Monthly Press Review for 1998

• Those Who Save Loose Everything: Slovenian Ljubljanska Bank refuses to refund foreign currency deposits to its customers from other ex-Yugoslav republics, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 12/21/98
• Trials on the Way to the Promissed Land, Tudman is Croatian Moses, explains Maja Freundlich, Vjesnik, Croatia, 12/20/98
• Unnecessary Brutal Force, Serbian Police arrest and beat up an opposition politician and an activist of the resistance movement "Otpor", Danas, FR Yugoslavia, December 17 1998
• Killing the Truth, editorial commentary of Milosevic's statements regarding freedom of press in Serbia made in his interview to Washington Post/Newsweek reporter Lally Weymouth, Danas, FR Yugoslavia, December 16 1998
• Dr. Franjo Tudman's speech: I was prepared to attack SFOR troops, but they backed down! , Vecernji List, Croatia, December 15 1998
• Crime and Populace: commentary on Croatian reactions to the conviction of Ante Furundzija in the Hague, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, December 14 1998
• My Duty is to Protect the Interests of my People and my Country, a rare interview of Slobodan Milosevic given to Elisabeth Weymouth of Washington Post and Newsweek. Politika published "the full transcript of the interview", prepared by its editor-in-chief, Politika,FR Yugoslavia, 12/14/98
• Our Language is Resistance: Serbian students fight against dictatorship, Nezavisna Svetlost, FR Yugoslavia, 12/13-12/20, 1998
• Draconian Sentences Without Proof: verdicts issued in the case against the group from Srebrenica,Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, December 13 1998
• Ambush for a Commander, murder of a KLA officer in Pristina and a KLA attack on the hospital in Pec, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 12/12/98
• Fear of Madrid: commentary on the Madrid Peace Implementation Conference, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, December 11 1998
• Free Media Must be Responsible Media, government-sponsored discussion about the freedom of media concludes that "in Croatia anyone can write whatever he or she wants", Vecernji List, Croatia, December 11 1998
• Worse Than in Yugoslavia: Bosnia worse for Croats than Yugoslavia, Slobodna Dalmacija, Croatia, December 8 1998
• Dr. Franjo Tudman's speech: We Must not Allow Sheep and Geese to Lead us Into Fog!, Vecernji List, Croatia, December 8 1998
• Model of Magic Triangles, Vesna Pesic's explanation of the Kosovo crisis, Danas, FR Yugoslavia, December 5-6 1998
• Cantonization, Bicameral Parliaments and Veto, Serbian institute presents a proposal for a solution of the Kosovo crisis, Danas, FR Yugoslavia, December 4 1998
• Independent Media will not be Sacrificed for an Agreement on Kosovo, interview with Veran matic, editor-in-chief of Radio B92, Danas, FR Yugoslavia, December 2 1998

• Patriots and Indians, Socialists in Nis against cooperation with "those who want to bomb our children", Danas, FR Yugoslavia, November 25 1998
• Monitor's Foreign Currency Account Blocked, Serbian authorities block the account of the Montenegrin magazine, Danas, FR Yugoslavia, November 25 1998
• Formula for Future, independent Croatian press is run by Communists who want to re-incorporate Croatia into a new Yugoslavia, Vjesnik, Croatia, 11/24/98
• Club of Permanent Agents: HDZ accuses the opposition of planning to stage a coup, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 11/23/98
• New Development in "Wheat Scandal", Serbian Supreme Court shows self initiative and increases a sentence to an opposition leader, Danas, FR Yugoslavia, November 23 1998
• Court Silent in Suit Against Politika, courts ignore suits against state-controlled media based on the new Public Information law, Danas, FR Yugoslavia, November 23 1998
• Ms. Mira Markovic Annulled November 1996 Elections, interview with Nebojsa Covic, president of the Democratic Alternative and former mayor of Belgrade, Danas, FR Yugoslavia, November 21-22 1998
• Crime and Mistake, Second Time: commentary on the "textbook affair", Svijet, Bosnia-Hercegovina, November 15 1998
• Ritual Murder of Serb Policemen, KLA sends a message to Kosovo Serbs, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 11/14/98
• What is "Otpor"?, authorities jail student activists, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 11/14/98
• Graffiti is the Only Means of Protest Left, interview with Teodora Tabacki, jailed student activist from the resistance movement "otpor", Danas, FR Yugoslavia, November 14 1998
• Employment Desert: ethnic cleansing of Croatian judiciary, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 11/9/98
• Home and Hell: ethnic cleansing in new circumstances - Croatian authorities deny Serb returnees the right to their property, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 11/9/98
• Twilight Zone, another attack on the independent media; the author points out that supermarket tabloids are indeed independent and thus, by association, all the independent media are unreliable, Borba,FR Yugoslavia, November 7 1998
• Media Ruled by Capitalists, mass media in the USA, Borba,FR Yugoslavia, November 7 1998

