by Nenad Lj. Stefanovic and VREME Documentation Center
This leadership always creates a "hero" out of some prominent figure and give him a high-ranking position during a political crisis. When this person wants to keep his dignity by opposing the leadership's wrong decisions, the leadership campaigns to the nation that this person was the wrong choice from the very beginning
No one asked the people if they want continuity with the former Yugoslavia. Perhaps the people want another state that would be called Serbia and Montenegro and which would not continue the tragic misconceptions of the previous state
There are a lot of signals that the sensitive issue of Serbia-Montenegro relations is being opened up within the federal state and the existing differences are multiplying. These are a few of a number of issues raised in the first four months of this year.
The diplomatic potential of Korea is being tested; visits to China at state expense; medals to people who took money out of the country and condemnation of people who brought it in. The formula of the current regime propaganda and political strategy is money to the Left
United Nations interim administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and western Srem (UNTAES) has shown quite a bit of optimism in the field. The outcome is yet to be seen
If they didn't do bad things, they can easily come back, but they must wait because we can resolve 50 requests per day at the most. That is about 16,000-17,000 a year. This is why the process will last much longer than is expected
Socialist Party of Serbia's policy of protecting its own domination prevented further modernization of the Serbian society. It interrupted the historical flow of social reform and transition of the political and economic system which would have enabled Serbia's progressive development and her entrance into the union of European nations