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From: Ivo Skoric 
Subject: no more scolarships...
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From: "Ivo Skoric" 

Democracy seems to be gaining ground in Serbia. After the 
nationalization of the only remaining independent electronic media 
(Studio B), now this:


AP wrote:
> 
> 
>         BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- The Serbian Supreme Court has
> ordered the New York-based Soros Foundation be banned from
> Yugoslavia, ruling that the group's registration was illegal.
>         The ban followed a state media campaign in which the
> pro-democracy, humanitarian group was accused of spying and
> spreading anti-Serb propaganda.
>         Sonja Liht, head of Soros' Belgrade office, said Saturday the
> foundation would try to re-register in Serbia, possibly in another
> form.
>         Details of the court's decision, handed down Friday, were not
> available.
>         The foundation established by Hungarian-born billionaire George
> Soros opened its Belgrade office in 1991. It has distributed
> millions in humanitarian aid, organized cultural exchanges and
> seminars, and provided Serbian students with scholarships to
> foreign universities.
>         But local authorities complained the the group supported
> independent media, which have been highly critical of Serbian
> President Slobodan Milosevic.
>         Soros also has supported ethnic Albanian independent newspapers
> in the southern Kosovo province, which Serbian authorities have
> ruled with heavy military and police power in the past six years.
> --

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