, and RS, but say much needs to be done; Bos., 
China sign preferential trade agreement to boost trade, eco. coop. (trade turnover 
est. at $20 mil.)

May 17 - 1,000 in Prizren cheer victory of Turkish soccer team, no incidents reported;
Hundreds of police take over offices of ind. Studio B TV, Radio B2-92, ABlic, Radio 
Index in middle of night, lock out employees; Govt. says in decree that Studio B had 
frequently called for the toppling of the constitutional order and rebellion against 
a legally elected govt.; opp. leader Vladan Batic says Athis indicates an introduction 
of a civil war; Armored police vehicles, dozens of riot police armed w/ auto. weapons, 
take up positions in parks, near govt. buildings as 30,000 show up to protest govt. 
actions, dozens injured in fighting w/ police; Mon. Pres. Djukanovic says of June 
local elections Awe will come to terms w/ the Yugo. Army so there will be no 
massive mobilization that could affect the outcome of the elections Bos. presidency 
fails to agree on new PM after Izet. withdraws support for Serb Tihomir Gligoric due 
to West refusing to work w/ Gligoric, Radisic continues to insist that a Serb hold 
post; Dnevni avaz reports that displaced persons on both sides of dividing line have 
been selling their old homes and abandoning claims to returning

May 18 - Estimated 5,000 show up for rally in Bel. against govt., police use tear gas, 
beatings to break up protest, several injured; another 10,000 protest in Novi Sad, 
4,000 more in Kragujevac; Seselj says Athe state has waited too long to face the evil 
and we won't allow American agents to come to power; NATO Sec.-Gen. Robertson comments 
that it may well be that he (Milo.) is coming to the end of his regime; Holy Synod of 
Serbian Orthodox Church calls for Aimmediately stop the violent shutting down of non-
state media centers and that all pol. orgs. and citizens Arefrain from all kinds of viol. 
and appeals for a civil war; Greek govt. calls take-overs Aclearly anti-democratic 
actions which emphasize the serious dem. deficit in Serbia, Rus. Foreign Ministry 
expresses concern that situation in Bel. could deteriorate; Former Milo. ally Ivan 
Stambolic says Serbia now a power vacuum, that Milo. no longer has it under control 
and only solution is to hold elections; UNHCR report contends local Bosnian police, 1 
SFOR soldier involved in prostitution, says authorities going after victims instead of 
those responsible for problem; 5 Croatian military police arrested, discharged for damaging 
anti-fascist WWII monument in Serbian village of Veljun (in Kordun area), Racan says dem. 
Croatia condemns this barbaric act; parl . debates plan to give financial aid to Serbs who 
had their homes damaged in war, but HDZ says this would Agive reparations to those who 
destroyed Croatia; 40,000 in Skopje demonstration against govt., former PM Branko 
Crvenkovski calls for govt. to resign

May 19 - US pks seize rifles, explosives, hand grenades, rocket launcher in search in 
village of Uglijare (primarily ethnic Alb.), arrest 55,000 protest in Bel. against 
govt. take-over of ind. media; Milo. says he will defend Serbia against all enemies, 
Gen. Branko Djuric, head of Bel. police, says they will intervene every time that 
public order and peace are threatened; Draskovic's SPO, Milo's Socialists town council 
deps. in Valjevo jointly pass motion calling for local elections, but Alliance for 
Change deps. walk out after motion calling for end to pol. viol. fails
OSCE's Provisional Election Commission sets Bos. election date for Nov. 11

May 20 - Party for the Democratic Progress of Kos. begins 3-day congress in Pristina;

1,000 turn out in Bel. for protests against govt. seizure of ind. media, no violence; 
B-92 reports that about 40 who were arrested given sentences of between 20-30 days, 
Beta reports that 34 Otpor members, 8 opp. party supporters arrested in several towns, 
questioned, and most released; Mon. FM Branko Lukovac says in Italy that Mon. can't wait 
forever and will have to go it alone if opp. doesn't get rid of Milo.

May 21 - KFOR commander Gen. Ortuno congratulates Thaci for being confirmed head of 
Democratic Party of Kosova (PDK) at congress over weekend, says he is pleased at 
themes of tolerance, dem. development at conference; 60 Serbs from Mitrovica gather 
in front of bar to protest arrest of those who attacked KFOR soldier; 41 non-Albanian 
prisoners in Mitrovica end hunger strike for quick trial; Yugo. For. Min. sends letter 
to EU protesting Acontinuing pressure aimed at destabilizing Yugo., demands immediate 
lifting of sanctions, says excluding Mon. from them Ais a direct attack on Yugo.; Nis 
court sentences 143 ethnic Albanians from Gjakova area to terms of up to 13 years for 
terrorism due to attacks on Serb forces in '99

May 22 - Grenade thrown at Alb. home in Kosovo Polje, wounds 1; UNHCR says 150,000 
Serbs, Roma, non-Albanians fled Kos. in '99; Serbian opp. calls for rally  for 
May 27; Bel. ct. sentences 31 to prison terms of 25-30 days for participation in 
recent rallies; 500 turn up for protest in Bel., 5,000 in Cacak where Djindjic speaks; 
50 members of Serbian Academy of Sciences, others attend meeting organized by Otpor 
to sign founding charter to be presented to Justice Ministry for formal registration, 
hecklers attend meeting, call members Afascists and Atraitors; OSCE says Yugo. Info. 
Min. Goran Matic has accused them of being Aaccomplice in a crime and helping 
terrorists; Military ct. in Nis orders rearrest of journalist Miroslav Filipovic 
for espionage; EU FMs agree to $10 mil. aid package for Mon.; Bos. Serb and naturalized 
Canadian citizen, Nicholas Ribich, charged in Canadian court w/ kidnapping Can. UN 
pk in '95, using him as human shield; Convicted war criminal Drazen Erdemovic 
testifies in Hague against former Bos. Serb commander Gen. Radislav Krstic; EU 
says at beginning of review of Dayton Accords, that Bos. leaders had not met 
obligations under agreement and no genuine market eco. exists, EU calls for 
faster eco. reforms, rapid return of refs., est. of strong/ind. judiciary, 
development of effective and dem. state institutions; Silajdzic calls on Petritsch 
to annul priv. model as it reinforces ethnic divisions in BiH; Joint presidency 
approves Spasoje Tusevljak as next PM

May 23 - Thaci tells Dem. Party of Kos. convention ind. remains his and party's goal; 
61-member steering committee elected; Rus. KFOR troops stop car carrying former UCK 
commander Ramush Hajradinaj near Lozica checkpoint, find expired auth. card, 2 weapons; 
Hajradinaj tries to take soldier's weapon and is slightly injured in struggle;
Several dozen students of Bel. Univ. beaten by masked men after beginning 4-day sit-in 
against Milo.; Opp. mayors Goran Bulajic of Sombor, Paja Francuski of Kikinda, Vladimir 
Domazet of Nis in Vienna to appeal for intl. community help;

Petritsch dismisses Stiepo Andrijic, head of mgnt. board of Bos. Fed. Priv. 
Agency for seriously and persistently obstructing priv., delaying adoption of 
laws regulating work of tender bureau; Private group, Privatization Monitoring 
Commission, says priv. process in Bos. has failed, Bos. is heading down same path 
that failed in Rus. and the Czech Republic, and Aa radical approach is warranted;
Slovenian leg. votes 45-45 for govt. but fails by 1 vote, EU criticizes and says 
stalemate has cost time for Slovenia in approving legislation to bring laws into line w/ EU

May 24 - 2 Rus. pks injured in 2 incidents when anti-tank rockets hit Rus. camp near 
Kijeva, KFOR says attacks reaction to previous day's incident w/ Hajradinaj; NATO's 
Robertson says alliance having difficulty keeping minimum number of troops in Kos. 
now that several countries have withdrawn their troops; Alb. Pres. Rexhep Meidani 
visits Kos.; UNHCR says large for. presence in Kos. has caused growth of sex industry, 
prostitution involving E. European women; Serbian TV says AAlbanian terrorists have 
fired mortars at police checkpoint near Bujanovac in Presovo area, shells coming from 
ethnic Alb. village of Dobrosin in DMZ along border, claim that US Apache helicopters 
flew over before shelling started; Yugo. Justice Min. Petar Jojic sends letter to 
del Ponte who he calls a Awhore, says Hague is illegal and designed to persecute 
Serbs; Milo. reported to have been highly critical of Mon. SNP leader Predrag Bulatovic 
for not organizing mass protests in Podgorica against Djukanovic; Peace Implementation 
Council recommends that Bos. do more to encourage return of refs., dps, accelerate eco. 
reforms, build stronger state institutions, Petritsch says Awe can only assist.  
The bulk of the work needs to be done by the people themselves there; Bos. Fed. Priv.
Agency dep. head Nedim Lulo says despite criticism from intl. community speeding up 
process best way to sell state assets in Mus.-Croat Fed.; Serb rep. on joint pres., 
Zivko Radisic, says Yugo. should have been represented at meeting of PIC, says he 
fully supports Russian decision to boycott PIC conf.; Petritsch says Balkan 
leaders doing lousy job, and that he will use all his powers to help Bos. return 
to normalcy, that EU leaders impatient for this to happen, warns that other countries 
will put pressure on their politicians to stop support for Bos. unless change occurs; 
SDA expels Ejup Ganic from party after he refuses to step down as Pres. of Mus.-Croat 
Fed. due to no-confidence vote in him; Croatia joins NATO's Partnership for Peace, 
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council; del Ponte visits Zagreb to urge more cooperation 
w/ Hague; PM Ivica Racan says Sec. Coun. to put Croatian Intelligence Service under 
civilian control of former police inspector Damir Loncaric and that this means it 
will be effectively dissolved but Mesic says it will be reorganized; police enter 
its offices to prevent files from being tampered with; Karlovac DA indicts 2 of 5 
soldiers for defacing WWII monument in Serb village of Veljun (Kordun area)

May 25 - Serb sentenced to 6 months in intl. ct. trial in Mitrovica for setting fire 
to abandoned Albanian house in '99, judge releases him for time served (10 months);
US army spokesman says there has been sporadic gunfire, mortar fire in Presovo Valley 
as members of UCPMB fight w/ Serb security forces, KFOR reports that 78 vehicles 
carrying ethnic Albanians cross boundary from southern Serbia into Kos., refs. 
claim that Yugo. police had come into town of Konculj in GSZ, ordered them to 
leave their homes; Serbian Educ. Min. closes all universities 1 week early, orders 
there to be no more demonstrations; 2,000 attend rally in Belgrade for 9 straight day, 
2,000 more march in Nis to police station to protest moves against Otpor; Clinton 
extends for another 6 months American sanctions against Serbia; Croatian Pres. 
Mesic says intelligence services to be reorganized, staffs reduced, managers 
appted. based on qualifications

May 26 - KFOR pks fired on by assailants w/ automatic weapons n. of Malesevo;
Yugo. 2nd Army holds mil. exercises at Podgorica airport, Tanjug says they were 
conducted by anti-terrorist unit as part of regular army activities;

May 27 - Kouchner says Milo. Acontinuing his efforts at destabilizing Kos.; Thaci, 
Mac. PM Georgievski say they may open representative offices in each other's capitals;
Otpor sends proposal to leaders of opp. parties to draw up Astrategy of nat. def. 
against violence and repression, call for strategy meeting on June 1 of all cities 
and communities; Otpor rally of 15,000 in Belgrade told by student leaders that too 
much time has been wasted on Asenseless meetings Head of 2nd Army in Mon., Gen. 
Milorad Obradovic, says military preparedness to be heightened by shutting down 
airports built without Bel. approval, arresting those who urge others not to coop. 
w/ mil.; Mon. VP Dragisa Burzan and delegation at meeting on Kos. in Pristina hurry 
home without explanation; Bos. Party of Dem. Action elects Edhem Bicakcic, Sulejman 
Tihic as VPs to replace Ganic, Halid Genjac

May 28 - 2 men, 1 child killed, 2 wounded in drive-by shooting in Cernica; 2 grenades 
thrown into Serb home in Obilic, no injuries; 1,000 Kosovars rally in Pristina center 
in support of ethnic Albanians held in Serb jails; KFOR says unscheduled ceremony to 
honor UCK dead from war held in Gornji Radis, 120 attend Predrag Bulatovic of SNP in 
Mon. says Milo. has accepted invitation to visit Mon., says visit will create problems 
for Djukanovic as he will have to back up his promise to arrest war criminals;
Bos. Serb PM Dodik visits WCT in Hague, holds talks w/ tribunal Pres. Claude Jorda, 
says we talked about the need to strengthen the auth. of the ct. in the former Yugo., 
and that ct. needs to assert its ind. to show it is not a political tribunal

May 29 - Almost all 600 Serbs of Cernica turn out for funeral of previous day's 
killing victims; 150 Kosovo Serbs rally in N. Mitrovica, march to western bridge 
to protest killing of 3 Serbs in Cernica, Albanian family door shot at, family 
requests to be escorted to southern part of city; suspect arrested in crime; Serb 
leader Trajkovic says it is time for Serbs to reconsider participation in interim 
admin. council; 100 Kos. Serbs hold protest in village of Stanisor to against 
moving of Alb. man into town; Draskovic, Djindjic, Kostunica meet w/ officials of 
Balkan dept. of Rus. For. Min. in Moscow, but FM Ivanov says he is too busy to see 
them; Otpor spokesman says police arrested 4 activists in Nis, 8 in Subotica; Batic 
of Alliance for Change opp. says they may have to Aregroup if rallies continue to be 
ineffective, unable to agree on platform; Mon. PM Vujanovic meets w/ members of Otpor;

