Brussels, 29/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - On 28 December, the French Presidency adopted the following declaration on behalf of the EU (unofficial translation), launching an appeal to President Kostunica so that he might release the Kosovar Albanian political prisoners (the Yugoslav President had made a first gesture by releasing, on 1 November, the human rights activist, Flora Brovina).
"The European Union calls on the Yugoslav and Serb authorities to find appropriate legal means to ensure the...