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Focuses on the impact of former Yugoslavian president Sloban Milosevic's imprisonment on Yugoslavia.

Reports that Slobodan Milosevic confessed that he had channeled state funds to Serbian forces fighting wars in Croatia and Bosnia in the 1990s.

Reports on the arrest of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Efforts of officials to negotiate with Milosevic before having him arrested, including how they assured him that he would not be transferred to The Hague, Netherlands; How Milosevic threatened suicide and harm on his family before being arrested; Reasons why he was arrested, stemming from alleged financial misdealings which damaged the Serbian economy.

Reports that former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has barricaded himself at his house in Belgrade, successfully resisting two police raids to arrest him. Gunfights between Milosevic's guards and supporters, and Serbian special police; Assertion by Interior Minister Dusan Mihajlovic that Milosevic was under house arrest; War-crimes charges which Milosevic faces from the United Nations' criminal tribunal at The Hague, the Netherlands; Corruption allegations against Milosevic.

Focuses on the social implications of the arrest of former Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milosevic.

Focuses on the plan of the Albanian rebels in Serbia, Yugoslavia to force the international community into another diplomatic intervention that will alter borders in the Balkan region.

Reports that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has allowed the Yugoslav Army and special police back into the buffer zone between Kosovo and Serbia. Efforts to pacify the zone, which faces Albanian insurgency; NATO's plan for eventual elimination of the border zone; Reasons for change in NATO policy, including the end of Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic's regime.

Reveals that Blagoje Simic, a former Bosnian Serb mayor wanted for war crimes, surrendered on March 13, 2001 to the international criminal tribunal in Hague, Netherlands.

Reports on the peacekeeping efforts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on the Balkan Peninsula, as of March 2001. How NATO did not deal seriously with the armed, organized Albanians who are fighting to drive non-Albanians out of Kosovo, and how it has impeded their mission; Impact of the unstable Yugoslav government, despite being recently replaced with a democracy, on the feuding between Kosovo and Macedonia; Outlook for the region.

Reports that the United States has told the democratic government in Belgrade, Serbia, that the arrest and imprisonment of former President Slobodan Milosevic is required for the continuance of American aid to Serbia. How U.S. President George W. Bush's certification of Belgrade's aid eligibility depends on Milosevic's arrest and the transfer of at least one indicted war criminal from Serbia to The Hague by March 31, 2001; Response of the Yugoslav government and President Vojislav Kostunica.

Reports that a growing group of ethnic Albanian guerrillas who is fighting to defend and annex parts of Serbia it would like to attach to an independent Kosovo could be a source of political instability to the democratic government in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Discusses how officials of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the United Nations and other diplomats believe that the United States role in the Serbian province of Kosovo remains crucial. View of U.S. President-elect George W. Bush that troops should be pulled out of the area; Impact of the U.S. in Kosovo; Views on the issue from Baton Haxhiu, chief editor of the newspaper `Koha Ditore'; Details of NATO peacekeeping efforts.

Discusses the challenges faced by the company Zastava, an automobile manufacturer in Serbia, Yugoslavia.

Reports the visit of President Milo Djukanovic of Montenegro in Belgrade, Serbia, on December 25, 2000. Implications of the visit made by Djukanovic on the country; Reasons of Djukanovic for visiting Belgrade; Efforts of Djukanovic to strengthen the independence of his country.

Reports on the results of the Serbian Parliament elections in Serbia. Details of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, which won a majority of votes; Thought that the vote signals an end to the Socialist Party rule of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic; Outlook for Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica.

Assesses the role played by United States (U.S.) bombings against Yugoslavia in ending the rule of President Slobodan Milosevic. Views of Serbs on North Atlantic Treaty Organization bombing war; Public opinion on the role of the U.S. in international sanctions.

Reports that the Yugoslav government is urging the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to let Belgrade's military and police forces move more freely in a security zone that borders Kosovo. Reason behind the proposal; Description on the buffer zone.

