Issue 282 - March 1, 1997

After the interview with VREME in which Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic said it was politically completely wrong for Slobodan Milosevic to stay on in any post in Serbia and Yugoslavia, he came under fierce attack by the Serbian state media. The response from Podgorica was actively restrained and the blame was transferred to the Serbian authorities

"Milo Djukanovic is energetic and able. He is an independent personality and can't be anyone's promoter".

The new party intends to stand on coming elections with an already fairly developed party infrastructure, and with its own presidential candidate

"Focusing on the president as an institution is a tribal need for Serbia to have a strong arm and continue with the Tito - Milosevic tradition"

How much is Serbia's electric-power industry really worth - 6 or 36 billions of dollars? A public tender is the only protection against possible governmental manipulations

The economic messages in the story about "the lion and the gazelle" and the danger from the so-called "dissidents"

There’s been a lot of talk lately about Serbs from Bosnia and Croatia fighting as mercenaries in Zaire. What’s the truth behind the rumors

The murder of Vlada Kovacevic Tref, a well known race car driver and business associate of the son of the President of Serbia, generated much speculation as to the motives and the people involved. About the only one beyond suspicion (at least for now) is Madeleine Albright.

The latest affair involving the National Theater has stirred up more rumors, suspicions and reactions than any cultural event in Belgrade.

Lila Radonjic has been editor in chief of Belgrade’s Studio B radio and TV station since last Monday. She appeared in the post unexpectedly considering the rumors of personnel changes which grew along with the certainty that the regime would reinstate the November 17 results of the local elections after three months of protests.