Issue 196 - July 3, 1995

(This article was published in the latest issue of the "Monthly Analyses and Predictions" magazine published by the Belgrade Economic Sciences Institute)

Slovenia's economy is the only one that managed to recover following the break-up of former Yugoslavia

Seven days after the explosion which killed eleven people, the authorities are still pretending they do not know what went off in "Grmec", still trying to camouflage the whole affair with letters of condolence, commemorations, and similar ceremonies. The responsibility for the accident will, as usual, remain with those who perished in it

Serbia's Education Minister Dragan Mladenovic announced that this year's high school entrance exam tests were being sold on the streets prior to the exams; the ministry declared the Serbian language tests invalid (pupils took them on Monday); the math tests were interrupted (Tuesday)

(The author was present at the discussion "Democratic Processes and Ethnic Relations" as an observer)

Albanians and Serbs, Hungarians and Serbs, democracy and the rule of the mob - at the international debate on democracy