Volume 44, Number 17 · November 6, 1997
Radio Free Yugoslavia
By Laura Silber, Veran Matic
Last winter Serbian opposition leaders called on Slobodan Milosevic to respect their parties' victories in the local elections held in November. Milosevic ignored them, and announced that the politicians loyal to him would remain in office. Night after night protesting crowds assembled in Belgrade chanting 'Democracy.' While the government stations paid little attention to the demonstrations, Radio B-92, a small independent FM station, broadcast them live; no one doubts that B-92 had much to do with keeping the demonstrations going. Intent on stopping the antigovernment protests, Milosevic banned B-92. The government charged that the station was operating without a license and disconnected B-92's transmitter.[*]
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