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	Vuk Drašković - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vuk Drašković (Вук Драшковић) (November 29, 1946) is a Serbian politician who is presently the temporary Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia.
		Vuk and Danica married on June 10, 1974, and according to those close to the couple, she became the most important figure in his life, both personally and professionally.
		She was by his side at all the street protests he later became famous for, and from the very beginning she wielded a lot of power in her husband's political party, SPO.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vuk_Draskovic (2054 words)

	Vuk Draskovic waits for his close-up - Salon
		Draskovic was in Turkey last week for the OSCE summit, as an honorary member of the Czech delegation along with fellow Serbian opposition politicians Zoran Djindjic, Zarko Korac and Montenegro's pro-Western president Milo Djukanovic.
		Draskovic is frustrated that Western leaders continue to pressure him to join forces with Djindjic, whose Alliance for Change has been holding lightly attended anti-government demonstrations for the past three months in Serbia.
		Draskovic believes, with some polling evidence to back him up, that he is the most popular politician in Serbia, and that should elections be held, he would win.
	dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/1999/11/22/vuk/index.html?sid=461302 (710 words)

	East European Constitutional Review
		Draskovic claimed that it was an assassination attempt, while the authorities, without giving further details, said that the accident was probably the result of speeding.
		Draskovic said that federal prime minister Momir Bulatovic had proposed a decree that was practically equivalent to introducing martial law in Montenegro.
		Draskovic also stressed that he and the federal ministers from his SRM party opposed the plan and that "luckily the proposal did not pass." The federal government promptly denied the allegation.
	www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol8num4/constitutionwatch/yugoslavia.html (3991 words)

	Salon Feature \| Vuk Draskovic waits for his close-up
		When he explained the numbers to Albright at a meeting during the OSCE summit, Draskovic said he was able to make her understand why it was useless to force him to call for street protests now with Djindjic.
		Western governments have provided Draskovic with information on who ordered what he believes was an assassination attempt against him two months ago, when his convoy was hit by a truck, killing four close associates.
		Draskovic warns the information he has obtained on who specifically ordered the attack is so sensitive, that if not broken carefully to his supporters, "it could trigger the beginning of a civil war.
	www.salon.com /news/feature/1999/11/22/vuk/print.html (1124 words)

	Print Friendly News
		In a letter to Vuk Draskovic, Ivanov expressed his "great concern" and wishes for the authorities to "take all the necessary measure in order for the ones responsible to be punished".
		Vuk Draskovic was given first aid in the Budva hospital, after which he was transported to the Kotor hospital.
		Draskovic was shot at in front of a house in the Budva neighborhood Pod Dubovicom.
	www.sierratimes.com /txt/arsy062200.htm (1092 words)

	Draskovic Uncomfortable, But Uncompromising In Istanbul. [Free Republic]
		Draskovic is frustrated with the constant pressure from the West to join forces with Djindjic, whose Alliance for Change has been holding poorly attended anti-government demonstrations for the past three months.
		Draskovic claims, with some justification from recent polling evidence, that he is the most popular politician in Serbia and would win in a national election.
		Draskovic warned, however, that the information he had received on who ordered the assassination is so sensitive it will need careful handling.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a383f1f074167.htm (1278 words)

	Free Serbia - Other voices from Serbia - Politics
		Draskovic glorified the monarchy and invited Crown Prince Alexander II to Belgrade on several occasions.
		On state TV, Vuk Draskovic was showed in fl light every time he was in true opposition, often with claims of irresponsibility in leading the party and turns of the SPO policies all the time.
		In June 1993, Vuk and Danica Draskovic were arrested, beaten to death and sentenced, but at the end abolished on demand of French president, Francois Miterand.
	www.xs4all.nl /~freeserb/politics/e-spo.html (804 words)

