	YUGOSLAV EVENTS CHRONOLOGY
	Sept.-Dec., 1999

Sept. 1 - 4 Roma family members killed in Gornji Dragoljevci (2 km. se of Istok,
MNB West); French patrol finds ambushed car near Ljosepici w/ 1 dead Serb, 1
wounded; Grenade attack on Serb house in Lipjan wounds 3, Finnish pks step up 
patrols in area; Traffic accident in Plementina results in stand-off between 
ethnic Albanians, Serbs; 250 Serbs block road in Gracanica after Serb kidnapped, 
6 injured; Serb delegation does not show up for 4th meeting of Kos. Transitional 
Council (KTC), Kouchner sends letters of apology to them for misunderstanding on 
arrangements for meeting; US amb. to UN Holbrooke says when he met w/ 
UCK's Gen. Agim Ceku he told him that Gen. Jackson has legal right to "take all 
Necessary measures" to ensure UCK disarms by Sept. 19 deadline, also says 5,000 
UCK to enter new Kosovar National Guard; Former NATO Gen. Klaus Naumann says 
Milo. told him in interview that prior to bombing that he intended to "solve the 
Kos. problem once and for all", that he was planning to expel all Albanians from 
Kos in "Operation Horseshoe"; Milo.  pardons 2 Australian CARE workers held 
since March on espionage charges; Schools open across province for catch-up 
classes, UNMIK says of 1,000 schools 130 were completely destroyed, 151 severely 
damaged, 132 moderately damaged; KFOR gives crime figures from  June 12 to Aug. 
28 showing murder rate of 30 per week in June dropping to 7 at end of Aug.;
965 looting incidents, 912 arsons, and 286 murders since June 12; KFOR demining 
teams have cleared 378 schools in time for start of new school year, 40% of 
total remains to be done; Judiciary (judges, prosecutors) expanded, now includes 
26 Albanians, 7 Serbs, 1 each Roma, Turk, and Muslim-Slav; First cultural event 
in Mitrovica  since war takes place w/ art exhibit; Hague tribunal spokesman 
Paul Risley says Tudj. not under sealed indictment at present; Holbrooke, in 
Sara., says 3 members of joint Bos. presidency have agreed on Nov. 21 as first 
national holiday for country (date of Dayton Accords)

Sept. 2 - KFOR joint operations confiscate 500 weapons including 250 AK-47s in
village of Rogovo (8 km. sw of Orahovac); Serb killed by gunshots in Pristina;
Bri. pks arrest 2 ethnic Albanians for assaulting Roma family; 2 explosions in 
area of Gorazdevac (e. of Pec); Bri. KFOR troops find 50 bodies in Ljubidza 
garbage dump; Thaci calls on Kos. Serbs to return "because we are interested in 
Kos. a multi-ethnic society"; Serbian Dep. PM Vojislav Seselj says Serbian 
police have to return to Kos. ASAP to protect Serbs, that forces will be 
returned one way or another; Holbrooke calls RS PM Dodik "the most promising 
leader of his generation in his country"; Zagreb court rules that there are no
legal obstacles to extraditing Bos. Croat war crimes suspect Mladen "Tuta" 
Naletilic to Hague to stand trial

Sept. 3 - Serb man killed, 5 ethnic Albanians wounded in bomb blast in Pristina, 
Albanian man  killed in Prizren; gun, rocket attacks in Dobrotin, Mitrovica, 
Pec, and Gnjilane; UNMIK completes selection of first class of 200 students for 
Kos. Police Service School to be operated by OSCE, vetting process resulted in 
400 candidates interviewed and having background checks done (20-45 age range; 
20% female; 50% w/ univ. educ.; 83% Kos. Albanian; 13% Kos. Serb; 
4% from other minorities; 12% former Kos. police officers; 27 from Gnjilane, 30 
from Mitrovica, 28 from Pec, 89 from Pristina, 26 from Prizren); "substantial 
number" from UCK selected on basis of individual merit; Kouchner swears in 8 
judges, 3 prosecutors in Pec bringing total to 48; UNMIK customs operations 
begins at border w/ Mac., more than 1 mil. Deutsche marks collected and 
allocated to Kos. budget; Kouchner's office announces that currencies 
other than Yugo. dinar to be allowed to circulate legally in Kos., Kouchner's 
office to use German marks; Australian aid worker says he was threatened with 
strangulation unless he confessed to spying while in Serb jail; KFOR finds 250 
Kalashnikov rifles, 50 heavy machine guns, ammo. hidden near Rogova (10 kilos. 
from Alb. border) US Amb. to UN Richard Holbrooke visits Croatian Pres. Tudjman,  
FM Granic, gains assurances that they will cooperate w/ UN war crimes tribunal; 
WCT Trial Chambers reverse Aug. 6 decision to deprive 7 Croat defendants' 
counsel based on claims of indigency, says burden of proof lies w/ Registrar 
which has not proven its case

Sept. 4 - Rocket-propelled grenade fired at city bus near Gjilan, 2 ethnic 
Albanians wounded, Kouchner says "we will not accept the return of blind 
violence against innocent people", Gen. Agim Ceku of UCK also condemns attack in 
Pristina of previous day; EU lifts embargo on oil deliveries, commercial flights 
to Mon., Kos.; Reps. of 9 opp. "popular assemblies" hold first meeting of
Citizen's Parliament of Serbia in Cacak, group to promote human rights, aid 
victims of repression

Sept. 5 - Mortar rounds hit Pasjane area (MNB E.), 82-mm recoilless gun attack 
in Dobrotin near itrovica) kills ethnic Albanian driver, wounds Serb woman; Serb 
man shot near Milosevo during confrontation w/ 4 men; KFOR finds car in 
Djakovica w/ 1 killed, 1 female passenger beaten; Blockades remain in place in 
Gracanica in protest over kidnapping of man on Aug. 31; UCK's Gen.Ceku says "we 
have finished our first mission, the liberation of Kos...but now we must bring
ourselves into line w/ new conditions"

Sept. 6 - Serb, Albanian gunmen involved in early morning fire-fight in 
Korminjane area (ne. of Gnijlane, 1 Albanian killed, 2 wounded by 3 Serbs who 
then beat them before being ordered by  Rus. pks to stop, all 3 killed by 
Russians after firing on them; Roadblocks continue in Orahovac but Rus. pks 
continue deployments elsewhere; 5 of 20 antitank mines placed around Serbian
Orthodox School chapel in Prizren explode, Fre. pks in Vushtrri prevent man from 
setting fire to church but he fires at them and wounds 1; Serb found shot dead 
on his tractor, grenade thrown at Serb house near Peja; Draskovic meets w/ Rus. 
1st Dep. FM Aleksandr Avdeev, tells him Milo. failed to show statesmanship in 
Rambouillet talks and did not heed the advice of Russia's reps. In  Contact 
Group; Vladan Batic, spokesman for Alliance for Change, says movement "will no 
longer have anything to do with" Draskovic since he tries to fool voters into 
thinking he is part of opposition while siding w/ Milo.; RS Def. Min. forbids 
its officers from travelling outside area due to possibility they might be 
arrested for war crimes, sent to Hague, says they may go abroad only w/ written 
guarantees from SFOR, Hague that they will not be arrested; Joint Muslim, 
Croat, Serb police units begin patrols in Brcko

Sept. 7 - Sven Fredrikson, head of IPTF in Kos. opens Kos. police academy in
Vushtrri (to be directed by Steve Bennett, former US marine), first 200 cadets 
include 166 Albanians, 26 Serbs, 8 from other communities; Finnish pks disband 
Serb vehicle checkpoints in Livade and Donja Gusterica; Serbs in Kosovo Polje 
demonstrating for release of Serb suspected criminal turns into attack on 2 
vehicles whose passengers are beaten, 2 Serbs receive gunshot wounds; Machine 
gun fire, 3 explosions reported in Plementina, KFOR patrol fired on upon 
arriving on scene but takes no casualties; 8-10 mortar rounds fired at primarily 
Serb town of Donja Budriga (e. Kos.) killing 2, injuring 4; drive-by shooting on 
Serb café in Cernica; KFOR finds weapons after cordoning off villages of Kolo, 
Siroko; Djindjic says intl. community must take steps to protect Kos. Serbs and 
that it should facilitate return of 200,000 Serbs; Rus. 1st dep. PM Avdeev meets 
w/ Milo., says ARus. supports Yugo. In its principled efforts and condemns 
violations of the UN Sec. Coun. res. on Kos., later meets w/ Seselj; Assoc. of 
Ind. Trade Unions says it will call general strike in conjunction w/ mass
protests on Sept. 21  RS PM Dodik bars Nikola Poplasen from using presidential 
offices, Security guards, phones, and cars due to his removal from office by 
Westendorp

Sept. 8 - Serb Gen. Vladimir Lazarevic says that Awe will have to retake our 
territory by force and that NATO has turned Kos. into occupation zone, and that 
army is Aconstantly deliberating its reengagement and is only Awaiting for the 
appropriate command from the authorities; KFOR reports 12 explosions in Petrovce
(e. of Gnjilane) in early morning killing 2, wounding 4, Rus. troops arrest 
suspect; Ethnic Albanians from Mitrovica hold protest in Pristina demanding 
they be allowed to return to their homes, UN admin. Bernard Kouchner meets some 
of them along w/ UCK head Hashim Thaci; KFOR says that UCK will be part, but not 
all, of uniformed, un-armed civilian, non-mil. org. after demilitarization of 
UCK completed on Sept. 20, org. to provide relief and emergency support in 
province, KFOR to monitor org. within spirit of UN Res. 1244; Serbian police 
block road from Kraljevo to Bel. forcing 350 refs. from Kos. to abandon march on 
capital; Students belonging to Otpor (Resistance) demonstrate in front of Bel.
mil. ct., call for end to legal proceedings against men who did not respond to 
call-up orders; Serb Pres. Milutinovic makes first public appearance after 
hiatus, meets w/ former RS pres. Poplasen; UN High Rep. in Bos., Wolfgang 
Petritsch calls on NATO to continue pledge of pks in Bos. and 
not to neglect it due to situation in Kos.; Izet. says refs. living in Sara. 
flats should disobey ct. orders to vacate them for legal owners; Mortar rounds 
fired at building in Kula Fazlagica (near Gacko) housing 50 Muslims who have 
returned to area to repair their homes

Sept. 9 - 5th meeting of KTC discusses security and policing, agrees to 
formation of Joint Sec. Committee structure involving KFOR, UNMIK, and reps. of 
Kos. national communities to improve the sec. structure; Kouchner also tells KTC 
that  he will hold large meeting of all Kos. pol. parties after demilitarization 
of UCK complete to discuss organizing elections for 2000; Pristina power 
supplies lost; NATO ambs. in Brussels discuss plan to transform part of UCK into 
new Kos. Corps of 3,000 organized in military structure in 6 regions w/ 2,000 
reservists, members to wear uniforms but not carry arms, to be coordinated by 
Kouchner; Ceku says that UCK "will be the only foundation on which the 
institutions of Kos. will be created" including a 5,000 man force to deal w/ 
natural disasters, aggression against pop.; 65-year old Serbian woman beaten to 
death in Prizren by members of UCK; Erik Lehmann appt. new head of 
Pristina Radio and Television; 1 ethnic Alb. killed, 3 injured in fights between 
Serbs and Albanians in Mitrovica, 15 Fre. pks also hurt;Serb police in Cacak 
prevent march on Bel. by 400-700 homeless Serb refs. for 2nd day;
Ivica Dacic of SPS says govt. won't intervene militarily in Kos., that Serbia to 
observe UN Res. 1244, but also says Serbia has not turned its back on Kos.;
UN forensics team find mass grave w/ 60 people in it near Srebrenica; SFOR sends 
troops to protect Mus. refs. in Kula Fazlagica (near Gacko) who have been 
shelled, fired on

Sept. 10 - KTC meeting for next week canceled by mutual agreement of all 
parties, to resume on Sept. 22; power supplies still out; Milo. receives former 
RS Pres. Nikola Poplasen, Momcilo Krajisnik

Sept. 11 - UNMIK police take over policing duties in Pristina region, 4 UNMIK 
police sub-stations now operational w/ over 500 officers deployed, each staffed 
w/ 60-90 police

Sept. 12 - KFOR reports sightings of several dozen Serb paramilitaries in Kos.; 
2,000 ethnic Albanians protest outside UN offices in Gjakova to protest arrest 
of local UCK commander on criminal charges; unidentified attackers firs on Rus. 
pk checkpoint; KFOR conducts weapons searches throughout province, finds 
grenades, guns, explosives, US KFOR troops have seized total of 782 weapons; 
KFOR patrol in MNB E fired upon in village of Cernica while investigating 
explosions, return fire, set up vehicle checkpoints but find no suspects; 2 
detained for throwing 2 grenades in Serb sector of Gnjilane injuring 1 Serb man; 
3 Serbs w/ weapons arrested near barricades in Mitrovica; Kouchner now says 
there are 97,000 Serbs, approx. 73,000 other minorities in Kos., spokesman for 
Kouchner says that previous estimates of larger numbers came from Red Cross in 
Bel. which had inflated the figures;

