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HAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT OF A REPUBLIC THATiS ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING %UROPEiS NEWEST SOVEREIGN STATE HAVE ON ITS AGENDA IN THE COMING MONTHS !FTER A SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED REFERENDUM THAT WAS HIGHLY COMMENDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THE 'OVERNMENT OF -ONTENEGRO WILL HAVE THREE PRIORITIES #ONSOLIDATION OF THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE 3TABILISATION AND !SSOCIATION !GREEMENT WITH THE %5 ) TALKED TO %5 %NLARGEMENT #OMMISSIONER /LLI 2EHN A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND WILL MEET HIM IN "RUSSELS ON -ONDAY ) EXPECT THE %UROPEAN #OMMISSION TO RECEIVE A MANDATE TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS WITH -ONTENEGRO VERY SOON AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED DURING NEGOTIATIONS AS PART OF THE STATE UNION IN ORDER TO CONCLUDE THE PROCESS BEFORE THE END OF AND REALISE OUR AMBITION TO HAVE THE 33! SIGNED WITHIN THIS TIMEFRAME

/UR STRATEGIC INTERESTS ARE TO ENTER THE %5 AND .!4/ 4HE SECOND PRIORITY IS TO START DISCUSSIONS WITH 3ERBIA !LTHOUGH WE HAVE SHOWN WILLINGNESS AND TAKEN STEPS TOWARDS A DIALOGUE WITH 3ERBIA ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OUR INITIATIVES WERE REJECTED EACH TIME BY THE 3ERBIAN 'OVERNMENT 7E DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO START A DIALOGUE BEFORE THE REFERENDUM 7E DEFINED A PLATFORM FOR DISCUSSIONS IN THE FORM OF A $ECLARATION ADOPTED BY THE 'OVERNMENT WHICH WE USED TO ADDRESS THE 3ERBIAN 'OVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN AN EFFORT TO PRESENT OUR VISION OF THE FUTURE RELATIONS OF OUR TWO INDEPENDENT STATES 4HIS DOCU MENT WILL REMAIN OUR STARTING POINT FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH PART NERS IN 3ERBIA AND ) TRULY HOPE THEY WILL COMMENCE SOON 4HE THIRD PRIORITY IS ESSENTIALLY OUR FIRST PRIORITY POLITICAL CONSOLIDATION WITHIN -ONTENEGRO THAT IS MEANT TO MITIGATE AND OVERCOME OUR POLITICAL DIFFERENCES AND HOMOGENISE ALL POLITI

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BECAUSE THIS HOUSE THAT WE ALL LIVE IN ALLOWS US TO CONTROL OUR %UROPEAN FUTURE AND BUILD HEALTHY RELATIONS WITH EVERYONE IN THE REGION 2ELATIONS BETWEEN THE -ONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE MINDED LEADERSHIP AND THE 3ERBIAN 'OVERNMENT HAVE OBVI OUSLY BEEN STRAINED (OW WOULD YOU EVALUATE RELATIONS AT THE MOMENT AND HOW WILL THEY GET BACK ON TRACK -ONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE IS NOT DIRECTED AGAINST ANYONE

ESPECIALLY NOT AGAINST 3ERBIA 7E WANT EVEN BETTER RELATIONS IN THE FUTURE WITH OUR FIRST NEIGHBOUR 7E ALSO WANT 3ERBIA TO ADVANCE ON THE ROAD TO %UROPE /UR FUTURE RELATIONS SHOULD RETAIN ALL THE POSITIVE ELEMENTS THEY HAD SO FAR AND WE OUGHT TO FOSTER AND DEVELOP THEM IN THE FUTURE 4HE $ECLARATION ) HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED GUARANTEES ALL CITIZENS AND REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVES FROM 3ERBIA ALL THE RIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE IN -ONTENEGRO (OW WILL THE ECONOMIC ELEMENTS AND ASSETS OF THE 3TATE 5NION PARTNERS NOW BE SEPARATED )N THE FIELD OF ECONOMY -ONTENEGRO AND 3ERBIA WERE SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT OF EACH OTHER EVEN BEFORE THE REFERENDUM 0RECISELY THIS ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY ALLOWED -ONTENEGRO TO ACCOMPLISH MACROECONOMIC STABILITY WHICH IN TURNS PROVIDES NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR PLANNING A MORE DYNAMIC ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE AND OVERALL DEVELOPMENT )NDEPENDENCE WAS NECESSARY TO ATTAIN SOVEREIGNTY IN THOSE AREAS WHERE IT WAS LACKING BEFOREHAND FIRST OF ALL IN FOREIGN POLICY INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND MEMBERSHIP OF INTER Ź

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TION OFFICES BOTH AT THE STATE UNION AND AT THE REPUBLICAN LEVEL 3O IN THAT SENSE WE AS AN EMBASSY AIMED VERY MUCH TOWARDS BRINGING THE COUNTRY FORWARD WITH REGARD TO %UROPEAN INTEGRATION BY SUPPORTING AS MUCH REFORM ACTIVITY AS POSSIBLE b !N ALL NEW AND IMPROVED $/3 STYLE GOVERNMENT COULD PER HAPS BE BACK THIS AUTUMNb 7ELL ITiS A POSSIBILITY OF COURSE ) THINK ITiS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY IN THIS COUNTRY AND ) SUP POSE THAT WILL BE AROUND THE TWO STRONGEST PARTIES OF THE BLOC m THE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY AND THE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY OF 3ERBIA )F THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SUCCEEDING IN RE LINKING THOSE TWO PARTIES AND BRINGING IN THE NEW ELEMENTS LIKE FOR INSTANCE THE ,IBERAL $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY AND OTHER DEMOCRATIC GROUPS ) THINK THEREiS A GOOD POSSIBILITY FOR THIS COUNTRY TO MOVE FORWARD "UT FOR THIS SOLIDARITY TO WORK THEY HAVE TO BREAK AWAY A LITTLE FROM THEIR SPECIFIC AND PARTICULAR AGENDAS AND HAVE COMMON OBJECTIVESb ) THINK ON BOTH SIDES PARTICULARLY FROM -R 4ADIÌ BUT ALSO ) SUPPOSE FROM -R +OpTUNICA THERE IS A STRONG

ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ¾ ê êz ±ê ê ê ê ê ꨪê ꡪªê ê ê ê ­­­ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ¾ ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ­ WISH TO CONTINUE AND TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THIS COUNTRY 3O ) REALLY HOPE THAT THAT hDRIVEi WILL BE BACK AND WITH IT THE CHANCE TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING GREAT FOR THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE ) FEEL IN THE STREET THAT THATiS WHAT EVERYBODYiS WAITING FOR 9OUiRE LEAVING AT A VERY CRUCIAL JUNCTURE FOR THE COUNTRY WITH THE END OF THE 3TATE 5NION THE FINALISING OF )#49 CO OPERATION AND THE DECLARING OF A hFINAL STATUSi FOR +OSOVO ALL ON THE HORIZON $O YOU FEEL ITiS A SHAME THAT YOUiRE LEAVING RIGHT NOW

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) DONiT KNOW WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN ANY OTHER MOMENT IN THESE LAST FOUR YEARS WHEN ) COULD HAVE SAID hWELL THIS IS A TIME TO LEAVEi BECAUSE THE CRUCIAL TIME HAS BEEN ONGOING THROUGHOUT 3URE IN THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR THERE WILL HOPEFULLY AND MOST LIKELY BE SOLUTIONS TO MAJOR ISSUES THAT WILL ALLOW 3ERBIA TO CON CENTRATE ON ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT 9ES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE STAYED FOR PROBABLY ANOTHER HALF A YEAR OR SO BUT ) HAVE TO GO TO MY NEXT POSTING AND ) WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY THE COUNTRYiS DEVELOPMENT FROM A DISTANCE -Y GENERAL INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENTS HERE HAS OF COURSE BEEN RAISED DURING MY TIME 4HIS WAS MY FIRST PLACEMENT IN THE "ALKAN AREA

BUT THE INTEREST IS THERE NOW AND WILL REMAIN SO 3PEAKING TO #OR$ JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO #OR$ -AY

YOU SAID THAT jMANY PEOPLE IN THE .ETHERLANDS ARE STUCK WITH THE IMAGE OF THE -ILOpEVIÐ PERIOD AND ARE THEREFORE

RELUCTANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH 3#'k $O YOU THINK PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THIS AREA OR IS THE COUNTRY STILL STRUGGLING TO ALTER ITS INTERNATIONAL IMAGE ) THINK ITiS STILL STRUGGLING ) REMEMBER VERY WELL WHEN ) ARRIVED DISCUSSING WITH THE THEN &OREIGN -INISTER 3VILANOVIÌ THE ISSUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PERCEPTION OF THE COUNTRY &ROM OUR SIDE ) CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO CHANGE THAT PERCEPTION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE -ANY $UTCH MINISTERS IN VARIOUS FIELDS AND SOME ACCOMPANIED WITH $UTCH BUSINESS PEOPLE HAVE VISIT ED 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO THE LAST TWO YEARS 4HE .ETHERLANDSi %MBASSY ALSO STIMULATED VERY HIGH QUALITY PERFORMERS IN THE CULTURAL FIELD IN (OLLAND TO COME TO 3ERBIA AND ) THINK THAT THE VERY SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE OF THE .ETHERLANDS $ANCE 4HEATRE IN THE 3AVA #ENTRE JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IS AN EXAMPLE THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF 7E HAVE ALSO INVITED MANY PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO "ELGRADE AND TO 3ERBIA TO LET THEM SEE WITH THEIR OWN EYES HOW THINGS AREb )TiS GOOD WHEN THEY COME HERE AND ITiS REALLY AN EYE OPENER FOR THEM 7E HAVE ALSO CONDUCTED LOTS OF ACTIVITIES AIMED AT STIMULATING ATTENTION AND IMPROVING THE COUNTRYiS IMAGE BUT OF COURSE IT ISNiT REALLY THE TASK OF THE $UTCH %MBASSY TO CHANGE THE IMAGE OF 3ERBIA THAT IS THE BASIC TASK OF THE 3ERBIAN AND -ONTENEGRIN POLITI CIANS AND THEIR EMBASSIES ABROAD

4HE MUCH BROADER ANGLE IS THAT THE PUBLIC ABROAD LOOKS AT WHATiS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRYiS POLITICAL FIELD BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY AND THE FACT THAT THE )#49 ISSUE SEEMINGLY CANNOT BE SOLVED ALSO HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE WHOLE PERCEPTION 4HE SAME GOES FOR RANDOM CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES ABROAD )N OTHER WORDS IF PEOPLE HEAR THAT SOMEBODY HAS BEEN MURDERED IN SAY

(OLLAND AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THE PERPETRATOR WAS FROM THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA BUT NO REPUBLIC IS SPECIFIED THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC GENERALLY ASSOCIATE 9UGOSLAVIA WITH "ELGRADE AND "ELGRADE WITH 3ERBIA AS BEING THE ESSENCE OF 9UGOSLAVIA AND THUS IT NATURALLY AFFECTS THE COUNTRYiS IMAGE 3O THERE IS DEFINITELY WORK TO BE DONE TO CHANGE THE IMAGE OF THE COUNTRY )T IS SO IMPORTANT TO CONVINCE PEOPLE PARTICULARLY BUSINESS PEOPLE THAT THEY WOULD BE COMING TO A COUNTRY WHERE THEY CAN DO BUSINESS WITH RELIABLE PEOPLE IN A PROPER WAYb!N EXAMPLE OF GOOD COOPERATION BETWEEN 3ERB AND $UTCH COMPANIES OR BUSINESS MEN CAN CREATE AL LOT OF GOODWILL ON THE OTHER HAND AN EXAMPLE OF BAD COOPERATION CAN EVEN DO MORE HARM BECAUSE IT SPEAKS AROUND IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY 7ITHOUT EXCEPTION ALL THE VISITORS FROM (OLLAND WHO CAME TO "ELGRADE FOR THE FIRST TIME WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THE ATMOSPHERE THE ATTITUDE OF PEOPLE ON THE STREETS THE HOSPITALITY OF THE 3ERBS !ND LIVING HERE ONE FEELS SAFE ON THE STREETS WHICH IS AN ENORMOUS ASSET IN THIS WORLD THAT HAS SO MANY PLACES WITH DANGEROUS STREETS 3PEAKING AT THAT FIRST INTERVIEW YOU ALSO SAID THAT POLITI CAL STABILITY WAS IMPORTANT (OWEVER IT IS AN ELEMENT THAT IS STILL SADLY LACKING IN THE COUNTRY $O YOU THINK ITiS POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE A TANGIBLE DEGREE OF STABILITY IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS SO MANY POLITICAL OPTIONS AND STILL HAS ISSUES OF +OSOVO AND THE )#49 HANGING OVER ITS HEAD ) AGREE THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES OF THE )#49 AND +OSOVO QUICKLY IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD 4HE OTHER ELEMENT m THE POLITICAL PARTIESi ISSUE m IS IN A WAY

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THAT PARTY DEVELOPS A PARTY PROGRAMME VERY QUICKLY A PARTY PROGRAMME THAT MORE OR LESS BECOMES THAT PARTYiS BIBLE 4HAT DOCUMENT IS USED AND THOUGH ITiS WRITTEN FOR ELECTORAL PURPOSES IT CONTIN UES TO BE USED DURING THE PERIOD THAT THE PARTY IS IN THE PARLIAMENT /NCE IT IS USED IT BECOMES CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC EXACTLY WHAT THE OBJECTIVES OF THAT PARTY ARE AND HOW IT IS GOING TO MOVE m AND THAT TO A DETAILED EXTENT AND NOT MERELY IN GENERAL TERMS ) THINK THAT HELPS TO SOLVE A LOT OF CONFUSION (ERE IN MY EXPERIENCE YOU SEE THAT POLITICAL PARTIES OFTEN DEVELOP THEIR POLITICAL PROGRAMME IN VERY GENERAL TERMS AND THEN OFTEN DISCARD IT AFTER THE ELECTIONS m LEAVING IT TO GATHER DUST IN A DRAWER SOMEWHERE INSTEAD OF USING IT TO GUIDE THE DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES OF A PARTY ) THINK THAT IN ITSELF IS A FACTOR OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY

OF COURSE ITiS GOOD THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING 4HE (AGUE AS AN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL CITY

THERE IS SOME NEGATIVE FALLOUT (E AGREED WITH ME AND ACTUALLY CAME TO "ELGRADE TO GIVE A LECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY .OW HE IS PREPARING ANOTHER TRIP TO "ELGRADE TO PROMOTE THE CITY IN AN OBJECTIVE WAY 4HE ELEMENT OF THE )#49 IS A VERY SMALL PART OF THE CITY THOUGH IT IS IMPORTANT IN THAT LEGAL SETTING 3O HE PLANS TO COME TO "ELGRADE AND TO BRING A CULTURAL PACKAGE INCLUD ING THE #ITY /RCHESTRA OF 4HE (AGUE AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE .ETHERLANDS $ANCE 4HEATRE IN ORDER TO SHOW THE PEOPLE HERE THAT 4HE (AGUE IS NOT JUST A COURT (AS YOUR PERCEPTION OF "ELGRADE AND 3ERBIA CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE FOUR YEARS THAT YOUiVE BEEN HERE AND IF SO

HAS THAT BEEN DUE TO YOUR OWN PERSONAL REALISATION OF CERTAIN TRUTHS OR A GENUINE CHANGE IN THE WAY THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY ê°i ê ê ê FUNCTION ê ê ê ê )TiS PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF THE TWO $UTCH BUSINESSES ARE GENER !S ) SAID ) CAME HERE FROM 'ENEVA AND ­ê{ ê ê ê ê ALLY A CONSERVATIVE COLLECTIVE BUT HAD NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE THAT 7ITH ALL i ê ê ê ê³ ê THEY ARE STILL INVESTING IN 3ERBIA AND THE NEGATIVE STORIES YOU HEAR YOU ARRIVE -ONTENEGRO 7OULD YOU SAY THAT THE WITH SOMETHING OF A NEGATIVE PICTURE "UT IT ¾ Øê ê ê ê ê 3ERBIAN 'OVERNMENT HAS SUFFICIENTLY TAKES ONLY A DAY OR TWO FOR YOUR PERCEPTION ê ­êh êpê ê ALTERED THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND TO CHANGE ê ê ±ê INVESTMENT CLIMATE TO FACILITATE FURTHER /N THE OTHER HAND "ELGRADE ITSELF HAS INVESTMENTS FROM THE .ETHERLANDS CHANGED IN THESE FOUR YEARS 4HE WHOLE ê ê ê ê IMAGE OF "ELGRADE IS EVEN MORE hBIG CITY 'ENERALLY TO MY SURPRISE WE ARE ê ­ PRETTY HIGH ON THE LIST OF FOREIGN INVESTORS LIKEi THAN IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO !ND ) IN 3ERBIA WITH CONSIDERABLE INVESTMENTS CERTAINLY HOPE THAT CONTINUES BECAUSE OF BETWEEN AND MILLION EUROS THE CITY HAS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL 4HE A YEAR )iM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS AND AFTER TRAVELLING AROUND A INFRASTRUCTURE HAS IMPROVED THE FA ADES OF BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN BIT ) DISCOVERED THAT MANY OF OUR COMPANIES ARE ACTIVE IN THE RENOVATEDb ONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE AESTHETIC CHANGES MOVE AGRICULTURAL AND DAIRY SECTOR WHERE IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS HAVE MORE QUICKLY BECAUSE THE CITY STILL LOOKS A LITTLE GRIM AND ) STILL BEEN MADE BUT ALSO IN OTHER SECTORS LIKE CONSTRUCTION AND WATER DONiT QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE BOMBED BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN MANAGEMENT LEFT b "UT THE CITY ITSELF IS A BEAUTIFUL SPOT WITH THE TWO RIVERS THE (AS THE GOVERNMENT SUFFICIENTLY IMPROVED THE INVESTMENT CLI FANTASTIC +ALEMEGDAN FORTRESS AND LOTS OF VERY PRETTY SITES MATE 7ELL ) THINK THEY HAVE DONE THINGS TO IMPROVE THAT CLIMATE

AND SOME MINISTERS ARE VERY WELL AWARE THAT THEY NEED TO CHANGE 7HAT ADVICE WILL YOU BE GIVING YOUR SUCCESSOR THAT CLIMATE IN ORDER TO ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS "UT ) THINK THERE IS 4RAVEL DONiT STICK TO "ELGRADE ALONE BECAUSE THE COUNTRY HAS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT 7E MENTIONED ALREADY POLITICAL STABILITY A LOT TO OFFER /F COURSE THEREiS ALWAYS A TENDENCY TO CONCENTRATE ONLY ON THE CAPITAL BUT THE 3ERBIAN COUNTRYSIDE IS VERY ATTRAC WHICH WOULD HELP IN ITSELF 4HEN THERE IS THE COMMERCIAL COURT SYS TEM WHICH HAS TO BE LOOKED AT VERY CAREFULLY AND BE MADE MORE TIVE )iVE SPOKEN WITH MANY OF THE MAYORS OF THE VARIOUS TOWNS OBJECTIVE !NOTHER ELEMENT IS THE LAW ON PROPERTY AND LAND OWNER AND CITIES AND ITiS REALLY A DIFFERENT LIFE BEYOND "ELGRADE 4HOSE SHIP WHICH HAS STILL TO BE SORTED OUT 4HERE IS ALWAYS THE PROBLEM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE SO AUTHENTIC AND ITiS REALLY WORTH OF FINDING A RELIABLE PARTNER WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL !S TRAVELLING &ORTUNATELY WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS GOING ON ) MENTIONED ONCE YOU HAVE A PROPERLY FUNCTIONING COLLABORATION IN 3OUTH 3ERBIA AND 3ANDÝAK SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF POSSIBILITY BETWEEN TWO PARTIES m 3ERBIAN AND $UTCH m YOU CAN USE THAT AS AN FOR MY SUCCESSOR TO TRAVEL AND TAKE TIME TO SEE THE COUNTRYSIDE

EXAMPLE TO SHOW PEOPLE BACK HOME THAT THINGS ARE PROPERLY FUNC TALK TO THE PEOPLE AND GO TO THE MONASTERIES ) ONLY HOPE THAT THE TIONING AND THIS THEN GENERATES AN INTEREST IN DOING LIKEWISE AUTHORITIES ARE GOING TO THE ISSUE OF GARBAGE COLLECTION SERIOUSLY AND THAT THE PEOPLE OF 3ERBIA WILL DEVELOP MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 4HE RELATIVELY RECENT DONATION OF A BUS TO THE MUNICIPAL THE PUBLIC SPACE )T IS SUCH A SHAME TO SEE ALL THESE NICE BROOKS ITY OF 0IROT FROM THE CITY OF $EN (AAG 4HE (AGUE WAS ITSELF FULL WITH PLASTIC BOTTLES AND BAGS AND TO SEE THE GARBAGE LYING JUST A CAUSE OF CONTROVERSY IN 3ERBIA m PRINCIPALLY BECAUSE THE OUTSIDE THE VILLAGES NEGATIVE IMAGE OF THE )NTERNATIONAL #RIMINAL 4RIBUNAL FOR THE (OW OPTIMISTIC ARE YOU ABOUT 3ERBIAiS FUTURE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA HAS HAD A KNOCK ON AFFECT ON THE IMAGE OF THE CITY 7HAT FURTHER STEPS IS THE .ETHERLANDS &OREIGN -INISTRY /N THE LONG RUN )iM PRETTY OPTIMISTIC ) THINK THE COUNTRY WILL TAKING TO IMPROVE THE IMAGE OF 4HE (AGUE WITHIN THE FORMER JOIN THE %UROPEAN 5NION AT SOME STAGE THOUGH MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING PRETTY SLOWLY AT THE MOMENT ) WOULD 9UGOSLAV COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY THE 4RIBUNAL 4HE 'OVERNMENT AS SUCH IS DOING NOTHING BECAUSE IT IS THEIR LIKE TO SEE SOME ACCELERATION IN EVERY ASPECT BECAUSE ) THINK AIM TO HAVE AS MANY INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTITUTIONS IN (OLLAND AS THE 3ERBIAN PEOPLE HAVE EARNED THE RIGHT TO SEE SOME PROGRESS POSSIBLE "UT ) THINK THE #ITY OF 4HE (AGUE ITSELF IS AWARE OF THE .ONETHELESS ) HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS COUNTRY WILL EVENTUALLY PROBLEM ! YEAR AFTER ) ARRIVED HERE ) ESTABLISHED COMMUNICATION BECOME A FULL PART OF %UROPEAN 5NION AND PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT WITH THE -AYOR OF 4HE (AGUE ) EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT ALTHOUGH ROLE IN THIS REGION

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ORGANISED THE FIRST EVER FULL POLITICAL DEMONSTRATION SINCE TH /CTOBER ON %UROPE $AY m TH -AY m THIS YEAR 4HE REASON FOR THE DEMONSTRATION WAS 3ERBIAN 0RIME -INISTER 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICAiS FAILURE TO KEEP THE PROMISE THAT 2ATKO -LADIÌ WOULD BE IN 4HE (AGUE BY ST -AY AND THE SUBSEQUENT SUSPENSION OF NEGOTIA TIONS WITH THE %5 *OVANOVIÌ WAS ONCE AGAIN IN A ROLE HE HAS GROWN MOST COMFORT ABLE WITH m A jGUARDIAN OF THE FLAMEj MODERNISER AND REFORMER (E HAS USED THAT ENERGY FROM THE STREETS OF "ELGRADE TO LAUNCH A 3ERBIA WIDE CAMPAIGN TO ONCE AGAIN FORCE CHANGE ON THE COUNTRYiS POLITICAL SCENE BY RALLYING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE 7E SPOKE TO HIM AT AM ON TH -AY UPON HIS RETURN FROM 6RpAC WHERE HE HAD TAKEN PART IN A PUBLIC DEBATE TALKED TO CITIZENS AND GAVE AN INTERVIEW TO THE LOCAL 46 STATION !T THIS POINT 3ERBIA IS STILL SILENT OVER THE RESULTS OF THE -ONTENEGRIN REFERENDUM $ID YOU EXPECT A VOTE IN SUPPORT OF INDEPENDENCE 4HE REFERENDUM RESULT WAS ONE OF THE GOALS SET BY THE ,$0 BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT PART OF THE 3ERBIAN POLITICAL PROGRAMME THAT WOULD BRING CHANGES TO THE 3ERBIAN SOCIETY THROUGH CERTAIN KINDS OF RELATIONS AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS -ONTENEGRO AND +OSOVO ) WANTED THIS SORT OF OUTCOME FOR THE REFERENDUM BUT ) AM SORRY THAT WE TOOK ON AN INFERIOR ROLE THROUGH THE POLICY OF THE 'OVERNMENT THAT RECEIVED TACIT SUPPORT FROM THE 0RESIDENT WHICH ONLY SERVED TO HINDER THE -ONTENEGRIN SEARCH FOR IDENTITY AND BROUGHT INDEPEND ENCE TO 3ERBIA ONLY BECAUSE NO ONE WANTED TO SHARE A COUNTRY WITH US ANYMORE -ANY PEOPLE IN 3ERBIA FEEL THAT THEY HAVE BEEN USED AND DISCARDED 7HICH POLITICAL FORCE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SUCH A SENTIMENT 4HE DEFEAT OF THE POLICY DICTATED FROM "ELGRADE IS A PRELUDE TO ITS COMPLETE DISASTER AFTER THE FINAL STATUS OF +OSOVO IS CONFIRMED

