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INSTEAD OF EDITORIAL:
COLLECTIVE DENIAL
By Sonja Biserko
Slobodan Milosevic’s death was a major catalyst for Serbia’s
mindset. The manner in which the Kostunica cabinet reacted to it clearly demonstrated how
close to the Premier’s heart, policy and ideology Milosevic’s regime had been.
It also disclosed how much the Premier leaned on the Socialist Party of Serbia’s
support and how unwilling he was to distance himself from Milosevic’s policy.
However, reactions... |
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A STEP OUT OF EUROPE: HAVING
A NICE CUP OF COFFEE WITH RATKO
By Teofil Pancic
By paraphrasing a well-know expression of spontaneous humor of the
desperate, one might describe the tactics of the negotiations between the EU and Serbian
officials on extradition of Ratko Mladic & Co. – conditioning Serbia’s
association with this organization – as follows: “They make make-believe
promises to have him extradited by this day or other, and we pretend to believe
them.” But as any romance ends... |
A STEP OUT OF EUROPE: KETMANS OF THE NEW ERA
By Bojan Al Pinto Brkic
As has become our custom we celebrated the May Day – eleventh
since Ratko Mladic had been indicted for the most horrible of war crimes – completely
relaxed. The only difference from the previous years was the outlandish Europe’s
belief that it will see Mladic in the Scheveningen detention unit. EU enlargement
commissioner Olli Rehn claims he had Prime Minister Kostunica’s personal assurances
that Mladic would be arrested... |
A STEP OUT OF EUROPE: THE ANATOMY OF THE OFFICIAL SERBIA
By Nikola Samardzic
In today’s perception, what makes the entire history is nothing
but persistent repetition of the crisis management focused on the challenges of social
conflicts, natural law and human biology itself. Conscious communities more readily come
to grips with these challenges and dam the floods of the past that threaten everyday life.
Apart from providing knowledge as such, history rationally indicates the experience a
new... |
A STEP OUT OF EUROPE: DEVIL’S CROSS OR WHO BEFOOLED WHOM
By Ivan Torov
At the time the battle against Slobodan Milosevic’s regime was
still on, representatives of the so-called alternative, civil Serbia –
non-governmental sector, independent media and some political organizations in the first
place – were constant targets of the attempt to knock down the last
national-socialist creation in Europe. That was a long, often distressing and... |
BEFORE THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL: SUFFICIENTLY PROVED CHARGES
By Dunja Melcic
September 2002, which marked the beginning of the trial to Slobodan
Milosevic, was a historical date: for the first time in Europe, a head of a state appeared
as a defendant before an international tribunal. The second, ensuing historical event,
namely the court verdict – as already known - went missing. Milosevic, a hypertonic
with heart problems, died only about ten court days... |
FATE OF THE STATE UNION: REFERENDUM, LIES AND VIDEO TAPES
By Igor Peric
The citizens of Montenegro have the chance to take the issue of
state/legal status off the agenda by voting either way at the 21st May referendum. The
preparations are in full swing: voting material is acquired, campaign is well under way,
field campaigners work around the clock – in a word, the atmosphere is there. The
problem is that in view of the awkward election model, the chances are that a clear result
will not be reached and would instead be stuck somewhere between 50 and 55%, in the
so-called gray zone... |
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