Bos. govt. commission on missing persons says experts have found remains of 80 people 
in forest between Srebrenica and Bratunac; Bos. Serb police report they have found 
bodies of 4 Iranians in Sava River, unexpected number of Iranians may be hiding in 
RS, say they are trying to reach Croatia and Italy

May 30 - KFOR reports suspect arrested in drive-by shooting earlier in week; KFOR 
reports machine gun, 2 machine pistols, 1 anti-tank weapon fired against KFOR 
checkpoint near Ostrozup, KFOR soldiers fire back; KFOR orders weapons searches 
throughout province; Grenade thrown into Serb house in Obilic, no injuries; 250 
teenagers gather in Vitina to protest detention of 2 Alb. high school students 
being held in connection w/ May 7 shooting of 4 Serbs; Draskovic says in Mos. that 
Rus. govt. backs his calls for early elections; Mon. PM Vujanovic says no one in 
Yugo., Mon., or the intl. community could seriously expect Mon. auth. to arrest Milo. 
and extradite him to the Hague, but says he hopes Milo. won't visit Mon.; Djukanovic 
aide Miodrag Vukovic says Milo. should not expect to be officially welcomed as pres.;
Bos. Serb commission for missing persons begins searching for bodies of Serbs allegedly 
killed, thrown down Kazani crevice on Trebevic mt. near Sara. by Mus. forces lead by 
Musan ACaco Topalovic in '92-'93; Jasmin Odobasic of Mus.-Croat Fed. commission for 
missing persons says more than 20 bodies were exhumed by govt. investigators in '93, 
later reburied near Kosevo stadium; Croatian Pres. Mesic tells parl. that country's 
isolation is Aa thing of the past, that Croatia now fully supports Hague, all 
activities of intl. community in keeping peace in the Balkans; 2,000 right-wing 
veterans of war rally in Vukovar, demand general amnesty for all vets from war 
from war crimes charges

May 31 - Crowd of Serbs surround Nor. KFOR vehicle investigating drive-by shooting 
in village of Babin Most, set it on fire; NATO's Robertson meets w/ Gen. Agim Ceku 
says he supports efforts of Kos. Protection Corps to promote peace, reconciliation;
Bel. Univ. students call off protests after only 10 show up; Serbia frees 23 ethnic 
Albanians from prisons, turns them over to Red Cross; Djindjic condemns Rus. actions 
in supporting Milo., says Aafter Milo's inevitable exit, Serbs won't forget that 
Moscow...had prolonged the regime's agony; Perisic calls Rus. treatment of opp. 
a slap in the face; Police arrest 4 Draskovic bodyguards at airport for carrying guns, 
he claims police did this to leave him unprotected so someone could kill him;
Goran Zugic, sec. advisor to Mon. Pres. Djukanovic, shot and killed in Podgorica 
(1st killing of major figure in Mon.); Bos. Serb officials claim that several 
unidentified men denied entry to building where Plavsic lives in attempt to have 
her arrested; effort may have been tipped off resulting in stronger than usual 
police presence in building; NATO denies that there had been incident involving SFOR;
Zagreb city council elects Franjo Zenko from Social Liberals as pres., Milan 
Bandic of Social Dems. as mayor

June 1 - Elderly Serb woman killed, 3 Serb men wounded in drive-by shooting near 
Kllokot, Kos.; 2 Serb men killed, 1 woman, 2 children injured when their car hits 
landmine near ethnic Alb. village near Pristina, 100 Serbs gather near area later, 
KFOR seals off area, says mine had been planted recently and this was 3rd incident 
in area; Yugo. Dep. PM Sainovic says Serbian govt. has taken control of Bel. public 
transport system as city govt. has proven it can't run it, city council (dominated by 
SPS) says move is Aillegal and effort to punish opp.; Serb officials enter transport 
dept. hq w/ dozen policemen to hold talks on transfer of auth.; private bus drivers 
in capital end strike saying it Ahad become senseless because nobody talked to us; 2 
Draskovic guards arrested day before receive 45-day jail sentences for carrying illegal 
firearms at Bel. airport; Mon. Pres. Djukanovic calls killing of aide political; 
Yugo. PM Bulatovic says  that fed. govt., Serbian auth., and army do not object to 
holding of ind. ref. and that Dju. has not held it yet since he does not have support

June 2 - 20 Otpor members detained in Smederevska Palanka; police in Ivanjica 
(s. Serbia) detain 11-year boy for waving Otpor flag in public, question his father;
OSCE introduces new rules for Bos. general elections, rules incorporate provisions of 
draft law designed by group of local/intl. experts but rejected by parl.; More guards 
detailed at Plavsic apt. building, Plavsic says NATO has not apologized to her, but 
SFOR says armed men there to speak w/ Bos. Serb politician Mladen Ivanic who has 
offices in same building; SFOR arrests 2 Herze. Croats in Stolac for attacking SFOR 
troops trying to protect Mus. returnees in Dec. '98, still looking for 7 other Croats; 
Crowd of Serbs in Kotorsko attacks 54 Muslims trying to visit their old homes, burn 
building materials Muslims were going to use for homes; Croatian parl. approves 
funds for reconstruction of homes, property belonging to Serbs and Croats, HDZ 
opposes plan

June 3 - KFOR, UNMIK police occupy Pristina offices of ADita newspaper after Koucnher 
orders it closed for publishing article claiming that murdered Serbian UN aid worker 
Petar Topoljski committed atrocities in war, publisher Behlul Beqaj says they have 
moral, professional, and national responsibility to present evidence against criminals;
Yugo. govt. protests visit to Kos. by Mac. PM Georgievski who held talks w/ Thaci, Mac. 
govt. rejects it; Bel. office of JUL ransacked, party blames it on opp.; Pozarevac ct. 
says opp. supporters Momcilo Veljkovic, Radojko Lukovic must stay in detention for 
another month for fight w/ Milo's son's bodyguards, ct. says freeing them would upset 
the public; Djukanovic meets in Berlin w/ Albright who expresses concern at situation 
in country, Bulatovic claims that Mon. govt. are acting under direct orders from NATO;
Plavsic says she will form new party after Serb National Alliance votes no-confidence 
in her due to party's poor showing in April elections; State Commission for Missing 
Persons says it has recovered 45 bodies of Muslims killed near Foca and in center of 
town in '92; 80 Muslim familes return to village of Suceska near Srebrenica

June 4 - Father Sava says Serbian Nat. Coun. has suspended its participation in 
transitional advisory council, says it will consider rejoining after mission returns 
from UN Sec. Coun. meeting, says intl. community's entire strategy has to be changed 
in response to recent killings of Serbs; Several hundred Serbs gather in Gracanica to 
commemorate Serbs killed over past year; Small arms fire heard near Cernica, 
additional KFOR patrols set up as result

June 5 - KFOR conducts joint sec. operation near Serb enclaves of Grace, Virace; 
Dem. against recent killings held by 200 Serbs on s. road out of Pristina between 
Preoce, Laplje Selo, ends peacefully; Kouchner's office preparing emergency press 
law for Kos. to prevent publication of stories which could be harmful to lives of 
individuals; Yugo. head of refugee affairs, UNHCR jointly  call on Croatian Serbs 
to register to return home (only 10,700 of 350,000 have returned so far)

June 6 - 2 grenades thrown at Serbs waiting for bus in Gracanica wounding 3, crowd of 
Serbs begin beating Albanian motorists, 6 cars set on fire; 60mm mortar attack sw. of 
village of Gorazdevac wounding Serb woman, 4th attack in last month involving mortar, 
Ita. pks later stop car carrying 60mm mortar, grenades, machine guns, 30 cal. gun; 
small crowd of Serbs block road in Gorazdevac, occupy school and request dialogue w/ 
local commander; Oliver Ivanovic says Serbs to block roads for 2 hours each day until 
June 12 (date of Sec. Coun. meeting on Kos.) to protest growing violence, Shots fired 
near Rus. pks; Bri. officer threatened by crowd of approx. 500 Serbs in Gracanica, shots 
fired and pks return fire and wound armed man, crowd then disperses; Mon. police arrest 
Aco Djukanovic, brother of pres., for assaulting w/ pistol Zoran Klajic of pro-ind. 
Liberal Alliance; Izet. announces he will step down from presidency at end of term in 
2002 due to ill-health, misunderstandings w/ intl. community, says "the international 
community is pushing things forward in Bosnia...but it is doing it at expense of the 
Moslem people; Bos. Mus.-Croat Fed. Priv. Agency approves list of 300 large companies 
to be privatized through tender sales including 86 companies proposed by intl. advisory 
group, 156 firms proposed by 10 cantonal priv. agencies, 62 companies that failed or 
were annulled by agency; Ger., Bos. sign agreement on eco. coop. worth 45.2 mil. 
Bosnian marka ($22.06 mil.), Ger. to give 18.1 mil. marka in direct financial 
assistance, rest to come from EU's Balkan Stability Pact programs, money to help 
develop private and finance sectors, tax and land registry reform; State Border 
Service begins operation, eventually to have 3,000 officers at 240 border crossings; 
US announces that it will increase financial support for ref. return to $67.2 mil. w/ 
$45 mil. going to rebuilding infrastructure, $12.2 mil. for rebuilding homes, 
$10 mil. for micro-credits and farm assistance; Mac. Dep. FM Nikola Dimitrov says 
govt. has submitted Averbal demarche to Yugo. due to border guards refusing admission 
to Mac. civilians w/ stamps in passports from UNMIK

June 7 - NATO rejects Amnesty Intl. report saying alliance committed war crimes in 
bombing civilian targets in Kos.; ICRC says 3,368 still missing after end of war in 
Kos. including 2,700 Albanians, 400 Serbs, 100 Roma, 150 from other groups; EU's 
Solana says the Serbian community in Kos. has been treated in a manner that cannot be 
tolerated, calls for EU coop. w/ civil society in Yugo.; Rus. Fed. Council votes to 
approve extending mandate of 3,600 troops in Kos. until Dec. 10; 2-hour gunfight 
occurs between ethnic Albanians, Serb police in Borovac, Serbia; Yugo. parl. speaker, 
Milomir Minic, in Mos. for talks w/ Rus. FM Igor Ivanov, says free trade agreement will 
be signed soon and union between Rus., Belarus, and Yugo. should be pushed forward;
Mon. ct. resumes 2-year delayed trial of Nebojsa Ranisavljevic on suspicion of having 
killed 20 mainly Mus. passengers from train in '93; Ljubisa AMauzer Savic, former 
head of Bos. Serb paramilitary force, the Panthers, and co-founder of Serb Democratic 
Party, assassinated in Bijeljina, possibly due to his criticisms of corruption; Sara. 
police arrest indicted (by Bos. ct.) war criminal and Bos. Serb Miroslav Pandurevic; 
Petritsch says he is deeply dissatisfied w/ appt. of Spasoje Tusevljak as new Bos. PM, 
says he was virtually unknown in BiH, calls process unprofessional; Mac. govt. says 
border guards will shoot without warning anyone trying to cross border illegally;
Slovene parl. votes 46-44 to approve new cabinet of PM Andrej Bujak until fall 
elections, cabinet first since ind. not led by former communists

June 8 - NATO DMs say after meeting in Brussels that they are concerned about 
the continued high levels of inter-ethnic tension and viol. in Kos. and in Presevo 
area of Serbia, say they support efforts by KFOR to strengthen control of boundaries; 
Both Thaci, Rugova condemn viol. against Serbs after US special envoy on Balkans 
James O'Brien speaks w/ them; UN's Annan also speaks out against viol., says it appears 
part of an orchestrated campaign; Albright justifies NATO intervention of '99 by saying 
it put end to Aimpossible situation of ethnic cleansing, says Ait is something I think 
we should all be very proud of; Gen. Clark defends US attack on Serb media center during 
war as necessary as ASerb media engine was feeding the war; NATO officials, Serbian 
govt. auth. meet in Kursumlija (sw. Serbia) to discuss recent border incidents; Offices 
of JUL in Bel. again attacked, party blames Alackeys of the West; Mon. PM Vujanovic says 
govt. will not give in to blackmail, and will hold ref. on ind. when we feel there is 
no point in talking any longer w/ Serbia

June 9 - Kouchner claims crime in Kos. reduced by 10 times, but admits murders, 
violence, arson, violence against Serbs persist; Forensic experts exhume 35 Muslims' 
bodies near Vlasenica (e. Bos., RS territory) in course of week; Cro. DM Jozo Rados 
says govt. to formally apply for full NATO membership in fall, govt. wants to assert 
civilian control over military; Racan's Social Dem. party condemns previous day's 
commemoration of Ustashe leader Jure Francetic in Slunj

