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THE KEY TO THE NEXT ELECTIONS IN MANY WAYS 4HEIR ESSENCE IS NOT A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE $EMOCRATIC BLOC AND THE 3ERBIAN 2ADICAL 0ARTY BUT RATHER A FACE OFF BETWEEN $3 AND $33 m A REDISTRIBUTION OF POWER WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC BLOC WHICH IS GOING TO BE A REPEAT OF THE ELECTIONS OF WHEN $3 AND ' 0LUS FAILED TO BURY $33 ALTHOUGH THEY HAD DUG THE HOLE AND PREPARED THE TOMBSTONE 4ADIÌiS SILENCE IS HURTING THE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY IN SEVERAL WAYS 4HE LEAST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT HE IS PROVIDING MORE EXCUSE FOR CLAIMS THAT THE PARTY DOES NOT HAVE A POLITICAL PROGRAMME -ARKETING EXPERTS IN THE $3 CAMPAIGN ARE COUNTING ON THE IMAGE OF "ORIS 4ADIÌ RATHER THAN HIS ACHIEVEMENTS ANYWAY 4HE FACT THAT HE IS THE MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN IN THE ELECTORATE hWITHOUT A CAUSEi HIS OPPONENTS WOULD ADD IS SOMETHING HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM WILL FULLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IN THIS ELECTORAL RACE 4HE RELUCTANCE TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR OWN CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MIN ISTER IS ALL THE MORE DEVASTATING FOR THE DEMOCRATS SINCE IT SPREADS CONCERN AMONG THEIR ELECTORATE THAT SOME KIND OF DEAL BETWEEN 4ADIÌ AND +OpTUNICA IS THE MAKING AFTER ALL j) WILL NOT VOTE FOR MY OWN PARTY IF A HAVE A MORSEL OF DOUBT THAT 4ADIÌ COULD ACCEPT +OpTUNICA AS PRIME MINISTER EVEN IF WE END UP WITH JUST ONE MORE VOTE THAN $33 AND THEIR COALITION ALLIES k A MEMBER OF $3 FROM ITS VERY INCEPTION TOLD #OR$ )N HIS CASE IT WAS NOT PERSONAL ANIMOSITY TOWARDS +OpTUNICA WHO RIPPED $3 APART IN BECAME ITS OPPO SITION IN AND TRIED TO DESTROY IT IN 4HE VIEWPOINT OF THIS $3 MEMBER IS SIMPLE )F 4ADIÌ DOES NOT NAME HIS PRIME MINISTER MANY $3 MEMBERS AND POTENTIAL VOTERS WILL THINK HE HAS AN AGREE
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IS NOT YET IN FULL SWING 4HEN THE REASON COULD BE THAT 4ADIÌ IS NOT EVEN SURE WHOM TO GIVE THE PRIME MINISTERiS SPOT TO IN THE EVENT THAT $3 WINS THE ELECTIONS (E DEFINITELY TALKED ABOUT THE 0- MANDATE WITH 'ORDANA -ATKOVIÌ 4HE ANALYSTS WERE QUICK TO CRITICISE HER AS AN OPTION ALTHOUGH SHE WAS PREVIOUSLY EVALUATED AS THE BEST MIN ISTER IN :ORAN îINðIÌiS GOVERNMENT NO PARTY HAD COMPLAINTS OVER HER ACTIVITIES AND THERE WERE NO POLITICAL AFFAIRS TIED TO HER NAME 4ADIÌiS TALKS WITH THE FORMER MINISTER FOR SOCIAL ISSUES SHOW THAT HE
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DEAD CERTAIN AND THAT MOST %5 COUNTRIES SUPPORT THE ATTITUDES OF THE NEW #ABINET 4HE 2ADICALS +OpTUNICAiS GOVERNMENT 4ADIÌ ON AND +OpTUNICA WOULD TEAM UP IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO PREVENT THIS THE OTHER HAND DRAWS CONFIDENCE POSSIBILITY NOT FROM READING LISTENING AND WATCHING THE MEDIA BUT FROM CON 4HE $33 OFFICIAL WILL LIST ALL CRETE ACTIONS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REASONS WHY $3 COULD LOSE THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY A LOT MORE IF 4ADIÌ IS BEATEN AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS EVEN 4ADIÌiS BID TO MAXIMIZE HIS WINNINGS WILL BE GREATLY AIDED BY A IF $3 POSSESSED THE PRIME MINIS FINALLY RELIEVED CONCERN OVER A POS TERiS MANDATE AT THAT POINT 4HE ESSENCE OF HIS REASONING IS THAT SIBLE COALITION BETWEEN +OpTUNICA THERE IS A SIGN OF EQUALITY BETWEEN AND .IKOLIÌ .ATURALLY HE ADMITS THAT THE ALLIANCE IS POSSIBLE BUT 4ADIÌ AND $3 THE SAME REASONING HE BELIEVES THAT IT WOULD DAMAGE HELD BY THE $3 CAMPAIGN TEAM $33 AND 323 MUCH MORE THAN IT )F 4ADIÌ FALLS SO DOES THE PARTY HE CLAIMS CAN HURT HIM OR $3 +NOWING THE )N ORDER TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR FRAMEWORK FOR THE +OSOVO SOLU TION 4ADIÌ CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE 4ADIÌ TO SUPPORT HIS CANDIDACY DIFFICULTIES THAT WOULD LIE IN FRONT FOR PRIME MINISTER +OpTUNICA OPENED UP THE POSSIBILITY OF ELECT OF A GOVERNMENT FORGED BY .IKOLIÌ ING A NEW #ENTRAL "ANK GOVER AND +OpTUNICA NOR AND HE ALSO HAS THE POSITION !HTISAARIiS UNPLEASANT DOCU OF 0ARLIAMENT SPEAKER AND KEY MENT ALLOWS 4ADIÌ TO EVEN THREAT MINISTRIES IN HIS HANDS TO BAR EN WITH REPEATED ELECTIONS )N THAT CASE NOT ONLY WOULD THE DECISION GAIN WITH j7E BELIEVE THE DEMO CRATS HAVE SET THEIR SIGHTS ON THE FOR THE +OSOVO STATUS SOLUTION BE p ê{ 9ê ê ê ê ê ê ECONOMIC MINISTRIES AND EVEN IF ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE END OF THE ELECTION PROCESS BUT +OpTUNICA -LAðAN $INKIÌ DOES TAKE PART IN ±ê êkzê ê ê THE NEW GOVERNMENT HE IS NOT WOULD ALSO BE UNABLE TO PRESENT ê ê ê ê ê ê ê GOING TO GET THE &INANCE -INISTRY THE #ONSTITUTION AS HIS PRIME ê êr O ê ê ê FROM US RATHER THE -INISTRY FOR GIFT TO THE NATION WHILE A SPENT ê ê ê ê êz ê BUDGET WOULD POSE ADDITIONAL DIF %MPLOYMENT AND AS FAR AS ) CAN SEE HE IS RUNNING FOR THAT POSITION FICULTIES w Ø ê ê{ ê ê ê TOO k SAID THE $33 OFFICIAL 4HE THREE CLOSE ASSOCIATES OF r O ê ê ê êkzê ê ê ê 3O $33 IS READY TO OFFER A LOT 4ADIÌ ARE CERTAIN THAT $3 WILL ENTER ê ê ê ê ê ê ê THE GOVERNMENT WHATEVER THE IN ORDER TO KEEP +OpTUNICA IN THE ê ê ¾ ê ELECTION RESULTS )F THE +OpTUNICA 0- SEAT SHOWING THAT THE OFFICE IS A KEY FOR THE FUTURE RELATIONSHIP )LIÌ PARTNERSHIP PLUS $INKIÌ PLUS BETWEEN $3 AND $33 )F THINGS 5GLJANIN PLUS +ASA GATHERS MORE WERE NOT SO +OpTUNICA WOULD BE VOTES 4ADIÌ WILL NOT BE OVERLY AMBITIOUS OVER MINISTERIAL POSITIONS AND HE WILL TRY TO PROVIDE OFFERING 4ADIÌ A DIFFERENT DEAL hME PRESIDENT YOU PRIME MINISTER i $33 SUPPORT AT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WITH A SOFTER APPROACH 4HREE CLOSE ASSOCIATES OF "ORIS 4ADIÌ ONE FROM THE PARTY LEAD ERSHIP ANOTHER FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL CABINET AND THE THIRD FROM )F HE ENDS UP WITH AN 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JANUARY 4th Jan. - +OSOVO 0RIME -INISTER "AJRAM +OSUMI SAYS THAT A DIRECT DIALOGUE BETWEEN "ELGRADE AND 0RISTINA IS NECESSARY AND ANTICI PATED
TION AND ABUSE OF POWER AGAINST "OGOLJUB +ARIÌiS -OBTEL AND ITS FORMER 'ENERAL $IRECTOR 0ATRICK (ARPUR 12th Jan. -6ICE 'OVERNOR OF THE .ATIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIA ."3 $EJAN 3IMIÌ IS ARRESTED ON SUSPI CION OF ACCEPTING BRIBES 17th Jan. - 4HE .OVI 3AD 0UBLIC -UNICIPAL #OURT INDICTS THE FORME DIRECTOR OF SUGAR COMPANY -+ +OMERC 3RDAN )LIN AND -+ +OMERC OWNER -IODRAG +OSTIÌ ON CHARGES OF CORRUPTION AN MIS USING THEIR AUTHORITY
OPERATIONS AROUND THE WORLD 20th Jan. - 3WISS &EDERAL #OUNCILLOR -ICHELINE #ALMY 2EY DECLARES 3WITZERLANDiS SUPPORT FOR THE GRANTING OF FORMAL INDEPENDENCE FOR +OSOVO 23rd Jan. - )BRAHIM 2UGOVA 0RESIDENT OF +OSOVO LEADER OF THE $EMOCRATIC ,EAGUE OF +OSOVO SUCCUMBS TO LUNG CANCER AT THE AGE OF
-ONTENEGROiS 'OVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION
FEBRUARY 1st Feb. - )#49 #HIEF 0ROSECUTOR #ARLA DEL 0ONTE ASKS THE %5 TO HALT ALL ASSOCIATION AND STABILISATION AGREEMENT 3!! DISCUSSIONS WITH 3ERBIA -ONTENEGRO
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18th Jan. - 4HE 3#' %XECUTIVE #OUNCIL DECIDES TO OFFER THE SERV ICES OF THE 3#' MILITARYiS PROFES SIONAL SOLDIERS IN PEACEKEEPING
23rd Jan. - ! PASSENGER TRAIN ON ITS WAY FROM "IJELO 0OLJE TO "AR DERAILS IN "IOCE NEAR 0ODGORICA KILLING AND INJURING ALMOST 31st Jan. - 4HE FIRST DIRECT DISCUS SIONS REGARDING THE INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM ARE HELD BETWEEN
6th Feb. - 4HE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY OF 3ERBIA OFFICIALLY BECOMES A MEM BER OF THE )NTERNATIONAL $EMOCRATIC 5NION AN ORGANISATION COMPRISING OVER CONSERVATIVE AND #HRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL PARTIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD 7th Feb. - 4HE )NTERNATIONAL -ONETARY &UNDiS "OARD OF
$IRECTORS GIVES A POSITIVE CRITIQUE FOR THE FINAL REVISION OF ITS FINAN CIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH 3#'
6th Mar. - #ONVICTED #ROATIAN 3ERB WAR CRIMINAL -ILAN "ABIÌ m FORMER PRESIDENT OF 3ERB +RAJINA m COMMITS SUICIDE IN HIS CELL AT THE )#49 DETENTION CENTRE IN 3CHEVENINGEN
14th Mar. 4HE #OCA #OLA (ELLENIC "OTTLING #OMPANY PURCHASES 3ERBIAN BEVERAGE PRODUCER &RESH #O AT A PRICE OF _ MIL LION PLUS DEBT OBLIGATIONS OF _ MILLION 24th Mar. - ! NINE MINUTE VIDEO CLIP IS AIRED SHOWING TWO PRO INDEPENDENCE -ONTENEGRIN ACTIV ISTS ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE LOCAL MAN -ApAN "UpKOVIÌ INTO CASTING A PRO INDEPENDENCE VOTE AT THE UPCOMING REFERENDUM
