Issue 377 - December 25, 1998

Osama bin Laden rents an island in the Indian ocean or sets up a tent in the desert, then he calls Saddam and Kaddafi, who in turn remembers that it would be a good idea to invite Milosevic, but Milosevic would come only in the company of Kim Il Jong. They sit down to talk, but they soon realize that they have nothing to talk about. So, they just sit there and stare at each other, trying to figure out which one is the American agent.

The most recent outbursts of violence in Kosovo have one thing in common. The police know a lot more about those who probably ordered the hits than about the actual perpetrators. Those who ordered the hits are in the woods, accompanied by as many as several hundred armed men. A serious effort to reach them would require extensive operations that aren't allowed at the moment, say the Kosovo police

Vreme is asking for the establishment of a council which will examine if there are any abuses in the production and sale of medication

The Law on Privileges is one of the most shameful laws ever adopted on this territory for it establishes a "political aristocracy" counter to a "garbage can class"

Dr. Markovic's conferences in the east are not so much an indicator of the foreign-policy orientation of Belgrade, as an attempt to escape from reality.