June 10 - Mac. def. forces, unidentified gunmen exchange fire along border w/ Kos., 
Pres. Trajkovski orders army to Araise combat readiness

June 11 - 30,000 ethnic Albanians rally in Pristina on 1st anniv. of NATO arrival, 
300 members of Kos. Protection Corps parade at event; Adem Demaci jeered for commenting 
that Serbs living in Amiserable conditions and Aabandoned by Bel.;
Local elections in Mon.;

June 12 - 3,000 gather for PDK rally in Lipljan, 1 man arrested; 150 demonstrate 
peacefully in Stimlje; KFOR reports shots fired in air near Camp Malisevo, no 
injuries; parade in Urosevac attended by Gen. Ceku; Kouchner says of comments made 
by Jiri Dienstbier APlease, Mr. Dienstbier, shut up after making what Kouchner says 
are unsubstantiated comments about KFOR; Chinese parl. speaker Li Peng in Bel., 
says NATO intervention Aconstitutes a viol. of the purposes of the UN charter; Milo. 
presents him w/ Order of the Great Star of Yugo., both call for return of Serb forces 
to Kos.; SPO officials return from visit to China where they held talks w/ Chinese 
leaders; Petritsch issues decision amending Law on Courts and Court Services, and 
Law on Prosecutors of the RS to prevent RS Min. of Justice from being on RS High 
Judicial council and restricting influence of govt. over judiciary; RS Supreme Ct. 
now on equal org. footing w/ Fed. of BiH; Petritsch also extends review of RS 
judges from 12 to 18 months, all those considered unfit for office by High Judicial 
Council to be removed

June 13 - KFOR soldiers occupy town of Plementina, find stash of weapons, ammo.; 
3 men celebrating at café fire on NATO pks who return fire forcing men to flee; 
Pristina paper ADita publishes for first time since being banned, says it will 
continue to publish names of those guilty of war crimes; Kouchner tells former Alb. 
Pres. Sali Berisha that he cannot visit Kos. due to security concerns, police ordered 
to bar him if he tries to enter; Rugova's LKD says motives for this ban completely 
unknown since Alb. Pres. Rexhep Meidani had visited Kos. recently; Otpor spokesman 
says govt. has refused registration to group on grounds of it conducting illegal 
activities; Klein says goal of training 20,000 police in Bos. by 2002 being achieved, 
but says he needs additional foreign experts to finish job, says NATO must remain 
there as long as 3 ethnic groups maintains own armies

June 14 - Gas bomb thrown into Serb woman's truck in Obilic destroying her belongings; 
Grenade thrown at unoccupied Serb house; Peaceful celebration in Vitina area consisting 
of 20 vehicles w/ young ethnic Albanian males who wave US, Albanian flags; US delivers 
part of $2.5 mil. in aid (computers, telephones, etc.) to co-head of Kos. Judiciary 
Dept., in Lipljan to begin rebuilding of judicial system, Christopher Dell, chief of 
US mission, says Awe had to recreate the Kos. legal code, based on the pre-1989 system, 
says it was communist law but Awe had to start someplace and Aany truly offensive 
elements were stripped out in consultation w/ the Council of Europe;
Mil. ct. in Nis charges journalist Miroslav Filipovic w/ espionage and spreading false 
info.; 20 armed military police vehicles pass twice through Tuzi near Alb.-Mon. 
border, army claims that it had previously announced maneuvers; Yugo. dep. PM Danilo 
Vuksanovic blames Mon. electoral losses on ethnic Albanians, Muslims who voted for 
Djukanovic in Podgorica elections; heads of pro. Milo. coalition in Pod., Predrag 
Bulatovic, resigns after election loss, Svetozar Marovic (leader of pro-Djukanovic 
group in Herceg-Novi) also quits;
Croatian Int. Ministry issues arrest warrant for Josip Gucic, son Zvonimir on 
suspicion of embezzling $24 mil. in last several years; Govt. publishes names 
of several generals, reserve officers who were falsely classified as invalids to 
entitle them to pensions and privileges; Racan says govt. to submit bill to parl. 
on prohibiting propagation and use of fascist symbols;
Chinese leader Li Peng visits Slovenian parl., FM defends visit as reciprocal;

June 15 - Alil Dreshaj, senior member of LDK, assassinated in his home in Nabrdje by 2 
men wearing UCK badges; 2 Serb men killed, another wounded by mine their car hits outside 
of Lepina; 60 Albanian children and their teacher gather outside Decani monastery, shout 
at orthodox Serbs living there, Ital. pks ask them to leave; KFOR conducts weapons 
search in Drenica valley; Kos. Serb Ivanovic claims that Kouchner is trying to create 
conditions for ind. Kos.; Draskovic fired at, slightly wounded in home in Budva, Mon.; 
Mon. SNP branch rejects Bulatovic resignation of previous day; OSCE condemns attack on 
Sara. journalist Edin Avdic, says it is concerned about Astepped-up attacks on media 
reps. in Bos.; UNHCR condemns arson attacks on 3 Muslim houses in Srebrenica after 
they are set on fire over last 2 weeks; BL ct. rules Plavsic can retain legal right 
to use name Serbian National Alliance (SNS), invalids her loss of leadership position 
on June 3; BL police arrest 5 in connection bombing of journalist Zeljko Kopanja' 
car in Oct. '99; Democratic People's Union says it will nominate Fikret Abdic to 
replace Izet. on joint presidency 

June 16 - KFOR discovers 4 bunkers near Klecka (Drenica valley) w/ largest cache of 
weapons yet to be found including 6 large truckloads of explosives, estimated 
half-a-million rounds of ammo.; bunkers only 1 kilo. from summer house of Gen. Ceku;
Mon. Dep. PM Dragisa Burzan says that attempted assassination of Draskovic part of 
effort to destabilize Mon.; police arrest several in connection w/ attack, say they 
came from Serbia; top security official in Budva fired as result of attack; SNP says 
del Ponte not welcome in Mon. when she comes to Balkans

June 17 - Ceku denies that weapons found in Klecka were UCK's and that he had no 
knowledge of them; Draskovic says of assassination attempt that Serbia has become the 
Iraq of the Balkans, but says only member of opp. to express sympathy to him was Gen. 
Perisic; JUL spokesman blames Albright, Djukanovic, Aterrorists from Otpor for attack

June 18 - Kosovo Albanian man fires shots near Orthodox church in Istok, KFOR arrests him; 
Bri. pks find another cache of mortars, ammo. in s. Kos., extend search as a result; 
KFOR destroys bunkers found at Klecka; Djukanovic claims that Milo. is exporting 
terrorism to Mon. through attempted assassination of Draskovic; SNP of Mon. expresses 
regret over attack on Draskovic, denies that Bel. was behind it;

June 19 - Crowd of ethnic Albanians gather at illegal dedication of plaque to UCK 
soldiers, wave Alb. flags and throw stones at Rus. pks who are guarding entrance 
to Serb community, 1 pk wounded, warning shots fired in air
US State Dept. denies that it is looking for deal to get Milo. out of power, but NY 
Times reports that various proposals have been made informally by Yugo. authorities 
to US, Greece; Brcko police force prevents crowd of several hundred Serbian soccer 
fans shouting nationalist slogans from entering Muslim Brod district overnight, 14 
arrested; Sweden pledges approx. $21 mil. to help rebuild Bos. eco., aid return of 
refs.; Djukanovic says that Draskovic assassination attempt was directed from Bel.;
del Ponte cancels press conf. planned for evening in Skopje

June 20 - Explosions, shots fired in Pristina, Serb man and woman both wounded; shots 
fired in n., s. Mitrovica and Zvecan, explosions heard in s. Pec, bomb found in front 
of store; man captured trying to cross border from Alb. into Kos.; EU leaders say all 
former Yugo. republics are potential candidates for membership, but warns Kos. Albanian 
leaders against extremist violence; Chinese amb. to UN Shen Guofang lectures Hague 
tribunal pres. Claude Jorda that tribunal has become Aa political tool against Serb 
leadership, Rus. amb. Sergei Lavrov also says tribunal has taken an anti-Serb line, 
Jorda denies this and warns against Milo. being given sanctuary as this will damage the 
tribunal, says Milo. belongs before the tribunal; Mil. ct. in Yugo. takes title of gen. 
of the reserves away from Gen. Momcilo Perisic; Mon. police charge 6 in murder attempt 
on Draskovic including 2 held, Milan and Ivan Lovric; World Bank says it will provide 
$30 mil. to help Bos. overhaul labor market, attract for. investment; Bus route opened 
between halves of Mostar for first time since '93

June 21 - KFOR vehicles stoned by Serbs in n. Mitrovica while escorting UNMIK truck w/ 
water supplies driven by Kos. Alb.; UNMIK tries to arrest several, crowd attacks them, 
sets UNMIK police vehicle on fire; 300-400 Serbs march to AThree Towers area near bridges, 
KFOR closes off all access to bridges, road to Zvecan; crowd later sets more vehicles on 
fire at UNMIK police station, 2 Serbs shot, 1 intl. aid worker assaulted; 1,000 Kos. 
Albanians gather near Jasanica to honor UCK combatants, 5 appear in uniform; 2 Albanians 
shot, wounded in car in Pristina; Grenade explosion in Gnjilane wounds Kos. Serb 
woman in her home after Kos. Alb. man tried to purchase it; WCT spokesman Paul Risley 
says any country offering Milo. sanctuary will be subject to intl. sanctions and that 
the tribunal would never permit the removal of an indictment of any person indicted for 
crimes and for violations of intl. law; Carla del Ponte visit to Kos. criticized by Yugo. 
as infringement of its sovereignty; del Ponte comments that Hague investigating UCK, 5 
specific incidents and highest levels in chain of command in relation to incidents in 
'99, and investigating Milo. for wars in Croatia, Bos., says there may be further 
indictments against him; Djindjic says Draskovic has broken off all contacts w/ other 
opp. leaders over common election strategy; 2 Serbian policemen, 1 security guard 
injured in explosions in Bujanovac, Presevo, authorities blame Alb. terrorists; 
Dienstbier says from Bel. that Kos. undergoing Areverse ethnic-cleansing, calls on 
Serbian govt. not to treat opp. as Aenemies of the state or terrorists; Perisic says 
loss of rank not legal, ct. had no auth. to make this decision, but considers it a plus 
in Milo's Serbia; Mon. auth. postpone for 1 day hearing on 2 brothers held in Draskovic 
case; Civic Alliance leader Goran Svilanovic denies Yugo. govt. reports that 2 brothers 
had worked for him and Vesna Pesic as bodyguards, says it well known that neither ever 
had a bodyguard; UN Sec. Council votes 14-0 to extend Bosnian SFOR mandate until June 
19, 2001, Rus. abstains to protest Brussels intl. conf. on Bos. not inviting Yugo. 
govt. to attend; 1 injured by explosion in Travnik town hall toilet; Editors of 
Oslobodjenje, ADnevni avaz, ASlobodna Bosna, ADani issue joint statement protesting 
financial and other pressures of Mus. authorities on press; Euro. Parl. delegation to 
Bos. says Atime has come for the institutions of Bos.-Her. to take over the 
responsibility for the future of their own country and Aintl. assistance cannot be 
maintained forever and state must be consolidated; World Bank approves $15 mil. loan 
for pilot project of redeployment of former Bos. soldiers, to support them in finding 
employment, creating sustainable jobs, businesses

del Ponte thanks Croatian Pres. Mesic in Zag. for coop. w/ Hague, says she now has 
documents needed for investigations into war crimes committed during '95 offensive, 
later goes to Dubrovnik to look into '91 shelling of town by Serb forces;
Ital. KFOR convoy stoned between Skopje, Katlanovo

June 22 - 6 mortar shells fired at Serbian Orthodox monastery at Decani overnight, 
no injuries; KFOR confirms that weapons found in Klecka bunkers belonged to UCK during 
war; 3 hand grenades thrown at Roma house in Pec, no casualties; Hand grenade thrown 
near Serb house in village of Stimle; 103 ethnic Albanians flee Temovc e Vogel 
(s. Serbia) into Kos. in course of week fearing reprisals for murders of 2 elderly 
Serbs in village; Commander Bajram of group fighting in Presevo area claims that they 
have not conducted attacks on Serb property but are using clandestine routes in and out 
of Kos.; WCT's del Ponte affirms that Ano deal is possible for safe exile for Milo.;
Bos. parl. approves new govt. of PM Spasoje Tusevljak, 18-10-2-12; UNHCR calls for more 
funds to assist in return of refs., says in first 4 months of year almost 11,500 
Bosnians have returned to homes in areas controlled by other ethnic groups

June 23 - US researchers at Center for Disease Control in Atlanta report that 12,000 
Kos. Albanians died at height of Kos. conflict, most were civilians, while 67 of 105 
killed between Feb. '98-June '99; UNHCR suspends aid work for 48 hours in Serb portion 
of Mitrovica due to increasing number of attacks on humanitarian staff, org. relocates 
to southern part of town and calls on Serb leader Ivanovic to denounce violence;
3 members of Seselj's Radical party beat journalist Hanibal Kovac in Sabac, tell him 
next time you'll be dead Petritsch says he is unhappy w/ new Bos. govt. chaired by PM 
Tusevljak (also min. for state institutions' treasury), says he has doubt as to 
ministers' qualificiations, their questionable attitudes toward Dayton accords

