Issue 184 - April 10, 1995

We know Radovan Karadzic is not an insignificant figure on the political scene in Serbia and FR Yugoslavia (he got the support of the nationalist opposition with no effort)

Mention of 981 as the third stage of the Vance plan which stresses the territorial integrity of Croatia is believed to be the painless way for the FRY to get out of its obligations towards Knin

There is no need to introduce Stjepan Stipe Mesic specially. He is one of the few real opposition politicians in Croatia who openly dissects and analyzes the current political position of the authorities and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman's policy. Numerous polemical interviews which he has given so far have brought him the status of an independent critic of the regime.

There is no single bridge in Mostar today, but there are three Administrators: one is responsible for the Eastern part of the city, one for the Western part and one, Hans Koschnik, comes from Europe and is the boss of the first two.

Safet Orucevic and Mijo Brajkovic are the two mayors of the divided city. Orucevic, a private contractor before the war, is the mayor of the Eastern, Muslim part, while Brajkovic, who was the director of the Aluminum plant before the war, is the mayor of the Western, Croatian part. The three mayors spoke to VREME on how they envisioned the renewal of Mostar which is supposed to be a model for solutions elsewhere in Bosnia

Is the farmer's trade union bringing a novelty into the work of political parties

The reality that one dinar is not worth one German Mark, but two dinars at best, cannot be ignored

A movie produced by B-92 Radio illustrates the criminalization of society, the overflowing of the war from Bosnia to Belgrade and erosion of all rules and standards. The most interesting thing is that Belgrade's best known criminals appeared in it, three of them dying during the making of the film. The series of murders in Belgrade continued meanwhile

This year has been proclaimed "Romany Year" and journalists have been informed and a rather uninspired poster carries the message. Judging by a survey carried out at Belgrade's Zeleni Venac market, the cigarette vendors don't know anything about this, while the inhabitants of the Romany settlement Orlovsko Naselje on the outskirts of Belgrade have heard of the drive and know that 8 April is the Romany World Day, but they don't believe that anyone is going to get much out of it all

European basketball has been speaking Serbian for a long time. Proof of that is the Yugo-summit in Saragosa with Boza Maljkovic and Zeljko Obradovic heading Limoge and Real, while another three Yugoslav players are in the Greek Panathanaikos and Olympiakos