October 1998

• Will Judeocracy Ban Self-defense to Croats?, NDH, Croatia, October 1998.
• What was our sin?, Danas, FR Yugoslavia, October 29 1998
• Arguments Against, bombing, Danas, FR Yugoslavia, October 29 1998
• $24,000 Fine, the authorities fine Evropljanin for daring to criticize Milosevic's rule, Dnevni Telegraf, FR Yugoslavia, 10/26/98
• Wnat Next Milosevic?, open letter to Slobodan Milosevic by Slavko Curuvija and Aleksandar Tijanic, founder of and columnist in Dnevni Telegraf, respectively. The letter was published in the weekly Evropljanin and was punished by a $240,000 fine, Evropljanin, FR Yugoslavia, 10/19/98
• Consular Days Go On: Serb refugees from Croati in the Republic of Srpska, Nezavisna Svetlost, FR Yugoslavia, 10/18-10/25, 1998
• Political Retaliation Through Judicial System: interview with Senka Nozica, defense attorney in war crimes trial against Ibrahim Dedovic, Svijet, Bosnia-Hercegovina, October 18 1998
• Mister Dollar Reports, characteristically balanced articles about the traitorous "independent" media, Borba,FR Yugoslavia, 10/16/98
• Hold On Yugoslavia!, excerpt from Ms. Mira Markovic's diary regarding the situation in Kosovo and the Western conspiracy against Yugoslavia and Serbia, Borba,FR Yugoslavia, October 16-19 1998
• Does CNN Carry TV Baghdad?, deputy Minister of Information, Miljkan Karlicic explains that the "independent" papers were banned because "CNN doesn't carry TV Baghdad", Borba,FR Yugoslavia, 10/15/98
• You Spread Fear Panic and Defeatism: Ministry of Information warns Nasa Borba, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 10/14/98
• Danas was banned on October 14 1998: some of the articles from the Danas web site regarding the government ban.
• Dnevni Telegraf Banned!, the authorities shut down the paper, Dnevni Telegraf, FR Yugoslavia, 10/14/98
• Denunciation, one of the articles because of which the paper was banned; it mocks government's attempts to censor independent press, Dnevni Telegraf, FR Yugoslavia, 10/13/98
• U.S.A. Administration Shows Hypocritical and Cynical Concern, open letter by one of the recently fired Belgrade University professors, Dnevni Telegraf, FR Yugoslavia, 10/13/98
• Why Did the "War in Albania" First Erupt in Hollywood?, American propaganda war against Yugoslavia, Politika,FR Yugoslavia, 10/13/98
• Kill Your Brother: incident in Tasovcici, near Capljina: Croat refugees and police attack Bosniak returnees, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 10/12/98
• Reasons Against Bombardment, why NATO intervention is a bad idea, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 10/10/98
• State of War, the effect of NATO threats of Serbian political scene, independent media etc., Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 10/10/98

September 1998

• If Journalists are Prostitutes, who Owns Brothel?: Sarajevo journalists react to Izetbegovic's statement that independent journalists are "journalists prostitutes", Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, September 30 1998
• Use of Dead, new mass grave discovered; reactions to the discovery, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 9/26/98
• Two Sides of the KLA, interview with Adem Demaci, NIN, FR Yugoslavia, 9/24/98
• Statement From the Meeting of the Publishing Board of Hrvatsko Slovo Held on September 23 1998, Dubravko Horvatic fired from the post of the editor-in-chief, Hrvatsko Slovo, Croatia, September 25 1998
• Unacceptable Activities Under the Guise of Humanitarian Work, humanitarian organizations assist terrorists, Politika,FR Yugoslavia, 9/23/98
• Lessons from Bosnian Ballot Boxes, the International Community caused the war in Bosnia, Vjesnik, Croatia, September 17 1998
• Denying Access to Humanitarian Organizations, are the Serbian authorities really obstructing humanitarian organizations?, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 9/12/98
• Bloody Kidneys: Police brutality in Croatia, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 9/14/98
• Crime in Uniform: interview with italian Consul in Split regarding the Police murder of an Italian tourist,Feral Tribune, Croatia, 9/14/98
• Zionists, Marko Matic denounces a Jewish plot to control the world, Hrvatsko Slovo, Croatia, September 11 1998
• Killing Fields From Past Clashes, another mass grave discovered, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 9/12/98

