Hey here a repotrt of what happensat the border

We arrived on 3. June at 7 pm at the border and left the serbian line of the border. We drive with lorry and tractor and 19 cyclists to the controlport of the bulgarian border. the bulgarian police wants to know how much we are and then they did until 9 pm nothing.

Every time when we tried to get in contact to the police they dont listen to us. THen they said, we should leave the border and built a line of 20 armed cops with sticks. We tried to discuss and then we believed in the words of one officer whos said, all is allright, we can enter, we only have to give our passports. So, we did. THen they wanted us to show our cash money. Of course we have not very much with us and then we showd them our creditcards. The policeofficer refused and answered, the next possibility where we can use this is in Sofia and we need money for the way to sofia. He ! wants to see about 1000 Euro per each person, otherwise he dont wants to let us in. Then suddenly we get back our passport with a mark within, which says that we entered bulgaria and was deported. We asked for what, but they only said, we have to leave immediately. They dont give us the answer about the law, which says that we need to show 1000 Euro each. The officer only said, we disturbed the bulgarian law and therefore we have to leave the border back to serbia.

then some other policeman formed a line behind us and refused some of us, who wants go back. So we are surrounded. About 10 pm a women translated something. but she only said, we have to go because we disturb the traffic, while we are at the border, and for this disturbation we are nor allowed to enter. And she said this is because a bulgarian law, but she said, that the police is not able to explain the law. The situation be! comes strange. Some policeman are playing with their sticks others take a chair and sit down beside a parol "no border, no nation", written on a wall.

After some time the law of entryrefusing changes At about 11 pm we have to show 300 Euro each and per day, so the amount of money increased. We told them that they break international law, but they said, we disturb the traffic now. After some time they found an additional reason for refusing our entry. It was because we have no medicine for our trip in bulgaria with us. Which kind of medicine it was, they dont said. Then we told them sthat we are invited by group in Sofia. then they said, may be it works with this invitation. Then suddenly the chief of the bordrrcops arrived. It was Mr. BorislaV Sokolov. After few eeconds he became very angry went to one of us, who touched a piece of a borderstick with his feet and spit him in the face. He says some shit, which seems to be that he is proud to be a bulgarian! and we are only pigs, who dont respect bulgaria. While this his facecoulour change to red. Then he goes back talked a while with his mobile came back and said he has checked, that there dont exist a bulgarian group which invites us to come. Then we phoned to our contact in Sofia and tried to give him the mobile. but he refused to speak with this contact because in his opinion there dont exist any group which invites us.

But then he becames great. He said That we can enter the next day when we get an invitation. But it only works, when the group send this invitation to the serbian border. Then it is necessary for our entry, that a policemen of the serbian part of the border gives him the invitationfax personally. So we made the proposal, to give him directly the invitation or that he get this directly by the group in Sofia. He refused, because the borderpolice has no faxmachine and he w! ants to get this invitationfax from a serbian borderpoliceman. Then he put policeman with dogs to us and said if we dont go they will force us. First thepolicemen will beat us then they will shoot at us. While this the fighting dogs are barking. The number of policemen increased to 40 people.

Then we left the borderregion. While this withdraw bulgarian policeman entered serbian territory. Now we camp 1 km in front of the serbian part of the border on a parkingplace nearby servis stations. Now we have the invitations and try to crossd the border at 1 clock pm today.

It would be great, if people from the list can distribute this mail and upload it to diiferent sites. Please get in contact to some medias and tell them whats up at this borderpoint Dimitrovgrad.

ditsche


Karavana Solun 2003 -kratki izvjestaj i fotografije granica cro/serb beograd anti-iom akcija , Kragujevac (eng)
21.5
The bordercrossing from Croatia to serbia happened without big problems. The first step we did in Novi Sad There we made a critical mass afterwards we did a performance and had a very large party at our camp, we built up at the university park. Before we had a meeting with anarchist people in the art/club, which was very interesting. Often we noticed that the people have the fear thast we will forget them after passing teir region. May be they had bad experiences in the past. We hope that there will be rise a network of anarchist people between western and eastern europe Now we stay in Belgrade, today we did two actions, one at the IOM office,


more photos were we held some speeches about the lies of this organisation, which in the truth deport migrants thereby people sprayed on the entrance sign of the office "capitalism is kannibalism, IOM = office of modern slavery" the police wasnt there afterthat we gathered in center of belgrade, did our performance


and squatted a parc, to put a viewmark on the situation of Roma people, who always were put away from parts of the city.You get more information by an interview
The Police noticed it, but didnt do anything. The day before on critical mess in Novi Sad the police controlled the passports of two people. In belgrade are some buildings, which made the bombardement visible, like the defenceministery of serbia In discussions with the people it seems to be that a lot are frustrated. They hoped for better circumstances after a lot of wars in the past and the dictatorship of Milosevic. May be subculture is not as supressed as in former times, but the desolate economy let the frustration increase.

26.5.03
Today we reached Kragujewac, the biggest metropole in Serbia between Belgrade and Nisch. Before three days after our actions in belgrade the caravan splits into two groups because someone liked, to deep their contacts esp. to romapeople, we get during the actions before. They ride into the suburbs of belgrade where they live. The other part of the caravan goes ahead to Mladenovic, where an informationevbening was prepared. in the discussion the people asked - totally in diference to Novi Sad - for our poersonaly stuff and reminded, that capitalistic structure is impossible to change, because it dues to the born agressive potential of humans. Very strange people. The next day we started propaganda in the town, hanging around in the park, spread out our flyers give some speeches. Mladenovic was also a place for resting, repairing tractor and visiting nightlife of the city. Therefore we are mostly unable to lesave Mladenevic early in the next day. We only did 25 km and arrived in Sm Palanka. There was nothing prepared, but during our trip in mladenovac we get contact to local people, and in the night with rain, we planned a demonstration the next day to make pressure for a selfdeterminated youthclub the local saupportergroup "alternative Palenka" applied for. So we started today early in the morning wwith an open breakfast in the central park and after 12 o clock we went to the cityhall and highschool to give speeches and flyers to the people there. It seems to be an succesful step in this local struggle against abolishing sozial structures. Even the mayor cames out and had to say bla bla bla(he promised, that the council works on the problem) to the press and an agreement to the the issues we demanded. The behaviour of the state and the press especially seems to us very strange \ The police comes sometimes and act not agressive, they want to escort us along our way It seems to us more, that we are state guests than unwished people. Of course we dislike it too, but it is strange. Strange is too, that newspapers often write about our issues, like our viewpoint, what we expect , when Serbia enters EU, and why we expect exploitation of the inhabitants. Onetime a big newspsaper wrote one flyer of us without changing sentences. In croatia, there is a rumor, that after the clashes in Zagreb, there has been a discussion in the newspapers about our goals. What TV shows, we didnt know. Today we arrived in Kragujevac, the town with the famous left wing scene in serbia. Today we had a disciussion with people from workers party and from workers which are involved in the big strike from 15000 people against privitisation of the most importand weapon and car factory.

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