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OFFICIAL RATIFICATION OF ITS INTERNATIONAL STATUS ON ST $ECEMBER 4HIS WILL ALSO BECOME AN jIMPOSED SOLUTIONk THAT WILL CREATE THE IMPRES SION OF DEFEAT IN 3ERBIAN SOCIETY ALTHOUGH IT ACTUALLY IS NOT A DEFEAT OF THE CITIZENS ONLY THE CUMULATIVE INVOICE OF 3LOBODAN -ILOpEVIÌiS DISASTROUS POLICY 4HIS POLICY WAS DESIGNED BY GROUPS WHO STAND BEHIND 0RIME -INISTER 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA TODAY BUT UNFORTUNATELY BEHIND "ORIS 4ADIÌ AS WELL AND THEY ARE THE 3ERBIAN NATIONALIST ELITE AND CONSERVATIVE INSTITUTIONS m PRIMARILY THE !RMY AND THE #HURCH 4HE PEOPLE DO NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO SHARE YOUR VIEWS 4HEY MIGHT SAY j) NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG TO THE PEOPLE OF -ONTENEGRO AND ITiS UNFAIR THEY ARE PARTING WAYS )T HURTS k -OST PEOPLE IN 3ERBIA DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE -ONTENEGRINS WANT AN INDEPENDENT STATE 4HE POLITICIANS HAD TO FORGE A NEW MEN TALITY AND HAUL THE SOCIETY OUT OF A YEAR SERIES OF DEFEATS 4HAT IS WHY ò OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO LEAVE 3ERBIA m NOT BECAUSE THE PROBLEMS ARE UNSOLVABLE BUT BECAUSE THE RULING ELITES ARE NOT SOLV ING THEM PROPERLY )T IS QUITE TRICKY FOR A POLITICIAN TO SAY THAT MOST VOTERS DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON THAT THEY ARE WRONG 9OU ARE TELL ING THEM THAT THEY ARE NOBODY THAT THEY DESERVE THEIR FATE .O 7E OFFER A CLEARLY ARTICULATED ALTERNATIVE AND THAT IS WHAT THE VOTERS CAN RECOGNISE 4HE ,$0 HAS STRONGER SUPPORT THAN ANY OF +OpTUNICAiS COALITION PARTNERS IN 'OVERNMENT !T PRESENT

PEOPLE SUPPORT THE IDEAS OF THE ,$0 -ORE THAN $3 OR ' 0LUS HAD AT THE ELECTIONS IN $O YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN WIN HALF A MILLION VOTES 9ES EVEN DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE ARE LEFT WITH VERY LITTLE ROOM FOR CAMPAIGNING UNDER AN ONGOING BARRAGE OF DETRACTIONS OF OUR VIEWS

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BY THE STATE )T WILL ALL DEPEND ON OUR ABILITY TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF OUR STRENGTH UNDER IRREGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES OFTEN MORE RIGID EVEN THAN DURING -ILOpEVIÌiS RULE AND BE SUFFICIENTLY ORGANISED TO SECURE THE VOTING STATIONS AS WELL AS TO HAVE ENOUGH ACTIVISTS FOR A DOOR TO DOOR CAMPAIGN BECAUSE THE MEDIA ARE ESSENTIALLY CLOSED TO US )N ORDER TO BECOME A $/3 CANDIDATE AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA WANTED AS THE FIRST GOAL OF HIS POLICY THE PRESERVATION OF THE STATE UNION OF 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO $OES THE FAILURE OF THIS POLICY THUS CALL FOR NEW ELEC TIONS IN 3ERBIA

+OpTUNICA HAS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR HIS POLIT ICAL FAILURES YET JUST AS -ILOpEVIÌ NEVER DID UNTIL THE SOCIETY HIT A CONCRETE WALL HEAD ON 4HIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO +OpTUNICA AFTER +OSOVO IS PROCLAIMED AN INDEPENDENT STATE $O YOU THINK THE SEPARATION OF -ONTENEGRO WILL NOT RESULT IN CHANGES ON THE POLITICAL SCENE IN 3ERBIA )T WILL SERVE TO RADICALISE AND HOMOG ENISE THE SOCIETY ON ANTI -ONTENEGRIN SENTI MENT AND TO PROMOTE THE POLICY OF DEFEND ING +OSOVO AT ANY COST .O ONE WILL CHALLENGE THE 'OVERNMENT

ASK FOR NEW ELECTIONS .O BECAUSE THEY SHARE THE SAME VIEWS 4HE 0ARLIAMENT IS OCCUPIED BY PEOPLE WHO SHARE +OpTUNICAiS AND 4ADIÌiS VIEWS ON +OSOVO )F THERE ARE NO ELECTIONS NOW WHEN WILL THEY HAPPEN 4HE TIMEFRAME FOR DEFINING THE FINAL STA TUS OF +OSOVO WILL DETERMINE AT WHAT STAGE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ELECTIONS )T IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT !HTISAARI WILL RECOMMEND A NEW STATUS FOR +OSOVO IN 3EPTEMBER AND IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT THE ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE BEFORE THE FINAL STATUS IS OFFICIALLY PRO CLAIMED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE +OpTUNICA WITH ANOTHER MANDATE DEVOID OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS POLICIES $O YOU BELIEVE THAT THE 7EST IS ASKING FOR A POST ELECTORAL COALITION BETWEEN $3 AND $33 AND FOR A NEW 'OVERNMENT IN OFFICE BEFORE THE FINAL STATUS OF +OSOVO IS DETERMINED !T THIS POINT THE WORLD IS WARY OF THE 3ERBIAN 2ADICAL 0ARTY MOSTLY BECAUSE +OpTUNICA AND 4ADIÌ ARE SUCCESSFULLY MANIPULATING THEIR STRENGTH AND JUSTIFYING THEIR PART NERSHIP WHICH RELIES ON THE SAME VALUES THAT ARE EMBRACED BY THE 2ADICALS 4HE MOST EFFECTIVE COUNTERACTION TO THE 2ADICALS WOULD BE A NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAT WOULD MOTIVATE VOTERS WHO HAVE BECOME POLITICALLY INDIFFERENT AFTER BEING DISAFFECTED WITH THE POLI TICS OF +OpTUNICA AND 4ADIÌ 4HE ENTRY OF THE ,$0 IN THE 0ARLIAMENT WILL REDUCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A COALITION BETWEEN THE 2ADICALS AND +OpTUNICA "UT ,$0 WILL NOT GET THEIR VOTES FROM THE 2ADICAL SHARE OF THE VOTE BUT RATHER FROM $3 AND PERHAPS $33 VOTERS ) WANT THE SUPPORT OF VOTERS OF ALL AFFILIATIONS 4HE CURRENT TRENDS INDICATE THAT WE ARE NOT WRESTING ANYONEiS VOTES /UR POLICIES DIFFER SO MUCH THAT THEY CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR A SIMPLE TRANSFER OF VOTES $O NOT FORGET THAT 3ERBIA GOT HALF A MILLION PEOPLE AFTER TH /CTOBER WHO WILL VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE NEXT ELECTIONS ,ETiS IMAGINE FOR A SECOND THE jMIRACLEk OF YOU ENTERING 0ARLIAMENTb )T IS NOT A MIRACLE 7E ARE SUPPORTED BY ò OF THE ELECTORATE IN 6OJVODINA ò IN "ELGRADE ò IN +RALJEVO )F NECESSARY WILL YOU BE ABLE TO SUPPORT A COALITION BETWEEN $3 AND $33 AFTER EVERYTHING YOU SAID ABOUT +OpTUNICA AND 4ADIÐ /UR PROGRAMME IS QUITE CLEAR A RAPID AND RADICAL SEVERANCE FROM THE SYSTEM OF VALUES UPON WHICH -ILOpEVIÌiS POLITICS WERE BASED 7E WILL SUPPORT THEM ONLY IF WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DEFINED A CLEAR VISION AND SEQUENCE OF ACTIONS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL )F 4ADIÌ AND

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PER CAPITA 0ARIVODIÌ TOLD PRESS THAT THE LEVEL OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN 3ERBIA IN THE NEXT YEARS COULD RANGE FROM _ BILLION TO _ BILLION PER YEAR DEPENDING ON THE CHOSEN PACE OF REFORMS STIPULATED BY THIS STRATEGY (E SAID THAT DEPENDING ON CONSISTENCY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF RE FORMS ENVISAGED BY THIS STRATEGY 3ERBIA COULD BE BETWEEN TH AND TH PLACE ON THE LIST OF COUNTRIES RANKED ACCORDING TO ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND NUMBER OF INVESTORS 3ERBIA CURRENTLY HOLDS TH PLACE OUT OF THE TOTAL OF COUNTRIES !CCORDING TO 0ARIVODIÌ THE STRATEGY IS A LIBERAL AND COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT THAT ADVOCATES THE DE MONOPOLISATION OF 3ERBIA AN OPEN AND DYNAMIC ECONOMY AND IS MARKED BY THE SPIRIT OF A MODERN ECONOMY

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IN :AGREB JUST BEFORE HE BECAME 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL HE CREATED THIS OFFICE HERE IN "ELGRADE AS THE 5NITED .ATIONS ,IAISON /FFICE AND ) CAME IN TO BE ITS DIRECTOR AT THE END OF 4HE OFFICE HAS REMAINED HERE SINCE BECAUSE 3ERBIA WAS AS IT WERE SURROUNDED

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BY NO MEANS INFALLIBLE (ARSTON NOTES OUR MILITARY AND OUR CIVILIANS jTHERE ARE MANY AREAS THAT WE DONiT DO j) THINK ITiS WRONG TO SIMPLY SAY µ ê ê ê ê| ê TERRIBLY WELL BUT THERE ISNiT ANYBODY THAT ITiS AN INEVITABILITY AND SO ) z ±ê ê ê ê ELSE WHO COULD DO THEM AND SO WE THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE A POLICY ê ê|­z­ê ꢧê ê ê HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE WHAT WE DO BET OF NO TOLERANCE ! LOT OF MECHANICAL

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AND IS BEING ADDRESSED k ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENTb 7E WENT THROUGH 2ETURNING TO THE SPECIFIC ISSUE A PERIOD IN THE S WHEN WE WERE OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS DIRECTOR ASKED TO DO MORE POLICE AND IN MY OPINION ITiS FRANKLY THE THING (ARSTON EXPRESSED HIS HOPE AND EXPECTATION THAT THE MILITARY THAT WE DO THE LEAST WELL BECAUSE WE BRING OUR POLICE FROM SUCH PERSONNEL OF 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO WOULD SOON INCREASE THEIR IMMENSELY VARIED BACKGROUNDS THAT ITiS VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN INVOLVEMENT IN THE 5.iS INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AS HAS ALREADY A STANDARD THAT WEiD LIKE TO MAINTAIN k HAPPENED WITH FELLOW FORMER 9UGOSLAV REPUBLICS LIKE #ROATIA

"OSNIA AND 3LOVENIA $OES THE 5. FIND ITSELF HAVING TO COMPETE IN %UROPE WITH ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS .!4/ THE %5 AND THE /3#% OR IS THE %XPLAINING THE SCOPE OF HIS FOCUS IN "ELGRADE (ARTSON SAYS PRESENCE OF MORE THAN ONE INTERNATIONAL BODY ACTUALLY A j7HAT CONCERNS ME AS A MEMBER OF THE 3ECRETARIAT WHOiS BONUS INTERESTED IN PEACEKEEPING IS WHETHER THEREiS THE POLITICAL WILL j,ETiS TAKE THE 5. AND .!4/ IN +OSOVO FOR EXAMPLE 4HERE AND MILITARY CAPABILITY HERE TO DELIVER TROOPS TO PEACEKEEPING WE HAD A DELIBERATE DECISION NOT TO HAVE A MISSION WHICH WAS OPERATIONS k !ND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS THAT THE jPOLITICAL WILL IS THERE BUT UNDER SINGLE COMMAND -Y OPINION HAVING LOOKED AT THE SUC CESSES AND FAILURES THE 5. HAS HAD AROUND THE WORLD IS THAT NOT STRONG WHILE MILITARY WILL IS THERE AND STRONG AND THE MILI THE IDEAL MISSION IS ONE WHERE THE MILITARY AND CIVIL PARTS OF A TARY PREPAREDNESS IS GOOD MISSION ARE UNDER A SINGLE COMMAND 4HERE WERE ALL SORTS OF REA j4HE PEACEKEEPING CENTRE OF THE !RMY HERE IS EXCELLENT SONS WHY THAT WAS NOT TO BE IN +OSOVO AND THUS IT IMMEDIATELY AND DOES A VERY GOOD JOB IN TRAINING AND PREPARING PEOPLE AND BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT THOUGH THEREiS NO COMPETITION INVOLVED PUSHING THE POLITICAL PROCESS ALONG AS MUCH AS IT CAN ) THINK THE BECAUSE WEiRE NOT DOING THE SAME THING YOUNGER OFFICERS IN PARTICULAR HERE ARE VERY KEEN TO INVOLVE THEIR j!T THAT POINT IT BECOMES DEPENDENT ON SETTING UP PROPER SOLDIERS IN PEACEKEEPING NOT LEAST BECAUSE THE PEACEKEEPERS ARRANGEMENTS FOR CO ORDINATION AND WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT IT YOU GET BACK ARE BETTER THAN THE ONES YOU SEND 7HETHER THEYiRE BECOMES DEPENDENT ON PERSONALITY 2IGHT NOW IN +OSOVO THEREiS MILITARY OBSERVERS OR STAFF IN HEADQUARTERS THE EXPERIENCE AND AN EXTREMELY GOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEAD OF .!4/ FORCES RESPONSIBILITY THEY GET IS GREATER THAN IT WOULD BE IF THEY STAYED AND THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL )T WORKS HERE AND THATiS A PROCESS WHICH WE LIKE TO ENCOURAGE VERY WELL BUT ) CAN IMAGINE SITUATIONS WHERE IT MIGHT NOT HAVE j3O FAR ITiS BEEN A MATTER OF INDIVIDUALS FROM HERE MILITARY BEEN SO CLOSE AS THEREiS NO UNITY OF COMMAND THE POTENTIAL FOR OBSERVERS IN THE #ONGO OR ,IBERIA OR ELSEWHERE BUT WHAT WEiD DIFFICULTY IS GREATER REALLY LIKE FROM HERE IS FORMED UNITS .OT INFANTRY UNITS BUT UNITS j!S FAR AS THE OTHER ORGANISATIONS ARE CONCERNED WEiVE SPENT WHICH CAN PROVIDE MEDICAL HELP ENGINEERS COMMUNICATIONS THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN THE $EPARTMENT OF 0EACEKEEPING IN .EW UNITS WHICH CAN RUN AND MAN AIRPORTS ETC !LL THOSE SPECIALIST 9ORK TRYING TO BUILD MUCH CLOSER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE /3#% AND UNITS WHICH A COUNTRY LIKE THIS CAN PROVIDE MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE !FRICAN 5NION FOR EXAMPLE 4HIS WORKS VERY WELL )N A FUNNY US TO DEAL WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS WE HAVE FROM THE WAY ALTHOUGH IT HAS PROBLEMS AS A CONCEPT THE PILLAR STRUCTURE 3UBCONTINENT !ND ) KNOW THAT THE MILITARY HERE IS KEEN TO DO IN +OSOVO m WHERE YOU HAVE AN /3#% PILLAR AN %5 PILLAR AND THE THAT 4HEYiVE TALKED OF TRANSPORT ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL UNITS 5. m HAS TAUGHT US ALL SORTS OF LESSONS ABOUT CO ORDINATION 4HAT FROM HERE AND )iM SURE THAT IN THE NEXT MONTHS WEiLL HAVE AT IS NOW VERY MUCH REFLECTED IN !HTISAARIiS TEAMb LEAST ONE OF THOSE OPERATING SOMEWHERE k

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-ANY ECONOMISTS BELIEVE THAT THOUGH THERE ARE NO PRECISE ESTIMATES OF THE SURPLUS MANPOWER IT IS LIKELY THAT THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IS TWICE AS HIGH AS IS REQUIRED BY THOSE COMPANIES 0UBLIC COMPANIES FROM LOCAL TO STATE LEVEL REPRESENT A PERFECT jWAR TROPHYk

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i êÀêp ONLY CONCERN OF +OpTUNICAiS GOVERNMENT IS TO STAY IN POWER AS LONG AS POSSIBLE .O ) REALLY CANNOT SEE ANYTHING IN THIS GOVERNMENT EXCEPT FOR -LAðAN $INKIÌ WHO IS AN ECONOMIST AND KNOWS THAT IT MATTERS THAT THERE ARE NO EXPERTS 4HAT IS A CATASTROPHE 2EGARDLESS OF THE PARTY IN QUESTION THEY COULD HAVE FOUND MORE COMPETENT PEOPLE TO DO THE JOBS THEY PERFORM ) HAVENiT SEEN SO MUCH PARTY ORI ENTED CALCULATING AND LOW LEVEL POLITICS IN ANY TRANSITION COUNTRY )F SOMEONE TELLS ME THAT jOUR PATH IS A %UROPEAN PATHk THEN ) REALLY WONDER WHERE FOR 'ODiS SAKE HAVE THEY SEEN SUCH LOW CAPACITY MINISTERS IN %UROPE bWHAT WE SEE NOW IS THE jMISERY INDEXk WHICH REPRESENTS THE SUM OF INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT 3O YOU CALCULATE THOSE TWO

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BY ANYONE BUT ) CAN SEE NO OTHER REASON FOR SUCH AN INVESTMENT 7HEN YOU INPUT MORE THAN A BILLION EUROS INTO THE ECONOMY THEN INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO GROW 4HE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE AFRAID OF INFLATION BUT THE FOREIGN INVESTORS WE WANT TO ATTRACT MOST CERTAINLY ARE 4HE WHOLE POLICY IS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE PEOPLE )N EVERY REFORM POLICY YOU HAVE LOSERS AND WINNERS 4HE WORST SITUATION IS WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE THE LOSERS 4HEN REAL REFORMS ARE HAPPENING m MEANING THAT YOU TAKE SERIOUS MEASURES AND LAY OFF WORKERS AND DECREASE SALARIES 0EOPLE DO NOT DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN INFLATION OF OR PER CENT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WILL COMPENSATE FOR IT

BY RAISING INTEREST RATES MEANING THAT GREEN FIELD INVESTMENTS WILL NOT COME AND EMPLOYEES WILL LOSE OUT AGAINb PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO START WALKING THE MORE DIFFICULT PATH m THEY HAVE TO BE FORCED DOWN IT )F WE ARE NOW THE %LDORADO OF THE BANKING SYSTEM NO ONE CAN CONVINCE ME THAT IT COULDNiT BE THE SAME IN OTHER FIELDS 7HEN THAT IS LACKING THE GOVERNMENT INCREASES SALARIES PROMISES INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND OBSTRUCTS TRANSITION IN ORDER TO STAY IN POWER 4HIS IS CHILDISH AND SHORT SIGHTED 4HE -INISTER OF &INANCE CLAIMS THAT HIS INVESTMENT PLAN WILL NOT LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN INFLATION BUT ONLY PERHAPS A CONTROLLED INCREASE IN THE FOREIGN TRADE DEFICIT 4HAT IS THE SAME AS IF YOU ASSURED ME THAT ) COULD EAT A RAW POTATO WITHOUT ANY RISE IN MY BODY TEMPERATURE ANYONE WHO EATS A RAW POTATO WILL SEE HIS BODY TEMPERATURE RISE AND ANYONE WHO INCREASES PUBLIC SPENDING WILL CAUSE INFLATION TO RISE 4HERE IS SOMETHING CALLED ECONOMIC THEORY JUST AS THERE IS MEDICAL THEORY 4HAT IS WHY PEOPLE LEARN 9OU CAN OPT FOR POPULIST POLITICS 4HAT COMPLETELY CONTRADICTS EVERYTHING THE -INISTER OF &INANCE HAS LEARNED AT THIS &ACULTY OR WOULD LEARN AT ANY OTHER ECONOMICS FACULTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

k êw 9±ê #OULD THIS SO CALLED jINVESTMENT CYCLEk m THE TITLE OF WHICH IS REMINISCENT OF THE -ILOpEVIÐiS ERA m FAIL BECAUSE THE MONEY THE GOVERNMENT IS COUNTING ON WILL NOT COME IN TIME AND

THEREFORE NO DAMAGE WOULD BE DONE 4HAT IS PRECISELY ONE OF THE REASONS THE GOVERNMENT DOESNiT WANT THE )-& ARRANGEMENT 4HE FIRST THING THE )-& WOULD ASK FOR IS FOR THAT PLAN TO BE SCRAPPED 4HE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME WOULD BE NOT TO START IT (OWEVER HUGE DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN INFLICTED BY THE GOVERN MENTiS PLANS NOT TO RESTRUCTURE COMPANIES LAY OFF SURPLUS WORKERS OR LINK SALARIES WITH INFLATION 3O IT WILL NOT PERFORM THOSE TWO BASIC REFORM STEPS !ND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHY PEOPLE ARE TAKING SO MANY LOANS THE ANSWER IS THAT THEY EXPECT TO KEEP THEIR JOBS AND EXPECT THEIR SALARIES TO COVER INFLATION AND THAT SUCH A POLICY WILL REMAIN FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER DECADE !ND FOR THE TIME BEING THEY ARE RIGHT 4HERE IS NOT ONE SERIOUS PLAYER ON THE POLITICAL STAGE GIVING A HINT OF CHANGES 7E HAVE 'OVERNOR *ELApIÌ WHO IS TRYING TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BUT HE ALONE CANNOT CHANGE ANYTHING )T IS OFTEN SAID HERE THAT 3ERBIA SHOULDNiT RUSH TOWARDS THE %5 BECAUSE DOMESTIC COMPANIES ARE NOT READY TO COMPETE INTERNATIONALLY AND WOULD BE DESTROYED )F THAT ARGUMENT HAD BEEN ACCEPTED IN FOR INSTANCE (UNGARY

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UBLIC COMPANIES EARMARKED FOR RESTRUCTURING AND PRIVATISA TION HAVE HAD A SURPLUS OF STAFF FOR YEARS !DDING TO FIGURES OF THOSE LAID OFF ARE THE ONGOING PRIVATISATIONS OF LARGE UNPROF ITABLE STATE OWNED FIRMS THAT WERE ALREADY CRUMBLING BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE FALL IN S PRODUCTION LEVELS 4RANSITION COUNTRIES HAVE EMPLOYED TWO BASIC MODELS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF MASS REDUNDANCIES IN THE "ALTIC STATES AND 3LOVENIA MASS REDUNDANCIES WERE COUPLED WITH THE ESTAB LISHING OF A STRONG NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE THAT PREPARED SPECIAL RETRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR THE RECENTLY LAID OFF m THE INFLUX OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT &$) COUPLED WITH THE LAYING OFF OF SURPLUS WORKERS AND ESTABLISHING OF NEW DOMESTIC COMPANIES

HELPED RESTRUCTURED COMPANIES INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AND IN TIME ACHIEVE COMMERCIAL VIABILITY IN 2USSIA AND ELSEWHERE A SECOND MODEL WAS APPLIED INEFFECTUAL WORKERS WERE KEPT ON FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD AS COMPANIES WERE PRIVATISED AND SOLD TO DOMESTIC INVESTORS WHO ULTIMATELY FAILED TO TURN AROUND THE FOR TUNES OF THOSE COMPANIES 4HIS RESULTED IN THE FURTHER DECLINE OF THE GIANT STATE OWNED COMPANIES IN QUESTION AND IT WAS ONLY ONCE WILLING FOREIGN INVESTORS ARRIVED THAT THE POSSIBILITY FOR GENUINE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AROSE 4HE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN 2USSIA WAS KEPT FALSELY IN CHECK AND THE PROCESS FAILED TO LEAD TO INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY )N 3ERBIA jSOMETHING IN BETWEENk IS GOING ON THERE HAVE BEEN NO MASS LAYOFFS NATIONAL SERVICE IS NOT WEAK BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHOSE PROBLEMS REMAIN TO BE SOLVED WHILE FOREIGN INVESTMENT IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO EMPLOY EVERYBODY WHO IS SEEK ING A JOB 4HE EXTENT OF REDUNDANCIES DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF EXTRA JOBHOLDERS )F THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IS TWICE AS HIGH AS IS NEEDED THAT PROCESS CANNOT BE AVOIDED !CCORDING TO 'ORDANA -ATKOVIÌ 3ERBIAiS FORMER MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY jTHE FACT IS THAT FASTER TRANSITIONS ACHIEVED GOOD RESULTS UNLIKE THOSE WHICH DID NOT TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES )N ANY CASE YOU HAVE GENERATIONS THAT ARE SACRIFICED 4HE PROBLEM IN 3ERBIA IS THAT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS PEOPLE HAVE LOST BOTH THEIR PSY CHOLOGICAL AND MATERIAL RESERVES k 4ODAY THE 'OVERNMENT IS FINANCIALLY ASSISTING COMPANIES TO GET RID OF SURPLUS EMPLOYEES AND SUGGESTING THAT THEY SHOULD FIRST TRY TO UTILISE THEIR CAPACITIES BY OFFERING EMPLOYEES THE USAGE OF BUSINESS SPACE AND MACHINES OR BY SEPARATING THEM IN OTHER COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE SAME FIELD 4HIS WOULD ENSURE THAT THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE LISTED ON THE .ATIONAL 3ERVICE