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8th Feb. - "RITISH &OREIGN /FFICE 0OLITICAL $IRECTOR *OHN 3AWYERS CAUSES A MEDIA STORM IN 3ERBIA WHEN HE SAYS THAT THE h#ONTACT 'ROUPi HAS ALREADY DECIDED THAT +OSOVO SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT 20th Feb. - 4HE FIRST ROUND OF DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS ON +OSOVOiS FINAL STA TUS GET UNDERWAY IN 6IENNA
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10th Mar. - +OSOVO S PARLIAMENT ELECTS ETHNIC !LBANIAN FORMER REBEL COMMANDER !GIM #EKU ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES BY 3ERBIA AS THE PROVINCEiS NEW PRIME MINISTER
7th Apr. - 2ISING WATER LEVELS PROMPT 3ERBIA TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR AREAS BETWEEN (UNGARY AND "ELGRADE AFFECT ED BY FLOOD WATERS FROM THE $ANUBE 2IVER
21st Feb. - "OSNIAN 3ERB )#49 INDICTEE -ILAN ,UKIÌ IS EXTRADITED TO 4HE (AGUE BY THE !RGENTINEAN 'OVERNMENT 22nd Feb. - &ORMER 3ERBIAN PRIME MINISTER AND MEMBER OF THE 3OCIALIST 0ARTY OF 3ERBIA -IRKO -ARJANOVIC PASSES AWAY AT THE -ILITARY -EDICAL !CADEMY IN "ELGRADE
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11th Apr. - &ORMER VICE GOVERNOR OF THE .ATIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIA $EJAN 3IMIÌ m ARRESTED IN *ANUARY m IS REHIRED AS A BANKING SECTOR ADVISOR TO ."3 'OVERNOR 2ADOVAN *ELApIÌ
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11th Mar. - &ORMER 9UGOSLAV 0RESIDENT 3LOBODAN -ILOpEVIÌ IS FOUND DEAD IN HIS CELL IN THE )#49iS 3CHEVENINGEN DETENTION UNIT -ILOpEVIÌ WAS BURIED A WEEK LATER IN HIS HOMETOWN OF 0OÝAREVAC
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10th Apr. - 4HE 5NITED .ATIONS /FFICE OF )NTERNAL /VERSIGHT ACCUSES 5.-)+ #HIEF 3OEREN *ESSEN 0ETERSEN OF TURNING A BLIND EYE TO CORRUPTION ACTIVITIES IN THE PROVINCE
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MARCH 1st Mar. - +OSOVO 0RIME -INISTER "AJRAM +OSUMI HANDS IN HIS RES IGNATION STATING THAT IF HE CON TINUED TO HEAD THE 'OVERNMENT THE RULING COALITION WOULD LOSE ITS PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY
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2nd Mar. - 4HE -ONTENEGRIN !SSEMBLY UNANIMOUSLY PASSES THE REPUBLICiS REFERENDUM BILL CONFIRMING THAT THE INDEPEND ENCE REFERENDUM WOULD BE HELD ON ST -AY
13th Mar. - 4HE )#49iS !PPEALS #OUNCIL MAKES A DECISION ALLOWING WAR CRIMES SUSPECT AND 4RIBUNAL INDICTEE 2AMUS (ARADINAJ TO RE ENTER POLITICS IN THE BREAKAWAY PROVINCE
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10th Apr. - )NCENDIARY DEVISE EXPLODES IN FRONT OF THE .OVI 0AZAR -UNICIPAL BUILDING ON A DAY THAT SEES LOCAL .OVI 0AZAR POLITICIAN 2ASIM ,JAJIÌ TENDER HIS RESIGNATION FROM THE POST OF PRESI DENT OF THE #O ORDINATION #ENTRE FOR 3OUTH 3ERBIA
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12th Apr. - 'ORAN +LAJEVIÌ PRESI DENT OF THE "ELGRADE #OMMERCIAL #OURT AND THE )NTERIOR -INISTRYiS $EJAN )VEZIÌ ARE ARRESTED ALONG WITH SEVERAL JUDGES AND ATTOR NEYS OF THE "ELGRADE #OMMERCIAL #OURT ON SUSPICION OF CORRUPTION AND LINKS TO ORGANISED CRIME 20th Apr. - .ATIONAL FREQUENCIES ARE AWARDED BY THE 3ERBIAN "ROADCASTING !GENCYiS &EDERAL #OUNCIL TO FIVE TELEVISION STATIONS 46 !VALA " &OX 0INK AND +OpAVA (APPY 26th Apr. - "ELGRADE POLICE ENTER "+ 4ELEVISIONiS STUDIOS AND FORCIBLY SHUT DOWN THE BROADCASTING OF THE +ARIÌ FAMILYiS FLAGSHIP TELEIVISION CHANNEL WHICH DAYS EARLIER HAD BEEN DENIED A NATIONAL FREQUENCY CorD \ *ANUARY
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2006 IN BRIEF MAY 1st May - 4HE END !PRIL DEADLINE GIVEN BY THE %5 FOR THE ARREST AND EXTRADITION OF )#49 FUGI TIVE "OSNIAN 3ERB 'ENERAL 2ATKO -LADIÌ EXPIRES
21st May - -ONTENEGRINS GO TO THE POLLS TO VOTE IN THE REPUBLICiS INDE PENDENCE REFERENDUM 0RELIMINARY RESULTS LATER SUGGEST THAT THE INDE PENDENCE CAMP ATTRACTED THE LIONiS SHARE OF THE VOTE
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23rd May - %5 %NLARGEMENT #OMMISSIONER /LLI 2EHN CONFIRMS THAT THE %UROPEAN #OMMISSION IS TO PREPARE A NEW MANDATE FOR 3!! TALKS WITH THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF -ONTENEGRO
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5th Jun. - 3ERBIA INHERITS THE FOR MAL LEGAL JURISDICTION OF THE DEFUNCT 3TATE 5NION OF 3ERBIA -ONTENEGRO THUS BECOMING AN INDEPENDENT STATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS
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3rd May - 4HE %UROPEAN 5NION CALLS OFF 3!! NEGOTIATIONS WITH 3ERBIA -ONTENEGRO INDEFINITELY FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENTiS FAIL URE TO HAND 2ATKO -LADIÌ OVER TO 4HE (AGUE 4RIBUNAL 3rd May - 3ERBIAN $EPUTY 0RIME -INISTER AND ' 0LUS PRESIDENT -IROLJUB ,ABUS RESIGNS AS A RESULT OF THE %UROPEAN 5NIONiS DECISION TO CALL OFF FURTHER STABILISATION AND ASSOCIATION DISCUSSIONS WITH 3ERBIA -ONTENEGRO
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31st May - &INAL REFERENDUM RESULTS CONFIRM -ONTENEGRO AS OFFICIALLY INDEPENDENT !CCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL TALLIES VOTERS WHICH TRANSLATES TO PER CENT SUPPORTED -ONTENEGRIN INDEPEND ENCE ! TOTAL OF VOTERS PARTICIPATED IN THE ELECTION WHICH IS PER CENT OF -ONTENEGROiS REGISTERED VOTING POPULATION
9th Jun. - )NFLUENTIAL CONSERVA TIVE 'ERMAN DAILY &RANKFURTER !LLGEMEINE :EITUNG CRITICISES 5.-I+ #HIEF 3OEREN *ESSEN 0ETERSEN FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH +OSOVO !LBANIAN POLITICIAN WAR CRIMES SUSPECT AND )#49 INDICTEE 2AMUS (ARADINAJ 12th Jun. - 3OEREN *ESSEN 0ETERSEN RESIGNS AS 5.-I+ #HIEF CITING hPERSONAL REASONSi 14th Jun. - 4HE 3UPREME #OURT OF 3ERBIA CONFIRMS THE CONVICTIONS AMONGST OTHERS OF 2ED "ERETS 3PECIAL /PERATIONS 5NIT COM MANDER -ILORAD 5LEMEK j,EGIJAk AND THREE OTHER 2ED "ERETS $UpAN -ARIÍIÌ .ENAD "UJOpEVIÌ AND "RANKO "ERÍEK m TO YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR THE KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF FORMER 3ERBIAN PRESIDENT )VAN 3TAMBOLIÌ
23rd Jun. - 3ERBIAN COMPANY $ELTA - ANNOUNCES PLANS TO INVEST _ MILLION EUROS IN -ONTENEGRO GENERATING OVER JOBS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUPERMARKETS AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRES 28th Jun. - 4HE INDEPENDENT 2EPUBLIC OF -ONTENEGRO BECOMES THE ND MEMBER COUNTRY OF THE 5NITED .ATIONS
JULY 6th Jul. - 4HE 2ODIÌ 6OJVODINA AND -ERCATOR 3LOVENIA COMPA NIES SIGN A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT 4HE NEW CONTRACT GIVES -ERCATOR PER CENT OWNERSHIP OF THE NEWLY FORMED - 2ODIÌ COMPANY 10th Jul. - 4HE TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF .IKOLA 4ESLA IS MARKED WITH THE UNVEILING OF A MONUMENT TO THE INVENTOR AT THE RECENTLY RE NAMED .IKOLA 4ESLA !IRPORT
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9th May - -LAðAN $INKIÌ ANNOUNC ES THAT IS TO RESIGN AS VICE PRESI DENT OF ' 0LUS AS A RESPONSE TO PARTY 0RESIDENT -IROLJUB ,ABUSi jUNDEMOCRATIC AND IRRATIONAL DECISION TO REPLACE SENIOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT 6ERICA +ALANOVIÌk 18th May - 4HE .ATIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIA ANNOUNCES THAT THE COUN TRYiS FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES HAVE REACHED A RECORD LEVEL OF 5 3 BILLION
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13th Jul. - 0- +OpTUNICA TELLS THE 5. 3ECURITY #OUNCIL IN .EW
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31st May - !USTRIAN INSURANCE GROUP 5.)1! BUYS PER CENT OF THE CAPITAL OF :EPTER )NSURANCE FOR A TOTAL OF _ MILLION
JUNE 1st Jun. - 53 3ECRETARY OF 3TATE #ONDOLEEZZA 2ICE DECIDES NOT TO APPROVE FURTHER 5 3 AID FOR 3ERBIA m WORTH AN ESTIMATED 53 MILLION
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21st Jun. - 4HE 3ERBIAN 0ARLIAMENT ELECTS ' 0LUS OFFICIAL )VANA $ULIÌ -ARKOVIÌ AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF 3ERBIA
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2006 IN BRIEF 9ORK THAT 3ERBIA CANNOT ACCEPT +OSOVOiS INDEPENDENCE AND AUTONOMY WITHIN 3ERBIA IS THE ONLY JUST SOLUTION
2ICE IN 7ASHINGTON 4HE PAIR SIGN THE 3/&! AGREEMENT REGULATING THE STATUS OF 53 TROOPS IN TRANSFER THROUGH 3ERBIAN TERRITORY
21st Jul. - "ASKETBALL LEGEND 6LADE $IVAC ADMITS THAT HE WAS hTHREATENEDi AGAINST BIDDING FOR 3ERBIAN COMPANIES AND IS ABAN DONING PLANS TO INVEST IN HIS HOME COUNTRY
10th Sept. - ,OCAL POLITICIAN 2UÝDIJA $UROVIÌ IS SHOT AND KILLED AT A POLLING STATION DURING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE SOUTHERN 3ERBIAN PROVINCE OF 3ANDÝAK
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15th Aug. - 'ERMAN DIPLOMAT *OACKIM 2UECKER IS APPOINTED TO REPLACE 3OEREN *ESSEN 0ETERSEN AS HEAD OF 5.-I+
