YUGOSLAVIA EVENTS CHRONOLOGY Aug.-Dec. 1993 August 1, 1993 Croatian Serbs shell Maslenica bridge when Croatian troops fail to pull out Aug. 2 NATO, under US pressure and after bit- ter debate (Canada), agrees to use air strikes to protect Sara. for either humanitarian reasons or to prevent its defeat Aug. 3 NATO war-planners begin listing poten- tial Serb targets Aug. 4 Serbs claim Mt. Igman to be in their control; Muslim defenders said to be abandoning their positions; State Dept. official in charge of monitoring Bosnian conflict, Marshall Freeman Harris, resigns in protest against Clinton admin. efforts to get Bosnian govt. to agree to partition Aug. 5 Karadzic and Mladic say they will with- draw from Mts. Igman and Bjelasnica and turn them over to the UN; UN negotiators Owen and Stoltenberg's proposal to give Muslims 30% of land in Bosnia rejected by Izetbegovic in Geneva talks Aug. 6 US and NATO officials warn Serbs that 'the military operation is ready' but conflicting statements come from Wash. on what will trigger strikes; Mladic fails to agree on handover of mountains to UN Aug. 7 Serbs dig in to mountain positions a- round Sara.; UN peacekeepers in Bosnia continue to assert that airstrikes will cause them to become targets in war Aug. 8 Mladic says troops will leave Mt. Bjelasnica in a day; tactic said to be designed to get Izetbegovic back to negotiations while giving up as little as possible; Third State Dept. official (Jon West- ern) resigns, says admin. not tough enough Aug. 9 NATO agrees to bomb Serb positions if Sara. seige isn't lifted, but authori- zation must come from UN Sec. Gen.; French UN forces blocked from Mt. Ig- man takeover by mines and 'unidenti- fied people'; Izetbegovic returns to peace talks Aug. 10 Geneva talks suspended until Mt. Igman standoff resolved; Karadzic warns of all-out war if Serb troops attacked; Serbs beginning to leave Igman positions return when they see Muslim troops tak- ing up vacated spots Aug. 12 Serbs claim to have left both mountains, UN says they are only redeploying; threat of airstrikes remains Aug. 14 Serbs end occupation of mountains under threat of NATO warplanes which buzz their positions; new fighting around Doboj (NC Bosnia); Govt.-Croat clashes in Mostar and Gornji-Vakuf Aug. 16 Factions agree to demilitarize Sara. and place it temporarily under UN admin.; Canadian UN spokesperson Cmd. Barry Frewer refuses to call Sara. situation a 'siege', instead refers to it as 'encirclement' from 'tactically advan- tageous positions' Aug. 17 Govt.-Croatian fighting intensifies in Mostar killing 33; UN and Bosnian govt. officials refer to condition there as 'bestial'; no aid convoys allowed in by Croats in 2 months Aug. 18 UN spokesperson Frewer confirms that small groups of Serbs (possibly 250) remain on Igman, but says they pose no threat; negotiations in Geneva agree on 2-year UN admin. of Sara. Aug. 19 UN now trying to pursuade remaining Serbs to leave Igman; Sara. quiet, but Serbs shell Brcko; aid convoy reaches Mostar; UN troop commander Gen. Briquemont calls potential airstrikes against Serbs 'totally inappropriate'; Milosevic says Muslims will be given a 'take-it-or-leave-it' offer of 32% of land area including a land corridor connecting territory Aug. 21 Izetbegovic says he will recommend that the proposed peace plan be rejected by Bosnian legislators (3 loosely-linked ethnic-based republics; cease-fire followed by withdrawals, total demili- tarization; renewal of humanitarian efforts; return to their homes of those driven out by ethnic cleansing Aug. 22 Intensified fighting by all sides as they seek to consolidate their gains before peace; Krajina Serbs renew shelling near Sinj and Drnis in Dal.; Maslenica bridge shelled by Serbs Yugo. accuses Albania of border in- cident which lead to killing of Serb- ian border guard; Albania rejects claim as 'Serb propaganda' designed to in- crease tension in area Aug. 23 Karadzic tells Politika that the ques- tion of a Serb outlet on the Adriatic remains open Aug. 24 UN negotiator Stoltenberg urges Sec. Council to plan for army of 65,000 to police Bosnia; Croats