	Coalition Government SPS-SPO?
		The race for the president of Serbia run by Zoran Lilic of the SPS, Vojislav Seselj of the SRS and Vuk Draskovic of the SPO has ended by elimination of the third and qualification of the first two to run in the second round with a comparatively small difference in the results.
		After the initial shock he experienced because of the defeat he suffered in the elections, Vuk Draskovic declared that he would support none of the presidential candidates and that Serbia would be faced with a parliamentary crisis, since it was impossible "to choose between communism and fascism".
		From the very moment when Vuk Draskovic, having talked to Slobodan Milosevic, decided to run in the elections, rumours started that participation of the SPO in both governments, the federal and the republican, had been agreed.
	www.freeserbia.net /Archives/1997/Coalition.html (1292 words)

	Rally Against Milosevic Fails to Bind Opposition Parties
		Vuk Draskovic, the leader of the largest opposition party, the Serbian Renewal Movement, insisted that the only way forward would be to schedule early elections in November under fair conditions and with international observers, conditions that would have to be negotiated with Milosevic.
		But aides to Draskovic say that is not self-evident, and that the exodus of Serbs from Kosovo under NATO rule allows Milosevic to claim that he was right to try to fight for Kosovo and that the opposition is only furthering NATO's efforts to finish the war by ousting him.
		Draskovic told Reuters that the Democratic Party was responsible for the incident, but that he would not retaliate.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/europe/082199belgrade-rally.html (852 words)

	CURTAILING POLITICAL DISSENT:
		In an interview published one month after the end of the NATO air campaign, Vuk Draskovic, who was a deputy federal prime minister during the first half of the war, claimed that, in his capacity as a minister, he had prevented other assassinations.
		76 Draskovic denied that the convoy was speeding.
		Draskovic and the SPO claimed to have established that there are only sixteen trucks of the type involved in the accident in all of Yugoslavia.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2000/serbia/Yugsrb00-03.htm (3751 words)

	AM Archive - Draskovic blames Serb leader for assassination attempt
		Yesterday's shooting of Vuk Draskovic, the leader of the main Serbian opposition party, was just the latest in a string of usually successful assassinations of high profile people that really began earlier this year with the gangland style killing of Arkan, the notorious paramilitary leader and Belgrade 'organised crime' figure.
		But unlike the wives of all the former targets, the day after the attack Mrs Draskovic wasn't weeping by a coffin, she was showing the media around the house, pointing out the still uncleaned blood-splattered floor tiles and loudly denouncing the Milosovic regime.
		Vuk Draskovic himself was also doing the rounds, sporting bandages on one side of his head and on his left ear, and leaving the world in no doubt who he held responsible.
	www.abc.net.au /am/stories/s141360.htm (569 words)

	Archive \| February 1997 \| Editorial
		The West, and the media particularly, have fallen in love with Draskovic without doing much checking of the man. It is not the first time something like this has happened, and it most definitely will not be the last.
		Draskovic was the author of a best seller in the early 1980's whose title translated into English is Knife.
		Draskovic, and his ally Zoran Gingic, are not democrats.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0297editorial.htm (715 words)

	BBC News \| Kosovo \| Profile: Vuk Draskovic
		Vuk Draskovic is back in opposition, following his dismissal as deputy prime minister.
		When Mr Draskovic tried street protests in 1993, he and his wife, Danica, were beaten up by the police and then jailed for assaulting police officers.
		Mr Draskovic explained his volte-face by the need for national unity and by his willingness to use his influence within government to work for better relations with the rest of the world.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/special_report/1998/kosovo2/316216.stm (543 words)

	Captain Mirko
		Times have changed, of course, and Draskovic who has taken shelter and left city streets, is nowadays only half a step away form becoming part of the government of national unity which would be formed by the Left and the SPO.
		Draskovic shows in this way that he too will have his say and that he is concerned that the reforms begin much sooner than the current prime minister is capable of doing.
		Draskovic's calculation is founded on the belief that he has tried everything so far and that finally time has come for him to try to overthrow the regime from within.
	www.freeserbia.net /Archives/1998/Mirko.html (1217 words)