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n ê t 9 FOR %MPLOYMENT WOULD NOT ADDITIONALLY INCREASE (OWEVER MANY STATE OWNED COMPANIES THAT WOULD HAVE LONG SINCE DISAPPEARED IF STATE SUBVENTIONS HAD NOT KEPT THEM AFLOAT APPEAR LIKE SUR REAL SCENES FROM -ONTY 0YTHON SEMICONSCIOUS FACTORY WORKERS PRODUCING ALMOST NOTHING AND WHILING AWAY THEIR CAREERS PLAYING CARDS OR CHESS j%CONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE ONLY CURE k SAYS 'ORDANA -ATKOVIÌ j-OMENTARY MEASURES SUCH AS DECREASING TAX CAN HARDLY DECREASE UNEMPLOYMENT m STATE OWNED COMPANIES ARE STILL PREDOMINANT SO ) AM AFRAID THAT THE RESULT WILL BE INCREASED SALARIES !ND PRIVATELY OWNED COMPANIES WOULD MOST PROBABLY CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS STILL CHEAPER FOR THEM NOT TO PAY TAXES OR SOCIAL SECURITY AT ALL k /NE OF THE WAYS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT IS TO STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IT IS FIRST NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH AN ADEQUATE ECONOMIC AMBIENCE MEANING THAT THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY MUST FINALLY STABILISE !T THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO WORK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN THE PAST YEARS 4HE 3ERBIAN 'OVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHED A NATIONAL STRATEGY OF EMPLOYMENT FOR THE PERIOD TO BASED ON THE %UROPEAN

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LED TO THE CLOSING OF LOSS MAKING STATE OWNED BANKS AND THE SUBSE QUENT REDUNDANCIES OF SOME EMPLOYEES IN THE SHORT TERM )N THE LONGER TERM HOWEVER THE ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN OWNED BANKS HAS CREATED MORE JOBS THAN BEFORE "ESIDES WORKING ON REFORMS ALL MINISTRIES HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER ON AMORTISATION OF THE SHOCK OF THE FIRST LAYOFF WITH INI TIATIVES SUCH AS SELF EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES RETRAINING COURSES AND SPECIALISATION TRAINING 3TEPS ARE ALSO BEING TAKEN TO ASSIST THOSE WHO FIND IT MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND EMPLOYMENT THE OVER S

THE DISABLED ETC TO SEEK NEW CAREERS

3HOW AND "%/425#+ "UT THE FAIR PRESENTATIONS WERE NOT OVER THERE AS THE GENERAL SPONSOR OF THE #IVIL %NGINEERING &AIR $AIM LER#HRYSLER 3#' WAS ABLE TO MARK EARLY -AY WITH ANOTHER PUBLIC OUT ING FOR ITS SHOWPIECE MODELS 7ISHING TO REMAIN DIFFERENT BY NOT ONLY BEING INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOP MENT OF THE LOCAL SOCIETY BUT ALSO CREATING A POSITIVE MOOD HIGH SPIRIT

AND AWARENESS OF -ERCEDES "ENZ AND #HRYSLER *EEP BRAND CUSTOM ERS $AIMLER#HRYSLER HAS CONTINUED TO SURPRISE /N TH -AY IN FRONT OF CENTRAL "EL GRADEiS TOWERING "EOGRAðANKA "UILD ING THE #HRYSLER *EEP 4EAM CELEBRAT ED THE FIRST FREE PEDESTRIAN ZONE DAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH #OCA #OLA AND &RIKOM TO WISH THE PEOPLE OF "ELGRADE A BEAUTIFUL SPRING /N THIS OCCASION #HRYSLER *EEP VEHICLES WERE ON THE STREET WITH MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND

AND FREE ICE CREAM AND DRINKS WERE PROVIDED /NE CAN SAY IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL WEEKEND DAY

3UCCESSFUL &IRST 1UARTER 3INCE THE BEGINNING OF $AIMLER#HRYSLER 3#' HAS BEEN PRESENT AT FOUR &AIRS IN THE CITY OF "ELGRADE IN &EBRUARY THE COMPANY PRESENT ED ITS PASSENGER VEHICLE SEGMENT WHICH INCLUDED -ERCEDES "ENZ

#HRYSLER AND *EEP BRANDS AT THE FIRST LOCAL PASSENGER VEHICLE &AIR m THE ANNUAL "' #AR 3HOW 3IMULTANEOUSLY THE NEW -ERCEDES "ENZ 2 #LASS HAD ITS MAIDEN PROMOTION IN 3#' AT THE THIRD )NTERNATIONAL 7INE &AIR !T THE END OF -ARCH THE MANUFACTURERiS VEHICLES WERE AGAIN IN THE SPOTLIGHT THIS TIME AT THE TH )NTERNATIONAL #OMMERCIAL VEHICLE &AIR

NAMED "%/425#+ WHERE -ERCEDES "ENZ PRESENTED MORE THEN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN A DISPLAY COVERING THE WHOLE OF (ALL AN AREA WIDER THAN M 4HESE SUCCESSFUL FAIR APPEARANCES WERE RECOGNISED BY THE !SSOCIA TION OF 3ERBIAN !DVERTISING %XPERTS WHICH REWARDED $# 3#' WITH TWO AWARDS FOR THE BEST PROMOTIONAL ATTENDANCE AT BOTH THE "' #AR

2AIFFEISENBANK $ONATES TO -OTHER #HILD )NSTITUTE /LIVER 2OEGL CHAIRMAN OF THE -ANAGING "OARD OF 2AIFFEISENBANK A D "ELGRADE WAS ON HAND TO PRESENT A VALUABLE DONATION OF MEDICAL EQUIP MENT TO THE j-OTHER AND #HILD )NSTITUTEk IN "EL GRADE THIS -AY 4HE DONATION A DEVICE FOR MONITORING VITAL FUNCTIONS AND TWO INFUSION PUMPS WAS DONATED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF THE )NSTITUTEiS PAEDIATRIC CLINIC -R 2OEGL STATED ON THIS OCCASION THAT 2AIFFEISENBANK HAD BEEN FOUNDED IN 3ERBIA FIVE YEARS AGO WITH THE HIGHEST BUSINESS AMBITIONS

BUT ALSO WITH AN AWARENESS THAT ITS DEVELOPMENT SHOULD CONTRIBUTE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS ENVIRONMENT AS WELL 4HE BANK CONSIDERS THE CARE FOR THE YOUNGEST CITIZENS AS ONE OF ITS PRIORITIES AND INTENDS TO ENSURE THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN IN 3ERBIA TO HAVE A CAREFREE AND HEALTHY

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$ESIGNED FOR THE -ERCEDES "ENZ FAMILY -ERCEDES "ENZ MADE A MAJOR STEP FORWARD WHEN FOR THE FIRST TIME

$AIMLER#HRYSLER 3#' ORGANISED A &AMILY $AY OF THE -ERCEDES "ENZ -EMBERS %VENT I E ESPECIALLY DESIGNED EVENT FOR -ERCEDES "ENZ RE SPECTFUL CUSTOMERS WITH THEIR FAMILIES 4HE PROGRAMME WAS SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO CREATE THE IDEA OF THE jRELAXING TIMEk SCENARIO 4HE PREMISES OF /MLADINSKIH BRIGADA WERE DIVIDED IN TO AREAS WITH SEPARATE ACTIVITIES RESPECTING THE DESIRES AND NEEDS OF EACH GROUP MEN LADIES AND CHILDREN 4HE AREA FOR MEN WAS THE DYNAMIC FEELING ZONE WITH 2ADIO #ONTROL VEHICLES TEST DRIVES AND RACES AND WINE TESTING 4HE AREA FOR LADIES CONSISTED OF RELAXING MUSIC IN THE GREEN AREA

WITH LOUNGING CHAIRS MASSAGES MANICURES ADVICE FROM FITNESS AND NU TRITIONIST EXPERT AND OF COURSE WINE TASTING 4HE ,ADIES :ONE ALSO HAD A CLEAR VIEW ON THE CHILDRENiS ZONE WHERE ENTERTAINERS WERE TASKED WITH OCCUPYING AND TAKING CARE OF THE CHILDREN ! BIG BOUNCY CASTLE WORK SHOPS MOVIES FOR KIDS AND EVEN A CLOWN OCCUPIED THEIR ATTENTION ALLOW ING PARENTS TO ENJOY THEIR TIME

CHILDHOOD 4HE DIRECTOR OF THE -OTHER AND #HILD )NSTITUTE PRIM $RAGUTIN 4RIÍKOVIÌ -$ EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE SIGNIFICANT SUP PORT THAT 2AIFFEISENBANK HAS OFFERED THE )NSTITUTE AND REMINDED THE JOURNALISTS PRESENT THAT THE BANK HAD BEEN LISTED AMONG THE BIGGEST DONORS OF THIS )NSTITUTE ALREADY FIVE YEARS AGO ON THE OCCASION OF ITS OFFICIAL OPENING 4HE DELEGATION OF 2AIFFEISENBANK WAS ACCOMPANIED BY SEVERAL REP RESENTATIVES OF THE WATER POLO CLUB j0ARTIZAN 2AIFFEISENk LED BY TEAM CAPTAIN AND ONE OF OUR BEST SPORTSMEN IN $ANILO $AÍA )KODINOVIÌ 4HEY SPENT AN HOUR SOCIALISING WITH THE CHILDREN CURRENT LY BEING IN HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTED SYMBOLIC PRESENTS WISHING THE PATIENTS A FAST RECOVERY 4HE -OTHER AND #HILD )NSTITUTE THE LARGEST AND MOST RENOWNED INSTI TUTION PROVIDING HEALTH CARE FOR INFANTS AND THEIR MOTHERS IN THIS PART OF %UROPE RECENTLY CELEBRATED ITS TH ANNIVERSARY

3UCCESS 0ASSION TO 3ATISFY $EMAND 3PORTY OUTLINES TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENT AND MODERN DESIGN CHARACTERISE ALL !UDI BRAND VEHICLES REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS AN ! ! ! !

44 OR 1 (IGHEST LEVEL IS ALSO PRESENT IN 4$) MO TORS MANY OF THEM ARE EQUIPPED WITH A FILTER OF DIESEL PARTICLES 7E CREATE CARS FOR YOU WITH SUCCESS AND PASSION THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS IS SATISFACTION CREATIVITY AND WILLINGNESS TO PLEDGE /N THE ROAD OF LEAD ERS IN INNOVATIONS HOPES AND EMOTIONS OF OUR BUYERS DIRECT THE WAY WE WORK !UDI SETS NEW STANDARDS IN LINE WITH THE BRANDiS SLOGAN j6ORSPRUNG DURCH 4ECHNIKk )MPROVEMENT THROUGH TECHNOLOGYk !UDI ! ! POWERFUL LOOKING DESIGN INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUE AND POW ERFUL MOTORS DEFINE THE HIGH STANDARD REQUESTED FROM THE !UDI BRAND IN A LUXURIOUS CLASS !T THE TOP A CYLINDER !'2%'!4 IN THE MODEL ! 1UATTRO AND THE PROLONGED VERSION ! , 1UATTRO &UEL EX PENDITURE COMBINED L KM #/ EMISSIONS COMBINED G KM 4HE COMFORT AND DYNAMIC OF DRIVING IS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WITH ITS POWERFUL DESIGN AND NUMEROUS INNOVATIONS THE NEW ! DEFINES HIGH DEMANDS OF THE !UDI BRAND IN THE SEGMENT OF THE LUXURIOUS CLASS OF CARS 4HE FULL ALUMINIUM CONSTRUCTION OF CAR BODY AND PERMANENT DRIVE ON ALL FOUR jQUATTROk WHEELS !DAPTIVE AIR SUSPENSION ELECTRI CALLY REGULATED AIR SUPPORT ON ALL FOUR WHEELS WITH CONTINUAL ADAP TIVE AMORTIZATION AS WELL AS THE NEW DEGREE GEARSHIFT jTIPTRONICk ARE ALSO A PART OF THIS MAXIMUM 4HERE IS A GOOD IDEA BEHIND EVERY !UDI MODEL 4HE SAME MAY BE SAID FOR 0ORSCHE ,EASING !UDI HAS CONFIDENCE IN THE YEAR OLD jU KNOW HOWk EXPERIENCE OF 0ORSCHE ,EASING 4AKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT 0ORSCHE ,EASING SPECIALIZES IN BUSINESS WITH CARS IT MAY BE SAID THAT IT IS MORE COMPETENT THAN OTHER LEASING COMPANIES 9OUR !UDI DEALER WILL CREATE THE RIGHT 0ORSCHE ,EASING FINANCIAL OFFER FOR YOU WITH PLEASURE WHICH WILL BE TAILOR MADE TO SUIT YOUR INDIVID UAL NEEDS AND DESIRES

'LOBAL %XPERIENCE (ITS 3#' $ELTA - AT .OVI 3AD !GRO &AIR $ELTA - #OMPANY 3ERBIAiS LEADING AGRICULTURAL COMPANY PRESENTED IT SELF AT THE !GRICULTURE &AIR IN .OVI 3AD WITH NEW FEWER THAN FOUR STANDS 4HROUGH ITS MULTI DIMENSIONAL PRESENTATION $ELTA - ONCE AGAIN DEM

ONSTRATED THAT THROUGH ITS OWN EXPERT AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH LEADING WORLD COMPANIES AND WELL KNOWN BRANDS IT HAS BROUGHT CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL EXPERIENCE TO THE MARKETS OF 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO /IL FACTORY j3UNCEk A PART OF THE $ELTA - GROUP PRESENTED A WHOLE NEW RANGE OF ITS COOKING OILS INCLUDING THE OMEGA OIL m WHICH HAS BECOME A GENUINE HEALTHY HIT ON THE WORLD MARKET BECAUSE OF ITS BENEFITS TO THE HEART AND CIRCULATION 3UNCE HAS THUS BECOME THE FIRST DOMESTIC PRODUCER THAT INCLUDES AN OIL ENRICHED WITH OMEGA ACIDS IN ITS RANGE *AGODINA BASED *UHOR -EAT )NDUSTRIES ALSO PART OF THE $ELTA - GROUP

UED THE .OVI 3AD FAIR TO PRESENT NEW PRODUCTS MADE ACCORDING TO )TAL IAN TECHNOLOGY 4HE PRODUCTS PRESENTED WERE COOKED MEATS MORT ADELLA j"OLOGNEk LONG LIFE SAUSAGES j-ILANOk AND PROSCIUTTO j-EDI TERRANEAN k $ELTA - -ECHANIZATION PRESENTED ITSELF AT THE FAIR FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR 4HIS IS A NEW PROGRAMME WITHIN THE $ELTA FRAMEWORK WHICH IMPORTS THE AGRICULTURE MACHINES OF LEADING PRODUCERS 4HANKS TO EXCLUSIVE CONTRACTS AND EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION I E STRATEGIC PARTNER SHIP 3ERBIAN AGRICULTURALISTS CAN NOW BUY PRODUCTS OF THE !'#/ #OR PORATION &ENDT 3AME $EUTZ &AHR 'ROUP $EUTZ &AHR +VERNELAND 'ROUP +VERNELAND 4AARUP AND !CCORD !MAZONE ETC )N THE AGRICHEMICAL SECTOR $ELTA - CO OPERATES WITH LEADING WORLD PRODUCERS OF PESTICIDES #ONTRACTS REGARDING REPRESENTATION AND EX CLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION HAVE BEEN SIGNED WITH FIRMS SUCH AS 3YNGENT

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3ERIES .AMED 7ORLD #AR OF THE 9EAR 4HE NEW "-7 3ERIES HAS BEEN DECLARED THE h 7ORLD #AR OF THE 9EARi AT A PRESENTATION THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE .EW 9ORK )NTERNA TIONAL !UTO 3HOW ! JURY OF INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE JOURNALISTS REVIEWED EVERY NEW CAR AVAILABLE AROUND THE WORLD AND IN AN EXHAUS TIVE SELECTION PROCESS NARROWED THEM DOWN TO THREE m THE "-7 3ERIES -AZDA -8 AND 0ORSCHE #AYMAN 3 !T THE CEREMONY THE 3ERIES WAS AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS 7ORLD #AR OF THE 9EAR HONOUR

"RANCH .ETWORK #ONTINUES TO %XPAND 0IRAEUS BANK ONE OF THE FOUR BIGGEST BANKS IN 'REECE HAS ALREADY BEEN OPERATING IN 3ERBIA FOR A YEAR UNDER THE NAME OF 0IRAEUS !TLAS "ANK 4HE EXPANSION OF THE BRANCH NETWORK AND "ANK SERVICES CERTIFY THAT THERE IS GREAT ENGAGEMENT IN THE AIM OF SATISFYING VARIOUS CUS TOMER NEEDS ON THE 3ERBIAN MARKET ! MULTITUDE OF PRODUCTS HAS BEEN INTRODUCED WITH 0IRAEUS !TLASi MORTGAGE CASH CREDITS NOW PROVIDING THE LARGEST AVAILABLE AMOUNT AND THE LOWEST INTEREST RATES ON THE 3ER BIAN MARKET )N ADDITION AT THE BEGINNING OF -AY NEW BRANCHES WERE OPENED IN .OVI 0AZAR 3UBOTICA AND "ELGRADEiS 3ENJAK SUBURB 4HESE NEW OPENINGS MEAN THAT 0IRAEUS !TLAS HAS NOW ADDED A TOTAL OF SIX NEW BRANCHES TO ITS NETWORK SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 4HE BANK PLANS TO HAVE A TOTAL OF THIRTY BRANCHES BY THE END OF THE YEAR

WITH FURTHER EXPANSION PLANNED FOR AND BEYOND 7ITH THE OPENING OF THESE NEW BRANCHES IN 3UBOTICA AND .OVI 0A ZAR 0IRAEUS !TLAS "ANK HAS MADE ITS SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS OF THESE CITIES 0IRAEUS !TLAS "ANK PRODUCTS

WHICH SET THEMSELVES APART DUE TO THE MOST ACCEPTABLE INTEREST RATES

FAVOURABLE REPAYMENT PERIODS ADAPTED TO THE LEVEL AND PURPOSE OF CREDIT THE LOWEST REIMBURSEMENTS AND MINIMAL INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED TO SECURE PAYMENTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN THESE CITIES AS WELL #ITIZENS OF THE GREATER PART OF 3ERBIA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN A SAV INGS ACCOUNT UNDER THE BEST CONDITIONS )N ADDITION THE BANK ALSO OFFERS REVOLVING PAYMENT CARDS WHICH INCLUDE CREDIT FACILITIES OF AMOUNTS TOTAL LING AS MUCH AS SIX SALARY INSTALMENTS AND ALSO OFFER THE MOST FAVOURABLE REPAYMENT CONDITIONS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET

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THANKS TO ITS BALANCE OF RIDE HANDLING PERFORMANCE AND INTERIOR SPACE 'RAHAM *OHNSON CO #HAIRMAN OF THE 7ORLD #AR OF THE 9EAR STEERING COMMITTEE SAID j4HE NEW 3ERIES DELIVERS A BALANCE OF TRAITS THAT ONLY A FEW CARS ON THE MARKET OFFER "-7iS COM PACT EXECUTIVE DOUBLES UP AS A FAMILY CAR DURING THE WEEK AND A SPORTS CAR AT THE WEEKEND 4HIS UNIQUE DOUBLE ACT TWINNED WITH THE 3ERIESi EXCEPTIONAL LEVELS OF REFINEMENT MEANT THE "-7 WAS A CLEAR WINNER k

#LIENTS WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO MORTGAGE CASH CREDITS WHICH MAY BE APPROVED UP TO A VALUE OF _ 4HE REPAYMENT PERIOD FOR SUCH LOANS IS YEARS AND THE APPROVAL AND PAYMENT OF CREDITS ARE DONE ACCORDING TO THE MIDDLE COURSE OF 3ERBIAiS CENTRAL BANK THE ."3 &AVOURABLE INTEREST RATES WHICH WERE NOT EVEN INCREASED FOLLOWING THE LATEST ."3 CHANGES INCLUDE A WHOLE RANGE OF OTHER FAVOURABLE ELE MENTS SUCH AS EXPENSES FOR INSURANCE POLICIES AND THE EVALUATION OF REAL ESTATE WHICH IS PAID BY THE "ANK AS A BUSINESS POLICY OF 0IRAEUS "ANK )N THIS WAY 0IRAEUS !TLAS INVESTS IN BOTH ITS CLIENTS AND THE 3ER BIAN MARKET AS A WHOLE

&AVOURABLE !GRO #ONDITIONS 6OJVOรฐANSKA BANKA A D .OVI 3AD IS NOW OFFERING NEW CREDIT PRODUCTS FOR AGRICULTURALISTS m CREDITS FOR BUYING HOTHOUSES GREEN HOUSES BASIC LIVESTOCK AND MORE THAN ONE YEARiS WORTH OF CROP PLANTINGS #REDITS FOR BUYING HAYSTACKS GREEN HOUSES BASIC LIVESTOCK AND MORE THAN A YEARiS WORTH OF CROP PLANTINGS AS WELL AS CREDITS FOR BUYING AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY ARE APPROVED WITH A REPAYMENT PERIOD UP TO MONTHS AND AN EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE GREATER THAN รฒ &ARMERS CAN BEGIN REPAYING THEIR LOANS AS SOON AS THE MONTH GRACE PERIOD EXPIRES OR WHEN THEY START GENERATING A PROFIT FROM THEIR PRODUCTS OR NEW PRODUCTION TYPES 4HE MAXIMUM VALUE OF AN APPROVED LOAN IS _

!LL OF 6OJVOรฐANSKA BANKA BRANCHES WILL ESTIMATE A รฒ REDUCED RE IMBURSEMENT ON ALL ACCEPTED REQUESTS FOR FARMING CREDITS DURING THE RD )NTERNATIONAL &ARMING &AIR .EW CREDIT PRODUCTS AS WELL AS CONDITIONS ENABLING FARMERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE LOANS ARE UNIQUE ON THE DOMESTIC BANKING MARKET AND ARE AIMED AT DIRECTLY ASSISTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

0# 5fร % TH &LOOR UP FOR (IRE 4HE TH FLOOR OF THE 5pร E "USINESS #ENTRE IS AVAILABLE FOR HIRE AS AN EVENT VENUE )NTERESTED PARTIES CAN HIRE THE ENTIRE M SPACE OR HALF OF THE FLOOR m WITH A CHOICE OF VIEWS OVERLOOKING THE $ANUBE AND +ALIMEGDAN &ORTRESS AND PARK OR THE .EW "ELGRADE SKYLINE 5pร E TOWERiS TH FLOOR IS THE PERFECT LOCATION TO CELEBRATE SIGNIFICANT AN NIVERSARY BASHES AWARD CEREMONIES FASHION SHOWS CULTURAL EVENTS

ENTERTAINING HAPPENINGS AND OFFICIAL CELEBRATIONS BUT ALSO WEDDINGS OR OTHER EVENTS OF SIGNIFICANT PERSONAL IMPORTANCE 4HIS UNIQUE SPACE AT THE TOP OF "ELGRADE IS EQUIPPED WITH ALL THE FIXED LIGHTING AND SOUND SYSTEMS YOU NEED AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS UP TO THE IMAGINATION OF THE ORGANISER WHO CAN CREATE A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT THANKS TO THE VIEW OF THE WHOLE CITY OF "ELGRADE 0# 5pร E HAS SO FAR HOST A NUMBER OF VERY SIGNIFICANT HAPPENINGS

WHICH VARY IN CONTENT THERE HAVE BEEN FUN HAPPENINGS AND SPEC TACULAR EVENTS SO THAT WE CAN ALREADY SAY THAT THIS PLACE IS BECOMING WELL KNOWN AND THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR YOUR EVENT

4HE 62 #OMPANY /3#% (YPO !LPE !DRIA "ANK %RICSSON +OMER CIJALNA BANKA 3CHNEIDER 3)%0! %&' %UROBANK (EMOFARM .EW "ELGRADE #ITY #OUNCIL +ENT *4) EVEN FAMOUS DESIGNER /RA )TO HAVE BEEN AMONG THOSE OPTING TO STAGE THEIR EVENTS ON THE TH FLOOR OF "# 5SCE )N THE HOPE TO PRESENT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE POSSIBLE WITH BEAUTI FUL PANORAMIC VIEWS OF "ELGRADE WE WILL SOON OPEN A RESTAURANT ON THE TH FLOOR WHICH WILL ENABLE 6)0 CARD HOLDERS TO VISIT DURING THE DAY !MONG FUTURE GUESTS WILL CERTAINLY BE PEOPLE FROM THE WORLD OF BUSINESS

ART JOURNALISM AND ALL OTHERS WHO FIND THAT ONLY THE BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEM 4HE OFFICIAL OPENING IS PLANNED FOR *UNE ! LITTLE CARD WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE GREATEST ENJOYMENT 7E ARE STRIVING TOWARDS MAKING ALL OF YOUR WISHES COME TRUE AND DE LIVERING ON THE EXPECTATIONS OF YOUR GUESTS AT OUR VENUE !NYONE INTERESTED IN HIRING 5pร E SPACE FOR BESPOKE EVENTS SHOULD CONTACT 02 -ANAGER 6ESNA 6LATKOVIร 4EL -OB

