July 4, 1999.

22:15 On July 4, U.S. officials said that air blockades issued over the  weekend by Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary prevented several hundred Russian troops from entering Kosovo. Russian press agency Interfax quoted military sources as saying that the peacekeepers would not leave Russian Ivanovo airport until Monday. Russian television NTV showed pictures of two military planes grounded with 120 paratroopers on board at the airport in Ivanovo, hours after their scheduled departure. Dutch KFOR spokesman Maj. Jan Joosten said July 4 that the issue of Russian flights was under "high level discussion" between NATO and Russian officials.


19:45 According to the infor from Zagreb`s police, last night around  22:30 the owner of the Promdei Bank, Ibrahim Dedic (52) was killed in front of the building in Ivekoviceva st. in Zagreb. The murder was done by an unknown assassin.

19:20 Serbian Orthodox Church issued today a statemen t, signed by Episcope Atanasije Rakita. The statement reads: Inspite of the presence of KFOR soldiers, Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are still unprotected, Albanians are still killing, expelling and kidnapping them. Last night in pristina Albanians attacked 3 Djordjevic brothers from Gnjilanska street: Tomislav, Miroslav and Ratko. Tomislav was heavily injured, he went through a surgery lasting 3 hours and survived. Ratko was beaten and wounded in the leg. In Pristina Serbs were expelled from their flats this morning, and smoke was rising from serbian houses. His Holyness Serbian Patriarch Pavle served a lithurgy this morning in the monastery of Pec Archbishopry. Monte Negro-Coastal Bishop Amfilohije served a lithurgy in the village Gorazdevac, episcope Artemije in Gracanica monastery, episcope Atanasije in Gnjilane.

19:05 Today a NATO delegation unexpectedly arrived to Moscow, for talks about technical details of the cooperation between Russia and NATO regarding the peace in Kosovo and overcoming of the problems arisen because Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria would not allow Russian planes to fly over their territories.

18:40 Citizens of Kosovska Mitrovica, whose houses and flats have been robbed, and are now occupied by third  persons, from today can submit claims to the French civilian police. Up to now cca 100 Serbs, from the southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, submitted claims.

18:30 Former US senator Bob Dole arrived to Pristina today. He is to talk to the provisional chief of the UN mission, Sergio de Melo, in the afternoon.

18:25 Decision of the Federal Government, stating that foreign-trade companies, enterprises other legal persons and enterpreneurs, depending on the type of job, are to pay to National Bank of Yugoslavia 5 to 50 percent of their hard currency income, becomes effective from July 1st.

18:20 Zoran Djindjic, President of Democratic Party, who is returning tonigt from his 15-day tour around European countries, is to hold a press conference today at 18:30 at Surcin airport.

17:07 Last night a group of 70 refugees from Kosovo passed the checkpoint near Rozaje, where they spent the night, today they continued their trip to Podgorica.

15:35 In the period from July 7 till July 10, a series of humanitarian concerts will be held, organized by the Fund for helping the young of the Serbian republic in Banja Luka; the funds raised are intended for the Centre for cchildren without parental care in Zvecanska St., Belgrade.

15:05 Attempts of the British peacekeepers to secure a better peace in Pristina have been augmented yesterday by setting watchers position on the highest buildings in the town, and introducing a telephone line via which citizens could ask for protection.

14:40 Operation of transporting Russian peacekeepers is planned to be performed with 5 large assault ships, which will be loaded with military technique on July 8, and then leave for Greece.

14:15 As Russian agencies report today, 1 regiment of the Ivanov division, waiting for 2 weeks now to be sent to Kosovo, has withdrawn from the airport into the barracks, to await further orders.

13:55 Institution for Health Insurance of Serbia submitted a request to the international arbitrage with the Economic Chamber of Yugoslavia, for reimbursement of the damage against the company ICN USA.

13:45 Naval and Traffic Ministry of Monte Negro and the Economic Chamber of the Republic suggested Montenegrin transport companies should ask compensation for the damages occured during mobilization of their means from the YU Army.

13:40 Agreement on establishing of peace was signed last night in Gora, Kosovo. The agreement specifies the distribution of KFOR forces on the border of Gora with Albania and Macedonia. It was signed by KFOR general Johnatan Bailey and by Orhan Dragas, president of the Executive board of Gorans association.

13:30 Several hundred reservists from Raska rasied their road blockade last night. Military authorities have promised to pay them for the time they were mobilized.

13:12 Monte Negro accepts to participate in the reconstruction of the   Federal Government under one condition - that Monte Negro gets the mandate for the new composition of the Federal Government - said the Montenegrin Prime Minister Filip Vujanovic, adding that "As long as the representative of the leading coalition in Monte Negro does not get the mandate for the composition of the Federal Government, we will not take part in all this`.

