BELGRADE'S STUDIO-B OFFERS TV B-92 CONTROVERSIAL PUKANIC INTERVIEW BELGRADE, Dec 27 (Hina) - The independent Belgrade-based TV station B-92 on Thursday refused an offer by Belgrade's TV station Studio-B to broadcast an interview with
the owner of the Zagreb weekly "Nacional," Ivo Pukanic, on a tobacco smuggling scandal in Montenegro and Serbia. The interview was to be broadcast by TV Studio-B last Tuesday but the show had been taken off the air due to alleged "juicy details" about the love affairs of Montenegrin officials. The controversial interview with Pukanic was made in Zagreb and it "contains new information on the involvement of Serbian and Montenegrin officials in tobacco smuggling." The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), led by Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, on Wednesday accused Studio-B of banning the show due to "direct interference of political factors in the making of the programme," adding the show had been cancelled because it "provides evidenc
BELGRADE, Dec 27 (Hina) - The independent Belgrade-based TV station
B-92 on Thursday refused an offer by Belgrade's TV station Studio-B
to broadcast an interview with the owner of the Zagreb weekly
"Nacional," Ivo Pukanic, on a tobacco smuggling scandal in
Montenegro and Serbia.
The interview was to be broadcast by TV Studio-B last Tuesday but
the show had been taken off the air due to alleged "juicy details"
about the love affairs of Montenegrin officials.
The controversial interview with Pukanic was made in Zagreb and it
"contains new information on the involvement of Serbian and
Montenegrin officials in tobacco smuggling."
The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), led by Yugoslav President
Vojislav Kostunica, on Wednesday accused Studio-B of banning the
show due to "direct interference of political factors in the making
of the programme," adding the show had been cancelled because it
"provides evidence on the involvement of individuals from Serbia in
the tobacco scandal."
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