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0!.Á%6/i3 !'2/©)6 7).3 -%$!,3 !4 !'2/ &!)2 0ANÍEVO BASED COMPANY !GROÝIV FOUND ITSELF ON THE RECEIVING END OF NO FEWER THAN RECOGNITIONS OF QUALITY AT THIS YEARiS ANNUAL )NTERNATIONAL !GRICULTURE &AIR IN .OVI 3AD WHEN IT RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL MEDALS FOR THE HIGH QUALITY OF ITS PRODUCTS !GROÝIViS MEDALS INCLUDED (IGH GOLD MEDALS GOLD MEDALS

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IS TO BUY A MINIMUM OF ò OF SHARES IN THE 3ERBIAN BANK AND ARE READY TO EARMARK _ MILLION FOR THE PURCHASE +ATIÌ SAYS 7ITH TOTAL ASSETS OF _ MILLION AND A ò MARKET SHARE IN 3ERBIA +ATIÌ SAYS THAT +ULSKA BANKAiS HAS AN ESTIMATED WORTH OF SOME _ MILLION

4HIS -AY SAW 3ERBIA ONE OF THE WORLDiS BIGGEST RASPBERRY PRODUCERS HOST THE 7ORLD 2ASPBERRY 0RODUCERS AND 0ROCESSORS #ONFERENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER 4HE EVENT HELD ON THE MOUNTAIN OF :LATIBOR ON TH -AY WAS ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF RASPBERRY PRODUCING AND PROCESSING COMPANIES AND EXPERTS FROM COUNTRIES )N ADDITION TO DOMESTIC ATTENDEES THE RASPBERRY CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY INDUSTRY OFFICIALS FROM #ANADA #HILE (UNGARY

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3ERBIA WAS VISITED BY A TOP MANAGEMENT DELEGATION OF THE (ELLENIC 0ETROLEUM 'ROUP IN LATE -AY 4HE (ELLENIC DELEGATES REPRESENTING THE LEADING ENERGY GROUP OF 'REECE AND 3OUTHEAST %UROPE VISITED THE CAPITAL "ELGRADE THE 6OJVODINA CAPITAL OF .OVI 3AD AND THE 3OUTH "ANAT AND 0ALILU CAPITAL OF 0ANÍEVO 4HE TEAM WHICH INCLUDED 'ENERAL $IRECTOR 0ANOS #AVOULAKOS AND 'ENERAL $IRECTOR FOR )NTERNATIONAL !CTIVITIES -ICHAIL -YRIANTHIS HELD INITIAL TALKS IN RELATION TO THE PRIVATISATION OF .)3 0ETROL (ELLENICiS LEADERS SPOKE DIRECTLY WITH AMONGST OTHERS 3ERBIAN %CONOMY -INISTER 0REDRAG "UBALO AND A TEAM REPRESENTING THE COUNTRYiS 0RIVATISATION !GENCY 3ERBIAN -INING AND %NERGY -INISTER 2ADOMIR .AUMOV AND HIS DEPUTY 3LOBODAN 3OKOLOVIÌ !N IMPORTANT PART OF THE DELEGATIONiS VISIT SAW THEM HOLD TALKS WITH THE TOP MANAGEMENT OF .)3 0ETROLA AND VISIT REFINERIES IN BOTH 0ANÍEVO AND .OVI 3AD

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0IROT BASED TYRE AND RUBBER PRODUCTS COMPANY 4IGAR IS TO MODERNISE ITS h4IGAR OBUÌAi 4IGAR FOOTWEAR FACTORY THIS YEAR

AS WELL AS EXPANDING ITS SERVICE CENTRE NETWORK CONSTRUCTING A RECYCLING PLANT AND DEVELOPING INDUSTRIAL PARK h3LOBODNA ZONAi &REE :ONE 4IGARiS TOTAL ANNUAL INVESTMENT FOR WILL BE _ MILLION !MONG TOP PRIORITIES IS THE EXPANSION OF THE SERVICE CENTRE ACTIVITIES OF 4IGAR 4RADE WHICH WILL BE BOOSTED BY THE OFFER OF FREE FITTINGS OF 4IGAR TYRES FREE TYRE BALANCING OIL CHANGES ETC

#OR$ "USINESS %MERGING ,EADERS .)3 ! $ !00/).43 .%7 '%.%2!, $)2%#4/2 $URING MID -AY THE .AFTNA )NDUSTRIJA 3RBIJE SHAREHOLDER ASSOCIATIONiS 3TEERING #OMMITTEE NAMED 3RðAN "OpNJAKOVIÌ AS THE NEW GENERAL DIRECTOR PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANYiS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF .)3 0ETROLA m THE COMPANYiS LARGEST SUBSIDIARY "OpNAJKOVIÌ LEAVES HIS POSITION AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SUBSIDIARY .)3 4.'

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T SOME POINT "ELGRADE WILL FINAL GET ITS OWN #ITY 'ALLERY m A PLACE WHERE THE ARTISTS FROM THIS AREA AND THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT THEIR WORK 4HE #ITY !SSEMBLY HAS SET FUNDS ASIDE AND THE PROJECT OF THE CITY GALLERY LED BY TWO YOUNG ARCHITECTS m .ATALIJA 2ISTANOVIC AND "OJANA 0UZIC m WAS CHO SEN IN A COMPETITION 7HAT COMES NEXT IS SORTING OUT THE URBAN ISM A DETAILED PLAN OF REGULATIONS AND THE IDEAiS CONCEPT 4HEN THE DESIGNING OF THE PROJECT WILL COMMENCE AND FINALLY A BESPOKE BUILDING WILL BE CONSTRUCTED

)F EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN THE #ITY !SSEMBLY HOPES THAT THE #ITY 'ALLERY SHOULD SEE THE LIGHT OF THE DAY BY THE END OF 4HE 'ALLERY WILL BE BUILT ON :ORAN îINðIÌ 3QUARE

ACROSS FROM THE .ATIONAL 4HEATRE IN THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN )T WILL HAVE OVER SEVEN THOUSAND SQUARE METERS WITH HALF OF THAT DEVOTED TO EXHIBITING SPACE "Y BUILDING THE #ITY 'ALLERY "ELGRADE WILL FINALLY GAIN AN ADEQUATE SPACE WHERE SOME OF THE BEST ARTISTS IN THE WORLD WILL BE ABLE TO EXHIBIT !FTER A LONG TIME ART IN 3ERBIA WILL FINALLY BE OFFERED A FIGHTING CHANCE (OWEVER THE QUESTION REMAINS AS TO WHETHER THIS EFFORT CAN RETURN THE PUBLIC TO ART EXHIBITIONS MAKE THEM INTERESTED IN PAINT

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INGS BUT ALSO IN ART IN GENERAL OR AS TO WHETHER IN THE LAST YEARS

DURING THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL WE JUST FORGOT ABOUT ART ALL TOGETHER !RT CRITIC "RATISLAV ,JUBIpIÌ WHO HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR YEARS SAYS THAT APART FROM BUILDING THE REPRESENTATIVE SPACE

THE STATE SHOULD ALSO DEAL WITH THE EDUCATION OF CITIZENS AND DEVEL OP A BETTER SOCIAL POLICY BECAUSE ALONG WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS THE INTEREST IN ART IN THE WIDEST SENSE OF THAT WORD HAS IN FACT ALSO DISAPPEARED j5NTIL THE STATE TOOK CARE OF ARTISTS OF ALL PROFILES AND ART IN GENERAL 4HE FACT IS THAT THE STATE CONTROLLED THEM 4HERE WERE BANS TOO BUT IT DID STAND BEHIND ART AND HELPED AS MUCH AS IT THOUGHT IT SHOULD DO 7E HAD GREAT NAMES IN PAINTING SUCH AS 0ETAR ,UBARDA

WHO WAS NOT A FAMOUS PAINTER OF THE COMMUNIST REGIME BUT THE STATE DID NOT HESITATE TO RECOGNISE HIS STATUS ESPECIALLY WHEN IN HE RECEIVED THE AWARD IN 3AO 0AOLO AS WELL AS PRAISE FROM SUCH PAINTERS AS THE GREAT 0ABLO 0ICASSO HIMSELF j!T THAT TIME THE STATE HELPED ARTISTS PROVIDING THEM WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT 4HE STUDIOS WERE BUILT THUS THERE WAS SUC CESSES !ND THAT LASTED UNTIL THE iS WHEN THE SUPPORT FROM THE STATE STARTED TO DECREASE UNTIL THE STATE STOPPED INVESTING IN ART COMPLETELY AT THE END OF THE iS 3INCE NOT A SINGLE SPACE FOR ARTISTS HAS BEEN BUILT k EXPLAINS ,JUBIpIÌ ADDING THAT IN THE PAST IT WAS AN HONOUR TO COMPLETE THE 0AINTING !CADEMY WHILE TODAY PAINTING SCHOOLS OPEN UP ON ALMOST EVERY CORNER 4HERE IS NO MORE PURCHASING OF PAINTINGS BECAUSE THERE IS NOBODY TO BUY THEM "EFORE MUSEUMS WERE OBLIGED TO BUY AT LEAST ONE PAINTING FROM THE YOUNG PAINTER AFTER AN EXHIBITION 4HERE IS NO SUCH THING THESE DAYS 4HERE IS NO MONEY AND WHAT CAN YOUNG ARTISTS DO NOW WHEN THEY ARE LEFT PENNILESS AND TO THEIR OWN DEVISES 3OMEBODY ONCE SAID THAT IT IS HARD TO LIVE FROM ART BUT EASY TO LIVE FOR ART 3ApA -ARJANOVIÌ A YEAR OLD PAINTER RECENTLY OPENED AN EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS IN THE )LIJA +OLARAC 'ALLERY (E IS ONE OF THE RARE PAINTERS WHO MANAGES TO LIVE FROM HIS WORK )F YOU ASK HIM HOW HE WILL LAUGH AND SAY j"Y ACCIDENTk (E DOES NOT KNOW HOW LONG THAT WILL LAST AND WHAT OTHER THINGS HE COULD EVENTUALLY DO IN HIS LIFE j) AM SURE ABOUT ONE THING REGARDLESS OF HOW THE SALES OF MY PAINTINGS GO IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT ) WILL HAVE TO DO TO MAKE A LIVING

) WILL PAINT UNTIL THE END OF MY LIFE k SAYS -ARJANOVIÌ WITH A SMILE (IS PAINTINGS ARE MOSTLY PURCHASED THROUGH FRIENDS AND ARE RARELY SOLD VIA GALLERIES 4HREE OF HIS PAINTINGS WENT TO ,ONDON AND "RUSSELS

TO AN %NGLISH WOMAN WHO MET HIM IN "ELGRADE BY CHANCE

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n êt 9±êk êi êt ®ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê j,UCK IS ON THE SIDE OF THE BRAVE k HE SAYS j) AM CONVINCED OF THAT ) MANAGE TO SELL MY PAINTINGS BUT ) DO NEED A GOOD MANAGER LIKE GALLERIES ABROAD HAVE TO HELP ME 4HAT IS WHAT WE ARE SHORT OF k &ELLOW PAINTER 'ORAN -ARINIÌ WHO IS CURRENTLY IN THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE &ACULTY OF &INE !RTS IS NOT CONVINCED OF HIS OR ANYBODY ELSEiS SUCCESS ON THE DOMESTIC SCENE BECAUSE HE THINKS THAT THIS SCENE IS HARDLY SURVIVING AND IS BEING ARTIFICIALLY MAINTAINED j/UR ART IS ON LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES /N THE MICRO PLAN EVERY THING STANDS STILL ) DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PERSUADE PEOPLE TO SHOW INTEREST IN US WHEN THERE ISNiT ANY 4HAT SHOULD BE ORGANISED BY THE STATE 4HROUGH EDUCATION THE STATE SHOULD TEACH THE NATION THAT ART IS ESSENTIAL .EITHER THE SOCIETY NOR THE STATE REACTS TO ART

APART FROM WHEN SOMEBODY WHO ALREADY BECAME FAMOUS ABROAD APPEARS 4HEN IT IS NICE TO HAVE A PHOTO TAKEN NEXT TO HIM k -ARINIÌ CONTINUES j7E CAN EXHIBIT IN THE CITYiS GALLERIES BUT ) DO NOT SEE THAT ANYBODY HAD ANY AFFIRMATION FROM THAT %VEN THE MATURE PAINTERS WHO HOLD EXHIBITIONS IN THE CITY CENTRE IN THE 5,53 'ALLERY !SSOCIATION OF 3ERBIAN !RT 0AINTERS DO NOT HAVE A BIG TURN OUT APART FROM THE OPENING NOT TO MENTION ANY SALESk -ARINIÌ IS BITTER ADDING THAT PAINTERS SURVIVE BY STARTING TO WORK IN EDUCATION OR OPENING ART SCHOOLS j4HAT IS WHAT WAITS FOR ME TOO IF ) DO NOT WANT TO GO HUNGRY AND ) DO NOT WANT TO THROW AWAY YEARS OF MY EDUCATION -ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES GO ABROAD AND ) HOPE TO DO SO TOO BECAUSE ) DO NOT SEE ANY CHANCES HERE EVEN IF ) MAKE AN EFFORT 4HE GALLERIES TO WHICH WE OFFER OUR PAINTINGS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT COMMERCIAL k !WARDS FOR ARTIST USED TO BE VALUABLE !T ONE TIME PAINTER -ILO -ILUNOVIÌ RECEIVED A FINANCIAL AWARD OF DINARS AT A TIME WHEN COMPANY DIRECTORS HAD SALARIES OF JUST FIVE THOUSAND 4HESE DAYS THE AWARDS ARE SYMBOLIC AND IF THE AWARD IS MONEY IT IS NEVER HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGE IN 3ERBIA AROUND _ 'ORAN -ILINIÌ RECEIVED AN AWARD OF SHEETS OF WATERCOLOUR PAPER FOR THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE .EW 9EAR EXHIBITION IN THE "ELGRADE #ULTURAL #ENTRE AND THE SOLO EXHIBITION OF HIS PHOTO

GRAPHS WHICH WAS THE PART OF THE AWARD WAS NEVER ORGANISED "ELGRADE HAS GALLERIES OWNED BY THE CITY OR THE STATE

AND A MUCH BIGGER UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF PRIVATE GALLERIES 4HE EXACT NUMBER IS NOT KNOWN BECAUSE NEW ONES ARE BEING OPENED ALL THE TIME AND OLD ONES ARE BEING CLOSED DOWN AFTER FAILING TO SURVIVE FROM SELLING ART 3ADLY ACCORDING TO THE OWNERS THE INTEREST IN PURCHASING PAINTINGS IS DECREASING

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hê êi ê ê ê ê êj k MORE AND MORE "RANKA îURIÍIÌ OWNER OF ONE OF THE PRIVATE GALLERIES SAYS THAT "ELGRADERS ARE NOT VERY INTERESTED IN ART !FTER FIVE YEARS SHE HAD TO OPEN A BOOK STORE IN ONE PART OF HER GALLERY IN ORDER TO SURVIVE j)F A PAINTING IS PURCHASED IT HAS TO BE THE WORK OF AN ESTAB LISHED ARTIST ONE WHO IS ALREADY KNOWN %VEN THE SMALL NUMBER OF BUYERS WE HAVE KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE PAINTINGS THEY ARE BUYING )N SUCH A SITUATION IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR A YOUNG PAINTER TO IMPOSE HIMSELF k CLAIMS îURIÍIÌ ADDING THAT SHE FOLLOWS THE WORK OF YOUNG ARTISTS WHOSE PAINTINGS ARE SOMETIMES SOLD IN HER GALLERY j&ROM TALKS WITH OTHER GALLERY OWNERS ) KNOW THAT THE PAINTINGS WERE SOLD EVEN IN THE HARDEST TIMES WAR TIMES .OW AS A SOCIETY

WE ARE IN A STATE OF APATHY ) THINK THAT IN THIS MASS OF PROBLEMS NOT MANY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ART &OR INSTANCE AFTER THE MURDER OF :ORAN îINðIÌ NOBODY ENTERED MY GALLERY FOR DAYS EVEN THOUGH IT IS ON A VERY BUSY STREET k

"RANKAiS HUSBAND *AKOV îURIÍIÌ IS A PROFESSOR AT THE &ACULTY OF &INE !RTS IN "LEGRADE ! YEAR AGO HE HELD AN EXHIBITION OF GRAPHICS !FTER THE EXHIBITION HE PACKED UP HIS WORK AND SINCE THEN HIS PAINTINGS HAVE BEEN STANDING IN HIS FLAT j4HERE IS NO MONEY 0EOPLE STOPPED BUYING PAINTINGS BECAUSE THEY LIKE THEM A LONG TIME AGO )F THEY BUY THEM THEY HAVE TO BE A VALUABLE INVESTMENT 4HAT IS NORMAL IN ALL COUNTRIES BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ENJOYED BUYING PAINTINGS HAVE DISAPPEARED SOMEWHERE ) AM LUCKY THAT ) STILL HAVE ONE SUCH BUYER !N ELDERLY WOMAN A PROFESSOR WHO OFTEN POPS IN TO THE GALLERY LOOKS AT WHAT SHE LIKES AND LATER BUYS THAT PAINT ING 3HE BRINGS THE MONEY WHEN SHE HAS IT m SHE ALWAYS SETS ASIDE SOME AMOUNT BUT WHEN YOU SEE HOW MUCH LOVE THAT WOMAN HAS WHEN SHE LOOKS AT THE PAINTING SHE PURCHASES

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HAVE ANYWHERE TO WATCH HER PERFORMANCES EITHER 3O FAR "ELGRADE HAS BEEN IN THE SITUATION WHERE FOR BIG EXHIBITIONS WE HAD TO TAKE DOWN THE MUSEUMiS REGULAR EXHIBITIONS WHICH IS ABSURD 4HAT IS NOT DONE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD k SAYS -OJOVIÌ ADDING THAT THIS CULTURAL INSTITUTION WILL RETURN THE PUBLIC TO FINE ART j)N ALL FIELDS OF ART THERE ARE REAL STARS BUT NOT IN PAINTING 7E DO HAVE THE PROBLEM THAT WE CANNOT VALUE QUALITY )N ORDER TO SURVIVE HERE AND TO BE ACCEPTED AND FAMOUS AN ARTIST HAS TO BECOME FAMOUS ABROAD FIRST /NLY THEN DOES HE BECOME INTERESTING TO THE MEDIA AND PEOPLE BEGIN TO RECOGNISE HIM 0AINTING IS NOT AS ATTRACTIVE AS THEATRE FILM OR MUSIC AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT STANDS ASIDE 7HAT WE NEED IS TO AFFIRM OUR ART THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CONDITIONS AND THROUGH THAT WE AFFIRM THE ARTISTS THEMSELVES 4HAT IS THE ONLY WAY FOR THEM TO GAIN THEIR PLACE IN THE ART OF OUR COUNTRY j/NCE ART PRESENTED HAPPINESS TO THE EYE IT EMBELLISHED THE EXISTING AND PRAISED THE VIRTUE TO THE OMNIPOTENTk m ART CRITIC "RATISLAV ,JUBIpIÌ ONCE WROTE (OWEVER THE CENTURY BEHIND US WAS BURDENED WITH MANY WARS DISCORD AND VIOLENCE )T LED TO THE FACT THAT THE HUMAN FEELS BEST WHEN HE STAYS AWAY FROM EVERYTHING

AND WHEN HE STARTS TO SOLVE THE RIDDLE WHICH HE CARRIES IN HIMSELF AND WITH WHICH HE IS FORCED TO ASSOCIATE ALL HIS LIFE )N A SOCIETY WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION COUNTS OUT THE MONEY FOR BREAD EVERY MORNING ART IS A LUXURY ,JUBIpIÌ NOTES THAT FOR YOUNG ARTISTS TODAY IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GET PRAISE AT THE BEGINNING IN ORDER TO ENSURE CONTINUED ATTEN TION 4HE SITUATION IS VERY DELICATE 4HE ARTISTSi EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY WILL SELL OUT THE WHOLE EXHIBITION ARE SOFTLY SAID UNUSUAL

BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN EVEN TO THE BARDS OF OUR PAINTING

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AND METAL PIPES AND ROLLED INTO THE CORN LEAF AND FINALLY PAPER 7ITH TIME THE TRADE IN TOBACCO BECAME THE OCCUPATION OF !RMENIAN AND *EWISH TRADESMEN AND EVEN A FEW 3ERBS WHEN THE HABIT WAS BROUGHT TO THE COUNTRY BY THE 4URKS 4HE NAMES FOR TOBACCO TRADERS ENTERED INTO THE EVERYDAY LANGUAGE DUVAND@IJE

DUHAND@IJE TUTUND@IJE TOBACCO SELLERS BURMUTD@IJE SNUFF SELL ERS TOBACCO CUTTERS 4HERE WERE ALSO SEPARATE GUILDS OF TOBACCO AND SNUFF SELLERS AND THEIR WORK JUST LIKE THAT OF OTHER GUILDS WAS REGULATED WITH RULINGS PASSED BY THE DUKE !CCORDING TO THE $ECREE FROM ON THE TRADE AND HANDICRAFTS IN THE TOWN OF "ELGRADE THE TRADE WAS DIVIDED INTO LARGE MID SIZED AND SMALL 4HE MID SIZED TRADE IS DIVIDED INTO CLASSES 4HE SECOND CLASS INCLUDED THE SO CALLED MATERIALISTS WHO AMONG OTHER THINGS SOLD VARIOUS KINDS OF TOBACCO !CCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF THE POPULATION FROM THE TOBACCO TRADE IN "ELGRADE WAS MOSTLY THE OCCUPATION OF THE *EWS /F *EWISH MEN RESIDENT IN "ELGRADE AT THAT TIME WERE TOBACCO TRADERS AND THERE WERE TOBACCO SELLERS "OTH ENGAGED IN THE SALE OF TOBACCO "ANS ON SMOKING ARE NOTHING NEW AND EVEN 3ERBIA m A COUNTRY THAT STILL LOVES TO SMOKE m SAW THE INTRODUCTION OF LIMITATIONS ON SMOKING AS FAR BACK AS THE TH CENTURY /N TH $ECEMBER

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WE INVITED YESTERDAY ALL LOCAL GUILDS AND READ THEM A LETTER THAT THEY ALL UNDERSTOOD CLEARLY WHICH SAID THAT NO ONE CAN DARE SMOKE ON THE STREET OR WALK AROUND THE STREET WITH AN EMPTY CHIBOUK OR IN FRONT OF 4OMAiS CAF ACROSS THE CHURCH !ND EVERY CRAFTSMAN SHOULD INFORM HIS APPRENTICES OF THIS ORDER k 4HE SUSTAINABILITY OF THESE LAWS WAS IMPOSSIBLE IN THE NEXT CEN TURIES )N SPITE OF THE PROHIBITION THE GROWING AND USE OF TOBACCO CONTINUED TO SPREAD MORE AND MORE )T SEEMS THAT TOBACCO CAME TO ITS FULL EXPRESSION IN THE CASE THE MAXIM OF jFORBIDDEN FRUITk )T WAS ONLY IN THE LAST DECADE OF THE TH CENTURY THAT BANS ON THE USE OF TOBACCO BEGAN TO BE APPLIED AGAIN BASED IN THE FIRST PLACE ON THE EDUCATION OF CITIZENS ABOUT THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF THAT jPLEASURE OF HUMANITYk WHICH HAS BEEN USED FOR MANY CENTURIES

4HROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES TOBACCO USERS HAVE MOSTLY BEEN FOUND IN THE MALE POPULATION 4HE USE OF TOBACCO WAS NOT DIVIDED BY CLASS AND WAS RATHER EQUALLY COMMON IN ALL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CIRCLES )T WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE A GROWN UP MAN WITHOUT TOBACCO AND SMOKING ACCESSORIES &OLLOWING IN THEIR FATHERSi FOOTSTEPS BOYS STARTED SMOKING VERY EARLY WHETHER HIDING AND ROLLING A CORN SILK OR WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ELDERLY WHO IN THAT WAY INTRODUCED THEM INTO THE WORLD OF ADULTS 4HERE WERE VERY FEW WOMEN WHO SMOKED )F THERE ARE SUCH DESCRIPTIONS IN LITERARY WORKS THE WOMEN WHO SMOKE ARE USUALLY DECADENT MEMBERS OF HIGH SOCIAL CIRCLES OR jOLD 'YPSY WOMEN WITH A PIPE IN THEIR MOUTH k )DYLLIC DESCRIPTIONS OF WOMEN IN HAREMS OR COMMUNITIES WHICH LIKE 3ERBIA WERE UNDER 4URKISH RULE SHOW RELAXED WOMEN WHO jSIT SIP COFFEE SMOKE AND ENGAGE IN PLEASANT TALKS k )T WAS ONLY AFTER THE &IRST 7ORLD 7AR AT THE TIME OF #HARLESTON

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3ERBIAN -INISTER OF ,ABOUR %MPLOYMENT AND 3OCIAL 0OLICY

3LOBODAN ,ALOVIÌ FOREGROUND AND *APANESE !MBASSADOR ( % 4ADASHI .AGAI ARE QUIZZED BY JOURNALISTS AT "ELGRADEiS -EDIA #ENTRE ON TH -AY 4HE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE BUILDING OF FLATS FOR DISABLED MILITARY VETERANS AN INITIATIVE SUPPORTED BY *APAN

!TTENDEES OF THE !NNUAL #ONSTITUTION $AY OF THE +INGDOM OF .ORWAY HELD AT "ELGRADEiS .ORWEGIAN !MBASSADORIAL 2ESIDENCE ON TH -AY ARE ENTER TAINED BY TEN YEAR OLD LOCAL VIOLINIST $JANI )SENI 4HE FESTIVE RECEPTION WAS HOSTED BY INCOMING .ORWEGIAN !MBASSADOR IN "ELGRADE ( % (AAKON "LANKENBORG