11th Sept. - 3ERBIA AND )TALY SIGN AN AGREEMENT EASING VISA RESTRICTIONS FOR 3ERBIAN CITIZENS TRAVELLING TO )TALY 12th Sept. - 4HE .ATIONAL "ANK OF 'REECE BUYS ò OF 6OJVODINA BASED 6OJVOðANSKA BANKA FOR A PRICE OF _ MILLION
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SHIP IN .!4/iS 0ARTNERSHIP FOR 0EACE PROGRAMME 30th Sept. - -EMBERS OF THE 3ERBIAN 0ARLIAMENT UNANIMOUSLY ADOPT THE NEW #ONSTITUTION PRO POSAL WHICH DEFINES +OSOVO AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF 3ERBIA
OCTOBER 1st Oct. - ' 0LUS GOVERNMENT MINISTERS SUBMIT THEIR RESIGNA TIONS TO 3ERBIAN 0RIME -INISTER +OpTUINCA
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24th Jul. - 4HE %5 APPROVES MODI FIED MANDATES FOR THE 3TABILISATION AND !SSOCIATION !GREEMENT WITH AN INDEPENDENT 3ERBIA AND AN INDEPENDENT -ONTENEGRO 28th Jul. - 0RESIDENT 4ADIÌ VETOES AMENDMENTS TO THE "ROADCASTING ,AW IN AN EFFORT jTO PROTECT CITI ZENS FROM THE STIFLING OF THEIR MEDIA FREEDOMSk
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17th Aug. - 3ERBIAN $EPUTY 0- )VANA $ULIÌ -ARKOVIÌ AND FINANCE MINISTER $INKIÌ PRESENT %5 OFFICIALS IN "RUSSELS WITH THE COUNTRYiS h0ACKET 0LUSi PROPOSAL REQUESTING GREATER %5 AID AND MORE LAX VISA REQUIREMENTS 26th Aug. - #%/S OF "ELGRADE BASED $ELTA m -IROSLAV -IpKOVIÌ m AND #ROATIAN CONCERN !GROKOR m )VICA 4ODORIÌ m AGREE ON A JOINT VENTURE OF THEIR RETAIL UNITS AND A JOINT APPROACH TO THE REGIONAL RETAIL SECTOR MARKETS
23rd Sept. - "ELGRADE BASED +OMERCIJALNA "ANK RECEIVES A LICENSE TO DO BUSINESS LEGALLY IN +OSOVO FROM THE #ENTRAL "ANKING !DMINISTRATION OF +OSOVO 26th Sept. - (UNGARIAN !MERICAN CONSORTIUM "IOTECH %NERGY CONFIRMS ITS CONTRACT TO BUILD A BIO ETHANOL PLANT WORTH _ MIL LION IN THE 6OJVODINA TOWN OF
5th Oct. - 3ERBIAN 0RESIDENT 4ADIÌ BACKS DOWN ON MEDIA PROTECTION BY SIGNING INTO THE "ROADCASTING ,AW AMENDMENTS HEiD PREVIOUSLY VETOED 6th Oct. - -IODRAG îORðEVIÌ RESIGNS FROM THE POST OF $IRECTOR OF THE 3ERBIAN 0RIVATISATION !GENCY AFTER TWO YEARS IN OFFICE ALLEGEDLY GIVING IN TO PRESSURE APPLIED IN RESPONSE TO HIS NULLIFYING OF THE SALE OF THE 'EOINÝENJERING BUILD ING TO 3LAVKO #ARIÌ 7th Oct. - -ESSER 4EHNOGAS OPENS ITS TECHNICAL GAS PRODUCTION PLANT IN 3MEDEREVO 4HE PLANT COST
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AUGUST 1st Aug. - .ORWEGIAN COMMUNICA TIONS COMPANY 4ELENOR IS CON FIRMED AS THE NEW OWNER OF -OBI AFTER BEATING OFF RIVAL BIDDERS !USTRIAiS -OBILKOM AND %GYPTiS /RASKOM 10th Aug. - 'ERMAN COMPANY 3TADA BECOMES THE MAJORITY OWNER ò OF 6RpAC BASED PHARMA CEUTICAL COMPANY (EMOFARM FOR A PRICE OF _ MILLION
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SEPTEMBER 7th Sept. - 0RESIDENT 4ADIÌ MEETS 5 3 3ECRETARY OF 3TATE #ONDOLEEZZA
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28th Sept. - 3ERBIAN $EFENCE -INISTER :ORAN 3TANKOVIÌ ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF A .!4/ /FFICE IN "ELGRADE AND DECLARES IT AS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD MEMBER
27th Oct.- )TALIAN COMPANY &ANTONI BUYS THREE FACTORIES FROM THE )VANJICA BASED f0)+ COMPANY FOR MILLION DINARS
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2006 IN BRIEF AT AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION THOUGH THE REQUIRED ,AW FOR )MPLEMENTING THE #ONSTITUTION IS NOT CONFIRMED
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28th Oct. - 3ERBIAN CITIZENS GO TO THE POLLS TO CAST THEIR VOTES IN A TWO DAY REFERENDUM TO APPROVE OR REJECT THE PROPOSED NEW CON STITUTION #%3)$ MONITORS LATER CONFIRM THAT ò OF VOTERS PAR TICIPATE IN THE REFERENDUM AND ò OF THE ENTIRE ELECTORATE VOTE IN FAVOUR OF THE CONSTITUTION
9th Nov. - 3ERBIAN $EFENCE -INISTER 3TANKOVIÌ AND 5 3 !RMY %UROPEAN #OMMAND DEPUTY DIRECTOR 'ENERAL 7ILLIAM 7ARD SIGN AN !CQUISITION AND #ROSS 3ERVICING !GREEMENT REG ULATING THE EXCHANGE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AND MILITARY CO OPERATION
7th Dec. - .!4/ 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL *AAP DE (OOP 3CHEFFER FOR MALLY INVITES 3ERBIA TO JOIN THE 0ARTNERSHIP FOR 0EACE PROGRAMME 11th Dec. - .EW 9ORK BASED #ITIGROUP ONE OF THE WORLDiS LARG EST FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANIES OPENS A REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN "ELGRADE 13th Dec. /UTGOING 5. 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL +OFI !NNAN SUBMITS HIS FINAL REPORT TO THE 5. 3ECURITY #OUNCIL 4HE REPORT STATES AMONGST OTHER THINGS THAT A DELAY IN DECIDING THE FUTURE STATUS OF +OSOVO COULD BE DANGEROUS AND PROVOKE FURTHER INSTABILITY
