Monthly Press Review for 1997

December 1997

• Caprice in Power: supplement to the defense of Viktor Ivancic, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 12/29/97
• Depravity and Now: methods used to rehabilitate Ustashe and stigmatize Croatian antifascists, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 12/29/97
• The Most Expensive Team of Serbian Politicians the results of Serbian "principled" policy, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 12/14/97
• Why is Croatian Language Still Suppressed in Croatia, NDH, Croatia, December 1997.

November 1997

• Causevic: interview with Halid Causevic, controversial Bosniak intellectual, Dani, Bosnia-Hercegovina, November 24 1997
• Sabor: commentary regarding the proposed change in the name of the Croatian parliament, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 11/24/97
• When Comrade Writes About Nation and History, Communists try to "drown" Croats into a new Bosnian nation, Hrvatska Rijec, Federation Bosnia-Hercegovina, November 22 1997
• We Did Not Know commentary regarding crimes against Serb civilians in Sarajevo during the war, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, November 11 1997
• Caco Wasn't the Only One interview with Mladen Pandurevic, vice-president of the Serb Civic Council regarding the crimes against Serb civilians in Sarajevo during the war, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, November 11 1997

October 1997

• Serbo-Communist Partisans, who were the true antifascists during W.W.II in Croatia, and the new Jewish invasion, NDH, Croatia, October 1997
• The Other Side of Justice, the gulf syndrome in Bosnia (on Serb Unity Congress site), NIN, FR Yugoslavia, 10/30/97
• Sea for Bosnia negotiations about the Bosniak access to the Croatian port of Ploce, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, October 21 1997
• Let Frowick Hang! commentary of the results of recent local elections, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, October 7 1997
• Electoral Conquest commentary of the results of recent local elections, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, October 6 1997

September 1997

• Victory for a Political Concept, not a Personality interview with Selim Beslagic, mayor of Tuzla, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, September 25 1997
• Liberals are Facing a Check-mate!: chronology of the problems facing the opposition Croatian Social-Liberal Party in interview with Tereza Ganza-Aras, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 9/15/97
• Return, lazy Serbs loot Croat houses, Glas Slavonije, Croatia, 9/15/97
• "Dogs of War" Haven't Spared Croatia, President's adviser Ivic Pasalic talks about war crimes, Miro Bajramovic, Ivan Zvonimir Cicak, traitors etc., Vecernji List, Croatia, 9/13/97
• We Have Prevented Election Engineering in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatian president Franjo Tudman explains why Bosnia-Hercegovina must be divided, Vecernji List, Croatia, 9/13/97
• America, What do you Want to Achieve in Bosnia?, clash of civilizations and the division of Bosnia, Vjesnik, Croatia, 9/11/97
• Have They Heard About Reconciliation?, why do Croatian Serbs hang out with Serbs from Serbia?, Glas Slavonije, Croatia, 9/11/97
• They Said it and Stayed Alive, Greatest Shits - Feral Tribune's chronicle of Croatian stupidity, Vijenac, Croatia, 9/4/97
• Miro Bajramovic's Confession: murders of Serbs and Croats in Pakracka Poljana and Gospic, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 9/1/97
• Nobody and Budisa: Dr. Ivo Banac's response to attacks in Vjesnik, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 9/1/97
• Drnis Incident, Serbs provoke yet another Croat attack, Vjesnik, Croatia, 9/1/97

