Milosevic Vows to Ease Press Limits

Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has promised to ease a media crackdown and ensure fair treatment for rivals in September’s presidential and parliamentary elections in Serbia, but several opposition parties said they will boycott the vote. And despite the assurance on the media, the official Tanjug news agency reported the closure of three more radio and television stations in Serbia, which with tiny Montenegro makes up Yugoslavia. Milosevic’s ruling Socialist Party of Serbia nominated Zoran Lilic to run for the Serbian presidency, which has been vacant since Wednesday, when Milosevic became president of Yugoslavia.