Issue 20 - February 10, 1992

Zorica Naskovic,a psychiatrist at the Bijeljina hospital, says that even the reservists with legitimate complaints have difficulties to be excused and that a garrison doctor came to ask her how to recognize the fakers

Milosevic did not invent Serbian meetings - he only skillfully adjusted them to suit his own needs

Last week the ambitious dentist from Vrlika (Krajina) played on double or quits. The strong competition fired back. The question is: who will be the first to negotiate with Dr. Tudjman - the ones who were willing to do it from the start or the one who wouldn't let them do it

The ever so modest doctor Jovic would never allow himself any obvious sign of contentment, or ask for recognition, but it is precisely during his presidency mandate that the idea of the reform of the Yugoslav society was buried and the final process of disintegration started

The nature of the present-day government is probably best described by the story about the re-election of the judges in Serbia

"The disintegration of Yugoslavia and the creation of new states on its territory implies a vacuum of power and influence", asserted dr Irena Reuter-Hendrichs, the research fellow at the Munich based Foundation for Political Science in her analysis for VREME. Reminding that Yugoslavia used to be the international subject which "all the neighbouring states respected", she warned that "the entire region is destabilized now" and that "the new order between the states has yet to be established".

Had the Serbian government been truly dedicated to the stabilization policy and the creation of market economy, it would have supported the public sector in the way it is commonly done in the world: by enabling the private sector to function in these areas with the equal treatment of both the state and the private sector on the financial market etc.