CorD Magazine No.29

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Home Abroad A Swedish Tale By Jorgen Bohlin

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ORKING IN %UROPEiS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY EVEN TUALLY SAW MY CONTINENTAL JOURNEY FINALLY BRING ME TO THE 7HITE #ITY BUT IT WASNiT WORK THAT ATTRACTED ME HAVING MET MY DESTINY A BROWN EYED 3ERBIAN GIRL IN WHILE LIVING AS A STUDENT IN "UDAPEST ) CAME TO THE PLACE THAT ) FINALLY AS BEING hHOMEi "ELGRADE ) WASNiT A STRANGER TO TRAVEL BEFORE ) CAME HERE )iD MADE AN YEAR JOURNEY AROUND %UROPE LIVING IN NOT ONLY MY NATIVE 3WEDEN BUT ALSO 3PAIN AND (OLLAND (OWEVER IT WAS ONLY "ELGRADE AND 3ERBIA THAT FINALLY MANAGED TO CREEP UNDER MY SKIN AND INTO MY HEART $ESPITE MY LOVE FOR THIS TOWN IN MY MIND "ELGRADE NEVER HAS BEEN AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL CITY "UT IT IS CERTAINLY A CITY TEEMING WITH LIFE ALWAYS KEEPING YOU ON YOUR TOES EVEN IF YOUiRE JUST TRYING TO NEGOTIATE YOUR WAY ACROSS A STREET OR EVEN SHOP ON THE CITYiS MARKETS (ERE YOUR QUEUING TECHNIQUE WILL BE WELL DEVELOPED ) CAN ASSURE YOU AND YOUR PATIENCE WILL BE SEVERELY TRIED $URING THE HARDEST YEARS OF MY TIME HERE AT LEAST THOSE HARD EST ONES THAT ARE NOW BEHIND US ) FOUND MYSELF HAVING TO FIGHT A LOT OF PREJUDICE IGNORANCE AND IN SOME CASES DOWNRIGHT STUPIDITY WHENEVER DISCUSSING THE "ALKANS WITH THOSE OF MY FRIENDS ABROAD WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS COUNTRY 3IMPLE MINDEDNESS COMES TO MY MIND WHEN THINKING BACK ON IT DULLNESS AS A TREAT !ND WHILE MY FRIENDS AWAY FROM 3ERBIA WERE FORMING BIASED OPINIONS BASED ON STORIES THEYiD BEEN TOLD BY A BIASED PRESS WE WERE SPENDING WHAT FELT LIKE DAYS QUEUING FOR PETROL )T WAS A YEAR OF SANCTIONS AND THE BIRTH OF HYPERINFLATION IN "ELGRADE ! YOUNG GYPSY SICK OF STANDING IN LINE WITH THE REST OF THE FUEL STARVED MASS JUMPS THE QUEUE AND HEADS FOR THE PUMP 3POTTING HIM THE ALREADY DISGRUNTLED PATRONS BEGIN HURLING ABUSE AT HIM j(EY k THE GYPSY BEGINS DEFENSIVELY jWHAT ARE YOU 3ERBS COMPLAINING ABOUT 7E GYPSIES ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT LOVE YOU ANYWAY k (IS EXCUSE LEAVES US ALL IN STITCHES AND HE IS OF COURSE ALLOWED TO FILL HIS TANK 4HAT KIND OF HUMOUR AND IN THE END RESIL IENCE HAS TO BE LOVED AND ITiS JUST THAT SORT OF HUMOUR THAT KEPT US ALL SANE AND ALIVE IN THE h S !NOTHER ELEMENT KEEPING US ALIVE IN THOSE DARK TIMES WERE THE WONDERFUL PARTIES AND SLAVAS WHERE ONE WOULD DANCE THE KOLO ALL NIGHT AND BE SO DRUNK THAT ONE BECAME FLUENT IN 3ERBIAN BY DAYBREAK /NE ENCOUNTER THAT SPRINGS TO MIND IS THE CULMINATION OF A HOUR BUS TRIP THE REST OF THE WORLD HAD BY THEN CHOSEN TO REMOVE "ELGRADE FROM THEIR FLIGHT ITINERARY AND SO BUS WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GET HERE WHEN ) ARRIVED IN .OVI "EOGRAD TO MEET MY IN LAWS ) WAS FILLED WITH ANXIOUS ANTICIPATION AND MY BEHIND WAS NUMB m THOUGH THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE OF THE CRAMPED JOUR NEY -Y WIFE INTRODUCED ME TO HER PARENTS AND LIKE THE WELL RAISED AND WELL BEHAVED GUY ) WAS AND STILL AM ) SAID hYESi TO EVERYTHING 4HEY TOTALLY BLEW ME OVER WITH THEIR KINDNESS AND WARMTH MANI

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FESTED THROUGH ALL KIND OF OFFERS OF FOOD AND DRINK EVEN THOUGH WE ALL KNEW THAT BOTH WERE HARD TO COME BY IN THOSE DAYS !S ) SPOKE NO 3ERBIAN AND THEY SPOKE NO 3WEDISH OR %NGLISH WE COMMUNICATED WITH MY HIGH SCHOOLmLEVEL 'ERMAN AND MY FATHER IN LAWS CURSORY UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAME LANGUAGE HE NEVER GOT TO POST GRADUATE STUDIES IN 'ERMAN /VER THE YEARS OF PRACTICE THOUGH HIS 'ERMAN HAS IMPROVED TO THE LEVEL OF jUNDER STANDABLEk AND WE MANAGE TO GET BY ) MAY HAVE SAID THAT )iM WELL BEHAVED BUT ) MUST ADMIT THAT ) HAVE JOINED THE LIKES OF "OBBY &ISCHER IN BREACHING THE INTERNA TIONAL SANCTIONS IMPOSED AGAINST THE THEN 9UGOSLAVIAb $URING THOSE YEARS ) REGULARLY SENT PACKAGES OF FLOUR SALT AND YEAST SLYLY PACKAGED UNDER THE HEADING OF hMEDICAL SUPPLIESi ) DO HOPE THOSE CRIMES HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN AND FORGIVEN BUT EVEN IF THEY HAVENiT IT WOULD BE WORTH A SLAP ON THE WRISTS BECAUSE THOSE ACTS OF MINE ARE STILL REMEMBERED AND REVERED BY MY FAMILY AND REMAIN TO ME ONE OF MY MOST VIVID MEMORIES OF THE LUNACY OF THE h S "UT NOW THATiS ALL BEHIND US AND THOUGH LIFE IS FAR FROM WHAT A 3WEDE LIKE ME WOULD DESCRIBE AS NORMAL ITiS MAYBE AS NORMAL AS "ELGRADEiS GOING TO GET $AYS AND NIGHTS IN "ELGRADE CAN BE PERFECT AND MY RECIPES FOR THE PREFECT DAY OR REALLY QUITE SIMPLE -Y PERFECT SUMMERiS DAY IN "ELGRADE IS WAKING UP ON A SUNNY 3ATURDAY MORNING TO TAKE THE BOAT TO !DA #IGANLIJA PLAY A ROUND OF GOLF TAKE A TABLE ON MY FAVOURITE SPLAV FOR LUNCH WITH MY FAM ILY FOLLOWED BY SOME SWIMMING AND PLAYING WITH OUR DEAR SON !LEKSA (ARD TO BEAT BELIEVE ME -Y PERFECT "ELGRADE EVENING IS EITHER WATCHING A FILM OR A THEATRE PERFORMANCE FOLLOWED BY A FEW DRINKS IN A jKAFANAk AND A REFRESHING STROLL THROUGH $ORÍOL TOWARDS ONE OF THE MANY CAF BARS WHERE ONE CAN DRINK TE EVENING AWAY !LSO HARD TO BEAT 3O WITH ALL THE WILD YEARS BEHIND US AND LIFE BACK TO RELATIVE NORMALITY IN 3ERBIA ) FIND MYSELF PONDERING WHAT THE FUTURE HAS IN STORE FOR THE COUNTRY 4HIS IS ON MY MIND A LOT PRINCIPALLY BECAUSE OF MY SON AND ) AM SAD TO SAY THAT ) AM NOT TOO OPTIMISTIC 4HIS IS NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE OF A LACK OF READINESS FOR %5 INTEGRATION BUT MORE BECAUSE OF THE ATTITUDES OF %5 MEMBERS TOWARDS 3ERBIA !LSO IN MY MIND ACCEPTING ADJACENT COUNTRIES IN THIS REGION AS FUTURE %5 MEMBERS INCLUDING 4URKEY WITHOUT EVEN MENTIONING 3ERBIA INDICATES TO ME THAT THE %5 IS LOSING ITS CREDIBILITY INSTEAD OF THE MUCH NEEDED POLITICAL PROJECT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IT IS SIMPLY TURNING INTO AN EXPANDING FREE TRADE ZONE 4HE NATIONS OF %UROPE HAVE ALWAYS TRADED WITH EACH OTHER BUT HISTORY PAST AND PRESENT TELLS US THIS IS NOT ENOUGH ) WANT TO SEE 3ERBIA IN THE 5NION )F THAT IS THE PRICE FOR TRUE RECOGNITION SO BE IT AND IF IT MEANS THAT 3ERBIA FINALLY WILL BE LEFT IN PEACE IT WILL CERTAINLY BE WORTH IT 3O AM ) CONTEMPLATING A RETURN TO MY NATIVE 3WEDEN 9ES WHEN IT IS TIME TO DRESS UP IN THE WOODEN TUXEDO )iLL PROBABLY HEAD BACK "UT UNTIL THEN »IVELI

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FIRST CAME TO ,ONDON WHEN ) WAS ) DID THE OBVIOUS THING SAT ON A PLATFORM OF A DOUBLE DECKER BUS VISITED MUSEUMS AND GAL LERIES WATCHED EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE AND 7EST %ND SHOWS WITH !MERICAN MOVIE STARS ) TRIED )NDIAN 6IETNAMESE AND %THIOPIAN FOOD FOR THE FIRST TIME ) WENT TO THE +INGiS 2OAD WHERE PUNK WAS BORN DISCOVERED PUBS WITH SMOKE FILLED ROOMS JUKEBOXES AND STICKY TABLES WITH BEER STAINS AND DIRTY COASTERS NOT UNLIKE 3ERBIAN KAFANAS ) FOUND BEAUTIFUL PARKS WHERE YOU CAN EASILY GET LOST MARKETS THAT SELL EVERYTHING FROM BRIC A BRAC FLOWERS AND FOOD TO ANTIQUE FURNITURE -Y FIRST IMPRESSIONS WERE THE IMPRESSIONS OF A TOURIST AND ) WAS COMPLETELY SMITTEN 7HEN ) CAME TO LIVE HERE TEN YEARS AFTER MY FIRST VISIT EVERY THING LOOKED DIFFERENT 4HE CITY DIDNiT SEEM AS FRIENDLY AND CAREFREE AS BEFORE BUT ) WAS ALREADY HOOKED %VERYONE SEEMED TO BE IN A RUSH ) FOUND MYSELF RUNNING DOWN THE ESCALATORS ON THE UNDER GROUND JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE DESPITE REALISING THAT ) WASNiT LATE FOR ANYTHING A DRINK WITH FRIENDS WAS PLANNED TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE )T WAS A COMPLETELY NEW WORLD AND ) LIKED ITS CRAZY ENERGY )TiS A TRULY COSMOPOLITAN AND DEMOCRATIC PLACE WHERE ALL RACES CULTURES RELIGIONS POLITICAL AND SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS ARE WELCOME ) CHANGED FLATS FOUR TIMES BEFORE SETTLING DOWN IN 3HOREDITCH 5NTIL A FEW YEARS AGO THIS WAS A DERELICT AND UNSAFE PART OF TOWN BUT NOWADAYS ITiS A PLACE WHERE THE HOTTEST NEW ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS LIVE AND WORK 4HEREiS A TRENDY HAIR SALON WHERE A LIGHT TRIM WILL SET YOU BACK s THERE ARE BARS CLUBS RESTAURANTS AND GALLERIES )N A SHABBY BUT CHARMING PARK IN (OXTON 3QUARE YOU CAN SIP YOU LATTE ON THE GRASS OR ENJOY A PINT OF BEER WHILE WATCHING STUDENTS FROM A NEARBY CIRCUS ACADEMY PERFECTING THEIR ACTS 4HIS IS A YOUNG VIBRANT PART OF TOWN ALTHOUGH ITS PROXIMITY TO THE #ITY THE FINANCIAL HEART OF ,ONDON WITH ITS GLASS ARCHITECTURE IS ALREADY CHANGING ITS STRUCTURE ! BAR ON MY STREET PUT UP A h.O TIES ALLOWEDi NOTE IN THE WINDOW BUT THE INVESTORS ARE ALREADY THERE AND MONEY IS INEVITABLY POURING INTO THE AREA 7HEN THE FIRST h3TARBUCKSi THE !MERICAN COFFEE SHOP CHAIN WAS OPENED THE LOCAL PEOPLE PROCLAIMED THE hDEATH OF 3HOREDITCH AND (OXTONi )TiS ALREADY BECOMING TOO EXPENSIVE FOR UP AND COMING ARTISTS BUT THERE WILL BE A NEW (OXTON SOMEWHERE ELSE SOON ) HOPE WHOEVER MOVES IN NEXT WILL LEAVE THE FISH RESTAURANT WITH JELLIED EELS AND ORIGINAL S INTERIOR INTACT .OT THAT ) LIKE JELLIED EELS BUT THESE DAY TIME RESTAURANTS ARE AN OLD ,ONDON INSTITUTION THAT ARE SLOWLY BUT SURELY DYING OUT SWEPT AWAY BY THE GLOBALISATION TIDE /NE PLACE THAT WONiT CHANGE ITS LOOKS AND ATMOSPHERE SOON IS "RICK ,ANE %VERYONE SEEMS TO KNOW EACH OTHER HERE AND EVERYONE IS hLOVEi AND hDARLINii 9OUNG MEN INVITE YOU IN TO "ANGLADESHI AND )NDIAN RESTAURANTS AND THE WARMING SMELL OF CURRY IS EVERYWHERE *UST DONiT GO IN TO ONE OF THE OLD FASHIONED DUSTY TEXTILE SHOPS 9OU COULD EASILY BE TALKED INTO BUYING METRES OF GIANT FLORAL PATTERN SILK JUST BECAUSE YOU WONiT GET A BETTER DEAL ANYWHERE ELSE ,ONDON IS FULL OF THESE SMALL POCKETS OF LIFE UNSPOILED BY GLOBALISATION AND CONSUMERISM 9OU JUST HAVE TO HUNT FOR THEM !ND UNLIKE MORE ELEGANT CITIES LIKE 0ARIS OR 6IENNA HERE EVERY PART OF TOWN IS LIKE A

