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...Plavsic would probably be finished if NATO hadn't made it clear that they were not going to tolerate attacks on her", says TIME's Central Europe Bureau Chief Massimo Calabresi. "On the other hand, she doesn't want to be seen as doing NATO's bidding. The problem is that she needs NATO's help so badly now that she's not likely to turn it down...
...Reported by Massimo Calabresi on board the U.S.S. Nassau
...from a four-hour meeting to announce that the Socialists had agreed to step down and allow new elections in April, he was hoisted on the shoulders of supporters, and Bulgarians ended 30 days of protests to erupt in celebration. Bulgaria's next Prime Minister, says TIME's Massimo Calabresi, will almost certainly be opposition leader Ivan Kostov of the United Democratic Forces. But what relief his term will bring is uncertain. "Kostov is a former finance minister with the UDF," Calabresi noted, "and at the time, he fared little better with Bulgaria's economic problems than the Socialists have...
SARAJEVO: The three members of Bosnia's divided presidency found some surprising common ground at their first meeting Monday. The fact that the meeting was held at all is perhaps the most significant news, notes TIME's Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. Momcilo Krajisnik, the presidency's Serbian member who has long been a fierce advocate of independence for the Serb Republic, had as recently as Sunday said that the meeting might not come off. "He could easily have refused to meet at all, just claim he had important prior commitments," says Calabresi. Krajisnik, Muslim leader Alija Izetbegovic...
...diplomatic relations between Croatia and Serbia, which have been at war for most of this decade. "For the entire region, this is probably a good thing. The jury's still out for the federation of Bosnia and the unstable government there," says TIME's Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. "Stronger ties between Serbia and Croatia are not likely to be good for the Bosnian Muslims." Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis apparently played matchmaker, but Calabresi notes each man stands to gain from mutual recognition and the establishment of ties. "Both nations are in bad economic shape, so Milosevic sees...