European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 3. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 Over Here e. Germans still deluge the West saying they can of wait far change b Reavis staff virility despite the opening of inc East Ger Man Borders despite the removal of inc country s old communist leadership and despite the announcement of elections. Angilika Balz Crit still had to get out of East Germany. We have no Hope that things will gel bal Ercil said recently after coming to West Germany. And even if they do. I can t wait. I Only have one life to live this Hal Vercit is not alone. In fact More people than Ever arc fleeing East Ger Many. At the end of 1989, East germans settlers poured into West Germany at a rate of i my per Day. In All. Nearly 730.000 refugees came West from East Germany and other Eastern european states last year in january the rate climbed to 1.800 a Day. More than 55.143 East germans entered West Germany from East Ger Many during the first 30 Days of 1990. There is no end to the trend in sight. We expect More than 1.5 million. The population of Cologne to resettle Here this said a West German spokesman at the refugee Center in Giessen. Almost All East German refugees go through the refugee Camp in Giessen to Register for temporary housing and receive 200 Marks currently $119 from the government. Bal erect was at Giessen to Register and to meet her husband. L.ut/. Who came West six months earlier. We wanted bul before West Ger Many decided to close the she said / the Barve reils had owned a restau rant in Jacimar. But it was not a pleas ant edit once. We Beautiful historic Weimar memories of Tio the and Schiller and air so thickly push Jaleil you can t open the angcnka.bal7.crcil said. Running a privately owed restaurant was a great exercise in Tulili Thunder the East German planned Economy. Fife a pc said. " you run and Hustle All Day to get the products you need because you re Low Priori on the grocery distribution list. There s the satisfaction of giving customers something special but it wears thin very Lutz Balz Crit said. He now works for a chemical company in Frankfurt and says he loves every. Minute of it. A Christine in ing. A Cook from the Jomn of Risca near the famous porch Efti producing town of Meissen also joined the exodus to the West. she has Little Hope for the count sync left behind. Maybe these of panics mean Well she her Coffee in the canteen of file Giessen Camp but can they Sayr the country from going further Dow i the Drain we see too Many of the old com Munkens switching Over to new parties. La h be the same old ruling clique Sii ing said. We have no Faith in a new Start for the Ingo Burger. 22. Of Gorlitz. Packed his guitar in Hopes of launching a Rock music career in West Germany. "1 did t gel a Chance in Gorlitz so i came West the 22-year-old said before breaking into a protest song in the refugee Camp s court Yard. Zen Urban who accompanied Burger on the Bass guitar said the number of East germans leaving the country is a drop in the bucket. Wail until election Day on March 18 in the East the 21-year-old said. Half of East Germany will hear the first results on their car radios. If they Don t like the trend they re coming Here Sas l Emmett Len of Yanur cast germans pass the time Ith music at the refugee Camp in Giessen West Germany. They Are from left Mario a inert. 16, Diana Andersen. 17, Ngn Dir cur 22, i n Urban 21, Leike Gabler 16, and Sandra Paulh. 17. Greeks give Extension to . Bbses bulgarian government resigns Athens. Parliament has a ing until nov. 21 United Stales to installations in in the Bill App thursday would forces to leave the defense agreement ii elections arc sch i ing inc next govern libations. Under terms of Ai Pird in december i had until May 21properly and Malcria bases and several smal the conservative supported the Bill cd and want to continue United states. A co voted against the cd Toni defense Secretary monday proposed Cli major installations in a and communications base. E a the greek roved a Law extend May deadline for the is Mantle its military cd overwhelmingly Luire All . Military try unless a new ached by then i cd for aprils Cav it to carry on Nugo agreement that sex 8, the United slates remove personnel. From four major installations. Id socialist parties ing the deadline Foliations with the Lunil cd Alliance m. Lick Cheney on in two of the four recce. They Are Makri. A naval Sofia Bulgaria a Premier Georgi Atanassov a Holdover from the Era of disgraced Leader Todor Zsivkov resigned along with his 22-Membcr communist controlled Cabinet bulgarian state radio said late thursday. The resignation was the first by a bul Garian government since 1947, when the communist party consolidated Power according to the state news Agency Bra. The government has been under severe pressure to resolve Bulgaria s labor strife and other economic ills. Their de parture clears the Way for creation of an interim government to run Bulgaria until elections this year. The communists have proposed such a government to share Power with the opposition. The state news Agency said the Resig nations became known thursday night during an emergency closed door communist party Congress. The government will continue to serve until parliament accepts its resignation. The Agency said. No Date was Given. The motive adduced for the Resig nation is the necessity to form a Cabinet on a Broad National basis Bra said. Atanassov s departure was earlier re ported by an official source. Delegates to the party Congress remained in session and continued meet ing into Friday. On thursday they approved Moder ate reforms before starting the secret ses Sion to elect the party leadership. Also a Reform faction of Lite communist party decided it would split off and form a new socialist party a spokesman said. Atanassov. The no. 2 Man in the government after president Petar Mladinov had come under fire for failing to curb unprecedented labor unrest. His resignation was widely expected be cause of several personal attacks on him. At inc Congress thursday delegates adopted a new party platform that con firmed inc relinquish mint of the communists monopoly on Power asap proved by parliament last month. Yugoslav army sent to quell protests prist1na. Yugoslavia a the Central government has dispatched tanks to the province of Kosovo in an Effort to Stop protests by ethnic albanians that have left 21 dead in nine Days of clashes with police. Army tanks patrol cd streets and air Force jets and helicopters filled the skies of the impoverished Southern province where the majority albanians arc agitating for More autonomy and the release of political prisoners. Serbs who arc a minority in the prov Ince were evacuated by the train Load from Kosovo thursday according to the state news Agency Tan Jug. Two deaths occurred in pod Ujczo about 20 Miles North of Pristina during a five hour demonstration Tan Jug said. The pro testers were killed As demonstrators at tacked a column of military and police vehicles a Belgrade newspaper reported. A third death occurred thursday in the Village of Magura ii Miles South of Pristina. Tan Jug said. Also thursday two shifts of miners re fused 10 enter a mine near Titova Mitrovi Ca. 24 Miles North of Pristina. The strike was in homage to the dead demonstrators and the miners signed a human rights declaration brought by inde pendent groups from Kosovo Tan Jug said. A we Klong sit in at the same mine set off a wave of ethnic strife in february 1989. As the miners staged their protest police fired tear Gas to prevent about 2,000 ethnic albanians who had massed at inc edges of Titova Mitrovich from entering the City Tan Jug said