Sept. 13 - Gen. Clark says 1 Serb killed by Rus. pks on Sept. 6 was carrying 
Serbian Int. Min. ID card, another was wearing paramilitary uniform, intent to 
cause disruption, pressure on intl. community; also says planned Kos. Corps to 
be exclusively civilian body dealing w/ humanitarian, emergency tasks, and 
reconstruction, says UCK has accepted this; EU Fms meeting in Brussels calls for 
end to viol. in Kos., UN to set up institutional framework ASAP, and says they 
will support democracy in Serbia particularly in cities governed by opp. to 
Milo.;KFOR announces it will begin twice-weekly simulated air-to-ground 
exercises over Kos.; KFOR says disturbances in Mitrovica organized Serbian
attempts to deliberately destabilize the sec. situation and are carefully 
orchestrated; KFOR denies speculation in Serbian press that 
FRY forces to return to Kos. next week once UCK has demilitarized;
Croatian Justice Min. Zvonimir Separovic argues at Hague trial case of Yugo. 
genocide against Croats between '91-'95; Croatian human rights groups urge 
parl., state prosecutor's office to ban right wing Croatian Party of Historical 
Rights for having called on army to stage coup if govt. extradites Croatian 
generals to Hague

Sept. 14 - Returning Serb refs.' convoy fired on near Ranilug, killing 1, 
wounding 2; KFOR finds 2 dead elderly Montenegrin women in home in Peja; Rocket-
propelled grenade fired into Serbian café injuring 3 Serbs; 39 ethnic Albanians 
representing 4 parties, various social orgs., media outlets meet in Wash. at 
invitation of State Dept.'s Institute of Peace, agree on framework of 
basic principles, practices, and procedures to help guide Kos. during and after 
its transition to dem. self-rule, Albright tells them you must combat the 
temptations of revenge, corruption, and criminality...evidence of unchecked 
criminality would lose you the support of the intl. comm. and the trust of your 
people; Kouchner swears in 5 judges, 2 prosecutors for new court of appeals in 
Pristina, all ethnic Albanians, Kouchner says he can't find Serbs who are 
qualified but will hold open positions for Serbs; Rus. Col.-Gen. Leonid Ivashov 
says NATO has failed to implement UN Sec. Coun. Res. 1244, says Rus. considering 
withdrawing its forces, also says he is Absolutely sure that  UCK will not fully 
disarm by Sept. 15; Serb PM Marjanovic says hyperinflation will not return, 
calls opp. leaders lilliputians who are being used by NATO to destroy the govt.;
30 Muslim familes receive keys to new homes in Pale representing first return of 
Muslims to area; Bos. Serb mil. officials agree to resume attending meetings of 
Standing Comm. on Mil.  Matters; Mac. govt. says all residency permits for refs. 
to expire by Sept. 28, UNHCR says it will neg.

Sept. 15 - NATO Sec.-Gen. designate Robertson reveals that NATO had plan for 
ground invasion of Yugo. to take place on this date (15th) if Yugo. had not 
pulled out of Kos. by  then; EU parl. sets up special fund to help Serb refs. 
from Kos.; UN's Intl. Org. for Migration (IOM) interviews applicants for 
positions in Kos. Corps, registers over 10,700 applicants, mostly former 
UCK, KFOR spokesman says Kos. Corps won't be mil. or def. force, nor be in 
charge ofimplementing law or maintaining public order and sec.; KFOR conducts 
weapons raids throughout province, arrest 3 Serbs in possession of large amounts 
of weapons including 1 in possession of Serbian paramilitary uniform; Ethnic 
Alb. refs. from Serbian town of Presevo organize hunger strike in Mac. to demand 
they be sent to 3rd country or have ref. camp prepared  for them in Kos.;
Mon. Pres. Djukanovic says Mon. to try to join OSCE, Council of Eur. even though 
not yet an ind. country; Kara. reported to have given speech in Srebrenica 
praising heroism of Serb forces during war, calls on them not to leave town 
where the most glorious pages of Serbian history have been written, Krajisnik in 
attendance w/ him; UN's Petritsch says report of appearance incorrect

Sept. 16 - Final Joint Implementation Council meeting between KFOR, UCK held, 
Ceku says UCK has fully complied w/ weapons hand-in ahead of self-imposed 
deadline of Sept. 19; Rus. Gen.  Valerii Yevtukovich says of Rahovec stand-off, 
we will not use force, but we will continue our talks to find a solution; UNMIK 
says it will begin registering voters in Kos. On Oct. 1 for upcoming elections 
even though no date set; Richard Dill, interim director of Radio  and Television 
Kos. (RTK) says UN, OSCE have approved his station for broadcasting within
days, programs to be produced in and by Kosovars, be in both Serbian and 
Albanian, head of Coordinating council of Radio and Television Pristina 
representing ethnic Alb. journalists, Martin Cuni, says his group not consulted 
about RTK plan Bodies of 3 men, 1 child found in field n. of Djakovica; Albanian 
girl injured in drive-by shooting in Istock; 4-6 explosions heard near 
Gorazdevac; JCS Chairman Gen. Henry Shelton says local UCK has complied fast 
enough w/ disarmament but says there is no reason to believe they won't full
 disarm; 10 UCK members in uniforms arrested in 3 separate incidents outside 
their assembly areas; Stones thrown at Serb convoy in Gorazdevac area injuring 
3; 3 bombs explode near Serb apts. in Lipjan, KFOR pks injured when 1 bomb 
thrown back out of apt. by occupants of targeted apt.; 3 explosions near
church n. of Pasjane;5,000 Alliance for Change supporters attend convention in 
Novi Sad;Mon. PM Vujanovic says Milo. has increased number of mil. police in 
rep. without consultations, also says press wrong in saying Mon. has established 
paramilitary formations; Petritsch fires Bos. Croat Justice Min. of Herceg-Bosna 
area Stipo Babic, Drvar municipal council head Borivoje Malbasic for obstructing 
peace process; Mac. Pres. Gligorov says West has failed in promises to provide 
financial aid to Mac., and that ethnic Albanians could constitute majority of 
pop. by 2015 if demographic trends continue

Sept. 18 - Hundreds of uniformed members of UCK march through Pristina in 
symbolic farewell 1 day before force demilitarizes and no longer wears uniforms 
or emblems; Thaci tells supporters at stadium after parade that "the KLA is 
transforming.  It won't be called the KLA, but it will be a defense force of the 
citizens and territory of Kos.; Gen. Jackson says a few Kos. Corps members to be 
allowed to carry weapons; Former Nat. Bank Gov. and ind. eco. Dragoslav 
Avramovic says Milo., Milutinovic must resigns as they are a "major obstacle for 
the future integration of Yugo. into the world community"

Sept. 19 - 62-year old Serb shot in Vitina; 4 unidentified bodies discovered n. 
of village of Lapusnik; 12 men wearing UCK uniforms, badges escorted back to 
their assembly area by KFOR in Gnjilane; KFOR arrests 7 Albanians in Ratkovac 
for possession of 2 AK-47s, 1 recoilless rifle; Turkish KFOR troops rescue woman 
held hostage for 2 days in village of Tuzus; Vladan Batic of Alliance for Change 
calls on Kouchner, KFOR officials to resign due to failure to protect Kos. Serbs 
and for their support of UCK officials instead of "liberal, democratically-
oriented Alb. politicians"; Draskovic says his party won't take part in protests 
unless Milo. refuses call for early elections;15 bodies exhumed from mass grave
near Sara., thought to be Muslims killed by Serbs in '92;Pope John Paul II 
visits Slovenia, denounces extreme nationalism, calls for building of peace in
Europe, beatifies 19th century bishop Anton Martin Slomsek, meets w/ Kucan and 
members of Serbian minority

Sept. 20 - KFOR's Jackson accepts UCK's full compliance w/ demilitarization 
after all-night session, UCK to cease wearing uniforms, insignia, new civilian 
org. under title Kos. Protection Corps to be established providing civilian 
emergency services; only 200 members to be allowed to carry guns and to be under 
Ceku's command; KFOR says it has taken in over 10,000 UCK weapons including 
9,000 small arms, 800 machine-guns, 300 anti-tank weapons, and 178 mortars, 
along w/ 5.5 mil. rounds of ammo. and 27,000 hand-grenades, credits UCK Gen. 
Ceku w/ having facilitated process; Thaci complains that Kouchner is not 
consulting w/ Kosovars; UNMIK Customs Service begins work on Albanian border, UN 
stresses that this is the only official customs for province and money goes 
directly to Kos. budget (payment of public workers [32 border crossing 
officials], restoration of public utilities and services); UNMIK says IPTF still 
as doesn't have full authority outside of Pristina despite full deployment; 4 
children killed, 2 wounded from cluster bomb set they set off near Mogila; Bomb 
explodes in building in Kamenica where Serbs, Albanians both live; Rus. pks find 
82-year old Serb woman murdered in home in Kamenica while another Rus. patrol 
comes under small arms fire from 2 different groups, return fire but don't 
arrest anybody; Serb police arrest 12 members of student org. Otpor (Resistance) 
in Kragujevac for organizing protest against Milo.; Bos. Serb acting PM Dodik 
meets in Bel. w/ Milo.; Mon. Prosecutor-Gen. Bozidar Vukcevic files criminal 
charges against Bulatovic for planning mil. coup against Podgorica for 
statements made in April calling on JV to "occupy" media institutions in Mon.

Sept. 21 - Solana welcomes effective ending of UCK as structured para-military
org., calls demilitarization process Asuccessful, calls on all Kosovars, esp. 
former UCK, to Aseize this unique opportunity to build a peaceful and stable 
Kos.; Kouchner says  there are organized efforts by Serbs to destabilize Kos., 
but says he has no proof of official Serbian, Yugo. sec. personnel returning to 
province; KFOR arrests man for throwing gas bomb at unoccupied house in Lipljan; 
Small arms fire in Pristina in evening, also in Rakitnica in Rus. area of 
responsibility, and possible grenade explosions in MNB Center; Fre. pks arrest 
Serb w/ hand grenade in Mitrovica; KFOR strength now at 50,000 w/ 41,331 in 
Kos., 7,016 in Mac., 1,424 in Albania, and 151 in Greece;Anti-Milo. protests in 
Belgrade draw estimated 20,000, another 10,000 in Novi Sad, other cities 
also draw crowds; Assoc. of Free and Ind. Unions call for general strike largely 
unrecognized; Serb police seize truck carrying entire distribution of ind. Banja 
Luka paper "Reporter", hold it at Sremska Mitrovica;Mon. PM Filip Vujanovic says 
Serb PM Mirko Majanovic has refused to hold direct talks w/ Mon. side on 
relations between them; Solana tells NATO Dms that it will be possible to cut 
NATO forces in BH by one-third, vote to  be taken in Dec.;

Sept. 22 - 2nd day of protests brings out only 6-10,000 in Belgrade, far fewer 
in Novi Sad and other cities; Djindjic says opp. is "doomed" if Serbs "do not 
find the energy" for protests; Momcilo Trajkovic, Bishop Artemije resign from 
Kos. Transitional Council in protest over formation of Kos. Protection Corps, 
Rus. For. Min. calls formation a "thoughtless political act" and is against 
spirit of UN Res. 1244; Hague says investigators have uncovered thousands of
bodies from 150 mass graves, 350 more suspected sites still to be unearthed

Sept. 23 - Solana says ethnic Albanians have to give up on idea of ind. Kos. 
state, comments that "shifting of borders" could lead to fragmentation elsewhere 
in Balkans and possibly in Russia; Norwegian officer held in Mac. for 
involvement in traffic accident which killed Mac. min., family members released 
to Nor. auth.; 2 Albanian men arrested for setting up illegal checkpoint
near Pec;3rd day of rallies against Milo. produce only about 5,000 in Belgrade, 
Djindjic says protests will end unless more people come out; 2,000 high school 
students demonstrate against ban on travel abroad imposed by Educ. Min.; Yugo. 
army holds maneuvers near Kos., Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic says Bel. won't recognize 
Kos. Protection Corps; Council of Europe to request $14 mil. from EU to rebuild 
3 bridges in Novi Sad; Petritsch says he will set up Anti-Corruption and 
Transparency Group to combat fraud; OSCE's Robery Barry meets w/ Dodik, says 
later that RS VP Mirko Sarovic should take over presidency as required by RS 
constitution; Mon. says it will set up own customs and trade regime;Mac. refuses 
450 Roma opportunity to cross from Kos. into Mac. despite their claims that they 
are trying to escape attacks from ethnic Albanians

Sept. 24 - Wash. Post reports that senior US officials ready to drop opp. to 
Kos. ind. although State Dept's Rubin. denies this, says "we have always said we 
do not support ind. for Kos."; Solana visits Pristina, says he is "very pleased 
to see the UCK has fully demilitarized in accordance w/ the requirements of the 
UN Sec. Coun. Res. 1244"; also characterizes new Kos. Protection Corps "will be 
a civil org. without pol. affiliation and will operate  under the day-to-
day supervision of KFOR" and calls on Kos. Albanian pol. leaders to "publicly 
reaffirm their commitment to build a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic society"; 
Serb leader Trajkovic says Serb will call for setting up 5 cantons for Serbs in 
Kos., establishment of their own militia in response to Kos. Protection Corps, 
says he won't return to Kos. Transitional Council until UN, NATO agree to 
demands KFOR find illegal vehicle checkpoint set up by Albanian men n. of 
Pristina; Draskovic meets w/ Bos. Serb PM Milorad Dodik in BL, says only hope 
for Serbia is if "Milo. and his regime is removed";Mon. poll shows 44% of those 
surveyed would vote for ind., 39% want to stay in Yugo., but 60% say there is 
need to revise rels. w/ Serbia, 8% say they support Milo.

