Editorial
PROGRESS MADE UNDER THE PRESSURE FROM REALITIES
By Sonja Biserko
Judged by its achievements the incumbent government
is still at the beginning although formed a year
ago. It failed in tackling pressing problems systemically at
institutional level – and particularly so when it comes to
corruption. As a consequence, Serbia is on the verge of collapse.
Slobodan Milosevic had also mobilized masses by his cheap, populist
promises that nailed the nation to crimes and crime. The Progressists
have popularized Vice-Premier Vucic through his alleged fight against
corruption – and that was...
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Kosovo
WHAT’S BEEN PROMISED
TO SERBIA?
By Miroslav Filipović
All the observers wrangle over the actual
implementation of the Brussels Agreement: whether Serbs will implement
it voluntarily or have to be compelled to implement every single
provision. The more Belgrade delays full recognition of Kosovo as its
new southern neighbor, the more it undermines its own position. Had it
done it six months ago, no one in Serbia would have now given mention to
Kosovo. Belgrade would have
begun solving fundamental problems of Kosovo
citizens of Serb origin, while signatories of the Brussels agreement...
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Progress Made under the Pressure from Realities
THE
TASTE OF BREAD
By Snežana Čongradin
You can’t have it both ways: kill several hundreds of
thousands of people, literally, because you did nothing to prevent the
killing (no matter how old you
were or felt about it) and then, twenty years later, want to live and
work as normal, ask for money and make it, want your society
to be modern, progressive
and sophisticated, want to criticize regressive trends, come up with new
agendas and deal with people’s everyday lives. You simply can’t have it
both ways because you are a monster. You can easily realize what this is
all about, and you do, but you still live you normal life, you work...
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