(E) PRESS RELEASE - Croatian Information Office London
A small amount of effort can achieve a lot... for a while the BBC had been publishing stories about Croatia with links to their special report on Yugoslavia (i.e. post-Milosevic Serbia) and also linking to the BBC World Service in Serbian. Philip Magas of the CIO sent an e-mail questioning these links to Croatian stories. Here is the response:
Dear Mr Magas Thank you for your email and the point you raise. I have added our World Service Croatian news to the links on the story, and it should now appear on all future versions. The original Serbian link was added because it was on a mini-section dedicated to Milosevic himself, and absolutely not because we in any way fail to respect Croatia or any other ex-Yugoslav state as independent nations. WIth thanks again, and best wishes Regards BBC News Online <A HREF="http://64.4.16.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN& lah=d5710546fc1528a9b2b156044e16883c&lat=1006815734& hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fnews%2ebbc%2eco%2euk%2f">http://news.bbc.co.uk/</A> ; <A HREF="http://64.4.16.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN& lah=d5710546fc1528a9b2b156044e16883c&lat=1006815734& hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fnews%2ebbc%2eco%2euk%2f">http://news.bbc.co.uk/</A>
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From: CIO London [mailto:<A HREF="http://lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=F000000001& a=cb455e508d7015234a6b86970000ac34&mailto=1&to=ciolondon@hotmail.com& msg=MSG1006515381.15&start=564537&len=4678&src=&type=x">ciolondon@hotmail.com </A>] Sent: 14 November 2001 23:29 To: NewsOnline Subject: DUBROVNIK STORY Dear Sir/Madam, Why is it the link to World Service news on the story about a Yugoslav general in the Hague over the bombing of the Croatian
city of Dubrovnik is only for BBC News in Serbian? Why not BBC News in Croatian? Croatia is no longer a part of Yugoslavia and hasn't been for a decade, but you only seem interested in the "Future of Yugoslavia" and pay little attention to Croatia or Bosnia as nations in their own right. Philip Magas CIO London E-mail from the CROATIAN INFORMATION OFFICE LONDON distributed by CROWN (Croatian World Net) - CroworldNet@aol.com
