NEWS - last seven days

Loud burst of fire and AAA action have been heard last night after the signing of the military agreement between FRY and KFOR. It's not known why did the AAA units acted last night, even when there were no air strike alerts.

A few thousand of people were last night at the main Belgrade square to ... end of aggression our country. Machine-gun burst and action of AAA were heard at the most parts of Belgrade.

All we can assume is that it wasn't an celebration of signing the military agreement but psycho-physical discharge of lot of the accumulated nervous and pain by constant horrible air strikes.

Text of Kosovo military technical agreement
9. Jun 1999

Military Technical Agreement Between the International Security Force (KFOR) and the Governments of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia.

Article I - General Obligations

1. The parties to this agreement reaffirm the document presented by President Ahtisaari to President Milosevic and approved by the Serb Parliament and the federal government on June 3, 1999, to include deployment in Kosovo under U.N. auspices of effective international civil and security presences. The parties further note that the U.N. Security Council is prepared to adopt a resolution, which has been introduced, regarding these presences.

2. The state governmental authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia understand and agree that the international security force (KFOR) will deploy following the adoption of the UNSCR referred to in paragraph 1 and operate without hindrance within Kosovo and with the authority to take all necessary action to establish and maintain a secure environment for all citizens of Kosovo and otherwise carry out its mission. They further agree to comply with all of the obligations of this agreement and to facilitate the deployment and operation of this force.

3. For purposes of the agreement, the following expressions shall have the meanings as described below:

a. "The parties" are those signatories to the agreement.

b. "Authorities" means the appropriate responsible individual, agency, or organization of the parties.

c. FRY forces" includes all of the FRY and Republic of Serbia personnel and organizations with a military capability. This includes regular army and naval forces, armed civilian groups, associated paramilitary groups, air forces, national guards, border police, army reserves, military police, intelligence services, federal and Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs local, special, riot and anti-terrorist police, and any other groups or individuals so designated by the international security force (KFOR) commander.

d. The Air Safety Zone (ASZ) is defined as a 25-kilometer zone that extends beyond the Kosovo province border into the rest of FRY territory. It includes the airspace above that 25-kilometer zone.

e. The Ground Safety Zone (GSZ) is defined as a 5-kilometer zone that extends beyond the Kosovo province border into the rest of FRY territory. It includes the terrain within that 5-kilometer zone.

f. Entry Into Force Day (EIF Day) is defined as the day this Agreement is signed.

4. The purposes of these obligations are as follows:

a. To establish a durable cessation of hostilities, under no circumstances shall any forces of the FRY and the Republic of Serbia enter into, re-enter, or remain within the territory of Kosovo or the Ground Safety Zone (GSZ) and the Air Safety Zone (ASZ) described in paragraph 3, Article I without the prior express consent of the international security force (KFOR) commander. Local police will be allowed to remain in the GSZ.

The above paragraph is without prejudice to the agreed return of FRY and Serbian personnel, which will be the subject of a subsequent separate agreement as provided for in paragraph 6 of the document mentioned in paragraph 1 of this article.

b. To provide for the support and authorization of the international security force (KFOR) and in particular to authorize the international security force (KFOR) to take such actions as are required, including the use of necessary force, to ensure compliance with this agreement and protection of the international security force (KFOR), and to contribute to a secure environment for the international civil implementation presence, and other international organizations, agencies, and nongovernmental organizations (details in Appendix B).

Article II - Cessation of hostilities

1. The FRY forces shall immediately, upon entry into force (EIF) of this agreement, refrain from committing any hostile or provocative acts of any type against any person in Kosovo and will order armed forces to cease all such activities. They shall not encourage, organize or support hostile or provocative demonstrations.