NEW TOWN ITSELF 9OU CAN SIMPLY TURN A CORNER AND FIND YOURSELF IN AN ENTIRELY NEW MILIEU 4HEREiS #HINA 4OWN "ANGLA 4OWN !FRO #ARIBBEAN AND 4URKISH NEIGHBOUR HOOD %DGWARE 2OAD WITH GREAT +EBAB RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS THAT SELL TEN KINDS OF BAKLAVA 5NEXPECTEDLY ) DISCOVERED A TOTALLY NEW ,ONDON WHEN ) BECAME PREGNANT )T WAS A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE ELSE SEEMED TO BE PREGNANT AT THE SAME TIME 7HEN MY DAUGH TER WAS BORN EVERYONE INCLUD ING MYSELF STARTED GOING OUT WITH "Y (AJDANA "ALETIÐ THEIR "ABY "JORN CARRIERS SLINGS OR BUGGIES FROM WHICH SOMETIMES JUST A FEW DAYSi OLD BABIES WOULD GAZE AT THE STRANGE BEEHIVE THEY WERE BORN INTO 4HOUGH YOU DONiT AUTOMATICALLY THINK hBABIESi WHEN YOU SAY ,ONDON THIS REALLY IS A BABY FRIENDLY CITY -OST RESTAURANTS NOW HAVE HIGH CHAIRS 4HEREiS EASY ACCESS FOR BUGGIES EVERYWHERE 4HEREiS ALSO A BABY CINEMA !ND NO THEY DIDNiT SHOW 3HREK ) WATCHED A LOVELY &RENCH ART HOUSE FILM WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS SNORING CONTENTLY IN MY ARMS )T DIDNiT MATTER BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSEiS BABY WAS EITHER ASLEEP OR EATING BURPING OR PLAYING QUIETLY IN THEIR BUGGY !LTHOUGH ) THINK THAT BABY YOGA BABY MASSAGE PAR LOUR AND SWIMMING LESSONS FOR YOUR THREE MONTH OLD ARE A PLAIN OLD RIP OFF ITiS NICE TO KNOW THEREiS A CHOICE AND THE DAYS WHEN LONELY TIRED MUMS WERE TIED TO THE HOUSE ARE LONG GONE AT LEAST IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD /F COURSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT ) WOULD CHANGE IF ) COULD 4HE ,ONDON UNDERGROUND OR THE 4UBE IS PROBABLY THE WORLDiS MOST EXPENSIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM BUT STILL THEREiS ALWAYS A DERAILED TRAIN OR TWO LINES SUSPENDED ON WEEKEND OR SOME PROBLEM WITH THE ESCALATORS 4HEN THEREiRE TRAFFIC JAMS RUDE PEOPLE CRIME TERRORISM 3OMETIMES ) MISS THE SIMPLICITY OF MY "ELGRADE LIFE AND THE KIND OF SPONTANEITY THATiS JUST NOT POSSIBLE IN A BIG CITY "UT THEN )iM ONE OF THE LUCKY PEOPLE THAT COULD ALWAYS GO BACK IF ) DECIDE TO .OVELIST AND PLAYWRIGHT "ELGRADER (AJDANA "ALETIÌ IS AUTHOR OF THE NOVEL 4AKE -E TO !NOTHER 0LACE 3TUBOVI +ULTURE THE PLAY $EAD -AN S #OAT PRODUCED BY !TELJE "ELGRADE AND "LUE %LEPHANT 4HEATRE ,ONDON AND )N THE #IRCLE OF 3TREETCAR NO 3+# 4HEATRE 3HE ALSO DRAMATISED $ANILO +IS S NOVEL 'ARDEN !SH IN THE 9UGOSLAV $RAMA 4HEATRE (AJDANA HAS WRITTEN FOR FOR 2ADIO 4ELEVISION 3ERBIA 46 0OLITIKA #HANNEL 'RANADA AND &OX +IDS 4ELEVISION 3HE IS ALSO AUTHOR OF FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY 4AKE A $EEP "REATH

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NFORTUNATELY ITiS JUST TOO OFTEN THAT 3ERBS $/ HAVE SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT j"UT WHY BOTHER DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT SINCE ITiS GOING TO GO BADLY NO MATTER WHAT WE DO fTA SE MOÝE k 7HAT CAN WE DO THEY ASK BUT ITiS REALLY MORE OF A RHETORICAL QUESTION AND AN ANSWER IS NOT EXPECTED OR EVEN WELCOMED )F ONE IS GIVEN IT IS OFTEN COUN TERED WITH j+AÝU DA NE VALJAk 4HEY SAY ITiS NOT GOOD OR 0AT !NÕELKOVIÐ j.E VREDIk )TiS NO USE AND INDEPENDENT AUTHORESS WILL HEAD TO THE NEAREST KAFA NA PUB BAR RESTAURANT COM BINATION BUT WITH MORE SOUL AND SMOKE TO SIT AND BROOD OVER A BRANDY 4HE 3ERBS HAVE REFINED &ATALISM TO AN ART 0ARADOXICALLY THE 3ERBS ARE ALSO A DETERMINED PEOPLE 0ERSISTENCE AND DETERMINATION ARE POSITIVE RIGHT BRAIN MOTI VATIONAL TRAITS THAT MAKE 3ERBS EXCELLENT SELF DISCIPLINARIANS FOR SUCCESS IN SPORTS AND COMPETITIONS AND POTENTIALLY ABLE TO OVERCOME OR AT LEAST MATCH THE MOST FORMIDABLE OPPONENT /N THE DARK SIDE THE BRAINiS IRRATIONAL LEFT SIDE THE 3ERBSi STUBBORNNESS PRKOS IS LEGENDARY j0RKOSk IS A MILDER VER SION OF ITS EVIL FRATERNAL TWIN jINATk SPITE !SK A 3ERB NICELY TO MOVE HIS CAR FROM IN FRONT OF YOUR GARAGE DOOR AND HE WILL DO IT 2AISE YOUR VOICE A DECIBEL OR IMPLY THAT HIS PARKING THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF HIS LACK OF CULTURE OR INTELLIGENCE AND HE WILL RESPOND j%H BAp NEÌU k 7ELL NO )iM ./4 '/).' 4/ 7HATiS MORE HEiLL PARK THERE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN 3UCH CONFLICTS ARE RARELY RESOLVED AMICABLY AND MAY END WITH THE PARTING PHRASE j4ERAÌEMO SE JOp k 7EiLL BE AFTER EACH OTHER MORE 2EMEMBER ITiS NOT THAT A 3ERB WANTS TO ACT OUT OF jINATk BUT OTHERS ALWAYS FORCE HIM INTO ACTING

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THAT WAY THE VICTIM SYNDROME j)NATk CROSSES ALL SOCIAL BAR RIERS AND IS BOTH METROPOLITAN AND RURAL #ITY AND COUNTRY 3ERBS OFTEN WISH ALBEIT SECRETLY j$A KOMpIJI CRKNE KRAVAk -AY THE NEIGHBORiS COW DIE EVEN IF THEY THEMSELVES WONiT BE ABLE TO HAVE ANY MILK $URING 77)) 3ERBIA STUBBORNLY REFUSED TO LET 'ERMAN PLANES FLY OVER 3ERBIAN TERRITORY TO BOMB )TALY 4HE RESULT 4HE 'ERMANS BOMBED 3ERBIA TOO 0RIDE IS ANOTHER INBORN CHARACTERISTIC ON BOTH A NATION AL AND PERSONAL LEVEL 3ERBS WILL REMIND YOU THAT THEY HAD A KINGDOM AND USED FORKS GOLD ONES SOME CLAIM LONG BEFORE ,OUIS 8)6 PICKED ONE UP AT 6ERSAILLES IN THE TH CENTURY j7E STOPPED THE 4URKS FROM ADVANCING INTO %UROPE k j7E KEPT #HRISTIANITYk AT LEAST THOSE OF US WHO DIDNiT CONVERT TO )SLAM AND j7E DIDNiT GIVE INTO THE 'ERMANS k WHICH IS WHAT THE 3ERBS JUST LOVE TO REMIND THE #ROATS OF ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE PHRASES THAT WILL ROLL ACROSS A 3ERBiS TONGUE WHEN CHALLENGED HISTORICALLY 3ERBS ARE PROUD THAT THEIR COUNTRY FOILED .!4/iS ATTACKS FOR DAYS 0ROUD BUT ALSO CONSCIOUS THAT THEIR COUNTRY NEEDS OUTSIDE HELP TO RECOVER FROM YEARS OF OPPRESSION AND HAVE THEREFORE OPENED THEIR DOORS TO FOREIGN ENTER PRISES AND NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS 0ERSONAL PRIDE IS A DIFFERENT STORY .O MATTER HOW BADLY SOMEONE NEEDS HELP ITiS A RARE PERSON WHO WILL JUST COME OUT AND SAY SO 7HEN OFFERED UNSOLICITED AID AND THERE ISNiT ANY OTHER KIND SINCE THEY HARDLY EVER ASK A 3ERB WILL OFTEN RESPOND j(OW CAN ) TAKE THIS WHEN ) CANiT REPAY YOU k OR ELSE ASK ACCUSINGLY j$ONiT YOU THINK ) HAVE ANY PRIDE k )F THEY DO ACCEPT HELP THEY WILL ALWAYS WANT TO RECIPROCATE SOMEHOW AND IN A BIG WAY $ONiT BE SURPRISED IF YOU BUY YOUR LANDLADY GOOD QUALITY SUPPORT HOSE IN YOUR LOCAL DRUGSTORE ON YOUR TRIP HOME AND SHE REPAYS YOU WITH A HAND KNITTED SWEATER

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Acram Solo

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Ben Sherman World Cup

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ROK BLCX www.rok.tv Life doesn’t stop just because a few people want to have a kick around. You still need to wash, socialize,eat and work.It may be tough to locate yourself in front of the telly at all game times,so you’ll be after a BLCX.This takes your World Cup TV signal,converts it and streams it through your broadband modem over the internet. You can pick up broadcasts via GPRS or, if your phone has Wi-Fi, via a wireless internet hotspot. It allows you to change channel remotely, which is seriously cool. Broadcastc are quite data-heavy,mind,so only use it via GPRS if your data tariff doesn’t cost the earth. SULFH Ÿ

Shinco SDP-1250

What’s more quintessentially English than a Ben Sherman footy-themed timepiece? This smart number is endorsed by footballist Rio Ferdinand, so has all the right credentials. You can use it to schedule the planned hooliganism, to measure the amount of time it takes you to guzzle your pint and a couple of jellied eels,and to see how long you can go without getting into a fight at the pub. Or you could just wear it like a nice,well rounded sports fan and use it to make sure you don’t miss the next match. SULFH Ÿ

