BELGRADE, Aug 4 (hina) - Belgrade's Vreme weekly on Friday ran an article claiming former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and military chief-of-staff Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic had established an engineer unit which searched, over a
four-month period last year, for some 300-400 kg of gold which, legend says, had been buried by Byzantine Emperor Basilius between 1018-9. The whole "undercover operation" was headed by Vladimir Lazarevic, commander of the Yugoslav army's Third Corps, who had "ordered" his subordinates to dig for gold to "pull the country out of economic crisis," according to Vreme. What was pulled out, however, was 500 cubic metres of top quality oak wood on Suplji Kamen mount near Pirot in southern Serbia. By all accounts, "gold was not found," says the weekly. The "undercover mission" saw the Yugoslav army work around the clock, mining and digging up the "artificial hill" which, a
BELGRADE, Aug 4 (hina) - Belgrade's Vreme weekly on Friday ran an
article claiming former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and
military chief-of-staff Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic had established an
engineer unit which searched, over a four-month period last year,
for some 300-400 kg of gold which, legend says, had been buried by
Byzantine Emperor Basilius between 1018-9.
The whole "undercover operation" was headed by Vladimir Lazarevic,
commander of the Yugoslav army's Third Corps, who had "ordered" his
subordinates to dig for gold to "pull the country out of economic
crisis," according to Vreme.
What was pulled out, however, was 500 cubic metres of top quality
oak wood on Suplji Kamen mount near Pirot in southern Serbia. By all
accounts, "gold was not found," says the weekly.
The "undercover mission" saw the Yugoslav army work around the
clock, mining and digging up the "artificial hill" which, according
to legend, Emperor Basilius made over his "buried treasure." The
strong detonations damaged many houses nearby, Vreme says, adding
that some owners had sued the military.
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