2. Phased withdrawal of FRY forces (ground): The FRY agrees to a phased withdrawal of all FRY forces from Kosovo to locations in Serbia outside Kosovo. FRY forces will mark and clear minefields, booby traps and obstacles. As they withdraw, FRY forces will clear all lines of communication by removing all mines, demolitions, booby traps, obstacles, and charges. They will also mark all sides of all minefields. International security forces (KFOR) entry and deployment into Kosovo will be synchronized. The phased withdrawal of FRY forces from Kosovo will be in accordance with the sequence outlined below:

a. By EIF plus one day, FRY forces located in Zone 3 will have vacated, via designated routes, that zone to demonstrate compliance (depicted on the map at Appendix A to the agreement). Once it is verified that FRY forces have complied with this subparagraph and with paragraph 1 of this article, NATO airstrikes will be suspended. The suspension will continue provided that the obligations of this agreement are fully complied with, and provided that the UNSC adopts a resolution concerning the deployment of the international security force (KFOR) so rapidly that a security gap can be avoided.

b. By EIF plus six days, all FRY forces in Kosovo will have vacated Zone 1 (depicted on the map at Appendix A to the agreement). Establish liaison teams with the KFOR commander in Pristina.

c. By EIF plus nine days, all FRY Forces in Kosovo will have vacated Zone 2 (depicted on map at Appendix A to this agreement).

d. By EIF plus 11 days, all FRY forces in Kosovo will have vacated Zone 3 (depicted on map at Appendix A to this agreement).

e. By EIF plus 11 days, all FRY Forces in Kosovo will have completed their withdrawal from Kosovo (depicted on map at Appendix A to this agreement) to locations in Serbia outside Kosovo, and not within the 5 km GSZ. At the end of the sequence (EIF plus 11), the senior FRY forces commanders responsible for the withdrawing forces shall confirm in writing to the international security force (KFOR) commander that the FRY forces have complied and completed the phased withdrawal. The international security force (KFOR) commander may approve specific requests for exceptions to the phased withdrawal. The bombing campaign will terminate on complete withdrawal of FRY forces as provided under Article II. The international security force (KFOR) shall retain, as necessary, authority to enforce compliance with this agreement.

f. The authorities of the FRY and the Republic of Serbia will cooperate fully with international security force (KFOR) in its verification of the withdrawal of forces from Kosovo and beyond the ASZ/GSZ.

g. FRY armed forces withdrawing in accordance with Appendix A, i.e. in designated assembly areas or withdrawing on designated routes, will not be subject to air attack.

h. The international security force (KFOR) will provide appropriate control of the borders of FRY in Kosovo with Albania and FYROM until the arrival of the civilian mission of the U.N.

PANCEVO, a new series of bombing has shake our town late last night. Petrol Refinery Pancevo was targeted with few missiles 15 minutes before midnight. Another, extremely strong detonation came from the same region at 00:15 this morning. First reports are saying that there is a great material damage but no victims.

A thick smoke clouds are going straight to the sky, but the wind is carrying them just through the town (at great altitude) - over the parts of town called Sodara, Tesla, Kotez I and Kotez II - at the north direction. Pancevo officials have said that the smoke is not dangerous for health!? But we are advising all of our citizens not to inhale that smoke or soot.

We have recently wrote about NATO attack on settlement Mali Rit (or Mali London) at the neighborhood of petrol station "Lady", Pancevo. The house of family Limanovic has been destroyed and Djeva Limanovic was wounded. But someone else was wounded too - one of the most important member of Gypsy colony has lose a part of his leg. Those who are informed of Gypsy style of livening do know how important an horse could be for life and survive of a Gypsy family.

Although the governments of the republic of Serbia and the FR Yugoslavia have accepted the peace plan for the Kosovo crisis resolution, yesterday and last night NATO intensified its raids of manufacturing and civilian facilities across the country. The enemy revisited previously raided oil refineries in Novi Sad and Pancevo. Fierce attacks were registered in Ruma, and in Belgrade several fireballs were launched. In the renewed attacks on residential quarters there were death cases and many injured. In Sangaj, Novi Sad suburb at least seven people were seriously injured.In Bosilegrad hospital Boris Jeremijev (60) from Klisura died of the injuries inflicted in the Sanatorium and the Nursing Home in Surdulica bombing on May 31^st. Jeremijev is the 20^th victim of the 11^th attack on this town where 36 people were killed and more than 80 seriously of lightly injured. On the 77^th day of the aggression NATO Air force continued its daily destruction of the southern Serbian province.

GORNJI MILANOVAC: (yesterday between 01:15 - 01:30) Eight destructive missiles were fired at previously destroyed radio and TV transmitters of RTS, TV Politika, Pink TV, DEN radio, and Radio S on Mt. Rudnik. Strong detonations rocked the buildings in the towns of Gornji Milanovac and Topola.

