Issue 376 - December 19, 1998

I asked myself what I would have done had my child been among the dead at that cafe in Pec, whether I would have gone out and started shooting at every Albanian, or even at anything that moves, and I could not give a definitely negative answer

"Worried about looming protests, insults and the stoning of Verification Mission personnel in Pec, we will demand that the Yugoslav authorities ensure the safety of the members of the Mission," said American Ambassador, Richard Holbrooke, at a Tuesday press conference at the offices of the Kosovo Verification Mission (KVM) in Pristina

In his latest proposal, Mr. Hill proposes that the Chief of the Verification Mission in Kosovo or the OSCE Representative be responsible for passing judgment in constitutional disputes. The joint committee which would oversee the implementation of the agreement on Kosovo during the coming ten years would be presided over by an individual who would be appointed by OSCE President, while an ombudsman would be chosen from a list of candidates prepared by the President of the European Court for Human Rights

Although it officially refuses to recognize the Hague Tribunal's competence in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Belgrade regime is giving signs that the door is not entirely closed

The activities of the Alliance for Changes (SZP), an association rallying 25 opposition parties, have drawn a lot of public attention in the past few days, especially from the regime and its loyal media that wasted no time in attacking "those who would accept any plan for the destruction of Yugoslavia", as Ivica Dacic said recently

The author of one of a very few, rare interviews with the Yugoslav President said for VREME that the interview occurred when "one intermediary" suggested to her that Milosevic would be willing to talk to her

When the authorized are on the wings of imagination, then any state budget seems possible.