August 1997

• Beauty of Vice and Power: Dragos Kalajic explains why the Serb Radicals are the ony option for Serbia, Duga, FR Yugoslavia, 8/30 1997
• Harlequins of Croatian Politics, attack on opposition politician and human rights activist Dr. Ivo Banac, Vjesnik, Croatia, 8/26/97
• Selection of headlines and article excerpts from the Serbian politics section, a fine example of Politika's unbiased approach to reporting, Politika, FR Yugoslavia, 8/13/97
• East and West are Rising: interview with Milos Vojinovic, one of the "hardliners" in the Serb leadership in eastern Slavonia, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 8/11/97
• Interview with Ivan-Zvonimir Cicak, president of the Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 8/11/97
• Dr. Tudman and Mr. George: Croatian president commissions an "American" documetary film about himself, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 8/11/97
• Fear in the City, the rule of Radicals in Zemun, NIN, FR Yugoslavia, 8/8/97
• We Must not Forget, Radicals donate money to the children of the fallen fighters for the Serb cause; this article can perhaps partly explain the "mystery" of Seselj's popularity among the Serbs, Zemunske Novine, FR Yugoslavia, 8/5 1997
• Neighborly Support to New Tenants, Serbs finally stop "Ustashe lobby", unfortunately this time in the middle of Serbia, Zemunske Novine, FR Yugoslavia, 8/5 1997

July 1997

• Participation of Minorities in Political Life in FR Yugoslavia: Albanians, Muslims and Hungaruans, their political demands, strategy, parties, Republika, FR Yugoslavia, July, 1997
• Misfortune Called Baby: increase in number of infanticides in Serbia, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 7/26/97
• We Do Not Use Double Standards: interview with the British ambassador in Belgrade; Serb press seeking scapegoats, Duga, FR Yugoslavia, 7/19 1997
• Tobacco Trail: roots of the power struggle in Srpska, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 7/12/97
• Colonial Spirit of 'Tjednik',Hrvatsko Slovo, Croatia, 7/4/97
• Soon, Dnevni Avaz, as the Pro-Regime Oslobodenje in the Past, will be Only Used for Window Cleaning: interview with Vlastimir Mijovic, Oslobodenje editor and commentator, Ljiljan, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 7/2/97

June 1997

• Open Letter to Ivan Supek, Franjo Tudman attacks the president ofthe Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vjesnik, Croatia, 6/23/97
• Thousand Flowers of democracy bloom in Bosnia, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, June 7/8 1997
• Pitt-Bull in Court, Zlatko Gall writes about Don Anto Bakovic and his efforts to breed more Croats, Vijenac, Croatia, 6/5/97
• Role of CHC in Croat-American Relations, Nacional, Croatia, 6/4/97
• I am Innocent, interview with Radovan Karadzic, Vecernje Novosti, FR Yugoslavia, May 26-June 3 1997

May 1997

• Acceleration: commentary on the implemetation of the Dayton Agreement, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 5/31 1997
• Dossier: Defectors and Converts - Mercedes, Money and Belief or Two, Tjednik, Croatia, May 30, 1997
• Reigniting Passions, Zeljko Kruselj explains how ethnic cleansing promotes stability in the Balkans, Vecernji List, Croatia, May 22 1997
• Division of Bosnia was Tudman's Only Option, interview with Stjepan Mesic, Tjednik, Croatia, May 16, 1997
• Race for Second Place: problems in Bosnian opposition, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 5/15 1997
• Once in Power, Always in Power: democracy in the Balkans, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 5/15 1997
• True Face of Serb Mythomania, Vjesnik, Croatia, 5/13/97
• Kosovo: 12 proposals for the solution of the Kosovo problem, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 5/10/97
• People are Guilty, not Blaskic or Kordic, interview with General Slobodan Praljak, the man who allegedly ordered the destruction of the Old Bridge in Mostar, Tjednik, Croatia, May 9 1997
• Soros' network of information agencies for the rebuilding of former Yugoslavia, Vjesnik, Croatia, 5/8/97
• Cyrillic Alphabet as a Condition, Croatian authorities to save Serb children from their extremist parents, Glas Slavonije, Croatia, 5/7/97