June 24 - Mon. Pres. Djukanovic meets w/ Croatian Pres. Mesic, expresses sincerest 
apologies to all citizens of Croatia and especially of Dubrovnik...for all the pain 
and suffering and material losses inflicted by Montenegrins during '91 war, TANJUG 
criticizes him for apology

June 25 - Father Sava says most members of Serbian Nat. Council (SNV) to return to 
transitional council; Suspected war crimes suspect, Bos. Serb Gen. Dusko Sikirica, 
arrested by Bri. SFOR troops in Prijedor, transported to Hague; indicted for crimes 
against humanity, breaches of Geneva Con., violations of laws and customs of laws in 
massacre of 140 Mus., Croats at Keraterm concentration camp

June 26 - UNHCR says it will keep offices in Mitrovica closed pending daily reviews; 
KFOR says arms found in Drenica valley were in possession of UCK but there is no 
evidence Ceku knew they were there; Serbian opp. excluding SPO agree on joint list 
of candidates for elections in c. Serbia, Sandzak; Politika condemns Djukanovic for 
apology to Croatia, says he gave in to blackmail and that Mon. regime is entering the 
last phase of treason; Yugo. FM Vujovic protests exclusion from UN debate on Balkans
US condemns Bos. authorities' intimidation of free press after tax police raid premises 
of ADnevni Avaz and freeze its bank accounts, PM Edhem Bicakcic of Mus.-Croat Fed. 
denies his govt. is doing this, claims these are routine checks, but US says 
actions in response to critical articles; 58 bodies (thought to be non-Serb) 
exhumed from cave near Bosanska Krupa, another site in Miljevici village (Serb 
part of Sara.); Soc. Dem. Dragoljub Davidovic elected mayor of BL to replace former 
mayor fired by Petritsch in fall

June 27 - Ethnic Alb. mob attacks Serbian monks, Rus. TV crew at monastery in 
village of Musutiste (ne. of Prizren); Yugo. govt. presents bill on anti-terrorism, 
says it is aimed at punishing those who commit Aacts that threaten the constitutional 
order and would include jail terms of at least 5 years; EU Commission approves 61 mil. 
euros ($57.4 mil.) in humanitarian aid for refs. in Yugo. w/ 32 mil. going to Serbia, 
18 mil. to Kos. 24 more bodies discovered in cave, graves in Sara. for total of 82 over 
the past week; Croatia sends documents to Hague on Yugo. siege of Dubrovnik in '91, 
calls for indictment of Yugo. army, paramilitaries

June 28 - All 23 Serbian police in Shterpce give their Aconditional resignations to protest 
increased tensions in area, Abad working conditions w/ UN staff, UN spokeswoman says 
they were following orders; Head of central Kos. branch of Serbian Nat. Council, 
Slavisa Kostic, says they have broken contacts w/ Bishop Artemije, other leaders of 
main body of SNV due to their resumption of coop. w/ UNMIK, says Artemije refused to 
meet w/ him without Artemije's closest aides present; UNHCR resumes work in n. Mitrovica; 
Shots reported in Mitrovica overnight; Road from Pristina to Pec blocked 20 kilometers w. 
of Kos. Polje by ethnic Albanians who want to talk to UNMIK officials; Grenade thrown at 
unoccupied Serb house near village of Plementiana; Kos. Albanian man shoots Serb man 
near Janina Voda; Petritsch, Berry reveal proposed freedom of info. law for Bos., Social 
Dems., New Croatian Initiative to submit measure to parl., Petritsch says it will take 
Bos-her. closer to a true civil society

June 29 - Albright in Ger. declares that Aas far as US policy is concerned, we want to 
see Milo. out of power, out of Serbia, and in the Hague, later meets w/ Djindjic, other 
reps. of opp.; Police in Nis arrest 11 for demonstrating, release them after Mayor Zoran 
Zivkovic others demand their release; Kouchner, Artemije sign 8-point agreement whereby 
Serbs will return to advisory council in exchange for sec. guarantees (more ethnic Serbs 
in police; for. prosecutor and 2 for. judges in each district to deal w/ inter-ethnic 
crime; increased return of Serb refs.; Seselj says his party won't support proposed 
anti-terrorism law in current form as it is incomplete; Sainovic comments that nobody 
has anything to fear (from anti-terrorist law) if they are not a terrorist; Serbian 
Int. Min. Vlajko Stojiljkovic calls Otpor Aterrorist-fascist org....financed by the West; 
Mon. Pres. Djukanovic says govt. prepared to pay damages to Croatia if necessary to 
compensate for Mon. participation in '91-'92 war

June 30 - Yugo. Dep. PM Vladan Kutlesic tells parl. that proposed anti-terrorism 
law won't be forwarded for debate; Serbian police extradite to Mon. suspect in 
assassination attempt on Draskovic; Bos. Mus-Croat Fed. Pres. Ganic appeals for 
$1 bil. in aid to help rebuild housing, let refs. return to homes on grounds that 
multi-ethnic society will lost without it;  EU's Commissioner for External Rels., 
Chris Patten, says he expects Mac. to sign Agreement on Stabilization and Assoc. 
w/ EU by end of year 

July 1 - US pks won't provide any further escorts for Serbian 
convoys from Shterpce to Serbia until local Serbs coop. w/ KFOR; Kos. Serb man shot,
killed near village of Gornji Livoc in dispute over cattle; Bel. ct. sentences 
Otpor activist Milos Stojanovic to 10 days in prison for not having valid residence 
papers, police also detain 9 others in Bel., 2 in Novi Sad, 4 in Gornji Milanovac

July 2 - KFOR imposes sanctions against village of Kamenica due to hostile actions against 
KFOR soldiers including rock throwing, grenade attack, only emergency medical support to be 
allowed, all humanitarian aid projects to be suspended, redistributed to villages 
supporting UNMIK, KFOR, measures to remain in effect until residents demonstrate earnest 
interest in cooperation, US relents only after members of Serbian Civic Council appeal 
to them; Father Sava meets w/ Hague reps. in Gracanica to tell them of local Serbs' 
sufferings, says he will provide documentation; Iraq, Yugo. sign trade agreement w/ Iraq 
selling oil in exchange for trucks, vans, agri. vehicles, construction material, 
waterworks equipment, medicine; Opp. leader Batic says govt. intends to sell 35% share 
in Serbian Telecom to China to make money for election campaign; Bos. Con. Ct.  rules 
that Serbs, Croats, and Muslims must have full legal equality throughout country

July 3 - House destroyed in explosion in village of Kabas, 4 Kos. Albanians next door 
wounded; 4 explosions heard near village of Goradzevac in early morning, 2 more in 
village of Stimlje where grenade thrown into Roma's backyard; 17 year old boy kidnapped 
in Podujevo, freed by KFOR; Small arms fire heard late at night near Camp Kijevo, 
civilian car later drives past camp firing 3 rounds

July 4 - Serb convoy of buses, cars stoned while traveling from Serbia to village of 
Strpce without KFOR escort due to sanctions placed on Strpce, Polish KFOR troops escort 
them remaining distance; Weapons search in Glogovac (MNB-Centre) uncovers small caches 
of weapons, military equip. including gas masks, short-wave radios, uniforms; 15 
detained for curfew viols. in Prizren; Thaci says he is suspending coop. w/ Kos. 
advisory council in protest over Kouchner's compromise w/ moderate Serb leaders, 
says this opens the door to the partition of Kos.

July 5 - Serbian parl. announces that it will vote next day on 3 constitutional 
amendments which will strengthen Milo's power; WCT announces that 165 bodies of ethnic 
cleansing have been unearthed from 3 sites in Prijedor region this year bringing total 
found after 4 years in Bos. to 2,077

July 6 - UNMIK, KFOR lift all sanctions against town of Shtrpce on trial basis after 
KFOR confirms citizens had shown significant progress, coop.; LDK says it will continue 
to work w/ Kos. Advisory Council, calls for protection of Kos' ethnic minorities;
Pro-Milo. factions in parl. approve 3 amendments to fed. constitution: 1) direct elections 
for pres. for up to 2 4-year terms; 2) direct elections for upper house instead of equal 
numbers from both Serbia and Mon.; 3) parl. gaining ability to appoint or fire individual 
cabinet ministers instead of the entire govt. at once; Milo. to get opportunity to run 
for 2 more terms under these rules; Draskovic calls for boycott of leg., local elections 
so they won't be considered legitimate; Djindjic says amendments is equal to ending of 
federation; Mon. parl. announces it will meet in emergency session to discuss changes 
in constitution, Djukanovic calls amendments illegal;  Muslims say they will have more 
than officially sanctioned 15 buses to take up to 5,000 people to Sreb. as part of 
commemoration ceremony, Serb officials in town say trip is risky

July 7 - Kos. Alb. politician Ramush Haradinaj shot, wounded in western Kos.; Grenade 
attack on Roma village in n. Mitrovica wounds 3; Grenade thrown into yard of house in 
Petrovic; 2 Kos. Albanian men arrested for prostitution involving Moldovan girls
Bos. Serb Dusko Sikirica pleads not guilty to charges of massacring 140 Mus., Croats at 
Keraterm in Prijedor during war; Austrian firm to invest $6.03 mil. to build 4 hydropower 
plants in central Bos. along w/ Bosnian Intrade firm; Djukanovic opens Mon. parl. debate 
on amendments, calls them a Abrutal attempt to end statehood for Mon., says in interview 
that republic faces danger of civil war due to Belgrade's manipulations; EU Commissioner 
for foreign relations, Chris Patten tells intl. conf. on Balkans that EU should quickly 
open markets to several categories of goods from Alb., former Yugo. republics but not 
Serbia until Milo. is out of power

July 8 - Mon. parl. passes resolution, 36-18 rejecting amendments to Yugo. constitution, 
calls them a Agross viol. of the con. rts. of the Rep. of Mon., appeals to mil. not to 
let themselves be misused against the citizens... of the Rep. of Mon.; parl. rejects 
proposal for immediate referendum on ind. so as to give Djukanovic's govt. time to let 
Serbia reconsider last year's proposals for redefinition of rels., but pres. says 
referendum may be in future; Serbian Info. Min. Aleksandar Vucic warns Croatia not to 
become involved in western attempts to broadcast to Serbia, says Aour response will be 
adequate if they dare to violate intl. regulations

July 9 - Fires burning throughout Kos. due to high winds from Africa; Fire burns in 
unoccupied Serb home in Kos. Polje, another near Gracanica monastery; Fire burns 
entire village near Planeja; 74-year old woman from Montenegro shot by pistol at 
her house in Gornja Repa; Grenade thrown at store in village of Zubin Potok

July 10 - OSCE mission head in Kos., Daan Everts says OSCE rules require that every 3rd 
position on parties' electoral lists are to be held by women, calls this an ambitious 
project of the OSCE to reduce traditional male domination of Kos. society;
Serbian state-run paper company cuts supplies to private papers ABlic, ADanas, AGlas 
javnosti;

Djukanovic says Milo's changes to constitution are the Amost drastic and most dangerous 
move so far in country's crisis and that the FRY no longer exists, say Mon. won't take 
part in elections organized under current amendments; PM Vujanovic says ref. on ind. 
won't be held if it will give Milo. pretext for creating crisis in Mon.; Vojvodina 
Coalition members say that if Mon. declares ind. Vojvodina should do the same, future 
opp.-led govts. in Bel. will have to recognize province's autonomy; UN's Annan says on 
5th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre that Athe tragedy of Sreb. will forever haunt 
the history of the United Nations and Awe cannot undo this tragedy, but it is vitally 
important that the right lessons be learned such as that the Aarchitects of that war 
crime still being at large; Petritsch says there is danger of extremists on both sides 
exploiting commemoration of Srebrenica events

July 11 - Crowd of 150 Kos. Serbs hold demonstrations on northern side of West bridge 
in Mitrovica against installation of movable barriers; Ethnic Albanians demonstrate in 
front of UNMIK building in Pristina over conditions of those imprisoned in Serbia; Kos. 
Alb. girl attacked and raped in village of Gornje Obrnje, KFOR guards family of 
suspects from vengeance attacks by girl's family; Ethnic Alb. killed by gunman in 
Decan; Kouchner appoints British journalist Richard Lucas as new head of Radio-
Television Kosova, also announces he will sign legislation on setting up local govt. 
offices in primarily Serb areas, calls Thaci decision to stop working w/ advisory council 
an election Aploy; Milo. meets w/ Rus. Duma delegation, agree Aon the need to abolish 
the Hague tribunal; Kos. Serb delegation including Ivanovic, Archbishop Artemije meet 
in Bel. w/ opp. leaders, conclude that Milo. bears largest share of blame for what has 
happened in Kos.; Djukanovic says a Areferendum on ind. is a constitutional right of 
Montenegrin citizens and AMontenegro will...do all it can to avoid a new conflict...
(but)...we will fight and defend ourselves; Nearly 3,000 Muslims hold prayer meeting 
in Sreb. in front of former UN hq to commemorate massacre, head Muslim cleric Mustafa 
Ceric says Awe do not come here for revenge, but neither to forgive.  We are here so 
that everyone may know that we haven't-- and that we won't-- abandon our search for 
justice. Mesic opens conference in Dubrovnik including Vaclav Havel, Slovenia's Kucan, 
and Mon's Djukanovic, to discuss growing tensions between Serbia and Mon.

