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...team's competition uniforms. Outfits for the ceremonies as well as daywear and much of the equipment will be supplied by Goma, a Yugoslav textile firm. There is some irony in that, since Yugoslavia has split apart in a bloody civil war. Its former republics of Croatia and Slovenia (home of the country's best Alpine skiers) will be participating separately...
...rush to support the right of self-determination for the people of the Baltics or the remainder of the former Soviet Union, for Croatia and Slovenia, or for the Kurds. He has continued to coddle China, despite the fact that over one billion people are without virtually any political or economic liberty and despite that government's continuing practice of questionable foreign arms sales...
Only a week after the Maastricht summit, hailed as a major step toward E.C. unity, the Twelve found themselves deeply divided over whether to recognize the independence of the breakaway republics of Slovenia and Croatia in the face of continuing attacks by the Serb-dominated national army. On the eve of an E.C. foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels, the Germans were in a distinct minority in their push for recognition -- a move they said would deter further Serbian assaults. By the next day, in an unexpected show of diplomatic muscle, Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher had cajoled and bullied...
...republics as of Jan. 15, but only if they pledged to respect human and minority rights, demonstrated a willingness to settle border questions and other disputes peacefully, and guaranteed a democratic government. The Germans immediately undermined the decision, however, by declaring their intention to recognize < Croatia and Slovenia even before the E.C. makes a determination on whether the conditions have been...
Yugoslavia is a perfect example of the conflicts within the Community. Ever since the civil war began, Germany has been defending Slovenia and Croatia's "right to self-determination" against Serbia. France, meanwhile, has actively defended maintaining Yugoslavia as a nation...