CUPRIJA: (about 16:00) The enemy attacked the villages of Dobricevo and Vinoraca.

JAGODINA: (16:00 - 16:45) Several missiles were fired at the area of this town.

KRALJEVO: (16:25) NATO aircraft raided the village of Mrsac in the area of this municipality with 4 missiles.

ZAJECAR: (16:25) NATO air force attacked the village of Potkorac In Zajecar County.

BOLJEVAC: (16,30) In the NATO airforce attack on the Boljevac County area, three workers (1 woman and 2 men) have been killed at the Podgorac health-food farm: Slavka Trikanovic, Milija Andrejevic i Nebojsa Srbulovic. Enemy planes fired 11 missiles at the farm. Seven buildings at the far, where 2.500 sheep were being kept have been razed to the ground.

SJENICA: (17,31) NATO planes raided the village of Dubinje in the Sjenica County. Major damages have been inflicted.

GNJILANE: (17,45) In the attack on the village of Donja Budriga in the outskirts of the town, four persons have been injured. In just 10 minutes, the aggressor fired nine missiles at the village area. One of the missiles landed in the front yard of Milivoje Jovanovic. His wife Djurdja and their sons Ljubisa, Srdjan and Nenad have been wounded.

PRIZREN: (18,00) NATO air force launched an fierce attack on the town area. Several missiles have been launched at the area between Srbica and Glogovac, and four missiles landed in the zone of the village of Gornje Sudimlje in Vucitrn County. The area around the village of Planeja was hit by 17 missiles, and a number of cluster bombs have been released over the village Vrbnica on Mt. Pastrik.

SRBICA: (18,00) Five missiles have been used in the attack on the village of Donja Klina in the Serbica County.

PANCEVO: (00,11) The oil refinery in the town near the Yugoslav capital has been newly attacked. The remains of the industrial plant are covered with thick smoke.

NOVI SAD: (23,53) In just 20 minutes the refinery was shaken by a dozen explosions. One person has been killed and six suffered serious injuries. The town was illuminated and thick smoke was rising from the oil refinery. A number of missiles have been fired at Mt. Fruska Gora zone.

BEOGRAD: (00,45) IN the raid on the Yugoslav capital tonight, a missile landed in the residential zone of Zvezdara (luckily without exploding), more precisely in Kamcatska St. no. 23-25. Somewhat earlier, around 00,10 another missile hit (without exploding) the house of Mr. Cedomir Vlahovic in the suburb of Kotez. There were no casualties. Two missiles were fired by enemy planes on the suburb of Batajnica, and as many were used in the raid on the suburbs of Surcin and Makis. The YA Air Defence reacted with determination to the attack on Belgrade.

PANCEVO, a few peacefully days in our town. NATO planes are showing their presence by breaking the sound barrier over our town. Pancevo is now well supplied with water and electricity.

Most Expensive
USA Aircraft Shot Down
June 01, 1999

Belgrade, 30 May, 1999 "Ilustrovana Politika" Reported by Slobodan Milosevic

The maneuver of deceiving the Yugoslav Anti Aircraft Artillery fails: hit over Surcin, the most praised strategic Stealth aircraft, "B-2A Spirit", hit the ground behind the last houses in Dec village, in Pecinci district.

The cool night in May, the sky is full of stars. Unfortunately,the meteorological conditions over Belgrade are perfect for a flight of the black "spirit". Three aircraft are flying to the capital of Yugoslavia. These strategic bombers, "B-2A Spirit" from the American war airforce, marked "509 Bombers wing ER force USA", carry some 101 tons of the lethal facilities in its containers: cruising missiles SRAM AGM-69A, AGM-129A and AGM-131A, MK84 bombs, cluster bombs and inflammable M117.

The sky is roaring while three black birds, each weighting 181.400 kilos, are flying through the black night, 15km over the ground, their wings in the shape of the letter "W", each has the surface of 465,5 square meters. Their target is Belgrade. Two pilots feel safe in their cockpits as they are flying too high, but they will have to fly lower to fulfill their task. And than... They are discovered...

The bombardier's formation, accompanied by the fighter planes, is already over Yugoslavia when the Yugoslav army unit "VOJIN" in the northwest zone of operations gives the alarm. First Yugoslav Anti Aircraft Artillery shots are fired through the darkness. As the aircraft are coming deeper into the air space of FR Yugoslavia, the artillery fire from the ground is harder and harder.