July 12 - 2 Orthodox clergymen, 1 other man shot on their way to funeral in village of 
Klokot, crowd of 150 Kosovar Serbs protests slow UNMIK response; KFOR platoon accosted 
by Serb crowd who try to grab US soldier, US officer fires warning shot in air causing 
crowd to disperse; 2 suspects in crime later detained; Shots reported in s. and n. 
Mitrovica; Kouchner appoints Polish lawyer Marek Antoni Nowicki as human rights ombudsman;
Serbian legislature fires 14 pro-opp. judges in Bel., 2 in Pozarevac; Mil. officials 
announce that journalist Miroslav Filipovic to be tried on July 25 for spreading false 
news reports, Aespionage;  Mon. news agency says fed. army units in Mon. went on high 
alert during debates in Mon. parl., say they were prepared to move against govt. if ind. 
had been voted on; Croatian PM Racan criticizes media reports on possible cabinet changes, 
says he doesn't want conflict w/ Budisa but that Social Dems. will not give in to pressure 
from smaller coalition partners

July 13 - 40 Kos. Serbs gather protest installation of night barriers at W. Bridge in 
Mitrovica; Shots reported in s. Mitrovica; Explosion destroys restaurant owned by Kos. 
Serb in Pozaranje; G-8 foreign ministers criticize Milo. changes in constitution, but 
Rus. manages to prevent him from being named specifically in statement; US commander in 
Kos., Gen. Randal M. Tieszen says Serbian govt. agents active in Kos. but not trying to 
organize violence against NATO; Rus. Amb. to UN Sergei Lavrov tells Sec. Coun. that 
elections should not be held in Kos. this year as ethnic Albanian hard-liners will take 
control of local govts., says they should only be held if sec. has improved and all 
ethnic groups are able to participate; Serbia tells Presovo city govt. that it will 
only allow $100,000 in EU reconstruction aid to be distributed through Educ. Min.; 
Shots fired at Konculj border post (sw. Serbia) from Kos. at 3 different times in day;
Albright pledges additional $16.5 mil. to promote pol., eco. reform in Mon. making total 
of $77.1 mil. for FY2000; Croatian Pres. Mesic warns Djukanovic that Milo. is trying to 
trap him by calling early ref. on ind.; Seselj calls for Djukanovic's arrest for 
treason for meeting w/ ASerbia's biggest enemies (Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Rep.); 
Villagers from western Mon. block road in border area w/ Bos. in protest over army 
closing frontier; Council of Europe official says BiH will become a member of the 
Council of Europe very soon after the adoption of the election law; Klein calls for 
arrest of Kara. prior to Nov. elections; UN Sec. Coun. votes to extend mandate for 
UN observers on Croatia's Prevlaka peninsula; Croatian police seize large amount of 
weapons, explosives in Cista Provo area (e. of Split), arrest 3, say they were headed 
for terrorists in western Europe

July 14 - 4 grenades fired from Albanian side of Mitrovica into n. part of city, Serbs 
protest in response; 15 drunk Kos. Serb youths attempt to force way through KFOR 
barriers in n. Mitrovica; Rifle grenade reportedly fired from south side of Ibar River 
to north, crowd of 150 Kos. Serbs gathers near western bridge in protest, grows to 400, 
later disperses; RPG fired minutes later at Three Towers complex where ethnic Albanians 
live (n. side of river); KFOR observation tower 3 kilos. east of Lipljan destroyed by 
M80 rocket launcher; Kouchner extends voter registration deadline to 

July 19; Serbian opp. leaders meet w/ Mon. Pres. Djukanovic supporters in Sveti Stefan to 
discuss constitutional changes; Slovenian diplomats operating on behalf of Mon. present 
to UN  Sec. Coun. resolution rejecting changes in constitution; RS PM Dodik says a mass 
crime  was committed at Srebrenica and that Apeople whose loved ones were killed there 
have an absolute right to mark this; Croatian parl. confirms right of all citizens to property 
they owned prior to war July 15 - Crowd of Serbs heads from Mitrovica to Leposavic to 
disrupt OSCE registration process, deter local Serbs from registering, KFOR soldiers 
escort OSCE registrars out of area; Bos. Croat HDZ votes to become ind. from Croatian 
parent party, leader Ante Jelavic re-elected, says party should be part of the center 
of Bos. politics; Reformer and FM Jadranko Prlic not elected to dep. position and 
says HDZ Ahas closed the door to dem. change; Serbian Nat. Council urges Serbs to 
end boycott of elections, take part where security is assured; Speaker of Mon. parl., 
Svetozar Marovic, says DPS accepts offer of Serbian opp. to hold talks on Montenegro's 
pol. future; 2,000 in Skopje demonstrate in support of unofficial Alb-lang. university 
in Tetovo 

July 16 - Ruined Serb Church of the Holy Prophet Elijah in village of Pomatetin destroyed 
by explosion; Shots heard in village of Junik; Albanian restaurant in Lipljan destroyed by 
explosives; Belgian pks evacuate OSCE election observers from Serb town of Leposaviq 
(n. Kos.) after reports that 40 hard-line Serbs were on their way to town from Mitrovica 
to disrupt registration; Swedish pks confiscate Alb. flag from car in Alb. wedding party 
prompting Albanians to block Pristina-Prizren road, Swedes want to prevent conflict in 
Serb village of Caglavica, but Albanians say it is their right to fly the flag; Swedes 
eventually return flag; More than 3,000 turn out for funeral of Prince Tomislav 
Karadjordjevic in Oplenac, Serbia;

July 17 - Hundreds of Serbs demonstrate in Mitrovica over detention of Serb for attack on 
Albanian man, KFOR uses tear gas to disperse them; Explosion destroys medieval Holy 
Prophet Elijah Orthodox chruch in village of Pomazetin (near Kos. Polje); UNMIK arrests 
Serb man for arson of Alb. man's car, crowd of 200 gathers near courthouse, shots later 
heard in n. Mitrovica and Serbs block central square, stone 2 KFOR light vehicles; 30 
Serbs carrying baseball bats approach courthouse prompting Fre. pks to fire warning 
shots into air, UNMIK police officer injured by crowd; 30 Roma throw stones at KFOR 
vehicles, KFOR fires warning shots into air; Grenade thrown at unoccupied Serb home 
in Obiliq; 350-400 Albanians attend commemoration in Orahovac; Thaci ends suspension 
of coop. w/ advisory council, says he and Kouchner still disagree but that after 
elections there should be no need for special arrangements for Serbs as there will be 
a new reality; Ivanovic, Everts reach agreement that Serbs will not disrupt voting, 
Ivanovic says he Acondemned any violence; EU gives camera equipment to 3 Serb journalist 
working for UN public television RTK in Gracanica as part of program to train 
professional journalists; Several dozen Mus. refs. block road near village of Bocinja 
to protest proposed eviction of number of former Mujahadeen fighters living in Serb homes;
Djukanovic says he is willing to meet w/ Milo. provided agenda agreed on beforehand, but 
PM Vujanovic says Athere is no need for further dialogue w/ 3 governing parties in Serbia 
as they had talked in '99 and not reached any results;
Croatia joins World Trade Organization

July 18 - KFOR removes all roadblocks in n. Mitrovica; NATO's Robertson appeals to Serbs 
in Mitrovica to stop culture of violence, says Athe Serb community's future depends on 
KFOR and that is why they have to cooperate w/ KFOR, why they should be involved in civic 
institutions that the UN is creating; Serbian National Council (SNV) elects Dusan Ristic 
president replacing Momcilo Trajkovic; Bel. public prosecutor's office says it has 
charged 4 in Arkan's murder, another 6 have been charged as accomplices; Yugo. Army 
spokesman Col. Svetozar Radisic says Athere is no price for which the Yugo. Army would 
attack Mon.; Several dozen Bos. Muslim dps block road near Maglaj to protest their 
being evicted from formerly Serb-owned homes, authorities declare state of emergency 
in area; RS Info. Min. Rajko Vasic resigns over criticisms by intl. community of his 
interference in appt. of RS TV officials; Mesic says leaders of all15 EU members to 
attend Balkan summit in Zag. this fall; 

1,000 Mac. Albanians continue protests in Skopje over future of univ. in Tetovo, parl. 
takes up debate over issue; July 19 - Kos. Serb farmer shot and wounded by 4 men near 
Soracak; Crowd of 1,000-1,500 Serbs gather at courthouse in Mitrovica over arrest of 
Serb man in burning of Albanian's car, Ivanovic calls on them to remain calm but says 
protests to continue until man is released from jail; Explosions in Serb area of Gojbuje, 
3 mortar rounds hit near town of Gorazhdec; OSCE's voter registration ends;
Mon. PM Vujanovic says govt. in Ano hurry on ref. on ind. NATO's Robertson opens new pk 
base Camp Butmir near Sara., says this is recognition of NATO's long-term task of 
stabilization in country, also comments that too much money still be spent on local 
armed forces, calls for troop cuts and integration of militaries; EU announces that 
Croatia will begin talks on terms of Stabilization and Association Agreement

July 20 - Mitrovica Serb leader Ivanovic says Serbs will protest again in response to 
undemocratic decision(s) by the intl. community; US forces say they have found training 
facilities, bunkers, etc. in Shterpce area and have destroyed them; Serbian ct. in 
Pozarevac sentences Serb man to 4 years, 9 months in prison for killing 3 Kos. 
Albanians in '99, gives accomplice 1 year for providing gun; RFE denounces Yugo. 
decision to declare activities of org. illegal as a viol. of intl. law; Seselj comments 
that anti-govt. media Amust disappear from the pol. stage; Bos. Serb leaders (Dodik, 
Zivko Radisic, Serb rep. to joint pres.) say they reject calls by NATO's Robertson for 
integration of Bos. armies; Bos. police remove roadblocks set up by Mus. refs., arrest 
19 protesters near village of Bocinja where dozens of former Mujahadeen fighters are 
living in Serb-owned houses; Several thousand Bos. Serbs protest evictions of refs. 
from Mus., Croat-owned homes in Brcko, some protestors tear down, burn Bos. flag at 
local govt. building; Bos. FM Jadranko Prlic says he will stay in HDZ despite not being 
elected to top leadership; Croatian FM Tonino Picula visits Podgorica, says Mon., 
Croatia to sign agreement on trade free of taxes, liberalization of visa requirements 
possibly in Sept.

July 21 - Elderly Serb man beaten by 2 Albanian men in village of Suhodoll; 3 Kos. 
Serb men shot near town of Kamenica, crowd of Serbs protest in center of town;
500 Bos. Serb refs. facing eviction from Mus., Croat homes protest in Brcko but disperse 
after negotiations w/ local officials; Gen. Atif Dudakovic, former commander of Bihac 
pocket, replaces Gen. Rasim Delic as commander of Bos. fed. army; Croatian police arrest 
country's largest car importer Pavao Zubak on charges of tax evasion; ct. charges 
businessman Miroslav Kutle, 12 others w/ embezzling nearly $6 mil. from Tisak newspaper 
distribution firm, both men close to Tudj.

