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.

CROATIA-UNITED NATIONS: Peacekeepers’ March Withdrawal Angers Serbs

By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
The government of rump Yugoslavia and the leadership of the Serb-held territory in Krajina have expressed concern over Croatia's decision to end the mandate of 15,000- strong U.N. force on its territory by the end of March.

YUGOSLAVIA-MEDIA: Borba’s Reporters Resist State Take-Over of Paper

By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
Serbian journalists, resisting government's attempt to tighten its hold on the national media, are refusing to work with a senior state official who was put in charge of Belgrade's only independent daily newspaper at the weekend.

YUGOSLAVIA: Milosevic Gives Support to Carter’s Peace Bid in Bosnia

By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has given his support to the peace efforts in Bosnia-Hercegovina of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter who managed to secure a four- month ceasefire in the war-torn state, starting on Friday.

YUGOSLAVIA: Power Cuts Add to Woes of Serbian People, Government

By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
The civil wars in the former Yugoslavia and the ensuing international economic sanctions have wreaked havoc in Serbia proper which now has to face up the added burden of up to six hours a day of power cuts.

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: Serb Forces Attacking Centre Of Bihac – U.N.

By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
Thousands of Bosnian Muslim refugees fled advancing Serb and Muslim rebel forces early Wednesday, as the attackers pushed deeper into the United Nations 'safe zone' of Bihac, undeterred by threats of renewed NATO air strikes.

BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA: U.N. Problems Not Eased By NATO Blitz

By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
United Nations forces tasked with the delivery of humanitarian aid in Bosnia-Hercegovina appeared no better off for NATO's dramatic airstrikes on the Croatian Serb air base of Udbina -- in fact, they appeared worse off.

YUGOSLAVIA: Cannabis Cultivation Sweeps Across Serbian Valleys

By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
The countryside that leads from Serbia to the Bosnian Serb controlled territories in northern Bosnia and further west to Krajina has very little to please the eye.
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