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Nike Timing Anvil

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!S IN VERY RARE PLACES THE SOUTH EASTERN PART OF 6OJVODINA IS CHARACTERISED BY UNUSUAL CONTRASTS OF VARIOUS AREAS THE BIGGEST SANDS IN %UROPE HA LIES BESIDE THE $ANUBE WHICH IS THE SECOND LONGEST RIVER IN %UROPE AFTER THE 6OLGA /N A NARROW PIECE OF LAND BETWEEN SAND AND WATER THERE ARE GREEN OASES OF SWAMP HABITATS 4O SAY FOR INSTANCE THAT THE DIREC TION OF WINDS AND DEPOSITS OF SAND ARE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF $ANUBE AND ALL THE CONTRASTS ARE THERE 4AKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN COMPOSED OF NUMEROUS CHARACTERISTIC ECO SYSTEMS AND THAT THE WHOLE AREA IS RICH IN FLORA AND FAUNA VISITORS ARE OFFERED AN EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW ALL THE DIFFERENCES OFFERED BY THOSE AREAS DURING ONLY COUPLE OF HOURS SPENT IN THE NATURE /F COURSE WE RECOMMEND A MORE DETAILED INTRODUCTION BUT FOR THAT YOU WILL NEED SEVERAL DAYS AND SEVERAL VISITS 4HE RICHNESS OF FISH STOCKS IS BEST ILLUSTRATED BY THE PRESENCE OF NUMEROUS KINDS OF FISH HUNTING BIRDS HERONS EAGLES AND COR MORANTS (IGH NUMBERS OF SMALL CORMORANT CAN BE MARKED AS A UNIQUE PRIVILEGE 4HIS SECTION OF THE $ANUBE m 3WAN PORTHOLE HAS A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF BIRDS HUNDREDS OF THOU SANDS OF SPECIMENS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ESPECIALLY WHEN OTHER RIVERS AND PONDS FREEZE %XACTLY THEREFORE THE ICE HERE HAS NO OPPORTUNITY TO jCLOSEk THE WATER NUMEROUS BIRDS KEEP THE PORT HOLE FREE OF ICE BY THEIR WINGS !S A CONTRAST IN THE SANDS SOME ADDITIONAL DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BIRDS MAKE THEIR NESTS CRUSADER EAGLE "ANAT FALCON BEE SWALLOW HOOPOE 4HE 3MALL 3AFARI 3CHOOL PROGRAMME OFFERS A SYNTHESIS OF KNOWLEDGE AND FIELD RELATED EXPERIENCE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE YOUR LOVE FOR NATURE THROUGH WALKS OBSERVATIONS PHOTO GRAPHING PERCEIVING AND LEARNING IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY 7E HELP YOU DO THAT WITH PLEASURE 9OUR GUIDES ARE ORNITHOLOGISTS WITH GREAT EXPERIENCE AND EXPERT KNOWLEDGE !T THE MOUTH OF THE $ 4 $ CHANNEL INTO THE $ANUBE IN THE SETTLEMENT OF 3TARA 0ALANKA "ELGRADE KM +OVIN KM 6RpAC KM LIES THE j,!"5$/6/ /+./k 37!. 0/24(/,% HUNT ING LODGE 4HIS NEW FACILITY OFFERS COMFORT IN ROOMS BEDS AND A COMPLETE FEELING OF PEACE AND SEPARATION !LL EXCURSIONS BY THE $ANUBE OR ORGANISED EXPEDITIONS BEGIN AND END HERE "ESIDES THAT THE j,ABUDOVO OKNOk IS A TRANQUIL PLACE FOR REST AND WATER RECREATION OR A PLEASANT CORNER FOR ORGANISATION OF EXPERT SEMINARS 4HIS IS COMPLETELY ENABLED BY A SPACE EQUIPPED IN A MODERN WAY

(5.4).' ). $%,)",!43+! 3!.$3 /N THE 0ANONIAN PLAIN KM NORTH EAST OF "ELGRADE DOWN STREAM ON THE $ANUBE AND +ARAp RIVERS THERE IS AN EXCELLENT HUNT ING GROUND COVERING HA 4HIS DYNAMIC DYNE RELIEF IS COVERED BY FOREST AND STEPPE VEGETATION $EER ROE DEER AND WILD BOAR OF HIGH TROPHY VALUE COUPLED WITH PACKS OF WOLVES ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS FAMOUS HUNTING GROUND 4HE 3OUTH EASTERN FENCED PART OF THE HUNTING GROUND ON THE SHORE OF THE $ANUBE COVERING HA IS A HUNTING REARING CENTRE j$RAGIÌEV (ATk SPECIALISED IN THE REARING AND HUNTING OF CAPITAL DEER AND WILD BOAR (UNTING IS ORGANISED FOR GROUPS OF UP TO HUNTERS (UNTING WILD DUCK AND WILD GEESE IS ORGANISED IN THE ,ABUDOVO OKNO HUNTING GROUND COVERING HA OF SWAMPLAND SHORES ISLANDS AND THE 2IVER $ANUBE )N THE AUTUMN WINTER PERIOD OVER SPECIES OF WILD DUCK AND WILD GEESE INHABIT THIS AREA )N FIVE HUNTING LODGES WITHIN THE HUNTING GROUND COMFORTABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR HUNTERS IS PROVIDED 4HE FACILITIES BOAST EXCEL LENT DOMESTIC CUISINE AND WILD GAME AND FISH SPECIALTIES

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4HE TOWNiS MANY VISITORS ARE ACQUAINTED WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GARDENS YARDS AND BALCONIES AND THE FINAL EVENING OF THE EVENT SEES CARNIVAL FLOWER FLOATS PATROL THE TOWNiS STREETS 4HE SURROUNDINGS OF "ELA #RKVA REPRESENT A TREASURE OF ITS OWN AND THEREFORE WE RECOMMEND YOU CHOOSE A BICYCLE AS YOUR MEANS OF TRANSPORT (ILLS COVERED IN ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 6OJVODINA PLAIN ARE SOMETHING SURPRISING FOR EVERY ONE 4HE FOLLOWING WATER CURRENTS ARE ALSO NEARBY $ANUBE .ERA +ARAp #RUCIAN CARP AND $ANUBE 4ISA $ANUBE CHANNEL WHICH WITH THE MENTIONED LAKES MAKE A PERFECT PLACE FOR FISHERMEN j(5.4).' "%3)k m CATCH OF LARGE CATFISH IS A WIDELY KNOWN EVENT HELD AS A TRIBUTE TO THE KG SPECIMEN OF CATFISH WHICH SEV ERAL PERSONS HAVE SEEN BUT NO ONE HAS EVER MANAGED TO HOOK 7E RECOMMEND YOU TASTE THE THICK FISH SOUP AND SPECIALITIES IN ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS IN 3TARA 0ALANKA VILLAGE AT THE MOUTH OF $ANUBE 4ISA $ANUBE CHANNEL INTO $ANUBE KM FROM "ELA #RKVA )F YOU WANT TO VISIT THE ANCIENT 2AM 2OMAN FORTRESS YOU CAN DO SO BY TAKING A FERRY ACROSS THE $ANUBE $ELIBLATSKA SANDS THE SO CALLED j%UROPEAN 3AHARAk IS UNIQUE IN %UROPE 3ITUATED KM FROM "ELA #RKVA THIS IS A SPECIAL NATURAL RESERVE TOURIST AREA AND FAMOUS HUNTING GROUND FOR BIG GAME ! PART OF THIS AREA EXITS ON TO THE $ANUBE WHERE A FAMOUS HABITAT OF THE MOST VARIEGATED BIRDS IS SITUATED AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST RESERVES OF WATERFOWL j,ABUDOVO OKNOk 3WAN PORTHOLE LIES 4HE HILLY SLOPES OF "ELA #RKVA ARE ADORNED WITH MANY ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS 4HE CENTURIESi OLD TRADITION OF THEIR CULTIVATION HAS BEEN PRESERVED TO THIS DAY MAKING "ELA #RKVA FAMOUS FOR ITS QUALITY GRAPES PEARS APPLES AND APPLE BRANDY 4HE ANNUAL j"%,! #2+6! !-/.'34 !00,%3k FESTIVAL IS THE TOWNiS MOST RECENT EVENT BUT IT HAS ALREADY BECOME A RECOGNISABLE HAPPENING AND HAS ENHANCED THE PROMOTION OF NATURAL AND TOURIST POTENTIALS ! PICTURESQUE ENVIRONMENT RICHNESS OF WATER SURFACES UNIQUE FLORA AND FAUNA CLASSIFY THIS AREA AS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AREAS OF 6OJVODINA ESPECIALLY OF 3OUTHERN "ANAT AND THEREFORE IT RIGHT EOUSLY DESERVES THE EPITHET "%,! #2+6! m 4/52)34 (%!24 /& 3/54(%2. "!.!4

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ANY PROBLEMS CHOOSING THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEIR PRESENTATION 4HE PRESS PRAISED THEIR PRODUCT WITHOUT ANY HESITATION 4HEY NAMED THE CINEMATOGRAPH THE jMAIN INVENTION OF THE CENTURYk AND A jMIRACLE OF SCIENCEk 4HEY CONSTANTLY GLORIFIED THE ,UMIERE BROTHERS THUS "ELGRADERS HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE PER SONALLY PRESENT IN THE CAPITAL CITY 4HE NEWSPAPERS OF THE TIME REVEAL THE FILM REPERTOIRE OFFERED TO "ELGRADERS 4HE %NTRY OF THE 4RAIN INTO THE 3TATION "REAKING THE 7ALL #HILDRENiS $ANCE 3WIMMING IN THE 3EA 0ARISiS "OULEVARDS ! &ISH -ARKET IN -ARSEILLES b NINE MOVIES WERE SHOWN EVERY DAY AND THE REPERTOIRE WAS CHANGED EVERY OTHER DAY 4HERE WERE SCREENINGS BETWEEN PM AND PM EVERY WEEK DAY AND ON 3UNDAY MORNINGS TOO 4HE TICKET PRICES RANGED FROM PARA TO DINAR 4HE CINEMATOGRAPH WAS PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESTAURANT BETWEEN TABLES

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ERS AND OTHER ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD CAN USE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS ,IFE IN GENERAL OF COURSE HAS SPED UP EVERYWHERE NOT ONLY IN SO CALLED TRANSITION COUNTRIES AND IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND THE TIME AND PLACE FOR FULL CONCENTRA TION 6ILE 7ALDBERTE IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD WHERE ARTISTS CAN FIND PEACE MOST OF THOSE jRESIDENCE PRO GRAMMESk ARE PROFILED AND FUNCTION THROUGH OPEN COMPETITIONS 4HE OBLIGATION OF THOSE WHO USE THOSE COMFORTS IS EITHER A LECTURE AN EXHIBITION OR SOMETIMES JUST A MENTION IN A PRINTED PUBLICATION !BOVE ALL THAT IS A NICE CUSTOM OR IF YOU PREFER A GOOD TRADITION THAT ALSO FACILITIES THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS 3UCH INSTITUTIONS INTENDED FOR HOSTING FOREIGN ARTISTS HAVE SLOWLY STARTED TO APPEAR IN OUR AREA ) WOULD NOT SAY THAT MY NOVEL EMERGED EXCLUSIVELY BECAUSE ) WAS ISOLATED IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR THREE WINTER MONTHS THANKS TO THE -UNICH #ITYiS PROGRAMME FOR CULTURE 4HAT BOOK HAD BEEN IN PREPARATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE DIFFICULT WITHOUT THOSE MONTHS THAT ) WAS ABLE TO DEVOTE ONLY TO WORK $O YOU AGREE WITH THE IMPRESSION HERE THAT THE WORLD IS CLOSED TO 3ERBIA )N ONE WAY IT IS 7HEN ART IS CONCERNED THERE IS SADLY A MORBID EQUATION THE INTEREST IN WHAT WAS CREATED HERE WAS MUCH BIGGER DURING THE WARS IN THE 7ESTERN "ALKANS "UT DURING THE h S THIS COMMUNICATION WAS DISRUPTED BY SANCTIONS &OR SOME TIME NOW THE FOCUS OF WESTERN CULTURAL ATTENTION HAS BEEN THE .EAR %AST AND 3OUTH %ASTERN !SIA AND !FRICA TO SOME EXTENT )T

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4HE CENTRAL EVENT OF THE YEAR LONG CEL EBRATION OF THE TH ANNIVER SARY OF THE BIRTH OF .IKOLA 4ESLA IS TO BE HELD ON THE TH *ULY WHEN AN ACADE MY DEDICATED TO THE BIRTH OF THE FAMOUS SCIENTIST WILL BE HELD ! SECOND CENTRAL GATHERING DEDI CATED TO 4ESLAiS LIFE AND WORKS IS TO BE HELD IN /CTOBER 4HE WHOLE YEAR OF IS DEDICATED TO MARKING THIS A N N I V E R S A R Y .UMEROUS CULTURAL SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS BEGAN IN 3ERBIA ON RD *ANUARY WHEN "ELGRADEiS /RTHODOX #ATHEDRAL OF 3AINT !RCHANGEL -IKHAIL SAW THE STAGING OF A REQUIEM MASS DEVOT ED TO 4ESLA "Y THE END OF *ANUARY "ELGRADE !IRPORT CHANGED ITS NAME INTO 0UBLIC #OMPANY i"ELGRADE .IKOLA 4ESLAi .IKOLA 4ESLA WAS BORN IN 3MILJAN NEAR 'OSPIร IN ,IKA WHERE HE SPENT HIS YOUTH COMPLETELY BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE #ROATIAN TOWN (E WENT ON TO STUDY IN 'RAZ !USTRIA AND THEN WENT TO !MERICA AND WITH FAMOUS SCIENTIST %DISON WORKED IN HIS LABORATORY FOR A YEAR AND A HALF !FTER THAT HE BEGAN INDEPENDENT WORK IN .EW 9ORK IN HIS OWN LABORATORY 4ESLA HOLDS AROUND PATENTS AND INVENTIONS IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRO TECHNOLOGY (E INVENTED THE MULTI PHASE SYSTEM OF ELECTRONIC CURRENTS 4HROUGH HIS MANY AWARD WINNING ELECTRO TECHNICAL INVENTIONS 4ESLA ENABLED THE COMPLETION OF THE DESIGN FOR THE .IAGARA &ALLS (YDRO ELECTRIC 0OWER 0LANT (E DIED IN .EW 9ORK IN AND WAS FINALLY LAID TO REST IN THE .IKOLA 4ESLA -USEUM IN "ELGRADE !RT,INK !UDI TO !WARD !RTISTS