Sept. 25 - 50,000-55,000 protests for 5th day against Milo. regime

Sept. 26 - Crowd estimated at 50,000 rally  against Milo. in Bel. on 6th day of
protests, protests occur in other towns; Yugo. Int. Min. Goran Matic says on TV 
that Alliance for Change's aim is to "destroy Yugo. and take from it whatever 
they like", calls Djinjdjic a NATO ally;KFOR arrests 4 Serbs near Rahovec for 
suspicion of war crimes; Ehnic Albanian man shot, killed in Pec, another man 
killed in Dakovica; 10 Albanian men arrested for looting in village of Sredska 
(e. of Prizren); KPC guard killed, civilian injured in shooting inside former 
UCK hq n. of Pristina; KFOR finds weapons cache in Serb area of Kos. Polje 
including rocket-propelled grenades, 100 Serbs block traffic on main road in 
response, but KFOR, UNMIK police reopen  road; Barricades in Gracanica removed, 
KFOR says this is due to creation of trust between them and Serbs; 2 elderly 
Serbs stabbed in attack in Kosovo Polje, 2 Albanian men shot n. of Puduevu, 
another wounded near Patgan while carrying AK-47; Small arms fire, explosions 
heard sw. of Gnjilane, shots heard in Vitina; Izet. in Iran for diplomatic 
visits after being in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, Croat and Serb members 
of joint presidency, Ante Jelavic and Zivko Radisic, critical of Izet. for not 
informing them of visit

Sept. 27 - Serb man shot in village of Ugljare near Kosovo Polje, 100 Serbs
stage demonstration, drag Albanian man out of car and beat him, KFOR seals off 
village

Sept. 28 - 4 Serbs arrested on suspicion of involvement in abduction of 23
ethnic Albanians from Kosovska Mitrovica; 28 bodies discovered in nearby village 
of Vidomiric; 2 grenades explode in marketplace in Bresje (Kos. Polje) killing 2 
Serbs, wounding 6 seriously, 4 ethnic Albanians arrested after attack, Kouchner 
calls attack "outrageous" and endangers construction of democracy; 2 cars 
stopped sw. of Srbica, found to have anti-personnel mines, anti-tank mines,
anti-tank rockets, launchers and detonators, 2 Albanian men arrested, more 
weapons seized in Gojbulja (3 km. ne. of Vucitrn); Car blows up in Pristina, 3 
Albanians arrested; Albanian man killed in grenade attack 10 km. n. of Pristina; 
Serb man, 3 Serb women injured in grenade attack in Gnjilane; Serb farmers 
attacked by Albanians throwing rocks at Cernica, Albanians detained 
causing Albanian protest causing KFOR to fire 2 warning shots after crowd 
becomes unruly; 2 Serb teachers reported missing in Urosevac; Thaci visits 
Turkish village of Mamusha, says ethnic Turks welcome to help build "free and 
democratic Kos.", also comments that he wants mission at UN and for KPC to 
participate in NATO's Partnership for Peace program; Rally in Nis brings out 
15,000-20,000, 20 other cities hold opp. rallies, only 10,000 turn out in 
Bel.; Milo. makes appearance at reopening of oil refinery in Pancevo, says "in a 
year, two, or three, things will be better"; Patriarch Pavle calls on Milo. to 
"resign peacefully"; Bildt says he fears Bos. economy would collapse if for. aid 
withdrawn, criticizes Bos. leaders for not undertaking reform and says West has 
"not been sufficiently tough with them"

Sept. 29 - 30,000 protest in Belgrade's Dedinje district near home of Milo., 
police clash w/ them injuring 60, Int. Min. says "large group of 
hooligans...including known criminals and drug addicts" attack police; Group 17 
ind. economists calls on EU to help dem. process by providing gas to opp.-
controlled cities in Serbia, say $3.5 mil. for heating oil projects needed in 
is, Pirot; Bel. judge fines "Glas jovnosti" $21,600 for story on corruption in 
distribution of humanitarian aid, fines editor nearly $10,000; Carla del Ponte, 
ICTY chief prosecutor says court to concentrate on gathering evidence against 
Milo, others on case-by-case basis, but that ct. has neither the mandate nor the 
resources to function as primary body investigating all criminal acts committed 
in Kos., that this auth. instead lies w/ UNMIK through UNCivPol and civilian 
police in Kos.; Gen. Jackson meets w/ Kos. Polje delegation to discuss security 
after grenade kills 2 Serbs day before, reiterates that KFOR mandate is to 
provide sec. for all; Kouchner condemns "massive hatred" between ethnic 
Albanians, Serbs in Kos.; 3 UNMIK personnel held for day in Serbia released; 2 
Albanians' bodies who disappeared on March 25 discovered in Dudervic (n. of 
Istok); 4 Bosnian men reported they were beaten in Pec by group of Albanians; 2 
roadblocks set up in Strpce (Urosevac area) after 2 teachers disappear there; 
explosions heard at Cernica; OSCE report says Zagreb has made progress toward 
estern standards of dem. but is far behind in many areas including property 
restitution, vague amnesty law, flawed media and electoral laws; Hague sends 
letter to UN Sec. Coun. saying Zag. still not cooperating w/ investigations;
Kara.'s wife says she has not seen him in 3 months, that he moves around 
constantly and she hears reports from him

Sept. 30 - KFOR reports 10 murders, 1 kidnapping, 27 cases of arson in week 
ending Sept. 25; Anti-tank rocket fired at house in Dobrusa occupied by Kos. 
Bosniaks; Mil. police search former UCK police station near Pec, confiscate 
weapons, ammo; Elderly Serb couple killed in their house in Prizren; MPs also 
detain 4 16-18 year olds for harassing elderly Serb woman in Prizren; UNMIK 
interpreter kidnapped in MNB-C; 2 Serbs attacked, 1 of them killed near Vitina 
by 3 unidentified men; Rus. patrol comes under small arms fire in Kamenica area; 
Serbs in Strpce still blocking road in effort to set up own security measures, 
KFOR, UNMIK, OSCE hold negs. w/ them; Gen. Jackson says he is not satisfied w/ 
level of sec. in Kos., that KFOR will break  the "cycle of violence"; KFOR 
removes last 9 ethnic Albanian patients, 10 Albanian nurses from main hospital 
in Mitrovice in northern part of town;Bel. police close down offices of "Glas 
Javnosti", ban it for 15 days due to "financial irregularities", but editor says 
it was because it had been distributing leaflets at opp. rallies; Leaders of 17 
opp. groups hold round-table meeting to discuss early elections; Group 17 
economists holds meeting in Paris w/ Fre. FM Vedrine;
Former Alb. Pres. Sali Berisha says Albanians throughtout Balkans may unite if 
"anti-Alb. racism" continues in other countries where Albanians are in minority

Oct. l - Clark says there is no date for NATO withdrawing from either Bos., or 
Kos, but that NATO has a "strategy for success" in Balkans Several roadblocks 
still in Kosovo Polje area; 2 men arrested for conducting illegal checkpoint 
west of Pec; 2 Bos. Muslim men shot in their home in western Pec killing 1; KFOR 
confiscates weapons found in former UCK building in Djakovica, others in 
Orahovac, Prizren, detain 6 for questioning; Grenade thrown at gas station in 
Pristina suburb, 1 thrown at Roma house in city; Weapons seized, 3 Albanians 
detained in Cernica; Bel. police surround offices of Alliance for Change to 
detain publisher of leaflet "Promene" (Changes), Vjekoslav Radovic who has 
barricaded himself in office; Petritsch rejects application for presidency of RS 
made by VP Mirko Sarovic

Oct. 2 - Opp. march in Canak cancelled due to strong police presence; 45 members 
of Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences call for resignation of govt. in letter

Oct. 3 - Draskovic in car accident 40 kilometers sw of Bel in village of Petka,
4 of his assistants including his brother-in-law all killed by truck which hits 
them head on, calls accident "an obvious assassination attempt", truck driver 
leaves scene; Opp. rally in Bel. brings out 15,000, rallies of up to 10,000 held 
in Nis, Novi Sad between Oct. 1-3; Thaci says "Bel. will ever again make 
decisions about Kos." while speaking to crowd of ethnic Albanians in Gjilan; 
also comments that Kos. to have mil. academy to train officers for future army, 
says UCK to set up pol. party w/ the Party of Democratic Unity; KFOR maintains 
blockade of Kos. Polje due to Serb, ethnic Alb. barricades in area after grenade 
attack on market in Kos. Polje kills 2, injures dozens; elderly Serb couple 
killed in Prizren, Serb man killed near Vitina; PM Dodik says on return from US 
that RS to coop. w/ Hague

Oct. 4 - KFOR spokesman Roland Lavoie calls Thaci remarks of previous day 
"factually incorrect" and "inflammatory", and that corps will be apolitical and 
Thaci will have no influence over group; KFOR removes barricades put up around 
Kos. Polje due to their disruption of movement of humanitarian aid, some Serbs 
detained briefly for interfering w/ removal; also arrest 3 for possession of AK-
47s, rocket-propelled launcher, anti-personnel mines, ammo.; KFOR finds mines 
laid by civilian vehicle in Donje Gadimlje area (22 km. s. of Pristina); 15-year 
old Albanian boy injured while attempting to throw grenade in Vitina; house 
searches in Iglarevo, Kline (MNB-S) uncovers weapons; KFOR arrests 3 for 
attempting to rob Roma house, fired upon but have no injuries; small arms fire 
reported in Mitrovica area;"Glas Javnosti" publishes again after 2-day 
suspension, but state financial police stationed in editorial dept. to carry out 
secret investigation; Serbs free 54 ethnic Albanians who were arrested in Kos.;
Sakic convicted in Zagreb ct., sentenced to 20 years, attorneys say they will 
appeal

Oct. 5 - Serb driver of car pulled out and beaten during funeral in Supkovac 
(near Mitrovica), Fre. pks intervene, arrest Albanian man causing crowd to turn 
hostile, KFOR has to fire warning shots; Rus. resupply convoy in area attacked 
w/ one vehicle set on fire, KFOR fires more warning shots; 1 Serb man killed, 11 
injured while 18 KFOR pks slightly injure, former UCK members intervene to 
restrain hostile crowd; KFOR removes Serb barricade on highway near Kosova 
Polje, says it has met Serb demands of increasing troop presence, then removes 
Alb. blockade nearby; 3 men wearing KPC uniforms arrested at Pristina Hospital 
for threatening civilians; KFOR searches, closes 3 former UCK PU stations in 
Podujevo, Kodraucet; Weapons discovered in Majance valley; Negotiations continue 
in Orahovac, sides pledge to solve problems by peaceful means; Albanian man 
reported abducted by 3 men in Dragobilje (s. of Malisevo); Ger. KFOR troops fire 
warning shots near Alb. border after group tries to cross illegally; Detonation 
heard in Mitrovica; UCK's Kosovapress calls Veton Surroi, member of KTC, and 
ton Haxhiu, chief ed. of "Koha Ditore" "dregs", accuses them of "spying and 
cooperating w/ Milo's regime", Surroi says this is because he has recently 
called what is being done to Kos. Serbs "a form of fascism";
Driver of truck involved in Draskovic accident reported found, hundreds attend 
funeral of Draskovic brother-in-law; Serb riot police block protest march of 
10,000 in Bel., while 10,000 more protest in Nis, 5,000 in Novi Sad, while 
25,000 protest in Kragujevac; World Bank approves $29 mil. loan to Croatia (18th 
since '93) for improving country's health care system; Petritsch orders Serbian 
Radical Party to reapply to participate in next year's elections without top 3 
candidates, Poplasen and aides Mirko Blagojevic and Ognjen Tadic due to their 
opp to Dayton peace process