continue to block UN convoy trying to get to Mus- lim sector of Mostar; reports that some Serb militia forces are moving out of Bosnia and into Croatia to renew fighting there; Croats declare Repub- lic of Herceg-Bosnia in town of Livno, formally breaking with B-H Aug. 25 Croatian civilians block UN aid convoy Aug. 26 42 Serbian generals purged including Chief of Staff, Gen. Zivota Panic; Panic replaced by compromise choice (to Milosevic and Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj), Lt. Gen. Momcilo Perisic; US drops 37 tons of relief to Muslims in Mostar while UN convoy distributes 200 tons of food and 10 tons of medicine; French captain of peacekeepers wounded in Bosnian govt attack on Mt. Igman; Arguments heard before World Court by Bosnians that Yugo. has backed a cam- paign of genocide Aug. 27 Lawyers for Yugo. before the World Ct. argue that their govt. has no terri- torial ambitions against Bosnia and that there are no Serb paramilitary forces of any kind in the conflict; Opposition to Tudjman's alliance with Serbs in Bosnia growing in Croatia; Croatian Cardinal, Franjo Kuharic criticizes the leaving of numerous Croats in Bosnia under either Muslim or Serbian rule; trade unions call for a renewal of the alliance with Muslims against a common foe, say the partition endorses 'Serbian fascism and ethnic cleansing' Aug. 28 Bosnian Serb parl. in Pale endorses peace plan; Bosnian govt. parl. rejects plan, calls for return of 8 districts controlled by Serbs, and an outlet to Adriatic at the town of Neum; Croatian parl. formally endorses 'Croatian Com- munity of Herceg-Bosnia, but split be- tween Bosnian and Hercegovinian Croats widens since the former stand to lose in the Geneva peace plan Aug. 29 Tudjman meets with Bihac 'pocket' lead- er, Fikret Abdic at Tito villa on Brioni Aug. 30 Croats and Muslims fighting around Gornji-Vakuf and Kiseljak, and in Mostar (Serbs also fighting Croats there); Muslims refuse to let UN aid convoy depart Mostar; Belgrade issues 1 billion dinar note (worth $3), govt. says inflation in July 1,880% for annual rate of 1.7 billion % Aug. 31 US amb. to UN, Madeleine Albright, says UN will 'presumably' retain sanctions against Yugo. unless it as- sists the World Ct. in handing over those accused of war crimes; Muslims allow UN aid convoy to leave Mostar; continued fighting between Croats and Muslims in central Bosnia; Tudjman and Milosevic use Geneva meet- ing to talk on separate issue of end- ing Serb rebellion in Croatia; 450 Muslim detainees released from Croat prison camp Drecelj (in Caplijina, 16 miles S. of Mostar) Sept. 1 Geneva talks collapse after Izetbeg- ovic demands revisions to the map; Serbs make minor concession in agree- ing to land corridor between Muslim enclaves in eastern Bosnia, but Croats refuse land access to port of Neum Sept. 2 Vojislav Seselj, leader of Serbian Radical Party says he is forming a shadow govt. to challenge the Social- ist Party; meeting between Karadzic and Boban in Montenegro to plan coordinated response to Muslims after their rejec- tion of the peace plan Sept. 3 Two-day cease-fire ends in Mostar with new shellings preventing UN evacuation of Muslims in Mostar; UN begins evacution of wounded in central Bosnian town of Nova Bila (held by Croats, surrounded by govt. troops); shelling of Gornji Vakuf holds up relief convoy car- rying diesel fuel to Sara.; Izetbegovic goes to Turkey for consultations Sept. 4 Izetbegovic says talks will resume in two weeks, Croatian For. Min., Mate Granic, says Bosnian Croats cannot make more territorial concessions; UN offi- cials say recently released Muslim pri- soners from Croatian camps appeared to have been beaten Sept. 6 Wounded Muslims being evacuated from Mostar by UN Sept. 7 Thousands flee fighting in central Bos- nia; UN relief convoys unable to reach refugees in Jablanica; Sept. 8 Clinton admin. warns Serbs that renewed shelling of Sara. could trigger NATO military response, but State Dept. says Bosnians need to return to bargaining table and get an agreement; Izetbegovic, in meeting with Clinton, fails to get him to set deadline for