	Milosevic foes 'ready to spill their blood' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Despite the threats, Draskovic, who mobilized tens of thousands of Serbs for pro-democracy demonstrations against Milosevic in the winter of 1996-97, said he believes "the time is right" for a mass movement.
		Draskovic, a successful novelist often criticized for being pompous, refuses to join the dozens of protests that have already been scheduled by the umbrella opposition group, Alliance for Change, led by Zoran Djindjic of the Democratic Party (DS).
		Draskovic's rally in Kragujevac, a city controlled by both his SPO party and Djindjic's DS group, will be his first political test.
	www.usatoday.com /news/index/kosovo/koso1048.htm (681 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 1990 Vuk Draskovic neglected book-writing to found the Serbian Renewal Movement party.
		Vuk Draskovic himself was arrested twice (in 1991 and 1993).
		Draskovic has committed himself to the fulfillment of all obligations towards the Hague Tribunal and he has reaffirmed that committment.
	www.mfa.gov.yu /Officials/draskovic_e.html (289 words)

	G.A.Papandreou - Vuk Draskovic 7.15.99
		Draskovic expressed alarm over continuing violence in Kosovo and increasing civil unrest throughout Serbia, which he claimed could be on the brink of civil war.
		Draskovic said attacks on Serbs in Kosovo by ethnic Albanian rebels were rife, despite the fact that KFOR troops had called for the disarmament of the KLA and an end to all violence.
		Draskovic stressed that this was the only way to safeguard the country against a potential civil war.
	www.hri.org /MFA/gpap/july99/GpapDragovic15799En.html (558 words)

	DRASKOVIC STAGE-MANAGED ATTENTAT ON HIMSELF? by Srdja Trifkovic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Vuk Draskovic, leader of Serbia’s major opposition party, was lightly wounded when gunmen opened fire through a window while he was watching television, alone in his holiday home, in the Montenegrin coastal town of Budva.
		The doubts about the veracity of Draskovic’s claims were not dispersed by the arrests: rumor has it that some of the suspects were in fact his party members or even bodyguards, which may imply complicity rather than lethal intent.
		Vuk’s ability to sow discord within opposition ranks is coupled with an unerring talent for wrong moves.
	www.chroniclesmagazine.org /News/Trifkovic/NewsST062700.htm (1053 words)

	May 17, 1997 Vreme News Digest Agency No 293
		The high rating of Vuk Draskovic and the low rating of Zoran Djindjic, if compared to the five previous polls conducted in 1997, comes from the belief of the electorate that Djindjic wants to dodge the agreement within Coalition Zajedno.
		However, for his currently greatest increasing trend Vuk Draskovic has to thank the cheering quality of the Serbian electorate, because the Serbian public experiences him as the eternal looser, therefore the electorate is beginning to move toward his side.
		Vuk Draskovic is the candidate who has much to highlight in his presentation in order to join the top four candidates, above all to seriously work on shaping his marketing presentation because the current trend of the increase in his popularity is promising.
	www.scc.rutgers.edu /serbian_digest/293/t293-2.htm (1647 words)

	Kosovo Crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In their meeting Draskovic confirmed his choice to stay away from the demonstrations, as he pointed out that years of public protest against the regime had still not succeeded in removing Milosevic from power.
		While Draskovic favours immediate free and fair elections followed by a coalition government of opposition parties, Czech president Havel called for the currently fragmented opposition to unite immediately and said that public pressure would force the regime to form a caretaker government, guaranteeing free elections.
		Draskovic's visit to Prague is just one in a series of meetings between President Havel and prominent Yugoslav opposition leaders.
	archiv.radio.cz /nato/opinion280999.html (541 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Serbia Fears Kosovo Pogrom, Rejects Independence
		Vuk Draskovic, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro speaks at the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
		Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic told the U.N. General Assembly some 200,000 Serbs and other minorities had been expelled from Kosovo since NATO waged an air war in 1999 to end Serbian repression in the territory.
		Draskovic said Serbia was willing to compromise on a status for Kosovo that was more than limited autonomy and less than full independence, but the Kosovo Albanians had not budged an inch from their insistence on independence.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-9-22/32563.html (333 words)