Reports that the state television and radio network of Serbia is working toward consolidating power in elections on December 23, 2000. Role of the network in its politics; Views on the crisis concerning its journalism.

Reports on the concerns of Yugoslavia President Vojislav Kostunica that violence from Kosovo could spread to the whole region. Alleged failure of the United Nations and Western powers to stop the violence; Request of the President for a stronger action against Albanian fighters in Kosovo.

Profiles Goran Svilanovic, foreign minister of Yugoslavia. Overview of his priorities; Optimism about the future of the country; Plans for Kosovo, Serbia.

Reports that Flora Brovina, a Kosovo Albanian rights activist who was freed from a Serbian jail has visited rioting prisons in Nis, Serbia to ensure that ethnic Albanians were not being mistreated. Number of ethnic Albanians who are still being held in Serbian prisons; Reasons behind the prison riots according to the allies of Vojislav Kostunica, president-elect of Serbia; Demands of Serbian prisoners.

Offers a look at the transformation of the government of Yugoslavia after the resignation of former President Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000. Plan of the coalition government to restore international diplomatic relations; Relationship between Yugoslavia and Montenegro; Several lawmakers elected to government posts.

Focuses on issues surrounding the election of Vojislav Kostunica as Yugoslavia's president in 2000. Extradition facing former president Slobodan Milosevic; Statements issued by Kostunica; Information on the book `The Serbian Side of the War,' published by the Central European University Press.

Details the uprising in Yugoslavia which toppled the administration of President Slobodan Milosevic. Planning used in the rebellion; Role of the student movement Otpor in the rebellion; Opposition leaders involved in the uprising; Collapse of the Belgrade police.

Reports that Europe is showing support for Yugoslavian President Vojislav Kostunica, who defeated Slobodan Milosevic in Serbian general elections. Visit of French foreign minister, Hubert Vedrine, representing the European Union (EU), to Serbia; Lifting of sanctions against Yugoslavia by the EU; Possibility for Yugoslavia to restore diplomatic relations with the United States.

Focuses on efforts in Yugoslavia to strengthen its government following the election of president Vojislav Kostunica. Resignation of several government officials who supported former president Slobodan Milosevic; Suggestion that participation of Serbia in the governmental shift is crucial; Plans for elections in the Serbian Parliament.

Focuses on the political arena in Yugoslavia on President Vojislav Kostunica's first day in office in October, 2000. Discussion of politics in light of the defeat of former President Slobodan Milosevic; Efforts by Kostunica to secure support for a democratic authority; Details of the problems that Kostunica faces in his role as president.

Reports on the visit of French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine, representing the European Union (EU), to Yugoslavia on October 11, 2000 to see the new president Vojislav Kostunica. Statement issued by the new president regarding the ousting of former head Slobodan Milosevic; Significance of the EU decision to remove sanctions against the country; Status of the Yugoslav government.

Features Serbian President-elect Vojislav Kostunica. Why he was nominated for president; Details on his campaign for retail politics; Educational and professional background.

Reports on the inauguration of Serbian President Vojislav Kostunica on October 7, 2000. Background on the political instability of the country and on former president Slobodan Milosevic; Details on political opposition that remains in the country, including clashes between supporters of the new democracy and supporters of the former coalition; Challenges that Kostunica will face regarding the re-establishment of a stable democracy.

Discusses the resignation of Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic on October 7, 2000 after 13 years in power. Role he has played in the turbulent recent history of Yugoslavia; The expected inauguration of Vojislav Kostunica as the country's next president; Role of Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov in securing Milosevic's resignation.

Reports on the protests taking place in Serbia, Yugoslavia to show support for Vojislav Kostunica, who claimed victory in the presidential elections held on September 24, 2000. Crowds of people in Belgrade Square who called for the end of the regime of Slobodan Milosevic; Outlook for the government of Serbia.

