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YUGOSLAVIA: NEWSPAPER OWNER KILLED BY GUNMEN

(12 Apr 1999) English/Nat The owner of a prominent Yugoslav opposition newspaper has been shot and killed by two gunmen in Belgrade. Slavko Curuvija, the owner of the Dnevni Telegraf (Daily Telegraph), was killed by several shots to his back and head. Curuvija's newspaper has been banned and fined for criticising President Slobodan Milosevic and other government officials after a strict media law was adopted in October. Prominent opposition Serb journalist Slavko Curuvija, owner of the daily Dnevni Telegraf, was shot dead on Sunday outside his home in central Belgrade. He was killed as he entered his apartment building with his wife who was pistol-whipped by the two leather-jacketed assailants. Curuvija's newspaper was widely regarded as the voice of the opposition in Yugoslavia and he fought to retain that freedom. Dnevni Telegraf did not shy from criticising Yugoslav President Milosevic. In October, Serb authorities passed a strict media law. Shortly afterwards, police stormed the offices of Dnevni Telegraf to close it down. Curuvija and his staff tried to resist the invasion. SOUNDBITE: (English) "Last night they came in, the police and some people from the Ministry of Information and told us we are closed because of our writing and asked us to leave our rooms. We didn't want to do that but they used force and kicked us out." SUPER CAPTION: Slavko Curuvija, manager and editor-in-chief of Dnevni Telegraf At the time, Curuvija denounced the government action. SOUNDBITE: (English) "This is crazy, this sort of dictatorship, and we will fight it." SUPER CAPTION: Slavko Curuvija, manager and editor-in-chief of Dnevni Telegraf Curuvija had also been at odds with ultra-nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj. But it is his relationship with the government that has been most controversial. The newspaper was fined a few times, once for the equivalent of 120-thousand U-S dollars. Curuvija, in his mid-40s, managed to keep publishing by moving operations to Montenegro, the smaller, more liberal Yugoslav republic. He recently visited the United States, publicly denouncing media curbs and Milosevic. However he was against the NATO airstrikes. In protest his newspaper had been withdrawn from the newsstands since March 24. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...