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)MAGE %NHANCEMENT 3ERBIAiS INTERNATIONAL IMAGE IS POOR AT BEST AND EVEN THE WORD h3ERBi CAN BE KNOWN TO STRIKE FEAR INTO THE HEARTS OF LIBERAL WESTERN ERS "UT -R 'IBSON IS CONFIDENT THAT WITH THE HELP OF THE "RITISH #OUNCIL AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS THAT ARE DETERMINED TO HELP THE NATION PUT ITS RECENT PAST BEHIND IT THE IMAGE OF 3ERBIA IS ABOUT TO BE REBORN j) THINK THAT THIS PART OF %UROPE DOESNiT HAVE A VERY GOOD REPUTA TION CERTAINLY IN THE 5+ AND 7ESTERN %UROPE "UT DURING THE TIME THAT )iVE BEEN HERE WE HAVE BROUGHT OVER A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ALSO SENT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THE 5+ ) THINK WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE DO COME HERE WITHIN A VERY SHORT SPACE OF TIME m LESS THAN HOURS m THEY FIND JUST WHAT A FANTASTIC PLACE THIS IS HOW OPEN AND FRIENDLY THE PEOPLE ARE AND HOW IT IS NOTHING LIKE THE STERE OTYPE VIEWS THAT EXIST IN 7ESTERN %UROPE 4HAT IS TERRIFIC FOR ME j"ELGRADE IS ONE OF THE GREAT CITIES OF %UROPE AND ) THINK THAT IN TEN YEARSi TIME WE WILL AGAIN SEE "ELGRADE AS IT SHOULD BE )N THE FOUR YEARS THAT )iVE BEEN HERE WEiVE SEEN A LOT OF BUILDINGS RENOVATED WEiVE SEEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC LIGHTINGb .OW WHEN YOU DRIVE ACROSS "RANKOiS "RIDGE OVER THE 3AVA AND LOOK OUT TOWARDS +ALIMEGDAN ITiS A TRULY WONDERFUL SIGHT AND YOU KNOW INSTANTLY THAT YOU ARE DRIVING INTO A GREAT %UROPEAN CITY j) THINK 3ERBIA JUST HAS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT SIMPLY HAS TO COM PLY WITH 4HE (AGUE THEY HAVE TO FIND -LADIÌ AND SEND HIM TO THE )#49 4HEN THE DISCUSSIONS FOR ACCESSION WHICH WERE GOING VERY WELL CAN BE RESUMED AND 3ERBIA CAN MOVE TOWARDS THE %UROPEAN 5NION 4HE %5 WANTS BOTH 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO TO BE PART OF THE 5NION j4HE IMPRESSIONS THAT PEOPLE WHO VISIT HERE GO AWAY WITH ARE THE VIBRANCY OF THE PLACE THE CREATIVITY OF ITS YOUNG PEOPLE ETC !ND THOSE QUALITIES ARE WHAT THE %UROPEAN 5NION WANTS AND IT WANTS THEM WITHIN THE %5 AND NOT TO HAVE 3ERBIA OR -ONTENEGRO OUTSIDE OF THE 5NION k

PENED AS A RESULT OF THE .!4/ BOMBING !LSO ) THINK YOUNG PEOPLE TEND TO LOOK AT THAT AS A BLIP IN THE RELATIONSHIP k %XPLAINING THE OBJECTIVES OF HIS MISSION WHEN HE FIRST ARRIVED 'IBSON SAYS jWE WERE CERTAINLY VERY KEEN TO GET 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO TO REENGAGE WITH THE 5+ AND ALSO TO REENGAGE WITH THE REST OF %UROPE IN PARTICULAR THE %5 AND ITS NEIGHBOURING TERRITORIESb 4HUS WE ACTIVELY PURSUED A STRATEGY OF PROJECTS THAT WERE BASED ON A REGIONAL APPROACH RATHER THAN SIMPLY A BILATERAL APPROACH BETWEEN 3ERBIA -ONTENEGRO AND THE 5+ k j7HEN ) FIRST ARRIVED WE FOCUSED ON SEVERAL AREAS )N EDUCA TION WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR WORK WE WANTED TO DEVELOP GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE -INISTRY OF %DUCATION AND OFFER OUR SUPPORT TO THE REFORM AGENDA THAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO PUT INTO FORCE WE WERE ALSO KEEN TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF %NGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD STANDARDS FOR BOTH TEACHERS AND LEARNERS OF %NGLISH /N THE CULTURAL SIDE WE VERY MUCH WANTED TO SHOW THAT THE 5+ WAS AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF ART AND TO DO SO NOT ONLY THROUGH SHOWCASE EXHIBITIONS BUT ALSO THROUGH WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND GETTING PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON VARIOUS PROJECTS ) THINK THATiS ALL GONE VERY WELL j7E HAVE AN ONGOING PROJECT BETWEEN THE 2OYAL .ATIONAL 4HEATRE AND THE .ATIONAL 4HEATRE HERE WHICH HAS RESULTED IN SOME VERY INTERESTING WORK BEING DONE BY YOUNG DIRECTORS AND PLAYWRIGHTS HERE IN 3ERBIA j7EiVE WORKED WITH CURATORS HERE ON THE VISUAL ARTS AND NEXT -ARCH THERE WILL BE A VERY LARGE EXHIBITION OF VISUAL ARTS WORK CEN TRED AROUND THE -USEUM OF #ONTEMPORARY !RTS HERE 4HAT WILL BE THE LARGEST EXHIBITION EVER IN THIS REGION SHOWING THE WORK OF UP TO LEADING 5+ ARTISTS m SOME OF WHICH WILL BE SPECIALLY COMMIS SIONED FOR THE EXHIBITION k %DUCATION &OCUS 4HE VALUE OF EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE MAIN MOTIVATING FACTORS IN PROMOTING CULTURAL RELATIONS AND ENHANCING THE STANDARDS OF A NATION !ND IT IS THIS FACT THAT HAS LED TO THE "RITISH #OUNCIL FOCUS ING A GREAT DEAL OF ITS ACTIVITIES ON EDUCATION j) DONiT KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF %NGLISH SPEAKERS IS BUT ) CERTAINLY THINK THAT THE WORK BEING DONE BY PRIVATE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS HERE IS VERY GOOD 4HE DEMAND FOR 5+ QUALIFICATIONS IN %NGLISH LANGUAGE HAS BEEN GROWING WE NOW DO FOUR TIMES THE NUMBER OF EXAMINATIONS THAT WE DID WHEN ) FIRST ARRIVED HERE AND THE PASS RATES ARE VERY GOOD -OREOVER STANDARDS ARE IMPROVING ALL THE TIME IN THE STATE SCHOOLS ) THINK A SIGNIFICANT STEP WAS WHEN WE WORKED WITH THE -INISTRY TO HELP INTRODUCE %NGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING FROM 9EAR /NE WHEN CHILDREN ARE AGED SEVEN 7EiVE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH STATE TEACHERS IN TERMS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ) THINK THAT IN THE LAST MONTHS WEiVE WORKED WITH OVER STATE TEACHERS AND ARE PLEASED THAT ALL THE TRAINING WE DO IS RECOGNISED BY THE -INISTRY j7E ALSO RUN VERY POPULAR INFORMAL WORKSHOPS HERE ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS k .ATIONWIDE /PERATION 4HERE IS A DISTINCT TENDENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS OF VARY ING KINDS TO CONCENTRATE THEIR ACTIVITIES SOLELY ON THE CAPITAL CITY AT THE EXPENSE OF THE NATION AS A WHOLE 4HE "RITISH #OUNCIL HOW EVER IS NOT SUCH A MISSION j7EiVE ACTIVELY PURSUED A STRATEGY TO DO MORE AND MORE OF OUR WORK OUTSIDE OF THE TWO CAPITAL CITIES OF 0ODGORICA AND "ELGRADE ) THINK THAT SINCE LAST YEAR UP TO AROUND ò OF OUR WORK IS BEING DONE OUTSIDE THE TWO CAPITAL CITIES 4HE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT WE FEEL ITiS IMPORTANT THAT OUR WORK TOUCHES AS MANY PEOPLE AS POS SIBLE AND OF COURSE THE WHOLE POPULATION CANiT ACCESS "ELGRADE OR 0ODGORICA k &ACILITATING #ULTURAL %XCHANGE /NE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS FOR A NATION SUCH AS THIS IS CERTAINLY THE NEED TO BRING AN END TO THE COUNTRYiS GENERAL FEEL ING OF ISOLATION !S SUCH THE FACILITATING OF CULTURAL EXCHANGES IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE j7E HELP TO FACILITATE PEOPLE COMING HERE TO 3ERBIA AND

-ONTENEGRO %QUALLY WE HELP TO FACILITATE PEOPLE GOING TO THE 5+ FROM HERE /BVIOUSLY THATiS QUITE EXPENSIVE AND SO WE ALSO USE THE )NTERNET AND VIDEO CONFERENCING AS A MEANS OF OVERCOMING THE DISTANCE BARRIER !S AN EXAMPLE WEiRE JUST COMPLETING OUR h(YBRID #ITYi PROJECT WHICH BASICALLY CONNECTS AND CREATES COLLABORATION BETWEEN POST GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF "ELGRADE AND THEIR EQUIVALENTS IN )STANBUL !THENS AND 'LASGOW WHO LOOK AT THE CITIES IN WHICH THEY LIVE 4HIS IS ALL BEING DONE THROUGH THE )NTERNET USE OF &LASH TECHNOLOGY VIDEO CONFERENCING ETC 7EiRE NOT PHYSICALLY BRINGING THE PEOPLE TOGETHERbk "RIDGES OF 3PORT 4HE LAST CENTURY HAS SEEN SPORT IN ITS MANY AND VARIED FORMS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MEANS OF BRIDGING CULTURAL DIVIDES BETWEEN PEOPLES AND NATIONS .OW THOUGH THIS MEDIUM IS ALSO BEING USED TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIC VALUES j) THINK SPORT IS A VERY GOOD MEDIUM FOR US TO WORK IN 4HERE IS A HIGH DEGREE OF INTEREST IN SPORTS PARTICULARLY AMONG YOUNG PEO PLE AND WE ARE INCREASINGLY FOCUSED ON YOUNG PEOPLE )F YOU WANT TO LOOK AT DEMOCRATIC VALUES m PARTICIPATION LEADERSHIP ETC m THEN YOU CAN DO SO VERY WELL THROUGH SPORT 4HE "RITISH #OUNCIL DOES HAVE QUITE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THAT AND OF COURSE AS ,ONDON WON THE BID TO STAGE THE /LYMPIC 'AMES WE WILL BE DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THE LONG TERM BUILD UP TO THAT j,ATER THIS YEAR WEiRE HOPING TO LAUNCH A PROJECT CALLED h9OUTH IN !CTIONi WHICH WILL BE LOOKING AT SPORT AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND HOW WE CAN USE SPORT AS A MEANS OF GETTING YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES k 3TRATEGIES AND 3TRUCTURES ! LIMITING FACTOR OF MANY CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS IS A RIGID MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE THAT RESTRICTS THE POTENTIAL OF THOSE HEADING UP OPERATIONS ON THE GROUND )N THE CASE OF THE "RITISH #OUNCIL THOUGH THE STRUCTURE IS UNIQUE AND MARKEDLY FLEXIBLE j4HE "RITISH #OUNCIL OPERATES BOTH TOP DOWN AND BOTTOM UP "ASICALLY THE DIRECTORS OF THIS REGION WHICH IS 3OUTHEAST %UROPE FROM !USTRIA TO THE #AUCASUS DECIDE AS A GROUP WHAT OUR

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4OURIST /RGANISATION OF 3ERBIA DIRECTOR -ILICA ©UBRILO HAS BEEN REPLACED BY -IO DRAG 0OPOVIÌ A FORMER 46 0INK FOREIGN AFFAIRS JOURNALIST )T APPEARS THOUGH THAT THE RECENT DEPAR TURE OF 4/3 DIRECTOR ©UBRILO IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG !CCORDING TO THE 3ERBIAN MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR 4/3 m -INISTER FOR 4RADE 4OURISM AND #OMMERCE AND 30/ MEMBER "OJAN $IMITRIJEVIÌ ©UBRILO WAS FIRED FOR BEING NOT COMPETENT ENOUGH TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW STRATEGY FOR TOURISM WHICH IS TO BE ADOPTED 4HE NEW STRATEGY IS SUPPOSED TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY (OWARTH #ON SULTANCY WHICH WAS AWARDED THE IMPLEMENTATION DUTY WITHOUT ANY PRIOR AGREEMENT OR ACCEPTANCE FROM THE DIRECTORS OF 4/3 $URING THE THREE YEARS THAT ©UBRILO HEADED 4/3 THE ORGANISATION ACHIEVED EXCELLENT RESULTS THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN VISITORS INCREASED BY ò AND THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL COMPANIES LISTING 3ER BIA AMONG THEIR OFFERS ROSE FROM ZERO TO ) DID MY BEST AND ) AM PROUD OF WHAT ) HAVE ACHIEVED DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS -Y POSITION IS THE SAME AS THAT OF THOUSAND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WHO DO NOT BELONG TO ANY POLITICAL PARTY AND WERE SIM PLY SACKED FROM THEIR POSITIONS NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY WORKED AND WHAT THEY ACHIEVED k -S ©UBRILO TOLD #OR$ ) HAD ENOUGH AND FI NALLY ) AM GOING TO MY OWN TOURIST DESTINATION THIS SUMMER 4HERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND ) AM LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING A NEW CHALLENGE IN THE AUTUMN

