Issue 22 - February 24, 1992

Frightened by the moves of the opposition, Milosevic's regime has started anathematizing its adversary. The situation today is almost alike to a hair to the one which preceded the elections in 1990. But now the catastrophe is much bigger

The socialists have no other choice but to make their regime even more autocratic. They would welcome the repeat of last year's March 9 since that would justify their use of force Panic is spreading among the socialists in Belgrade.

VREME has learned unofficially that the first "Yugoslav" ambassador to Israel after the relations between Belgrade and Jerusalem have been restored will be Budimir Kosutic, a well known non-party personality in Serbia.

Ivan Lovrenovic, Editor-in-Chief of "Svjetlost" publishing company from Sarajevo and one of the experts in Bosnian history, gave an interview to VREME:

There is a danger that the political arena will turn into a corida. The consequences will be social and economic poverty, which is more likely to produce a totalitarian system than a democratic one

The people are acting rationally. Can the Serbian state be expected to do the same

In the future, the reputation of Serbia on the international scene will depend more on the state of Serbo-Albanian relations, than on the state of Serbo-Croatian or other relations. The independence of Kosovo, and Serbo-Albanian relations in general provide the basic framework for the long term regulation of the international status of Serbia.

The blue helmets are coming to confirm the authenticity of the two months old news that the Serbo-Croatian war is over.