ZAGREB ZAGREB, May 4 (Hina) - The correspondent of the Croatian daily "Vjesnik" from Belgrade, Vesna Fabris Perunicic, arrived in Zagreb on Tuesday afternoon, after the Yugoslav authorities refused to extend her residence and work
permits and asked her to leave the country. In a short phone conversation with Hina, Fabris Perunicic said she had no problems on her way from Belgrade to the Croatian border or while crossing the border. According to the reporter, Belgrade authorities had given her no reason as to why she was denied her residence and work permits.She did not want to speculate about the reasons for her having been banned from Belgrade, where she had worked as a "Vjesnik" correspondent for a number of years. Vjesnik editor-in-chief Nenad Ivankovic told Hina there had been no signs that their correspondent might be denied accreditation. He added though that on a previous occasion Fabris Peru
ZAGREB, May 4 (Hina) - The correspondent of the Croatian daily
"Vjesnik" from Belgrade, Vesna Fabris Perunicic, arrived in Zagreb
on Tuesday afternoon, after the Yugoslav authorities refused to
extend her residence and work permits and asked her to leave the
country.
In a short phone conversation with Hina, Fabris Perunicic said she
had no problems on her way from Belgrade to the Croatian border or
while crossing the border.
According to the reporter, Belgrade authorities had given her no
reason as to why she was denied her residence and work permits.
She did not want to speculate about the reasons for her having been
banned from Belgrade, where she had worked as a "Vjesnik"
correspondent for a number of years.
Vjesnik editor-in-chief Nenad Ivankovic told Hina there had been no
signs that their correspondent might be denied accreditation.
He added though that on a previous occasion Fabris Perunicic had not
been able to get a military accreditation, but only had a civil
one.
Correspondents of the Serbian press in Croatia have accreditations
and as regards work permits, they should be regulated on the
principle of reciprocity, he said.
A spokesman for the Croatian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday
Croatia would take the usual diplomatic steps with the Yugoslav
authorities regarding the case of Fabris Perunicic, and ask for an
explanation.
This is only one in a series of cases of obstruction of activities of
Croatian reporters, which have intensified since the beginning of
NATO attacks on Yugoslavia.
Ten days ago, the Yugoslav Army in Montenegro arrested a reporter of
the Croatian weekly "Globus" and charged him with espionage.
Some Croatian reporters in Belgrade had problems with obtaining
their accreditations and some were denied work permits.
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