BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -- The Serbian government Thursday ordered the expulsion of all foreign journalists from countries involved in the NATO airstrikes.
But the federal government of Yugoslavia -- made up of dominant Serbia and smaller Montenegro -- said all journalists are welcome to stay, as long as they are objective.A statement faxed to The Associated Press by the Serb government today said: "Journalists of foreign public media from the countries that took part or allowed their territories to be used in NATO aggression on our country will be expelled."
The order was issued "because they, by their reporting from the territory of the Republic of Serbia, strengthened the aggressive acts of NATO forces aimed at violent destruction of the territorial integrity of Serbia and Yugoslavia," said the statement.
In a related development Thursday, all but one of two dozen foreign journalists detained by police in Yugoslavia while watching NATO airstrikes were released.