!MBASSADOR OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF +OREA IN "ELGRADE ( % +IM 9OUNG (EE FINALISES AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN +OREA AND THE #OUNCIL OF -INISTERS OF 3ERBIA -ONTENEGRO BY SHAKING HANDS WITH !SSISTANT 3#' &OREIGN -INISTER :ORAN 0OPOVIÌ

IN THE 3#' -&! BUILDING ON TH -AY 4HE AGREEMENT WILL SEE THE 3#' &OREIGN -INISTRY AND THE 2EPUBLIC OF +OREA COLLABORATE IN THE DOMAINS OF CULTURE ART AND EDUCATION

9OUNGSTERiS ENJOY A GAME OF FOOTBALL IN THE -AY SUN SHINE DURING A &AMILY $AY OF &OOTBALL AND 6OLKSWAGEN ON TH -AY 4HE EVENT WHICH INCLUDED BARBECUE A BOUNCY CASTLE A MINI FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT TEST DRIVING OF SPECIAL 6OLKSWAGEN MODELS 'OLF 'OAL POLO 'OAL 4OURAN 'OAL AND OTHER 6OLKSWAGEN MODELS TOOK PLACE AT 0ORSCHEiS MOTOR WAY SIDE SHOWROOM AND SERVICE CENTRE

3ERBIAN 0RESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIÌ PICTURED AT "ELGRADEiS 4EMPLE OF 3AINT 3AVA ON TH -AY DURING HIS VISIT TO DISCUSS A DONATION TO THE CHURCH AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE BUILDING OF 3T 3AVA m THE BIGGEST /RTHODOX TEMPLE ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD

6LADIMIR -RVIÌ LEFT 0RESIDENT OF THE 2EAL %STATE AND #ONSTRUCTION #OMMITTEE OF THE &OREIGN )NVESTORS #OUNCIL &)# 3ERBIAN )NTERNATIONAL %CONOMIC 2ELATIONS -INISTER -ILAN 0ARIVODIÌ CENTRE AND -IKE !HERN &)# 0RESIDENT RIGHT PICTURED ON TH -AY AT A JOINT REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUC TION EVENT OF THE &)# AND '4# 2EAL %STATE )NVESTMENT 3ERBIA

( % 4ADASHI .AGAI *APANESE !MBASSADOR IN "ELGRADE

INTRODUCES GUESTS OF HIS INTIMATE DINNER AND CONCERT TO ACCLAIMED LOCAL CLASSICAL MUSICIANS *OVAN AND .ADA +OLUNDÝIJA 4HE EVENT WHICH INCLUDED EXCEPTIONALLY PER FORMED CLASSICAL MUSIC AND EXQUISITELY PREPARED *APANESE FOOD WAS HELD AT THE MAJESTIC *APANESE !MBASSADORIAL RESIDENCE ON TH -AY

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!MBASSADOR OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF #ROATIA IN "ELGRADE ( % 4ONÍI 3TANIÍIÌ CEN TRE AND %DWARD !NDREWS 'ENERAL -ANAGER OF (YATT 2EGENCY "ELGRADE LEFT PICTURED ON TH -AY AT THE OPENING OF THE $AYS OF #ROATIAN #UISINE EVENT IN "ELGRADEiS (YATT HOTEL 4HE EVENT AIMED AT SHOWCASING #ROATIAN FARE WAS ORGANISED UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF COMPANY 0ODRAVKA ONE OF THE BIGGEST #ROATIAN FIRMS PAR TICIPATING ON THE 3ERBIAN MARKET

"ULGARIAN !MBASSADOR IN "ELGRADE ( % 'EORGI $IMITROV

PICTURED IN CELEBRATORY MOOD AT THE FESTIVE RECEPTION MARK ING "ULGARIAiS $AY OF %DUCATION #ULTURE AND 3LAVONIC ,ETTERS WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE "ULGARIAN !MBASSADORIAL RESIDENCE ON TH -AY

)SRAELI !MBASSADOR IN "ELGRADE ( % 9AFFA "EN !RI WELCOMES FELLOW LADY AMBASSADOR ( % !NNA -AIJA +ORPI OF &INLAND TO HER CELEBRATION OF THE TH )NDEPENDENCE $AY OF THE 3TATE OF )SRAEL HELD AT .EW "ELGRADEiS )NTERCONTINENTAL (OTEL ON TH -AY

! PICTURE FROM THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE 2USSIAN 3ERBIAN "IENNALE AT "ELGRADEiS 2USSIAN (OME 2USKI $OM ON TH -AY 4HE OPENING RECEPTION OF THE "IENNALE WHICH PRESENTS THE TOP WORKS OF 2USSIAN AND 3ERBIAN DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHERS AND PHOTO ARTISTS WAS HOSTED

BY PRESIDENT OF THE "IENNALE JURY 0ROFESSOR )VAS -ANFRED :IMMERMANN

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!USTRALIANS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT *OHN *ANSSEN ST 3ECRETARY AND #ONSUL OF THE %MBASSY IN "ELGRADE #ATHY -AURER ST 3ECRETARY FOR -IGRATION $AVID $ALTON 0OLICE #OUNSELLOR

-RS ,IBBY /LIVER AND ( % *OHN /LIVER !MBASSADOR OF !USTRALIA IN "ELGRADE CELEBRATE !USTRALIA $AY IN 0RINCESS ,JUBICA -USEUM ON TH -AY 4HE EVENT SAW -R $ALTON AWARDED FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLICING

*UAN &ERNANDEZ DIRECTOR OF THE #ERVANTES )NSTITUTE LEFT

HOSTS ARTIST &RANCISCO !RISTIJE RIGHT AT THE FESTIVE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE #HILEAN PAINTERiS WORK IN "ELGRADEiS #ERVANTES )NSTITUTE ON TH -AY

&ROM LEFT TO RIGHT 'ORAN 0EKEZ -ANAGER FOR ,EGAL AND #ORPORATE !FFAIRS

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#UBAN !MBASSADOR IN "ELGRADE ( % *ULIO #ย SAR #ANCIO &ERRER CEN TRE PICTURED ON TH -AY DURING THE FESTIVE OPENING OF "ELGRADEiS FIRST 3HOWROOM #UBA ON THE PREMISES OF $EDINJA COMPANY 4REร I -ILENIJUM 4HIRD -ILLENNIUM 3PEAKING TO PRESS AT THE OPENING !MBASSADOR &ERRER SAID jTHIS IS A VERY HAPPY MOMENT FOR US k AS THE OPENING OF THIS HALL WILL HELP THE KNOWLEDGE OF #UBAN CULTURE TO BE BROADENED IN 3ERBIA

$ANCERS OF 3ERBIAN hKOLOi ENTERTAIN DIPLOMATIC GUESTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN "ELGRADEiS $OM 3INDIKATA ON TH *UNE 4HE ENSEMBLE WHICH INCLUDES ETHNIC 3ERB DANCES FROM ACROSS THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA WAS PER FORMING IN "ELGRADE AS PART OF THEIR ONGOING NATIONAL TOUR

5P AND COMING YOUNG PHOTO ARTIST $UpAN .OVAKOVIร

PICTURED AT THE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION OF HIS WORK ON TH -AY !LONGSIDE $UpAN IS THE MAIN SUBJECT OF HIS PHOTO GRAPHIC PROJECT 3ONJA

$IRECTOR OF THE "RITISH #OUNCIL IN "ELGRADE #HRIS 'IBSON RIGHT

INTRODUCES GATHERED PRESS TO HIS SUCCESSOR !NDREW 'LASS LEFT

AT A "RITISH #OUNCIL PRESS CONFERENCE ON TH -AY

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WELCOMES ( % !LEKSANDAR !LEKSEYEV !MBASSADOR OF THE 2USSIAN &EDERATION IN "ELGRADE TO THE .ATIONAL 4HEATRE ON TH -AY FOR A GALA CONCERT HELD TO MARK THE TH ANNIVER SARY OF THE BIRTH OF LEGENDARY !USTRIAN COMPOSER 7OLFGANG !MADEUS -OZART

ul~sย รช hjjylkp{lk ( % )ON -ACOVEI 4HE .EWLY ACCREDITED !MBASSADOR OF 2OMANIA IN "ELGRADE BORN TH !UGUST IN "UCHAREST STUDIED AT THE 2OMANIAN CAPITALiS &ACULTY OF ,AW FROM TO i BEFORE BEING APPOINTED AS A LAWYER TO "UCHARESTiS 0IONEER 3HOE &ACTORY i TO i )N HE WENT ON TO STUDY DIPLOMATIC AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT THE 2OMANIAN -&! AND JOINED THE 2OMANIAN DIPLOMATIC CORPS -ACOVEIiS FIRST FOREIGN POSTING WAS AS ATTACHย OF THE 2OMANIAN %MBASSY IN "ELGRADE i )N HIS YEAR CAREER IN DIPLOMACY -ACOVEI HAS SPENT MUCH TIME IN "ELGRADE SERVING AS ATTACHย SECOND SECRETARY AND FIRST SECRETARY TO THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA 0RIOR TO HIS ARRIVAL IN "ELGRADE THIS TIME AROUND THE WIDOWER AND FATHER OF TWO SONS SERVED AS !DVISOR OF THE 0ERMANENT $ELEGATION OF 2OMANIA TO 5.%3#/ IN 0ARIS !MBASSADOR -ACOVEI SPEAKS &RENCH 3PANISH

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DAY OR TWO PRIOR TO THIS YEARiS %ASTER HOLIDAYS THE 'OVERNMENT OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA FINALLY OFFERED A HOME TO THE LONG SUFFERING ITINERANT "ELGRADE #ITY -USEUM BY ASSIGNING THE CENTURY OLD INSTITUTION ITS VERY OWN BUILDING ON 2ESAVSKA 3TREET 4HE MUSEUM MAY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED YEARS AGO BUT THIS BUILDING FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE MILITARY WILL BE THE FIRST TO EVER SERVE ITS PURPOSES ADEQUATELY 4HE "ELGRADE CITY -USEUM POSSESSES APPROXIMATELY

WORKS OF ART AND ACCORDING TO ITS OWN WEB PRESENTATION IS A COM PLEX MUSEUM WITH PRIMARY ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THE STUDIES OF THE CITYiS ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORY ART AND CULTURE AND IS BASED ON THE GATHERING OF MATERIAL OBJECTS AND DATA -USEUM OBJECTS ARE CATEGORISED INTO A FRAMEWORK OF DEPART MENTS AND SECTIONS ACCORDING TO THE TYPE OF MATERIAL AND CHRO NOLOGY 4HERE ARE THREE EXPERT DEPARTMENTS THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL

HISTORICAL AND ART DEPARTMENTS WHICH ARE DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS )N ADDITION THE -USEUM OF THE #ITY OF "ELGRADE ALSO GOVERNS LEGACIES WHICH IS DONE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF ITS REGULAR ACTIVI TIES 4HESE ARE FOR EXAMPLE A PLAQUE MUSEUM TO )VO !NDRIÌ *OVAN #VIJIÌ 0AVILION -LADENOVAC -USEUM :EMUN (OME -USEUM

4HE #ONCENTRATION #AMP -USEUM OF "ANJICA THE ,EGACY OF 0AJE *OVANOVIC /BVIOUSLY THE -USEUM OF THE CITY OF "ELGRADE IS A GREAT INSTITUTION 4HE MUSEUM WAS FOUNDED IN FOLLOWING THE DECISION OF THE #ITY COUNCILiS FORWARD THINKING LEADERS WHO INTENDED TO CREATE A MUSEUM FOR THE CITY OF "ELGRADE WHICH WOULD RIVAL THOSE OF THE OTHER GREAT %UROPEAN CITIES ! YEAR BEFORE IT WAS FOUNDED THE FIRST DISPLAY PIECES WERE GATHERED A LARGE NUMBER OF PLANS AND DRAW INGS OF "ELGRADE CREATED BETWEEN AND WERE ACQUIRED FROM AN ANTIQUE DEALER FROM -UNICH BY THE NAME OF 2OSENTHAL AND 3AMUIL 3TEFANOVIÌ A "ELGRADE LANDLORD AT THAT TIME PROVIDED THE MUSEUM WITH A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE WEAPONRY A PICTURE

AND A NUMBER OF BRONZE OBJECTS "UT STILL A SUITABLE PLACE TO STORE AND EXHIBIT THESE VALUABLES WAS NOT PROVIDED AT THE TIME AND WHEN THE .ATIONAL MUSEUM REFUSED A REQUEST TO DEDICATE A PART OF ITS BUILDING FOR THE PURPOSES

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j OF THE #ITY -USEUM THE INSTITUTIONiS IMMEDIATE FATE WAS SEALED IT INSPIRED BY BEING ABLE TO VIEW PROJECTS THAT HAD BEEN .UEVO IN THE BECAME THE NOMADICALLY WANDERING CITY MUSEUM AND REMAINED S 4HE EXHIBITION j-ONEY IN "ELGRADE THROUGH THE CENTURIESk WITHOUT A HOME FOR MORE THAN A CENTURYb AND IS STILL WAITING TO PROVIDED INSIGHT INTO NEW KNOWLEDGE WHILST j"ELGRADE AND THE FOR MOVE IN TO THE HOME IT IS NOW INHERITING FROM THE 3#' !RMY EIGN POLITICS OF +ING !LEXANDER +ARAðORðEVIÌk WAS A SOURCE OF COM

7HEN THE FIRST "ALKAN 7AR BROKE OUT IN THE THEN PARISON WITH THE PRESENT j)N ADDITION TO THE 1UARTER OF +NEGINJE +INGDOM OF 3ERBIA PERMITTED THE CITY -USEUM TO USE A 1UARTER OF ,JUBICE THE -USEUM ALSO HAS LEGACY BUILDINGS BUT WE DO NOT HAVE +NEGINJE -ILICEb 4HERE IT REMAINED CRAMPED INTO A CORNER UNTIL SPACE AT ALL FOR THE CENTRAL COLLECTION AND WE DO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO SHOWCASE EXHIBITS k EXPLAINS DIRECTOR +OVAÍEVIÌ IT WAS AGAIN REMEMBERED IN THE S 7HEN COUNTING MUSEUM VALUABLES THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO !FTER A SERIES OF SHORT hLODGINGi STINTS IN VARIEDLY INAPPROPRIATE SPOTS A TOWNHOUSE WAS FINALLY PURCHASED IN !ND IT IS HERE AT THE PUBLIC WE NEED TO START WITH OBJECTS FROM ANCIENT HISTORY FROM TRACES OF THE 6INÍA CULTURE OF THE SIXTH MILLENNIUM "# !N :MAJ *OVINA THAT THE -USEUM RESIDES TO THIS DAY !S ONE MIGHT EXPECT THE MUSEUMiS COLLECTION HAS GROWN YEAR ON ANTHROPOMORPHIC STATUE FROM 'RABOVAC MADE FROM TERRACOTTA IN YEAR !ND OF COURSE IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT THE OLD 3TARI 'RAD HOUSE THE FOURTH MILLENNIUM "# PRESENTS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN RICHLY DECORATED CLOTHES )T IS CLAIMED THAT SUCH FIGURINES WERE USED FOR BECAME FAR TOO SMALL TO HOUSE ANYWHERE NEAR ALL OF THE EXHIBITS 4HE -USEUM COLLECTION WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED DURING THE 3ECOND 7ORLD 7AR BUT AFTER THE LIBERATION THE MUSEUM IT WAS BOOSTED BY ° ê êu ê ê ê ê ê ê ¾ ADDITIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL AND IN ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê j ê THE MUSEUM COLLECTION WAS FORMED COMPLETED AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 4HE COLLECTION GREW IN THE t ±ê ê Ø ê ê ê ê ®ê ê FOLLOWING DECADES AND THE NEW PIECES NEEDED TO ê ê ê ê ê ° BE PLACED SOMEWHERE 4HE ONLY AVAILABLE SPACE WAS THE EXHIBITION SPACE AND THUS BIT BY BIT

MASSES OF ANCIENT PIECES THAT HAD TO BE PROPERLY PRESERVED BEGAN TO MAGICAL PURPOSES AS A PRESENT TO 'ODS IN ORDER TO BE GRANTED A REPLACE THE REGULAR COLLECTION EXHIBITS !ND SO THE NEED TO KEEP THE FERTILE YEAR 4HE MUSEUMiS MODEL OF AN ANCIENT HOUSE DATES BACK TO PRICELESS COLLECTION IN MINT CONDITION AND THEREFORE GIVE IT DISPLAY CASE ACTIVITY LED TO THE REGULAR EXHIBITION OF THE #ITY OF "ELGRADE "# AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE FIND IN OUR PART OF -USEUM BEING CANCELLED !ND IT IS IN THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT THE 0ODUNAVLJE 4HE ANCIENT HOUSE WAS FOUND IN AN URN WHICH MEANS IT WAS MOST LIKELY A CULT OBJECT THAT WAS PUT IN COFFINS IN THE BELIEF -USEUM CELEBRATED ITS RD BIRTHDAY 3INCE $ECEMBER THE LOCAL PRINT MEDIA HAVE REGULARLY THAT IT WOULD ENABLE THE DECEASED TO LIVE IN THE AFTER LIFE IN THE SAME ANNOUNCED THE UPCOMING DESIGNATING OF A BUILDING FOR THE "ELGRADE WAY AS HE HAD DURING HIS LIFE )N THE MONOGRAPH OF THE -USEUM IT CITY -USEUM BUT IT TOOK A LONG TIME AND A NUMBER OF FALSE CALLS IS WRITTEN THAT jTHE -ODEL WITHOUT DOUBT SHOWS A TRUE COPY OF AN BEFORE A PERMANENT VENUE WAS FINALLY APPROVED AND IT COULD TAKE ANCIENT HOUSE FORMED VERY SKILFULLY WITH THE RIGHT PROPORTIONS EVEN MORE TIME TO THE MOVE TO BECOME A REALITY "OJAN +OVAÍEVIÌ 4HIS DEMONSTRATES THE GREAT CRAFTSMANSHIP SKILLS OF POTTERS AT THE $IRECTOR OF THE "ELGRADE #ITY -USEUM EXPLAINS THAT jTHE PROCEDURE TIME k ! THIRD CENTURY !$ BRONZE BUST OF 2OMAN %MPEROR -ACRINUS WAS COMPLEX AND ABOVE ALL SLOW BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE ACHIEVED TO PICTURED IS JUST ONE MASTERPIECE OF 2OMAN ART THAT IS PROUDLY PUT THE SATISFACTION OF EVERYONE k 4HOSE EXPRESSLY INTERESTED IN THE MUSEUMiS FATE ARE THE FORWARD BY THE -USEUM -ACRINUS IS NOT AMONG THE MOST IMPOR "ELGRADE #ITY #OUNCIL THE FOUNDER OF THE MUSEUM AND THE 3#' TANT OF 2OMAN EMPERORS TO HAVE REIGNED OVER THESE PARTS BUT HIS ARMY THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING IN 2ESAVSKA 3TREET 2ESAVSKA B BUILT TO THE DESIGN OF ARCHITECT $IMITRIJE ,EKA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST CENTURY IS KNOWN AS THE .EW !RMY !CADEMY +OVAÍEVIÌ AN ARCHITECT BY TRADE EXPLAINS TO #OR$ j4HE BUILDING HAS MORE THAN EIGHT THOUSAND SQUARE METRES AND

ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT BUILT WITH A MUSEUM IN MIND THIS IS A TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION FOR US k 4HE #ITY -USEUM $IRECTOR NOTES THE CENTRAL LOCATION AND ADEQUATE SIZE OF THE BUILDING AS BEING ITS MOST FAVOURABLE ASPECTS j4HE STRUCTURE IS NOT RUINED BUT IT DOES NEED COMPLETELY RECON STRUCTING k SAYS +OVAÍEVIÌ j)N THE FIRST STAGE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS NOT TO MAKE A CENTRAL DEPOT WITH ALL OF THE SPATIAL TECHNO LOGICAL MICROCLIMATIC AND SAFETY CONDITIONS SO THAT WE CAN SOLVE OUR MAIN PROBLEM TAKING CARE OF THE EXHIBITS 4HIS CULTURAL TREAS URE HAS BEEN STORED FOR DECADES IN CRATES PLACED ALL OVER OUR OFFICES ) THINK THAT IT IS CLEAR HOW MUCH THE PACKED WORKS OF ART THAT WE STORE ARE A LOSS TO "ELGRADEiS MUSEUM GOING PUBLIC 4HE LACK OF SUFFICIENT SPACE HAS COMPLETELY PREVENTED US FROM DOING OUR JOB PROPERLY .OT ONLY CAN WE NOT PROPERLY TAKE CARE OF THE WORKS BUT WITHOUT SPACE FOR A LAB WE CAN NOT STUDY THEM EITHERb AND ITiS NOT EVEN WORTH TALKING ABOUT EXHIBITING THEM k 4HE -USEUM SOLVES THIS LAST PROBLEM BY ORGANISING THEME EXHIBITIONS WHICH TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE THE BUILDING THE -USEUM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHICH IS MOSTLY AT THE 1UARTER OF +NEGINJE ,JUBICE %XHIBITIONS OF THE #ITY -USEUM ARE ESPECIALLY PRAISED BY THE CUL TURAL PUBLIC 4HIS !PRIL THE EXHIBITION j3ILVER FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE -USEUMiS LEGACIES FROM 86))) TO 88 CENTURYk WAS SHOWN )T IS CONSIDERED THAT THE EXHIBITION j"ELGRADE IN THE Sk ALSO INFLUENCED OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND CONTEMPORARY CREATORS WERE CorD \ *UNE

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BY THE RIOTERS OPPOSED TO HIS RULE TO THE SO CALLED hMEMORY CLEAR INGi PUNISHMENT THHE SYSTEMATIC AND TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF ANY AND EVERY TRACE OF HIS EXISTENCE INCLUDING ALL OF HIS BUSTS !CCORDING TO THE MONOGRAPH OF THE -USEUM THE BUST jGIVES AN IMPRESSION OF

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POWER AND THOUGHTFUL CONFIDENCEk b jHIS HAIR AND BEARD HAVE BEEN DONE PRECISELY LIKE JEWELLERY AND WITH MANY DETAILS k 4HE BUST IS jUNDOUBTEDLY AN ANTHOLOGICAL PIECE OF 2OMAN PORTRAIT ART k !NOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE IS A 4URKISH GOLD COIN MADE IN "ELGRADE BY 3ULEIMAN THE 'REAT IN +OVAÍEVIÌ EXPLAINS THAT THE jGOLD COIN WAS ACQUIRED RECENTLY 7E HAVE A LARGE NUMISMATIC COLLECTION AND IT WAS NATURAL FOR US TO BUY THIS COIN BECAUSE IT IS AN EXQUISITE RARITY ONE OF ONLY SIX EXAMPLES THAT ARE KNOWN TO EXIST IN THE WORLD k 4HE DIVISION OF FORCES BEFORE BATTLE IS AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT

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WHO WORKED FOR THE SUCCESSOR TO THE THRONE %MANUEL OF 0ORTUGAL (E DREW THE WHOLE PLAN OF THE 4URKISH AND !USTRIAN ARMIES BEFORE THE DECIDING BATTLE THAT TOOK PLACE ON TH !UGUST "EFORE THE HEADING WHICH SHORTLY DESCRIBES THE CONTENT OF THE WHOLE PLAN IS THE CREST OF 0ORTUGAL SURROUNDED BY WAR TROPHIES 4URKISH FLAGS

SEVERED HEADS AND CONFISCATED ARMS 4O THE LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE PLAN IS A GUIDE OF ENTRIES THROUGH THE ORDER OF THE ARMY /NE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EXHIBITS AT THE MOST RECENT EXHIBITION OF THE 1UARTER OF +NEGINJE ,JUBICE IS THE SILVER FROM THE COLLECTION OF -USEUM LEGACIES PICTURED m A SINGLE PERSON COFFEE SERVER THAT WAS GIVEN AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT TO HEIR TO THE THRONE !LEXANDER - /BRENOVIÌ IN BY THE "ELGRADE WOMENiS SOCIETY ! NOTE WITH TEXT IS COMPOSED AROUND THE 3ERBIAN STATE CREST ENGRAVED ON THE TRAY )T HAS BEEN KEPT IN ITS ORIGINAL LEATHER BOUND BOX WITH BLUE SATIN INNER LINING 4HE CITY MUSEUMiS JEWELLERY COLLECTION ALSO HAS HIGH ART VALUE !MONG HUNDREDS OF OBJECTS OF NOTE IS A DIAMOND AND PLATINUM RING WHICH WAS GIVEN A PROMINENT PLACE AT THE EXHIBITION OF UNIQUE JEWELLERY IN "RUSSELS IN 4HE HEAD OF THE RING IS RECTAN GULAR AND DECORATED WITH ORNAMENTS SHAPED AS A FLOWER WITH LEAVES AND FILLED WITH DIAMONDS /F THE NUMEROUS 7ORLD 7AR TWO DOCUMENTS WE WILL MENTION THE POSTER OF -ILO -ILUTINOVIÌ ONE OF THE COUNTRYiS MOST FAMOUS TH CENTURY ARTISTS 4HE POSTER PICTURED WAS PRINTED IN HONOUR OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE $AY THAT WE WON OVER &ASCISM m TH -AY 4HE POSTER WAS A CENTRAL PART OF THE CELEBRATION WHICH TOOK PLACE AT 4ERAZIJE /NE OF THE YOUNGEST -USEUM TESTIMONIES OF "ELGRADE IS A COL LECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE 9UGOSLAV ARMY HEADQUARTERS BUILD ING SHOT AFTER IT WAS BOMBED ON TH /CTOBER 4HREE YEARS AGO A MONOGRAPH WAS RELEASED IN HONOUR OF THE CELEBRATION OF YEARS SINCE THE "ELGRADE CITY -USEUM WAS FOUNDED $URING ITS PROMOTION IT WAS SAID THAT A VIRTUAL MUSEUM IS DESCRIBED IN THE MONOGRAPH )T SEEMS THAT THE -USEUM WILL BECOME REAL IN TWO TO THREE YEARS TIME WHEN THE MOVE TO THE BUILD ING IN 2ESAVSKA IS EXPECTED TO HAVE FINALLY BEEN COMPLETED

