by Ivan Mrdjen Director and Dragoljub Zarkovic Editor in chief
We look back at 1993 with pride, and are full of plans for 1994, aware of the fact that we cannot control events, including providing our readers with all the information they have a right to learn about...
44 parties and groups of citizens put up their candidates in the first multi-party elections in Serbia in 1990. There were 1,706 candidates altogether. Judging by today's standards this number is extremely low.
When rumors spread towards the end of last year that a new National Bank of Yugoslavia (NBJ) Governor was being looked for, the impression gained at the time was that a serious anti-inflationary program was being drawn up, one which would start with the stabilization of the dinar and a reconstruction of the monetary system.
The interview with Nebojsa Savic, one of the authors of the project ordered by the Serbian Government, deals with one topic only: preconditions for carrying out of new economic measures.
In Pale Juka was proclaimed "Muslim fundamentalist" and "war criminal" whereas in Sarajevo he was a "hero." Each of these attributes may be partially true, but, when everything is taken into account, Prazina was a scrupless criminal
Except for the local bus station, Lazarevac is a lovely provincial town. It owes its image and its status of a Belgrade municipality to the potentials of the mining basin "Kolubara" which provides 70 per cent of the total needs for coil in Serbian thermo-electric power plants. After the rise of Serb nationalism, the Serbian Electrical Industry (EPS) was transformed into a public company and "Kolubara" which is a part of it thus became the property of the Serbian regime.
No one really expected much from Kontic's cabinet from its first day in office, certainly not a turnabout. It was enough that they were there and would take the blame for all that went wrong, or when things got too hot for Milosevic's regime
There is a clear difference between the two economic programs: the federal one blames the international community and continues to eliminate the last remainders of the market economy, while according to experts all reasons for chaos are to be found at home. In their program they insist on all elements of the system and current policy which represent a crucial precondition for a successful transition of the Yugoslav economy after the lifting of sanctions