Issue 10 - December 2, 1991

After the downfall of Vukovar, Osijek is next in line. The threat of war has been hanging over beautiful old town from the start. Today, the war is on its threshold. Is Osijek worth destroying for furthering the political aims of any party involved?

Acting as if he had won in New York, Milosevic will probably try to avoid to put on the agenda the issue of responsibility for his defeat.

Our tragedy is multi - faceted and has taken the guise of many personalities. Personalities occupy the prominent position, whereas the problems have been pushed aside. Since we have been "objective" for about half a century, we have now turned "subjective"

Many in Croatia wonder why the downfall of Vukovar was ascribed to colonel Mile Dedakovic, the commander of the defence of Vukovar and Dobroslav Paraga, the president of the Croatian Rights Party.

"I accuse you gentlemen for the pain inflicted when Vukovar realized that between you - the Croatian Parliament, the Croatian Government, the President of Croatia and the chetniks there is no difference

"Milosevic is not only buying a villa in Dedinje, but he has also bought his daughter a two-bedroom flat in the centre of the city"- goes "the information" which is being regularly recounted over coffee in Belgrade these days.

"Milosevic is not only buying a villa in Dedinje, but he has also bought his daughter a two-bedroom flat in the centre of the city"- goes "the information" which is being regularly recounted over coffee in Belgrade these days.

The Serbian leadership which has fought so hard to make its decisions independently, to become the leading force in Yugoslavia (since the Serbs are in majority) and which has "heroically" defied Europe, is showing the first signs of the dread of total isolation, and the desperate struggle to preserve "the incomplete Yugoslavia" at least, looks less like a hypocritical strategy and more as a signal that Serbia can not go it entirely alone.

Will the possible international recognition of Macedonia mean the European concession to the Serbian interests?

If forty-one slaughtered children had really been found in Vukovar, G.M. an amateur photographer would be a happy man. All other aspects of the Vukovar tragedy would be forgotten, the conquerors would be seen as liberators, the Serbian Army issue would have gained a lot, and G.M. would become a celebrity. Some success, however, has been achieved. News of such importance do leave a trace.