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NOVEMBER 3rd Nov. - +OSOVO 0RIME -INISTER !GIM #EKU MEETS SENIOR -ONTE NEGRIN OFFICIALS AND !LBANIAN PARTY LEADERS IN 0ODGORICA 3ERBIAN POLITICAL LEADERS STRONGLY CONDEMN -ILO îUKANOVIÌiS STATE MENT THAT +OSOVO AND -ONTENEGRO ARE NEIGHBOURS
26th Nov. - 2OMANIAN !MBASSADOR TO 3ERBIA )ON -ACOVEI DECLARES HIS COUNTRYiS OPPOSITION TO +OSOVO INDEPENDENCE STATING THAT GRANT ING THE PROVINCE SOVEREIGNTY WOULD DESTABILISE THE REGION
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10th Nov. - 3ERBIAN 0RESIDENT 4ADIÌ FORMALLY ANNOUNCES THAT THE COUNTRYiS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ARE TO BE HELD ON ST *ANUARY )N RESPONSE 5. %NVOY FOR +OSOVO -ARTTI !HTISAARI CON FIRMS THAT HE WILL PRESENT HIS STA TUS SOLUTION PROPOSAL FOR THE PROV INCE AFTER 3ERBIAiS ELECTIONS
2nd Dec. - ! REPORTED MEMBERS SUPPORTERS AND SYM PATHISERS OF THE 3ERBIAN 2ADICAL 0ARTY 323 TAKE TO THE STREETS OF "ELGRADE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR )#49 DETAINEE AND 323 LEADER 6OJISLAV fEpELJ
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14th Dec. 3ERBIAN 0RESIDENT 4ADIÌ TRAVELS TO "RUSSELS TO SIGN THE BASIC AGREEMENT CONFIRMING 3ERBIAiS ENTRY INTO .!4/iS 0ARTNERSHIP FOR 0EACE PROGRAMME
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7th Nov. - -OBILKOM !USTRIA IS AWARDED THE THIRD LICENSE TO OPER ATE MOBILE TELEPHONY SERVICES IN 3ERBIA AT A PRICE OF _ MILLION
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5th Dec. - 4ELEKOM 3RBIJA WINS A TENDER TO PURCHASE ò OF THE 2EPUBLIKA 3RPSKAiS 4ELEKOM 3RPSKA 4HE STATE OWNED 3ERBIAN MOBILE OPERATOR AGREES TO PAY _ MILLION FOR THE "OSNIAN ENTI TYiS MOBILE OPERATOR OUTBIDDING 4ELEKOM !USTRIA IN THE PROCESS
8th Nov. - 4HE 3ERBIAN 0ARLIAMENT PROCLAIMS THE NEW #ONSTITUTION
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11th Nov. - 3ERBIAN 2ADICAL 0ARTY LEADER 6OJISLAV fEpELJ STARTS A HUNGER STRIKE IN THE )#49iS 3CHEVENINGEN DETENTION UNIT
15th Dec. 4HE 3ERBIAN 3UPREME #OURT ORDERS A RETRIAL IN THE CASE OF FORMER MEMBERS OF 3ERB MILITIAS WHO WERE CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES FOR KILLING SOME #ROATIAN 0/7S AT A PIG FARM NEAR 6UKOVAR IN AT THE END OF A THREE MONTH SIEGE THERE 18th Dec. 4HE TH ISSUE OF #OR$ MAGAZINE GOES TO PRINT
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HE MARK THAT THE &INNISH PRESIDENCY HAS BROUGHT TO THIS TASK IS FAIR AND OPEN DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUES THAT ARE TRULY ESSENTIAL IN REACHING THE CONSENSUS BETWEEN OLD AND NEW %5 COUNTRIES !S THE MEETINGS IN "RUSSELS ARE ALREADY TAKING PLACE AND THE END OF THE YEAR IS APPROACHING WE SPOKE TO ( % !NNA -AIJA +ORPI !MBASSADOR OF &INLAND IN 3ERBIA TO GET HER INSIGHT ON %UROPEiS BURNING ISSUES
WITH SO MANY CONFLICTS GOING ON IN THE WORLD 3ERBIA IS NOT IN THE CENTER STAGE THOUGH IT IS ONE OF THE MANY QUESTIONSbEVEN THE ENLARGEMENT AS SUCH IS NOT THE MAIN AGENDA ALTHOUGH THE FINAL DECISION OF 2OMANIA AND "ULGARIA ASCENSION IS TO BE MADE AT THE 3UMMIT 7HAT WILL TAKE CENTRE STAGE AT THE MEETING IN "RUSSELS SCHED ULED TO TAKE PLACE ON TH AND TH $ECEMBER 4HE TOPICS ON THE 3UMMIT WILL INCLUDE EXPECTATIONS THE %5 HAS WITH REGARD TO 2USSIA #HINA EXPECTATIONS WE HAD CONCERNING REGIONAL CONFLICTS AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED DURING LAST HALF A YEAR /N THE AGENDA ARE -IDDLE %AST CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN THAT REGION !FGHANISTAN AND OF COURSE !FRICA /N THE INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL THE CONSTITUTION OF %5 IS VERY MUCH GOING TO BE IN THE CENTRE OF THE SUMMIT 9OU MENTIONED EXPECTATIONS IN COOPERATION BETWEEN %5 AND 2USSIA (OW IS THE COOPERATION GOING
