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POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Serbia Opts For Negotiations Over War
For the first time in ten years, since the wars of disintegration of former Yugoslavia started, Serbia has not chosen war but has opted for negotiations instead.POPULATION-YUGOSLAVIA: Romas Fight For Their Rights after Changes in Serbia
An exhibition of documents and photographs depicting the life of Serbia's Roma population all through the last century is drawing to a close here in Belgrade.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: New Gov’t Vows To Clean Up The Police Image
Yugoslavia's new government has vowed to clean up the image of the police in a bid to distance itself from the repressive regime of Slobodan Milosevic.ECONOMY-YUGOSLAVIA: Bringing Down Milosevic Was the Easy Part
"Bringing (former Yugoslav strongman Slobodan) Milosevic down seemed to be the easiest task for us. The hardest part will be the economic recovery of the country," Mladjan Dinkic, the new governor of Central Bank of Yugoslavia, (NBJ) said recently.SOCIETY-YUGOSLAVIA: Building An Effective Civic Society
There is little doubt among the people of Serbia that their energy and mass protests on October 5 last year - when a million of them took to the streets of Belgrade - dealt the final blow to the 10 years of the regime of Slobodan Milosevic.//REPEATING//RIGHTS: U.N. Fails to Persuade Yugoslavia to Handover Milosevic
Carla del Ponte, chief prosecutor of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), left Belgrade with only mild promises on cooperation, without much hope that her mission has been embraced by Yugoslavia.ENVIRONMENT-YUGOSLAVIA: Public to learn more about NATO air raids
The public should learn more about the health hazards caused by the depleted uranium (DU) capped weapons used in the bombing of serbia by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in 1999, experts say.ENVIRONMENT-YUGOSLAVIA: Depleted Uranium Scare Spreads In The Balkans
Apart from being a symbol of bloody wars during the past decade, the Balkans continue to gain notoriety in the history of warfare.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Tough Times Ahead…
Serbia and Yugoslavia face tough times ahead as they try to rebuild the country from the devastation inflicted during the 10 year rule of Slobodan Milosevic which ended with the Serbian parliamentary elections on December 23.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Truth Commission for War Crimes
The new government of Yugoslavia has decided to set up a Truth Commission with the aim of establishing the truth regarding war crimes committed by Serbs against non- Serbs in wars in Croatia, Bosnia and southern Serbian province of Kosovo during the past 10 years.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Can Milosevic’s Socialists Survive?
The Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), headed by former Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic, held a special congress over the weekend, dedicated to the future role of the once longest ruling party in this part of Europe.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Serb Women Look to New Government For Better Life
New Yugoslav president Vojislav Kostunica owes a large part of his victory in the Sep. 26 elections to women voters. Now these voters are hoping he will return the favour.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Public Anxious to Know About Secret Police Files
After Slobodan Milosevic lost power in the September elections and October popular uprising, serious efforts are now being taken to remove the vestiges of the former regime in many areas.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Media in Serbia Face Transition Too
Serbia's state media are in for a rough time ahead, as they try to throw off the legacy of communism and the tyrannical rule of former President Slobodan Milosevic, say analysts.ENVIRONMENT-YUGOSLAVIA: Danube Commercial Traffic to Flow Again
People in the second largest city of Serbia, Novi Sad, use this joke to describe their town: It's the only one in the world where a river flows over the bridges.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Milosevic’s Defeat Threatens Survival Of The Socialist Party
Last month's elections and the ensuing protests marked the end of a decade of rule by former Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic.ECONOMY-YUGOSLAVIA: The Uphill Task Of Rebuilding The Economy
The deep turmoil in Serbia, that culminated in street protests and Slobodan Milosevic's being forced to accept defeat has another side to it.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: President Kostunica Fights His First Battles
In all his addresses to the public, be it before the September 24 elections or later, Vojislav Kostunica named two key goals for his future work.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Serbia Rejects Milosevic
For Serbia and Belgrade, the end of this week brought with it the end of an era - the era of Slobodan Milosevic, who leaves power after more than 10 years of undisputed rule.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Serbia At A Standstill As Milosevic Denies Defeat
Life in Serbia came to a virtual standstill on Monday, as residents heeded to the call for a general strike by the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS).POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Uncertainty Prevails Over Election Results
An electoral earthquake has rocked the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) at all the three sets of polls that are to decide the future president of the country, its federal parliament and local authorities in 189 municipalities in Serbia.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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