A part of the air-force brigade is attacking the northeast sector of Belgrade. Their plan is to distract the attention of the Yugoslav Anti Aircraft Artillery from the "B-2A" as in already performed attack on the Chinese embassy at 23,30 p.m. on 7th May, and to direct it to the Pancevo bridge and Belgrade down town. At the same time, the strategic bombardiers formation will sneak from Surcin to Yugoslav capital and rock it.

The sky over Belgrade was in flames at that first hour of 20th May, 1999. The hospitals in Dedinje were hit. And the "spirits" were already over Surcin, the pilots thought that the trick was perfect. But, the fire arrows were flying from the ground towards the "invisible", the canon grenades and the ground-air missiles were fired. Bingo! Direct hit.

The aircraft crews realized that their anxiety was not groundless and they started to fly their heavy machines over 5.000 meters. However, it was late for one of the "spirits". The direct hit into the cock-pit of the American "B-2A", terminated its flight for ever, and thwarted his attentions to bomb already wounded Belgrade.

The smoke was heavy while the "invisible" wing was in fire. The black bird fall headfirst and other two were already escaping to the safe highs, turning their cock-pits towards the air- base.

According to the eye-witnesses, "B-2A" hit the ground in Dec village, Pecinci county, the field between Simanovci and Kupinovo. All eye-witnesses from Surcin stated that the crew had had no time to catapult and died for sure in the blasted American airforce's bomber.

The morning news broadcasted short information about the USA strategic bomber that had been shot. The news was not denied, even by the NATO. One of twenty "B-2A" that costed 2,4 billion dollars ended in the fields near Surcin.

At the beginning of the aggression on Yugoslavia, only two strategic bombers "B-2A Spirit" were put into the battle. The aggressors believed that they could ruin the spirit of the people and their effective defense.

But, after the fierce response of the Yugoslav Army, the hopes for uick and easy success of the criminal armada failed and the NATO command cried out for new "B-2A". After the long persuasion of the USA, four more "B-2A" came from the "Waiman base" on the 1st April, 1999. One of those "Spirits" will never come back.

(taken from www.serbia-info.com)

BLACE, Macedona, Nato is meeting Yugoslav military commanders to finalise plans for a Yugoslav Army withdrawal from Kosovo. If successful, the talks could bring to an end more than 10 weeks of Nato air strikes against Yugoslavia. Nato spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Clifford said the first day of talks had been "very constructive".

Senior military officers from the two sides reconvened for a second day on Sunday morning. The talks were moved from "Europe 93" cafe to a field hangar at a base used by French Nato troops in Kumanovo, a town about six miles south of the Yugoslav-Macedonian border.

PRISTINA - The NATO aircraft fired four missiles on civilian targets in Serbia's Kosovo-Metohija province Sunday between 3.45 and 3.57 p.m., provincial civilian defense authorities told Tanjug. The Prelez village in the Urosevac municipality, an Urosevac suburb, the Zoic village in the Prizren municipality and Mt. Goles in the Lipljan municipality were hit by one missile each.

VRSAC - Peter Tibor, 44, was severely injured in a NATO air strike on the area of the eastern Serbian town of Vrsac at about 8.30 a.m. Saturday. NATO aircraft launched four missiles at the area when Tibor was working in his field in the village of Veliko Srediste. Upon Tibor's admittance to the Vrsac Medical Center, doctors determined that his spine had been broken. The missile blasts damaged objects of the nearby Agrovrsac agricultural complex and a series of residential objects.

PRIZREN, Serbia - Aggressor NATO aircraft launched five cluster bombs on civilian targets in the area of the Kosovo and Metohija village of Pirane, on the Prizren-Djakovica road, at 7.35 a.m. local time Saturday. At 11.05 p.m. local time Friday, seven municipalities in Metohija -- Istok, Djakovica, Decani, Orahovac, Prizren, Suva Reka and Dragas -- got back electricy after a three day interval. Over ten flare bombs were launched over Prizren and environs at 11.41 p.m. local time, and eight highly-destructive projectiles on the area of the village of Vlasnje between 11 p.m. local time Friday and 0.06 a.m. local time Saturday.

