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RNN EXCLUSIVE : Situation in Kosovo and Macedonia Kosovo:

Situation in Kosovo and Macedonia Kosovo:
The situation is getting worse day by day. Few days ago we could succeed to establish telephone contacts with the citizens of Yugoslavia, but now it is not possible any more. The fights between Albanians and Serbian's are intensified. On the other hand NATO is continuing their attacks against targets in SR Yugoslavia. It is obvious that there are victims on both sides but their number is uncertain.
Concerning the situation of Roma in Kosovo, right in this moment we can not give any information. But according to previous information, they maintain in crossfire. Roma People are against war and therefore they are in the hardest position in Kosovo. In Belgrade - Serbia, yesterday Roma People protested against war and NATO attacks with this general exclamation:"WE are against war will defend her if it's needed. This is not a war for protection of Albanians this is a war of American interest". In Macedonia the situation is critical in the North-Western part, or in the cities that are the nearest to the border with Albania, Serbia and Kosovo. This is the so called experience of borderlines. Every day the people's revolt is getting bigger. They show it through many protest demonstrations pointed at the presence of the NATO forces in Macedonia. On the contrary there are some cases of destabilization of the safety in Macedonia. Though the Macedonian government is giving permanent information about our safety: "Macedonia is safe, the life goes on normally, the only difficulty is the refugees coming from Kosovo. They are situated through the families here in Kumanovo.
Besides the reactions of the citizens for night noises of planes on the Macedonian sky, with regrets and disagreements on using of our space for NATO attacks on SR Yugoslavia. Even though the controls are growing stronger, in some places the citizens gather and protests. The situation is the same in Kumanovo. First step was the protests of the transport organization JUG-TURIST this afternoon. There was a whole convoy composed of trucks, buses, cars with transparents and flags. The transparents run: "Macedonians wake up", "War has two ends", "NATO go home", "Don't sell our country for dollars", "Clinton fascists". In this moment from 14:00 o'clock until 16:20 on the streets of our city there were massive gatherings of People, they walk on the streets and shout "NATO go home", and "Gougoslavia,Yugoslavia","We're going in Kosovo". Macedonia is not in situation to accept large number of refugees, if any increasement of their number occurs, over 20.000 of them, there will be danger of economic catastrophy with consequences on every citizen of Republic of Macedonia. For the situation of Roma we can inform with certainty that hard days are coming. After our contacts with the Roma organizations and the representatives of the political groups, the following information are gathered:"There are about ten families from Kosovo and now they are with their relatives.Some families succeeded to go into other European countries (with paying large amounts of money to persons for taking them into other states, and the sum is 5000,- DM).
On the other hand Albanian refugees declared that the Roma get into their houses now and steal from them. It all brings to the fact of false information with the aim of covering the guilt and putting on the other. The Roma people didn't want the war, and they do not ask anything that is different with the laws of the states where they live.
Anyhow, the situations getting worse. The situation is becoming more complicated by the nonobjective media information, too. All citizens of Macedonia, no matter what nationality they are, will be strucked from the economic catastrophy from the reason that 90% of the Roma population are unemployed, they are social cases, they receive monthly help 120,- DM, not enough for their bare needs of food, and not even to think about visiting the doctor. Those who worked as daily paid workers until yesterday, now are without any work and without any existence. But still they say:"We wish there is no war-peace is the biggest wealth of every nation". Roma political and non-govermental organization have permanent contacts in order to see the general situation in the country. As for the situation by the European institutions-organizations-medias working for the interest of Roma, there is big interest. (London/ England; RomNews / Germany; RPP / Hungary).The representative of the Board of RNC, Rudko Kawczynski had contacted us in the Roma Community Center "DROM" in Kumanovo / Macedonia contributed for true support by your own Roma-man.

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For all of you from Macedonia Kumanovo 30.03.1999
Asmet Elezovski-members of the Board of Roma National Congress.
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