+OMERCIJALNA "ANKA HAS ACHIEVED _ MILLION WORTH OF HARD CURRENCY SAVINGS WHICH IS ALMOST ò OF TOTAL HARD CURRENCY SAVINGS IN THE COUNTRY 4HE RESULTS ENSURE THAT +OMERCIJALNA BANKA IS THE LEADER IN HARD CURRENCY SAVINGS FOR THE SECOND CONSECU TIVE YEAR )N ORDER TO SHARE ITS SUCCESS WITH ITS CURRENT AND FUTURE CLIENTS FROM

#OMPETITION ,AW POLICY AND PRACTICE DISCUSSED ,AW &IRM +ARANOVIC .IKOLIC HOSTED A CONFERENCE TO PRESENT THE NEW #OMPETITION ,AW TO CLIENTS AND INVESTORS ON TH *UNE 3PEAK ING AT THE EVENT LAWYER 2ASTKO 0ETAKOVIÌ OUTLINED THE MAIN PROVI SIONS OF THE 3ERBIAN LEGISLATION AND DESCRIBED THE IMPACT ON BUSINESS 7ITH THRESHOLD LEVELS OF _ MILLION FOR LOCAL TURNOVER AND _ MILLION GLOBAL TURNOVER TRIGGERING A NOTIFICATION THIS LAW HAS AN IMPACT ON ALL MAJOR COMPANIES PRESENT IN THE MARKET #OMPETITION ,AWYER !XEL 2EIDLINGER FROM THE 6IENNA OFFICE OF INTER NATIONAL FIRM &RESHFIELDS "RUCKHAUS $ERINGER OUTLINED %5 MERGER CONTROL AND ANTI MONOPOLY TRENDS WHICH ARE CLEARLY MORE DEFINED AND IMPLEMENTED !LTHOUGH NOT YET A MEMBER OF THE %UROPEAN 5NION 3ER BIA HAS PASSED %5 COMPLIANT COMPETITION REGULATIONS AND THE INSIGHT FUL DISCUSSION REVEALED HOW VIGILANT INDUSTRY NEEDS TO BE IN THIS AREA 2ADE 2AKOCEVIC FROM 3ENZAL "ROKERAGE (OUSE CLOSED THE CONFERENCE BY INSIGHTFULLY ADDRESSING THE NEWLY ENACTED 4AKEOVER ,AW AND THE IMPACT OF COMPETITION REGULATIONS ON THIS PROCESS 4HIS DEVELOPING AREA OF LAW WILL NEED TO BE CLOSELY REVIEWED IN THE FUTURE BY BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES AND THE POLICY OF THE #OMMISSION WILL DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LAW AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY WILL BE AFFECTED

*APANESE %YE )NVESTMENT /PPORTUNITIES 4ANJUG 4HE NUMBER OF COMPANIES AND ENTREPRENEURS FROM *APAN WISHING TO INVEST IN 3ERBIA IS GROWING SAYS *APANESE !MBASSADOR IN "ELGRADE 4ADASHI .AGAI !MBASSADOR .AGAI WENT ON TO SAY THAT TRAN SITION HERE IN 3ERBIA IS jBASICALLY GIVEN POSITIVE RESULTS k .OTING THAT MANY *APANESE DELEGATIONS AND INVESTORS HAVE COME TO 3ERBIA DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS .AGAI SAYS THAT THERE COULD BE EVEN MORE BUSINESS IF jTHE *APANESE ARE MADE MORE AWARE OF THE EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES k

TH TO TH *UNE +OMERCIJALNA OFFERED jTEN DAYS OF INCENTIVE SAV INGSk WHEREBY THE HIGHEST INTEREST RATE FOR THE MONTH REPAYMENT PERIOD WAS SLASHED TO JUST ò PER EURO ANNUM ! SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE OF SAVING WITH +OMERCIJALNA IS THAT INTEREST RATES WILL BE THE SAME REGARDLESS OF THE DEPOSITED AMOUNT )N ADDI TION THE BANK ALSO PREPARED AFFORDABLE CONDITIONS FOR YOUNGSTERS WHOSE PARENTS CAN OPEN AN ACCOUNT FOR THEM AND MAKE DEPOSITS WHICH WILL BE SUBJECT TO AN INTEREST RATE OF ò PER EURO PER ANNUM UNTIL THEY REACH YEARS OF AGE +OMERCIJALNA "ANK IS THE DOMESTIC MARKET LEADER IN TERMS OF CITIZENSi SAVINGS 4HE BANK HANDLES A FIFTH OF THE TOTAL PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS IN THE COUNTRY AND IT HAS THE MOST DEVELOPED BANKING NETWORK IN THE COUNTRY WITH SOME BRANCHES 4HE BANK OPERATES ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL QUALITY STANDARDS AND IS ò OWNER OF +OMERCIJALNA "ANKA A D "UDVA FROM -ONTENEGRO %"2$ RECAPITALISED THE BANK IN -ARCH THIS YEAR GIVING THE %UROPEAN BANK OWNERSHIP OF ò OF THE CAPITAL OF +OMERCIJALNA BANK

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0ROSPERITY !SSURED FOR !#" 7ITH THE FIRST STAGE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF !IRPORT #ITY "ELGRADE m THE FIRST BESPOKE BUSINESS PARK IN 3ERBIA m NEARING COMPLETION THE SECOND STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION OFFICIALLY GOT UNDERWAY ON TH *UNE WHEN THE CORNER STONE WAS LAID THUS MARKING THE NEXT STEP IN THE CON STRUCTION OF THIS MASSIVE MODERN BUSINESS COMPLEX WHICH WILL HAVE M OF #LASS ! BUSINESS SPACE !S A SHOW OF !IRPORT #ITY "ELGRADEiS RESPECT OF ITS CORPO RATE INTEGRATION POLICIES AND ITS CUSTOM OF GROWING AND CREATING AN )SRAELI TRADITION WAS BROUGHT TO "ELGRADE WITH THE LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE !S A TRADITIONAL )S RAELI ELEMENT OF THE CEREMONY A #HARTER OF 0ROSPERITY WAS LAID WITH THE STONE 4HE #HARTER SIGNED BY OFFICIALS OF THE 3ERBIAN STATE AND "ELGRADE CITY )SRAELI !MBASSADOR TO 3ERBIA 9AFFA "EN !RI AS WELL AS BUILDERS MANAGERS AND ARCHITECTS OF !#" AND )SRAELI COMPANIES j!FRICA )SRAELk AND j4IDHARk !#" CO OWNERS m STATES j/UR WISH AND AIM IS FOR !IRPORT #ITY "ELGRADE TO BE COME A SYMBOL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT A VI SUAL INSPIRATION A PROJECT THAT WILL PROVIDE QUALITY AND COMFORT TO ITS USERS AND AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CITY IN WHICH IT LIVES ACT AS SECURITY TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY CREATING WORK PLACES AND ATTRACTING OTHER INVESTMENTS TO 3ERBIA 7E THE CHARTER SIGNATORIES TOGETHER WITH BUILDERS OF THE PROJECT ARE DEDICATED TO HELPING THE DE VELOPMENT OF !IRPORT #ITY "ELGRADE WITH PERSISTENCY KNOWLEDGE AND QUALITY FOR THE BENEFIT AND PRIDE OF THE PEOPLE OF 3ERBIA AND ALL OF RESIDENTS IN "ELGRADE k !#"iS FIRST TENANTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONFIRMED (6" "ANKiS HEADQUARTERS WILL OCCUPY M OF THE .EW "ELGRADE PARK WHILE COMPANY 5NILEVER WHICH KNOWS ALL TO WELL THE ADVANTAGES OF BUSINESS PARK LOCATIONS m HAVING BASED ITS 4EL !VIV OFFICES IN !IRPORT #ITY "EN 'URION m HAS ALSO OPTED FOR !#" 4HE FINAL PREPARATIONS OF OFFICE SPACE ADAPTED TO THE NEEDS OF TENANTS ARE TO BE CONCLUDED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS OF *ULY

/N THE NIGHT THE NEW GENERATION OF -ER CEDES "ENZ % #LASS TOOK THE STAGE 4HE CAR THAT PRESENTS ALL -" VIRTUES IN ONE ELEGANCE RELIABILITY AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION THE CAR WHICH ANCESTORS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED FOR MORE THEN YEARS IN MORE THEN UNITS @ 3PECIALLY COMPOSED MUSIC WITH EIGHT INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING 4ESLAiS MAGNET SPOO L FULFILLED THE ATMOSPHERE WITH UN USUAL ENERGY 4HE CULMINATION OF THE PERFORMANCE WAS THE BIG MAGNET SPOOL WHICH CREATED MAGNETIC FIELD TURNING ON THE BROKEN NEON LIGHTS PLACED ON THE FENCE AROUND THE MAGNET SPOOL IN THE MOMENT THE SHEET FROM THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN OFF 4HE .EW GENERATION -ERCEDES "ENZ % #LASS APPEARED IN FRONT OF THE VISI TORS AND PERFECTLY FULFILLED THIS EXTRAORDI NARY SPECTACLE "ELGRADE WAS TRULY ENLIGHTENED

0IRAEUS !TLAS "ANK BECOMES 0)2!%53 "!.+ &OLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF ITS REQUEST BY THE .A TIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIA 0IRAEUS !TLAS "ANK AN NOUNCES THAT IT IS CHANGING ITS NAME TO 0)2!%53 "!.+ 4HE CHANGE TAKES PLACE FOLLOWING THE 0IRAEUS "ANK 'ROUPiS RECENT DECISION TO RENAME ALL ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES IN ALL THE MARKET ON WHICH IT OPERATES 0IRAEUS "ANK BECAME THE OWNER OF ò OF SHARES IN 3ERBIAiS j!TLAS BANKAk IN -AY LAST YEAR )N /CTOBER WHEN THE DECISION TO CHANGE THE NAME WAS TAKEN RECAPITALIZA TION OF THE BANK WAS PERFORMED RESULTING INTO 0IRAEUS "ANK INCREASING ITS OWNERSHIP STAKE TO ò 0IRAEUS "ANK WILL ACQUIRE THE REMAINING SHARES OF THE "ANK FROM MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS NEXT MONTH AND BECOME ò OWNER 4ODAY 0IRAEUS "ANK IN 3ERBIA HAS A NETWORK OF BRANCHES NINE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN OPENED AFTER THE ACQUISITION 4HE BANK AIMS TO OPEN MORE BRANCHES BEFORE THE END OF TO REACH A PLANNED NUMBER OF -OREOVER THE "ANKiS ASSETS HAVE RISEN FROM _ MILLION A YEAR AGO TO _ MILLION m MARKING AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN ò j4HE PLAN IS TO REACH _ MILLION BY THE END OF k SAID "RANIMIR -ARKOVIÌ 0IRAEUS "ANK #%/ 0IRAEUS "ANK 'ROUP IS ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC AND ACTIVE FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS IN 3OUTHEAST %UROPE WITH A NETWORK OF BRANCHES AND TOTAL ASSETS ESTIMATED AT OVER _ BILLION 4HE 'ROUP ENGAGES IN ALL AREAS OF BANKING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS RETAIL BANKING SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES #ORPORATE "ANKING #APITAL -ARKETS AND )NVESTMENT "ANKING ,EASING AND FINANCING OF THE 3HIPPING SECTOR 0IRAEUS "ANK THE 'ROUP S PARENT COMPANY WAS SET UP IN IN 'REECE 4ODAY 0IRAEUS "ANK IS THE LEADER OF A GROUP OF COMPANIES COVERING ALL FINANCE AND BANKING ACTIVITIES IN THE MARKETS OF 3OUTHEAST %UROPE 2OMANIA "ULGARIA 3ERBIA AND !LBA NIA AS WELL AS IN %GYPT ,ONDON AND .EW 9ORK

0RIVATISATION !GENCY 3ELLS %IGHT &IRMS 4ANJUG 3ERBIAiS 0RIVATISATION !GENCY HAS SOLD EIGHT COMPANIES AT AUC TION BUT THE BIGGEST INTEREST WAS GENERATED BY j"EOGRADSPEDk WHICH OWNS A BUSINESS BUILDING WITH LAND IN CENTRAL "ELGRADEiS 3LAVIJA AREA j"EOGRADSPEDk RECEIVED OFFERS OF _ MILLION FROM BUYERS 4HE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INITIAL AND SALE PRICE ALMOST TIMES GREATER WAS ACHIEVED DURING THE SALE OF j)NICIJALk A PUBLISHING BOOKSTORE COMPANY FROM "ELGRADE 0UBLICLY OWNED j ND $ECEMBERk FROM +RAGU JEVAC WHICH HAS EMPLOYEES FOUND A NEW OWNER IN j$ELTAFERk

)TALY 3WITZERLAND !ID (OSPITAL 7ILHELM -AYER 3WISS !MBASSADOR TO "ELGRADE OPENED A NEW KITCHEN AT THE FLOOD DAMAGED *ASA 4OMIÌ 0ULMONARY (OSPITAL IN :RENJANIN THIS MONTH 4HE RESTORATION OF THE KITCHEN AND THE BUILDING WERE PERFORMED THANKS TO A %URO DONATION FROM THE 3WISS GOVERNMENT $IRECTOR OF THE )TALIAN 2ED #ROSS -ARIA 4HERESA ,ETA WAS ALSO PRESENT AT THE REOPENING WHERE SHE CONTRIBUTED %UROS m OF WHICH IS HER PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION CorD \ *ULY