PRISTINA, Serbia - Aggressor NATO aircraft resumed bombardments of Kosovo and Metohija early Saturday, after the overnight attacks. Throughout the night, until the all-clear sirens sounded at 5.17 a.m. local time Saturday, aggressor NATO aircraft overflew the provincial capital of Pristina. They struck at Lukare, near the city, at 7.15 a.m. local time Saturday. According to the Provincial Emergency Centre, the Decane municipality was targeted with four projectiles shortly before 10 p.m. local time Friday, fifteen minutes after which five flare bombs appeared in the sky over the municipality. Five minutes later, NATO aircraft launched two flare bombs over the Pec municipality. Six flare bombs were seen southwest of Lipjlane, in the direction of Stimlje, and five other over the Petrovo Selo in the Prizren municipality at 11.40 p.m. local time. At 11.52 p.m. local time, six detonations were heard in the area of the village of Vrbnica, also the Prizren municipality. At exactly midnight, two projectiles were launched on the area of Staro Selo, near Urosevac. At 1.58 a.m. local time Saturday, NATO aircraft targeted with one projectile the area near Lipljane, and at 2 a.m. local time the area east of Pristina.

PANCEVO, 1. jun - NATO planes fired one missile last night at 23:10 on Mali Rit (Pancevo), next to the gas station "Lady". House of family Limanovic is completely destroyed in that strike and Djeva Limanovic is wounded.

EVENTS OF THE DAY June 2. BELGRADE - (Beta) Russian special envoy for Yugoslavia Viktor Chernomyrdin and EU envoy for Kosovo, Finnish President Marti Ahtisaari, to arrive to Belgrade, where they will present Yugoslav authorities with the plan for resolving the crisis in Yugoslavia. THE HAGUE - 10:00 a.m.- The International Court of Justice to announce decision on Yugoslavia's request for a temporary injunction ordering a halt to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, which according to Yugoslavia, is illegal and unjustified.

AT LEAST 80 PEOPLE DIE IN NATO ATTACKS. At least 80 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in NATO attacks on Serbian towns over the past several days. The most recently targeted town was Novi Pazar, where 23 people were killed in the bombing of an apartment building on May 31, and many others wounded. More than 20 people were killed when NATO bombed a hospital for respiratory diseases in Surdulica, during the night between May 30 and May 31.

On May 29, the date of an Orthodox religious holiday, NATO bombed a bridge during broad daylight in Varvarin, while a large number of people were crossing it. Local officials announced that nine people were killed, 38 wounded, while six were listed as still missing. Several people were killed in attacks on Vranje, Leskovac, and Ripanj near Belgrade, as well as other towns. The mayor of Nis, Zoran Zivkovic, stated that 34 civilians were killed, hundreds wounded and that the civic services infrastructure was severely damaged by NATO attacks on his city since the beginning of the aggression.

In the night between May 31 and June 1, NATO planes once again targeted the electric power grid in Belgrade, causing a power outage in the Yugoslav capital. Facilities in Pancevo, Mladenovac, Kikinda, Vranje and many places in Kosovo and Metohija were also attacked.

Transformer stations in the Belgrade suburbs of Bezanija and Lestane, targeted on May 27, were hit with three missiles, after which the Belgrade and most of Vojvodina were left without any electricity. In the Belgrade metropolitan area, NATO attacked barracks in Zuce at the foot of Mt. Avala and the nearby forest, and at Bubanj Potok. Several missiles were fired at "facilities for military production" in Pancevo, located to the north and northeast of the city center. There were no casualties. Smederevo was also targeted, where one man was slightly wounded. Kikinda was attacked for the first time since the beginning of the NATO aggression on Yugoslavia. Vranje and Mladenovac were also the targets of NATO air strikes. The Prizren municipality suffered the fiercest attacks. A total of 34 missiles were fired, 20 of which fell in the region of the Gorozup border post. The wider region of Pristina was also bombed, as well as the city's Slatina Airport, the areas of Decani and Zubin Potok. Serbian state tate radio reported that NATO planes on June 1 bombed villages near Prizren, in the area of Has, close to the Yugoslav-Albanian border.

