Thursday, December 05, 2002

Just started reading PRAVDA online. Once upon a time it was pretty entertaining stuff. . .and now it is, again, but for different reasons. Favorite headline for today: Yugoslav President Pissed Off With West. There's not a lot of information behind that thrilling claim, unfortunately. According to the article, Kostunica wants more support from the West and has decided not to withdraw Yugoslavia's 1999 lawsuit against NATO members at the International Court of Justice. Pravda misidentifies the court, though (the case is rumbling its way through the ICJ, not the International Criminal Court, which isn't functioning yet). The article then leaves Kostunica, still pissed off, to talk about Milosevic, whom the reporter, Pyotr Bely, obviously admires. A linked article on the site wishes Milosevic a "Happy Birthday" and sends him an apology as a gift. The accolade-laden type of apology.