European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 0the stars and stripes sunday january 3, 1993 Brussels Belgium a after the bonfires of Joy died Down and the parties for the creation of a huge european marketplace fizzled out the european Community again came face to face with a gloomy future. Along with the new year came the eco a single Market plan which eliminates most Trade barriers Between the 12 member slates and makes travel easier for the 338 million citizens / even though the achievement Quot took seven years of hard bargaining Between the member governments and is expected to boost Commerce the celebrations were largely muted by other problems facing the dec. \. A a certain sense of decency keeps us from celebrating As we should Quot said dec commission president Jacques Delors. The eco a executive Agency kept a Low profile during the celebrations. Delors spoke of rising unemployment throughout the dec economic hard times the War in former Yugoslavia and the grueling negotiations to achieve closer economic and political Union by the end of the decade. The eco a troubled drive toward Unity faces major hurdles again in 1993 because of lukewarm support in Britain s parliament and a second referendum in Denmark which rejected the Dri pc for Union a first time in 1992. Optimism Over the Market opening was also dampened by the derailing of plans for a single currency for the Community and delays in bringing other european nations into the single Market. The single Market itself also fell Short of its goal because passport controls Are eur news network debuts on Par is a Short on funds but Long on enthusiasm eur news was launched new year s Day As Europe a alternative to can and a voice for troubled european Unity. European Community governments pay most of the channels $40 million budget. Media analysts Are split Over whith or eur news will pose a serious Challenge in. Europe to Atlanta based can. A can spokesman welcomed the newcomer. The Channel began operations with no correspondents or anchors. About 50 Young journalists use raw footage from government owned to stations and add voice overs in English French. German italian and Spanish. Programming opened As. With a rapid montage Rof eur news reporters at work and scenes of. Major news events. The Channel s facilities a arc located in a former Hewlett Packard computer building in the sout Central City of Lyon. The station used High tech graphics and jingles a Blue and yellow euro news logo and a transparent Globe that looks like the one used by the British broadcasting corp. A eur news works for you a was the theme phrase. After a rapid review of new. Years celebrations around the world and a european weather forecast the Broad cast included often dry presentations of european Unity and officials lauding the concept of eur news. Regular programs arc to include a business Magazine lifestyles youth and sports magazines and in depth current affairs features there will be both pre taped and live coverage and the station will be on the air 24 hours a Day by april. It will cover the inauguration of Bill Clinton As president of the United states on Jan. 20. The signal will be sent mainly via Cable and satellite to Europe and North Africa. About 30 million viewers Are initially expected officials said. Still needed in some dec nations. Entering on the eco a hesitant foreign policy Delors called on the member states a to be More at the Center and More Active together in world affairs that concern peace Freedom respect and Solidarity with the  Quot in Italy president Oscar Luigi Scalfaro called on the nation to rely on sacrifice and patience in the face of its economic and social problems. A and listen to me Italy will Rise again a he said to end the speech. In a symbolic action 12 students from dec nations tried to reach the top of France s Mont Blanc the highest Peak in the Alps to celebrate the single Market opening with Champagne but foul weather turned them Back Friday. But several attempts were made to enter the single Market and 1993 on a Light  German airline Lufthansa drastically Cut fares to dec cities for the next two weeks and a British phone company lowered rates to Europe. Belgian customs agents Many of whom Are out of work because of the single Market wrapped up a literally a one of their now defunct Border posts with the Netherlands _ Quot that a it. Thanks and Good Luck in 1993,�?� Border agents Spray painted on the huge wrapper near Knoke Belgium., a special ferry travelled Between the English port of Dover and the French port of Calais for a double Celebration and sold French Champagne and wines to Mark the new customs Freedom. At the Goldene Bremm checkpoint on the Franco German Border French and German officials led by Saar Brincken mayor Hajo Hoffmann draped Ivy Over a raised Roadblock revellers from both sides hugged each other at the stroke of Midnight. The Community has virtually finished a 1985 blueprint for tearing Down barriers to Trade in goods and services among the Peoples of Belgium Britain Denmark France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg the Netherlands Portugal and Spain. Strictly slovak slovak citizens in Bratislava celebrate the birth of Slovakia on Friday morning. Slovakia and the czech Republic ended their 74-year-old Union at the stroke of Midnight thursday night culminating separatist senti ment uncorked by the demise of communist Rule in Czechoslovakia in 1989, the nations Legislatures met in special session Friday to confirm the birth of the two  cockerel hatches foul feelings Haren Netherlands apr residents of this tranquil Hamlet can sleep easier now that a judge has ordered or. Kemper to hush his Over enthusiastic rooster.  a the court ruled that the roosters cock a Doodle Doo a consistently violated standards that could be considered Normal As regards volume duration and starting time a the dutch press reported last week. While the keeping of chickens is a not an unusual practice in the Rural surroundings Here the court said Kempers specimen was a clearly a Public  according to Wim Waalberg a neighbor who filed com Plant it Kemper a a turbocharged super Cocke Rel often begins crowing at 3 . And continues its a sickly screaming until Long after sunup reported the Algereen Dag Blad newspaper of Rotterdam. The court gave Kemper a month to figure out a was to muffle his rooster in this far Northern dutch Community. After that he will have to pay Waalberg the equivalent of $175 every time the cock crows the court said the court urged Kemper to consider sound insulating his Chicken Coop and suggested Waalberg might like to contribute to the Cost. The irate neighbor was unwilling to agree to that suggestion according to court  to use radar to halt flow of illegal aliens Frankfurt Germany apr Germany plans to use radar and infrared electronics to help Stop illegal entry of refugees into the country the government said saturday. Meanwhile police in Bielefeld said three men had been arrested after they fired several shots through the window of a Home occupied by ethnic German resellers from the former soviet Union. The shooting took place in the nearby town of Del Mold shortly after Midnight new years eve when several dozen people were celebrating at the Home. The shots hit an inside Wall of the House and it was Only Luck that to one was injured police said. The three face possible charges of attempted murder and remain in investigative custody. Although final figures for 1992 have not yet been released German officials said they expected that the number of Asylum seekers would reach a half million. There were More than 2,100 Radical rightist attacks against foreigners in 1992. The attacks killed 12 people including germans and foreigners although the government and the opposition announced agreement last month on a plan to slash the number of refugees the plan May unravel before parliament can act on it. In Bonn Interior ministry spokesman Roland Bach Meier confirmed a newspaper report that the govern ment plans to install a modern radar and infrared elec ironic devices to catch refugees trying to enter the country illegally a a the Bild newspaper said the devices were to make up for a shortage of Border police to Stop illegal Asylum seekers mostly from Eastern Europe who have been flooding Germany Over its Borders with Poland and the czech Republic newly separated from Slovakia Germany a Constitution adopted in 1949, perm1 anyone requesting Asylum to remain in the country until his or her Case is decided including an app3 process that can drag on for years. During that Tim. The state pays to care for the refugees. He the Asylum agreement which must still be approved y parliament provides for immediately turning Back ref gees who try to enter Germany from another Europe Community country or from countries bordering Germany