Monthly Press Review for 1996

December 1996

• Croatian Culture and Croatian Military: interview with Croatian Defense Minister Gojko Susak, Hrvatsko Slovo, Croatia, 12/27/96
• Milosevic after Milosevic: Fahro Memic reveals the "true goals" of the opposition in Serbia, Oslobodjenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 12/19 1996
• Public Acceptance of Secret Agreement: has the infamous form P-2 been resurrected after a secret agreement between OSCE and the Republic of Srpska?, Oslobodjenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 12/19 1996
• Richard Sklar: interview with the American in charge of foreign assistance programmes in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Oslobodjenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 12/19 1996
• When Will Serb Crimes be Punished?: Serb crimes against Posavina Croats, Vjesnik, Croatia, 12/17/96
• Best Solution: Reinstate Election Results Montenegrin Prime Minister supports Serbian opposition demands, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 12/17 1996
• Tell Me How To Get To Cacak...: opposition victory in central Serbia and a radio "miracle", Nezavisna Svetlost, FR Yugoslavia, December 15-21, 1996
• New Serbian Axis: Uzice, Cacak, Kragujevac: opposition strongholds in central Serbia. What next? Nezavisna Svetlost, FR Yugoslavia, December 15-21, 1996
• Short news on demonstrations in Serbia: public news broadcasts and endangered employment chances, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 12/13 1996
• Civic, not a Nationalist Protest Belgrade students respond to accusations that they demonstrate because Milosevic failed to establish "Greater Serbia", Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 12/13 1996
• We Know What We Are Doing!: Belgrade students use the Internet to brake the media blokade, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia,12/9 1996
• Self Destruction of Great Leader: Milosevic and post-election disturbances in Serbia, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 12/9 1996
• To Serbia not Even After my Death: Serbs from Vukovar talk with Feral Tribune, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 12/9/96
• No Compromise On Election Victory: 20,000 demonstrate on the 20th day of protests in Serbia's third largest city, Nis, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 12/8 1996
• Socialist to Repeat Elections Until They Win: socialists steal election in Vrsac, in the north of Serbia, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 12/8 1996
• Serbia Doesn't Need Protection From Us: 12th day of demonstrations in Kragujevac, in central Serbia, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 12/5 1996
• From the Air, listeners talk about Radio 101, Vijenac, Croatia, 12/5/96

November 1996

• How Long Should We Keep Quiet?: Serbian authorities warn Nasa Borba to stop informing about the street protests, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 11/27 1996
• Widespread Obstruction, Vote Rigging and Lawlessness: a judge of the Serbian constitutional court writes about the recent local elections, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 11/25 1996
• One Measure, Two Units of Measurement: vote rigging in Serbian municipal elections, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 11/25 1996
• Radio 101: Independence Day, Feral Trubine, Croatia, 11/25/96
• Socialists Snatch Victory from the Opposition: Theft of the Century: dramatic events in the aftermath of the local polls in Serbia. Nezavisna Svetlost, FR Yugoslavia, November 19, 1996
• Diplomats are celebrating the Agreement although Croats have yet to return home : one year anniversary of the Erdut Agreement, Vjesnik, Croatia, 11/14/96
• We Must Not Stay Alone in Such Surroundings: interview with Alija Izetbegovic, Chair of the Bosnian presidency, Ljiljan, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 11/13/96

October 1996

• War Drums on the Drina River: Muslims plan to reconquer Bosnia by sending armed refugees back to their villages, Vjesnik, Croatia, 10/21/96
• Corridor to NATO: Slovenian-Croatian sea border dispute, Hrvatski Obzor, Croatia, 10/14/96
• Coalition for Revision of History: Milan Ivkosic, editor-in-chief, explains how the Croatian opposition is trying to undermine Croatian independence, Hrvatski Obzor, Croatia, 10/14/96
• With Political Rallies Against State Controlled Media: interview with Montegrin opposition leader, Dr. Novak Kilibarda. Nezavisna Svetlost, FR Yugoslavia, 9/29-10/5, 1996

September 1996

• Really Nice Country: Dragos Kalajic enjoys racial purity in Slovakia... Duga, FR Yugoslavia, 9/28 1996
• No Change: commentary of the election results, Oslobodjenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 9/25 1996
• Bosanski Petrovac will be Renamed!: Ljiljan journalist writes about the plans to settle 20,000 Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) from other parts of Bosnia in the municipality which had 15,500 inhabitants before the war (75% of them Serbs), Ljiljan, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 9/25/96
• Respect our Primitivism: the World Bank finances ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Feral Trubine, Croatia, 9/23/96
• From Lies to Lynch: Witch from Kolorina: artist lynched by the "patriotic" Croatian media, Feral Trubine, Croatia, 9/16/96
• Croatian Eldorado: What Will Happen When Suharto Dies?: ARKzin tackles nepotism in Croatian politics and economy; as a result, its editor-in-chief is detained by the police, ARKzin, Croatia, 9/13/96
• Lagumdzija: interview with the leader of the opposition Social Democrats, Zlatko Lagumdzija, Oslobodjenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 9/12 1996
• The Agreement Contains No Secret Annexes: Croatian foreign minister comments the mutual recognition of Croatia and Yugoslavia, Hrvatski Obzor, Croatia, 9/2/96

August 1996

• Death to Democracy - Long Live Violence!: political violence in Bosnia-Hercegovina on the eve of elections, Oslobodjenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 8/29 1996
• Historical Guilt of Alain Finkelkraut, on Ustashe, Holocaust, genocide and historical guilt, Hrvatski Obzor, Croatia, 8/17/96
• Virtuous Muslim State: vision of the future Bosnian state by Adnan Jahic, head of SDA for Tuzla region and a member of the newly elected Bosnian Parliament. This article originally appeared in Zmaj od Bosne, a pro-SDA paper, in 1993 and was reprinted during the election campaign. Front Slobode supported the opposition in the election campaign. Front Slobode, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 8/23/96
• On Wrong Track, conclusion (?) of the abduction of Muslims in Strpci, NIN, FR Yugoslavia, 8/16/96
• A Chronology of Operation "Storm": liberation of Krajina, one year later, Slobodna Dalmacija, Croatia, 8/4/96

July 1996

March 1996

• Several Serb Officers from the Former Yugoslav People's Army are Members of French IFOR: interview with the commander of the Fourth Muslim Brigade, Muderis, Ljiljan, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 3/27/96

February 1996

• Decidedly Against, interview with Vojislav Sekelj, the editor-in-chief of the biweekly Zig [Stamp] from Subotica in FRY, about politics and culture of Vojvodina Croats, Vijenac, Croatia, 2/27/96