Issue 234 - April 2, 1996

Never did we have such an insight into the misery of people, government and politics, the misery which was for so long concealed by the conspiratorial manner in which the Family conducted its affairs

Informed sources claim the fuss over Draskovic is just a precursor to what is going to happen. A working group for Djindjic has allegedly been set up

The ban on the Foundation caused many reactions which the Serbian authorities do not need at this moment

Will the International Monetary Foundation delegation be led to believe that it's more important to discuss politics and legalities instead of money

On the day President Milosevic received Prime Minister Marjanovic and selected members of the Serbian Government, "Progres" started exporting state wheat

The International war crimes tribunal in The Hague raised war crimes charges for acts committed against Bosnian Serbs in the Celebic camp near Konjic.

President Tudjman decided not to let the opposition have the city of Zagreb which it won in elections. The opposition decided to profit from the president's stubbornness as much as it can and the ping-pong game has been happening since November. They name mayors, he rejects them; the score is 4-0 for Tudjman but it's a doubtful and dangerous advantage

"Prijedor authorities will not let the defence speak to sentries at the Omarska camp, although some of them were willing to testify for Dusko. Authorities also made it difficult for the attorney to come to Prijedor," said Ljubomir, Dusko Tadic's brother

When thousands of hungry and unhappy employees of "preserved" giant companies took to the streets of Nis with employees from Angropromet and Jastrebac shouting "Our Children Are Hungry", Mile Ilic, head of the Socialists in the city, the visionary didn't say a word. Ilic didn't speak up later when the initial slogans calling for bread were replaced with shouts of Mile Thief

The Avramovic affair shows that Yugoslavia is just talking and hasn't decided whether it wants to be part of the world or join the club with North Korea and Angola

In the early afternoon on May 15, when he finished his second address to parliament in defence of his position as governor, Dragoslav Avramovic did not allow the bitterness of inevitable defeat to take over.

He dropped in again suddenly on Wednesday, May 15. Podgorica was flooded with uniformed and plain clothes police and every crossroads was under heavy guard. The road he took from Golubovci airport to the Gorica villa was crowded with road repair crews.

Will the Republic of Srpska be divided in two - Pale and Banja Luka, and will the Prime Minister survive the President's attack

Nineteen nursery schools were robbed in Belgrade this January and February. The thieves took the things that had "survived" the years of poverty: TV-sets, video-recorders, stainless steel pots, blankets, telephones, electric heaters, felt-pens, crayons, toys and even 1,200 litres of heating oil from one nursery school.