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...called Yugoslavia, which now consists only of Serbia and Montenegro. Triumphant Serbs might try to extend their conquests in Kosovo, a province populated overwhelmingly by Albanians; in Macedonia, like Bosnia a former Yugoslav republic that has declared independence; and in Vojvodina, another Serbian province with a large and restless Hungarian minority. Finally, says one diplomat, "there is the Serb-Serb civil war" for control of what would then be a Greater Serbia...
...secret memo drafted by members of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences. These intellectuals articulated long- festering resentments over Tito's systematic undermining of Serbia's power, culminating in the 1974 constitution that gave far-reaching autonomy to Albanian-dominated Kosovo and to Vojvodina, which has a significant Hungarian minority. While other party leaders publicly condemned the nationalist tract, Milosevic remained silent, indicating that he shared its views...
...fair's green themes seem more with-it. Hungary's folkish, quasi- ecclesiastical pavilion was built out of Hungarian lumber by an imported team of Hungarian carpenters; it has a solitary, mysterious-looking hydroponic oak tree growing inside. The Netherlands' eco-pavilion is exemplary, novel and fun. An open steel superstructure crisscrossed by escalators and ramps, this not-quite-a-building is wrapped, as if by a Whole Earth Christo, in perpetually waterlogged canvas netting, meant to cool the interior by 10 degrees or more. Expo '92, like the 1939 and 1964 world's fairs, also has its obligatory giant...
...They are in Russian and Hungarian books. Threeold books that are not used," he said. "Youwouldn't find them...
...Hungary is closer to prosperity than any of its neighbors, it is hardly there yet. Unemployment, now 7.3%, is expected to rise to 11% by the end of this year. By some estimates, Hungarian standards of living are lower now than in 1979. A huge budget deficit is also spurring concern. One odd result is that the government is under fire for not being tough enough. "Programs that shock the populace are unavoidable, but the government has sought to avoid them," laments Marton Tardos, parliamentary leader of the opposition Alliance of Free Democrats. Still, the government's measured if plodding...