Mesic Tops Presidential Polls
As Croatia's presidential race enters the closing straight, three front runners--Stipe Mesic, Drazen Budisa and Mate Granic--have left the other six candidates in their wake.
As Croatia's presidential race enters the closing straight, three front runners--Stipe Mesic, Drazen Budisa and Mate Granic--have left the other six candidates in their wake.
On a cold winter's night in Podgorica, thousands of demonstrators chanted their support for Federal Prime Minister Bulatovic, proving that the pro-Serbian constituency in Montenegro remains a force to be reckoned with.
Since the beginning of the war with Croatia, more than 500 people have been assassinated in Serbia - with police either unwilling or unable to solve the crimes.
Could Arkan's ties with Montenegro - including his support for the republic's president - provide a motive for the warlord's murder?
Arkan's killing fits a pattern of executions of public personalities in Serbia, and even he boasted to the Hague tribunal that he knew too much about the crimes of the regime.
Tribunal Update 159: Last Week in The Hague (10-14 January 2000)
The transfer of power following the recent election in Croatia is oddly slow, impeded by the absence of a law regulating a change in government and the hesitation of the out-going administration to let go.
Bureaucratic obstruction and rife corruption hinder the delivery of aid supplies to those most in need across Yugoslavia.
News of the opposition victory in Croatia has raised hopes of better relations between the two countries - and of a victory for opposition parties in Bosnia.