Oct. 6 - Grenade kills Roma woman, seriously injures another in their apt. in 
Dokovica; another grenade thrown in yard of Serb house near Stimlje but fails to 
explode; weapons seized in Dobrusa (n. of Pec); 25 year-old woman kidnapped in 
Cuculjaja; 2 Serbs slightly wounded in Vitina (MNB-E) after explosive thrown 
into restaurant; 2 Albanians arrested in Vitina for curfew violation at 
checkpoint; 3 men stab Roma man in Prizren (MNB-S), body of 50 year old Albanian 
man reported missing day before found dead of gunshot wound near Suva Reka; KFOR 
fires warning shots on 2 different occasions to prevent illegal entries from 
Albania; Situation in Mitrovica calm although Serb girl slightly injured in 
Suvido (near Mitrovica) after 10 young Albanians stone bus; OSCE's Vollebaek 
speaks to cadets at Vushtrri police academy, condemns clash in Mitrovica while 
Jackson comments that incident tells him that "ethnic hatred is still just below 
the surface";6,000 in Novi Sad mark anniversary of "yogurt revolution" when 
Milo's supporters took power, protestors call instead to honor victims of Milo's 
regime; 5,000 demonstrate in Bel., several hundred in Cacak, Pancevo; Draskovic 
calls Milo's system "an empire of evil"; Police reported to have detained 
Draskovic aide Vladimir Nikolic on charges of "revealing state secrets";
Bos. Standing Committee for Military Questions agrees that Mus. to be Bos. mil. 
attache in Wash., Serb to be chief mil. rep. to NATO, Croat to have position at 
OSCE in Vienna; OSCE, Petritsch office say they will ban SRS from taking part in 
elections unless they drop top 3 candidates, SRS calls this decision "fascist"; 
Klein wants to form joint border force

Oct. 7 - Main opp. parties agree on early elections, demand revision of media
 and election laws, wants proportional rep. system, for. and domestic poll 
watchers, agree not to form coalition w/ any parties currently in govt.; 40,000 
demonstrate in 15 separate municipalities, call for Milo. to resign; Socialist 
party spokesman says his party had nothing to do w/ Draskovic accident;
1,000 ethnic Alb. miners protest at Stari Trg mine (near Mitrovica), call for 
return to former jobs; 1,500 ethnic Albanians demonstrate outside UN hq in 
Mitrovica demanding access to schools, hospital in northern part of city; KFOR 
reported to have arrested war criminal suspect for murder, other charges in 
Prizren but don't identify him; World Bank approves $60 mil. for reconstruction, 
eco. recovery for next 18 months; OSCE calls for swift and credible 
investigation of stabbing of Muslim official in Srebrenica municipal building 
previous day

Oct. 8 - HDZ officials reject opp. request that state-run TV executives resign 
their membership in the party 

Oct. 9 - Alliance for Change rally draws 5,000; crowd of 20,000 soccer fans 
celebrating Yugo. team draw against Croatia throw beer cans at Alliance leaders; 
500 ethnic Albanains attend reburial of 27 killed in Plocica

Oct. 10 - US pks confiscate 2 rocket grenades, VJ uniform, other mil. elements 
from 3 Serb men in Mogila (12 km. s. of Gnjilane) after they harass local 
Albanians; weapons, ammo. confiscasted from home of suspected arsonist in 
Urosevac in MNB-SE; drive-by shooting in Banjska (nw. of Vucitrn) kills 50 year 
old Serb; Fre. pks in Mitrovica find 4 Albanians beating Serb man, flee into 
former UCK hq where man is rescued; Grenades fired at Serb town of Suvi Do (sw 
of Pristina) injuring 1; 37 year old Albanian man kidnapped 5 days prior found 
dead near Ljubica (nw. of Malisevo); small arms fire in areas of Martinaj, 
Gorozuo (near Alb. border w. of Prizren; 800 attend authorized burial ceremony 
in Zahaq (e. of Pec) of 27 UCK members killed in fighting; Humanitarian Law 
Center says Serbs still hold 2,000 ethnic Albanian prisoners;
Dodik's office issues statement saying it doesn't approve of recent meeting of 
Poplasen, Radisic, and parl. speaker Petar Djokic w/ Milo.

Oct. 11 - Hague spokesman says no bodies, bones found in Trepca lead and zinc 
mine near Mitrovica; Milo. in Leskovac accuses opponents of being West's 
"bootlickers"; Serbian Renewal Movement, Democratic Party both say they won't 
attend EU meeting in Lux. as they can't agree to demand that they extradite 
Milo. to Hague if they win elections, Orthodox Church also says it won't attend; 
EU FMs agree to send fuel trucks to opp.-controlled towns of Nis, Pirot; 
Djindjic calls EU demand that opp. pledge to extradite war criminals to Hague 
"was irresponsible at such a critical moment in Serbia's history"; Bri. For. 
Sec. Cook says that Britain won't give any more aid to Serbia as long as Milo. 
in power; Mon. PM Vujanovic, FM Branko Perovic to represent Mon. at EU gathering
Intl. Community's Wolfgang Petritsch's office says it will investigate why Zivko 
Radisic, Serb rep. to joint presidency, visited indicted war criminal Milo.;

Oct. 12 - KFOR Commander Gen. Sir Mike Jackson steps down in favor of Ger. Gen. 
Dr. Klaus Reinhardt, Jackson warns Kos. leadership that Awhilst KFOR can curtail 
violence, we cannot prevent the intent to commit violence, calls for strong 
tolerance and Kosovar willingness to work together w/ UNMIK, KFOR; Ger. forensic 
experts find mass grave near Rahovec which may contain as many as 90 bodies from 
July '98 Serb attack on town; KFOR reports murders down from 30 per week to 6, 
1,073 looting incidents, 1,106 arsons, 348 murders committed since June 12; UCK 
members turn in large supply of ammo. to KFOR near Decane, KFOR to continue 
accepting voluntary turn-ins until Nov. 30 w/ no questions asked; US kps 
confiscate pistol after 8 Albanians attack 6 Serbs and Serbs lead troops to 
Albanain's house; body of elderly Serb woman beaten to death discovered in 
burning building Obilic; 2 men stopped at Lipjan checkpoint, found to have 2 
pistols; Argentinian contingent of 114 arrives in Dakovica to build field 
hospital; 29 Serbs return to Gornji Dragolevac, begin repairing damaged homes;  
body of 70 year old Albanian woman found 20 km. sw. of Mitrovica dead from 
gunshot wound; Several Albanians carrying auto. weapons attack 2 Serb 
lumberjacks in Mokra Gora (w. of Mitrovica); 4 children caught robbing factory 
in s. of Mitrovica; hand grenade thrown into Serbian bar on eastern side of 
Mitrovica, no casualties; UCK's Gen. Agim Ceku says that only Serbs committed 
war crimes on Croatian territory during and he won't comment on prospects that 
he might be indicted for crimes when he served as Croatian army commander in 
Medak area near Gospic in '93; Vuk Obradovic says opp. members who did not 
attend talks w/ EU Fms in Luxembourg made mistake, denies that EU would have 
insisted on signing of declaration calling for Milo. extradition; Draskovic 
spokesman says key evidence in car crash missing regarding owner of truck and 
that info. has been erased from police computer; Serb rep. on Bos. joint 
presidency Zivko Radisic says recent talks in Bel. w/ Milo. were in interests of 
Bos. Serbs; Croatian govt. sends letter to UN's Annan that talks on Prevlaka 
Peninsula have not resumed due to Bel. making unacceptable territorial demands 
and that Mon. needs to be included in talks

Oct. 13 - Opp. Civic Alliance of Serbia says 20 thugs working for govt. injured 
at least 5 anti-govt. protestors in Bel. in attack, opp. cancels plans for 
protests for next day in Novi Beograd, Slavija districts; Opp. mayor of Nis, 
Zoran Zivkovic, says Milo. cannot prevent possible EU oil deliveries to Nis, 
Pirot; Hague now says that over 400 mass graves have been found in Kos.; Ger. 
KFOR troops prevent attempt of illegal border crossing from Albania by firing 
warning shots at potential smugglers; KFOR arrests 5 looters of houses in 
Musnikov (e. of Prizren); Ger. MPs arrest 5 for intimidating 3 Serb girls near 
Prizren; Turkish KFOR troops confiscate 33 rifles, other weapons, ammo. in area 
of Dragas; KFOR escorting Serb workers at Trepca mine (near Mitrovica), 
providing 24 hour surveillance at mine; bomb explodes near Serb home Gnjilane, 
no casualties; Raids on Albanian houses in Kamenica by US/Rus. forces produce 
ammo., pistols, counterfeit documents, pistol confiscated from Serb man who is 
then arrested by Rus. forces; Opp. parties who didn't go to Lux. sign 5-pt. 
declaration calling for holding elections within 3 months under reformed elec. 
laws, calls for EU to press for admission of Yugo. to Balkan Stability Pact, 
make gift of $1 bil. to Serbia to help it deal w/ urgent problems;
Mon. ruling party DPS says it has accepted offer by Milo's Socialists to discuss 
future rels.; RS PM Dodik says Kara., other indicted war criminals must go to 
Hague "whether they like it or not", that they should not be allowed to spoil RS 
chances of receiving intl. aid; 3 ethnic Serb legislators in Croatian parl. 
write to Tudj. to ask him to block leg. that would reduce the number of seats 
from 3 to 1 reserved for Serbs

Oct. 14 - NATO's Robertson defends using oil deliveries for pol. purposes, says 
it is necessary to show Serbs that "there is a welcome for them in this Euro. 
family of dem. nations...if they reject Milo."; Opp. parties sign agreement on 
ground rules for new elections; 6,000 protesters throw stones at Serb Pres. 
Milutinovic in Nis as he reopens bridge hit in air attacks Pristina airport 
reopens to civilian traffic; KFOR patrol prevents man from crossing border from 
Albania at Vrbnica by firing shots; UN's Annan, in Pristina, says UN is not here 
to prepare the people for ind.; Serbian govt. temporarily moves Serbian aculties 
of Pristina Univ. to northern Mitrovica, Krusevac; 4 SFOR troops hurt by stones 
thrown at them near Mostar when they attempt to seize arms in city, Croat 
members of Mus-Croat Fed. leave parl. to go to Mostar, Croat rep. on joint 
presidency, Ante Jelavic calls meeting of HDZ to discuss weapons crackdown; 
Petritsch says local politicians living in apts. owned by those forced out 
should move; Croatian Supreme Ct. says there no legal ground for not extraditing 
Mladen 'Tuta' Naletilic to Hague, but lawyer says he is too ill to travel

Oct. 15 - Mon. Pres. Milo. Djukanovic meets w/ NATO Sec. Gen. Lord Robertson at 
NATO hq in Brussels, sides discuss situation in the Balkans including Kos., 
Serbia; Robertson assures Djukanovic of  Allies support for Djukanovic's dem.-
elected govt., efforts to promote pol., eco. reforms; Serbian Info. Min. sues 
Slavoljub Kacarevic, publisher of AGlas Javnosti for violation of media law in 
publishing leaflet AChanges in his paper; Yugo. Dep. PM Tomislav Nikolic says 
govt. won't prevent EU heating oil from getting to opp.-controlled towns but 
will instead control its use, that city govts. won't be allowed to charge for it 
as it is gift from EU 3,000 ethnic Albanians try to force way across bridge in 
Mitrovica, Fre., Ital. pks fire stun grenades, tear gas to keep them back; 
Turkish Pres. Demirel visits Kos. Turks in Mamusa, says they should live in 
harmony w/ Serbs, Albanians; UN police issue new license plates in Kos. to 
control theft of cars; Tudj. reportedly request private mass for him and his 
party in crypt beneath St. Peter's on upcoming visit to Italy, Vatican includes 
mass to prevent Adiplomatic scandal

Oct. 16 - Trajkovic says in Banja Luka Kos. Serbs will have to create 
Aprotection force to counter Kos. Protection Corps; Kouchner, KFOR Commander 
Gen. Reinhardt meet w/ reps. of Ind. Student Union to discuss reopening of Univ. 
of Pristina; Man killed, wife wounded in drive-by shooting; Authorized 
commemorative ceremony in Donje Obrinje takes place instead in Gornje Obrinje 
where 350 people attend w/ 15 in KPC uniforms, 5 wearing UCK uniforms w/ some 
carrying pistols in violation of demilitarization agreement, KFOR says it won't 
tolerate such non-compliance; gas bomb thrown at Serb house n. of Kosovo Polje; 
4 explosions heard in n. part of Mitrovica, KFOR finds small quantities of 
explosives; KFOR stops 2 cars at border control in St. Kacanik, confiscate large 
number of ammo. rounds, return men to Albania; 4 attempt to cross border from 
Albania, 1 detained, 3 flee back to Alb.; Ger. KFOR troops prevent looting 
attempts, arrest 9 and hand them over to MPs; 173 graduate from Kos. police 
academy; 10,000 students, others hold protest in Novi Sad

