Tadic Case: The Appeals Chamber Judgement
Tribunal Update 134 - Last Week in The Hague (12-18 July, 1999)
Tribunal Update 134 - Last Week in The Hague (12-18 July, 1999)
Whose side is Vuk Draskovic really on? Is he Milosevic's lightning rod, ready to draw the hostility of the crowd, or a double agent, out to strangle the revolution at birth?
Ibrahim Rugova returned to Kosovo Thursday but was gone again within hours. But no other Kosovo Albanians are in charge either.
Montenegrin and Serbian representatives have meet to discuss relations between the two republics. But the first round was only tactical sparring.
The initial euphoria of many returning Kosovo Albanians is fading, as the hard work of rebuilding a real life and viable society gets under way.
Four years on from the wartime horrors of Srebrenica, the town is still in despair. Its Serbian residents do not wish to live there and its former Muslim citizens will not return.
While Subotica authorities consider reintroducing cattle-drawn carts for refuse collection, its multi-ethnic population is voting with its feet and leaving.
Serbia is rebuilding its bridges - and its minds. Academics are reviving the spirit of Brezhnev. China supports Yugoslav Prime Minister Momir Bu La To Vic. And our president boasts: "Our country is the freest and most democratic in the world."
Open discontent within the security forces is growing, as Yugoslav soldiers express bitterness over low pay, poor prospects and military defeat.
Many Bosnians hope the post-war settlement will give new impetus to revise the Dayton accords along the lines of the solution for Kosovo.