	Serbia Info News / Vuk Draskovic's interview for the ''Voice of America''
		Washington, March 3 (Tanjug - abridged) - Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister Vuk Draskovic stated in the interview for the ''Voice of America'' that ''no one in Serbia could sign the document departs Kosovo and Metohija from Serbia''.
		In the show called ''Open studio'', Vuk Draskovic advocated the further settlement details to be in the accordance with the contact group principles and not to oppose them as in some points of the last settlement version from Rambouillet.
		Draskovic stressed that FR Yugoslavia government aims to achieve the ''complete political settlement for Kosovo on the basis of the UN Charter, the international law and the 10 principles of the contact group'' in the second round of the talks in France.
	www.serbia-info.com /news/1999-03/04/9429.html (146 words)

	YUGOSLAV ELECTIONS by Srdja Trifkovic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The subsequent attempt by Vuk Draskovic to undermine the unity of the opposition by fielding his own presidential candidate will finally finish him off as a politician of any stature, but it may also provide Milosevic with the much-needed scope for fraudulent electoral games.
		But since Draskovic does not dare test his diminishing political fortunes directly, and will not run himself, his man is unlikely to poll more than three percent of the vote.
		This might work because Vuk Draskovic cherishes Western acceptance: he is a deeply insecure man with a chip on each shoulder.
	www.chroniclesmagazine.org /News/Trifkovic/NewsST080900.htm (1000 words)

	Hesitant Rival of Milosevic Joins Fray Under Duress
		This week, Draskovic's party moved into open opposition, apparently stung by state security officials who responded to the party's accusation that they orchestrated a campaign of state terrorism with harsh court rulings and police summons to party leaders.
		Draskovic escaped with slight injuries, but his brother-in-law and three bodyguards were killed when a truck swerved into their motorcade.
		Draskovic's party, whose national leadership is meeting today to plan the next move, is by far the largest and most organized opposition party, and its leaders say the government is campaigning against the party because it is moving to challenge Milosevic directly.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/europe/121299yugo-opposition.html (892 words)

	Serbs - Vuk Draskovic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Draskovic willingly accepted to serve under Milosevic and he became Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister.
		But he was dismissed during NATO air strikes, because he had criticized Milosevic’s way of handling the Kosovo crisis.
		Draskovic is often potrayed as liberal, but his rise to popularity in the 1980s was based on his espousal of Serbian nationalism.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~adrazic/Kosovo/serbs/draskovic.html (90 words)

	U.N. Commission on Human Rights, Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment ...
		A team of professors from Belgrade University Medical Faculty reportedly examined them in the week beginning 14 June and concluded that Vuk Draskovic was suffering from headaches, disrupted balance, amnesia and impaired hearing, all pointing to brain and skull damage, which did not preclude the possibility of further complications.
		They also concluded that Danica Draskovic had suffered injury to her spine, and that in both cases injuries had been inflicted by repeated powerful action with a blunt mechanical instrument.
		Draskovic's family who had visited them had not stated that they had been seriously injured or that they had objections to their medical or any other treatment.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/commission/torture94/cat-yugoslavia.htm (1401 words)

	vuk: vuk \| vedran vuk \| vuk draskovic \| vuk karadzic \| \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Vuk Draskovic spoke in Vienna, Austria, amid claims by Serbia's former secret service chief that the search in Serbia for the wartime Bosnian Serb army commander is "a farce and a circus."Y.
		Vuk is our first dog here in the USA, he was sent to us by my father who loved and admired this Ancient Breed.
		Sonja Vuk was born in Ludbreg, Croatia, in 1966.
	www.globalmedicalguide.com /vuk/vuk.html (1145 words)

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