April 1997

• I Wonder if the Pope was Correctly Understood in Sarajevo: interview with Tadeusz Mazowiecki, former UN rapporteur for human rights in the former Yugoslavia, Ljiljan, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 4/30/97
• How to Assist European Media?, Radio L.A.E. and EU assistance to Croatian media, Vijenac, Croatia, 4/24/97
• Target of Unknown Assassins series of unsolved murders in Belgrade, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 4/20/97
• Bosnian Beacon: the Pope in Bosnia, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 4/14 1997
• Every Inch of Soil: why Bosniaks cannot return to Jajce?, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, April 11/12 1997
• Minister Susak Opens Approach Road to the Visovacko Lake , election campaign in Croatia: Minister of Defense opens 1.5 miles long "improved" road, Vecernji List, Croatia, 4/8/97
• The New York Times Continues to Spread Lies About Croatia, Vjesnik, Croatia, 4/4/97

March 1997

• Shut Up and Watch!: media in Serbia, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 3/15/97
• Prosecutor's Mistake Does not Mean that Damjanovic will be Released, but it Seriously Affects Credibility of Bosnian Justice: how does one proove innocence when accused of killing an "unidentified" person?, Ljiljan, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 3/11/97
• We were all in Trenches: interview with Vojislav Stanimirovic representative of east Slavonia Serbs, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 3/3/97
• An Insider Look at November 1996 Elections in Serbia and Montenegro: opposition representative about the organization of the most recent elections in FR Yugoslavia, Republika, FR Yugoslavia, March 1, 1997

February 1997

• Battle on the Neretva: February clashes in Mostar, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 2/17/97
• Non-existent Relations: Bosnia and its neighbors, Oslobodjenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 2/25 1997
• Indictment for Orucevic: commentary on the violent February in Mostar, Oslobodjenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 2/24 1997
• Force and Honor: commentary on Brcko arbitration, Oslobodjenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 2/17 1997
• Two Key Words: Truth and Responsibility, interview with Serbian opposition politician, Vesna Pesic, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 2/15/97
• Numbers and Letters: differences between Croatian and German attitude with respect to W.W.II; German W.W.II crimes in Serbia, ARKzin, Croatia, 2/14/97
• Democracy According to Banac: intolerant opposition politicians in Croatia, Hrvatsko Slovo, Croatia, 2/14/97
• Time to Re-establish Peace in Mostar, a day later, more Muslim attacks, Vjesnik, Croatia, 2/12/97
• Dramatic Events in Mostar, Muslims attack, Vecernji List, Croatia, 2/11/97
• Warning to War Mongers, analysis of events in Mostar, Vecernji List, Croatia, 2/11/97
• Is Mostar Returning to 1993?: Croat view of recent incidents and clashes in Mostar, Vecernji List, Croatia, 2/10/97
• Police Beating Everyone: mass beating of demonstrators in Belgrade, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 2/4/97
• Sign of Police Baton: Police brutality in Kragujevac and the battle for the media, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 2/1/97

January 1997

• Mission: Impossible: Croatia and the Balkans, ARKzin, Croatia, 1/31/97
• Even Wealthy are Crying: Soros and Croatian capitalism, ARKzin, Croatia, 1/31/97
• Crying on the Way Home: the plight of refugees in Croatia ,Feral Tribune, Croatia, 1/27/97
• Nis Socialists were given between 15,000 and 20,000 fake ballots, a Nis Socialist party official from Nis admits electoral fraud, Nedeljni Telegraf, FR Yugoslavia, 1/22 1997
• Serbs Fight Serbs. The latest installment of Ms. Markovic's diary: psychology of the opposition leaders, Chetniks in Belgrade, predictions of "changes" in Serbian electrical utility company and of civil war among Serbs (if the opposition doesn't stop spreading its hatred). Duga, FR Yugoslavia, 1/18 1997.
• American Multi-Culti Scheme Most Unacceptable to Croatia: Nenad Ivankovic (editor-in-chief) on the civilizing influence of Catholicism, Vjesnik, Croatia, 1/14/97
• Slaughter in Peace: revival of fascism in Croatia,Feral Tribune, Croatia, 1/13/97
• Carefully Measured Cynicism: Croatia, democracy, human rights and international community, Hrvatsko Slovo, Croatia, 1/10/97