PRIZREN RADIO STATION AIRS PROGRAMME IN GERMAN AS WELL

PRISTINA, July 12 (Hina) - While negotiations with international peace-keepers (KFOR) and the UN mission are still under way on the commencement of broadcasting the radio and television programme in the Albanian language by the Pristina RTV, several local radio stations in Kosovo have begun airing their programmes. One of the first radio stations to re-start the programme in Albanian has been the station in the town of Prizren. Since last month this station has been broadcasting daily six hours of programme in Albanian and since last Sunday it has been airing the two-hour-long programme in the German language. It is being prepared by a crew of the German KFOR contingent, the headquarters of which is in this Kosovo town. The programmes of the Prizren station can be listened to outside Kosovo, in Tetovo, Macedonia, and Rozaj, Montenegro, for instance. The station will soon begin to broadcast the programme in the Turkish language, as members of the Turk ethnic minority live in Prizren as well. For the time being, there is no programme in the Serbian language, as few Serbs have remained in this south-western town, the radio management said. The importance of the role of this radio stations is increased by the fact that there is a lack of the press in the Albanian language and that there are problems in telephone connections in the area. Out of Kosovo towns, only the capital, Pristina, has partially re- established long-distance links. It is possible from Pristina to call people in other towns but, on the other hand, one cannot have long-distance calls from other towns. (hina) jn ms