Serbs ending seige of Sara.; Croats launch offensive against Muslims in Vitez area; Croatian news agency says Serbs reinforcing positions on Mt. Ig- man; Croatian opposition announces that a unified Bosnia is in the interests of the Croatian state and people; Croats launch new attacks taking two villages from Serbs near Gospic (185 km S of Zag.) Sept. 10 Serbs shell Karlovac (Croatia) overnight killing 9; UN envoy Stoltenberg urges udjman to withdraw his forces from reas around Gospic; Serb units in Banja Luka block access roads and take control of building de- manding arrests of war profiteers; last of town's 16 mosques destroyed by Serbs; border between Serbia and Montenegro closed to trucks with flour as Serbian trade ministry attempts to control ex- port of food to Montenegro Sept. 11 2 Serb rockets hit Zag. suburb of Lucko Sept. 12 Serbs fire 5 rockets at Jastrebarsko (18 miles SW of Zag.), send fax to As- sociated Press listing 50 possible mili- tary targets if Croats do not stop at- tacks; Tudjman calls for 24 halt to of- fense by Croatian troops; Croats shell Muslim sector of Mostar killing 10 Sept. 13 Serbs continue to shell Gospic, Karlo- vac, and Sisak areas; Bosnian Serbs may be encouraged to go fight in Krajina area; mutiny in Banja Luka continues Sept. 14 Agreement reached in Geneva between Tudjman and Izetbegovic calling for temporary cease-fire, full-fledged truce by the 18th, exchange of prison- ers, closing of camps, and other points; Serbs reportedly down Croatian Mig-21 sent to attack Serb missile positions; Food rationing in Serbia Sept. 15 35 Croats massacred by Bosnian troops in village of Kriz (Cen. Bosnia); fighting continues despite truce in Mostar; Karadzic finally meets with mutineers in Banja Luka who are now demanding resignation of Bosnian Serb govt.; Croats and Serbs in Gospic agree to UN-sponsored agreement to end hostil- ities; Croats will let UN troops occupy 3 villages taken from Serbs Sept. 16 Croats launch attacks in retaliation against Muslims for massacre in Kriz Sept. 17 State Dept. announces it sent letters to Milosevic and Tudjman on Sept. 1 hinting at possibility of easing sanc- tions if a Bosnian peace settlement is agreed upon; Banja Luka mutiny over af- ter Karadzic agrees to crack down on profiteers; some mutineers arrested Sept. 18 Muslims launch attack against Croat ositions along 20-mile stretch of Lasva valley (cen. Bosnia); govt. forces take control of village of Bobas near Vitez; fighting for control of ammuni- tion factory in Vitez; cease-fire fails to take hold Sept. 19 Fighting temporarily abates as UN tries to bring about signing of peace accord; Izetbegovic says he will not sign agree- ment unless Croats give Muslims access to the sea; BBC reports Croats killed 10 civilians in Gospic area before with- drawing Sept. 20 3 sides meet on British aircraft carrier in Adriatic but talks founder on Muslims demand for access to the sea; fighting in Mostar, Vitez; Bosnian govt. forces make gains in C. Bosnia against Croats; BBC reports Croats shelling Serb posi- tions around Trebinje (E. Herz.) for several days; Serb police arrest 50 members of Muslim-dominated Party of Dem. Action (SDA) in Sandzak as part of crackdown on 'militants' Sept. 22 Croatia threatens to end UNPROFOR man- date unless rebel Serbs disarmed Sept. 23 Croatian For. Min. Mate Granic lays out specific conditions for renewing UNPRO- FOR mandate including carrying out all existing UN resolutions (Vance plan of Jan. '92), respect for Croatia's sov- ereignty and pre-existing borders Sept. 24 Tudjman responds to critics by stress- ing territorial integrity of Croatian state in 50th anniversary address of Istria's unity with Croatia Sept. 25 Bosnian govt. forces launch new offen- sive against Croats in Vitez (C. Bos.), try to capture ammunition factory in town; deadline for HVO (Croatian) forces to hand over defensive positions in Sara. extended a week Sept. 27 Cazin region of NW Bos. known as Bihac pocket secedes from Muslim rep. under Izetbegovic; leader of area, Fikret Ab- dic, elected pres. (at odds w/ Izet.); Serbian Radical Party (SRS) introduces