71.   With the situation in Kosovo becoming increasingly ugly, threatening destabilization of the entire Balkan region, Slovenes say the need is pressing for membership in NATO.

72.   Yeltsin invited Milosevic to Russia to discuss the situation in the Balkan region, including the crisis in Kosovo, the ITAR-Tass news agency said.

73.   Frckoski will hold talks with his British counterpart Malcolm Rifkind about bilateral cooperation and the situation in the Balkan region.

74.   He reiterated US arguments against European control of Afsouth, saying that the command covered the US Sixth Fleet and the sensitive Middle East and Balkan regions.

75.   In other comments Monday Kontic said he had raised the idea of a free trade zone in the Balkan region with officials from neighbouring countries attending the Davos meeting.

76.   A few moments earlier, White House spokesman Michael McCurry accused the Bosnian government of wanting to escalate the conflict in the tense Balkan region.

77.   Among the speakers at the Saturday opening, Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu called on international financial organisations to support infrastructural projects in the Balkan region.

78.   Asvall urged countries in the Balkan region, including Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Italy and Turkey, to guard themselves against the spread of polio.

79.   At a press conference at Ankara airport before his departure, Demirel underlined the historical and social links between Turkey and the Balkan region.

80.   Brussels considers the normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Zagreb as the key to stability in the Balkan region.