Issue 246 - June 25, 1996

Will the Russian elections influence political conditions in Serbia

When they don't need them for day to day politics, the Serbian president and his wife sent their wasted associates into the diplomatic service or appoint them company directors. There are some exceptions but they only confirm the rule

"Tyrannies can be made by means of law, but apart from the fact that such governments are 'most disgusting' in the political system of every country"

Banja Luka's mayor is heading the Democratic patriotic block which was formed as a necessity between the extremes called the socialists and the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS)

"They were burning their things and saved my books. I feel shame because of that while I am packing several novels to take with me to Belgrade"

A round table was held in Belgrade late in May on "Social Democracy in Today's Europe". The discussion was about socialist thought and activities in the east and west of Europe

A look at the bookcases in the bookshop at the Albania Palace is one of the nice pictures in Belgrade these days

First VREME on the front cover published a photograph of Marko Milosevic, his sister Marija and Marko's girl-friend. Then the photographer (whose family name is also Milosevic, but his first name is Miroslav) was beaten up by "unknown attackers." The investigation is, as you can imagine, in process