Summary:
According to law, minority groups in Serbia are supposed to found National Councils, which will be their legal representatives in dealings with the government. Now, there is a controversy as to whether there should be separate councils or just one for the Rusyns and Ukrainians.

The author discusses a recent television appearance where he participated in a heated debate on the issue. During the show, two callers suggested that “whoever wants to join the Ukrainians should move to Ukraine.” The author compares the callers to the leader of the Serbian Radical Party, Vojislav Šešelj.

Click here to read the article

Return to the 2002 News Archive index