Focuses on Vojislav Kostunica, who claimed victory in the presidential elections held in Serbia, Yugoslavia on September 24, 2000. Information about Kostunica, a constitutional lawyer who was selected to run against Slobodan Milosevic; Public support of Kostunica shown by the throngs of protestors in Belgrade Square, Serbia.

Reports on the strike by Serbian coal miners who claim that Vojislav Kostunica received more votes than President Slobodan Milosevic in the September, 2000 presidential election. Efforts of Yugoslavia's Interior Ministry policemen to break up the protest; Kostunica's claim that the Serbian government has stolen votes and faked election results; Issuance of a warning by the government that the protestors would be arrested.

Focuses on political and social conditions in Yugoslavia as of October 2000, in the wake of the national presidential election to replace incumbent President Slobodan Milosevic. Belief that the election votes were fraudulently tallied in order to avoid a transfer of power; Actions taken by Milosevic against supporters of his challenger Vojislav Kostunica; Threats made by Milosevic to those staging strikes aimed at forcing him to resign the presidency.

Reports that Yugoslavia's highest court annulled parts of the September 24, 2000 presidential elections. Likely result of the decision; Accusation of Vojislav Kostunica and his coalition against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic; Kostunica's open letter to Milosevic on October 4, 2000.

Reports on the strike held by workers of the Kolubara coal mines in Serbia, Yugoslavia to force Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to concede to defeat in the presidential election on September 24, 2000. Failure of Milosevic's top military commander, General Nebojsa Pavkovic to end the strike; Effort of the strikers to prevent the authorities from running the mine; Reaction of democratic opposition to the revolt.

Focuses on the political situation in Serbia as of October 3, 2000. Efforts of President Slobodan Milosevic to get citizens to reject his challenger, Vojislav Kostunica, and re-elect him; Strike of mine workers to support the opposition and force Milosevic to relinquish his office.

Reports on the efforts of Serbian policemen to keep the electricity of their country from shutting down. Reason for the strike of coal mine workers; Victory of Serbian President Vojislav Kostunica in the presidential election in Serbia on September 24, 2000; Rumors about the family of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.

Reports on the effort of Vojislav Kostunica and the opposition to convince President Slobodan Milosevic to concede to a first-round defeat in the 2000 presidential election in Yugoslavia. Remarks from Miodrag Isakov of the opposition party Reformists of Vojvodina; Observation by businessman Slavko Caric.

Reports on the 2000 presidential election in Yugoslavia and on the tactics planned by the democratic opposition party to force President Slobodan Milosevic out of office. Background on the first round of elections won by opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica; How democratic supporters plan to rely upon civil disobedience in order to force Milosevic out of the presidency; Details regarding a second round of elections and how Slobodan Milosevic would win by default if Kostunica refuses to run.

Reports on a protest rally in Serbia against Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milosevic. Request for an international examination of the results of presidential election held on September 24, 2000; How opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica claimed to have won the election.

Features Vojislav Kostunica, elected president of Yugoslavia in 2000. His vision for the country; His views on the war in former Yugoslavia; His opinion on the Hague tribunal on war crimes.

Reports on the ruling of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's administration that the presidential candidates must meet in a second election on October 8, 2000. How the ruling came just hours after a celebration claiming victory for the opposition candidate in the presidential elections in Serbia; Possibilities for demonstrations among the supporters of the opposition candidate, Vojislav Kostunica.

Reports on the presidential elections in Yugoslavia as September 27, 2000. Tentative results which suggest that President Slobodan Milosevic was trailing his challenger, Vojislav Kostunica; Call from the Federal Election Commission for a runoff; Comments from Kostunica regarding a call for a runoff.

Reports on the presidential election in Yugoslavia on September 25, 2000, and on the defeat of President Slobodan Milosevic by Vojislav Kostunica. Fears that Milosevic will not acknowledge his defeat; Why the official vote count has been suspended; Details regarding the size of the defeat and when official information will be released.

Reports on a protest in Belgrade, Serbia against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Controversy over the results of the 2000 presidential election; How candidate Vojislav Kostunica challenged the Federal Election Commission.