1.   Deputies voted that the name Union of Soviet Socialist Republics should be retained.

2.   Deputies also voted to ratify the appointment of acting President Shehabuddin Ahmed and all actions executed during his tenure.

3.   Most Estonian nationalist deputies voted against the special powers, arguing that they were counterproductive.

4.   Avramovic remained at his office at the central bank in Belgrade after reports that parliamentary deputies Wednesday voted to dismiss him.

5.   Deputies voted late yesterday to grant special powers to the administration to cut expenditure by reducing the number of state employees and government departments.

6.   Deputies voted late yesterday to grant special powers to the administration to cut expenditures by reducing the number of state employees and government departments.

7.   Deputies also voted to pay themselves wages through the end of the year even if the parliament is disbanded.

8.   Earlier this week, the government agreed to make the advance payments so that Peasant Party deputies voted against the motion of no confidence.

9.   In parliament Wednesday, loud arguments broke out after Northern League deputies voted with the former Communists to insititute a special commission on broadcasting.

10.   The EU deputies also voted to extend broadcasting quotas to new media technologies such as pay-television and video-on-demand.