During the last 24 hours, Prizren and its surrounding area suffered the fiercest attacks since the beginning of NATO aggression against Yugoslavia. On May 31 NATO dropped more than 82 bombs exclusively striking at civilian targets in the region. TWENTY-THREE PEOPLE KILLED IN NOVI PAZAR. At least 23 people were killed during a NATO attack on a residential area of Novi Pazar, announced the Yugoslav minister without portfolio, Goran Matic, at a press conference in Belgrade on June 1. NATO planes fired 20 missiles on Novi Pazar, directly hitting an apartment building. The local TV station in Kraljevo reported that one of the victims was a two year old boy. Another 23 people were wounded during the NATO air strike. Matic said more than 60 people in Yugoslavia were killed by NATO bombs over the weekend, and another 100 were wounded. He accused CNN, the BBC and SKY of reporting less of civilian suffering in Yugoslavia, while airing more reports of NATO officials justifying the air raids. Matic called on the U.S. and Great Britain, as "the main promoters of the bombing, to openly tell the World what their goals are and what they hope to achieve by these crimes."

JOVANOVIC CONFIRMS YUGOSLAVIA ACCEPTS G-8 PRINCIPLES. Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic sent a letter to German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer in which he emphasizes that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia accepts the principles for resolving the Kosovo crisis proposed by the G-8, the group of seven of the world's most developed countries and Russia. In his letter, the Yugoslav foreign minister says that Yugoslavia accepts the principles proposed by G-8, including a U.N. presence as set out by a U.N. Security Council resolution. In order to achieve peace, it is necessary that the NATO aggression be halted immediately, said Jovanovic. Jovanovic also said that the Yugoslav and Serbian governments "strongly support a lasting political solution to the Kosovo crisis, based on the principles of equality for all citizens and national communities, with broad autonomy, while fully respecting Yugoslavia's territorial integrity.

AIR FORCE DEPUTY CHIEF-OF-STAFF LJUBISA VELICKOVIC KILLED. The deputy chief-of-staff of the Yugoslav Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defense, general Ljubisa Velickovic, was killed "on the first lines of defense", reported the Supreme Command's information office on June 1. The statement said that General Velickovic died while inspecting units on the first lines of defense. It was not said where he was killed. General Ljubisa Velickovic will be buried in his home village of Crljinac, near Pozarevac, on June 3.

BELGRADE METROPOLITAN AREA BOMBED ON JUNE 1. NATO planes bombed the the Belgrade metropolitan area on June 1, BETA was told by the city's emergencies center. The same source said several missiles were fired at Obrenovac, Lipovicka Suma, and Bezanijska Kosa. Officials at the center were not able to give further on what exactly was targeted. There was a strong response from the Yugoslav Army's anti-aircraft defenses.

NATO DESTROYS SERBIA'S ELECTRICITY. The damage caused by NATO's daily bombings of electric power facilities is almost unrepearable in some parts of Serbia, which as a result have been left without any electricity, announced the Serbian electricity utility, Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), on June 1. EPS announced that its repair crews were laboring against immpossible odds to provide electricity to priority customers, including hospitals and bakeries. The utility issued a plea to all customers lucky enough to have power to preserve electricity. EPS said that the destruction by NATO of two major Belgrade electricity distribution facilities on May 31, "has aggravated the existing humanitarian catastrophe, caused by the destruction of power plants." It said that the electricity distribution facilities in Lestane and at Bezanijska Kosa were completely destroyed, and will not be operational for a long time. To add to the calamity, the Belgrade water utility announced on June 1, that it cannot provide clean drinking water until the electricity supply has been fully restored. Water tanker trucks are supplying clean drinking water to priority consumers, including hospitals and bakeries, said the water utility.

COURT TO RULE ON YUGOSLAVIA VS. NATO. On June 2, The International Court of Justice at The Hague will announce a decision on temporary measures in the case of Yugoslavia vs. NATO. Yugoslavia i seeking a temporary injunction from the The Hague court ordering NATO to end the bombing which, Yugoslavia claims is illegal and cannot be justified. Yugoslavia has asked the Court to orders an immediate halt to the bombing, while the court deliberates Yugoslavia's case against the 10 NATO member-countries for illegal use of force and genocide. Charges were brought against Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Portugal, Spain, Great Britain and the U.S. Presenting their defense arguments in May, the accused states claimed that the The Hague court did not have jurisdiction to issue temporary measures or to rule on the charges brought by Yugoslavia. The jurisdiction of The International Court of Justice at The Hague will become the key issue in the case, believe international legal experts. The jurisdiction of the court is based on the consent of countries petitioning it. A ruling on the main case is expected to take years.

