Babitsky Affair Blow for Press Freedom
Vladimir Putin's anti-media drive may serve to consolidate democratic opposition against the acting president's regime
Vladimir Putin's anti-media drive may serve to consolidate democratic opposition against the acting president's regime
Western counties are undermining their own efforts to starve Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic of cash.
Yugoslav President Milosevic is exploiting deep-seated homophobia in Serbian society to undermine his opponents.
Chinese capital is helping to prop up the cash-strapped Belgrade regime.
Opposition politicians and media have intensified accusations of government collusion with organised crime in Macedonia following the murder of three police officers on routine patrol.
Russian media are rapidly souring on the Chechen campaign, while the government retains tight controls on information leaking out of the embattled republic.
Tribunal Update 135: Last Week in The Hague (19-25 July, 1999)
Zagreb's rulers are avoiding a fair and frank assessment of the role of Croatians in the murder of tens of thousands of Serbs, Jews, Roma and anti-fascist Croats during World War II.
When questioned the Serbs still in Kosovo distance themselves from the atrocities that took place during the conflict, but returning Albanians are angered by their version of events.