Can The Alliance Get It Together?
The public protests in provincial Serbia are tempting observers to say that Milosevic is, at long last, about to fall from power. But is the opposition serious?
The public protests in provincial Serbia are tempting observers to say that Milosevic is, at long last, about to fall from power. But is the opposition serious?
Protesters in provincial Serbia are a different breed from those who have demonstrated in Belgrade in previous years - and may have greater results.
During NATO's bombing campaign, Vojvodina's Hungarians kept as low a profile as possible. Now they have taken up the issue of autonomy again.
Impoverished by economic collapse and ravaged by NATO airstrikes, Serbian towns can do little to help the streams of angry refugees now arriving on their doorsteps from Kosovo.
USAID is suing 19 Bosnian companies for defaulting on loans worth 17 million German Marks. With the money being recycled, the agency maintains that the Bosnian people are the ultimate losers.
Even as the Yugoslav Army sends in reinforcements, Podgorica hopes to exploit Belgrade's clumsy threats and move further away from Serbia.
Thousands of demonstrators have called for Slobodan Milosevic's resignation in what has always been a bastion of support for the Yugoslav President.
Tribunal Update 132: Last Week in The Hague (28 June - 4 July, 1999)
Tribunal Update 132: Last Week in The Hague (28 June - 4 July, 1999)
After its early alliance with Milosevic, the Serbian Orthodox Church is struggling to present itself as a new voice of moderation.