PAVKOVIC SAYS KOSOVO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT. The commander of the Third Yugoslav Army, General Nebojsa Pavkovic, said in Pristina on June 1, that a solution to the Kosovo crisis was "in sight" and that "great efforts are being made in the political and diplomatic spheres." "Recently I spoke with (Yugoslav) President Slobodan Milosevic. Great political efforts are being made at this moment. A practical solution is at hand," he said. "We have accepted all the principles proposed by the G-8, of course modified in only two key points: regarding the withdrawal of army and police from Kosovo and presence of international peacekeeping for Kosovo," said Pavkovic, predicting tough negotiations ahead on the key issues. Meeting with local authorities, guests from Bileca, Republika Srpska, officers of the Republika Srpska Army seventh corps, and representatives a charity from Hercegovina, Pavkovic said that Yugoslavia wants to keep in place forces it had stationed in Kosovo before the start of NATO air strikes. He said that ground forces from NATO countries taking part in the aggression were not welcome in Kosovo. "I believe that a practical solution of this problem is at sight. Once we accomplish this, it will be a great victory for the entire Serb nation, then we can start rebuilding what has been destroyed," Pavkovic said.

THREE ALBANIANS CONFESS TO PLANNING TERRORIST ACTIONS IN BELGRADE. On June 1, Serbian state television broadcast confessions by three arrested members of the People's Movement of Kosovo, who said they had been preparing several terrorist acts in Belgrade. They said that they were planning to plant explosives at the water supply facilities, the long-distance power line near Obrenovac, Belgrade's main post office, the civilian bomb shelter in Smiljaniceva Street in the downtown area, as well as at the Trg Republike Square at the time the protest concerts take place. According to the media, six members of the People's Movement of Kosovo were arrested in Belgrade on May 29. The separatist Kosovo Liberation Army is a military branch of the People's Movement of Kosovo. The names of those arrested are: Petrit Berisha and Driton Berisha, both from Pec, Isam Abdulahu from Dragasi, Driton Medja from Djakovica, Velton Saiti from Prizren and Shkordan Derguti from Pristina. They were arrested on charges of preparing terrorist acts in Belgrade and of participating in terrorist acts in Kosovo. Bosnia-Herzegovcina

AT LEAST 1,000 BUILDINGS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN BELGRADE. More than 1,000 buildings in Belgrade were damaged or completely destroyed by NATO attacks which began on March 24, reports the Belgrade daily Blic on June 2. The chairman of the committee for estimating war damage in the Belgrade municipality of Zvezdara, Srdjan Canovic, said that at least 150 facilities and buildings were damaged in attacks on this municipality two days ago. In Rakovica, the municipality which suffered the heaviest bombings, 606 damage reports were filed, and around a dozen houses were abandoned. Two houses in the central Belgrade municipality of Vracar were razed, seven houses were damaged beyond repair and will be demolished, and eight will eventually be repaired, the chairman of this municipality's committee, Slavko Tatic, told

Pancevo, last night 10 minutes after midnight NATO aggressors attacked north-north east part of our town. 8 very strong detonation were heard from the region of "Kudeljarski nasip" and neighborhood of Pancevo rail station. Some of civilian homes at Stevan Supljikac street were damaged and also homes at "Kudeljarski nasip". First reports say that there are no victims of such criminal act. Also, NATO planes attacked village Omoljica in south of Pancevo (we have no detailed information).

Belgrade, 31st May (Tanjug) - One person was killed and several people were injured when the criminal NATO aviation last evening and night bomber mainly civilian targets in the narrow and wider area of Belgrade and Novi Sad, in Kosovo and Metohija, then in Vranje, Nis, Vladicin Han, Aleksinac and Leskovac.

The aggressor NATO aviation during almost half an hour attack shelled the narrow and wider area of Belgrade with a number of missiles at dawn.

One person was killed and several wounded in a NATO raid on the village of Ripanj, situated about 15km south of Belgrade, at 4.15 a.m. local time on Monday, the city's information centre reported. Three houses were flattened to the ground in the raid.

The criminal NATO aviation early this morning at 4:07 a.m. fired four missiles at the structure in Volgina Street in the densely populated part of Zvezdara and injured several persons according to the first available reports.

