Issue 193 - June 13, 1995

The most popular fable of the moment, here and elsewhere, tells how Cyclops Radovan is about to devour his captives when in rides Knight Milosevic, frees the prisoners, stops the beast, takes off his hat, and bows to the ladies clapping hands in the gallery

Asked by a foreign correspondent: "What if you release all hostages and the West does not keep its secret promises", a high-ranking official from Pale said recently: "If they go down on their promises, we can still take another action of this kind and make them renounce their intentions"

The first military operation in Bosnia by the American army consisted of finding and rescuing the pilot whose plane was shot down south of Banja Luka. Everything that took place since the incident resembled a Hollywood movie, the release of which can be expected before the end of the year

Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic imposed strict censorship after three years of war

Seselj, pretender for the post of the regime's fiercest opponent, has been sent to jail by the authorities like some hooligan

"Children can be wicked, so I gave my consent for him to attend Catholic religious instruction. I fear for my job, and since the whole neighbourhood knows I am a Serb, I wouldn' t want my children to suffer."

"The opinion that "peace will be possible only after they all kill each other" is widely held and I am afraid that the view of the conflict as a private affair of the Balkans will become prevalent in the European public opinion. Such an attitude frightens me and I can not agree with the attempt to treat a war in the heart of Europe as a typical Balkan problem", says Mr. Mazowiecky to VREME

Dzohar Dudayev, President of the Chechen Republic gave an interview to Estonian journalists, Tomas Kummel and Artur Talvic, in the town of Argun in the Chechen mountains. The interview will be included in the Estonian journalists' book and film on Chechnya. We are publishing an abridged version of the interview thanks to the Stina agency in Split, Croatia which has exclusive rights to it