July 22 - Gunfire reported in both north, south Mitrovica, no casualties; Muslim funeral 
procession crosses Ibar in Mitrovica, peacefully goes to Mus. cemetery in northern part 
of city; Ital. KFOR patrol fired on s. of Junik; Publisher of Pristina paper ADita says 
he will not pay fine of $11,900 imposed by OSCE for publishing info. about alleged 
Serbian war criminals, says he will continue to publish such articles;  Ger., Ita. both 
say they won't recognize election results due to new legislation invalidity; Djindjic 
comments on Mon. boycott of elections that AMilo. can't win if Mon. takes part;
Yugo. army patrol boat fires on Mon. police patrol boat on Lake Shkoder

July 23 - Kos. Alb. man detained for firing shots at KFOR troops in Mitrovica; Searches 
uncover weapons, mil. equip. in villages to sw of Shtime; Shots fired in s. Mitrovica 
overnight, shots also fired in direction of KFOR Ger. camp in Prizren; Elderly Serb 
couple accosted by Kos. Alb. men in town of Catkoc who place Alb. flag on their home 
and tell them not to remove it; KFOR troops do so and get hostility for action; 2 
explosions reported nw. of Kos. Serb community of Gorazdevac; Kara. reported to have 
been in Bel. July 24 - UNMIK reportedly had run out of money for paying Kos. Protection 
Force until Jan. 2001; Both chambers of Yugo. fed. parl. pass new election law; Yugo. 
army turning back ethnic Albanians crossing into Mon. due to lack of visas even though 
Mon., Alb. have agreed that none are needed Bos. Muslim killed, Serb wounded in shooting 
incident in Serb-controlled village of Miljevici (near Sara.) after 4 armed Muslims try 
to take stolen car back from a Serb; US emb. says 3 homes of Muslims burned in Sreb. 
over weekend, 10 in last month, Mayor Nesib Mandzic of Sreb. (Mus.) says attacks are 
designed to intimidate returnees; US emb. says 3 homes burned over weekend; Bos. 
Muslim police, UN's IPTF, SFOR forces enter village of Bocinja to begin evictions of 
mujahideen fighters from Serb-owned homes, officials say 2 families have already left; 
250 Bos. Serbs demonstrate in Janja (RS) over eviction of Serb from Muslim-owned home, 
6 Serbs injured, 8 Muslim homes damaged by stoning in following violence

July 25 - Kos. Serb leaders Bishop Artemije, Father Sava, and Slavica Ristic, and Kos. 
Albanians Thaci and Rugova meet in Washington, agree on need to halt violence; OSCE says 
only 1% of all eligible Serbs registered to vote in Kos.; Several hundred Serbs protest 
OSCE registration efforts, fall elections in town of Leposaviq; Trial in mil. ct. begins 
for ind. journalist Miroslav Filipovic on charges of espionage, spreading false news, 
defendant enters not guilty plea; Yugo. army pulls back from border positions between 
Mon., Alb. effectively reopening border; Both chambers of fed. parl. approve increase 
of up to 50% in sales tax to pay for army; Opp. leaders (not including Draskovic's party) 
meet in Bel., agree to accept recommendations of committee of experts calling for joint 
electoral lists for fall campaign; Unknown attackers fire RPGs into building where 
SFOR troops housed near Zvornik, SFOR spokesman calls it Aclear attempt to murder 
SFOR pks; 250 Mus. protestors gather at US base in Tuzla, demand protection;
70 of 90 Slovenian legislators vote in favor of retention of proportional system of 
voting for fall elections causing 2 governing parties to declare coalition dead;
NATO SAC Gen. Joseph Ralston visits 3 Mac. army barracks on border w/ Serbia, says 
it is important to send message to Serbia Athat Mac. is tied to the alliance, later 
meets w/ Pres. Trajkovski, DM Nikola Kljusev and says NATO will do all it can to 
secure border between Mac. and Kos.

July 26 - Gunfire in s. and western Mitrovica; Kos. Serb home burned in Orahovac; 30 
detained overnight in Prizren for curfew violations; EU expands white list of Serbian 
businesses exempt from sanctions by 52, also authorizes release of up to $20.5 mil. to 
help clear Danube river of bombing-related debris; Cyprus confirms that Hague 
investigating Milo's business ties and financial activities there;
US pks reinforce Rus. soldiers in Serb area of Bos. after Muslims call for protection 
from Serb refs. who say Rus. pks have failed to stop attacks on them; 3 Muslim homes 
have been set on fire, police report 6 explosives thrown at Mus. property; PM Dodik to 
be candidate of Ind. Social Dems. in elections for RS presidency; Mac. parl. votes to 
approve OSCE-sponsored measure legalizing Tetovo Univ. as accredited private univ., Mac. 
Academy of Sciences calls this Aone more step toward the partition of Mac. along ethnic 
lines

July 27 - Robertson comments Awe will not allow Milo. or any of the ethnic groups 
within Kos. to plunge the region back into the horrific violence it suffered a year 
and a half ago...I say to Milo.: watch out, look what happened the last time you 
miscalculated...The intl. community will not appreciate it if Milo. does something 
whose effect would be to remove a man elected by the Mon. people.; Milo. calls for 
fed. parl., Serbian municipal and local elections for Sept. 24; Mil. ct. in Nis 
sentences ind. journalist Miroslav Filipovic to 7 years in prison; Croatian PM Ivica 
Racan on 2-day visit to Bos., signs customs, repatriation agreements, says stable 
Croatia can only exist along w/ a stable, single and sovereign B-H;
Kucan calls for Oct. 15 parl. elections in Slovenia

July 28 - Petritsch fires Fed. Agri. Min. Ahmed Smajic, tax admin. head Ramiz Dzaferovic 
for impeding eco. reforms and Adevelopment of transparency...through obstruction, 
continued inaction, and corrupt practice, accuses Dzaferovic of endangering the 
democratization process; Croatian PM Racan visits Mus., Croat sides of Mostar, says 
Croatia to help restore bridge and clean up Neretva River

July 29 - KFOR seizes weapons cache near Ferizaj/Urosevac including 80 mines, 100 
pounds of TNT, sniper rifles, machine guns, other weapons parts; 
Opp. groups excluding SPO agree to joint slate for Sept. pres. elections;
Mon. ethnic Alb. political parties say they will boycott Yugo. pres. elections, but 
Socialist party says it will take part, endorses Milo.; Mus., Croat, Serb ref. 
associations hold joint meeting drawing thousands in Tuzla; Ante Jelavic of Bos. 
HDZ says Dayton agreement outdated and that HDZ will work to restructure state 
based on Con. Ct. decision that all 3 groups must be treated equally;  Croatia reports 
that more than 1,000,000 tourists have visited during tourist season, double figure 
for '99

July 30 - KFOR prevents armed man from breaking into Serb home in nw Pristina, Kos. 
Alb. man and woman try to prevent soldiers from arresting him, both get arrested 
themselves; Kos. Serb's house destroyed by explosion in Vitina after he receives 
death threats; Mon. FM  Branko Lukovac says Mon. auth. won't take part in elections 
under the existing conditions; Head of Mon. Olympic Committee, Rade Djurdjic says 
Mon. to seek approval from IOC to participate in post-2000 games as separate team 
under its own flag and separate from Yugo. team

July 31 - US KFOR officials say UCPMB increasing their patrols along border, taking 
mortars into Serbia; UN spokeswoman Susan Manuel says in Pristina that this remains 
Yugo. and you (Serbs) have the right to participate in (Yugo.) elections;
Yugo. auth. arrest 4 Dutch men claiming they are Amembers of the NATO military-
intelligence community, Info. Min. Goran Matic presents video of them confessing 
they are bounty-hunters sent to kidnap Milo.; Serbian Dem. Party (Kara.) nominates 
RS VP Mirko Sarovic for presidency of RS; Mon. says Yugo. navy tried to provoke an 
incident at the sea w/ Italian ship and trying to blame it on Mon. police patrol boat

Aug. 1 - KFOR increases security along eastern border w/ Serbia due to more violence 
in Ground Safety Zone around Dobrosin caused by UCPMB against local MUP units including 
mortar and small arms fire; KFOR reports that UCPMB has improved defensive positions 
around town, MUP extending trenches, checkpoints; Podujevo LDK party leader Agim Veliu 
shot on road to Batlava; Kos. Alb. man arrested for throwing grenade at Serb house 
in Obilic; Dutch For. Min. denies that it was conducting Amilitary operation against 
Milo.; Petritsch condemns parl. for adopting law on pres. succession which he says is 
unconstitutional as it would allow Izet's successor to be chosen from current upper 
house, calls it Amanipulative and undemocratic; NATO names US Gen. Michael L. Dodson 
to replace Gen. Ronald E. Adams in command of SFOR; Poll by Min. of Euro. Integration 
shows 80% of Croats have positive view of EU, 77% favor Croatia joining it; For. Min. 
replacing 35 ambassadors or consuls in near future as Atheir views do not correspond 
to the new foreign policy of the Croatian govt.;  Slovenian PM Bajuk announces formation 
of New Slovenia/NSI/People's Christian Party for Aug. 11, says country needs new 
moderate party

Aug. 2 - Kos. Serbs throw rocks at Kos. Alb. family returning to their home in Suvi Do 
which is predominantly ethnic Serb, KFOR, UNMIK assist family; Fre. KFOR arrest 4 in 
connection w/ shooting of LDK party rep. in Poljance; Bomb explodes near home in village 
of Hallac i Vogel killing 3 members of Roma family; Grenade detonator explodes upon being 
thrown at Serb home in Vitina; Podujeva leader of LDK, Agim Veliu, wounded in attack, 
another LDK leader, Sejdi Koci wounded near Skenderaj; Otpor calls on Mon. govt. to end 
boycott of election, also launch anti-Milo. campaign under slogan Ahe is finished; Bel. 
ct. sentences Djindjic aide Cedomir Jovanovic to 5 months in prison for slandering 
Serbian Dep. Info. Min. Radmila Visic in leaflet; NATO says Alb. guerillas have improved 
defensive positions around village of Dobrosin, Serb forces have extended trenches, 
added checkpoints, and there have been exchanges of mortar, small arms fire;
Djukanovic spokesman says of election boycott decision Awe explained to our Serbian 
friends...not to accept the illegitimate decisions of the illegitimate fed. institutions;
Police arrest Bos. Serb for firing bazooka at building housing SFOR troops in previous 
week; Air Srpska given permission by SFOR to resume flights suspended in March '99 
between BL and Belgrade; Lower house of Bos. fed. parl. passes bill to cut unemployment 
compensation for people laid off during war, World Bank calls provisions overgenerous; 
Parents of 60 Serbian elementary school students in Brcko demonstrate their opp. to 
Petritsch plan to send their children to same school as 600 Mus. ref. pupils;
Croatian police in Sisak arrest Croatian Serb Slavko Drobnjak, sentenced in absentia 
in '99 to 20 years imprisonment for war crimes against Croats; Croatian Chief-of-staff 
Gen. Petar Stipetic says he is prepared to coop. w/ Hague if it produces concrete 
evidence of his wrongdoings in Knin campaign in '95; PM Racan says that no one 
including Stipetic should be afraid of witch hunt

Aug. 3 - Kos. Serb man shot by Kos. Alb. over tree being cut down in village of Priluzje; 
Roma house in Stimlje splashed w/ diesel fuel; British For. Office demands explanation 
from Yugo. diplomats in London over arrest of 2 Bri. OSCE police trainers, 2 Canadian 
contractors near Mon. border w/ Kos. while on vacation; OSCE says charges that they are 
terrorists are Aabsolutely absurd; Opp. leader Momcilo Perisic says Draskovic has asked 
other opp. leaders to boycott parl. elections and demanded that they support SPO candidate 
for president, Bel. mayor Vojislav Mihajlovic; Yugo. army closes border crossings along 
Mon.-Bos. border, sets up checkpoints; US mil. attache to Bos. presents himself for first 
time to joint Standing Committee for Military Matters (SCMM) so as to recognize 
constitutional auth. of the presidency over the armed forces; Slovenian PM Andrej Bajuk 
says Slo. doing its best to meet EU entry requirements, Slovenes expect clarity in EU 
admission date, standards in exchange, that delays could result in destabilizing 
pessimism and that EU represents for Slovenia a form of sec. in a troubled part of 
Europe

Aug. 4 - 3 Serb prisoners jailed for war crimes escape from Mitrovica hospital;
In trial at Hague Bos. Serb Gen. Radislav Krstic blames Mladic and his senior officers 
for massacre of Muslims at Sreb. 

Aug. 6 - Body of LDK leader Shaban Manaj found burned in village of Ozrim; Father Sava 
says Serbian National Council has received info. from inside Milo. regime that members 
of Council may be targets of attacks or assassinations, and Athe terror from the regime 
is worse than from the Albanians

Aug. 7 - Villagers from Zajmovo, Deic block by-pass road at Klina at 3 spots; Crowd of 
100 people outside Camp Bondsteel become angry when they are told they won't be allowed 
to apply for jobs; Bomb threat at home of Vitina UNMIK commander reported to be joke by 
former UCK member; KFOR soldiers obtain, install electric transformer in Serb village of 
Klokot to provide electricity for 250 homes, village electrician comments that we have 
always had good coop. w/ KFOR...I say thank you in the name of the whole village;
Yugo. army moves Bri., Can. prisoners to prison in Podgorica; DOS nominates Vojislav 
Kostunica, nationalist law professor as candidate for president; SPO votes to nominate 
Bel. Mayor Vojislav Mihajlovic for presidency, party spokesman says candidacy would attract 
others who might not vote for Kostunica or other candidates; Draskovic says Kostunica 
frightens many citizens...because his policies are in fact the same as those of 
Slobodan Milo. and he won't reconsider running jointly w/ DOS because he didn't like 
the tone of their letter to him; Seselj's Radical Party nominates Tomislav Nikolic for 
pres.; First Bos. Mus. policeman deployed in Srebrenica; Petritsch amends law on 
presidential succession to prevent presidency members from influencing choice of 
successor; SFOR gives permission for Air Srpska to resume flights to Bel. from BL; 
Klein calls for tighter visa regime for Bos. to prevent smuggling people or goods;
Croatian Archbishop Josip Bozanic meet w/ S.O. Patriarch Pavle in Bel. after visiting 
Catholics in Vojvodina; Mesic, Racan leave for Wash. meetings w/ Clinton, Albright, 
IMF, World Bank officials

Aug. 8 - Medicins sans frontiers announces it is removing its staff from some Serbian 
enclaves in n. Mitrovica due to Aextreme insecurity; UN spokesman in Mitrovica says 
Trepca lead smelter in city is emitting 5 times WHO standard of contamination, says 
it is operating without proper environmental, health controls; Explosion in Serb-owned 
restaurant in Bujanovac  (Presevo area) after bomb thrown down building's chimney, 
auth. blame it on infiltrators from Kos.; Kostunica says he will work w/ West if 
elected; Draskovic blames DOS for splitting vote by not supporting SPO's Mihajlovic;
Dutch govt. says Bel. auth. still haven't allowed access to 4 Dutch citizens taken 
prisoner; OSCE bans staff from traveling to Mon. after 2 Bri. members arrested by army; 
Govt. transfers journalist Miroslav Filipovic to mil. hospital due to heart problems;
Bos. Islamic Community says it supports decision by BL mufti Edhem Camdzic to rebuild 
16th century Ferhadija mosque even though it hasn't received permission from RS leaders; 
UNHCR says 19,751 have returned to homes in Bos. in first half of year, says this is 
150% over previous year