12:06 Last night at 23:15 earthquake was felt in Trstenik. The  intensity in the epicentre was 3.5 degrees of the Richter scale.

11:20 Beograd - RTV Serbia accused Saturday leaders of the opposition Alliance for Changes, Zoran Djindjic and Milan Panic, for "betrayal of interests" of Serbia, because in a recent gathering in Vienna they  asked "foreign mentors" for help in winning the power in Serbia.

11:15 Moscow - The secret underground airport in Pristina was the real goal of the Russian HQ when deciding on 200 Russian soldiers leave Bosnia for Kosovo without NATO`s knowledge, reports "Komersant" Saturday.

11:00 Beograd - 11,718 citizens signed Friday in Novi Sad the request for FRY President Milosevic`s resignation, at the meeting organized by the League of Social democrats of Vojvodina and the Reform-Democratic Party of Vojvodina (RDPV), stated RDPV Saturday.

10:30 NATO is ready to block the transport of Russian troops in Kosovo. The reason for this NATO step is the still not defined role of Russian troops in the peacekeeping forces.

09:05 Podgorica - Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini, after the talks with Milo Djukanovic, President of Monte Negro, in Rome, stated that EU will provide all economic aid to Monte Negro for reconstruction of tis economy and infrastructure; he also said they appreciate very much the role of President Djukanovic, in relation to the regime in Belgrade and stabilization of the situation in the region.

08:50 Skopje - Turkish KFOR military convoy arrived to Kumanovo (Macedonia), from where it will continue its trip to Prizren - stated NATO representatives. The first group of cca 60 vehicles, including 50 trucks and 8 transporters with 135 soldiers who arrived from Bulgaria will spend the night in the NATO base in Kumanovo, and will continue its trip to Kosovo tomorrow.

08:44 Bonn - German Interior Minister Otto Schili stated Germany will begin organized return of Albanian refugees next Wednesday. "We wish to ensure a safe and speedy return of the refugees to their homes". The refugees will receive 450 DEM each from the German government, which will pay their travel expenses.

02:00 "There was not a war in which I was not present during the last 30 years", said Bernard Kouchner recently, the newly appointed chief of the UN civilian mission in Kosovo.

01:50 As stated from the cabinet Svetozar Marovic, President of the Monte Negro Assembly, second session of the first regular meeting of the Montenegrin Parliament has been set for July 8. Several law projects from the field of system and legal functioning of the Republic Monte Negro will be on the agenda, as well as a series of other issues from the competency of the Assembly.

01:30 Russian Defence Ministry stated that soldiers from the Russian KFOR contingent would go to Kosovo, instead of planes, by 5 ships, which would sail off to Greece at the beginning of next week. Commander of the  convoy, Admiral Vladimir Vasiukov, said Turkey gave permission for passing of the Russian ships through Bosfor and Dardanele on July 10 and 11.

01:08 CNN has just shown one of the Albanians, Isak Berisha (wounded in pristina yesterday by the British KFOR soldiers) who said `they were not terrorists`.

01:02 A small correction of the info about power outage in new belgrade. I live near Sava Centre, and there was no outage here. Probably only a part of New Belgrade suffered the power outage, not the whole New Belgrade....

00:55 Bogdan Tanjevic, selector of the new European champion - Italy - arrived to the press conference completely wet, explaining the players `threw him in the shower` About the game he said: "We played excellently, we were in better and better form from the game to game, and in the best in the 3 most important games. We had some luck too, no player was injured, while some rivals, like Yugoslavia, had many problems, sport problems and those not connected to sport".

00:50 British Foreign Ministry issued an official statement yesterday stating that British experts exhumed 12 bodies, of which 7 children, from a grave near the village Bela Crkva. British Government states they were all killed by a hit in the back of the head.

00:45 Four persons, among whom 1 German soldier, were wounded in an explosions near Prizren, from the remaining ammunition.

00:40 German Interior Minister Otto Schili announced in the interview to the newspaper "Fokus" the voluntary return of Albanians to Kosovo from Germany will begin Wednesday.

00:35 Life in Kosovska Mitrovica is being normalized today. Bus transportation from K.Mitrovica to leposavic, Raska, Kraljevo, Kragujevac and Novi Pazar is functioning normally.

00:25 The first 9 Kosovo judges appointed by UN at the beginning of this week started to work, investigationg murders. KFOR command announced the judges obey the "modified Criminal Law of Yugoslavia from 1976", while members of the international forces in Kosovo obey regulations of their own countries during arrests and interventions.