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...cease-fire was supposed to go into effect at 9 p.m., but fighting continued well after the deadline, raising disturbing questions about who was in control. And who in Belgrade had ordered the army to attack? Markovic had earlier vowed to use only "legal measures," not force, to keep Slovenia within the federation. The heavy-handed army response suggested that hard-line Serbian generals were running their own operation...
...precarious truce settled over the country, it was difficult to predict whether the bloodshed had scared the two sides sufficiently to cool them down so they could resume negotiations -- or if the army's tactics would provoke more belligerence from Slovenia. Early Saturday each side agreed to cease-fire terms under which the army would withdraw its troops and Slovenia would suspend claims to sovereignty. But the arrangement seems tenuous at best. The Slovenian government stated that it had agreed only to hold off for three months on further steps toward independence. Said Slovenian foreign minister Dimitrij Rupel: "What...
Plainly the Slovenes have no interest in maintaining a joint tenancy. Their independence declaration states that Slovenia "will no longer be a part" of the federation and that the Yugoslav constitution will no longer apply. The longing to carve out a separate state is lodged deep in the Slovene soul. Because the republic shares a border with Austria and for centuries was a part of the Habsburg empire, Slovenes feel a greater historic, social and psychological kinship with Europe than with the poorer southern republics, which languished under Ottoman rule. Says Vladimir Mljac, the mayor of the town of Lokev...
...cultural differences, economics is the main engine propelling the separatist drive. Slovenia, the richest republic, is tired of seeing its dinars siphoned off to support its underdeveloped southern neighbors. "The poorer parts of Yugoslavia have commanded the richer parts for too long," argues Toman Bojan, a waiter in a seaside restaurant that has lost its Italian tourist clientele since ethnic hostilities erupted this year...
...republics, Slovenia seems the best poised to make a success of independence. Unlike Croatia, which contends with a militant Serbian minority, Slovenia is ethnically homogeneous. Internally it borders only Croatia. And Slovenia's economy shows a potential for robustness: although output shrank 9.6% last year, per capita production is on a par with the poorest members of the European Community. Still, foreign assistance is needed, so Slovenia had proceeded cautiously in order not to alienate potential donors...