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)T IS OFTEN THE CASE THAT WE ONLY REMEMBER CERTAIN FIGURES AND INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY BOUND TO OUR HISTORY AND CULTURE ON THE VERY OCCASIONS OF THEIR JUBILEES )T IS ONLY THEN THAT WE ORGANISE ACADEMIC MEETINGS THEIR WORKS ARE REPRINTED AND THE PUBLIC ARE ONCE AGAIN REMINDED ABOUT THEM THEIR WORKS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SOCIETY 4HEATRE PLAYS ARE STAGED RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITIONS ARE HELD OR SEMINAR AND WORKSHOPS ARE ORGANISED TO CELEBRATE WHATEVER IT WAS THAT PERSON OR INSTITUTION BECAME FAMOUS FOR .EVERTHELESS WHEN THE CELEBRATION IS FINISHED WE TEND TO RETURN THEM TO THE HIBERNATION OF THEIR OBLIVION ONCE AGAIN

4HIS YEAR TWO JUBILEES WILL BE MARKED IN HONOUR OF *OVAN 3TERIJA 0OPOVIÌ AN IMPORTANT PLAYWRIGHT AND THE FATHER OF 3ERBIAN DRAMA 4HESE ANNIVERSARIES ARE THE BICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH AND THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS UNTIMELY DEATH #ELEBRATIONS AND PROGRAMMES IN HONOUR OF 3TERIJA STARTED ON TH *ANUARY HIS BIRTHDAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLAN AND SCHEDULE THAT WAS DRAWN UP BY THE CELEBRATION BOARD SPECIFICALLY FORMED FOR THIS OCCASION %VERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE EXCEPT THE USUAL FEELING OF SIMILAR SITUATIONS THAT WE REMEMBER 3TERIJA ONLY BECAUSE OF HIS ANNIVERSARIES )T SEEMS THAT 3TERIJA IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO IS ALWAYS PRESENT AND AHD WHOSE PRESENCE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR A REASON (IS DRAMA TEXTS ARE A REGULAR PART OF THEATRE REPERTOIRES 4HREE YEARS AGO THE

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SO PEOPLE COULD OVERCOME THEM 4HIS WAS PRESENT IN ALMOST ALL OF HIS DRAMAS *OVAN h3TERIJAi 0OPOVIÌ WAS BORN ON TH *ANUARY IN THE 3ERBIAN TOWN OF 6RpAC 4HE TOWN WAS ALSO THE PLACE OF HIS UNTIMELY DEATH AT THE RELATIVELY TENDER AGE OF FIFTY (IS PARENTSi HOUSE WAS IN THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN IN THE IMMEDI ATE VICINITY OF THE -INSTER AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE INHERITED THE GIFT OF OBSERVING m A QUALITY SO ESSENTIAL FOR A WRITER FROM HIS MOTHER *ULIANA 3HE WAS A WELL EDUCATED WOMAN OF GREAT ENERGY AND WAS HIGHLY APPRECIATED IN 6RpAC 3INCE HE WAS OFTEN SICK IN HIS CHILDHOOD HIS MOTHER WOULD BRING HIM MANY BOOKS TO PASS THE TIME AND IT WAS THIS THAT MADE HIM

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WHICH IS BEING MARKED THROUGH EVENTS ACROSS THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF 3ERBIA 4HE PROGRAMME WILL BE REALISED BY MANY CULTURAL INSTITU TIONS AND AN ACCENT WILL BE ON THEATRES WHERE PREMIERS OF NEW ADAPTATIONS OF 3TERIJAiS TEXTS WILL BE PERFORMED 3ERBIAN -INISTER OF #ULTURE $RAGAN +OJADINOVIÌ HAS ANNOUNCED THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE LONG OVERDUE RENOVATION OF THE THEATRE j3TERIJAk IN 6RpAC AND HIS ASSISTANT )VAN )VANOVIÌ HAS ANNOUNCED THAT

BY THE END OF THE YEAR 3!.5 WILL ORGANISE A SCIENTIFIC GATHERING

WHICH WILL ADD VALUE TO 3TERIJAiS WORK 4HE -INISTRY IS ALSO SET TO PUR CHASE OF 3TERIJAiS TEXTS PUBLISHED BY 6RpACiS +/6 FOR THE LIBRARIES !CADEMIC ,JUBOMIR 3IMOVIÌ PRESIDENT OF THE 3!.5 3TERIJA JUBI LEE "OARD SAID THAT THOUGH YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE DEATH OF THE FATHER OF 3ERBIAN THEATRE 3ERBIAN SOCIETY HAS STILL NOT GROWN TO FULLY UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF 3TERIJAiS WORK 4HEATRE PLAYS WILL MOST PROBABLY HAVE THE BIGGEST EFFECT DURING THIS YEARiS DOUBLE JUBILEE AS THEY ARE THE MOST POPULAR AMONG THE PLANNED PROGRAMME 7E CAN ALSO ASSUME THAT THIS IS THE PART OF THE CELEBRATIONS THAT 3TERIJA HIMSELF WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO ATTEND

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COMMUNICATIONS AND FASHION !LL YOU TAKE CARE ABOUT IS THAT EVERY THING DOES NOT GO BANKRUPT AT LEAST NOT SO MUCH SO THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP ON NEXT YEAR 4HE SPEAKERS AGREED TO COME WITH GREAT PLEASURE IMMEDIATELY AND WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS AND THERE WAS NO TRACE OF SPONSORS EVEN THOUGH WE CONTACTED OVER COMPANIES FROM 3#' )N FACT THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE SUCH A MIRACLE THEY WERE WAITING TO SEE HOW WE WOULD DO IN THE FIRST YEAR WHICH WE DO UNDERSTAND THEREFORE WE HOPE THAT AFTER THOSE SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF EUROS OF OBTAINED 02 VALUE EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY NEXT YEAR 7E ARE EVEN MORE GRATEFUL TO THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY SUP PORTED US IN THE FIRST YEAR 4HEY CALCULATED WISELY AND RECEIVED AN ENORMOUS PROMOTION FOR A REALLY SMALL INVESTMENT 7ELL DONE ,ONG BACK NOW SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER THE EVENT HOW SATISFIED ARE YOU WITH THE FIRST "ELGRADE $ESIGN 7EEK (OW IMPORTANT WAS THAT FOR DOMESTIC ARTISTS AND DID ANY PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS AND INITIATIVES FOR FUTURE WORK AND COOPERATION OCCUR ) THINK THAT THIS FESTIVAL CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO THE SENSE OF THE NEED FOR THE CREATION OF OUR ORIGINAL BRANDS WHICH IS THE MOST EFFICIENT RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION AS TO HOW TO WIN SPACE ON THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET 4HE SPEED OF OUR READINESS TO ACCEPT THE STANDARDS AND LANGUAGE WHICH THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET COMMUNICATES IN IS THE MEASURE OF THE SUCCESS OF WHAT WE CAN OFFER "Y BRINGING THE MOST FAMOUS DESIGNERS TO "ELGRADE THOSE WHO CREATE SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL BRANDS WE OPENED UP THE POSSIBIL ITY THAT THROUGH THE EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES WE LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER AND ACQUIRE USEFUL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR OWN CAPABILITIES /N THE OTHER SIDE ) THINK THAT OUR BUSINESSMEN AND EXPERTS FROM VARIOUS FIELDS COULD HAVE GAINED MUCH FROM THIS KIND OF EVENT 7E HOPE FOR THE MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF ECONOMIC REPRESENTATIVES NEXT YEAR 4HE LIST OF "$7iS GUESTS WAS VERY LONG 4O WHAT EXTENT DID THE ARRIVAL OF RENOWNED ARTISTS TO "ELGRADE AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAMME CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PIONEERING EVENT 7HAT WERE THEIR IMPRESSIONS !LREADY IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF "$7 WE WROTE THAT j4(% "%34 k WILL COME TO "ELGRADE 4HE GUESTS AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE PRO GRAMME ARE CURRENTLY THE BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL STARS WHO HAD NEVER BEFORE APPEARED TOGETHER AT THE SAME CONFERENCE 7E CONSIDER THAT AS A GREAT PERSONAL SUCCESS BUT ALSO AS PROOF THAT "ELGRADE IS FINALLY RETURNING TO THE WORLDiS STAGE m IN GREAT STYLE !S FOR THEIR IMPRESSIONS JUDGE FOR YOURSELF

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SOME OF THOSE NEEDS OF ENTERTAINMENT m THATiS WHAT WE SEE AS OUR GOAL WHAT WE SEE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY DEVELOP OUR ORGANISATION TO MAKE OUR ORGANISATION KNOWN NOT ONLY FOR THE FESTIVAL BUT FOR MANY OTHER THINGS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY 4HE POTENTIAL IS GREAT 4HERE IS SO MUCH YOU CAN DO IN PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER YOU DO IN 3ERBIA )F YOU LOOK TO THE LONG TERM EVE RYTHING IS UNDERDEVELOPED HERE AND YOU CAN BECOME AN INFLUENTIAL PLAYER IN THE INDUSTRY /NE VERY IMPORTANT THING IS THAT WE AS A FESTI VAL DO NOT SEE THE %XIT FESTIVAL AS OUR LIMIT WE WANT TO SEE OURSELVES INVOLVED IN MANY OTHER THINGS WE WANT TO SEE OURSELVES WORKING ON OTHER PROJECTS 0RIMARILY THAT MEANS ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS MEDIA

PRODUCTION m THAT IS THE FORM OF TRYING TO SHOW THE MATURITY OF OUR ORGANISATION AS SOMEONE WHO HAS DEVELOPED ONE PROJECT AND WHO CAN LOOK INTO OTHER PERSPECTIVES ON THE MARKET WHERE WE CAN REALLY DEVELOP MORE POTENTIAL THAT COMES FROM %XIT %XIT HAS THE POWER TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM ACROSS THE REGION ON A LARGE SCALE HOW DO YOU SEE YOUR ROLE IN CONNECTING PEOPLE %XIT THE MAIN MISSION AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IS ACTU ALLY FOR EVERYONE WHO WORKS AT PERFORMS AT OR VISITS %XIT TO THINK OF IT AS THEIR OWN m SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO HIM OR HER )TiS NOT SOME THING THAT YOU BUY OR CONSUME OR SOMETHING THAT YOU PAY FOR AND IS YOURS AT THAT MOMENT m VICE VERSA m IT IS ACTUALLY THAT YOU PARTICIPATE AND TAKE PRIDE IN BEING A PART OF SOMETHING !FTER EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS REGION THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WE DEFINE THIS AS ONE OF OUR GOALS TO CREATE THAT FEELING IN THE REGION AGAIN SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY CAN TRAVEL FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER

TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES AND NOT DEAL WITH ANY OF THE STUFF FROM BEFORE AND ENJOY THE SIMILARITIES IN THE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE AND POSSIBILITIES IN SUCH A CLOSE AREA 4HAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AND THE %XIT -OVEMENT PROJECTiS GOAL IS TO MOBILISE PEOPLE m FOR EXAMPLE SO THAT THE PEOPLE FROM :AGREB REALISE THAT "ELGRADE IS MUCH CLOSER TO THEM MUCH CLOSER THAN 6IENNA IN DISTANCE AND LANGUAGE ETC 4HERE ARE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LOOK FORWARD 7EiRE NOT 9U NOSTALGIC AS SOME PEOPLE SAY THATiS NOT THE IDEA 7HAT WEiRE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT %XIT IS THEIR BRAND FOR US TO BE ON THE SIDE AND FOR THEM TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN %XIT SHOULD BE THE CONCEPT OF LEADING DIFFERENT FROM EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED HERE )N THE LONG RUN THATiS THE GOAL OF %XIT CorD \ *UNE

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4HIS -AY SAW THE STAGING OF THE TH 2ING 2ING POPULAR FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSIC AT THE "ELGRADE 2EX #ULTURE #ENTRE 2ING 2ING A LURE FOR LOVERS OF UNUSUAL SOUND WAS OPENED BY .OVI 3AD PIANIST "RANKA 0ARLIร WHO USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE HER #$ j-ETAMORPHOSISk FEATURING HER RENDITIONS OF PIANO COMPOSI TIONS BY 0HILLIP 'LASS /THER 3#' CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDED 3VETLANA 3PAJIร AND ,AJKO &ELIX WHO CLOSED THE FESTIVAL 4HE REMAINING CONCERTS WERE HELD BY THE !GOSTON QUARTET FROM (UNGARY .ONECH "LUES "AND 53! &RANK 'RATROWSKY TRIO 'ERMANY (INTRREGER :/3" !USTRIA 0IERRE "ASTIEN &RANCE +OCH 3CHUTZ 3LUDER 3WITZERLAND AND 3TEFANO 3EODANIBBIO )TALY 4HE PATRON OF THE &ESTIVAL WAS THE #ULTURAL 3ECRETARIAT OF THE "ELGRADE #ITY 0ARLIAMENT AND IT WAS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE &RENCH #ULTURAL #ENTRE THE )TALIAN )NSTITUTE OF #ULTURE 'OETHE )NSTITUTE

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!T THE END OF -AY *UGOKONCERT AND THE !SSOCIATION OF (ARPISTS ORGANISED THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL HARP FESTIVAL 4HE FESTIVAL WHICH GATHERED HARPISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND 3#' SAW CONCERTS HELD AT +OLARร EVA :ADUร BINA AND THE 'ALLERY OF &RESCOS 4HE FES TIVAL WAS OPENED WITH A CONCERT OF THE 243 3YMPHONY /RCHESTRA

CONDUCTED BY "OJAN 3UรฐIร AND FEATURED HARP SOLOISTS 0ATRICIA 4ASAI -ILENA 3TANIpIร ,JILJANA .EROVSKA AND $IJANA 3ELENOVIร $URING THE FIVE DAYS OF THE FESTIVAL A DIVERSE REPERTOIRE WAS OFFERED

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4HE WORKS OF POP ART WIZARD !NDY 7ARHOL m ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE TH CENTURY m WERE PRESENTED AT A NUMBER OF EXHIBITION VENUES IN .OVI 3AD DURING -AY (IS WORKS ATTRACTED A LARGE NUMBER OF ART LOVERS AND RESULTED IN AN INITIATIVE TO HAVE HIS WORKS EXHIBITED IN OTHER PLACES ACROSS 3ERBIA ! TOTAL OF ORIGINAL 7ARHOL WORKS WERE PRESENTED AT THE 6OJVODINA -USEUM j"ELL !RTk 'ALLERY AND THE 'ALLERY OF 6OJVOรฐANSKA "ANKA 4HE EXHIBITION IS A RESULT OF A LONG TERM COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE j'OLDEN %YEk #ENTRE FOR 6ISUAL #ULTURE AND THE -USEUM OF -ODERN !RT OF !NDY 7ARHOL FROM -EDZILABIRC 3LOVAK 2EPUBLIC WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN IN THE HOME TOWN OF 7ARHOLiS PARENTS

4HE JUBILEE TENTH &ESTIVAL OF #HOREOGRAPHIC MINIATURES

ORGANISED BY THE ORGANISA TION OF THE !SSOCIATION OF BALLET ARTISTS OF 3ERBIA WAS HELD IN "ELGRADE FROM TH TO TH -AY 4HE FESTIVAL GATH ERED YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS AND DANCERS FROM #ANADA

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4HE &ESTIVAL j4HE 4HEATRE )NTERNATIONAL "ELGRADE !DVENTUREk 4)"! WILL BE HELD IN *UNE IN "ELGRADE 4HIS FESTIVAL OF PROFESSIONAL THEATRES FOR CHILDREN AND THE YOUNG WILL OFFICIALLY FEATURE PLAYS FROM %UROPE m )RELAND $ENMARK 3WEDEN %STONIA 2USSIA #ROATIA

2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA AND 3#' 4HE HONOUR OF OPENING THE &ESTIVAL HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE $ERMATEN 4HEATRE FROM 3WEDEN WHILST THE OFFICIAL CLOSING WILL BE PERFORMED BY j4HE ,ITTLE -ERMAIDk AN )RISH ENSEM

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ONCERT STUDENTS OF PIANO FROM THE "ELGRADE # &ACULTY OF -USIC !RT 3UNDAY TH *UNE 'REAT (ALL AM "ELGRADE 'UITAR 3CHOOL 7EDNESDAY TH *UNE -USIC GALLERY PM

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CRAFTS AND SKILL 4HE FESTIVAL IS OF A COMMERCIAL NATURE

3UNDAY TH *UNE 'REAT (ALL AM #ONDUCTOR 0AVLE -EDAKOVIร 3OLOISTS -ILENA -ALEp $UpAN 4OROMAN !RPAD 0Eร IVARI PIANO 0ROGRAMME -OZART 3ALIERI

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.IGEL KENNEDY 3AVA #ENTER TH *UNE .Ip TH *UNE "RITISH VIOLINIST .IGEL +ENNEDY RENOWNED FOR HIS EXTRAORDI NARY TECHNIQUE AND CONTEMPORARY WAY OF PLAYING THE VIOLIN

IS SAID TO HAVE BROUGHT FRESHNESS BACK TO CLASSICAL MUSIC +ENNEDY WHO IS MUCH LOVED BY 3ERBIAN LOVERS OF THE VIOLIN

HAS PUBLISHED MANY #$S OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AS WELL AS ALBUMS OF ETHNO MUSIC AND TWO #$S DEDICATED TO ROCK MUSIC

#ONCERT -USIC FOR CLARINET AND VIOLIN &RIDAY ND *UNE -HATI 'USTAVI AND 2ADMILA 6ARDALIร 3PANISH CLASSIC MUSIC &RENCH #ULTURAL #ENTRE -USIC $AY &ETI 4ABET AND DOMESTIC GROUPS 0ARISIAN MUSICIAN &ETI 4ABET PLAYS SEVERAL INSTRUMENTS AND PRESENTS MUSIC FROM THE -IDDLE !GES

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CULTURE CALENDAR June m ALSO A SIGNIFICANT MUSICIAN OF THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA 7ITH A DISTINCTIVE DEEP VOICE AND EXTRAVAGANT LOOK *OSIPA ,ISAC WAS AT THE TOP OF POP MUSIC FOR YEARS 3HE IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL MOST EXTRAVAGANT AND BEST SINGERS OF THE EX 9UGOSLAVIA 'OTAN 0ROJECT 3AVA #ENTER TH *UNE 'OTAN 0ROJECT WILL PERFORM THEIR THIRD CONCERT IN FRONT OF THE "ELGRADE PUBLIC THIS TIME TO PROMOTE THEIR LATEST #$ j,UNATICOk 'OTAN 0ROJECTiS MUSIC IS INSPIRED BY 4ANGO AND THEY DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS jTOP !RGENTINEAN MUSICIANS EXILED IN 0ARISk 4HE GROUP ALSO SAY THAT THEIR MAIN MUSIC INSPIRATION CAME FROM THE WORK OF #ARLOS 'ARDEL AND !STOR 0IAZZOLA "UZZCOCKS "ELGRADE $OM /MLADINE RD *UNE 4HIS LEGENDARY -ANCHESTER PUNK BAND WAS ESTABLISHED IN AND SOON BECAME PART OF THE POPULAR 5+ PUNK SCENE 4HE "UZZCOCKS PERFORM MELODIC PUNK AND THEIR MOST POPULAR ALBUM 3INGLES 'OING 3TEADY WAS A SINGLES COLLECTION PUB LISHED IN THE S 4HEY ARE SIGNIFICANT AND INFLUENTIAL SOME OF TODAYiS MOST POPULAR GROUPS AMONG THEM 3COTLANDiS &RANZ &ERDINAND NOTE THE "UZZCOCKS AS BEING AMONG THEIR GREATEST INSPIRERS 4HE "UZZCOCKS ARE STILL ACTIVE TO THIS DAY AND THEIR "ELGRADE CONCERT IS PART OF A %UROPE WIDE TOUR TO PROMOTE THEIR LATEST ALBUM j&LAT 0ACK 0HILOSOPHYk 34).'

.OVI 3AD 0ETROVARADIN FORTRESS TH *UNE 4HIS 'EORDIE PERFORMER WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION WHATSO EVER WILL BE PERFORMING IN 3ERBIA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LONG AND INDUSTRIOUS CAREER

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ADVENTUROUS EVEN AGGRESSIVE CENTRE FORWARD -ARK (UGHES WOULD TAKE THE TEAM ADVENTUROUSLY TO THE 3ERBS ATTEMPTING TO EXPLOIT WHAT SHOULD NATIONALLY AT LEAST HAVE BEEN A PSYCHOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE !N EARLY GOAL WOULD SURELY UNSETTLE THE HOME TEAM CONFIRMING ITS SELF DOUBT AFTER THE RECENT ABYSMAL RESULT AGAINST !ZERBAIJAN 0ERHAPS THE 7ELSH TEAM WOULD WELL HAVE GONE FOR THE JUGULAR HAD THEY ONLY BEEN ABLE TO FIELD THEIR MOST POTENT STRIKING WEAPON BIG BLOND *OHN (ARTSON (ARTSON WAS A ONE MAN ATTACK OF HUGE POTENCY EMINENTLY ABLE TO HOLD THE BALL UP WHEN IT WAS PLAYED TO HIM JUST AS (UGHES HAD DONE IN HIS -ANCHESTER 5NITED DAYS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN THE BALL WAS IN THE AIR

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"UT ALAS FOR 7ALES AND PROVIDENTIALLY FOR 3ERBIA (ARTSON COULD NOT PLAY 4HE SENSIBLE THING FOR (UGHES TO DO WAS TO CHANGE HIS TACTICS IDEALLY USING TWO AND NOT ONE MAN UP FRONT ESPECIALLY AS HE COULD CALL ON LITTLE 2OBERT %ARNSHAW WHO FROM THE MOMENT HAD HAD MADE HIS INTERNATIONAL DEBUT IN #ARDIFF AGAINST 'ERMANY HAD SHOWN PAR EXCELLENCE WHAT IS KNOWN IN "RITAIN AS 4HE "IG -ATCH 4EMPERAMENT "UT FOR SOME ARCANE REASON BEST KNOWN TO HIMSELF (UGHES DECIDED TO STICK WITH HIS HABITUAL PATTERN EVEN THOUGH HE PLAINLY DID NOT HAVE THE SPEARHEAD WITH WHOM TO DO IT (E BIZARRELY REPLACED OR TRIED TO REPLACE (ARTSON WITH THE MUCH SMALLER .ATHAN "LAKE A COMPETENT ENOUGH STRIKER IN HIS OWN WAY BUT UTTERLY UNSUITED TO THE LONE WOLF ROLE /VER AND ABOVE THIS m AND "LAKE PROVED EMBARRASS INGLY UNABLE TO HOLD UP THE BALL LET ALONE TO USE HIS HEAD AS (ARTSON COULD m (UGHES UNFORGIVABLY AND FATALLY WENT INTO A DEFENSIVE CROUCH 7HAT THIS DID WAS TO GET 3ERBIA -ONTENEGRO OFF THE HOOK !T FIRST YOU WONDER WHETHER THEIR PLAYERS COULD HAVE BELIEVED THEY WERE BEING GIVEN SO MUCH LEEWAY "UT AS THE GAME WENT ON IT GREW INCREASINGLY PLAIN THAT THEIR CONFIDENCE WAS RETURNING 7ITH THE ELUSIVE LITTLE %ARNSHAW KEPT OFF THE PITCH UNTIL THE CLOSING MINUTES

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YOU KNOW THAT SOONER OR LATER THEY ARE BOUND TO BE BETTER 4HAT THIS COUNTRY SO FERTILE FOR DECADES IN THE PRODUCTION OF FOOTBALL TALENT WILL THROW UP SPLENDID NEW STARS AS INDEED HAS NOW HAPPENED AGAIN !ND WHICH OF US WHO WERE PRESENT IN #HILE AT THE 7ORLD #UP CAN FORGET THE 'YPSY BRILLIANCE OF LITTLE $RAGOSLAV fEKULARAC

ARGUABLY THE BEST INSIDE FORWARD OF THE TOURNAMENT A BALL ARTIST AND AN INFINITE CREATOR OF CHANCES 4HE TEAM STAYED IN MY 3ANTIAGO HOTEL WHERE ) HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR ABLE MANAGER ¨IRIÌ 4HE PRESENT 3ERBIA -ONTENEGRO HAS A CRUELLY DIFFICULT 7ORLD #UP DRAW (OLLAND MUST BE AMONG THE FAVOURITES FOR THE #UP !RGENTINA ARE ALWAYS A THREAT IN THESE TOURNAMENTS AND IN THE YEAR OLD ,IONEL -ESSI HAVE A NEW STAR ATTACKER WHO HAS FULFILLED THE PROMISE HE HAS SUGGESTED SINCE AS A MERE YEAR OLD "ARCELONA BROUGHT HIM TO 3PAIN FROM .EWELLiS /LD "OYS 7HEN *UAN 2OMAN 2IQUELME PLAYED IN THE RECENT FRIENDLY VERSUS %NGLAND IN 'ENEVA HE DOMINATED PLAY THE QUINTESSENCE OF THE CREATIVE INSIDE FORWARD

WONDERFULLY QUICK IN THOUGHT EVEN IF HE MAY NOT BE ESPECIALLY IN MOVEMENT ) AM NOT QUIET SURE HOWEVER ABOUT THEIR DEFENCE WHERE THE PROBING OF THE HIGHLY EXPERIENCED $EJAN 3AVIÍEVIÌ HIMSELF SUCH A MAJOR FIGURE IN MIDFIELD WHO CAN SCORE GOALS TOO 4HE $UTCH HAVE ONE OF THE BEST WINGERS IN THE GAME IN 3RJEN 2OBBEN SUPERBLY BALANCED ADEPT IN CONTROL FAST ELUSIVE AND ABOVE ALL ALWAYS READY TO TAKE ON AND BEAT OPPONENTS 2UUD 6AN .ISTELROOY REMAINS A CENTRE FORWARD FORMIDABLE IN THE PENALTY BOX "UT NOW 3ERBIA CAN OPPOSE HIM WITH THE RISING YOUNG PLAYER WHO WILL KNOW HIM AND HIS MOVES WELL FOR HE TRAINS WITH HIM EVERY DAY AT -ANCHESTER 5NITED .EMANJA 6IDIÌ IS A POWERFUL AND PROMISING CENTRE BACK WHO HAS ALREADY TESTED FOOTBALL OUTSIDE 3ERBIA WITH 3PARTAK -OSCOW 5NITED NEED TO STRENGTHEN THEIR DEFENCE SO HE SHOULD HAVE ABUNDANT OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN %NGLAND )LIJA 0ETKOVIC COACHING THE NATIONAL TEAM FOR THE SECOND TIME

HAS TOLD US HE IS BY NO MEANS PESSIMISTIC AND HE KNOWS HOW TO RING THE CHANGES WHEN THINGS ARE NOT GOING TOO WELL .OTABLY IN -ADRID AGAINST 3PAIN IN THE QUALIFIERS IN THE FIRST HALF 3ERBIA COULD NOT GET INTO GEAR BUT THEN 0ETKOVIÌ DARED AND COULD HAVE WON (E BROUGHT ON A SECOND STRIKER IN ANOTHER OF THE LATEST YOUNG STRIKERS TO BREAK THROUGH THE TOWERING .IKOLA »IGIÌ WHO COULD WELL PROVE A TRUMP

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TOURNAMENT FIXTURES GROUP A 1

09. 06. 2006.

