President Slobodan Milosevic
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- Speech by Slobodan Milosevic
- Delivered to 1 million people at the central celebration
marking the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo,
held at Gazimestan on 28 June, 1989. This great 600th
anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo is taking place in a
year in which Serbia, after many years, after many
decades, has regained its state, national, and spiritual
integrity.
- UN Accuses Milosevic Regime of Gross
Abuses
- InterPress Service, 31 May 1999. United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson blamed the
regime of President Slobodan Milosevic Monday for the
“grave humanitarian tragedy taking place” in
Yugoslavia.
- Milosevic still in the saddle: West thwarts
Serbian opposition
- By Catherine Samary, Le Monde diplomatique
[February 2000]. On 10 January the main Serbian opposition
groups reached an agreement to hold joint demonstrations,
starting in March, in favour of an early general
election. In the event of victory, they intend to form a
coalition government committed to mending fences with the
West.
- Milosevic Holds Grip On Shaky
Yugoslavia
- By R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, Sunday
30 July 2000. President Slobodan Milosevic, regarded by the
United States and its allies as the greatest single threat
to peace in Eastern Europe, is almost certain to secure
another four-year term in elections he has called for
September 24.
- Milosevic emerges from shadows to rally
battered party
- AFP, Wednesday 22 November 2000. Yugoslavia's ousted
president Slobodan Milosevic emerged from hiding to try to
pull his party back into shape ahead of December 23
parliamentary elections in Serbia. Milosevic, who was
forced from power after an October 5 revolt ended his
attempts to steal Yugoslav federal elections held in
September, was struggling to remain chief of his
beleaguered Serbian Socialist Party (SPS) which he founded
and presided over for a decade.
- Extradition of Milosevic: Triumph for
U.S. imperialism
- By Dave Silver, June 2001. Inter-imperialist rivalry
particularly among France, Germany and the US which were
seeking a client state in the Balkans created and
perpetuated the wars within first Bosnia then in Kosovo. A
Communist turned nationalist politician, Slobodan
Milosevic told the imperialists that they could not
station their military on Yogoslav soil and build a
pipeline going through the Balkans to the oil rich Caspian
Sea.
- Milosevic Reelected By His Defiant
Party
- By R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post,
Sunday 26 November 2000. After being besieged by the
public, hounded from important jobs and sometimes forced
from their publicly financed homes, the Socialist Party
faithful found comfort in the familiar leadership of
Milosevic, who created the party and has ridden its
fortunes for nearly 11 years.
- On Milosevic Extradiction
- Beta Daily News, 29 June 2001. Serbian Government
Delivers Milosevic to The Hague; Yugoslav President
Kostunica Calls Extradition Illegal; Socialists, Radicals
Pledge Street Protests; Montenegrin Socialist People's
Party Announces Yugoslav Government Collapse; etc.