otion for vote of no-confidence in PM ikola Sainovic's govt; more arrests - possibly as many as 60 - in Kosovo Sept. 28 Izetbegovic declares military rule in Bihac pocket, tells 5th army corps to take control of local radio, impose 24- hour curfew; Tudjman, at UN, again demands UNPROFOR carry out mandate or leave; assembly of Bos. Muslims decide to re- ject latest peace plan unless Serbs cede more land; Serbs shell old town of Sara; Serbian Socialist Party accuses SRS leader Vojislav Seselj of fascism, vio- lence and primitivism; both sides ac- cuse each other of war crimes in Bos.; explosion at HQ of Dalmatian Auto. Party (DA) Sept. 30 Bosnian Croat assembly withdraws con- cessions made to Muslims including out- let on Adriatic; Karadzic says his as- sembly will do the same; pro-Izet. troops take control of much of Bihac area, fire at ground around demonstra- tors; Montenegrin pres. Momir Bula- tovic has car stoned by pro-ind. pro- testors in Podgorica Oct. 1 UN Sec. Council extends UNPROFOR man- date until Oct. 5 Oct. 2 Abdic declares himself military leader of western Bos., troops block roads a- gainst 5th Army Corps; Bosnian Serb parl. withdraws its concessions to Mus- lims; fighting in Mostar, Maglaj, and Tesanj breaks truce declared between Muslims and Croats signed in Medjugorje Oct. 3 Fighting amongst Muslims in Bihac area; as many as 2,500 troops from 5th Army Corps may have defected to Abdic's side Oct. 4 UN Sec. Council passes Resolution 871 15-0 extending the UNPROFOR mandate for six months (Russia had blocked the extension in favor of the Serbs until Yeltsin seizes power) Oct. 5 Tudjman says Res. 871 satisfies all Croatian demands; Serbs angry and Kra- jina leader Goran Hadzic says 'a total war has never been closer'; no aid con- voys have reached Maglaj and Tesanj now for 100 days; seven members of Dalma- tian Auto. Party (DA) arrested (no ex- planation given) Oct. 6 Fighting continues in Bihac pocket; Main Croatian opposition party, the Liberals (HSLS) and regional parties from Dalmatia and Istria walk out of parl. in dispute over ind. of radio and TV; Criminal charges against Serbian opposi- tion leader Vuk Draskovic dropped Oct. 7 Izetbegovic tells UN that peace plan in- adequate since it affirms ethnic clean- sing and does not allow refugees to return home; Debate begins on vote of no-confidence in Serbian govt. introduced by SRS; Serbian Renewal leader Draskovic says is party will have nothing to do with the vote; Renewed shelling and small arms fire around Sara.; Croats continue to expel Muslims from Croatian part of Mostar Oct. 8 Serb units advance on Srebrenica; cease fire agreed to by both sides in Bihac; Bosnian army claims to have found 3 mass graves near Mostar of 575 Muslim civilans; Izet. and Tudjman meet in Vienna, appeal for NATO forces in dis- puted territories Oct. 9 Croats continue to shell Muslims trapped in Mostar; Croats blow up road near itez in anticipation of Muslim attack; Muslims launch attack and fighting flares; Spain threatening to end its role in peacekeeping force; Croats fire two commanders involved in Gospic atrocities; Montenegrin govt. of PM Milo Djurkano- vic survives no-confidence vote motion of nationalist People's Party, by mar- gin of 51-11 (85 seats in parl.) Oct. 10 Serbs beat up 3 UNPROFOR soldiers who try to prevent Serbs soldiers from en- tering Serb-controlled Krajina; Poli- tika reports more troops defect from 5th army to Abdic in Bihac; NY Times quotes Karadzic as saying he hopes for peace since 'we are all of the same blood, we are all Slavs.' Oct. 12 Red Cross relief convoy for Maglaj, Tesanj hits land mine, forced to turn back to Banja Luka; Croatian FM Granic denies UN accusation that civilians were killed in Gospic, says all were 'killed in action'; Granic and Bosnian counter- part agree to exchange all prisoners starting on Oct. 14; fighting in C. Bos. near Novi Travnik, 5 patients said to have died in Croatian hospital for lack of medicine; also fighting near Kiseljak (NW of Sara.), and near Vares between Serbs and Muslims Amnesty International says Serbs have denied their reps. access