Issue 44 - July 27, 1992

The arrest of general Vasiljevic was not just a break with the times of defeat; it also continued paving the way for the Yugoslav Army to assume a new role

The attempt of the Bozovic Government to lay its paws on the University, to intimidate the professors, and to nationalize the media is causing a storm; and clashes are breaking out in the regime's highest echelons

The major Western countries will continue their boycott of Serbia, i.e. "Yugoslavia", which will gradually become the smuggler's paradise. A country for smuggling and international crime of all kinds, which is also a branch of the economy and which provides a very comfortable living, as witness some South American examples

The ruling party and President Franjo Tudjman have rushed into elections because it is quite clear to them that they are losing popularity, and that therefore they should use the euphoria over the international recognition of Croatia as soon as possible

Even if the war were to stop tomorrow, the stacking and moving of people in national reservations will go on for another ten years at least, and will always be the spark that will alight a fresh conflict

The Yugoslav press is writing panegyrics to Mr. Panic: an editorial in a Belgrade daily whose readers mainly reside in the suburbs has concluded: "God has heard him."