Issue 372 - November 21, 1998

Among the socialists it can be heard these days that President Milosevic told Vucelic, on the occasion of their last meeting: “You didn’t do the job, the time has come for us to part.” Supposedly Vucelic’s answer to this was: “I know it’s time for us to part, but given the policies that were being followed in the past year, not even Nikola Tesla himself could have executed what was expected of me”

It seems that "resumption of dialogue" will drag on indefinitely, as Milutinovic is ready to go to Pristina again.

The editor in chief and publisher of the newspaper which suffered the most from the infamous Decree and the new Law on Information thinks that he is the victim of his attempts to explain to Mira Markovic how the present policies of her husband and their respective parties are leading Serbia into ruin

"It seems to me that a united front is appearing on the horizon with each coming day. Fear and uncertainty cannot last indefinitely. It is important to point out that there exists a large, influential segment of honest people who have managed to establish themselves through their own hard work and sacrifice in the past ten years"

It could be said that Seselj, who left the RS without mentioning war by clubs, withdrew rather reconciled in front of the armed SFOR troops

After the November 17th crisis (referred to in the text as “the Crisis”), the Serbian liberal opposition has undergone drastic changes. These changes were in fact so profound, that in the end led to the downfall of the coalition itself

The Committee of the University Left (KUL) sends clear political messages. What are the reactions?

How close is the connection between the new tax regulations and the stopping of all transfer payments to Republika Srpska

Vojislav Seselj recently visited Russia in an attempt to secure a place for Yugoslavia - at least as an observer - in the Union of Russia and Belarussia. Europe understood this as yet another response from Yugoslavia to the Euro-challenge.

While social grievances grow at a geometric rate, pauperization is becoming a tragic inevitability

International conflict and its consequences- which include death, violence, destruction and poverty- are probably the most dramatic events in the life of any nation or nation state. In a study conducted at the University of Kent at Canterbury, Jovan Byford analyzed the political discourse Margaret Thatcher and Slobodan Milosevic and examined the ways in which the two politicians legitimized international conflict and justified its consequences