to Kosovo and therefore have something to hide Oct. 13 UN official Cedric Thornberry warns of impending war in Croatia; prisoner ex- change in central Bosnia cancelled due to renewed fighting; Radio Serbia says monthly wages have dropped 90% since sanctions imposed Oct. 14 Bosnian govt. mortar attack on Sara. suburb of Vogosca results in heavy Serb shelling of Sara.; Maglaj aid con- voy abandoned after Serbs refues to guarantee its safety (shelling of these towns by Serbs continues); fighting in Vitez between Croats and Muslims; Serbian opposition bloc DEPOS threatens to support no-confidence vote unless Int. Min. Zoran Sokolovic, whom they ac- cuse of acts of repression, resigns Oct. 16 Serb shelling of Sara. kills at least 12; Croats report that Bosnian govt. forces recapture town of Cazin in Bihac pocket from Abdic's troops; Izetbegovic calls for intl. Balkan conference to eal with Bosnia; Tudjman overwhelmingly wins reelection to head Croatian Democratic Community (HDZ), and removes some right-wing ele- ments from leadership positions; party now describes itself as 'Christian dem- ocratic'; Greece refuses to participate in talks with Macedonia on name for the state Oct. 19 Prisoner exchange begins between Mus- lims and Croats; Radio Croatia reports that Bosnian govt. troops arrest 750 in Bihac pocket; Karadzic rejects Balkan conf. propo- sal, says he will continue to negoti- ate under Owen-Stoltenberg plan for partition; Serbian leadership says conf. would only meddle in Serbia's internal affairs Oct. 20 Milosevic dissolves assembly to pre- vent no-confidence vote, calls for new elections on Dec. 19; UN war crimes commission says there is evidence Serbs have used rape as weapon in war, but number of rapes may be substantially lower than EC's earlier estimate of 20,000 Oct. 22 Abdic signs separate peace agreement in Belgrade with Milosevic and Karad- zic Oct. 23 Abdic defends his actions in Zagreb by saying he is trying to forge a 'just and lasting peace'; Abdic condemned by other Bosnian Muslim leaders; Muslims attack Croatian enclave of Vares; Serbs shell Sara. Oct. 25 Bosnian presidency moves Haris Silajd- zic from For. Min. to PM; pres. of Croatian opposition party Dalmatian Action, Mira Ljubic-Lorger, evicted from her apt. by soldiers as part of intimidation campaign Oct. 27 Tudjman in interview with newspaper warns that intl. conf. on Balkan cri- sis must recognize Croatia's Tito- era boundaries; UN investigating report of mass grave of Croats at Vukovar, but are being blocked by Serbs; Muslims claim Croats massacred Muslim civilians at Stupni Dol (20 miles N of Sara.); UNPROFOR confirms that at least 19 were killed by Croats, town destroyed; new PM Silajdzic has two local Muslim commanders arrested for organized crime and warlordism; 17-21 killed mostly hostages, civilians) in arresting Ramiz Delalic (Celo), and Musan Topalovic (Caco, who is killed while trying to escape) both renegade army commanders Oct. 28 Croatian PM Valentic condemns eviction of DA party leader Oct. 29 AFP reports that Serbs may be arming Muslims against Croats so as to fur- ther destroy their alliance; pres. of self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, says Alban- ians will boycott Dec. elections Oct. 31 Aid flights to Sara. suspended after French officer hit by bullets at air- port; Croats advance around Travnik (NW of Sara.), Bosnian army making progress around Vares, capturing vil- lage of Dubostica; Montenegrin nationalists declare Antonije Abramovic, formerly of Ed- monton, Canada, new leader of resurrected Montenegrin Orthodox Church; Serbian Orthdox Church, meeting in same town (Cetinje) declares move illegal Nov. 1 Newsday reports that UNPROFOR officers have been visiting Serb-run brothels using captive Muslim women, and that they failed to investigate a Serb-run concentration camp nearby; UN says it will investigate, but UNPROFOR spokes- man in Sara., Lt. Col. Bill Aikman, says story is 'disinformation' and troops never visited the town Nov. 2 Vecernji List (Zagreb) says Yugo. pres. Zoran Lilic visited Kosovo previous week but Albanian leaders