Oct. 17 - Body found in shallow grave in e. Pristina; 3 Serbs detained for
 carrying machine gun in vehicle at Jazince checkpoint (near West Gnjilane);
Bomb explodes overnight at home of Dem. Party's Nebojsa Andric in Valjevo; 
Steering Committee of Citizen's Alliance of Serbia to join Alliance for Change; 
Draskovic says Albania meddling in Serbian affairs by trying to open diplomatic 
office in Pristina, calls this Aflagrant viol. of intl. Norms Bulatovic says 
Athe people and army won't allow Mon. to secede, calls Podgorica govt. cowards 
and traitors while Mon. FM Branko Perovic says rels. have never been worse and 
that govt. may call referendum on ind. sooner than anyone thinks

Oct. 18 - 150 Serbs meet in Gracanica monastery to try to set up protection 
force, call for SErb-dominated areas to be self-governing cantons, call for 
moratorium on political party activities, and establishment of 49-member Serbian 
National Council; Fire in former Prsitina TV building injures 3 KFOR pks; 
Mitrovica quiet w/ only 50 people on either side of Ibar River bridge; 3 Bri. 
pks injured in fire at barracks in Pristina; Shots fired near KFOR patrol in sw. 
part of Kosovo Polje, 1 Nor. soldier lightly wounded; 2 children killed, 1 
seriously wounded by bomblet in field in Mala Krusa (n. of Prizren); Man, 
woman's bodies found shot n. of Malisevo, another Serb man shot and killed 
outside Serb bank in Pristina, UNMIK holding suspect while NATO condemns act as 
Abarbaric behavior (which) cannot be tolerated and steps up sec. presence in 
Pristina; KFOR troops find Roma woman beaten in Pec; Decomposed body found in 
Vranic (ne. of Djakovica); Weapons searches in Prizren reveal ammo., explosives, 
more weapons in Klina; KFOR denies media reports that it has requested KPC 
assistance in calming situation in Mitrovica during student demonstration on 
Oct. 15, reiterates that KFOR, UNMIK are only legitimate authorities for 
enforcement of and that future KPC will strictly be a civilian relief agency w/ 
no police auth., crowd control operations, and that individual members of KPC 
have no auth. to speak as an official body on such matters; Alliance for Change' 
Batic says several parties in group to form electoral coalition, but that 
alliance won't take part in elections unless there is electoral reform; Seselj 
confirms govt. recently printed additional $400 mil. dinars to support 
reconstruction; Rus. natural gas deliveries by way of Hungary reported to have 
resumed; Podgorica airport reopened to civilian traffic; Tudj. predicts HDZ will 
win elections since it created Croatia, says no Croatian general to be sent to 
Hague since they liberated their country from evil and cannot be held 
accountable; also calls for Bos. Croats to have their own entity, Petritsch's 
office says there will be no revision of Dayton; KFOR's Reinhardt in Skopje for 
meetings w/ PM, other govt. officials on for. mil. presence in Mac., pledges 
NATO assistance in road and building construction at Skopje airport, discuss 
facilitation of humanitarian aid convoys through Mac. 

Oct. 19 - Hague ct. acquits Bos. Serb Goran Jelisic of genocide, but convicts 
him on 31 counts of crimes against humanity, violations of customs of war in 
killings, illegal confinement, and illegal treatment of Mus., Croats at Luka 
detention camp in Brcko in '92; Court holds that genocide must be based on 
accused having intent to destroy, at least in part, a given group, or that he 
had clear knowledge that he was participating in the destruction of a group;
Shots fired from rocket propelled grenade launcher, auto. weapons hit 3 Serb 
houses, barn in mixed village of Migola (MNB-E), inhabitants return fire, KFOR 
installs checkpoint in village, increased ground patrols, and confiscate 2 
rifles from villagers, calls this a Arobust protection; UNMIK police find Serb 
male wounded by 3 Albanians outside Urosevac; 2 grenade explosions in Gnjilane; 
KFOR finds rifles, grenade launchers, ammo. in Svrhe (s. of Klina); Small arms 
fire heard in Mitrovica; KFOR engineers discover body in well they are cleaning 
in Suk Mah (ne. of Suva Reka); NATO to increase presence on streets in Pristina 
after Serb man killed; Archbishop Artemije says Serb cantons only way to 
preserve multi-ethnicity in Kos.; Yugo. Army chief-of-staff Gen. Dragoljub 
Ojdanic says govt. will resist any attempt to separate Kos. from Serbia;
Vuk Obradovic meets w/ US envoy Robert Frowick in RS, says Americans won't allow 
aid to Serbia until Milo. gone; also meets w/ Dodik who promises RS TV to 
broadcast program on opp. for broadcast into Serbia; Group calling itself 
Serbian Liberation Army says it is responsible for Draskovic car accident, says 
it is in monarchist-nationalist Chetnik tradition; Yugo. Nat. Bank Gov. Dusan 
Vlatkovic denies Seselj comments that bank has circulated extra $400 mil. in 
dinars; Mon. Social Affairs Min. Predrag Drecun says Mon. won't hurry to 
introduce its own currency; Ger. DM Rudolf Scharping says in Ljubljana Slovenia 
a Acertain candidate for NATO and the EU

Oct. 20 - Hand grenade thrown into apt. of Serbian interpreter for UNMIK inside
 KPC compound in Pristina wounding her; 250 pound plane bomb found in Pec, much 
of city evacuated before it is detonated; UNHCR begins bus service in Gjilan 
area; Kouchner opens Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims in Pristina, 
signs into law measures to eliminate discrimination in housing and employment; 
KFOR suspends civilian flights to Kos. after Yugo. auth. warn airlines not to 
fly there from Mac., KFOR protests saying June agreement gives them exclusive 
control over Kos. airspace; Serbian police attempt to breakup Alliance for 
Change meeting of 100 people in Vranje, succeed in Kragujevac; people in Uzice 
prevent police from detaining ind. police union leader Mon. Telecommunications 
Min. orders shutting down of Radio Free Mon. since it doesn't have a license, 
head of station calls action Apolitical, Djukanovic says he has just heard of it 
and station has 2 months to comply w/ regs.; RS govt. of Dodik approves program 
for return of displaced persons between 2 parts of BiH; US Amb. James Pardew 
says Tudj. comments on separate Bos. Croat entity not acceptable

Oct. 21 - 4 children injured in cluster bomb accident north of Urosevac; KFOR 
disposes of detonator in Trepca mines, 2 explosives in Mitrovica battery 
factory; Drive-by shooting near Norwegian KFOR camp at Lebane, KFOR says it 
doesn't know if it was aimed at pks or not; 2 arrested in Kosovo Polje for 
looting Serb house; car searches discover weapons in Prizren, elsewhere; 4 
arrested in Gnjilane for possession of ammo., grenade; Djindjic says secret 
services planning to assassinate him; Socialist Party spokesman says talks about 
elections must take place in parl. instead of roundtable format, says party is 
opposed to early elections; Petritsch, OSCE's Robert Barry present draft 
election law to joint BiH presidency, law would require candidates to get votes 
from both sides of inter-ethnic boundary, 1/3rd of candidates must be women, 
Petritsch says that adoption of draft election law for BH condition for its 
entry into CofE; Croatian Con. Ct. says Bos. Croat war criminal Mladen Tuta 
Naletilic's rights not violated in being sent to Hague; Tudj. tells HDZ that 
parl. elections to take place on Dec. 22;

Oct. 22 - Robertson visits KFOR hq w/ 19 members of North Atlantic Council; 34-
year old American soldier dies from gunshot to head; body found outside Vitina, 
KFOR patrol finds human remains in marked unexploded ordinance site; 3 detained 
for questioning in shooting of 64-year old Albanian man in Mogila (sw. of 
Gnjilane); 3 children killed, 1 wounded by mine in Pecane; 73-year old man steps 
on mine near Djakovica, loses both of his legs; Spanish KFOR troops find weapons 
cache, 454 gas masks in Istok and Vrela villages, 16 arrested in connection w/ 
this; KFOR confiscate antitank mines, rocket launchers, and detonators in Klina; 
3 bodies estimated to have been there for 5-6 months found in garden in village 
of Dolovo (s. of Klina); KFOR in Besinje (n. of Pristina) find 60-year old 
woman's body who had been missing for a week; Dutch, Ger. KFOR MPs arrest 2 
while trying to leave Kos. on suspicion of serious crimes, take them to Prizren; 
2 Roma, 1 Serb houses set on fire in Prizren; KFOR providing escort assistance 
to clothes deliveries to Roma district of Mitrovica; Car bomb injures ind. 
journalist, publisher Zeljko Kopanja in front of RS govt. complex in BL

Oct. 23 - KFOR arrests 2 SErbs who were trying to leave Kos. as part of convoy 
guarded by pks, suspect them of having committed war crimes, KFOR to continue 
screening convoys; Petritsch replaces Dan. diplomat Bent Jensen as rep. in Sreb. 
after Mus. complaints of Jensen's pro-Serb attitudes, Petritsch office says it 
was due to restructuring 

Oct. 24 - 4,000 ethnic Albanians protest in Rahovec against Rus. pks; 7 more 
house fires in MNB-S, Albanian house set fire in Pristina, gunshots n. of city; 
Alb. barn set on fire near UrosevacKFOR finds more weapons at battery factory 
outside of Mitrovica, arrest 2 looters near Prizren, 8 more in villages of 
Sredska, Pejcici (se. of Prizren); 62-year old man loses foot in mine accident 
near Deneral Jankovic Border crossing; 2 anti-tank mines, 2 anti-personnel mines 
confiscated in search of former UCK assembly area in Rezance; 2 AK-47s, ammo. 
confiscated in Djakovica; Serb man shot and wounded in Obilic; Bus w/ Serbian 
passengers accidently drives through Alb. wedding congregation in Zupce (w. of 
Mit.) causing unrest, stone throwing; Alb. man says he was injured after being 
attacked by former UCK members; 2 Albanians arrested in Pec for robbing 
Bosnian's house; 49 member  Serbian National Council meets in Gracanica, elects 
Archbishop Artemije pres., Trajkovic as head of Executive Board, but do not 
establish militia as expected;  Several Alliance for Change members meet in 
Budapest w/ US special envoy for Yugo., James Dobbins, later say Wash. is 
against complete lifting of sanctions against Bel., but that number of Yugo. 
officials prevented from entering US, EU to be doubled to more than 600; 
Alliance members later meet w/ former Yugo. PM Milan Panic who calls for US mil. 
action against Milo.; Seselj warns that Mon. secession could result in bloody 
war, NATO intervention

Oct. 25 - SFOR detains indicted war crimes suspect Damir Dosen for actions taken 
while shift commander at Keraterm camp outside Prijedor in '92 where prisoners 
were beaten, tortured, subjected to cruel and inhuman treatment, accused of 
crimes against humanity; NATO's Robertson calls on indictees to surrender to 
ICTY; BiH collective presidency Croat rep. Ante Jelavic calls for end to fed. 
arrangement between Croats, Muslims, terms of arrangement must be renegotiated 
or else have intl. community declare Bos. intl. protectorate and end pretense of 
self-govt.; OSCE issues ban against Seselj's Radical Party from participating in 
Bos. local elections scheduled for 2000 due to their failure to remove 
extremists, including Poplasen, from party offices; 30,000 workers protest in 
Sara. demanding greater social justice; Petritsch spokesperson says Ante Jelavic 
wrong in saying Croats victims of discrimination;
KFOR arrests 3 armed VJ soldiers in uniform at border crossing in Kociste (near 
Mon. border), take them to Pec and then release them, KFOR says it was not a 
hostile act but mistake; 2 men, 1 woman's bodies found w. of Pordojevo w/ 
gunshot wounds; 3 Albanian men working w/ explosives found in Sepoinica by KFOR; 
KFOR finds 2 bodies in Jabucani that have been there for at least 2 months; 2 
Serb houses set on fire in Urosevac; Nor. pks close Serb-held school in village 
of Plemetina after Serbs refuse to share it w/ ethnic Albanians, to be reopened 
when a separate school available for Albanian children 15,000 demonstrate in 
different Serbian cities calling for Milo's resignation, free and fair 
elections, Djindjic tells 10,000 in Nis that he has asked US to end sanctions as 
soon as proper elections are held; Mon. Pres. Djukanovic says Mon. will soon 
introduce Amonetary sovereignty; Discussion between Mon.'s Dem. Party of 
Socialists, Seselj's Radicals ends in Sveti Stefan after only 90 minutes;
Euro. Commission says it will lodge 2 formal protests against Croatian govts. 
timing of parl. elections, and of electoral law; opp. reps. boycott meeting w/ 
HDZ reps. over electoral law, say it is pointless until Tudj. agrees to accepts 
election results Head of EU's dept. for Western Balkans, Fabrizio Barbaso, says 
Mac. will be able to sign association agreement by 2000 

Oct. 26 - Djindjic calls for lifting of sanctions in return for Milo's agreeing
 to early elections, calls them Aoutdated and ineffective; Bel. ct. says Danas 
publishers must pay $9,000 fine for violation of Serbian media law, Editor of 
opp. paper APromene, Cedomir Jovanovic, says he has receive subpoena from local 
ct. on unspecified violations of same law; Socialist Party of Serbia, Dem. Party 
of Socialists end talks, to resume later; Hague spokeswoman says Milo. may face 
additional charges for crimes committed by army in Kos. beginning in '98;
Forensics experts find mass grave of 14 Muslims in Jelec, BH;
Upper house of Croatian parl. adopts new electoral law which guarantees rep. for 
Croatian diaspora, reduces number of seats for ethnic Serbs from 3 to 1

Oct. 27 - 1,500 ethnic Albanians in Peja block and rob convoy of 155 Serbs 
traveling from Rahovec to Mon., injuring 18, KFOR has to intervene to protect 
Serbs;

Oct. 28 - Mon. parl. passes law on citizenship recognizing separate Mon. 
citizenship from that of Yugo., Serbia, but Milo.-oriented deps. walk out on 
session along w/ pro-ind. Liberals who say law doesn't go far enough; Djukanovic 
says Mon. ready to adopt German mark as parallel currency to dinar so as to 
guarantee protection against inflation; 15 Serbian opp. parties agree to work 
together for elections, Draskovic's Serbian Renewal Movement does not sign;
Petritsch issues decrees allowing refs., dps to reclaim property in either part 
of BH; OSCE says 73 parties, 17 ind. candidates have registered for local 
elections for April; Tudj. visits Vatican to open display of Croatian religious 
art; Mac. approves NATO, EU request to reopen air corridor to civilian flights 
to Kos.

