Issue 55 - October 12, 1992

The Socialists, by calling a referendum, have made a move the opposition has no answer to, and the holding of the elections in December is now a question of uncertainty

On Tuesday, the Serbian president, thanking his Prime Minister for inviting him to a Government session, clearly said that the monetary policy must not choke production. For the last five decades, this has been the password for printing unsecured funds

Belgrade is the real enemy of the international community, not a weak and puppet Podgorica

How was Dobrica Cosic's closest team formed and what is it doing? Patriotism, friendship and curiosity are the motives for accepting the post of advisor

The opposition, which looks like having given up on any major demonstrations with regard to the television (one member of DEPOS said that this was judged as not being efficient enough), will probably continue to demand of the Federal Government that it settle matters with the TV on its own

The atmosphere on the eve of the referendum is amazing - silence. The opposition is quiet

Ivo Vajgl, one-time spokesman of the Federal Secretariat for Foreign Affairs and the current spokesman of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry, is leaving to take up the post of Slovenian Ambassador to Sweden after a few very exciting years in the top diplomatic echelons. VREME talked with Vajgl in Ljubljana about his reminiscences from Belgrade, an independent Slovenia and the new Yugoslav diplomacy from Milosevic to Panic.