Aug. 9 - Kos. Serb leader Momcilo Trajkovic says Kostunica best candidate for Kos. 
Serbs, calls on them to vote for Kostunica, also calls on ethnic Albanians to vote 
for him too; Bomb explodes at home of moderate Kos. Albanian politician Avni Salihu 
near Prizren; Mitrovica court sentences ethnic Serb Zvezdan Simic to 8 years for 
killing 2 Albanians during war; Yugo. auth. formally protest Council of Europe 
sending rep. to Mon. without Belgrade's permission after Council opens office in 
Podgorica on July 6; Seselj calls Kostunica ANATO's candidate; Mesic meets w/ 
Clinton in Wash., spokesman Lockhart says Clinton wants to use meeting to 
praise the Croatian govt. for the important work they've done...and to continue 
our efforts to promote both eco. and pol. reform; Clinton promises $30 mil. in 
assistance to help small, medium-sized businesses, refugee return; Mesic says 
Croatia can set example for Serbia by treating its own Serbian citizens well

Aug. 10 - NATO announces Lt. Gen. Thorsten Skiader of Norwegian army to be new commander 
of KFOR effective in Spring '01; Kos. Alb. held for attempted hit and run against Kos. 
Serb man; UN Sec. Coun. condemns Yugo. for Adisregard of its intl. obligations in arrest 
of 2 Bri., 2 Can. nationals; Opp. to field joint slate of candidates under heading ADem. 
Opp. of Serbia-Vojislav Kostunica to be chaired by Djindjic; US State Dept. again 
issues warning to Yugo. on Mon. saying Awe remain vigilant.  NATO is watching

New York court finds Kara. responsible for rape and torture of group of women during 
his rule, orders payment of $745 mil. to them; Mesic ends 3 day visit to Wash., says 
Croatian armed forces are so close to NATO standards that we expect that membership 
very soon, PM Racan says Amer. companies increasingly feel secure about investment 
climate; Petritsch charges RS Educ. Min. Nenad Suzic, fed. Dep. Educ. Min. Ivo-Miro 
Jovic w/ obstructionism for holding up agreement on joint textbooks for students

Aug. 11 - Rus. Pres. Putin calls on Yugo. to define Aswiftly legal status of intl. orgs.;
Mon. Int. Min. reports that IM Vukasin Maras meets w/ Yugo. army delegation of 10 
generals, 2 colonels to try to defuse tensions; Chief of Yugo. General Staff, Gen. 
Nebojsa Pavkovic in Mon. for visit

Aug. 12 - Kouchner announces local elections scheduled for Oct. 28; Grenade thrown at 
home of journalist who is close to LDK

Aug. 13 - LDK appeals to intl. orgs. to help end current wave of pol. viol. which they 
say is aimed at them; Pro-Milo. Radio S in Mitrovica says it will continue to broadcast 
despite UNMIK orders to cease operations; Kostunica says he wants no help from Wash., 
says it has been Aevil toward Serbs, calls for third path for Serbia and our path must 
be the one where Serbia was born, namely Europe, also says he Awill not be able to accept 
any help from the Mon. leaders if they boycott the elections, condemns them for not 
facing test at the polls; First match between Croatian and Muslim soccer teams since 
war takes place w/ only minor violence

Aug. 14 - 800 KFOR pks take control of Trepca mining operations due to high levels of 
lead, other contaminations, Serb crowd throws stones at pks; UN removes Serb director of 
plant Novak Bijelic; Socialist Party of Serbia announces it will run joint lists in 
elections w/ JUL

Aug. 15 - Shots reported in area near Pec, Alb. man detained; 4 Kos. Alb. men cross 
Ibar River near bar, provoke crowd before they are surrounded by crowd and rescued by 
KFOR; Pilgrimage by 900 Catholic Kos. Albanians conducted peacefully outside Zjum church, 
KFOR monitors situation; Medicins san Frontieres removes staff from 3 minority enclaves, 
criticizes UN administrators, NATO pks for Apassive acceptance of acts of violence 
against minorities, says Aa culture of impunity has emerged; Djindjic says DOS has 
drawn up electoral program calling for new parl. on first day to repeal recent 
constitutional changes, restrictions on media, end sanctions against Mon., reform 
policy, judiciary, and mil.; also calls for implementation of Sec. Coun. Res. 1244; 
Kostunica says Mon. decision to boycott elections means it has Avoted for Milo.; Serb 
auth. charges 3 Otpor activists w/ Aspreading false info., 5 other Otpor members 
arrested in 2 Serbian towns


Aug. 16 - 1,500 Serbs gather at Trepca mine for 2nd day of protests about takeover, 
call it part of Kouchner's strategy to ethnically cleanse Kos. of Serbs; Kouchner says 
ending environmental pollution there is in everyone's interests, says This place is in 
desperate state, this is like the 19th century.; Serb police detain 7 Belgian KFOR pks 
in Raska on border w/ Kos., hold them for 15 hours and later release them; Yugo. mil. 
tries Slovene couple on charges of unauthorized entry to mil. bases, gives husband 3 
month suspended sentence, drops charges against wife and then frees them and allows 
them to leave country; Police arrest Zoran Lukovic, Serbian journalist, gives him 5 
month sentence for '99 article critical of Health Min. Milovan Bojic; Forensic experts 
unearth remains of 11 Muslims killed by Serbs in '92, expect to find dozens more in pit 
at village of Kalimanovici (near Sokolac)

Aug. 17 - Bomb explodes at OSCE's Political Parties Services Center building in downtown 
Pristina, offices of ethnic Turkish party most badly damaged, woman injured; Kouchner 
says KFOR pks confronted by a sort of fascism w/ Kos. Serbs, agents of Milo. in Kos.; 
also says it was necessary from medical standpoint to shut down Trepca, but it will be 
reopened, workers paid; 300 Serbs continue protests at Trepca; Shots fired at car, house 
of man in Dujake, 2 arrested; 900 attend commemoration for UCK fighters killed in war in 
village of Grejkovce; UN opens office in Pristina to deal w/ nearly 100,000 property 
disputes in province; Yugo. Int. Min. police detain UNMIK policeman, Alb. translator in 
SE section of Kos. on boundary w/ MNB-E, take them to police station in village of 
Bujanovac, later release them; Serbian Assoc. of Ind. Electronic Media say that member 
station Radio Jasenica's signal has been blocked; 3 killed including Bos. Serb, local 
policeman, and Swedish mine expert, 1 wounded while trying to remove bodies of 2 persons 
killed in minefield near Rogatica (40 miles e. of Sara.) earlier in week; Forensics 
experts working at Paklenik pit in Kalimanici find shells confirming executions took 
place where bodies were found

Aug. 18 - 2 grenades thrown at basketball court in Crkvena Vodica injuring 9 Serb 
children, crowd of angry Serbs shout at pks, beat BBC reporter; LDK office in 
Malisheva hit by explosion

Aug. 19 - UAE pks block Archbishop Artemije from access to damaged St. Elias Church 
(n. of Pristina) telling him there is Ano access to it, Artemije's office issues 
statement that AIn Christian Europe, where soldiers from a faraway Arab country 
are deployed, we are witnessing a merciless destruction of Christian Orthodox 
temples...all under the protectorate of the UN mission; Vojislav Mihailovic, 
candidate for pres. from SPO, begins campaign saying the people are so much against 
Milo. and inclined towards the dem. opp. that for the first time we have a good chance 
of winning...; Mon. police arrest 2 Yugo. army officers for smuggling carload of 25 
Chinese through rep.

Aug. 20 - 4 members of UCPMB including known commander Shefket Musliu arrested in Novo 
Selo (se. Kos.) by KFOR during search for 2 missing Serbs; Bos. police detain 15 
illegal migrants from Sri Lanka trying to get to Croatia, smugglers escaped;

Aug. 21 - 2 Kos. Alb. men shot, killed at KFOR UAE checkpoint near village of 
Svinjare (5 kilos. s. of Mitro.) after attacking pks and trying to take their weapons 
over previous arrest of 2 of them for theft of Serb cattle; Poll conducted by Institute 
of Social Sciences shows Kostunica (DOS) w/ 35% support to Milo's 23%, but down from 42% 
figure in July, Milo's down by 5%; Poll by Medium polling agency shows Kostunica w/ 30% 
and Milo. w/ 25%; Chief of General Staff, Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic says new def. doctrine 
will Aprevent and eliminate internal crises, deter potential foes from aggression and 
country's stability could be undermined by internal as well as external forces; Canadian 
diplomat says 2 Canadians in army prison were roughed up when first arrested in Mon., 
although they have been treated Aexceptionally well since moved to Bel.;
Mon. Pres. Djukanovic says DPS won't endorse list of candidates for 24 Sept. elections 
and DPS won't take part in the Aelectoral farce in any form;
Petritsch's office confirms that it shut down Bos. Serb transmitter used by Radio Yugo. 
in Bijeljina

Aug. 22 - Kos. Serb man attacked, stabbed by 5 Kos. Alb. men in village of Gojbuje who 
are then arrested by KFOR; KFOR deploys on sec. operation near Zvecane factory, group of 
450 people later gather to hear speech made by factory leader; Kos. Serb home set on 
fire in village of Stimlje; 35 detained for curfew violations in Prizren; Yugo. amb. 
calls for UN Sec. Coun. hearing on closure of Trepca smelter by KFOR, calls it Hollywood 
style use of force; EU expresses concern about continuing violence in Kos. prior to 
elections Court in Uzice charges 7 men w/ terrorism for abducting Bos. Serb war crimes 
suspect Stevan Todorovic from Rudina in '98; Yugo. army blocks roads leading from 
Pljevlja (n. Mon.) to RS, only people on foot allowed to cross border, no explanation 
given; del Ponte says she is frustrated at failure of NATO to capture Kara., says this is 
due to lack of communication between Fre., US units in Bos., and that the Americans want 
zero risk; Bos. police detain 25 Kurds, 31 Iranians trying to cross into Croatia; Bos. 
Serb Min. for Refs., Miladin Dragicevic, resigns over intl. pressure on implementation 
of property laws; UNHCR says 3 Croatian Serbs arrested since July while returning to their 
villages and that 2 of them had been cleared for return (no criminal charges pending 
against them)

Aug. 23 - 2 KFOR UAE soldiers wounded by rifle grenades fired at their hq in Vucitrn in 
apparent retaliation for deaths of 2 Kos. Albanians earlier in week; KFOR arrests 10 
ethnic Alb. men as members of gang dealing in smuggling, extortion, murder; most are 
former UCK members; Rus. For. Ministry accuses UNMIK of tolerating Albanian terrorism 
against Serbs w/ recent attacks which injured children; Rugova, Father Sava agree to 
declare Sept. 9 day of protest against violence; Fre. DM Alain Richard tours Trepca, 
says it was even more disgusting and more worrying...than I could have imagined, says UN, 
NATO did right thing in taking control; Police in Pozarevac confiscate film of Hungarian 
TV crew, detain crew for several hours Yugo. army closes all roads between Sandzak town 
of Pljevlja, RS (effectively through Mon.); Bel. mil. ct. fires 3 pilots for allegedly 
plotting to take control of mil. airport near Podgorica and turn it over to Mon. auth., 
pilots deny charges and claim they are being punished for pol. views; Albright calls on 
Serbian people to vote for sake of bringing dem. to Serbia; 
Fre. firm Akor, signs agreements to modernize 6 Mon. hotels at price of $23 mil.;


Aug. 24 - KFOR, Ital. Carabinieri conduct large joint cordon and search operation in MNB 
East near Djeneral Jankovic targeting criminal gang involved in smuggling, extortion, 
homicides in area (including Urosevac), some weapons, cash, fake passports found, 10 Kos. 
Albanians (mostly former UCK) arrested; 800 attend funerals for 2 Kos. Albanians killed 3 
days previous in village of Frasheri I Madh; 8 detained in Prizren for curfew violations;
Yugo. Dep. PM Nikola Sainovic says Milo's party will respect voters' Awill if it loses but 
that opp. is using Awishful thinking in claiming that it leads in polls; SPO says it will 
run own candidate in election, grandson of war-time leader Draza Mihailovic; Milo's wife 
Mira Markovic announced as candidate for Yugo. fed. parl.; US emb. in Hungary to house 
office who's primary function is supporting dem. forces in Yugo. for elections and after 
if Milo. wins, but DOS' Kostunica calls it Aa gross interference in Serbia's domestic 
affairs and another colonialist endeavor and that it is a Akiss of death to the dem. opp. 
in Serbia; Office to be headed by William Montgomery; RS PM Dodik says Yugo. army's 
blockade of border between Mon. and RS is attempt to isolate Yugo. from positive 
political trends in RS; US govt. to provide 11 mil. Bos. marka ($5.07 mil.) to banking 
sector in Mus-Croat Fed., w/ 10 mil. marka to go to Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) 
equity account, another mil. to running that body