Oct. 29 - Djukanovic says Mon. to est. own monetary system in a few days time, 
later talks w/ Albright by phone, State Dept. says Wash. wants to encourage Mon. 
Ato have the eco. and pol. freedom they deserve; govt. readying payment slips in 
Ger. marks instead of dinars; Alliance for Change members Mile Isakov, Nenad 
Canak withdraw from daily street protests saying they are not producing results 
as they don't have a plan; 10,000 attend protest against Milo. in Cacak, 
Djindjic attends; Several opp. leaders fly to Wash. to speak w/ Clinton about 
lifting sanctions; Bildt says he is astounded to learn that whereabouts of Kara. 
in Pale are widely known; Bos. Serb publisher Zeljko Kopanja injured in car bomb 
on Oct. 22 has to have legs amputated; Croatian leg. passes new election law 
proposed by HDZ and guaranteeing rep. to diaspora, EU criticizes law

Oct. 30 - Reinhardt reportedly furious over attack by 1,500 ethnic Albanians on 
convoy of 155 Serbs , says he thinks attack was spontaneous; 300 ethnic Croats 
evacuated from Kos. to Zag. due to harassment; Bildt says in Croatian paper 
interview that Kos. can't be a protectorate indefinitely and AI am certain that 
Kos. will become a republic.  It will never again go back to being part of 
Serbia and Acould be part of a reformed democratic Yugoslav Federation w/ Serbia 
and Mon.; 288 Croatian refs. arrive in Zag. fleeing violence and harassment in 
Kos.; NATO announces US troops as part of SFOR to be reduced by 30% by next 
April

Oct. 31 - SFOR now watching house of Kara. in Pale several times a day;
Kos. Serb leader Momcilo Trajkovic shot in leg by unidentified person after 
asking for KFOR guard to be removed for Apersonal reasons, says assailants spoke 
Albanian, Reinhardt calls it Aterrorist attack; Daan Everts says Kos. court 
system in crisis, intl. jurists needed to fix Amassive problem (no cases have 
been brought to trial since KFOR arrived in June); Mac. presidential elections 
puts Soc. Dem. Tito Petkovski, Dep. FM Boris Trajkovski into 2nd round; 3 
violent incidents reported during voting

Nov. 1 - Mon. Dep. PM Novak Kilibarda confirms that Mon. to start using Ger. 
mark as parallel currency; Yugo. army chief of staff Dragoljub Ojdanic begins 
inspection of Yugo. troops stationed in Mon.; Petritsch says Bos. Serb 
leadership now willing to cooperate w/ IWCT, RS govt. reported to be drawing up 
coop. agreement for work w/ tribunal which would allow for arrest and trial in 
Bos. of war crimes suspects in presence of intl. monitors; Petritsch says intl. 
community determined to arrest Kara.; European Stability Initiative group 
releases report critical of intl. peace and restoration efforts, says these have 
failed to bring lasting peace, that war-related power structures, command eco. 
have been largely unchallenged;

Nov. 2 - Mon. govt. formally introduces Ger. mark as 2nd legal currency, PM 
Filip Vujanovic says move has Absolutely nothing to do w/ destructive measures 
such as secession, US expresses understanding of decision due to Mon's serious 
eco. concerns; JUL denounces move as work of separatists; 2,000-3,000 students 
demonstrate in Bel. calling for early elections; Serb opp. leaders meet w/ EU 
reps. in Budapest, call for lifting of some sanctions; Former OSCE head of 
mission to Kos., William Walker, visits Kos., calls for end to violence against 
Serbs; Hague prosecutor Carla del Ponte calls again for SFOR to arrest war 
crimes suspects; SFOR commander Ronald Adams calls for SFOR troop strength to be 
reduced by 1/3rd by April as sec. has improved in Bos.

Nov. 5 - Railway bridge damaged by 50kg. of explosives near Kosovska Mitrovica;
Mon. Eco. Min. Vojin Djukanovic says republic moving toward Asingle currency 
system, which means that the dinar may be taken out of circulation; 34.5 tons of 
Ger. coins, banknotes arrive in Mon. from Ger. by way of Dubrovnik; Dem. Party's 
Djindjic says opp. members Achieved every point on their agenda while in Wash.
including pledges of $1 bil. in aid for Serbia once democratic changes take 
place; Tudj. undergoes emergency surgery

Nov. 6 - Some Mon. civil servants begin receiving their pay in Ger. marks;
3 Kos. Albanian men including 1 wearing camouflage uniform fire shots at house 
in Gornij Strmac (w. of Mitrovica) wounding Serb man; 2 grenade attacks on Roma 
houses in Lebane, Mali Alas injuring Roma woman; KFOR finds weapon, ammo., radio 
sets near Pec; body of Roma man found shot near Decane; KFOR fires warning shots 
at car that tries to pass checkpoint, detain 3 Albanian men; Serb-owned shop in 
Urosevac set on fire; 1 Kos. Albanian man kidnapped by 4 other Albanians in 
Gnjilane

Nov. 7 - Several hundred ethnic Albanians attend reburial ceremony for 46 killed 
by Serb forces in Stutica in April; Rus. Amb. to UN Sergei Lavrov visits Kos., 
meets w/ Archbishop Artemije spokesman Father Sava who says not just Serbs, but 
all Slav-speaking peoples subject to ethnic cleansing in province; Trajkovic 
meets w/ him also, says UN admin. has become instrument of Alb. nationalists; 
OSCE's Daan Everts says on TV that pks will be needed in Kos. probably for 10 
years, criticizes efforts to partition Kos. into northern, southern halves;
Mon. Pres. Djukanovic says he received pledges of $40 mil. for reform projects 
while in Wash., says US endorsed his plan to introduce Ger. mark as legal tender 
along w/ dinar 

Nov. 8 - Serb church in Gornja Zakut burned down, KFOR says it was well-planned 
action by criminals even though guarded round the clock by KFOR until recently 
when patrols were used instead; 75-year old woman found murdered w/ stab wounds 
in Dakovica as result of robbery; 80 Serb women demonstrate against distribution 
of human. aid by Serbian Red Cross in Lesak (MNB-N), say most supplies sold in 
Serbia; KFOR fires warning shots at 2 men trying to cross border illegally from 
Alb. forcing them back

Nov. 9 - KFOR commander Gen. Reinhardt tells Rus. Amb. to UN Sergei Lavrov 
conditions not yet met for return of Yugo./Serbian personnel to Kos., 2-3 month 
time frame not mentioned in talks; KFOR says there have been 379 murders in Kos. 
since June 12 (135 being Serbs, 145 Kos. Albanians, and 99 other or unknown), 
137 kidnappings (43 Serbs, 77 Albanians); Serbian Orthodox church in Donji Zakut 
set on fire in early morning hours (formerly protected 24 hours by KFOR, but now 
limited by manpower considerations); KFOR prevents 3 Kos. Albanian men from 
evicting 2 other Albanians from their homes in Urosevac, men carrying documents 
saying they were part of AProvisional Govt. Division of Housing; grenade thrown 
at Roma house in Gnjilane; 40 year-old Roma man found murdered by knife or 
bayonet in his home near Istok; KFOR fires warning shots at Albanians trying to 
cross into Kos., 2 get away, 3rd turned back; Bel. police break up Otpor student 
demonstration, injure 50; Serbian Renewal Movement deps. walk out of parl. after 
govt. coalition reject motion to investigate accident which nearly killed 
Draskovic; Rus. amb. to UN, Sergei Lavrov meets w/ Milo. in Bel., discuss UN 
Res. 1244, agree that this is the Asole document governing affairs in Kos.;
Bos. parl. approves comprehensive anti-corruption plan drafted by Petritsch 
including est. ind. judiciary, tighter border controls, determining officials' 
wealth from '92 to present; OSCE calls on journalists to reports threats made 
against them after several attacks made on them Croatian PM Zlatko Matesa denies 
govt. unable to function due to Tudj's illness even though doctors no longer 
issuing daily reports on him;

Nov. 10 - Alb.-owned store in Vitina (MNB-E) destroyed by explosion, weapons 
found in nearby house; Serb farmer shot, wounded ne. of Vitina while working in 
field, 2nd man also reports gunshots fired at his tractor; grenade thrown at 
Fre. KFOR vehicle in Duovac (sw. of Vucitrn); Carla del Ponte tells UN that 
2,108 bodies have been exhumed in Kos., but Serbian Dep. Info. Min. Miodrag 
Popovic says most of these Adied of natural causes; Crown Prince Aleksandar 
Karadjordjevic calls on Serbian people to unite behind opp.; Serbian leg. passes 
bill giving govt. greater control over local admins., opp. says this is aimed at 
undermining their influence; Mac., Greece begin work on oil pipeline to link 
Mac. oil refinery w/ port of Thessaloniki, Greece to cover most of $90 mil. cost 
as state-run oil company now owns majority stake in Mac. firm

Nov. 11 - KFOR prevents crowd from harassing Roma man in Mitrovica, grenade 
explodes in city earlier in day killing 1 Serb; 100 ethnic Albanians demonstrate 
near Mitrovica battery factory, disperse after negs. w/ KFOR; Serbian National 
Council says KFOR has given too low of figure of number of Serbs killed in Kos., 
that KFOR has tried to hide evidence of failing to protect Serbs; 
Serbian parl. passes bill giving Milo., all past presidents life-long rights to 
car, driver, home, secretaries, and security guards; 5 Yugo. Army reservists 
(all Serbs) charged in Bel. court w/ crimes against civilians in Kos.;
Hague pres. Gabrielle Kirk McDonald gives additional 25 year sentence to Bos. 
Serb defendant Dusan Tadic to be served consecutively w/ earlier 20 year 
sentence, says sentence not Alife due to his Amodel detainee role and family 
considerations; Petritsch says he is concerned about members of joint presidency 
not having endorses proposal on controlling country's borders
Tudj. reported to have suffered hemorrhage; Head of Serbian National Council, 
Milorad Pupovac, urges Serbs to vote in Dec. 22 elections so as to help end 
Tudj's rule; Croatian Catholic Bishop's conf. calls on church members to vote 
for those w/ Athe ethical and moral principles of the believers;
Mac. Pres. Kiro Gligorov says in farewell address that people should turn out 
massively to elect his successor so as to prevent election from missing 50% 
figure needed to validate vote

Nov. 12 - UN World Food Program plane crashes into hillside ne. of Mitrovica 
killing 24; KFOR searches house of Serb arrested for murder, find VJ uniform; 
KFOR patrol comes under fire...
Publisher of "Koha Ditore", Veton Surroi, calls on West to provide adequate 
funds to get process moving in Kos., also calls for Kosovars to understand that 
cohabitation w/ Serbs is not same as multiethnic society; Mon. parl. unanimously 
passes amnesty for those who evaded draft during Kos. war (SPS walks out), 
14,000 to be covered by action; Croatian doctors say Tudj. condition 
deteriorating after surgery complicated by peritonitis, internal bleeding, 
reported to be on life-support systems

Nov. 14 - Tudj's condition reported to be stabilized after more surgery; opp. 
Social Liberals call for changes to constitution to reduce Tudj's auth.; HDZ 
withdraws motion to dissolve parl. so that lower house can reconvene for 
emergency situation; Justice Min. Zvonimir Separovic send letter to Carla del 
Ponte, chief prosecutor for Hague, says war crimes investigators not welcome in 
Croatia, says tribunal has no jurisdiction over Croatia's military operations 
against Serbs; 50 Serbian opp. leaders sign declaration after meeting in 
Hungarian town of Szentendre providing for alliance, ousting current govt., and 
free elections, also calls for immediate lifting of sanctions against Serbia 
(Djindjic, Bishop Artemije both attend, Draskovic does not); US-Bos. officials 
in Dayton agree to form commission to fight corruption in BiH; 30,000 protest 
election results in Mac., Petkovski's Social Dems. call for annulment of 
election results based on fraudulent results in largely Albanian-populated 
western Mac.