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.EW ENERGY AT +ALEMEGDAN 4HE LATEST NEWS FROM 3TUTTGART IS THAT THE NEW GENERATION -ERCEDES "ENZ % #LASS HAS MADE AN OUTSTANDING DEBUT IN %UROPE WITH AROUND ORDERS HAVING BEEN PLACED FOR THE LUXURY LIMOUSINE WITHIN JUST A FEW DAYS OF ITS MARKET LAUNCH ON TH *UNE 3EVERAL DAYS LATER "ELGRADE HAD ITS OWN REMARKABLE PREMIER OF THE MODEL !N EXCLUSIVE RETROSPECTIVE STAGED ON "ELGRADEiS RD .IGHT OF -USEUMS SAW THE PREMIERE OF THE .EW 'ENERATION -ERCEDES "ENZ % #LASS ON &RIDAY TH *UNE AT +ALEMEGDAN &ORTRESSiS 3TATUE OF 6ICTORY 5SING THE HIGHLIGHT OF YEAR m THE YEAR OF .IKOLA 4ESLA m AS A TRUE SYMBOL OF PASSION WHOSE DISCOVERIES STILL TAKE OUR BREATHS AWAY THE EVENT HAD A UNIQUE SCENARIO STARTING WITH THE MONOLOGUE FRAGMENT FROM THE PLAY 4ESLA OR !N GEL ADAPTATION PERFORMED BY -R ,JUBIVOJE 4ADIร 2IGHT AFTER THIS ENERGETIC AND HARD PIECE OF THE FAMOUS PLAY OF THE "ELGRADE .ATIONAL 4HEATRE -R $ARJAN -I HAJLOVIC (EAD OF THE #ULTURE $EPARTMENT OF THE #ITY OF "ELGRADE !SSEMBLY OF FICIALLY OPENED THE EVENT j7E DEDICATE THIS NIGHT TO ENERGYk SAID 3ANJA 5ZELAC $IRECTOR 3ALES AND -AR KETING -ERCEDES "ENZ 0ASSENGER #ARS j4ONIGHT WE CELEBRATE POSITIVE ENERGY BECAUSE IT IS THE FOREGROUND FOR GREAT THINGS TO HAPPEN &OR YEARS NOW THAT POSITIVE ENERGY HAS INSPIRED CREATORS OF -ERCEDES TO MAKE THE BEST AUTOMOBILES

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3UMMER ON #REDIT WITH 6OJVOร ANSKA 6OJVOรฐANSKA BANKA A D .OVI 3AD APPROVES CREDITS FOR FINANCING TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS 4HESE CREDITS ARE APPROVED ON THE BASIS OF COMMERCIAL INVOICES THAT IS REGISTERED INVOICES FROM TOURIST AGENCIES HOTELS AND AIRLINE COMPANIES VALUED BETWEEN AND %UROS IN $INAR EQUIVALENT )N ADDITION A รฒ DEPOSIT IS NEEDED AND THE CREDIT IS TO BE PAID OFF IN EQUAL MONTHLY INSTALMENTS OVER A MONTH PERIOD 4HUS ALL CREDITABLE CITIZENS CAN PLAN AND HAVE THEIR HOLIDAYS IN THE MOST ECONOMICAL WAY 4HE INTEREST RATE FOR TRAVEL SERVICE CREDITS IS BETWEEN รฒ PER ANNUM %+3 รฒ FOR BANK CLIENTS AND รฒ PER ANNUM %+3 รฒ FOR NON BANK CLIENTS 4HE AFFORDABILITY FOR PAYING OF 6OJVOรฐANSKA "ANKA TRAVEL CREDITS APART FROM THE MOST COMPETITIVE INTEREST RATES ON THE MARKET OF FER THE POSSIBILITY OF THREE MONTHS GRACE PE RIOD AGREEMENTS #ITIZENS CAN ALSO PAY SUMMER HOLIDAY EX PENSES WITH 6OJVOรฐANSKA "ANKA CREDIT CARDS INCLUDING THE OFFER TO PAY OFF INSTALMENTS US ING THE 6ISA CREDIT CARD EVEN WHILST OVERSEAS AS WELL AS TO FINALISE THEIR TRANSACTIONS SAFELY AND SIMPLY BY USING ALL OTHER 6ISA CARDS FORM THE OFFER OF THE HOUSE WITH REAL VALUES

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)N ONLY SIX AND A HALF MONTHS IN .EW "EL GRADEiS BLOCK THE )--/#%.4!2 OF SQUARE METRES HAS BEEN BUILT AND OPENED 7ITH ITS CONTENTS THE CENTRE HAS MANAGED WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE RENOWNED LEASEES AND HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED SHOPPERS

4HE )--/#%.4!2 HAS SUCCEEDED IN GATH ERING AND PRESENTING BRANDS SUCH AS -ANGO 3PRINGFIELD 2EFLEX -ISS 3IXTY 2EPLAY #E SARE 0ACIOTTI 4IMBERLAND 4OM 4AILOR AND MANY OTHERS IN ONE PLACE #OVERING AN AREA OF SQUARE METRES THE )DEA SUPERMAR KET COMPLETES THE SHOPPING CENTRE AND OF FERS THE POSSIBILITY OF PURCHASING QUALITY CONSUMER GOODS 4HE PROGRAMME h4URBO

&OREIGN %XPERTS 6ISIT ,ESKOVAC 6RANJE AND "UJANOVAC .EW"ALKAN COM THE ECONOMIC ADVISORS OF EMBASSIES IN 3ERBIA WHERE JOINED BY REP RESENTATIVES OF THE #HAMBER OF #OMMERCE OF 3ERBIA AS THEY VISITED ,ESKOVAC 6RANJE AND "UJANOVIC THIS *UNE

,IMACi WHICH IS INTENDED FOR THE YOUNGEST ONES IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST "RINGING SUCH FAMOUS BRANDS TOGETHER HAS PROVIDED ALL "ELGRADERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY ENERGY AND TIME 7ITH THREE LEVELS PARKING AREAS RESTAURANTS AND COFFEE SHOPS WHICH OFFER RELAXATION AND FUN THE )--/#%.4!2 SETS NEW STANDARDS AND NEW VALUES WHICH SETS IT APART FROM THE REST 4HE CENTRE ITSELF WAS BUILT BY THE )MMOBILIJA COMPANY WHICH IS A MEMBER OF -0# (OLD ING 4HE SUCCESS OF THIS CENTRE HAS MOTIVATED THE COMPANY TO PLAN THE BUILDING OF ANOTHER TEN SHOPPING CENTRES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS -0# (OLDING THE BIGGEST DOMESTIC INVESTOR PLANS TO BUILD SQUARE METRES OF HOUS ING AND COMMERCIAL PREMISES AT A TOTAL VALUE OF _ MILLION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS 4HE MOST SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT SO FAR IS CERTAINLY THE 5SCE 3HOPPING #ENTRE AND THE SECOND TOWER OF THE 5SCE #OMPLEX "ECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE )--/#%.4!2 AN AREA WHERE รฒ OF THE TOTAL INHABITANTS OF "ELGRADE LIVE THE COMPANYiS MANAGEMENT IS CONVINCED THAT THIS PROJECT WILL FULFIL THE EX PECTATIONS OF ITS CUSTOMERS AND OFFER THEM A COMPLETELY NEW SHOPPING EXPERIENCE

4HE ECONOMIC ADVISORS OF THE EMBASSIES OF !LBANIA !LGERIA "I( "ULGARIA "RAZIL #HINA #UBA #ROATIA #ZECH 2EPUBLIC %GYPT 'ER MANY )NDONESIA ,EBANON -OROCCO 0ERU 2UMANIA 2USSIA 2EPUBLIKA 3RPSKA 3LOVE NIA 3LOVAK 2EPUBLIC AND 5KRAINE VISITED THE MULTINATIONAL COMPANY FOR CIGARETTE PRODUC TION "RITISH !MERICAN 4OBACCO "!4 THE SPA IN 6RANJE 6RELO IN "UJANOVAC AND COM PANY j:DRAVLJE ,ESKOVACk )NTERLEMIND

3TATE !TTENTION #OMPANY CAPACITIES COVER SQUARE METRES HALF OF WHICH COVERS PRODUCTION AREA +TITOR S SHOW ROOM ALONE COVERS SQUARE METRES 4HERE IS A CHAIR PRODUCTION PLANT AND A BOARD PROCESSING FACTORY $ISTRIBUTION AND SALES ARE PERFORMED THROUGH A NETWORK OF SHOWROOM SALONS WITH OVER DISTRIBUTORS IN 3ERBIA AND THE REGION j+TITORk IS ALSO RENOWNED IN THE FIELD OF DESIGN AND INTERIOR DESIGN WHERE IT HAS ACHIEVED GOOD CO OPERATION WITH MANY COMPANIES BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD j7E HAVE OUR DESIGNERS BUT IF THE CLIENT ASKS US TO ENVISAGE HOW A SPACE SHOULD LOOK THEN WE HIRE ADDITIONAL TOP ARCHITECTS )N ORDER TO ARRANGE THE INTERIOR OF A HOTEL IN THE 2USSIAN TOWN OF 3URGUT WE ENGAGED 3ERBIAiS MOST FAMOUS LADY ARCHITECT -RS -IRJANA -LADENOVIÌ WHO HAS LIVED IN 2USSIA FOR A LONG TIME k SAYS #OR$iS COLLOCUTOR ADDING THAT THE FURNITURE HAS BEEN MODELLED AFTER COPIES OF OLD STYLES SUCH AS AS FOR INSTANCE %NGLISH #HESTERFIELD j4HE MAJORITY OF INTERIORS ARE TODAY EQUIPPED IN MODERN STYLE MINIMALISM IS A TREND )N A COUPLE OF YEARS THIS WILL BE REPLACED BY SOMETHING ELSE (OWEVER TRADITIONAL PERIOD FURNITURE WILL NEVER GO OUT OF FASHION IT IS ALWAYS EQUALLY ATTRACTIVE ITS DESIGN WAS ENVISAGED A LONG TIME AGO AND ALL THE PRODUCERS COPY IT 4HERE IS NO SPACE FOR CREATIONS BUT WITH SPACE DESIGN THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR NEW IDEAS k EXPLAINS -ILOSAVLJEVIÌ !LTHOUGH HE BELONGS TO THE GROUP OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL 3ERBIAN ENTREPRENEURS -ILOSAVLJEVIÌ DOES NOT HAVE ANY STATE ASSISTANCE AND ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS THAT HAS ARISEN IN RELA TIONS BETWEEN THE 3TATE AND PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS IS THE LACK OF A DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AT STATE LEVEL j7E HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH HUGE NATURAL RICHES THAT WE DONiT KNOW HOW TO USE /AK %UROPEAN ASH AND WALNUT ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST QUALITY WOODS IN %UROPE !S MUCH AS PER CENT OF THE ENTIRE STATE BUDGET IS EARNED FROM THE TIMBER INDUSTRY 4HE GREATEST PERCENTAGE IS EXACTLY IN THIS ECONOMIC SECTOR AND WE DONiT EVEN HAVE A LINE MINISTRY WHICH SHOWS A LACK OF SERIOUSNESS AT THE VERY LEAST j4HE STATE DOES NOT HELP US WITH ANYTHING (AVE YOU EVER EVEN ONCE DURING ALL THESE YEARS HEARD THAT A TIMBER FACTORY HAS GONE ON STRIKE 3ERBIA HAS OVER FURNITURE FACTORIES DEALING IN THE PROCESS ING OF WOOD AND ALL OF THEM WORK k SAYS -ILOSAVLJEVIÌ ADDING THAT RIVAL j3IMPOk WAS ONCE A MAJOR BRAND IN FURNITURE PRODUCTION IN %UROPE 4ODAY IT IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THAT FORMER GLORY ! SIMILAR SITUATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN OTHER COMPANIES %VERYTHING HAS BEEN DEVALUED HERE THE VALUE SYSTEM OF THE SOCIETY HAS CHANGED )N THE TIMBER INDUSTRY WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY SPIRALLING DOWNWARDS LOWER AND LOWER 4HIS IS NOT AS A RESULT OF STAFF AND POOR QUALITY NOR IS IT BASED ON THE FACT THAT OUR MARKET SUCCESS WAS NOT TO OUR CREDIT ALONE )T IS MORE OF A REFLECTION OF A BAD STATE POLICY j3ERBIA IS RICH IN WOODLAND BUT THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN STRATEGY FOR THE TIMBER INDUSTRY ALTHOUGH NO OTHER ECONOMIC SEC TOR EMPLOYS AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE DO 4ODAY IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SURVIVE ON THE DOMESTIC MARKET NOT TO MENTION FOREIGN MARKETS PRIMARILY DUE TO HUGE COMPETITION !CCORDING TO -ILOSAVLJEVIÌ +TITORiS PLAN IS TO RETURN TO THE %ASTERN %UROPE MARKET j0REVIOUSLY WE HAD EXCELLENT OPERATIONS ABROAD )N SIX YEARS WE EXPORTED AROUND MILLION DOLLARSi WORTH OF FURNITURE TO 2USSIA ALONE FOR COMPANY 'ASPROM AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARSi WORTH FOR 3URGUTNJEVGAS 4HOSE WERE JOBS AT THE STATE LEVEL 4HAT DO NOT EXIST ANYMORE k CLAIMS -ILOSAVLJEVIÌ EXPLAINING THAT THE MARKET OF THE %UROPEAN 5NION IS TOO OVER SATU

