(E) PRESS RELEASE - Croatian Information Office London
http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/6815/1/E-PRESS-RELEASE---Croatian-Information-Office-London.html
By Nenad N. Bach
Published on 12/2/2001
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>
----Original Message-----
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
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>
----Original Message-----
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