Nov. 15 - KFOR commander Reinhardt visits Mitrovica for talks w/ Oliver 
Ivanovic, Dr. Rexepi, rejects cantonisation scheme, call for Serb Protection 
Corps; Serbia releases 47 ethnic Albanians imprisoned in Leskovac, Zajecar, 
Justice Ministry says it has released 267 of 2,000 prisoners held in Serbia
Serb opp. says they will est. parallel govt. to be led by Dragoslav Avramovic, 
11 parties, associations to join current 19 members of Alliance for Change; 
Mon. Pres. Djukanovic meets w/ UN envoy to Balkans, Carl Bildt in Pod., calls on 
intl. community to increase efforts to protect Serbs in Kos., sides discuss Mon. 
monetary reform; Free Mon. radio station allowed to broadcast again after Pod. 
govt. says it did not have proper technical documentation; 3 members of Bos. 
presidency accept at UN Holbrooke-sponsored agreement to increase coop., fulfill 
Dayton, create multi-ethnic, dem. country; members ok condemnation of forces 
advocating ethnic hatred and division, est. 400-man multi-ethnic border patrol, 
support single nat. passport, and create permanent exec. staff for presidency;
Mac. presidential elections give Dep. FM Boris Trajkovski (center-right) 53% of 
vote to challenger Tito Petkovski's 46%; OSCE says elec. generally carried out 
satisfactorily but that govt. should investigate irregularities in western part 
of country, near Skopje

Nov. 16 - KFOR reports 3 men fail to cross border illegally at Morina from Alb. 
after KFOR fires warning shots at them; Serb house burned in Prizren; 2 arrested
 for attempted murder, illegal possession of weapons; Kouchner says only 1,700 
of requested 6,000 UNMIK police have been provided, calls for elections prior to 
summer of 2000; Croatian doctors say Tudj. recovering although condition still 
critical

Nov. 17 - Intl. donors pledge more than $1 bil. in aid for Kos. at Brussels 
conf. sponsored by EU, World Bank; UN begins setting up banking system for Kos. 
by establishing Banking and Payments Authority for Kos. (BPK), will supervise 
banking in Kos. Alliance for Change to end daily street protests after 59 
straight days, organize weekly Sat. rally due to fall-off in participation; 
Several thousand Bosniaks attend funeral in Kalesija for 264 found in largest 
mass grave to date near village of Glumina (ne. Bos.); Croatian PM Matesa visits 
w/ Tudj. in hospital; Mac. electoral commission announces Trajkovski won 52.85% 
of vote to Petkovski's 45.94% w/ 69.9% turnout

Nov. 18 - OSCE head Kurt Vollebaek calls on ethnic Albanians to end violence in 
Kos., says goal of stable, multi-ethnic Kos. not close to being realized, Annan 
calls building of pluralistic Kos. An appallingly difficult task; Mon's 
Djukanovic calls on OSCE for help in democratizing republic;

Nov. 20 - Tudj. fails to meet midnight deadline for authorizing pres. elections 
to be held on Dec. 22

Nov. 21 - KFOR suspends all 30 civilian flights per week until investigation 
into plane crash completed; 2 Serb policemen killed, 6 injured when vehicle hits 
land mine near Kursumlija (10 kilos. n. of Kos. border), Serb auth. blame Alb. 
Terrorists Tudj's health reported to have worsened

Nov. 22 - Ethnic Albanians remove roadblocks in Rahovec which have been un since 
Aug. after reaching agreement w/ KFOR; KFOR strengthens forces along border w/ 
Serbia after previous day's deaths of 2 Serb policemen; Reps. of 50 Serbian opp. 
groups, unions, NGOs, media, and the Mon. govt. meet in Strasbourg through CofE 
cooperation, appeal for easing of sanctions, early elections; 2,000 students 
attend rock concert to commemorate 3rd anniversary of protests which caused 
Milo. to rescind decisions on local elections in '96; Ralph Johnson, Petritsch 
dep., tells Foca officials they will receive no for. assistance unless they 
allow Mus. refs. to return home; Parl. parties reach agreement on basic points 
of constitutional amendment which will allow them to declare Tudj. temporarily 
incapacitated and choose a temporary successor; Mac. central electoral 
commission announces that pres. poll to be redone in 31 locations

Nov. 23 - Pres. Clinton visits Kos, tells crowd of 2,000 in Ferizaj that no one 
can force you to forgive what was done to you, but you must try...; later visits 
US troops at Camp Bondsteel, then w/ Bishop Artemije who gives him open letter 
in which he appeals for peace, condemns policies of Milo. and Albanian 
extremists, calls on Hague to investigate all atrocities in Kos.; Trajkovic says 
Serbs will not return to Transitional Council as long as viol. continues against 
Serbs; Serbian TV condemns Clinton visit; KFOR engineers reopen railway line 
between Pristina and Pec; 2 Serbian policemen reported wounded in Armed attack 
in Konculj, ethnic Alb. village in s. Serbia; Trial begins in Bel. against 6 
ethnic Albanians on charges of terrorism; EU oil trucks (part of AEnergy for 
Democracy program) leave Skopje for opp.-controlled cities of Nis, Pirot;
Former Army chief of staff Gen. Momcilo Perisic says pro-Milo. Mon. politicians 
have organized Aparamilitary units within the Yugo. army and will be used as a 
Adetonator for a conflict w/ Mon. police; Bulatovic spokesman denies formation 
of paramilitaries; OSCE's Robert Barry releases report on corruption in Bos.;
HDZ, opp. fail to reach agreement on constitutional amendment over presidential 
powers, definite date for parl. elections (opposed by HDZ)

Nov. 24 - Tudj's doctors describe condition as Agrave; HDZ parl. leader Vladimir 
Seks says he will introduce measure to have Tudj. declared incapacitated without 
constitutional amendment,

Nov. 26 - Rus. pks' armored vehicle fired on near Kamenica, Russians return 
fire; civilian vehicle fires on Rus. checkpoint in northern part of province, no 
arrests made

Nov. 28 - Serb man killed, wife and elderly woman beaten by crowd after being 
pulled from their car during ethnic Albanians' AFlag Day celebrations in 
Pristina, KFOR tries to intervene but crowd resists them, Reinhardt says it 
Aunveils a basic lack of humanity and a rare degree of cowardliness; 2 Kosovar 
men killed, 5 others wounded including 2 UNMIK policemen, in shooting in 
Gnjilane bar, police arrest 4; Kosovar woman wounded by gunfire while sitting in 
Pec café; 4 house fires set in Prizren overnight; Kosovar man's body found w/ 
gunshot wounds in Podujevo, woman's body found ne. of Pristina

Nov.  29 - Explosions, house fires, VJ army uniforms and weapons confiscated in 
Kos.; KFOR detains 2 KPC members for possession of weapon, confiscate their KPC 
id cards; 20 intercepted by KFOR while trying to enter Kos. from Alb., all head 
back

Nov. 30 - Mayor of Pirot, Tomislav Panajotovic, says he and town council to go
 on hunger strike if Bel. continues to hinder delivery of EU heating oil 
shipments from Mac.; USAID says it has launched investigation into diversion of 
aid funds to Kos. by US Intl. Rescue Comm.; UN civil admin. begins distribution 
of green-and-white car registration plates in Pristina; Petritsch says inn Sara. 
that there has been considerable support for his firig of 22 officials, and that 
these were necessary to "kick-start" ref. return for those whose homes are now 
occupied by different ethnic groups; Tudj. continues to get weaker as digestive 
system, kidneys, and liver fail to function, and is breathing on respirator; HDZ 
dep. speaker of parl. and hard-liner Vladimir Seks says party to try to curb 
powers of the president after Jan. 3 legislative elec.; Mac. governing coalition 
breaks up as Dem. Alternative (DA) refused more that the 8 seats it has in 
cabinet (total'28) and due to lack of support for their candidate Vasil 
Tupurkovski by Internal Mac. Revolutionary Org. (VMRO-DPMNE) and the Dem. Party 
of the Albanians (PDSH); govt. still will have 61 of 120 votes in parl.

Dec. 1 - Mon. Pres. Djukanovic says Milo. should appear before Hague tribunal 
"to remove a burden from his nation's back"; Mothers of Srebrenica and Podrinje 
group to sue Boutros-Ghali, Annan, Akashi for their knowledge that Mladic 
planned to killed civilians in town in '95 and did nothing, also want 
investigation of what Izet., Gen. Rasim Delic knew; 6 Croatian opp. parties 
agree to form parl. coalition, govt. should they win Jan. 3 elections, also 
agree on program of reforms including review of HDZ's privatization program;
Mac. DA leaders now say they will stay in govt., that they don't want to make 
situation in country worse than it is; Slovenia requires visas for Rus. citizens 
immediately, Macedonian, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Turkish citizens in near
future as preparation for joining EU

Dec. 2 - Several thousand attend reburial of 19 local UCK men killed by Serb
 forces earlier in year; Rus. Dep. FM Sergei Ordzhonikidze says Kouchner, 
Reinhardt responsible for continuing violence in Kos., says KFOR "inaction 
bordered on connivance" in Kosovar attacks on civilians; Reinhardt calls on NATO 
Dms that "all we have to date are pledges, but not a single dollar" and that 
$120 mil. needed to develop civil service for Kos., $10 mil. more for police 
force; US Def. Sec. Cohen says of 13,000 former UCK who have applied to join 
police force only 1,700 have passed qualifying test; Bishop Artemije says that 
remaining Serbs live in "concentration camps" and that intl. community has 
ignored violence against Serbs; Serb auth. continue to block delivery of EU 
heating oil aid by saying truck drivers don't have necessary documents, opp. 
denies this; 13 opp. parties agree to demand govt. decide within 1 week whether 
to hold talks w/ them on new elections for govt., Draskovic's SPO does not join 
in agreement; Mon. PM Filip Vujanovic says number of mil. police in rep. without 
govt's permission has increased but that Mon. auth. in full control of 
situation, no decision made on calling ref. for ind. and that Mon. already has 
"eco. sovereignty"; Zivko Radisic, Serb rep. on joint presidency in BH says 
declaration on increasing coop. between 3 ethnic groups was not signed, remains 
a statement of intent rather than binding, much dissent focused on agreement to 
set up multi-ethnic border police force since it could threaten RS sovereignty, 
but US Amb. to UN Holbrooke's spokeswoman says agreement is binding and 
Petritsch's office says it has auth. to fire those who are obstructing 
implementation of Dayton agreement; Rus. For. Min. says it will require visas 
for Slovenians effective immediately

Dec. 5 - OSCE releases report Kosovo/Kosova: As Seen, As Told which says Serb 
auth. planned attacks on ethnic Albanians in Kos.; 21 detained for breaking 
curfew in Prizren; KFOR, UNMIK continue confiscation of weapons; 2 ethnic Alb. 
men arrested for threatening KFOR interpreter at checkpoint; KFOR prevents 2 
from trying to illegally cross border, both return to Albania

Dec. 6 - EU expands travel ban of Yugo. citizens from 305 to 688 people; United 
Yugo. Left (Mira Markovic's party) announces it will take legal measures against 
elements of media it says insults patriots; Archbishop Artemije accuses 
Patriarch Pavle of Aturning his back on Serbian people by attending Day of the 
Republic reception w/ Milo., Artemije says division in church no longer can or 
should be hidden; Lord Robertson calls for small investment in Kos's civilian 
admin., police force now and that Awe are risking a security challenge that will 
cost the intl. community much more; OSCE chief rep. Daan Everts calls for 
investigation of UCK involvement in Kos. violence against Serbs; SFOR pks seize 
weapons from Bos. Serb mil. storage depot near Zvornik, Hague to inspect them in 
connection w/ Srebrenica massacre after which SFOR will return the weapons to 
Zvornik; OSCE election monitor Mark Stevens says that Mac. election had serious 
breaches of the law including ballot-box stuffing, multiple voting; 8 justices 
sworn in on Croatian Constitutional Court (11 total) by HDZ leader and parl. 
speaker Vlatko Pavletic

Dec. 7 - 14 trucks carrying EU heating oil reach Nis after Yugo. Customs
 officials release them after 2 weeks, all but 1 initially held up at airport 
customs office before being released; Draskovic's SPO sues state security forces 
in Belgrade saying that they were owners of truck that hit Draskovic cars in 
Oct.; Members of SPO reported to have formed a Serbian Defense Movement to 
fight state terrorism

