Fwd: RFE/RL on minority developments in Croatia and Serbia

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Fwd: RFE/RL on minority developments in Croatia and Serbia


RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 70, Part II, 10 April 2001
 
OFFICIAL BILINGUALISM RETURNS TO ISTRIA. 
Led by the Istrian Democratic Party (IDS), the county assembly of
Istria agreed to reintroduce Italian along with Croatian as official
languages in the region, "Novi List" reported on 10 April. Several
leading Croatian politicians charged that IDS is playing politics and
unnecessarily aggravating interethnic tensions, "Vecernji list"
reported. IDS President Ivan Jakovcic said, however, that the measure
is sound, "Vjesnik" reported. He charged that it is the governing
Social Liberals and Social Democrats who are exploiting the issue for
political ends. He called on the central government and President
Stipe Mesic to support bilingualism in Istria. Mesic said that he is
all for people speaking many languages, but wonders whether the timing
of the reintroduction of bilingualism was not prompted by political
considerations. PM
 

RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 5, No. 71, Part II, 11 April 2001

SERBIAN PREMIER PROMISES AUTONOMY FOR HUNGARIANS. 
Visiting Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic on 10 April told
reporters in Budapest, after meeting his Hungarian counterpart Viktor
Orban, that the new Serbian leadership will grant territorial autonomy
for ethnic Hungarians living in Vojvodina. In addition, Djindjic said
Hungarians in Serbia will be given the collective right to use their
native language, and be allowed to exercise their cultural and
educational rights. He said future developments in Serbia are being
favorably influenced by Hungary's expected EU membership. Djindjic
said the Serbian government will soon propose a number of laws,
including some related to ethnic minorities, that will meet European
standards. He also asked for Hungary's help in identifying and
freezing those foreign bank accounts where leaders of former Yugoslav
President Slobodan Milosevic's regime have deposited their money. MSZ


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