Stories written by Vesna Peric Zimonjic
Vesna Peric Zimonjic is a freelance journalist working from the Balkan region with more than three decades of experience. She has contributed to IPS since the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia in 1991. Vesna also conducts political analyses of the region and contributes to the London-based daily The Independent, BBC World Service and German Deutsche Welle radio and television.

/REPEATING//CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: NATO Mistakes Toughen China’s Stand

In the wake of NATO missiles falling on the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, and cluster bombs dropped over a hospital and a marketplace in downtown Nis, the Yugoslav government has seemingly decided to 'wait and see,' regarding the G-8 peace proposals.

CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: NATO Mistakes Toughen China’s Stand

In the wake of NATO missiles falling on the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, and cluster bombs dropped over a hospital and a marketplace in downtown Nis, the Yugoslav government has seemingly decided to 'wait and see,' regarding the G-8 peace proposals.

CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: NATO Mistakes Toughen China’s Stand

In the wake of NATO missiles falling on the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, and cluster bombs dropped over a hospital and a marketplace in downtown Nis, the Yugoslav government has seemingly decided to 'wait and see,' regarding the G-8 peace proposals.

/REPETICION/ CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: NATO Mistakes Toughen China’s Stand

In the wake of NATO missiles falling on the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, and cluster bombs dropped over a hospital and a marketplace in downtown Nis, the Yugoslav government has seemingly decided to 'wait and see,' regarding the G-8 peace proposals.

RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Under the Bombs, Think of the Future

"People are like water - they always find the way out", says Dr. Jovan Maric, one of Belgrade's most prominent psychiatrists, commenting on the fear, anxiety and stress caused by NATO air attacks on Yugoslavia.

/REPEAT/RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Under the Bombs, Think of the Future

"People are like water - they always find the way out", says Dr. Jovan Maric, one of Belgrade's most prominent psychiatrists, commenting on the fear, anxiety and stress caused by NATO a0ir attacks on Yugoslavia.

CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: NATO Raids Cause More Damage than Nazis

NATO countries may be fighting their war against Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, but in the eyes of ordinary Serbs, four weeks of air raids have meticulously destroyed the works of many generations.

ENVIRONMENT-BALKANS: After Bombs, Ecological Disaster and Hunger

Apart from the razing of Yugoslav industrial sites and infrastructure, Nato air attacks are causing an ecological disaster that could endanger the Balkans as a whole, Serbian officials and ecology experts warned.

CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Simple People vs Smart Weapons

The sight of militant Serbian opposition leaders joining the Yugoslav Army is probably the clearest evidence of Nato's strategic failure in Yugoslavia, most analysts here agree.

CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Simple People vs Smart Weapons

The sight of militant Serbian opposition leaders joining the Yugoslav Army is probably the clearest evidence of Nato's strategic failure in Yugoslavia, most analysts here agree.

CONFLICT-EUROPE: Yugoslavia Joins Union of Russia and Belarus

A hastily convened joint session of Yugoslavia's Federal Parliament decided Monday the country's entry into the Union of Russia and Belarus, but independent analysts are skeptical of its effectiveness.

RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Refugees Trapped in the Information War

After last week's big fuss, the 30,000 ethnic Albanian refugees who allegedly disappeared overnight in Macedonia have now also disappeared from media, their fate largely ignored.

CULTURE-YUGOSLAVIA: Belgrade Defies Fear with Songs and Art

Every morning, for the last ten days, Bojana - a teenager - wears her best clothes and a neat makeup to join the thousands who regularly attend rock concerts in Belgrade's central Republic Square.

WEEKLY SELECTION-YUGOSLAVIA: NATO Attacks Achieve Unity Among Serbs

Apart from the material damage, the most visible results of a week of NATO air raids against Yugoslavia are the growing unity of Serbs, a massive refugee crisis in Kosovo and the destabilisation of the Balkans, Yugoslav observers say.

CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: NATO Attacks Achieve Unity Among Serbs

Apart from the material damage, the most visible results of a week of NATO air raids against Yugoslavia are the growing unity of Serbs, a massive refugee crisis in Kosovo and the destabilisation of the Balkans, Yugoslav observers say.

CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Third Night of Strikes, 2 Yugoslav Planes Shot down

Yugoslavia endured a third round of NATO air raids Friday with citizens fleeing for shelter when bombs landed on the outskirts of Belgrade and Podgorica.

CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Serbian Parliament Rejects NATO Ultimatum

The Serbian parliament unanimously rejected Tuesday Western demands for the deployment of NATO military forces in the southern Yugoslav province of Kosovo, but left the door open for further negotiations.

WEEKLY SELECTION/YUGOSLAVIA: Outlook Cloudy for Kosovo Talks

Yugoslavia has again rejected western demands for foreign troops in Kosovo where renewed fighting cast a pall over the second round of international peace talks set to begin in Paris Monday.

YUGOSLAVIA: Outlook Cloudy for Resumption of Kosovo Talks

Yugoslavia has totally rejected any foreign western demands for foreign troops in Kosovo where renewed fighting Friday cast a pall over the second round of international peace talks set to begin in Paris.

CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIa: No Signs of Real Change in Kosovo

Both Serb and ethnic Albanian negotiators in the talks on Kosovo remained cautious Thursday on overcoming disagreements on the future of the province.

POLITICS-KOSOVO: New Fighting Complicates Peace Process

A new burst of fighting in Kosovo and an unwillingness by the Serbs and the region's pro-independence Albanians to agree on a peace deal set the stage for a complex decision Tuesday by the "contact group" dealing with the crisis.

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