Munich

2

09. 06. 2006.

Gelsenkirchen

GERMANY : COSTA RICA

18:00

POLAND : EQUADOR

21:00

17

14. 06. 2006.

Dortmund

GERMANY : POLAND

21:00

18

15. 06. 2006.

Hamburg

EQUADOR : COSTA RICA

15:00

33

20. 06. 2006.

Berlin

EQUADOR : GERMANY

16:00

34

20. 06. 2006.

Hanover

COSTA RICA : POLAND

16:00

3

10. 06. 2006.

Frankfurt

ENGLAND : PARAGUAY

15:00

4

10. 06. 2006.

Dortmund

T & T : SWEDEN

18:00

19

15. 06. 2006.

Nuremberg

ENGLAND : T & T

18:00

20

15. 06. 2006.

Berlin

SWEDEN : PARAGUAY

21:00

35

20. 06. 2006.

Cologne

SWEDEN : ENGLAND

21:00

36

20. 06. 2006.

Kaiserslautern

PARAGUAY : T & T

21:00

GROUP B

GROUP C 5

10. 06. 2006.

Hamburg

6

11. 06. 2006.

Leipzig

ARGENTINA : IVORY COAST

21:00

SCG : HOLLAND

15:00

21

16. 06. 2006.

Gelsenkirchen

ARGENTINA : SCG

15:00

22

16. 06. 2006.

37

21. 06. 2006.

Stuttgart

HOLLAND : IVORY COAST

18:00

Frankfurt

HOLLAND : ARGENTINA

21:00

38

21. 06. 2006.

Munich

IVORY COAST : SCG

21:00

GROUP D 7

11. 06. 2006.

Nuremberg

MEXICO : IRAN

18:00

8

11. 06. 2006.

Cologne

ANGOLA : PORTUGAL

21:00

23

16. 06. 2006.

Hanover

MEXICO : ANGOLA

21:00

24

17. 06. 2006.

Frankfurt

PORTUGAL : IRAN

15:00

39

21. 06. 2006.

Gelsenkirchen

PORTUGAL : MEXICO

16:00

40

21. 06. 2006.

Leipzig

IRAN : ANGOLA

16:00

9

12. 06. 2006.

Hanover

ITALY : GHANA

21:00

10

12. 06. 2006.

Gelsenkirchen

USA : CZECH REPUBLIC

18:00

25

17. 06. 2006.

Kaiserslautern

ITALY : USA

21:00

26

17. 06. 2006.

Cologne

CZECH REPUBLIC : GHANA

18:00

41

22. 06. 2006.

Hamburg

CZECH REPUBLIC : ITALY

16:00

42

22. 06. 2006.

Nuremberg

GHANA : USA

16:00

GROUP E

GROUP F 11

13. 06. 2006.

Berlin

BRAZIL : CROATIA

21:00

12

12. 06. 2006.

Kaiserslautern

AUSTRALIA : JAPAN

15:00

27

18. 06. 2006.

Munich

BRAZIL : AUSTRALIA

18:00

28

18. 06. 2006.

Nuremberg

JAPAN : CROATIA

15:00

43

22. 06. 2006.

Dortmund

JAPAN : BRAZIL

21:00

44

22. 06. 2006.

Stuttgart

CROATIA : AUSTRALIJA

21:00

GROUP G

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13

13. 06. 2006.

Stuttgart

FRANCE : SWITZERLAND

18:00

14

13. 06. 2006.

Frankfurt

REPUBLIC OF KOREA : TOGO

15:00

29

18. 06. 2006.

Leipzig

30

19. 06. 2006.

Dortmund

45

23. 06. 2006.

Cologne

TOGO : FRANCE

21:00

46

23. 06. 2006.

Hanover

SWITZERLAND : REPUBLIC OF KO-

21:00

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21:00

TOGO : SWITZERLAND

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14. 06. 2006.

Leipzig

SPAIN : UKRAINE

15:00

16

14. 06. 2006.

Munich

TUNISIA : SAUDI ARABIA

18:00

31

19. 06. 2006.

Stuttgart

SPAIN : TUNISIA

21:00

32

19. 06. 2006.

Hamburg

SAUDI ARABIA : UKRAINE

18:00

47

23. 06. 2006.

Kaiserslautern

SAUDI ARABIA : SPAIN

16:00

48

23. 06. 2006.

Berlin

UKRAINE : TUNISIA

16:00

Winner A 49

Winner B Winner 49

Winner 51

51

Runnerup B

Runnerup A 57

Winner C 50

Winner D

Winner 61

Winner 50

59

Winner 59

Winner 59

Winner 52

Runnerup D

Runnerup C 62

61 Winner E 53

Winner F Winner 53 58

Winner G

Winner 55

Winner 62

Runnerup F

54

52

Winner 60

Winner 54

55 Runnerup E

60

Winner 60

Winner H Winner 56

Runnerup H

56 Runnerup G

LAST 16 49

24. 06. 2006.

Munich

Winner A : Runnerup B

17:00

50

24. 06. 2006.

51

25. 06. 2006.

Leipzig

Winner C : Runnerup D

21:00

Stuttgart

Winner B : Runnerup A

52

25. 06. 2006.

Nuremberg

17:00

Winner D : Runnerup C

21:00

53

26. 06. 2006.

Kaiserslautern

Winner E : Runnerup F

17:00

54

26. 06. 2006.

Cologne

Winner G : Runnerup H

21:00

55

27. 06. 2006.

Dortmund

Winner F : Runnerup E

17:00

56

27. 06. 2006.

Hanover

Winner H : Runnerup G

21:00 QUARTER-FINALS

57

30. 06. 2006.

Berlin

Winner 49 : Winner 50

17:00

58

30. 06. 2006.

Hamburg

Winner 53 : Winner 54

21:00

59

1. 07. 2006.

Gelsenkirchen

Winner 51 : Winner 52

17:00

60

1. 07. 2006.

Frankfurt

Winner 55 : Winner 56

21:00 SEMI-FINALS

61

4. 07. 2006.

Dortmund

Winner 57 : Winner 58

21:00

62

5. 07. 2006.

Munich

Winner 59 : Winner 60

21:00 THRID-PLACE PLAY-OFF

63

8. 07. 2006.

Stuttgart

3RUDÐHQ 3RUDÐHQ 5

21:00 FINAL

64

9. 07. 2006.

Berlin

Winner 61 : Winner 62

20:00

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OPAL !NDREWiS FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE AT 3EATON 0ARK MET ME OFF THE TRAIN AND AFTER MILES OF ROLLING HILLS AND FRESHLY STRIPPED CORNFIELDS WE DROVE THROUGH A TUNNEL OF MASSIVE COPPER BEECHES BETWEEN TWO THICK WHITE PILLARS SUPPORTING A HEAVY WOODEN GATE AND UP A DRIVE EITHER SIDE OF WHICH GRAZING SHEEP BORE WITNESS TO THE UNUSUALLY WET SUMMER 5NUSUALLY WET )N 9UGOSLAVIA EVERYONE ASSUMED IT RAINED NEARLY EVERY DAY IN %NGLAND !NDREW USED TO QUOTE FROM A HUMOROUS SONG ABOUT THE WEATHER )N *ULY THE SUN IS HOT )S IT SHINING .O ITiS NOT !UGUST COLD AND DANK AND WET

"RINGS MORE RAIN THAN ANY YET 4HIS YEAR &LANDERSi AND 3WANNiS SATIRE HAD BEEN ALL TOO NEAR THE TRUTH FOR COMFORT 4HE TARMAC DRIVE LED TO A HUGE WHITE MANSION LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE ""# DRAMAS WE WERE SOMETIMES TREATED TO ON "ELGRADE TELEVI SION THAT GAVE US THE IMPRESSION THAT LIVING IN A HUGE WHITE MANSION WAS A RELATIVELY COMMON PHENOMENON IN %NGLAND 4HE NEXT QUESTION THAT CAME INTO MY ENRAPTURED MIND WAS NOT WHY !NDREW HAD DECIDED TO COME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT WHY ON EARTH HE HAD LEFT -Y FIRST IMPRESSION WAS THAT IT SEEMED QUITE THE OPPOSITE OF A PRISON 0ERHAPS HE HAD HAD TO LEAVE 0ERHAPS IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH &RANCESCA OR THE OTHER NUBILE MISS WHO HAD CAPTIVATED HIM 'OPAL SUGGESTED ) LEFT MY BAG AT RECEPTION WHILE HE SHOWED ME ROUND 4HE PLACE COULD NOT HAVE LOOKED LESS LIKE A SCHOOL )T WAS A VERITABLE ANTSi NEST OF ACTIVITY !NTS OF ALL AGES SIZES AND COLOURS WERE DASHING TO AND FRO CARRYING BUCKETS OF WATER MOPS BROOMS CHAIRS

TABLES AND CARPETS 4HIS 'OPAL EXPLAINED WAS A BEGINNING OF TERM WORK PARTY DURING WHICH ALL SIXTY STUDENTS AND THIRTY STAFF CLEANED THE HOUSE AND TIDIED THE GARDEN FROM ONE END OF THE THIRTY ACRE ESTATE TO THE OTHER ) HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT OF HOUSEWORK AS A NECESSARY EVIL BUT EVERYONE HERE SEEMED TO BE ACTUALLY ENJOYING IT )N THE SITTING ROOM A STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL GIRL WITH LONG GOLDEN HAIR WAS DANCING WITH A VACUUM CLEANER TO THE !GNUS $EI FROM -OZARTiS 2EQUIEM &OR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE ) WISHED THAT ) WAS A VACUUM CLEANER OR A CARPET (OW SENSUOUSLY THAT LONG HAIRED YOUTH WAS SCRUBBING THE FLORAL CARPET IN FRONT OF THE BAY WINDOW !ND IF "OGDAN CUT MY HAIR AS LOVINGLY AS THAT YOUNG NEGRO WAS TRIMMING THE BOX HEDGE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAY WINDOW ) SHOULD PROBABLY SPEND MY TIME AT THE HAIRDRESSERiS GROAN ING IN ECSTASY j)iVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE ) FEEL RATHER OUT OF IT )S THERE SOMETHING ) CAN DO k

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BY NOW ALL TOO FAMILIAR TOOTHPASTE COMMERCIAL TEETH j)TiS TEATIME IN FIFTEEN MINUTES )iLL TAKE YOU TO YOUR ROOM k 4HE GUEST ROOMS WERE IN WHAT WAS CALLED THE hCLOISTERSi A SQUARE OF ABOUT THIRTY ROOMS AROUND A CLOSELY MOWN LAWN FROM WHICH THEY WERE SEPARATED BY A COVERED PAVED PATH AND A NEAT NARROW FLOWER BED j4HIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE BOYS SLEEP 3OME IN DOUBLE ROOMS THE OLDER BOYS ON THEIR OWNbk j2EALLY k 3O ) WAS TO BE SURROUNDED BY BOYS ) WAS IMMEDIATELY AWARE OF AN EXPRESSION OF SURPRISE IN MY VOICE AND HOPED 'OPAL DID NOT INTERPRET IT AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE IMPURE THOUGHTS THAT WERE PROBABLY LURKING IN MY UNCONSCIOUS j9ES BUT THE ROOMS ON THE EAST SIDE ARE GUEST ROOMS 9OUiRE THE ONLY GUEST TODAY BUT DONiT WORRY 9OUiVE GOT PLENTY OF YOUNG MEN TO PROTECT YOU k 0ROTECT ME FROM WHAT .OW MY IMPURE THOUGHTS WERE FAST LEAKING INTO MY CONSCIOUS MIND )N WHICH ROOM DID THAT LONG HAIRED !DONIS SLEEP !ND THE NEGRO 9ES 0AUL WAS DEFINITELY ME ) WAS JUST AS FASCI NATED BY YOUNG BOYS AS HE WAS BY YOUNG GIRLS 4HE ROOM WAS MORE LIKE A NUNiS CELL THAN A BEDROOM !T THE BACK OF THE ROOM THERE WAS A TINY BATHROOM WITH A SHOWER AND TOILET %VERYTHING WAS SPOTLESSLY CLEAN AND THE VARIOUS CLOTHS SPONGES AND CLEANING FLUIDS IN THE BATHROOM INDICATED THAT GUESTS WERE EXPECTED TO KEEP THEIR ROOMS SPOTLESSLY CLEAN j3O YOUiRE !NDREWiS WIFE )T MUST HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT BEING APART FROM HIM FOR SO LONG k j.O THAT WASNiT ME )iM HIS SECOND WIFE .O HIS THIRD ACTUALLY ) DIDNiT KNOW HIM WHEN HE WAS HERE k j) THOUGHT YOU WERE A BIT YOUNG TO BE THE MOTHER OF TWO GROWN UP CHILDREN k 4HE MAN WHO HAD RESCUED ME FROM MY ROLE AS A WALLFLOWER IN THE CROWDED DINING ROOM WAS OF COURSE AN )TALIAN .OT A TYPICAL GIGOLO

BUT HE WAS QUIETLY ATTRACTIVE AND WARMLY CHARMING 0AOLO WHO MUST HAVE BEEN IN HIS LATE THIRTIES HAD BEEN AT 3EATON 0ARK FOR EIGHT YEARS

ARRIVING A YEAR BEFORE !NDREW j! LOT OF PEOPLE PARTICULARLY STUDENTS THOUGHT THAT !NDREW SHOULD HAVE BECOME PRINCIPAL HERE (E MORE THAN PULLED HIS WEIGHT

HE WAS AN EXCELLENT DRAMA TEACHER AND HAD A RAPPORT WITH THE STUDENTS THAT MANY OF US ENVIED (E UNDERSTOOD YOUNG PEOPLE m HAVING TWO OF HIS OWN MUST HAVE HELPED -OST OF US HERE ARE SINGLE k

j7HY DID HE LEAVE (IS CHILDREN WERE STUDYING HERE IN %NGLAND AND HE DIDNiT GET ON PARTICULARLY WELL WITH HIS WIFE IN "ELGRADE k j!NDREWiS PROBLEM WAS THAT HE TOOK +RISHNARASTIiS EXHORTA TION TO QUESTION EVERYTHING INCLUDING HIS TEACHINGS m TOO LITERALLY 1UESTIONING +iS TEACHINGS DOESNiT GO DOWN TOO WELL HERE 4HERE ARE STILL TOO MANY STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE HERE WHEN HE WAS ALIVE AND WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES DUTY BOUND TO KEEP THINGS JUST AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN k j,IKE THE /RTHODOX #HURCHbk j) DONiT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE /RTHODOX #HURCH BUT + WAS m AND STILL IS FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH m A SORT OF 0OPE A CONSERVATIVE 0OPE 0LEASE DONiT QUOTE ME ON THIS m ) LIKE IT HERE 7ITH ALL ITS SHORT COMINGS IT OFFERS A BETTER LIFE THAN THE MATERIAL ONE OUTSIDE !ND ABOVE ALL IT ENCOURAGES YOUNG PEOPLE TO AT LEAST QUESTION THE STEREOTYPE VALUES OF SOCIETY AND REALISE THAT LIFE ISNiT JUST A MATTER OF DOING WELL AT SCHOOL SO AS TO GET TO A GOOD UNIVERSITY SO AS TO GET A WELL PAID JOB

SO AS TO BE ABLE PAY THE MORTGAGE AND SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO A GOOD SCHOOL AD INFINITUM "UT !NDREW COULDNiT SEE IT LIKE THAT (E CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS PLACE HAD BECOME A SORT OF SHRINE AND THAT +iS TEACHINGS HAD BECOME A RELIGION m +RISHNARASTIANITY WAS THE EXPRESSION HE USED )T DIDNiT GO DOWN AT ALL WELL WITH THE CARDINALS AND EVENTUALLY IT WAS MADE QUITE CLEAR TO !NDREW THAT HE HAD TO EITHER TOE THE PARTY LINE OR LEAVE BEFORE HE STARTED CORRUPTING THE YOUNG k ) LIKED 0AOLO m AND HE LIKED ME 'OPAL MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT HE WAS OFFENDED BUT HE WAS ONE OF THE hCARDINALSi AND ) KNEW ) SHOULD FIND OUT MORE ABOUT !NDREW AND THE GOINGS ON AT 3EATON 0ARK FROM A SECRET SEMI DISSIDENT LIKE 0AOLO .OT ONLY DID ) WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT !NDREW AND &RANCESCA BUT THE WHOLE QUESTION OF SEX IN A CLOSED RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY FASCINATED ME !FTER CURFEW AT TEN OiCLOCK WHEN ALL THE STUDENTS HAD GONE TO THEIR ROOMS 0AOLO AND ) FOUND OURSELVES ALONE IN THE SITTING ROOM j3EX 9OUiRE THE FIRST GUEST WHOiS EVER BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT m WITH ME AT ANY RATE 7ELL OFFICIALLY AS IN ANY MONASTERY SEX DOESNiT EXIST !NY STUDENTS CAUGHT HAVING SEX TOGETHER ARE EXPELLED 4HAT DOESNiT MEAN THEY DONiT DO IT IT SIMPLY MEANS THEY DONiT GET CAUGHT .OBODYiS FOOLISH ENOUGH TO DO IT IN THEIR BEDROOM 4HEREiS A BARN NOT FAR FROM HERE WITH A GOOD SUPPLY OF STRAW AND ON THIRTY ACRES OF LAND THERE ARE PLENTY OF GOOD HIDING PLACES k 0AUL MAY HAVE BEEN FREE OF -ELANIE AND THE TERM OF IMPRISON MENT SHE HAD PREPARED FOR HIM BUT DECORUM DICTATED THAT HE WAS NOT FREE TO START ANOTHER RELATIONSHIP IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE OPENLY AT ANY RATE (E WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEVASTATED (E WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH &RANCESCA j7HAT ABOUT THE STAFF k j3EXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN STAFF MEMBERS IS NOT FORBIDDEN BUT WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY DISCREET ABOUT ITbk 0AOLO SOUNDED AS THOUGH HE WAS QUOTING FROM THE 3EATON 0ARK RULEBOOK SO ) DECIDED TO BE MORE AUDACIOUS j7HAT ABOUT RELATIONS BETWEEN STAFF AND STUDENTS k j,OOK WHY DONiT WE GO FOR A WALK ROUND THE GROUNDS )TiS A BEAUTI FUL EVENING k !H SO ) WAS ON TO SOMETHING !S WE MADE OUR WAY BETWEEN THE 3WISS CHARD AND THE MAIZE IN THE KITCHEN GARDEN ) REPEATED MY QUES TION j3EXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN STAFF AND STUDENTS IS OF COURSE STRICTLY FORBIDDEN !PART FROM ANYTHING ELSE ITiS AGAINST THE LAW k j"UT HAS IT EVER HAPPENED k -Y QUESTION SEEMED TO MAKE 0AOLO UNEASY ) WAS OBVIOUSLY TREAD ING ON DANGEROUS TERRITORY AS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR CONVERSATION HE STARED AT THE GROUND AS HE ANSWERED ME j9ES IT HAS 4WO YEARS AGO IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A 3PANISH STAFF MEMBER WHO HAD BEEN HERE FOR TEN YEARS WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A .IGERIAN GIRL 4HEY BOTH HAD TO LEAVE k j4HERE ARE SOME VERY ATTRACTIVE GIRLS HERE $O YOU EVER FEEL TEMPTEDb 4HERE WAS A PAUSE PUNCTUATED BY A SLIGHT CLEARING OF THE THROAT BEFORE 0AOLO ANSWERED j'OD ARE ALL 3ERBIAN WOMEN AS INQUISITIVE AS YOU /+ ) ASSUME OUR CONVERSATION WONiT GO OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF THIS GARDEN 9ES ) AM TEMPTED AND YES ) DID ONCE HAVE SEX WITH A GIRL STUDENT m ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO )T TURNED OUT SHE WAS SOMETHING OF A NYMPHOMANIAC AND WHEN SHE WAS ASKED TO LEAVE IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE DOWN IF ALL THE MEN m AND WOMEN m SHEiD SLEPT WITH WERE EXPELLED AS WELL

j$O YOU REMEMBER A GIRL CALLED &RANCESCA WHO WAS HERE AT THE SAME TIME AS !NDREW k j&RANCESCA ,UMLEY 7HO COULD FORGET HER 3HE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL 4REMENDOUS ENERGY LIVELY PERSONALITY TALENTED ARTIST m AND ACTRESS !NDREW AND SHE GOT ON VERY WELL k j7ERE !NDREW AND SHEb k j(AVING AN AFFAIR 3ANTA CIELO m NO !T LEAST )iM PRETTY CERTAIN THEY WERENiT !NDREW WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY ATTRACTED TO HER AND SHE ADORED HIM AND TAUGHT HIM TO PAINT m WET PAINTING ) THINK THEY CALLED IT m SORT OF MAKING PATTERNS WITH WATER COLOURS BUT ) THINK THEIR FRIENDSHIP WAS PURELY PLATONIC &RANCESCA LIKED TO TALK OPENLY ABOUT SEX BUT ) DONiT THINK SHE ACTUALLY SLEPT WITH ANYONE HERE /F COURSE ) CANiT PRE TEND TO KNOW EVERYTHING k j0ERHAPS YOU DIDNiT WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING k j.O ) NEVER GOT REALLY CLOSE TO &RANCESCA "UT SHE SEEMED TO FIND SOMETHING SHE NEEDED IN !NDREW 3HE WAS VERY FOND OF HER FATHER m PERHAPS SHE MISSED HIM WHILE SHE WAS HERE k j4HERE WAS ANOTHER GIRL THAT !NDREW GOT ON WELL WITHbk j/H "ETH 9ES "ETH PAINTED !NDREWiS PORTRAIT IN THE STYLE OF 4OULOUSE ,AUTREC FOR HER ! LEVEL !RT EXAM SO THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER DURING HER LAST TERM "ETH WAS VERY m ER VERY SEXUAL BUT AGAIN ) DONiT THINK SHE EVER DID ANYTHING WITH !NDREW !ND HE WAS NEVER AS CLOSE TO HER AS HE WAS TO &RANCESCA k j$O YOU KNOW WHERE &RANCESCA IS NOW k j/H YES 3HE VISITS 3EATON 0ARK REGULARLY ) EXPECT SHEiLL COME HERE AS A STAFF MEMBER EVENTUALLY 3HE WENT TO COLLEGE IN !MERICA AND NOW TEACHES !RT AND -OVEMENT AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN $ORSET 4HATiS WHERE SHE COMES FROM 3HE LIVES WITH HER FATHER IN A BIG RAMBLING MANSION (EiS WHATiS KNOWN AS A GENTLEMAN FARMER AND HEiS THE SORT OF LOCAL SQUIRE ) THINK THATiS THE EXPRESSION m IN )TALIAN ITiS POSSIDENTE A VERY RESPECTED MAN IN THE DISTRICT k $ORSET WAS THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTY AND WOULD DEFINITELY BE MY NEXT PORT OF CALL 0AOLO WAS A GEM OF A MAN j7HERE DO THE STAFF SLEEP k !LL OVER THE PLACE m SOME IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING OTHERS IN VARIOUS COTTAGES THE SCHOOL HAS PURCHASED OVER THE YEARS ) HAVE A ROOM IN A COTTAGE CALLED 4HE 'LEN )TiS JUST UP THE ROAD $O YOU FANCY A CUP OF COFFEE k j7HY NOT k 0AUL DECIDED IT WAS NOT SO MUCH AN ACT OF BETRAYAL TO THE MEMORY OF A PREGNANT FIANC E HE HAD NEVER LOVED MORE AN ACT OF MERCY TO A WOMAN WHO HAD LIVED A LIFE OF SELF IMPOSED CELIBACY FOR THE FIVE YEARS SINCE HER HUSBAND HAD DIED WHEN THE CAR SHE HAD BEEN DRIVING HIT A ROCK BESIDE THE MOORLAND ROAD AND OVERTURNED THREE TIMES BEFORE COM ING TO REST AGAINST A TREE 4WO YEARiS AFTER THE ACCIDENT THEIR DAUGHTER &RANCESCA HAD NOT FULLY RECOVERED FROM THE SHOCK OF LOSING HER FATHER AND STILL BLAMED HER MOTHER FOR HIS DEATH 0AUL AS &RANCESCAiS FORM TEACHER HAD TAKEN UPON HIMSELF THE ROLE OF MEDIATOR !ND COMFORTER 6ICTORIAiS OCCASIONAL SUBMISSION TO THE OVERTURES OF THE LOCAL 2OMAN #ATHOLIC PRIEST CAUSED HER MORE ANGUISH THAN IT PROVIDED COMFORT AND RELIEF 0AUL WAS DIFFERENT m AND SHE WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN HE FELT DIF FERENT 3HE SUCCEEDEDb ) SPENT THE NEXT MORNING AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE 3EATON 0ARK COMMUNITY ) SAT IN SILENCE IN THE !SSEMBLY (ALL FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE BREAKFAST AND THEN HELPED TO WASH THE DISHES DURING hMORNING JOBSi 7HEN CLASSES STARTED ) WENT INTO THE GARDEN TO HELP WEED THE VEGETABLE PLOTS AND TURN THE COMPOST 0AOLO WORKED FULLTIME IN THE GARDEN AND ADORED EVERY MOMENT OF IT ) WATCHED HIM INTENTLY WITHOUT HIS NOTICING ME HE WAS TRULY HAPPY IN HIS ELEMENT A CHILD OF NATURE ) WAS ENVIOUS OF HIM AND ) SUSPECT A LITTLE IN LOVE WITH HIM /R PER HAPS ) WAS SIMPLY IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE ITSELF !NDREW HAD MADE A BIG MISTAKE WHEN HE DECIDED TO LEAVE (E HAD NOT REALISED THAT WHEN HE TOOK WHAT HE CONSIDERED TO BE THE ONLY JUST AND HONOURABLE COURSE

