Word: slobos
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...once again sometime later, face to face, as I gave evidence for the prosecution at his trial; it was a brief and not exactly enjoyable encounter. As time went by, and the process in the Hague dragged on year after year, its meaning was somehow lost to me amidst Slobo's endless rants and the prosecution's legal maneuvers; watching the trial felt like watching an overstretched soap opera, and I eventually gave up. Milosevic, I thought, was a thing of the past, and it was time to move...
...then, last week, Slobo unexpectedly came back to Serbia, with a vengeance. He dredged up old memories, mostly unpleasant ones: memories of the dead and wounded, of burning cities, of convoys of refugees, of poverty, and of omnipresent fear. Milosevic ruled Serbia for almost 13 years, destroyed tens of thousands of lives in the region, and damaged many more beyond repair. And now, even in death, he was somehow able to fan flames from the dying embers. His supporters, embittered and emboldened by conspiracy theories surrounding his death, rushed to the streets to express their anger; political vultures smelled blood...
...became obvious that even now, almost six years after Milosevic was kicked out of power, Serbia has real difficulties in dealing with its past and Slobo's dark legacy. Frustrated after losing four wars in a row, the near certain loss of Kosovo and the likely breakup of the uneasy union with Montenegro, many Serbs feel that they have not been fairly treated by the world and that they're still paying off someone else's debts. Whether that feeling is justified or not is a matter of vigorous dispute in my country. But such a painful issue cannot...
...tribunal itself has little credibility with the Serbian public, although Milosevic's courtroom grandstanding made the trial, known as the Slobo Show, must-see TV in Belgrade. One of his last requests was to call former President Bill Clinton as a witness...
...until its chairman Zoran Djindjic was assassinated last March. Kostunica and Djindjic never saw eye to eye on reform, and the DSS leader failed to do a deal with Djindjic's successors, Zoran Zivkovic and Boris Tadic. Kostunica then teamed up with two smaller centrist parties and turned to Slobo's old gang, whose 22 seats gave him just enough to reach a majority. Out of power and with their leader incarcerated in the Hague, the Socialists were considered a spent force. But Kostunica's embrace has brought them back to life. "We have proved that we are ready...