Numerous apartment buildings between Volgina and Bulevar Revolucije streets were damaged.

NATO planes targeted the thermo-electric power plant and the army barracks in Belgrade's Obrenovac district at dawn on Monday. In the attack which began at 3.45 a.m., the Nikola Tesla A thermo-electric power plant was hit with four missiles, and the barracks, with three, according to the local civil defense commander, Dragan Jovanovic.

Damage to the power distribution system and to nearby facilities is extensive, and no casualties have been reported, Jovanovic told Radio Obrenovac.

Between 3.50 and 4 a.m., NATO fired five missiles on the Makis district on the way to Obrenovac.

Between 3.48 and 4.08 a.m., several detonations reverberated from the direction of Belgrade's outlying Batajnica suburb.

The NATO aircraft targeted also the Miljakovac woods with few missiles from 03:50 to 04:00 a.m.

NATO aircraft shelled early Monday for the third time since the outset of the aggression on March 24 power supply facilities at Rimski Sancevi near Novi Sad.

Two strong detonations were heard in the direction of the facilities at 3.50 a.m. local time. According to employees of the local agricultural institute, situated some 2km from the facilities, a thick column of smoke soared into the sky soon after.

Some parts of Novi Sad were left without electricity at the same time. The NATO aircraft raided the facilities again at 4.15 a.m. when two strong detonations were heard in that direction.

The aircraft kept overflying the city until 4.30 a.m. during which time two detonations were heard in the direction of Mount Fruska Gora.

Seven persons were wounded when NATO aircraft fired two missiles at the village of Slavujevac near Presevo, in the southeast of Serbia, at 7.45 p.m. local time on Sunday, the district civil defense centre in Vranje reported. The wounded were transferred to the hospital in Vranje having received first treatment aid at a local outpatient clinic. One house was demolished and several damaged in the raid.

Last night between 6:15 and 7:15 p.m. the aggressor NATO aircraft in several roars fired thirty tree missiles of great destructive power on the Southwest part of Vranje, in the area among Donji Neradovci, Soderica and Bunusevac.

Large material damage was caused and one fire broke. So far there is no information about causalities and wounded.

According to the Provincial information centre at about 7:20 p.m. for the fifth time that day, Saz hill, Gnjilane municipality, was shelled with six missiles. All together, 12 missiles were fired at that hill.

The aggressor NATO aviation in ten minutes starting from 7:20 p.m. fired three missiles at the Serbia Radio and Television relay near "Molika" hotel in Brezovica, Strpce municipality.

Pristina vicinity was also targeted at 7:05 p.m. when three missiles were fired at Butovacki breg in the area of Pristina holiday resort "Grmija".

Western Alliance aviation fired four missiles at Djakovica border strip at around 8:50 p.m.

Somewhat after 10:00 p.m. Staro Selo settlement, Urosevac municipality, was targeted with two missiles.

At about 10:30 two missiles were fired at wider area of Prizren. According to the first available information there were no causalities and injured persons in these attacks.

NATO aircraft shelled a convoy of reporters at Krk Bunar, on the Prizren-Brezovica route, at around 4.30 p.m. local time on Sunday, killing Nebojsa Radojevic, a chauffeur, and wounding French philosopher and humanist Daniel Schiffer and reporter of the The Times of London Eve Prentice, the Pristina-based Media Centre reported. The wounded received the necessary treatment at the nearest field hospital.

Half an hour after midnight, the aggressor warplanes hit the electric-power installations "Elektroistok" in the eastern part of Nis, and the complete city is without electric power. Two times, first from the east and then from the north, the enemy fired five destructive missiles, according to Tanjug reporter.

NATO planes shelled the area of Aleksinac at 00:32 p.m. The local civil defense command reports that two missiles fell southeast of the town centre.

NATO aircraft shelled in a series of waves the wider area of Leskovac, southern Serbia, soon after midnight, reports Tanjug. Six powerful missiles rained down on the Arapova Dolina valley at Mount Hisar, located at the town's outskirts. The valley is a popular picnic site. One missile exploded near the village of Velika Grabovnica, west of Leskovac. According to initial reports, there were no casualties in the attack, while the material damage is being determined.

Text of Kosovo military technical agreement 9. Jun 1999

Text of Kosovo military technical agreement
9. Jun 1999