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But Mr. Foreman should be happy!
ROMANIAN PREMIER 'SADDENED' BY RECENT ORBAN SPEECH
Prime Minister Adrian Nastase on 29 July wrote to Viktor Orban, former
Hungarian premier and chairman of the opposition FIDESZ, that Orban's
recent speech at Balvanyos has "profoundly saddened" him, Mediafax
reported (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 26 July 2004). Nastase said Orban's
"radicalism" and his "negation of normalcy and ethnic harmony" in
Romania are out of place. "I do not want Romania to be lauded at any
price, but I cannot allow that efforts we made thus far be ignored or,
worse, that it be claimed there is no democracy in Romania," Nastase
said. He added that he appreciates Orban for his creativity, energy,
and passion and understands that he wants to do more for Hungarian
minorities living in neighboring countries. However, he said, there is
no need for "mass movements" to achieve that purpose, as Orban claimed
in his speech at Balvanyos, nor are "ultimatum-like, extremist
demands" helpful. It is unacceptable, he said, that Hungarian
minorities be turned into instruments for "politicking ambitions" and
the political capital gained doing this will, sooner or later,
backfire, he said. MS
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Also in other positive news for Mr. Foreman...
South Serbia Albanians demand autonomy | 14:32 July 30 | FoNet
PRESEVO -- Friday –Three Albanian political parties in south Serbia
have adopted a platform demanding that the new Serbian constitution
defines the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja as an
autonomous area under the name Presevo Valley.
The parties are demanding that the rights for Albanians from the
valley, which are guaranteed by international documents, be
implemented, that personal security be stepped up, that freedom of
movement be guaranteed and that the area be demilitarised.
Other demands include the use of Albanian-language textbooks in
schools, that young Albanians are exempted from military service and
that local Albanians be included in discussions on the final status of
Kosovo.
The most influential Albanian party in the region, the Democratic
Action Party led by Presevo Mayor Riza Halimi, did not subscribe to
the platform.
The party, whose officials also include Bujanovac Mayor Nagip Arifi,
have a majority in the councils of both municipalities.
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I suspose if Serbia is forced to grant autonomy to Presevo, a similiar
movement may occur to the north in Vojvoidina amoungst the Hugarians,
giving birth to Greater Hungary as more Hungarian "autonomy" spreads
to Romania.
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