would not talk un- til school and media rights restored; Bosnian Serbs cause paperwork obstacles to UN's restoration of electricity in Sara. (out since Oct. 30) Nov. 3 Tudjman puts forth 3 pt. peace plan including cultural and local political autonomy for Croatia's Serb community; Croatian troops abandon Vares under pending threat of Muslim attack; 15,000 townspeople flee into nearby fields and woods; Izetbegovic fires army chief-of-staff Gen. Sefer Halilovic (from the Sandzak, considered an outsider and too close to warlords); replaces him with Gen. Enver Hadzihasanovic, formerly of 3rd Corps; Greek PM Papandreou says sanctions against Yugo. unfair Nov. 4 Croatian and Serbian forces in Krajina reportedly sign cease-fire in Osijek; Bosnian govt. troops enter Vares, some reports of looting; Relief workers trying to get Croat re- fugees of Vares to come out of forests; Croats say Bosnian govt. forces now attacking Croat-held town of Zepce (NW of Vares); Ultranationalist paramilitary leader Arkan (Zeljko Raznatovic), considered by intl. community to be a war criminal, says if he comes to power in Kosovo he will expel 'those who look to Tirana' Nov. 5 In Politika interview Milosevic says key to lasting peace is close Serbian-Croat- ian cooperation, but also says regional tensions are largely the fault of Tudj- man's unwillingness to commit to peace Nov. 6 For third time in two weeks, govt. forces crackdown on organized crime in Sara.; HVO HQ in Sara. shut down, troops told they can join new Croat brigade of 1st Corps (Sara. defense force); Vecernji List says Tudjman has almost universal support by Croats for his new peace plan; Belgrade media reports that at least 17 members of Serbian Radical Party (SRS) arrested during past week; Serb gunmen kidnap two aides to Sara. Catholic archbiship claiming they are war criminals; Borba says Bosnian govt. has arrested Croatian military leader- ship in Sara. Nov. 8 First evacuation of civilians from Sara. since May begins; 642 Serbs to leave in stages; Serbs force open UN armored ve- hicle and abduct 2 Croat taking part in a peace mission; 1 of them later re- leased; Radio Serbia reports that Oct. monthly salary was $15 and inflation 1,800% Nov. 9 Serbs shell school in Sara. killing 9, mostly children; Serbs deny the attack; Macedonian paper Vecer quotes Karadzic as saying he sees no future for Mace. outside of Yugo.; Croats finally destroy arched bridge over Neretva River in Mostar (built between 1557 and 1566 Nov. 10 8 more killed in Sara., including 3 children; mourners at funeral of school attack victims fired upon; Govt. asks UN to declare Mostar 'safe area' Nov. 11-12 Seselj at press conf. accuses Milo- sevic and those around him of corrup- tion, profiteering and participation in war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia over past 2 years; Milosevic supporters ounter by accusing Seselj's fighters of atrocities; Death toll in Sara. after 2 days of shelling reaches 17, 100 wounded Nov. 12 Granic to Sara. along with Turkish For. Min. Hikmet Cetin to mediate between local Croats and Muslims; Hundreds of Muslim refugees from front- line town of Olovo (20 miles NE of Sara.) flee before Serb attack; Russian envoy to Yugo., Vitalii Churkin, meets with Karadzic in Pale Nov. 13 Refugees tell of Serb rapes, massacres, and mass detentions in area around Olovo (villages of Crna Rijeka, Ravni, and ubeta burned and destroyed); Croatian forces heading towards Gornji Vakuf area; Churkin in Sara. for talks with collective presidency, says sanctions against Yugo. should be lifted when a peace accord is agreed to Nov. 14 Croats and Serbs advance on C Bos. town of Fojnica, hospitals caught in cross- fire; Churkin in Zagreb for talks with Tudjman, others, agrees to idea of safe havens for Bosnian Croats Nov. 15 Intense fighting between Croats and Mus- lims for Gornji Vakuf with as many as 4,000 Croats taking part; Muslim forces again take town of Fojnica when Croats do not occupy it; Serbs and Croats fighting around Vares, UN forces shelled near Olovo; Radio Sara. reports that Izetbegovic says he is committed to fighting the