Issue 266 - November 10, 1996

Leftists-Zajedno 64-22! The democratic opposition is fighting to survive and that is an important battle for Serbia

In most of the cities in the second round scheduled for November 17 the coalition Zajedno is entering with the same or a larger number of candidates than the coalition SPS-JUL

The government commenced its celebrations only a few hours after the polls were closed, while the decimated opposition keeps repeating: "catch that thief!"

Following a difficult battle, with their guard down, encumbered by fatigue and often alcohol, the politicians -despite their will- showed the scarce journalists in the early morning hours their true faces

Although his conduct does not show it, the powers of Radoje Kontic, the Prime Minister of the Federal Government are enormous

The police are not only retaining certain judiciary authorization, they even extend them using certain loopholes in the law

The authorities say that there is a fair amount of warfare going on between rival gangs, but decline to admit that there is such a thing as organized crime