Issue 174 - January 30, 1995

The majority of the population has probably realized that the "Avram" (dinar, dubbed after NBJ governor Dragoslav Avramovic) saved the authorities and the ruling regime in Serbia and Montenegro. The fact that one of the consequences is that the people are having an easier time, is not something to be scoffed at, but it does lead to an important conclusion: the authorities cannot survive without the population

On 24 January, the anniversary of the launching of Yugoslav National Bank (NBJ) Governor Dragoslav Avramovic's Program of stabilization, VREME asked associate of the Belgrade Economic Institute Bosko Mijatovic for an interview. The first question was: Why is inflation the eternal problem of the Yugoslav economy?

Now that their leader Vojislav Seselj was let out of jail on January 29, the Radicals expect "legitimate and correct" behavior from the authorities. Serbian Radical Party (SRS) vice-president Tomislav Nikolic announced a big opposition rally three months ago (October 27) if Seselj was sentenced. The SRS leader was sentenced to three months in jail in place of an earlier eight month suspended sentence for spitting on and insulting federal parliament speaker Radoman Bozovic

General Vladimir Trifunovic has been sentenced in two states, in one for treason in the other for crimes. The defence arguments used in the Croatian trial were used by the prosecution in Serbia (and vice versa)

The people who left the corps in a hopeless situation should be the ones on trial and General Trifunovic could appear only as a witness for the prosecution

The rift in the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) of Sandzak is embodied in the clash between party president Sulejman Ugljanin and general secretary Rasim Ljajic, and it is a definite break. It was just a matter of time before the clash erupted

The one thing all UNPROFOR commanders in Bosnia had in common was the great hopes that greeted them and the slogan Serb Friend they left with

The death rate of new born babies here, compared to European standards is very high, and has unfortunately, risen because of poverty and sanctions