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RNN EXCLUSIVE : There is big fear from possible eventual attack on Macedonia from Serbia

Kumanovo / MACEDONIA ( RNN Correspondent ) March the 26th, 1999
The situation in Macedonia today is complicated, too:
There is big fear from possible eventual attack on Macedonia from Serbia, and the reason for this could be the presence of NATO reason for this could be the presence in Skopje ahead of the American and German embassies more than 10.000 Serb and macedonians portested against NATO attacks on Yugouslavia. Windows of the embassies were totally broken, there were fired and crashed cars. Same attacks happenned outside the Alexander Palace Hotel where the representatives of NATO and OSCE are situated. Then protest followed ahead of the gouvernment of the R. of Macedonia. These protests were stopped by the Macedonian police. There wasn't any victim and about 60 men were arrested. The guilt for this was pointed at the Serbian political party in R. of Macedonia- its president Dragisa Miletic. At the same time with this the president of the gov.Ljupco Georgievski addressed to the Macedonian public whith an explantion that there is no reason for panic, Nato gave written and aural justification as a guarantee for the peace in R.of Macedonia.
The accidents are for initiated by single factors, television SITEL,A1-television and Channel 5 because they informed unabjectively. After this adressing, the Macedonian television gave a permission for broadcasting of its informative programme on every radio and television stations in Macedonia all for the sole reason of real and objective informing. In the city of Kumanovo after the citiziens what they think about the NATO attacks on Yougoslavia, do they fell safe in Macedonia whith NATO, the following answers were given:
This is a shame, it isn't good, terrible.
NATO can not guarantee our safety, because noone will attack us and the Serbs are our brothers, we have lived with them and we still do even though we are separated in two states. Macedonia doesn't need problems that somebody else is making.
Totally different were the answers of few interviewed Albanians:
This must have happenned, Nato is a guarantee for safety of Macedonia. The situation in Serbia is very bad, the telephone lines are interrupted, many transmiters of the Serbian television are in defect and the program of the first channel can not be seen.
That is all for the general situation in Macedonia and Kosovo. As for the Roma the statement would be like this:Kosovo-the Roma from Kosovo who were lucky to get away, now they are on the way or they are already in some European countries. In Macedonia there are many refugees but there are numbers of them who are afraid to check in as refugees. Those who stayed in Kosovo are in very bad position.
There are information about threathenings on Roma and they are forcefully taken to fight for one or the other side. We don't have any information about those who refuse to do so. We don't know what is happening with them. Are they alive or dead.
Macedonia-In Macedonia live over 70000 Roma people in every town. They have many problems ,big unemployment-90% and poverty. But in these moments besides this, there is another problem-war? What, how and where will they be? In relation to this the representatives of the Roma political groups had a metting where the situation was discussed and they made a decision:"Roma people consider Macedonia for their own country and they won't give any support for protests in the state. But at the end of this, I myself raise a question, if there will be a war are Roma people gonna be marionettes and victims?
On Sunday, March 28 is the Muslim solemnity-Kurban Bajram. The prayers of the Roma –Muslims will be pointed at wishing end of the war in Balkan and victory of human sense. The Roma people are poor trough ages, but rich within their herats for peace. They wish it to everyone. The very history says so.

Newest information :At the same time of writing of this message there are anti-NATO protests here in Kumanovo with over 5000 people.

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