Issue 160 - October 17, 1994

The Hague is an opportunity for us to recall international norms which we derided while we were busy with great national undertakings. I don't believe that the Ministry of Justice's resistance will last very long

The fact that President Milosevic accepted many of my Party's stands is the only important fact for me. Peace must be defended and assisted. No one, not even President Milosevic, can be punished or rejected for urging peace

After the break between Belgrade and Pale, the posting of observers along the Drina River and the beginning of an easing of sanctions, the previously most important line of communication in the former Yugoslavia, the Belgrade-Zagreb highway, is becoming more topical than ever. The interest of the Serbian leadership lies in the continued supplying of Krajina

Speculations that Yugoslavia will soon recognize Croatia and Bosnia have multiplied after UN Security Council Resolution 947, which calls upon all countries of the former Yugoslavia to recognize one another in their internationally recognized borders

Milosevic's punishment of the Bosnian Serbs has caused fears for the fate of the Krajina, expressions of solidarity with the Bosnian Serbs and a sudden drop in Milosevic's popularity. "All of the aid we received from Serbia has been well paid for,'' an angry Knin resident said

Dr. Miklos Biro, a professor of psychology at the University of Novi Sad, achieved public recognition through his committed articles in the Belgrade daily "Borba,'' the Novi Sad weekly "Nezavisni'' and the Belgrade weekly "Kosava,'' in which he consistently supported anti war stands. His book, "The Psychology of Postcommunism,'' has recently been published by the Belgrade Circle. The reason for this interview was to discuss the interesting polemic in the journal ``Psychological Gazette'' between Biro and Petar Kostic, a psychology professor at the Yugoslav Army University.

We present an excerpt from the study "The psychological aspects of (in)humanity in war,'' by a professor of military psychology at Belgrade's Yugoslav Army University. These are the parts disputed by Dr. Miklos Biro in his interview with VREME:

The honorable units of the Serbian Volunteer Guard (SDG) dressed in civilian clothing arrived on the spot in a fleet of very expensive Mercedes Benzes and Mitsubishi all-terrain vehicles.

It would really be a miracle if Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov does not beat his only rival, theater director Ljubisa Georgijevski, in the first round of the elections

When the most prominent Malesijans decided to end the practice of shooting at celebrations, there was no written declaration---it was considered sufficient for all to simply give their word