RATED TO ABSORB ANOTHER COMPANY LIKE HIS j4RYING TO EXPAND TO THE %5 MARKET IS LIKE FIGHTING FOG #OMPETITION IS ENORMOUS AND PURCHASING POWER IS RELATIVELY LOW CRISIS IS ALL PERVADING ) HAVE BUSINESS PARTNERS AND FRIENDS IN ALL %5 COUNTRIES AND ) REALLY KNOW THE KINDS OF PROBLEMS THEY ARE FAC ING -ANY COMPANIES ARE CLOSING 4HEREFORE ) THINK THAT WE SHOULD MAINTAIN OUR PRESENCE IN THE DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL MARKETS k 4O BE A 3ERBIAN BUSINESSMAN OPERATING TODAY IS A DOUBLE

k ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­ê{ ê ê ê ê ê ê ° EDGED SWORD &OREIGN MARKETS TEND TO BOYCOTT 3ERBIAN PRODUCTS THANKS LARGELY TO POLITICAL CRISES AND THE NEGATIVE IMAGE THAT 3ERBIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY CREATED IN THE LAST YEARS 4HUS BUSINESSES RARE LY HAVE A CHANCE TO SHOW HOW MUCH THEY ARE WORTH 4HE DOMESTIC MARKET MEANWHILE IS CONFRONTING PROBLEMS OF ANOTHER KIND j-ANY FOREIGN COMPANIES HAVE OPENED UP THEIR REPRESENTA TIVE OFFICES IN 3ERBIA AND THANKS TO THOSE GIANTS LIKE j53 3TEELk OR j&IAT :ASTAVAk THE ECONOMY HAS FINALLY MOVED FROM ITS DEAD POINT A LITTLE BIT (OWEVER 3ERBIA ALSO HAS ITS OWN ENTREPRENEURS WHO SUCCESSFULLY OPERATE DESPITE BEING IGNORED BY THE STATE $OMESTIC POLITICIANS OF THE RULING ELITE ATTEND THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF EVERY NEW FOREIGN COMPANY BUT NOT EVEN MUNICIPAL MAYORS ATTENDED THE OPENING CEREMONY OF MY COMPANY 4HIS DISPLAYS A COMPLETE LACK OF RESPECT BECAUSE ) AM FILLING THEIR BUDGET WITH BIG COMPANY OPERATIONS ) EMPLOY PEOPLE AND MAINTAIN A CONTINU OUS PRESENCE ON THE MARKET /N THE OTHER HAND THE IMAGE 3ERBIA HAS IN THE %5 IS NOT EASY TO CHANGE DESPITE THE QUALITY ONE OFFERS m A LEVEL OF QUALITY THAT IS NOT LAGGING BEHIND IN ANYTHING IN RELATION TO THE LEADING %UROPEAN MANUFACTURERS ) HOPE THAT THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE SOON BECAUSE 3ERBIA ALSO HAS RESOURCEFUL PEOPLE AND QUALITY PRODUCTS SHE CAN USE TO STRIKE BACK AT ANYONE ANYWHERE 7E BUSINESSMEN KNOW THAT AND IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT THE STATE ALSO LEARNED TO PAY US SOME RESPECT AND ASSIST US IN CREATING A POSITIVE IMAGE OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE WE HAVE A GENUINE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT k CONCLUDES -R -ILOSAVLJEVIÌ CorD \ *ULY

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LMOST A CENTURY AGO IN .IKOLA 0ApIÌiS THEN 'OVERNMENT OF THE +INGDOM OF THE 3ERBS #ROATS AND 3LOVENES ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT MINISTERS WAS THE -INISTER FOR &ORESTRY AND -INING !T THAT TIME GREAT ATTENTION WAS PAID TO LUM BER AND TIMBER ONE OF THE GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCES THAT 3ERBIA HAS %VEN TODAY ALMOST PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION OF THE STATE FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF THE TIMBER INDUSTRY MAKING IT ONE OF THE MOST PROFITABLE ECONOMIC SECTORS )N THE LAST YEARS ONE DOMESTIC PRIVATE COMPANY DEALING IN THE PRODUCTION AND RETAIL OF OFFICE FURNITURE HAS STOOD OUT AMONGST SEVERAL HUNDRED COMPANIES OPERATING IN THIS DOMAIN 4HAT COM PANY OPERATES UNDER THE NAME OF "YZANTINE PROTECTORS AND MON ASTERY FOUNDERS j+TITORk +TITOR OWNER -ILIJA -ILOSAVLJEVIÌ A YEAR OLD PRIVATE ENTRE PRENEUR BORN IN +OSOVO AND -ETOHIJA HAS SPENT YEARS DEVELOP ING HIS CAREER IN THIS NICHE SECTOR AND HAS SUCCEEDED IN GAINING A REPUTATION FOR SUCCESS IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME +TITORiS OFFICE FURNITURE HAS BEEN USED TO EQUIP MORE THAN TWO MILLION SQUARE METRES OF OFFICE SPACE INCLUDING ALMOST ALL THE %MBASSIES OF THE COUNTRY FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES AND LARGE DOMESTIC COMPANIES THE COUNTRYiS SPECIAL COURT AND NUMEROUS OTHER WORKPLACES 4HE COMPANY ACQUIRED RECONGNISABILITY RESPECT AND IMPORTANCE IN BESIDE THE AFOREMENTIONED ITS ACTIVITIES IN CONSTRUCTION WORK AND FOREIGN TRADE )N LINE WITH THE COMPANY NAME -R -ILOSAVLJEVIÌ RECEIVED A TRIBUTE AS THE FOUNDER OF 3AINT 3AVA 4EMPLE IN "ELGRADE 4ODAY +TITOR IS A STABLE 3ERBIAN COMPANY MOSTLY ORIENTATED TOWARDS THE DOMESTIC MARKET BUT WITH PLANS TO CONQUER THE MARKET OF %ASTERN %UROPE IN THE FUTURE 4HIS YEAR THE COMPANY FACES THE STIFF CHALLENGE OF FURNISHING THE NEW BUILDING OF THE .ATIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIA IN "ELGRADEiS 3LAVIJA 3QUARE A BUILDING WHICH -ILOSAVLJEVIÌ SAYS WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH CONTEMPORARILY DESIGNED FURNITURE 5NTIL SIX YEARS AGO +TITOR BOASTED SALES SALONS ACROSS THE TER RITORIES OF THE FORMER 3&29 (OWEVER AFTER THE POLITICAL CHANGES OF THE COMPANY REORIENTATED ITSELF TO ANOTHER KIND OF BUSINESS STRATEGY WHICH ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY OWNER HAS NOT PUSHED THE COMPANY FROM THE MARKET j7E WERE THE FIRST POST COMMUNIST PRIVATE COMPANY IN THE 3&29 )N JUST A YEAR WE BECAME A KNOWN BRAND ON THE MARKET ! COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER OPENING ONLY 6RANJE BASED j3IMPOk WAS STRONGER THAN US WE HAD BEATEN ALL THE OTHER COMPETITORS (OWEVER WE HAD A STOPPAGE IN THE LAST SIX YEARS AND ) THINK THAT IT IS MORE OF A PITY FOR THE STATE THAN FOR US BECAUSE IF ) HAD ONLY MORAL SUP PORT AFTER THE TH /CTOBER CHANGES j+TITORk WOULD BE A GIANT TODAY (OWEVER IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THE NEW GOVERNMENT LOOKED AT IT DIFFERENTLY AND WE DIDNiT HAVE A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING 4HEREFORE ) SOLD OUT ALL SALONS INCLUDING TWO IN (UNGARY AND DECIDED TO BASE MY BUSINESS IN ONE PLACE (ERE WE NOW HAVE PRODUCTION WHICH IS COMPLETELY MODERNISED SALES SALONS DESIGN DEPARTMENTS CONSULT ING AND ENGINEERING REPRESENTATION OF FOREIGN COMPANIES AND WARE HOUSES A LARGE ROLLING STOCK SERVICES ETC !LTHOUGH THE COMPANY IS NOT EXPANDING DEMAND FOR OUR PRODUCTS IS EQUAL TO WHAT IT USED TO BE -ARKET CONTINUITY STANDS AS TESTAMENT TO THE QUALITY AND HIGH STANDARDS OF OUR OPERATIONSk

LOAD WEIGHT ITS HEIGHT IS BETWEEN TO MM 4HE !UDI ! !LLROAD 1UATTRO WILL BE EXCLUSIVELY PRODUCED WITH THE BONNET OF THE !VANT MODEL WHICH HAS ENOUGH SPACE FOR THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS ,OAD SPACE THAT CAN BE EXPANDED FROM TO ,ITRES OFFERS VARIOUS POS SIBILITIES AND IDEAS FOR THE LOAD 4HE INTERIOR OF THE NEW !UDI ! !LLROAD 1UATTRO MODEL DIFFERENTIATES ITSELF DUE TO ITS LUXURIOUS FINAL TREATMENT AND OUT STANDING FUNCTIONALITY 4HE CENTRAL PART OF THE SYSTEM PRESENTS THE --) SYSTEM WHICH THE DRIVER CAN USE IN ORDER TO CONFIGURE NUMEROUS FUNCTIONS THAT CAN BE DISPLAYED ON THE MONITOR 4HE OPER ATING UNIT IS PLACED IN THE CENTRAL CHAN NEL WHICH TODAY PRESENTS AN UNRIVALLED SOLUTION &EEL THE MOMENT WHEN !UDI BECOMES A PART OF 9OUR LIFE

!CTIVE 0ACKAGE FOR A 'OOD 3TART 2AIFFEISENBANK OFFERS TO ALL NEW CLIENTS WHO OPEN A CURRENT ACCOUNT FOR FREE IN ONE OF BRANCHES IN 3ERBIA THE POSSIBILITY OF USING AN EX CLUSIVE PRODUCT PACKAGE WHICH INCLUDES A CREDIT AND A DEBIT PAYMENT CARD CASH LOAN CURRENT ACCOUNT OVERDRAFT E BANKING AND STANDING ORDER FOR MONTHLY DUES 4HE CASH LOAN IN AMOUNTS UP TO EUROS AND A MONTH REPAYMENT PERIOD IS APPROVED EVEN BEFORE THE FIRST SALARY IS PAID ONTO THE ACCOUNT WITHOUT COM MISSIONS AND WITHOUT GUARANTORS OR MANDATORY SALARY TRANSFER )MMEDIATELY AFTER THE PAYMENT OF THE FIRST SALARY ONTO THE ACCOUNT 2AIFFEISEN BANK APPROVES A CURRENT ACCOUNT OVERDRAFT IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO EUROS AND A POSITIVE ACCOUNT BALANCE IS REWARDED BY A ò ANNUAL INTEREST RATE !N INTEGRAL PART OF THE PACKAGE IS ALSO THE 6ISA REVOLVING CREDIT CARD WITH A CREDIT LIMIT OF UP TO EUROS 4HIS CARD CAN BE USED FOR PAYMENTS OF GOODS AND SER VICES LOCALLY AS WELL AS ABROAD AND FOR DRAWING CASH FROM !4-S AND ON TELLERS OF OTHER BANKS 4HE CLIENT ALSO RECEIVES THE 6ISA %LECTRON CARD WITH FREE MEMBER SHIP FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF USAGE 4HE E BANKING SERVICE ENABLES THE CLIENT TO HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF BALANCE ON ALL HIS ACCOUNTS AS WELL AS PERFORMING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS BY PHONE MOBILE PHONE OR 0# WITH )NTERNET CONNECTION WITHOUT THE NEED OF COMING TO THE BANK ! STANDING ORDER ENABLES THE CLIENT TO ENTRUST THE BANK WITH PAYMENTS OF ALL HIS MONTHLY DUES SUCH AS ELECTRICITY BILLS PHONE AND MOBILE PHONE BILLS AND PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES

!USTRIA )NTRODUCES /RGANIC 0RODUCTION ! JOINT VENTURE OF "IO !USTRIA AND THE !US TRIAN -INISTRY OF !GRICULTURE j3CHIENE DER "EGEGNUNGk A THREE WEEK PROGRAMME AIMED AT RAISING ORGANIC PRODUCE AWARENESS ON ALL CONTINENTS WILL BE HELD IN 7ALDVIERTEL FOR NINE AGRICULTURALISTS FROM 3ERBIA AND NINE AGRICULTURALISTS FROM %THIOPIA "IO !USTRIA AND !USTRIAN -INISTER OF !GRICUL

