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POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Elections Viewed as Biggest Test So Far for Milosevic
If the most recent opinion polls here are accurate Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic is on his way out of office.\\CORRECTED DATE\\POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Hectic Electoral Campaign In Yugoslavia
The electoral campaign in Yugoslavia is becoming hectic ahead of the crucial September 24 polls, as both Serbian opposition and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic appear confident of victory.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Hectic Electoral Campaign In Yugoslavia
The electoral campaign in Yugoslavia is becoming hectic ahead of the crucial September 24 polls, as both Serbian opposition and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic appear confident of victory.//PROTECTIVE REPEAT//POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Polls Predict Possible Defeat For Milosevic
Less than two weeks before the crucial presidential, federal and local elections, due to be held on Sep 24, opinion polls predict the possible defeat of Slobodan Milosevic in the key presidential race.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Protests Over UN Takeover Of Mining Complex Continue
Peaceful street protests by the Serb community in UN-controlled Kosovska Mitrovica continued Tuesday over the takeover, by the UN administration, of a mining complex.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Foreign Nationals Face Charges Of Terrorism
In the last two weeks, the Serbian public has learnt about two groups of eight foreigners, allegedly involved in a plot to kidnap or kill president Slobodan Milosevic and destablise the country./REPEATING/YUGOSLAVIA: Milosevic Turns to Serbs Abroad for Economic Help
Facing elections next month and a series of polls showing dissatisfaction with the state of the economy, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is turning to one of the few funding options open to him right now - Serbs living abroad.YUGOSLAVIA: Milosevic Turns to Serbs Abroad for Economic Help
Facing elections next month and a series of polls showing dissatisfaction with the state of the economy, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is turning to one of the few funding options open to him right now - Serbs living abroad.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Milosevic Turns to Serbs Abroad for Economic Help
Facing elections next month and a series of polls showing dissatisfaction with the state of the economy, Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is turning to one of the few funding options open to him right now - Serbs living abroad.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: The Crucial Test
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), which consists of Serbia and Montenegro, will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on September 24.YUGOSLAVIA: Journalists See Jail Term for Colleague as Repression
Journalists in Serbia say they see the recent arrest and conviction of a colleague for espionage as an ominous sign of further repression against all who differ in opinion from the government of President Slobodan Milosevic.YUGOSLAVIA: European ‘White List’ Puts Firms On Domestic ‘Black List’
Companies that found themselves on a European Union (EU) 'white list' of firms exempted from sanctions banning all Serbian business with the grouping, say they want out of the elite band in which they have been placed. But their EU partners will not let them decline the honour.//REPEATING FOR POINTS NEEDING//POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Purge of Judiciary Serves Milosevic Regime
Parliament's latest move against the judiciary here signals that the criterion to become and remain a judge in Yugoslavia is loyalty to the regime, analysts and former judges say.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Milosevic Increases His Hold On Power
Changes in the federal constitution of Yugoslavia, adopted at a hurriedly called session of federal parliament last week, have a double effect in the country that is probably facing another war on its soil.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Djukanovic’s Apology a Gateway To Truth About Balkan Wars?
Reform-minded Montenegrin President Milo Djuk anovic, who is at odds with the regime of Slobodan Milosevic over democratisa tion and opening towards the West, has tackled a taboo subject that will undou btedly distance him further from Belgrade.ECONOMY-YUGOSLAVIA: All Is Not Rosy Despite Government Assertions To The Contrary
Judging by the news programmes of Radio Television of Serbia (RTS), the strongest media tool of the regime of Slobodan Milosevic, one would believe that Serbia is a thriving, bustling and successful country.MEDIA-YUGOSLAVIA: Clampdown On Press Freedom Continues
The government clampdown on the media continues in Serbia with the recent arrest of a journalist on charges of espionage.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: A Multi Ethnic Society Still A Pipedream
Thousands of Serbs who decided to remain in Kosovo, following the withdrawal of the Yugoslav Army (VJ) and the Serb police from the southern Kosovo province in June 1999, say they regret their decision.//CORRECTED REPEAT//POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Election Results Send Mixed Signals
President Milo Djukanovic may struggle to achieve his dream of an independent Montenegro judging by the results of the local elections held over the weekend.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Election Results Sends Mixed Signals
President Milo Djukanovic may struggle to achieve his dream of an independent Montenegro judging by the results of the local elections held over the weekend.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Government Targets New Opposition Group ‘Otpor’
An increasingly popular anti-government movement called "Otpor" (Resistance) has captured the imagination of Serbs and the eagle eye of the Slobodan Milosevic government.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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