HE HAD THROWN THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER !ND THE BABY LIKE ALL BABIES WAS PURE SWEET AND INNOCENT ) WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE STAYED TO NURSE IT 0ERHAPS ONE DAY ) WOULD RETURN

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) GUESS YOU COULD SAY IT HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT 4HE OWNER :ORAN HAS GONE FROM A LIFE OF RETAILING TO RESTAURATEUR IN QUICK SUCCESSION ! STORY FROM TOY STORES TO ENTREES COULD HAVE ONLY HAPPENED BY TEAMING UP WITH #HEF *ANKO 0ETROVIC A YOUNG GUY THAT BOASTS AN IMPRESSIVE RESUME 4HE (YATT 2EGENCY TO 4HE /PERA IN "ELGRADE TIME IN -OSCOW AND A 3ERBIAN ""1 CHAMPION ARE ALL PART OF HIS CRIB SHEET &ROM A PREVIOUS LIFE AS AN ALUMINIUM JOINERY STORE 2USTIKO HAS MADE A REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATION !S THE NAME MAY SUGGEST IT HAS A REAL RUSTIC FEEL AND THAT IS WHAT THE BRIEF WAS FOR THE INTERIOR DESIGN TEAM AT h"Y -IRAi 9OU GET THE EARTHY

HOMELY FEEL AS SOON AS YOU WALK ONTO THE RED BRICK PAVING STONES OF THE TERRACE AND YOU CAN SEE WHY PEOPLE ESCAPE THE CONFINES OF THE NEARBY APARTMENT BUILDINGS TO ENJOY A COLD BEER AND A BIT OF GOSSIP #HUNKY TIMBER FURNITURE IS THE CALL FOR BOTH INSIDE AND OUT WHICH WORKS FOR ME (OWEVER THE BOYS FROM ,AV 0IVO HAVE GONE A BIT OVER THE TOP WITH THEIR BRANDED UMBRELLAS AND THE MATCHING FURNITURE WHICH SCREAMS AT YOU AS YOU APPROACH 7E ARE PLEASANTLY GREETED

ESCORTED INSIDE TO OUR TABLE BY THE WAITING STAFF AND AS MY 3RPSKI IS NOT THE BEST THE CHEF EAGERLY JUMPS OUT OF THE KITCHEN TO HELP OUT 4HE TABLE SETTINGS ARE MODEST WHICH MAKES YOU THINK YOU ARE ACTUALLY VISITING SOMEONEiS HOUSE AND FORCES YOU TO RELAX A BIT MORE

)T IS A REAL SCORCHER OF A DAY IN THE SUBURBS TODAY AND THE LACK OF AIR CON OR AT LEAST AN OSCILLATING FAN DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED "UT AN ICE COLD BEER IS QUICKLY AT HAND 4HE WAITER IS WELL DRILLED IN THE ART OF POURING AND EVEN PRESENTING THE AMBER NECTAR WHICH ) HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED IN THE "ALKANS "UT AS ) WAS ABOUT TO FIND OUT THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY PLEASANT SURPRISES 4HE MENU APPEARS AND IS INTERESTING DUE TO TWO CONTRASTS IT HAS AN ENORMOUS SELECTION m FROM TRADITIONAL SALADS SOUPS AND SANDWICHES TO )TALIAN FLAIR WITH PASTA AND PIZZA AND THEN IT TAKES A 5 TURN TO INCLUDE FISH

POULTRY AND GOOD OLD hBIFTEKi 7HAT JUMPS OUT AT YOU IS THAT IT IS ALL PRESENTED ON PHOTOCOPIED SHEETS OF ! PAPER /VERLY BASIC BUT ALMOST CHARMINGb 3ITTING BACK AND ENJOYING THE CONVERSATION WHILE WAITING FOR THE ENTREES YOU NATURALLY SCAN THE SURROUNDINGS ! PIANO IN THE CORNER ACCOMPANIED BY AN ACCORDION INSTANTLY STRIKES FEAR INTO EVERY FIBRE OF MY BEING WITH THE THREAT OF 3ERBIAN &OLK MUSIC BUT THE FEAR IS QUICKLY ABATED ,IVE MUSIC OF AN INTER NATIONAL FLAVOUR IS HERE EVERY &RIDAY NIGHT AND IS RUMOURED TO BE VERY POPULAR SO MAKING A BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL 4HE ENTREES ARRIVE WITH SOMETHING ) HAVE NOT HAD SINCE MY LAST FLIGHT ON 3INGAPORE !IRLINES m A MOIST REFRESHING TOWEL *ANKO HAS PREPARED A PLATE OF ASSORTED BRUSCETTA AND TOMATO WITH MOZ ZARELLA 4HE FLAVOURS ARE WELL BALANCED WITH HINTS OF GARLIC AND HERBS 4HE INGREDIENTS ARE FRESH AND BURSTING WITH FLAVOUR EVEN THE USE OF CHEESE IS SUBTLE WHICH IS NOT NORMALLY THE CASE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD 4HE WAITER HAS SUGGESTED A -ACEDONIAN RED TO ESCORT THE STARTER ! 3KOVIN +ALE m WHICH IS A GREAT BLEND OF #ABERNET 3AUVIGNON -ERLOT AND 6RANAC 4HE REMAINDER OF THE WINE LIST IS DOMINATED BY HIGH QUALITY 3LOVENIAN VARIETIES WITH A FEW #HILEAN OFFERINGS AND OF COURSE -ONTENEGROiS FINEST 4HE MAIN EVENT WAS MORE OF A CHALLENGE FOR THE hWHIZ KIDi IN THE KITCHEN ! TOUCH OF !SIA WITH AN )NDONESIAN #HICKEN DISH

0EPPER 3TEAK FOR THE CARNIVORE IN THE PARTY A TURKEY CORDON BLEU AND A UNIQUE h3ERBIANi STYLED PIZZA !LL OF THE MEALS WERE PRESENTED WELL AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THEY ALL CAME OUT TOGETHER PROMPTLY 4HE )NDONESIAN #HICKEN WAS A DELICATE COMBINATION OF HONEY AND SOY THE CHICKEN WAS SLIGHTLY OVER COOKED BUT THE RICE SIDE DISH WAS PERFECTLY LIGHT FLUFFY AND TASTY 4HE "IFTEK FILLET HIT THE SPOT WITH A LONG FINISHING PEPPER SAUCE WHICH CONTINUOUSLY GIVES YOU A BITE )T CAME WITH WHAT COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS CHUNKS OF FRESH VEGETABLES WHICH FOR US !NTIPODEANS IS THE PERFECT MEAL ! SAUCE OF A DIFFERENT KIND COMPLIMENTED THE CORDON BLEU AN INNOVATIVE USE OF CHERRY SUCCESSFULLY SUBSTITUTED THE REGULAR FRUIT OF CHOICE m PLUM m DEMONSTRATING THAT 2USTIKO IS NOT AFRAID OF EXPERIMENTING WITH FLAVOURS 4HE OTHER TEST OF GOURMET BOUNDARIES IS THE 3ERBIAN STYLE PIZZA )T IS EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT SALTY CHEESY AND MEATY ò PURE 3ERBIA IN A PIZZA PAN 7E LEFT THE DESSERT DECISION WITH *ANKO AND IT DID NOT DISAP POINT 4HE HOUSE SPECIALTY IN ALMOST EVERY EATING HOUSE IS PAN CAKES (OWEVER PANCAKES WITH FRUIT SALAD DESERVED THIS TITLE !S YOU CUT INTO THE FRESH SEASONAL FRUITS WRAPPED IN A WARM CREPE

THE DESSERT GENTLY OOZED VANILLA AND ORANGE CUSTARD 4HIS MIX OF FLAVOURS WAS BEAUTIFULLY TOPED OFF WITH THE CRUNCH OF ALMONDS THAT WERE SPRINKLED LIGHTLY THROUGHOUT /NLY )TALIAN BEANS COULD DO THIS MEAL JUSTICE AT THE END OF THE NIGHT BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE MACHINE DECIDED TO SELF DESTRUCT TODAY .EVER FEAR THOUGH A SOLU TION IS ON HAND WITH THE INVITATION OF A hSPECIAL COFFEEi /N REFLECTION ) MUST ADMIT THAT ) WAS HOPING THAT THIS RUSTIC EXPERIENCE IN SUBURBAN "ELGRADE WOULD HAVE DISAPPOINTED ) HAVE AN INHERENT WANT TO BE CONTROVERSIAL TO CHALLENGE HAVE A WHINGE

TELL SOMEONE HOW ) WOULD DO IT BETTER BUT ALAS ) CANiT 4HE FOOD COULD HAVE BEEN IN A STAR HOTEL THE D COR WAS NOT PRETENTIOUS

THE PEOPLE NORMAL THE SERVICE SOLID THE BEER COLD THE WINE EXCEL LENT CAR PARKING OUTSIDE THE DOOR EVEN THE AIR WAS FRESH FOR 'ODiS SAKE ) CAN ONLY REALLY PROTEST ABOUT THE WEATHER )T IS FAIR TO SAY THAT ) THINK THAT ) MAY HAVE FOUND MY REGULAR HAUNT AND WHAT IS EMBARRASSING IS THAT IT IS PRACTICALLY WALKING DISTANCE FROM HOME /H WELL 'RAN YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO SAY h) TOLD YOU SOi

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MANY CONTRASTING SOIL TYPES AND A SULTRY CLIMATE 0ORTUGAL HAS EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO BE A LEADING WINE PRODUCERS IN THE ST CENTURY $ESPITE ONLY AROUND HA OF LAND BEING IS USED FOR WINEGROWING 0ORTUGAL IS STILL %UROPEiS FOURTH BIGGEST PRODUCER AND THE WORLDiS SIXTH BIGGEST 4HE FIRST WINE REGION BOUNDARIES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WERE MARKED IN 0ORTUGAL IN WHEN THE [0ORTO E] $OURO REGION WAS DEFINED TO PROTECT THE AUTHEN TICITY OF 0ORT .OWADAYS 0ORTUGAL HAS $EMARCATED 7INE 2EGIONS $ / # 6INHOS 6ERDES 0ORTO E $OURO $AO "AIRRADA

"UCELAS #OLARES #ARCAVELOS 3ETUBAL !LENTEJO ,AGOA ,AGOS

0ORTIMAO 4AVIRA -ADEIRA (ERE WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE OLDEST REGION $UORO AND THE ONE THAT LOST A PRECIOUS WINE THROUGH DISEASE BUT COULD BE ON ITS WAY BACK

$OURO 4HE %NGLISH DISCOVERED THE WINE OF THE MOUNTAINOUS $OURO 2IVER VALLEY IN THE LATE TH CENTURY AND GRADUALLY TRANSFORMED IT FROM A DRY RED TABLE WINE TO THE SWEET FORTIFIED DESERT WINE NOW FAMOUS AS 0ORT OR 0ORTO (OWEVER EVEN TODAY ONLY ABOUT HALF OF THE WINE PRODUCED IN THIS REGION IS TURNED INTO 0ORTO 4HE REST IS MADE INTO TABLE WINE WHICH WAS AWARDED $/# STATUS IN &OR MANY YEARS THE TABLE WINE OF THE $OURO WAS TREATED AS THE POOR COUSIN OF 0ORTO -OSTLY CONSUMED LOCALLY LITTLE ATTENTION WAS PAID TO MAKING A DISTINCTIVE QUALITY WINE )N THE S AND S HOWEVER EFFORTS TO PRODUCE A WIDER RANGE OF FINE TABLE WINES CONTINUED WITH NOTABLE SUCCESS )N THE EARLY S ANOTHER PRODUCER RELEASED A SPECIAL SELECTION ESTATE BOTTLED $OURO RED THAT HAS GAINED RESPECT AS A WORLD CLASS WINE

Vineyards of Portugal 4HE RICHEST FULLEST VINES WITH THE BEST CHARACTERISTICS FOR 0ORTO COME FROM DRY HOT RIVERSIDE SLOPES 4HESE STRESSFUL CONDI TIONS PRODUCE WINES OF IMMENSE CONCENTRATION BODY AND COLOUR

BUT SOMEWHAT LOW ACIDITYb IN A WORD 0ORTO WINE

-ADEIRA -ADEIRAiS -ALVASIA "OAL 6ERDELHO AND 3ERCIAL WINES WERE INTER NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AS EARLY AS THE TH BUT THE PHYLLOXERA EPIDEM IC OF YEARS AGO COMPLETELY WIPED OUT THE VINEYARDS 4HE HYBRID PHYLLOXERA RESISTANT VINES THAT REPLACED THEM WERE VASTLY INFERIOR TO THEIR PREDECESSORS )NCENTIVES TO REPLANT THE VINEYARDS WITH THE OLD GRAPES ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN 0ORTUGAL BUT PROGRESS IS SLOW 4HE TYPICALLY BURNT TANGY TASTE OF -ADEIRA WINE COMES FROM THE PROCESS OF HEATING THE YOUNG WINE EITHER DIRECTLY IN HUGE VATS OR MORE GENTLY IN WOODEN CASKS -OST -ADEIRA IS THEN FORTIFIED AND SWEETENED WITH GRAPE JUICE BEFORE BOTTLING !LMOST ALL BASIC TYPES ARE MADE FROM 4INTA .EGRA -OLE AND NEW %UROPEAN 5NION RULES MEAN THAT THESE WINES MUST BE LABELLED AS $RY -EDIUM DRY

-EDIUM RICH AND 2ICH 4HE BEST -ADEIRA CAN SURVIVE TO A GREAT AGE BUT IS RARELY LEFT ON THE SHELF LONG ENOUGH TO DO SO

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El Barril

Wine on the House

This coupon entitles the bearer to a free bottle of wine when choosing to lunch or dine at El Barril restaurant.

Vino na Račun Kuće

Donosioc ovog kupona će dobiti besplatnu bocu vina uz ručak ili večeru kod El Barril-a

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Cultural Gem Arthur Kibbelaar, Second Secretary – Political and Cultural Affairs, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Belgrade

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T IS NOT EASY TO SUM UP MY EXPERIENCE OF THE LAST YEAR IN "ELGRADE ) ARRIVED IN !PRIL AFTER A SHORT ASSIGNMENT IN -ANAGUA AT THE $UTCH %MBASSY AND ORIGINALLY CAME FOR JUST FOUR MONTHS "UT WHEN THE -INISTRY OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS PROPOSED THAT ) STAY LONGER ) DID NOT HESITATE m DESPITE THE "ALKANS BEING A NEW REGION FOR ME ) DID HOWEVER HESITATE TO ACCEPT WHEN #OR$ APPROACHED ME TO AUTHOR THIS COLUMN 4HERE ARE SO MANY CONTRADICTIONS AND PARADOXES THAT ) HAVE NOT PROCESSED OR FIGURED OUT COMPLETELY 7HAT COULD ) SAY HOW SHOULD ) EXPRESS MY FEELINGS OF THIS UNIQUE EXPERIENCE ) WONDERED ! YEAR IS SO EXTREMELY SHORT FOR THE COMPLEXITY AND RICHNESS OF "ELGRADE .EVERTHELESS

OUR DIPLOMATIC TERM THREE YEARS IN MY CASE IS ALWAYS TOO SHORT TO EVER COMPREHEND OR UNDERSTAND A SOCIETY AS A WHOLE )T WILL ALWAYS BE AN IMPRESSION AND FIRST IMPRES SIONS ARE IMPORTANT 4HAT IS SOMETHING ) LEARNT IN MY PRE VIOUS POSTINGS IN "RUSSELS -ADRID AND -ANAGUA !ND IN THE CASE OF "ELGRADE THIS MAY WELL BE THE PART OF THE CHARM AND CHALLENGE ) ALREADY FEEL SO GRATEFUL TO 3ERBIA BECAUSE ) HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH IN THIS SHORT TIME &OR ME IT IS CLEAR ) AM FASCINATED BY THIS COUNTRY WHICH SEEMINGLY HAS NO END AS FAR AS CHALLENGES ARE CONCERNED %VERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE POLITICAL SOCIO ECONOMIC CULTURAL AND EVEN NATURAL CHALLENGES FACING 3ERBIA ARE QUITE IMMENSE ) OFTEN WONDER HOW PEOPLE COPE WITHOUT LOSING HOPE AND FAITH !ND ) AM DEEPLY IMPRESSED BY THE SHEER ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO SURVIVE KNOWING THAT THE AVERAGE INCOME IS LESS THAN _ IN MOST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY )T IS A MIRACLE TO SURVIVE LET ALONE RAISE A FAMILY UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES 9ET DESPITE THIS MOST PEOPLE HERE DO NOT GIVE UP THE CHANCE TO ENJOY LIFE 7E IN THE .ETHERLANDS SHOULD LEARN FROM THIS AND TAKE THINGS SOMETIMES ON A LIGHTER NOTE KEEPING PERSPECTIVE -AYBE IT IS MY #ARIBBEAN BACKGROUND AND MY POSTING IN 3PAIN THAT HAVE HELPED ME COME TO VALUE THIS ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE AND IMPROVISE WHEN NECESSARY AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO SURVIVE AND CREATE !NYWAY MY FIRST YEAR HAS BEEN MARKED BY MANY BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS OF INSTANT FRIENDSHIP AND UNFORGETTABLE TRIPS IN THE COUNTRY m WHETHER TO 3ANDÝAK 6OJVODINA OR +OSOVO !LL THESE MEMORIES WERE UNFORGETTABLE AND WILL BE CHERISHED FOREVER )F YOU ASK ME WHAT HAS POSITIVELY IMPRESSED ME THE MOST

) WOULD HAVE TO MENTION THE DYNAMIC CULTURAL FIELD 4HE MANY FESTIVALS AND EVENTS SUCH AS THE FAMOUS %XIT "ITEF "ELEF &EST

THE COSMOPOLITAN AND STYLISH $ESIGN 7EEK OR THE INSPIRATIONAL "ELGRADE $ANCE &ESTIVALS ARE IN MY EYES THE JEWELS OF 3ERBIA )N MY VIEW THE COUNTRYiS CULTURE HAS ALL THE NECESSARY ELEMENTS NEEDED TO RE BRAND THE IMAGE OF 3ERBIA INTERNATIONALLY )T HAS BEEN WONDERFUL FOR ME TO MEET YOUNG ARTISTS IN ALL CULTURAL FIELDS 4HERE IS SUCH A WEALTH OF YOUNG AND GIFTED ART

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My life in Belgrade

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ISTS ) ESPECIALLY ENJOY THE YOUNG PAINTERS WHO ) FEEL SHOULD ENJOY MORE ACCLAIM FOR SOME OF THE VERY FINE WORK THAT IS BEING PRODUCED ) HAVE ALSO WORKED ON EXCHANGE PROJECTS WITH TALENTED YOUNG ARTISTS FROM THE .ETHERLANDS AND 3ERBIA )N !PRIL WE SUPPORTED THE PERFORMANCE OF ONE OF THE BEST $UTCH MODERN DANCE COMPANYiS THE .ETHERLANDS $ANCE 4HEATRE AS PART OF THE "ELGRADE $ANCE &ESTIVAL 4O WORK WITH PEOPLE LIKE !JA *UNG AND .EBOSJA "RADIÌ m ARTISTS WHO MAKE ILLUSIONS INTO REALITY m WAS TOTALLY INSPIRATIONAL 4HE "ELGRADE $ANCE &ESTIVAL PRESENTS MOD ERN DANCE WITH THE BEST COMPANIES THAT THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER 4HE CULTURAL SCENE IN GENERAL IS IMPRESSIVE 7ITHOUT HUGE BUDGETS AND WITH MUCH FOCUSED ENERGY VERY SPECIAL EVENTS ARE CREATED ) HAVE SEEN SO MANY BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCES IN A SHORT TIME 4HE CULTURAL SCENE IN 3ERBIA "ELGRADE PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN TRANSFORMING THE SOCIETY AND PROVIDES 3ERBIA WITH THE NECES SARY IMPULSES "UT THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER SIDE THAT ) CAN NOT FORGET TO MEN TION ! DARKER SIDE THAT KEEPS THE SOCIETY DIVIDED A LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE SOCIETY LIKE THE BEAUTIFUL RIVERS $ANUBE OR 3AVA AND CUTS DEEP 4HIS OTHER SIDE MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AT TIMES ) MUST HASTEN TO ADD THAT THIS IS NOT ALWAYS A BAD THING BECAUSE ) AGREE WITH A JOURNALIST WHO TOLD ME THAT OUTSIDERS OFTEN HAVE A MISTAKEN OR DISTORTED PICTURE AND DONiT LIKE TO BE CONFRONTED WITH PAINFUL AND COMPLICATED TRUTHS (AVING SAID THIS ) MUST ADMIT THAT ) ALSO WORRY ABOUT CER TAIN DEVELOPMENTS #ALL ME $UTCH BUT SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE PUT DIRECTLY BECAUSE EVEN DIPLOMACY HAS ITS LIMITS )N MY OPINION ADHERING TO THE PILLARS OF DEMOCRACY LIKE BRINGING WAR CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE IS CRITICAL )T IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SEE PEOPLE REGARD WAR CRIMINALS AS NATIONAL HEROES &URTHERMORE THE FULL AND UNEQUIVOCAL RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR EVERYBODY ESPECIALLY MINORITIES AND DISCRIMINATED GROUPS MUST ALSO NOT BE FORGOTTEN #OMING FROM THE #ARIBBEAN AND BEING A hMINORITYk IN MANY WAYS

) HATE SEEING PEOPLE BEING INTOLERANT TO OTHER PEOPLE

WHETHER IT IS BECAUSE OF NATIONALITY GENDER ETHNICITY RACE OR SEXUAL PREFERENCE 4HERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR INTOLERANCE

AND IT DAMAGES THE POTENTIAL OF PEOPLE "UT ) UNDERSTAND THAT TIMES HAVE NOT BEEN EASY ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR ) SYMPATHISE AND MUST REPEAT MY GREAT ADMIRATION AND APPRECIATION ESPECIALLY FOR THE 3ERBIAN FRIENDS THAT ) HAVE MADE AND WHO NEVER CEASE SHOWING ME THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS SUCH GREAT POTENTIAL MERELY BECAUSE OF ITS PEOPLE ) AM TOTALLY CONVINCED THAT WHEN THIS FINE BALANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY IS FOUND AND ALL ISSUES AT HAND ARE DEALT WITH THIS COUNTRY AND SOCIETY WILL SHOW THE WORLD THAT IT HAS MORE HIDDEN DIAMONDS THAN ANY COUNTRY