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Serbian
Government sizes independent Media
May 17, 2000; Belgrade
In a surprise raid at about 02:00 CET this morning the Serbian
Government seized control of Belgrade City broadcaster Studio B, closing
down its news program. The attack also pulled the plug on independent
Radio B2-92 in Belgrade, which broadcasts on Studio B's third frequency
and Radio Index, which is situated in the same building. A statement
released this morning over the signatures of Deputy Serbian Prime
Ministers Vojislav Seselj, the leader of the Serbian Radical Party and
Milovan Bojic, a prominent member of the Yugoslav Left, said that the
Republic of Serbia had taken control of Studio B because the station had
repeatedly called for the overthrow of the Serbian Government. |