war and that Bosnia no longer has a future as a multi-ethnic state; Greek PM Papandreou says Macedonia's pres., Kiro Gligorov 'has to prove that he wants good relations' Nov. 16 Tudjman threatens to intervene in Bos. to protect Croats living there; more combat in Mostar; Mace. PM, Branko Crnvenkovski survives confidence vote (71-36-2) over govts' handling of alleged plot by All-Alban- ian Army to undermine the state by force Nov. 17 Turkish FM Cetin proposes to NATO that armed force be used to protect aid con- voys; War crimes tribunal meets for first time in Hague, 11 judges sworn in; Serbian opposition groups DEPOS says it will take part in Dec. elections; 5 armed Serbs enter Macedonia and ad- duct 3 Macedonian border guards trying to prevent gasoline smuggling; all later released Nov. 18 For the first time, HVO accuses its own forces for massacre of Muslims in Stupni Do in Oct.; Silajdzic, Boban, and Karad- zic meet in Geneva to discuss handling of relief efforts Nov. 19 Serbs in Krajina claim that Croatian forces attacked targets in Krajina Nov. 21 Fighting across Bosnia; aid convoys hav- ing difficult time reaching recipients due to local military commanders; Western agencies and TANJUG report that Croatian forces and Serbs in western Slavonia have reached a cease-fire in effect for 10 days; Serbian version of Mace. border incident is that Macedonians entered Serbia il- legally Nov. 22 EU FMs meeting in Luxembourg offer Yugo. a 'gradual suspension' of sanctions as part of a program for peace Nov. 24 Amnesty Intl. issues report strongly critical of Serbian policy in Kosovo; Vatican Radio says Pope John Paul II will not travel to Croatia in '94; Borba says Croats plan to rebuild his- toric bridge in Mostar, but refuse to claim responsibility; Food convoys reach central and eastern Bos. for first time in a month Nov. 25 Fighting continues in Gornji Vakuf and in Bihac pocket according to Politika; Greek dep. FM accuses Germany of being responsible for a conspiracy to gain full diplomatic recognition for Mace. Nov. 26 UN says all 3 sides again blocking aid (Serbs to Srebrenica and Zenica; Croats to central Bos.; and Muslims between Fojnica and Bakovici Nov. 27 Serbs let convoys pass to Sara. and Sre- brenica, but with Croats do not let any through in central Bos.; Karadzic says no territory will be given to Muslims unless sanctions against Yugo. lifted; EC preparing to discuss Franco-German proposal for gradual lifting of sanc- tions in exchange for territory, but Karadzic rules it out saying Germany is in the 'forefront of genocide against the Serbs' Nov. 28 Serb shells kill 5 in Sara. prior to renewel of peace talks in Geneva Nov. 29 Milosevic accuses EC of genocide against Serbs through use of sanctions at 1st round of new peace talks; Tudjman will- ing to discuss Muslim 'free zones' in Rijeka or Ploce, but will not give up Neum for use as Muslim outlet to sea Nov. 30 Muslim authorities in Zenica (cen. Bos.) agree to let Croats and Serbs leave thereby abandoning hope of multi-eth- nicity; Serb artillery pounds Maglaj and Tesanj; Geneva talks deadlock, and Izetbegovic accuses EC of siding with Serbs Dec. 1 Muslims say they will discuss possi- bility of splitting Sara. in exchange for land concessions in E. Bos.; Serbs apparently offer Sara. suburbs of Vo- gosca and Ilijas for Muslim enclaves of Zepa and Srebrenica; Greece blocks Macedonia's entrance into CSCE, WEU criticizes Greek for. policy; Nov. inflation rate in Serbia at 20,190% (hourly rate of 0.7%; daily rate of 18.7%; annual rate at 286 billion%); new 500 million dinar note issued Dec. 3 Greek dep. FM, Theodore Pangalos says 'the name issue (Macedonia) has been lost...there is no need to discuss it any further.'; Primarily Muslim Party of Democratic Action in Sandzak to boycott Dec. elec- tions Dec. 4 Greek PM Papandreou contradicts dep. FM and says border with Mace. may have to be closed; Abdic's forces said to have moved through Serb-held territory in Croatia to surprise Bos. govt. forces; heavy fighting in Mostar, Gornji Vakuf Serbian govt. to give out bread to pen- sioners, those on welfare