Issue 509 - September 21, 2001

A dramatic escalation of mistrust, an exchange of a series of accusations and counteraccusations within the ruling coalition is filling up the newspaper pages every day. The media resembles a buffet overloaded with a huge selection of choices in the chain of attacks and counter attacks. We will show our readers what could find itself on the table as the main menu from the list, on the basis of the statements of the conflicting sides. From the table anyone can choose his or her favorite meal, according to his or her own choice

It is quite hard to find a party within DOS (rulling Democratic Opposition of Serbia) that yearns so much for this assorted coalition to survive on the political scene. On the other hand, the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) seems more interested in it. The survival of DOS would mean the postponement of elections, whereas the Socialists hope for a disintegration of this broad coalition only in the case of some big and dirty affair that would probably regain them a major part of their lost electoral support

Those who are today lamenting the decline of industrial production in Serbia should publicly answer whether they are prepared to invest their private capital into such companies in order to revive their activities

A change in the exchange rate of the dinar at will has only one advantage - a drop in the price of goods for export - and a list of negative consequences on the domestic market which include inflation, a jump in the foreign trade deficit and a drop in the standard of living