Issue 144 - June 27, 1994

All members of religious communities in Yugoslavia which are not part of the Serbian Orthodox Church (not counting the Catholics and the Muslims whose problems result from other causes) are being targeted, even though the authorities, under the Constitution, are supposed to treat them all equally

Macedonia accuses Yugoslavia of avoiding, for the past two years, the setting up an international commission which would fix the boundaries properly. The consequences of this situation are that the issue is politically manipulated by both sides whenever the need arises

Osijek's Graficar cafebar was bathed in blood last Saturday when Croatian soldier Borislav Beslic killed four people and seriously wounded another eight.

Pavle Celik has never been a common policeman: in the late eighties' this sociologist among policemen took part in a number of round table discussions that dealt with the topics of repression and freedom, and was also remembered as a polemicist who advocated professionalism in the police force and limitation of repression in socialism. Once the number one man of the Ljubljana police, during the JNA (Yugoslav People's Army) intervention in Slovenia in 1991 (its third anniversary Statehood Day on June 20 is being celebrated in Slovenia these days) Celik who was then the commander of the Slovenian police found himself behind a barricade face to face with JNA.

Although the Yugoslav economists' Budva meeting (June 1517) came at an ideal moment when the economy is in a much better state than it was and than it will be, a fear crept into everyone's speeches. That fear was noticeable among many politicians who rushed to the meeting--Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic, Federal Prime Minister Radoje Kontic, Montenegrin President Momir Bulatovic, Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Marjanovic, Deputy Serbian PMs Dragan Radulovic and Jovan Zebic.

Is Yugoslavia a federation or a confederation; which is better: the principle of one man one vote, or that of one republic one vote? As far as I am concerned, I would like to see the problem solved along the lines of one state one market, one dinar one DEM.