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# Orthodox Press: Kosovo and Metohija Chronicle, August 30

Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Church
PRAVOSLAVLJE PRESS

Belgrade, August 30, 1999

Belgrade Events

Having terminated its summer vacation, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church has held today its first regular session, at which the issue of the church education, in the first place the issue of Prizren Seminary functioning, has been discussed, together with the current issues concerning the church life.
     We have taken the opportunity today to talk with Rt. Rev. Artemije, the Bishop of Raska and Prizren, who has come to attend the session of the Holy Synod of Bishops. In our opinion, if one wants to comprehend fully the present events and the destiny of the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohia, he should read this interview.

Kosovo & Metohia Events

Dragan Stojkovic, who disappeared on August 28 in Pristina, has been included into the number of the missing Serbs from Kosovo and Metohia. Dragan Stojkovic worked for UN Civil Mission. He was kidnapped during the work hours, from the official car with the visible UN sign.
     The killing and persecuting of the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohia have now been moved to the territories where there is a larger number of the Serbs. On August 26, about 18:00, the Albanians fired 10 shells at Gracanica village, where the majority of the Serbs is located now. Their intention is clear - to expel the remaining Serbs from this area.
     While the bloody atrocities are being executed on the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohia, the Albanians demonstrated yesterday in the streets of Pristina asking that their country-fellows, who have been legitimately taken into the prisons of the official state of Yugoslavia due to the crimes they had executed on the Serbs, should be set free. Even Mr Bernard Couchnaire, the head of the UN civil mission, spoke at this Albanians' protest.
     Yesterday, one Serb was killed in Prizren, which is a regular occurrence in this town.
     Fourteen armed attacks and assaults on the Serbs happened yesterday in Gnjilane. Gradimir Stolic was kidnapped in the centre of the town.
     The Russian soldiers who ought to protect the Serbs in Orahovac have not still been allowed to enter this town. The Albanians have blocked the entrances, and the Russians avoid conflicts.

Bishop of Hvosno
Atanasije

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