Issue 175 - February 6, 1995

If Zagreb backs off from its decision under Serb pressure that will mean the start of long and hard negotiations. If the Blue Berets leave and talks start, that will really mean the start of the reintegration of the Krajina with no guarantees of implementing agreements

"We believe that in this way, if Croatia agrees, we can achieve an economic model which will show that the inter-ethnic conflict and war were unnecessary and that the interests and survival of all citizens in the RSK and Croatia can be achieved"

A campaign against the Serb National Party (SNS) has been underway for months in Croatia. The campaign against the republic's only Serb parliamentary party (three deputies) has been stepped up over the past few weeks

I still think that the former Yugoslavia was a good idea, but I don't know any Yugo-nostalgics who would want such a country to be founded on threats, fear and hatred

"You know I have heard that Mirjana Markovic is one of the main policy-makers in VREME". (Excerpt from an article in a Croatian newspaper, commenting an interview given by Miko Tripalo to VREME)

The Serbs on the left and right banks of the Drina river have received another offer of a round of political infighting to see who's going to get who; Slobodan Milosevic-Radovan Karadzic or vice versa

All arguments for and against recognizing the Republic of Macedonia, speak in favor of the thesis that there shouldn't be much hesitating, said Ilija Djukic former Yugoslav Foreign Minister

The research-development center Financing from Novi Sad recently issued the first number of a magazine of the same name devoted to questions of finance. Even though the number deals with financial markets and their controversies during the period of transition, analyses of topical issues pertaining to economic policy immediately attract attention. This is why VREME chose to talk with Financing general manager and the magazine's editor-in-chief Stanko Radmilovic (Serbian Prime Minister 1989-1991)

The speedy and brilliant career of a young British conservative, the man the Serbs see as "our man in London" could end abruptly; the British police filed charges against him for blackmail. The whole thing is embarrassing because four royal families are involved, ministers, deputies, money and Radovan Karadzic

While Serbian opposition parties squabble and unite, it would be good to remind them that their main task is the protection of public interest. How MP questions have lost their clout