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HETHER 7ESTERN ORIENTATED VOTERS INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS AND THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY LIKE IT OR NOT THE 3ERBIAN 2ADICAL 0ARTY 323 IS UNDENIABLY THE STRONGEST SINGLE PARTY IN 3ERBIA WITH A SOLID BASE OF VOTERS THAT RARELY DIPS BELOW PER CENT 4HIS MONTH #OR$ SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO SENIOR 323 OFFICIAL !LEKSANDAR 6UÍIÌ TO FIND OUT JUST HOW RADICAL THE 2ADICALS ARE AND WHERE THEY STAND ON QUESTIONS OF 3ERBIAN SOVEREIGNTY AND POLITICAL MUD SLINGING %VEN PRIOR TO A PETITION ORGANISED BY ' 0LUS TO BAN THE 3ERBIAN 2ADICAL 0ARTY IT WAS QUITE CLEAR THAT THE 2ADICALS IN DID NOT MUCH RESEMBLE THE 2ADICALS FROM WHEN ACTING 323 LEADER 4OMISLAV .IKOLIÌ WAS RUNNER UP IN 3ERBIAiS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WHILE -AJA 'OJKOVIÌ AND !LEKSANDAR 6UÍIÌ WERE THE STARS OF LOCAL ELECTIONS WITH THE FORMER RISING TO TAKE THE MAYORSHIP IN .OVI 3AD AND THE LATTER LOS ING OUT ON THE TOP SEAT OF "ELGRADE #ITY ONLY BY A HAIRiS BREADTH "ACK THEN .IKOLIÌ HAD OVERTLY DISPLAYED AFFECTION TOWARDS ETHNIC MINORITIES CLAIMING THAT HE WAS EQUALLY FOND OF !LBANIANS -OSLEMS AND #ROATS -AJA 'OJKOVIÌiS CAMPAIGN POSTERS WERE STRIPPED OF PARTY INSIGNIA AND HERALDED HER NOT AS jTHE 2ADICAL -AJAk BUT AS j/UR -AJAk $URING HIS OWN CAMPAIGN !LEKSANDAR 6UÍIÌ DID NOT ONE MEN TION 323 FOUNDER AND )#49 DETAINEE 6OJISLAV fEpELJiS MANTRA THAT THE WESTERN 3ERBIAN BORDERS WERE ALONG THE LINES CONNECTING +ARLOBAG +ARLOVAC /GULIN AND 6IROVITICA WHICH ARE TOWNS IN #ROATIA 4HE 2ADICALS DID NOT LABEL THEIR OPPONENTS AS 5STASHA TRAITORS OR FOREIGN SERVANTS AND MERCENARIES (OWEVER AFTER .IKOLIÌ WAS INDICTED ON SUSPICION OF COMMITTING WAR CRIMES IN THE #ROATIAN VILLAGE OF !NTIN IN WITHOUT ANY EVIDENCE BEING LENT TO SUPPORT THIS THE 2ADICALS RETUNED TO THEIR TRADITIONAL TERMINOLOGY 5NDERSTANDABLY 323 'ENERAL 3ECRETARY !LEKSANDAR 6UÍIÌ CLAIMS THAT THE RADICALS IN AND TODAY ARE ONE AND THE SAME 4OMISLAV .IKOLIÐ SAID THAT 6OJISLAV fEpELJ CALLED HIM FROM 4HE (AGUE WHERE HE IS STANDING TRIAL ON WAR CRIMES CHARGES IN ASKING WHETHER IT WAS TRUE THAT THE CAMPAIGNS DID NOT PRESENT THE STANDPOINTS OF THE 3ERBIAN 2ADICALS CLEARLY ENOUGH 7HY WOULD ANYONE TALK ABOUT +OSOVO AND THE 3ERBIAN #ONSTITUTION DURING A CAMPAIGN FOR CITY GOVERNANCE )T DIDNiT BOTHER YOU BACK THEN WHEN THE MEDIA PRAISED YOUR FOR ALTERING YOUR IMAGE .O %VEN THEN THEY KEPT LABELLING US AS THE WORST PARTY AROUND THAT WE WERE BACK TO OUR OLD WAYS )T WAS A DIRTY CAMPAIGN BECAUSE THEY REALISED THAT WE COULD WIN 4HEY EXTRACTED .IKOLIÌiS STATEMENTS ABOUT THE MURDER OF JOURNALIST 3LAVKO ¨URUVIJA .IKOLIÌ SAID ABOUT THE LATE OWNER OF %VROPLJANIN WEEKLY THAT HE WAS NOT SORRY HE WAS KILLED AND SO ONb 4HE MEDIA ALSO MENTIONED THAT .IKOLIÐ TALKED ABOUT THE

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3ERBIAN BORDERS ALONG THE LINE +ARLOBAG +ARLOVAC BUT ONLY DURING HIS FIRST ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND NEVER SINCEb ) DONiT RECALL HIM MENTIONING THAT (IS SUGGESTION THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF RELATIONS WE SHOULD HAVE WITH #ROATIA WAS INTERPRETED AS A WAR CRY SO HE HAD TO EXPLAIN THAT WE HAD NOTHING TO WAGE A WAR WITH AND HENCE THAT WE WOULD NOT "ACK THEN YOU WERE ASSISTED DURING THE CAMPAIGN BY 5 3 AGENCY "ARBOUR .IKOLIÐ ALSO MENTIONED SOMEONE WHO LATER TURNED OUT TO BE A DRUG ABUSER 'REGORY 3TEVENS DIED OF DRUG ABUSE BUT HE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE CAMPAIGN $IDNiT HE ASK FOR VISAS FOR YOU AND .IKOLIÐ AT THE 5 3 %MBASSY IN "ELGRADE SO THAT YOU COULD TRAVEL TO !MERICA 9OU THOUGH IT USEFUL AT THE TIME 7E ARE NOT AWARE THAT HE ASKED FOR VISAS 9OU WERE NOT CONTINUALLY PART OF THE GOVERNMENT IN 3ERBIA FROM TO 4HERE WERE PERIODS WHEN YOU CLASHED WITH THE AUTHORITIES AND BOTH fEpELJ AND .IKOLIÐ SPENT SOME TIME IN PRISON "UT IN THE 7EST YOU ARE PERCEIVED AS MORE DANGEROUS THAT THE 3OCIALISTS WHO WERE IN POWER ALL THE TIME AND WHO WERE THE EXECU TORS OF THE POLICY OF THEIR LEADER 3LOBODAN -ILOpEVIÐ 4HE 3OCIALISTS ARE NOT A DANGER WHEN THEY ARE UNABLE TO PASS THE ELECTION CENSUS 4HE 7EST WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU AS LONG AS YOU KEEP MENTIONING THE BORDER LINE AT +ARLOBAG +ARLOVACb BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THIS AS YOUR TERRITORIAL PRETENSIONS JUST AS THEY WILL NOT TALK TO (AMAS WHO ARE EMPLOYING TERRORIST TACTICS "UT THEY ARE TALKING TO (AMAS )T IS NOT TRUE THAT WE CLAIM THE 3ERBIAN BORDER IS SOMEWHERE ELSE THAN WHERE IT IS TODAY 7E KNOW WHERE THE BORDER IS TODAY 4HIS OTHER BORDER IS OUR DREAM SOMETHING THAT MAY HAPPEN IN OR YEARS !ND THESE ARE NOT TERRORIST PRETENSIONS /F COURSE NOT !M ) THINKING OF TRYING TO BRING THIS IDEA TO LIFE AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT .O )iM NOT !ND PLEASE DO NOT COMPARE US TO (AMAS 7E DONiT KILL PEOPLE 7E DONiT HAVE BODYGUARDS ESPECIALLY NOT KILLERS AND SUICIDE KILLERS 4HE 7EST KNOWS VERY WELL THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO MARCH INTO 2EPUBLIKA 3RPSKA WITH TANKS 6REME WEEKLY PUBLISHED A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SPANNING FROM UNTIL TODAY THAT SHOW THE CONTINUITY OF A RADICAL POLICY OF THE 2ADICALS HARD TALK THE WAVING OF GUNS AND SUBMACHINE GUNS 4HIS IS THE WORST KIND OF MANIPULATION *UST LIKE WHEN THEY DISPLAY WHAT fEpELJ SAID ON ONE OCCASION WITHOUT DISPLAYING A PREVIOUS STATE

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-LADIÐ 4ERMINAL +52)2 " 5NOFFICIAL SOURCES REPORTED IN LATE *UNE THAT )#49 FUGITIVE GENERAL 2ATKO -LADIÐ HAS SUFFERED HIS THIRD STROKE AND IS IN A CIRTICIAL CONDITION !CCORDING TO "ELGRADE DAILY +URIR j2ATKO -LADIÌ IS IN A CRITICAL STATE AND THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE OF HIM SURVIVINGk 'OVERNMENT SOURCES HAVE REFUSED TO EITHER CONFIRM OR DENY THE REPORT

$ECISION 4IME " !CCORDING TO " 5 3 !MBASSADOR -I CHAEL 0OLT HAS INSISTED THAT "ELGRADE MUST DECIDE BETWEEN THE POLITICAL STATUS OF +OSOVO AND THE LIVES OF +OSOVO 3ERBS j4O MAKE IT CLEAR 3ERBIA MUST BE HONEST TO WARDS ITSELF AND RECOGNISE THE FACT THAT THE MAJORITY IN +OSOVO WANTS TO BE INDEPENDENT 3ERBIA SHOULD SIMPLY RECOGNISE THE REALITY THAT SUCH A SENTIMENT EXISTS 2ECOGNISING DOES NOT MEAN ACCEPTING IT k 0OLT WENT ON TO SAY THAT 3ERBIAN POLITICIANS MUST BE HONEST WHE COMMUNICATING WITH THE POPULATION AND WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE EVENTUAL RESULTS OF THE +OSOVO STATUS DISCUSSIONS AND THAT THE OP TIONS ARE EITHER INDEPENDENCE OR AUTONOMY

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j/N *UNE THE 5NITED 3TATES FORMALLY RECOGNISED THE 2EPUBLIC OF -ONTENEGRO AS A SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT STATE FOLLOWING THE REQUEST OF ITS GOVERNMENT 4HIS WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE #ONSTITUTIONAL #HARTER WHICH ESTABLISHED THE 3TATE 5NION OF 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO 4HE #HARTER EXPLICITLY PROVIDED MEANS BY WHICH THE PEOPLE OF -ONTENEGRO COULD EXPRESS THEIR WILL WITH RESPECT TO INDEPENDENCE j/N -AY THE -ONTENEGRIN PEOPLE EXERCISED THAT RIGHT AND VOTED FOR INDEPENDENCE 7E CONGRATULATE THE PEOPLE OF -ONTENEGRO FOR THE PEACEFUL AND DEMOCRATIC MANNER IN WHICH THEY CONDUCTED THEIR VOTE ON INDEPENDENCE j4HE HONOR OF BEING COUNTED AMONG THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE WORLD BRINGS WITH IT THE CHALLENGE OF PROTECTING AND ADVANCING THE FREEDOM RIGHTS AND PROSPERITY OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF

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o­l­êj êw ê j4HE RECENT REFERENDUM IN -ONTENEGRO WHICH ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS WAS NOTABLY CONDUCTED IN A TRANSPARENT DEMOCRATIC WAY CORRESPONDING TO THE MATURITY OF ITS CITIZENS HAD A CLEAR OUTCOME j4HIS OUTCOME REFLECTING THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF -ONTENEGRO FOR INDEPENDENCE MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA FOR BOTH FORMER MEMBERS OF THE 3#' 3TATE 5NION THE TIME TO FORGE THEIR DISTINCT PATHS AND AT THE SAME TIME EXPAND THEIR SUB STANTIVE MANIFOLD CONTRIBUTION TO THE MODERN WORLD j)N PARTICULAR IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING STATE STRUCTURES -ONTENEGRO IS EXPECTED TO INCREASINGLY DRAW ON ITS STRENGTHS AND BRING THE BEST OUT OF ITS DYNAMIC HUMAN POTENTIAL AND REMARKABLE NATURAL RESOURCES !T THE SAME TIME WE BELIEVE THAT ITS DEEP ROOTED HISTORICAL TIES WITH 3ERBIA WILL CONTINUE TO ENRICH SOCIETIES IN BOTH COUNTRIES AS WELL AS FORM THE BASIS OF GOOD NEIGHBOURLY RELATIONS RELATIONS OF REAL TRUST AND BROTHERHOOD j/N THE OTHER HAND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS TIME CAN ALSO BE AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR 3ERBIA AN OLD %UROPEAN COUNTRY WITH

j&OLLOWING THE REFERENDUM IN WHICH THE -ONTENEGRIN PEOPLE EXPRESSED A CLEAR DESIRE FOR AN INDEPENDENT STATE THE "RITISH 0RIME -INISTER AND &OREIGN 3ECRETARY WROTE TO THEIR -ONTENEGRIN COUN TERPARTS FORMALLY RECOGNISING -ONTENEGRO AS AN INDEPENDENT SOV EREIGN STATE AND SENDING THE "RITISH 'OVERNMENTiS BEST WISHES j4HIS IS A TIME OF CHANGE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR -ONTENEGRO )T IS A COUNTRY IN TRANSITION -UCH REMAINS TO BE DONE IN TAKING FOR

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HE FORMER 9UGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF -ONTENEGRO DECLARED ITS INDEPENDENCE ON RD JUNE WHEN ITS PARLIAMENT ADOPTED THE RESULTS OF THE ST -AY NATIONAL REFERENDUM ò FOR INDE PENDENCE DECISION TO END ITS LATEST IN A MILLENNIUM OF VARIOUS PART NERSHIPS WITH 3ERBIA 4HIS LAST PARTNERSHIP BEGAN WITH THE POST 77) FORMATION OF THE +INGDOM OF 3ERBS #ROATS AND 3LOVENES IN 3PEAKING AT THE EXTRAORDINARY PARLIAMENTARY SESSION HELD TO ANNOUNCE -ONTENEGROiS NEW INDEPENDENCE -ONTENEGRIN 0ARLIAMENTARY 3PEAKER 2ANKO +RIVOKAPIÌ SAID j4HE 2EPUBLIC OF -ONTENEGRO SHALL APPLY AND ADHERE TO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS THAT THE STATE UNION OF 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO WAS PARTY TO AND THAT RELATE TO THE 2EPUBLIC OF -ONTENEGRO k

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