7HAT ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED DURING THE %UROPEAN 5NION 3UMMIT 4HIS WEEK IS A VERY CRUCIAL WEEK FIRST HAD THE 'ENERAL !FFAIRS #OUNCIL MEETING WHICH WAS YESTERDAY AND LATER ON THE 3UMMIT OF %UROPEAN #OUNCIL THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN "RUSSELS )T WILL BE ATTENDED BY THE (EADS OF 3TATE OF SOME COUNTRIES AND OF COURSE BY 0RIME -INISTERS /UR 0RIME -INISTER WILL BE PRESIDING THE 3UMMIT WHICH IS PART OF THE &INNISH PRESIDENCY 4HE ISSUES THAT WILL CONCERN THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE ON THE AGENDA -IDDLE %AST $ARFUR !FGHANISTAN AND )RAN %5 IS AND WANTS TO pê ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ¾ BE INVOLVED IN ALL OF THE CONFLICTS USING THE PREVEN ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê TIVE TOOLS BUT ALSO AS A PEACEKEEPING FORCE CRISIS êl|ê{ ê ê ê ±ê êh ê ê ê MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL AID !LSO THE SUMMIT WILL DEAL WITH THE %5 ENLARGEMENT AND ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê{ MEMBERSHIP ISSUES 3O ITiS AN ENORMOUS TASK WHAT THE SUMMIT HAS TO DEAL WITH 4HE 0RIME -INISTERS 3INCE LAST SUMMER ALL THROUGH LAST WINTER AND THIS AUTUMN WE AND THE -INISTERS OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS ARE WELL PREPARED FOR IT "UT ALSO HAVE HAD MEETINGS AND TALKS WITH 2USSIA ON EXPANDING THE CO OPERA SOMETHING NEW INTERESTING CAN COME UP 4HE RESULTS AND THE ATMOS PHERE DEPENDS VERY MUCH OF THE SYNERGY OF THE (EADS OF THE 3TATES AND TION BETWEEN 2USSIA AND THE %5 "UT THE DISCUSSIONS DIDNiT FULFIL THE 0RIME -INISTERS AND THE 'OVERNMENT OF THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED ALREADY EXPECTATIONS OF %5 BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY COMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF SIMULTANEOUS ISSUES IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS IN BOTH %5 COUNTRIES AND IN DURING THE PREPARATION ) HAVE LOOKED INTO THE ISSUES THAT THE -INISTERS OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS 2USSIA $URING OUR PRESIDENCY WE HAD HOWEVER PLENTIFUL OF FRANK HAVE DEALT WITH AND OF COURSE HERE IN 3ERBIA IT IS PERCEIVED THAT 3ERBIA GOOD DIALOGUES WITH 2USSIA AND WITH THREE VISITS FROM PRESIDENT 0UTIN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENDA ON THE SUMMIT )T IS NOT SO /F COURSE WE HOPE THAT THE DIALOGUE WILL RESULT IN EVEN FURTHER BENEFICIAL COOP
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olêh ¾t êr ±êh ê êm ê êz ERATION FOR EACH SIDE IN THE FUTURE 7HAT DO YOU THINK WHAT ASSETS YOUR #OUNTRY HAS BROUGHT INTO %5 PRESIDENCY )T IS QUITE RARE THAT ONE 0RESIDENCY IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME THING ON ITS OWN &IRST OF ALL THE AGENDA IS ALWAYS INHERITED FROM THE PREVIOUS 0RESIDENCIES )T IS ALSO THE 0RESIDENCYiS DUTY TO PREPARE THE ISSUES WHICH WILL BE DEALT WITH BY THE NEXT PRESIDENCY )T IS THE REALLY THE CHAIN REACTION THAT MAKES ONE PRESIDENCY LUCKY IN REAPING THE RESULTS OF THE PREVIOUS ONES 4HERE ARE ALWAYS MANY PRESIDENCIES PRE CEDING WHO HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED FOR ACHIEVED RESULTS "EARING THAT IN MIND OUR COUNTRY DURING ITS 0RESIDENCY HAS ACTUALLY PUT EMPHASIS ON %5 COOPERATION WITH 2USSIA WHICH WE HOPE WILL BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE NEXT 0RESIDENCY AND ALL FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS !LSO WHAT THE &INNISH 0RESIDENCY HAS WORKED FOR IS PREPARING THE GROUND FOR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION 4HAT IS INSTITU TIONAL UPDATING AND PREPARING FOR A LARGER %UROPE IS AN ABSOLUTE NECES SITY WHICH THE 0RESIDENT OF THE #OMMISSION -R "ARROSO HAS ALREADY REFERRED TO "EFORE ANY NEW ENLARGEMENT THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE %5 MUST BE UPDATED 4HIS UPDATING IS CAPTURES IN THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF THE %5 ALTHOUGH IT PROBABLY WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT NAME IN THE FUTURE "UT AS ) ALREADY SAID OUR WORK WILL CONTRIBUTE HOPEFULLY TO THE 'ERMAN PRESIDENCY AND EVEN FOR THE SUCCEEDING 0ORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY )S THE ENLARGEMENT STRATEGY GOING TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE SUM MIT %ACH COUNTRY HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PROGRAMME OF INTEGRATING TO THE %5 SYSTEM INDIVIDUALLY ON THEIR OWN 4HEY KNOW THE CONDITIONS OF THE %5 AND THEY HAVE TO PROCESS IT THROUGH THEIR INSTITUTIONS AND
