OSCE presses Milosevic

BELGRADE - Europe's biggest security body intensified pressure on the Serbian President, Mr Slobodan Milosevic, yesterday urging…

BELGRADE - Europe's biggest security body intensified pressure on the Serbian President, Mr Slobodan Milosevic, yesterday urging him to go beyond piecemeal concessions and fully recognise opposition wins in local elections.

The OSCE admonished Belgrade after Mr Milosevic convened federal Yugoslavia's security council to address the Serbian political crisis, which showed no sign of subsiding after the opposition resumed protest rallies despite the concessions.

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