August 1998

• Owners of the People: why Bosnians keep voting for nationalist parties?, Dani, Bosnia-Hercegovina, August 31 1998
• Darkness With no Timetable: games with Serb refugees from Croatia, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 8/31/98
• Removing Evidence: the Croatian Supreme Court instructs lower courts how to hide evidence of the Croatian Army presence in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 8/31/98
• "Kontakt" Banned: first bilingual radio station in Kosovo banned, Nezavisna Svetlost, FR Yugoslavia, 8/30-9/6, 1998
• Serbs Raising Prices of Houses in Krnjak, the Village Settled by Croats from Australia, Serbs "obstruct intentions of the Croatian state to settle Croats" in previously Serb majority areas, Vjesnik, Croatia, 8/24/98
• Tageszeitung Journalist was 'Noted' for his Reports in Bosnia too, foreign journalists lie, Politika,FR Yugoslavia, 8/7/98
• I am State: Alija Izetbegovic, the West and Bosnia, Dani, Bosnia-Hercegovina, August 3 1998

July 1998

• Orahovac: Wine and Flack Jackets, Danas, FR Yugoslavia, July 29 1998
• Battle for Orahovac, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 7/25/98
• Husband, brother and father-in-law stand guard 12 hours a day, Kosovo Serbs besieged by KLA, Dnevni Telegraf, FR Yugoslavia, 7/6/98

June 1998

• 5,000 Muslim Lives for Military Intervention: interview with Hakija Meholjic, president of Social Democratic Party for Srebrenica, Dani, Bosnia-Hercegovina, June 22 1998
• Good Will Initiatives: west, Serbia and Albanians and the solution of the Kosovo crisis, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 6/21/98
• Invocation of Catastrophe: Kosovo, after the battle in Decani, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 6/13/98
• Even Serbs, Let Alone Albanians, Do Not Want to Live in This Serbia: interview with Raska-Prizren bishop Artemije, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 6/13/98
• Tudjman Isn't King Anymore: split in Bosnian Croat party, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, June 9 1998
• Montenegrin Electoral Surprise: May 31 general election in Montenegro, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 6/7/98

May 1998

• Faculty Deans and Exterminators, the state takes over public Universities in Serbia, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 5/30/98
• Decisive Response to Attack by Balli Combetar, Shqiptar Terrorists Two Nights Ago Attacked The Villages of Banje and Suvo Grlo and the Police Station Rudnik near Srbica, Vecernje Novosti,FR Yugoslavia, May 23 1998
• They Executed a Boy!, New Bloody Banquet of Shqiptar Terrorists near Klina, Vecernje Novosti,FR Yugoslavia, May 22 1998
• Back into Darkness: the regime attacks the independent media, Nezavisna Svetlost, FR Yugoslavia, May 23-30, 1998
• Bosnia-Hercegovina is a State Without Future, Because it was Established by Force and is Maintained by Force, Vjesnik, Croatia, 5/22/98
• Cantonization Initiative Does not mean Support for the Division of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Hrvatska Rijec, Federation Bosnia-Hercegovina, May 21 1998
• Return Plan for Croats, Maja Freundlich commentary about "International Community support for Nazi Serbs", Vjesnik, Croatia, 5/17/98
• Recruiters and Soldiers: Croatian nationalist revolution, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 5/4/98

