Some of his closest confidants, including Rade Markovic, the former head of the security police, are cooperating with investigators. Each day brings the Serb people new revelations about the sordid regime and the Milosevic family that ruled it in gaudy and violent fashion. Milosevic's wife, Mira, leader of a radical left-wing party, is being investigated for allegedly ordering the political assassination of a noted journalist. His daughter, Marjia, is expected to be arrested for firing an automatic pistol near the police who arrived to arrest Milosevic. The financial ruin the Milosevic regime exacted is easily spotted.
Streets are full of cars leaking oil.
More and more people are fishing in the Danube for dinner. Parivodic, the professor, said he was concerned that Serbs were growing impatient with the new government for not more quickly improving their lives and strengthening the economy. Vesna Celebic stood on old Josip Tito Street. She was worried about the rising prices of eggs, bread and electricity. A man next to her was hawking lighters from a cardboard box.