August 28, 1995 Vreme News Digest Agency No 204
Shorts
Diplomatic Time-Out
Pushing the Bosnian Rock
Though the reasons may sound a bit morbid, Washington will now increase the pressure on Richard Halbrook's colocutors in Zagreb and Belgrade. Frasure did not die in vain: that would be contrary to the American spirit and the American understanding of their role in the world
by Ljiljana Smajlovic
Drafting the Refugees
Going to the Front
Sad stories, sad policies and the shady deals of the Serbian authorities
by Filip Svarm and Aleksandar Ciric
On the Spot: Trebinje
City in Black
A reporter who was in the chairman of the Trebinje cabinet last week showed us a picture of the Serb leader Jovan Raskovic and the empty spot next to it. He whispered that a photo of Radovan Karadzic once hung there
by Velizar Brajovic
On the Spot: Banja Luka
Conditions For Panic
The Bosnian Serb Army has sufficient amounts of weapons and ammunition (some say too much) but the problem is food and clothes and other small things. There's also the donor system: well-off soldiers pay several hundred DEM and get seven to 10 days leave (the price varies from unit to unit). The money collected that way is used for food, clothes, fuel
by Uros Komlenovic
VREME Issue
Serbs in Croatia
Before the war, Serbs constituted 11% of Croatia's population (of which only 15.6% lived in Krajina) while now their number has been brought down to a mere 4 or 5 percent. In 1992, Tudjman himself expected that between 6 and 8% of the Serbian population will remain in Croatia.
by Roksanda Nincic and Boris Vekic
Financial Crisis
Unrecoverable Policy
Only 2% of the overall Yugoslav money supply (more than 2.5 billion Dinars) is currently deposited in legal bank accounts, while around 1.5 billion Dinars are in circulation outside legal monetary flows
by Dimitrije Boarov
Economy
The End of Avram
Economic trends and living standards are increasingly drifting away from what the economic authorities promised early this year. Are the refugees going to be part of the explanation why economic policies failed
By Zoran Jelicic
Life
FRY Authorities Refuse to Discuss Refugees With Emma Bonino
Dossier: The Church and "The Serbian Question"
The Altar of War
Extracts from the essay, "Serbian Orthodox Church in Pre-War and War Years (1980-1995)", by Radmila Radic of the Institute for Contemporary History appeared in this week's issue of "Vreme". Longer extracts from Dr. Radic's work can be ordered from the NDA as a separate dossier
prepared by Milan Milosevic
Interview: Brian Casey, Head of Canadian Embassy Immigration Services
Since the beginning of the war, 25 thousand people from Yugoslavia emigrated to Canada
by Ljiljana Smajlovic