April 1998

• Vukovar is the Gravest "Greater Serbian" Crime and the Moral Bankruptcy of the International Community, more about International Community support for Serb criminals, Vjesnik, Croatia, 4/30/98
• Croats an Obstacle to the Creation of the new Bosnian Nation: the International Community is trying to destroy Croats in Bosnia-Hercegovina, Slobodna Dalmacija, Croatia, April 28 1998
• The International Community is Meddling in Croatia's Internal Affairs, interview with P. Cohen a dentist turned historian and a man whose mission seems to be to warn the world about the dangerous Serbs, Vjesnik, Croatia, 4/27/98
• International Representatives Ignore Frequent Serb Attacks on Displaced Croats from Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbs terrorize Croats in Croatia, Vjesnik, Croatia, 4/24/98
• United Terrorists, Serbs desecrate Croat graves, Hrvatsko Slovo, Croatia, April 17 1998
• "International Community" Opposes Croatian Textbooks!, "creatures" strike again, Hrvatsko Slovo, Croatia, April 17 1998
• Internal Combustion: Kosovo, Serbia, referendum, and the International Community, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 4/11/98
• From Kosovo to Kosovo: Serb Orthodox Church in the last ten years (part 1), Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 4/8/98
• Disappointment With Both the Authorities and the Opposition: Serb Orthodox Church in the last ten years (part 2), Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 4/8/98
• Today, Again Kosovo: Serb Orthodox Church in the last ten years (part 3),Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 4/8/98
• Finger on Barac: scandal in Dubrovacka Bank, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 4/6/98
• Return of Croat Serb Refugees, What About Croats?, Glas Slavonije, Croatia, 4/2/98

• Legally, Serbia Wasn't Involved in the War?!, Vecernji List, Croatia, March 28 1998
• Some Independent Media are Protectors of Albanian Separatism, explains how independent media "protect Albanian terrorism", Politika, FR Yugoslavia, 3/23/98
• Experiment in the Balkans, western power force Serbs to abuse Albanians, Politika,FR Yugoslavia, 3/23/98
• Deliberate or Accidental Fabrications, independent media are stooges of foreign powers, Politika,FR Yugoslavia, 3/23/98
• Nobody is Allowed to Like You!: international siege of Croatia, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 3/23/98
• The Medium is the Message: is church the opposition in Croatia?, ARKzin, Croatia, March 1998
• Time Goes and Time Will Come...: what is the right time to fight for democracy?, ARKzin, Croatia, March 1998
• Final Score: Kosovo, a month later, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 3/21/98
• If They Were Really Like That: how Serbs and Albanians perceive each other and themselves,Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 3/21/98
• Whining Politicians: after another postponement of the final Brcko arbitration, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, March 20-22 1998
• SDA Against Westendorp, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, March 17 1998
• Ambassadors of Taliban, Bosnian Active Islamic Youth expresses support for Taliban brand of Islam, Dani, Federation Bosnia-Hercegovina, B-H, March 16 1998
• Dead Man's Dance: aftermath of a clash in Donji Prekaz, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 3/14/98
• 4 articles from Vreme March 14 edition: This Week: The Kosovo International; Serbia and Kosovo: An Ultimatum; Internet: Battle for Kosovo; Interview: Dusan Mihajlovic, Learning From Mistakes, Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 3/14/98
• War lord Dacevic in Podujevo, Arkan in Belgrade...: are there Serb paramilitary units in Kosovo?, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 3/11/98
• Violence - the Only Permanent Feature in Milosevic's Policy: commentary of the events in Kosovo, Ljiljan, Bosnia-Hercegovina, March 11 1998
• "The Better We Are The More They Get On Our Back": a reportage from Stolac. Is Herceg-Bosna Croatia or "another state"?, Slobodna Dalmacija, Croatia, March 10 1998
• Bloody Weekend in Drenica: what is happening in Kosovo?,Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 3/8/98
• Bloody Weekend in Drenica: massacre in Drenica (Kosovo), Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 3/7/98
• West Ends on the Neretva River, Croat struggle for survival in Mostar, Vjesnik, Croatia, 3/7/98
• Condolences: Danica Draskovic proposes a solution for the Kosovo crisis, Srpska Rec, FR Yugoslavia, 3/5/98

February 1998

• Were Croatian Serbs Expelled from Croatia?, Glas Slavonije, Croatia, 2/28/98
• No One Ever Asked Us Anything: testimony of a Srebrenica survivor, Svijet, Bosnia-Hercegovina, February 22 1998

January 1998

• Bloody Game: crisis in Drenica (Kosovo), Vreme, FR Yugoslavia, 1/31/98
• Dodik's all or Nothing: political changes in Srpska and the Federal political scene, Dani, Bosnia-Hercegovina, January 29 1998
• Last Days of "Paradise", Mojahedeen in Bosnia, Dani, Bosnia-Hercegovina, January 19 1998
• Society of Dead Organizations: a new law aims to rein in human rights NGOs in Croatia, Feral Tribune, Croatia, 1/19/98
• What do Refugees from Brcko Fear?: Brcko arbitration, Oslobodenje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, January 6 1998
• There is no Authority Except From God, But... Serbian Orthodox church in 20th century, Nasa Borba, FR Yugoslavia, 1/4/98