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WHAT HAPPENED ON 17th April 1999?
16th April 1999
KOSOVO MASSACRES MASS GRAVE REPORTED
shown an aerial photograph reported to be of a mass grave in Kosovo. Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sir Charles Guthrie told a briefing that the site was at Pusto Selo near Orahovac. He also said there were reports of a massacre of 50 men in Xerxe. The US State Department says it too has new evidence of mass graves in Kosovo. A spokesman also pointed to an increase y
17th April 1999
MACEDONIA REFUSES MORE KOSOVO REFUGEES
The Macedonian defence minister has refused to build more camps for Kosovo Albanian refugees accusing the West of reneging on pledges to house them. "The international community has not respected previous agreements under which 92 620 refugees should have been in third countries " he told newspapers Nicola Kljusev said camps may expand but new arrivals must go elsewhere. The country of 2.3m with an Albanian minority has received 130 000 refugees.
17th April 1999
Hungary has insisted that it will not
be used as a base from which to launch a Nato ground attack against Yugoslavia Defence Minister Janos Szabo said such a move was impossible as Nato forces would first face ethnic-Hungarians. The northern Yugoslav province of Voivodina is home to some 300 000 ethnic Hungarians. New Nato member Hungary is opposed to committing its own ground forces to an attack Mr Szabo also said.
16th April 1999
If you're flying Al Italia in the
coming days please don't blame the airline if your flight is delayed. Corrierre Della Serareports that the Italian skies are in chaos & five out of six Al Italia flights are late as a direct result of Nato actions in Kosovo Transport problems of a different nature in America according to the A Seattle ferry is having to undergo a refit because Americans have got so fat
17th April 1999
MACEDONIA REFUSES MORE KOSOVO REFUGEES
The Macedonian defence minister has refused to build more camps for Kosovo Albanian refugees accusing the West of reneging on pledges to house them. "The international community has not respected previous agreements under which 92 620 refugees should have been in third countries " he told newspapers Nicola Kljusev said camps may expand but new arrivals must go elsewhere. The country of 2.3m with an Albanian minority has received 130 000 refugees.
17th April 1999
A further 8 000 refugees have crossed
into northern Albania this morning creating the biggest influx in 10 days. The exhausted Kosovo Albanians who crossed the border brought the total to 18 000 in 36 hours. tractors others on foot joining more than 100 000 refugees around Kukes. The refugees were reportedly in the worst state of any seen at the crossing and told of widespread ethnic cleansing
16th April 1999
AGENDA AT WESTMINSTER
Social Security Secretary Alistair Darling & his ministers will respond to MPs at question time. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook & Defence Secretary George Robertson will speak in an important debate on the Kosovo crisis. In the Lords peers debate the line-by- line committee stage of the Pollution Prevention & Control Bill and the National Changeover Plan for the single European currency.
17th April 1999
MACEDONIA REFUSES MORE KOSOVO REFUGEES
The Macedonian defence minister has refused to build more camps for Kosovo Albanian refugees accusing the West of reneging on pledges to house them. "The international community has not respected previous agreements under which 92 620 refugees should have been in third countries " he told newspapers Nicola Kljusev said camps may expand but new arrivals must go elsewhere. The country of 2.3m with an Albanian minority has received 130 000 refugees.
17th April 1999
AGENDA AT WESTMINSTER
Darling & his ministers will respond to MPs at question time. Foreign Secretary Robin Cook & Defence Secretary George Robertson will speak in an important debate on the Kosovo crisis. In the Lords peers debate the line-by- line committee stage of the Pollution Prevention & Control Bill and the National Changeover Plan for the single European currency.