Dec. 8 - Tudj's condition reported to have worsened, doctors call it very 
critical; Pavletic says he wants written statement from Int. Min. Ivan Penic on 
whether his offices are bugged; Yugo. army troops occupy Podgorica airport in 
anticipation of Mon. auth. taking over control of it on next day, runways 
blocked w/ trucks, surround hangar Mon. police are building for helicopters, 
declare that Mon. police have no auth. to do this w/out army permission; Mon. 
police remain in main building; Mon. Dep. Info. Min., Abaz Dzafic says Mon. 
wants "to control its own airports, like every other country in the world"; Mon. 
State Prosecutor begins investigation of Veselin Vlahovic (native Mon.) for war 
crimes of rape, robbery, murder during Bos. war; Italian ct. indicts Mon. FM 
Branko Perovic for links to Sicilian mafia in smuggling of cigarettes, other 
goods into Mon. between '91-'95; Belgrade ct. fines "Danas", "Blic", Studio B 
$35,000 for reporting statements by opp. politicians critical of Serbian Radical 
Party; Kos. Serb leader Trajkovic says only democratization of Serbia can help 
Kos. Serbs; Holy Synod of Serbian Orthodox Church calls on other Orthodox 
Churches and UNESCO to help preserve Serb churches, holy sites in Kos., says 80 
churches, monasteries have been destroyed; UN rep. Jacques Klein, RS PM Dodik 
agree that 11 Bos. Serb police to take part in pk operations in E. Timor, Sierra 
Leone, say they will rep. BH, not one of its entities; Petritsch appoints 21 to 
4-year terms on new Administrative Council to supervise work of public TV in 
Mus-Croat Fed., appoints Slovene Tadej Labernik to top administrative post;
Mac. Social Dems.' Tito Petkovski concedes defeat in pres. Elections

Dec. 9 - Standoff at Podgorica airport ends at 8:00am when Yugo. troops 
withdraw; NATO's Robertson warns Milo. not to start 21st century causing more 
trouble in region and says "we watch w/ concern and w/ great attention what is 
happening in Mon. and to Pres. Djukanovic; China to give $300 mil. in 
reconstruction aid to Serbia; Croatian daily "Vecernji list" reports Tudjman's 
heart has failed, doctors barely keeping him alive

Dec. 10 - OSCE announces that it will postpone by 6 months Srebrenica municipal
 elections scheduled for 2000 due to current authorities only being in office 
less than 10 months

Dec. 11 - Bos. Croat leader Ante Jelavic in Mostar says Tudj. had defended, 
protected Bos. Croats, urges Croats to continue on Tudj.'s path to achieve full 
rights in BH

Dec. 13 - Kouchner says he will appoint another 400 judges, prosecutors to 
kick-start a justice system that has barely functioned, also says Kos. soon to 
have own penal code; Former head of Serbian National Bank, Dragoslav Avramovic, 
says he has support of 3 major opp. coalitions to prepare common platform for 
talks w/ US, EU officials, Draskovic's SPO says that Avramovic not recognized as 
opp. chief rep., SPO to adopt its own strategy; Serbian PM Mirko Marjanovic says 
dinar won't be devalued and govt. will continue to control prices on basic 
goods; SFOR commander Gen. Ronald Adams says he may order demilitarization of 
Brcko is Serbs do not do it voluntarily; 100,000 turn out for Tudjman's funeral,  
HINA estimates crowds at 250,000, no top official from any major power shows up, 
only Turkey's Pres. Demirel present; USAID officials agree to provide $22 mil. 
grant to Mac. to cover unemployment benefits, create new jobs as recognition of 
Mac. help in '99 (unemployment rate now at 54%)

Dec. 14 - Robert Hauser of Bel. office of UN World Food Program says agency 
needs $92.5 mil. in 2000 to help feed refs. in Serbia, says they now provide 
assistance to 321,000 people but number could rise to 895,000 (10% of pop.); 4 
EU trucks w/ heating oil for Nis, Pirot reach Mac. border w/ Serbia;
Yugo. army troops at Podgorica airport put on Aheightened state of alert to 
respond to any threat, Gen. Spasoje Smiljanic says army will not tolerate any 
attempts by Mon. police to build helicopter hangar at airport;
Hague sentences Goran Jelisic, so-called ASerbian Adolf, to 40 years in prison 
for murder, torture of Mus. at Luka prison camp near Brcko in '92;
Croatian govt. says 4,006 candidates have registered for Jan. 3 elections on 284 
lists, w/ 55 parties, 15 coalitions, 20 ind. lists, campaign now formally 
begins; Mac., Greek DMs sign mil. coop. agreement in Skopje, Greeks give 
Macedonians 10 APCs, 5 utility vehicles as gifts

Dec. 15 - UN, local ethnic Albanian reps. sign agreement in Pristina setting up 
power-sharing Interim Administrative Council, body to consist of Thaci, Rexhep  
Qosja, and Rugova, 1 Serb, 4 members of UNMIK, Kouchner to head council and have 
veto power; Serbian National Council says Council puts Serbs in Ahumiliating and 
unacceptable position, Serbs will join only if they are given self-governing 
cantons; Draskovic's SPO reps. walk out of meeting of parliament's Judiciary 
Committee as ruling coalition not willing to discuss call for early elections;
Mon. PM Vujanovic sends letter to Yugo. Army chief of staff, Gen. Dragoljub 
Ojdanic, that there are no Mon. police forces near Podgorica airport and no 
reason for mil. to place forces on alert; RS PM Dodik to visit Hague; Bavarian 
ct. sentences Djurdadj Kusljic to life imprisonment for genocide, murder of 6 
Muslims in '92 when he was a police chief in Bos.; Mac. Social Democratic pres. 
candidate Tito Petkovski, members of party boycott pres. inauguration of Boris 
Trajkovski who they consider only a Aprivate citizen and not a legitimately 
elected president due to irregularities in voting; Trajkovski says he will be 
leader of all Macedonians regardless of ethnicity and will not allow ethnic 
hatred and intolerance

Dec. 16 - Thaci calls on Serbs to end boycott of Kos. Transitional Council; 
Milo's Socialist Party says Kouchner should be replaced as the council 
collaborates w/ Alb. terrorists; Bri. pks increase patrols in Pristina to try to 
stop teenagers from being forced into prostitution rings operating in Ger., 
Italy; 4 trucks w/ heating oil reach Nis, Pirot; Gen. Ojdanic sends open letter 
back to Vujanovic saying army will do whatever is necessary to defend country 
and its territory, tells him to order Mon. police to return to their normal 
activities; Seselj accuses Pres. Djukanvoic of trying to provoke civil war 
through Aseparatist activities; Hague investigators in Banja Luka talking to 
Sreb. war crimes suspects; 

Dec. 17 - SFOR dep. commander Gen. Charles-Henri de Monchy says Croatian 
intelligence (HIS) has tried to subvert SFOR by conducting espionage operations 
in Bos., recruiting SFOR interpreters as informants; Opp. economist Dragoslav 
Avramovic says EU, US have given opp. 2 months to work out joint strategy for 
ending Milo's regime, says Ger. Chancellor Fischer was one who called for plan; 
G-8 Fms pledge humanitarian aid for opp.-run towns, aid for Mon. but reject 
request by opp. leaders for lifting of all sanctions until after free elections; 
Milo's Socialist Party expels Slobodan Jovanovic, former director of TANJUG 
after he criticizes Slobo's wife Mira Markovic; Mon. police, fed. mil. agree to 
improve coop., exchange info. to reduce tensions; Serb killed, several injured 
when grenade, machine-gun fire hit cafe in Rahovec

Dec. 18 - UN officials say they will fund another hospital in Alb. section of 
Mitrovica if Serbs don't cooperate in allowing 22 Albanian doctors, nurses to 
return to their former jobs; Alliance for Change calls halt to daily protests; 

Dec. 19 - Croatian HIS denies SFOR charges of intelligence subversion operations 
in BH; Mon. Int. Min. Vukasin Maras says Bulatovic preparing "to heighten 
tensions and provoke a civil war in Mon." on Jan. 13-14 (2nd anniversary of 
Djukanovic's inauguration, while Bulatovic says Mon. will lose some of its 
territory if it become ind., also says he is "proud" to be on EU list of those 
denied entry visas

Dec. 20 - UNMIK arrests 4 ethnic Albanians in Pristina; in connection w/ recent 
murders of 5 Serbs, 1 Roma in nearby town; UNMIK halts funding to hospital in 
Mitrovica after Serb medical staff refuses to allow 22 ethnic Albanian doctors, 
nurses to return to work, but Serb staff demands return of Serb doctors to other 
parts of Kos. as well as return of Serb refs.; Serbian parl. fires Supreme Ct. 
Judge Zoran Ivosevic, municipal judge Bozidar Prelevic for being members of 
opp.; Switzerland freezes assets of Yugo., Serbia in Swiss banks; SFOR troops 
arrest Gen. Stanislav Galic, former commander of Bos. Serb Sarajevo-Romanija 
corp which laid seige to Sara. from '92-'95 under sealed indictment, RS Def. 
Min. says arrest is A serious blow to efforts of the RS to cooperate w/ the 
Hague tribunal; US stops all funding for privatization in Mus.-Croat fed. due to 
the lack of progress, USAID says this is the fault of fed. govt., priv. agency, 
and mgnt. of large enterprises

Dec. 21 - 60 members of Serbian National Council meet at Gracanica monastery , 
agree not to participate in Kos. Tran. Council as the body is a step in the 
direction of creating an ind. Alb. state in Kos.; Bri. pk spokeswoman say only 5 
of 52 reported abductions in Pristina real, and population hysteria ran out of  
control; Serbian parl. fires Constitutional Ct. judge Slobodan Vucetic due to 
his membership in opp. group G-17 Plus, Vucetic calls action illegal;
OSCE, Petritsch office spokeswoman says intl. community deeply concerned w/ 
hard-line Croatian nationalists on HDZ parl. elec. list in BiH including 2 who 
were previously removed from offices for obstructing implementation of Dayton 
Accords; HDZ says it won't change its candidates; Croatian govt. approves HDZ 
proposal to hold pres. election on Jan. 24

Dec. 30 - Milo. says Mon. free to leave Yugo. fed. if wants to but that they
 must stick to the rules should they remain


Key Terms/Names:


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 Progress Party - party formed by Hashim Thaci as political arm of UCK
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.
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.
Ivanovic, Oliver - moderate Serb leader of Kos.-based Serbian National Council.
Jackson, Gen. Sir Mike - (British) First commander of KFOR in Kosovo, June-Oct. 
12, 1999.
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.
Koenigs, Tom - Ger. environmental expert appointed Dep. Special Rep. in Kos. in 
charge of civil admin.
Kosovo Transitional Council - highest level civilian advisory body to UNMIK, 
composed of members of all ethnic groups in province.
Kouchner, Bernard - UN's highest-ranking civilian official in Kos., responsible 
for administration of province
LDK (Democratic League of Kos.) - party of moderate political leader Ibrihim 
Rugova.
League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina - opposition party in Vojvodina.
Marjanovic, Mirko - Prime Minister of Serbian Republic of Yugoslavia.
Meidani, Rexhep - President of Albania Rexhep Meidani
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.
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.
Resolution #1244 - UN Security Council resolution (June 1999) authorizing KFOR 
deployment.
Robertson, George - NATO Secretary-General (replaced Javier Solana), former 
British Defense Secretary.
Sellimi, Rexhep - Interior Minister of UCK faction.
Serbian Defense Movement (SPO) - group founded by Draskovic movement to fight 
state terrorism (12-7-99).
Serb National Council (SNV) - group formed to speak on behalf of Kos. Serbs,
based in  Mitrovica.
Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) - nationalist party headed by Vuk Draskovic.
Solana, Javier - NATO Secretary General until Oct. 1999.
Thaci, Hashim - head of the UCK.
UCK (Kosovo Liberation Army) - principal resistance movement to Serb power.
UNMACC - UN Mine Action Coordination Centre, lead agency responsible for overall 
mine clearance
Pristina Holding Center site for holding prisoners in Pristina area, behind 
military police station.
There are now five detention facilities in Kosovo, responsible for over 200
prisoners, including 160 ethnic Albanians and just over 40 members of ethnic
minorities. Two of these facilities, located in Pristina and Mitrovica, are
now under the control of UNMIK.  KFOR is still in charge of detention
facilities located in Prizren, Pec and at Camp Bondsteel, although the
Prizren centre will be handed over to UNMIK within a few days. Eventually,
all detention facilities will fall under the responsibility of UNMIK.
KFOR remains committed, together with UNMIK, to fight against any violation of 
human rights. We do our utmost to enhance security in Kosovo for all the people 
who are living here. What we cannot accomplish is to change the basic attitudes, 
as there are hatred and intolerance. This must be overcome by the people 
themselves.