Aug. 25 - Rus. amb. to UN, Sergei Lavrov, tells Sec. Coun. that Kouchner has exceeded 
his auth. in setting date for election without consulting council members; Ethnic 
Albanians burn car belonging to Intl. Organization for Migration in Skenderaj after 
car bomb threat is called in on it, no bomb found; Former Serbian Pres. Ivan Stambolic 
disappears in Mos. while jogging in Bel.; Yugo. Telecommunications Min. Ivan Markovic 
meets in Mos. w/ Rus. Duma speaker Gennadi Seleznev; China decides to open consulate in 
Podgorica; RS parl. passes revised 2000 budget of 678 mil. Bos. marka ($313.3 mil.) 
based on terms set by IMF; 50% of expenditures to be covered by sales, customs, and 
excise taxes, rest to come from profit and wage taxes

Aug. 26 - Serbian opp. parties blame Stambolic disappearance on authorities, official 
media, police issue no statements; Yugo. FM Zivadin Jovanovic meets Rus. FM Ivanov in 
Moscow to discuss Kos.; First mosque rebuilt in RS opens, 10,000 Muslims attend opening 
in Kozarusa (near Prijedor)

Aug. 27 - KFOR arrests ethnic Alb. for hit-and-run assault on group of Serb children in 
village of Skulanevo (sw. of Pris.) which leaves 1 child dead, 3 teen-agers injured, pks 
say he may have been drunk, but Serbian National Council claims it was motivated by 
ethnic hatred; 100 Serbs erect barricades, throw stones at UN vehicles in protest; 
Serb man shot and killed in village of Crkvena Vodica where 10 Serb children were 
injured in grenade attack on Aug. 18;

Aug. 28 - KFOR commander in MNB-C, Gen. Robert Fry orders increased number of mobile 
patrols to try to reduce violence;

Kostunica says Aboth Serbian and Montenegrin regimes are doing all they can to narrow 
the space in which all pol. parties and options can be heard, later calls on Mon. 
leadership to be specific about plans for future of federation; Milo. says new Rus.-
Yugo. trade agreement will improve mutual ties, contribute to eco. stability
IPTF police arrest war crimes suspect and Bos. Croat Dominik Ilijasevic in Kiseljak 
on Zenica ct. indictment w/ WCT approval; Explosion kills Milan Levar, witness in war 
crimes trials in front of Gospic home

Aug. 29 - Swiss police arrest Fre. national, Kosovar in arms smuggling operation 
shipping weapons to Kos.; Ger. FM Joschka Fischer says violence against Serbian 
children must end, calls it Aunacceptable; 10,000 appear to hear Kostunica in Cacak, 
members of G-17 group of ind. economists; Crown Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic says 
from London that it is patriotic duty of all Serbs to vote for Kostunica as it offers 
best hope for change, says he regrets Mon. auth. won't take part; Forensic experts in 
Kalimanici (e. Bos. near Sokolac) area find 51 bodies, say they may be as many as 100 
in Paklenik pit, bodies include disabled persons, children, and elderly; US to increase 
by $8.1 mil. funding for ref. returns to $75.1 mil., raise due to increasing returns;
Croatian police arrest 2 former top officials of Hajduk-Split soccer club on charges 
of misusing their positions, embezzling money under Tudj.; Hague spokesman Paul Risley 
says 5 Croats held in '93 war crimes in Bos. village of Ahmici most likely to stand 
trial in Croatia

Aug. 30 - Gorica Gajevic, Gen.-Sec. of Socialist Party of Serbia, says fed. pres., 
leg. elections to be held in Kos. Awherever it is possible, expects 500 polling places 
in province, but Kouchner says he has not received formal request from Bel. to organize 
Kos. vote, and says voting must be province-wide and not just in Serbian enclaves;
Yugo. announces that cars from RS will no longer have to pay special duty at border, 
but those from Mus.-Croat Fed. will; Bos. Croat leader Kresimir Zubak says he has told 
Croatian Pres. Mesic that new govt. in Zagreb has done little more for Croats in Bos. 
than its predecessor; Croatian auth. reportedly ready to try Bos. Mus. politician Fikret 
Abdic for war crimes

Aug. 31 - Rocket attack reported on Kos.-Alb. owned mill in village of Smolusa 
(se. of Lipljan) Croatian police find bodies of 12 Iranian immigrants whos boat 
capsized while trying to cross Sava river from Bos. into Croatia, 7 other immigrants 
arrested inside Croatia, 2 Croatian citizens arrested in connection w/ case;
Nikola Barovic, lawyer close to Stambolic says he is convinced former pres. still alive, 
says kidnapping was Aa political decision; APolitika claims act was carried out in 
gangster fashion, say police believe he is still alive; Yugo. Dep. PM and indicted war
criminal Nikola Sainovic says Milo. to visit Kos. as part of elec. campaign; US State 
Dept. says Milo. Acan...and should be arrested in Kos.; OSCE says vote scheduled for 
Sept. 24 is neither free nor fair as Milo. officials will be in charge of both polling 
places, counting of ballots; Military ct. extends by 4 weeks pre-trial detention of 2 
Bri., 2 Canadians on charges of  Aterrorism; Fre. For. Min. says EU Balkan summit to 
be held in Croatia on Nov. 24, to include all EU countries, Alb., all former Yugo. 
republics, Serbia to be represented by either dem. opp. or new dem. govt. in Bel., 
but not by Milo. regime; Croatian Pres. Mesic says killers of war crimes witness Milan 
Levar want Cro. to go back to isolation



Key Terms/Names:

Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) - coalition of 4 small pro-ind., centrist 
parties (People's Movement for Kosovo,  LPK; National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo, 
LKCK; Albanian Unification Party, UNIKOMB; Parliamentary Party of Kosovo, PPK).
Avramovic, Dragoslav - former head of (Serbian) National Bank, ind. economist, considered 
potential successor to Milosevic.
Bildt, Carl - former Swedish Prime Minister, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the 
Balkans.
Canak, Nenad - leader of opposition League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina.
Council of Europe (CofE) - primary European body acting as watchdog for human rights 
standards.
Covey, James P.  - American appointed as UN Principle Dep. Special Rep. for Kos.
Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK, Lidhja Demodratike te Kosove) - party of moderate 
political leader Ibrihim Rugova.
Democratic Socialist Party (DPS) - party of Montenegrin Pres. Milo Djukanovic, leader 
of governing coalition.
Dienstbier, Jiri - UN human rights investigator.
Djukanovic, Milo - President of Montenegro.
Economic Policy Advisory Board - body to act in concert w/ KTC, to propose and advise 
on functioning of eco. system, final filter where systemic laws are examined before 
being signed by Kouchner (not binding on SCSR).
Everts, Daan - Dutch diplomat and former Amb. to Albania, UN's Dep. Special 
Representative for Institution Building in Kos., also OSCE head of mission in Kosovo.
Fund of the Government of the Republic of Kosovo - money raised among Kos. Albanian 
residents and members of the diaspora.
Hajradinaj, Ramush - former UCK commander (Rrafshi i Dukagjinit area), head of Alliance 
for the Future of Kosova.
Holbrooke, Richard - US Ambassador to the United Nations, former negotiator of the 
Dayton Accords ending the war in Bosnia.
ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia) - formal name for Hague
investigative bodies regarding crimes falling under authority of Geneva Convention of 1949.
Interim Administrative Council (IAC) - highest level civilian advisory body to UNMIK, 
composed of members of all ethnic groups in province (formerly Kosovo Transitional Council).
International Military Education and Training (IMET) - US govt. program to fund training 
of Bos. Croat members of Mus.-Croat federation military.
Ivanovic, Oliver - moderate Serb leader of Kos.-based Serbian National Council.
Izetbegovic, Alija - Muslim member of Bosnian collective presidency.
Jackson, Gen. Sir Mike - (British) First commander of KFOR in Kosovo, June-Oct. 12, 1999.
Jelavic, Ante - hard-line chairman of Bos. branch of HDZ
Joint Advisory Council on Legislative Matters - Council advising UNMIK on identifying
areas needing legal reform, identifying discriminatory laws with a need for immediate 
suspension, and areas where new legislation needed.
Joint Civil Commission on Education - reviews textbooks to eliminate hate langauge, 
review and produce new curriculum.

Joint Civil Commission on Energy and Public Utilities - chaired by UNMIK, responsible 
for ensuring multi-ethnic work force, overseeing management of utilities in 3 sectors: 
energy, water, and sanitation.
Joint Civilian Commission on Transport - in charge of railways, other transportation
 issues.
Kalinic, Dragan - head of Serb Democratic Party.
Karadjordjevic, Prince Aleksandar - heir to Serbian throne, living in London.
Kelmendi, Nebike - co-head of Judiciary Dept. in Kos.
Koenigs, Tom - Ger. environmental expert appointed Dep. Special Rep. in Kos. in charge 
of civil admin.
Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK, Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosove) - armed resistance movement 
to Serb power, 1997-99, now technically disbanded.
Kouchner, Bernard - UN's highest-ranking civilian official in Kos., responsible for 
administration of province.
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina - opposition party in Vojvodina.
Liberal Center Party of Kosova (PQLK) - party split off from Thaci's PDK, considered 
moderate alternative to both AAK, PDK.
Maloku, Naim - leader of Liberal Center Party in Kosovo.
Marjanovic, Mirko - Prime Minister of Serbian Republic of Yugoslavia.
Markovic, Mira - wife of Milosevic, leader of United Yugoslav Left (JUL).
Meidani, Rexhep - President of Albania Rexhep Meidani
Military Professional Resources, Inc. (MPRI) - US firm working on contract basis to 
train and advise Croatian, Bosnian forces.
MNB (Multi-National Brigade) - formal designation for KFOR troop deployments. 5 
sectors throughout Kosovo: 
    MNB-South - Sector 1, centered on Prizren, primarily German KFOR troops;
    MNB-North - Sector 2, centered on Kosovska Mitrovica, primarily French KFOR troops;
    MNB-West - Sector 3, centered on Pec, primarily Italian KFOR troops;
    MNB-East - Sector 4, centered on Gnjilane, primarily American KFOR troops;
    MNB-Centre - Sector 5, centered on Pristina, primarily British KFOR troops, Russian
            presence at Pristina's Slatina airport
OSCE - Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 51-state organization 
coordinating civil administration aspect of UN program.
Otpor (Resistance) - student opposition movement in Yugoslavia.
Party of Democratic Action (   ) - primarily Muslim party in Bosnia.
Party of Democratic Progress of Kosova (PDK) - party formed by Hashim Thaci as political 
arm of UCK.
Pesic, Vesna - leader of 1996-97 opposition movement; current high-ranking member of 
opposition.
Petritsch, Wolfgang - UN's High Representative for Bosnia-Hercegovina.
Reinhardt, Gen. Dr. Klaus - Commander of KFOR in Kos. as of Oct. 12, 1999 replacing 
Gen. Sir Mike Jackson.
Radisic, Zivko - Serb member of Bosnian collective presidency.
Resolution #1244 - UN Security Council resolution (June 1999) authorizing KFOR deployment.
Ristic, Dusan - elected head of SNV in July 2000.

Robertson, George - NATO Secretary-General (replaced Javier Solana), former British 
Defense Secretary.
Rohan, Albert - OSCE chief Balkan envoy.
Sellimi, Rexhep - Interior Minister of UCK faction.
Serb Democratic Party (SDS) - party founded by Radovan Karadzic in 1990.
Serb National Council (SNV) - group formed to speak on behalf of Kos. Serbs, based in 
Mitrovica, moderate.
Serbian Defense Movement (SPO) - group founded by Draskovic movement to fight state 
terrorism (12-7-99).
Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) - nationalist party headed by Vuk Draskovic.
Seselj, Vojislav - leader of right-wing Serbian Radical Party, former leader of 
paramilitary group AChetniks responsible for ethnic cleansing in Croatian, Bosnian war, 
and Yugo. dep. prime minister.
Silajdzic, Haris -  head of the Party for Bosnia and Herzegovina, former PM during war.
Skiader, Lt. Gen. Thorsten - Norwegian army, named KFOR commander beginning in Spring 2001.
Solana, Javier - NATO Secretary General until Oct. 1999; EU spokesman for foreign and
security policy.
Thaci, Hashim - former head of the UCK, now head of Party for the Democratic Progress of 
Kosova.
Trajkovic, Momcilo - head of SNV until July 2000.
Tusevljak, Spasoje - Bosnian Serb elected Prime Minister of central government 6-22-00.
UCMPB (Liberation Army for Medujeva, Preshevo, and Bujanovac) - former UCK members 
organized to respond to Serb attacks in S. Serbia-E. Kos.
UNMACC - UN Mine Action Coordination Centre, lead agency responsible for overall mine 
clearance.
United Yugoslav Left (JUL) - revised communist party under leadership of Milosevic's wife, 
Mirjana Markovic.
Vujanovic, Filip - Prime Minister in Montenegro, ally of Pres. Djukanovic.