Issue 361 - September 5, 1998

It can be supposed that, apart from contests in verbal patriotism, there is a reasoned political motive behind such publicity which is being given to the tragedy in Klecka

It appears that only half-solutions can be sought for stability in Kosovo and the region, all together with double standards, with acceptance of the fact that Serbia has veered off quite far, and with a lot of hope and faith in miracles

Serbian authorities evidently hoped that the described evidence and testimony would be sufficient to make a turnaround in the media picture of conflicts in Kosovo, and that the world would agree with Belgrade that the UCK is a terrorist organization which is like Hitler’s SS, and that Klecka is nothing short of a “new Auschwitz”. However, this did not happen for several reasons.

For those people who remember, the incident in Klecka serves as an unpleasant reminder of 1991 and the infamous media battles for corpses. A television crew, usually foreign, takes pictures of some dead bodies: the Croatian propaganda immediately begins hollering, “They are ours!”, while the Serbs retort, “They are not yours, they are ours!”

Regardless of the outcome, the September elections in Republika Srpska should finally put an end to the unique polarization of power which is present in the territory from Pale to Banjaluka

Bozidar Jovicevic has built a "mausoleum unique in Serbia" with a lamp inside the five-star. Next year, he is going to organize a "live funeral" and a salute to his comrades

The UNHCR has started accommodating refugees in manner very convenient for some of Sarajevo's inhabitants, who can make 40 German marks per ethnic Albanian they admit into their homes.