Dec. 5 24 killed, 77 wounded in fighting be- tween Muslims and Serbs north of Sara.; Serbs contend Muslims have attacked near Doboj; Serb-Croatian attacks on Maglaj and Tesanj (nearly 1,000 shells); Reuters says Serbian govt. may be plan- ning to replace the dinar to prevent complete collapse of eco. Dec. 6 Bos. PM Silajdzic claims Serb forces now shelling areas with large concentrations of people to save ammunition Dec. 8 Croatian paper Nedjeljna Dalmacija says Serbs might offer to exchange Vukovar and Knin for Baranja (bordering Serbia); Croatia reportedly rejects the idea as swapping Croatian land for Croatian land Dec. 11 EC for. min. invite 3 sides to resume negotiations on Dec. 22; over 1,000 shells land on Gorazde killing 2; Govt. forces push 2 miles into Serb territory 15 miles E of Tuzla, report 50 Serbs killed, 23 captured Dec. 12 Elections held in Krajina for 84-seat parl. and pres.; Milan Martic supported by Milosevic against former leader Milan Babic Dec. 13 Serbs attack two UN convoys trying to bring humanitarian aid to Tuzla; Karadzic vows to bring about complete military defeat of Muslims if Serb posi- tions around Sara. attacked Dec. 14 Heavy fighting in and around Sara. kill- ing at least 10; Bosnian Croats free several hundred Muslim prisoners from camp near Mostar Dec. 15 Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DEPOS) rally in Belgrade brings out 30-50,000 Dec. 16 UN High Commission staff members detain- ed by Serbs in Banja Luka while trying to inspect sites of mosques destroyed by Serbs; Germany, Britain, Netherlands, and Den- mark confirm that they are proceeding towards full recognition of Mace.; France, Italy, Finalnd, and Sweden all considering it also; Greece protests Dec. 19 Serbs vote for 250-seat parl.; most Ko- sovo Albanians boycott (Kosovo's 24 seats in parl. most likely will go to Serbs) Dec. 20 Serbs shell Muslim forces near Zvornik (E. Bos.) and Olovo (N. of Sara.) Dec. 21 Peace talks in Geneva, but fighting in Sara.; all sides agree to refrain from shooting at UN planes; aid flights suspended on Dec. 20 after Russian plane hit by machine-gun bullets; Serb attacks on govt. positions on Mt. Zuc cause power line for Sara. to be cut; fighting near Tuzla, Doboj, Gradacac, and Fojnica Dec. 22 Socialist Party of Serbia falls short of majority in parl. (125 needed) with 123 seats; DEPOS, 45; Serbian Radical Party, 39; Democratic Party, 29; Truce agreed upon in EC negotiations in Brussels, to extend over Christmas sea- son (Dec. 22-Jan. 15); Serbs promise not to bomb Sara. during this period; fight- ing remains heavy on same day Dec. 24 Muslims launch attacks on Lasva Valley, shell Vitez; Croats claim they regain page 20 control of Jelin Skok area (SW of Vitez); Serbs shell Sara. despite pledge, hit power lines Dec. 26 Croats contend Muslims shelling them near Novi Travnik and Vitez Dec. 27 France formally recognizes Mace.; Greeks prevent Macedonian drivers from loading fuel at Greek refineries; Serb shelling of Sara. continues; Bri- tish For. Secretary Douglas Hurd says Britain cannot be counted on indefin- itely to remain in Bosnia Dec. 28 UN evacuates 1,000 from Sara., sends them to Split; Croatian def. min., Gojko Susak threatens Croatian intervention in Bosnia if Muslims continue to threaten Croatians; New pres. elections in Krajina set for Jan. 23 since no cand. gained majority (Babic fell 0.6% short, Martic had 25.92%) Dec. 29 Borba reports that all Serbian opposi- tion parties say they will refrain from forming coalition with Socialists Dec. 30 Politika reports Yugo. national bank devalues dinar by 9 zeros; new 10, 1,000, and 5,000 dinar notes issues, and a new 1 dinar coin; no govt. formed yet; Montenegro announces it has relocated capital to Cetinje Dec. 31 Serb shelling of Sara. kills 5; Muslims shell suburb of Grbavica killing 1; building where relief workers are hold- ing party hit by shell; mortar fire in Mostar kills 1 amidst heavy fighting; Serbs and govt. forces battle in Gracanica (N. Bos.); UN investigating Croatian claims of Muslim massacre of as many as 80 around Krizancevo (cen. Bos.) invade Bosnia