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM SO THAT THEY CAN BE ABLE TO READJUST THEIR OWN SYSTEM INTO THAT !LL OF THE REQUIREMENTS CONSIDERING THE VISAS AND FREE MOVEMENT OF THE LABOUR FORCE DEMAND A CONTRACTUAL ACCEPTANCE FROM BOTH SIDES EXCEPT THE VISA REQUIREMENTS IN THE 3CHENGEN !GREEMENT 4HAT SYSTEM IS NOT DEPENDENT ON THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT MEMBERS (OW THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE WILL HOWEVER REFLECT ON THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE ENTERING THE %5 !LSO IN THE %UROPEAN 5NION WE HAVE A LARGE INSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE PREPARATION AND RESERVED DECISION MAKING CIVIL SERVICE INSTI TUTION m THE #OMMISSION WHO GRADES COUNTRIES THAT ARE WAITING TO ENTER %5 2EQUIREMENTS OF THAT TYPE VISA FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT RESTRICTIONS NEVER OR VERY SELDOM GO TO THE 3UMMIT LEVEL !DMINISTRATIVE ISSUES WILL ONLY BE MENTIONED IN A FORM OF NOTING OR CONCERN BUT NOTHING FURTHER 0OLITICAL DECISIONS CONSIDERING VISA FACILITATION ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BY THE #OUNCIL OF &OREIGN -INISTERS WHICH IS 'ENERAL !FFAIRiS COUNCIL OR BY THE #OUNCIL OF THE -INISTERS OF )NTERIOR AND IT IS ALWAYS DONE BY THE PROPOSAL OF THE #OMMISSION 7HAT DO YOU THINK IS THE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF 2OMANIA AND "ULGARIA ASCENSION TO THE %5 9OU KNOW THAT ALL OF THE %5 COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN VERY KEEN ON THAT ALL THE COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE %5 AS SOON AS THEY FULFIL THE #OPENHAGEN CRITERIA 4HATiS WHY WE WORKED SO HARD ESPE CIALLY THE #OMMISSION FOR THESE CONDITIONS TO BE QUICKLY FULFILLED 4HE QUESTION HAS BEEN DO 2OMANIA AND "ULGARIA REALLY FULFIL THE CRITERIA 7HERE ARE THE DEFICIENCIES 3OME %5 COUNTRIES AND THE #OMMISSION ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SOME AREAS AND THEY ARE STILL CAREFULLY LOOK ING INTO THOSE ISSUES IN THE FUTURE 3O THERE IS STILL MONITORING GOING ON ALL THE TIME BUT NOT CONDITIONAL MONITORING RATHER A POSITIVE JOINT CorD \ *ANUARY
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WITH IT )T IS HOWEVER A PAINFUL PROC ESS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE MINDSET YOU WILL HAVE TO GET RID OF THE NEGATIVE APPROACH BLAMING OTHER FOR THE DEFICIENCIES WHICH MEANS THAT QUITE MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED
7HAT DO YOU THINK IN WHAT WAYS THE ASCENSION WILL IMPACT 3ERBIA 3ERBIA AND THE OTHER 7ESTERN "ALKAN COUNTRIES WILL BE SURROUNDED IN ALL THE DIRECTIONS BY THE %5 MEMBER COUNTRIES $O YOU THINK THAT THE WAY OF SO WE HOPE THAT THE INCREASED SYNERGY PROCESSING ARREST OF -R 'LAVAS IN WILL HASTEN THE DEVELOPMENT ALSO IN THIS #ROATIA IS GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY PER COUNTRY 3INCE ) COME FROM A .ORDIC CEIVED IN THE CANDIDATE COUNTRY NEGO COUNTRY WHERE THE REGIONAL COOPERATION TIATIONS IS CONSIDERED EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND 7ELL OF COURSE THERE ARE STILL SOME IMPORTANT ALSO IN THE DAILY PRACTICAL LIFE ELEMENTS IN #ROATIAN SOCIETY WHICH ARE ) WOULD SAY THAT ALSO IN THE "ALKANS THAT NOT EVEN PRO %UROPEAN IN THAT SENSE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY )T IS EVIDENT THAT 4HERE IS STILL RESISTANCE AND WHILE THERE THE REGIONAL COOPERATION IS NOT WELL IS RESISTANCE THERE WILL BE SLOWER DEVEL DEVELOPED WHICH IS PROBABLY THE RESULT OPMENT OF NEGOTIATIONS 4HE COMMIS OF PREVIOUS CONFLICTS !LSO IN ECONOMY SION CHECKS OUT ALL OF THE FIELDS REGULA AND TRADE COOPERATION IS STILL STRUGGLING TIONS STANDARDS RULES AND IT CAN EASILY WHICH IS STRANGE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT SEE WHEN THERE IS NO IMPLEMENTATION 4HE SYNERGY OF THE BORDERS CAN BE USED EVEN IF THERE IS A PROMISE 4HATiS WHY WE TO IMPROVE ECONOMY AND TRADE ESPE { ê ê ê ê ê HAVE CONSTANT DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATIONS CIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE BORDER OR ABOUT CERTAIN CHAPTERS SO WE CAN CLOSE SHARED RIVERS THAT GO THROUGH YOUR COUN ê ê ê ê ê THEM AND MOVE ON "UT WE CAN NEVER TRY FOR INSTANCE $ANUBE #ONSIDERING ê êz ê ®ê CLOSE THEM BEFORE THE RULES ARE ACTUALLY THE SMUGGLING AS ONE EXAMPLE 4HAT HAS ê ê ê ê IMPLEMENTED BEEN TAKING PLACE WITHOUT ANY DISRUP ê ê ê ê TIONS EVEN DURING THE WARS 4HE BOR 7HAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE DERS GIVE OPPORTUNITIES 3O HOPEFULLY ê ê ê ê RETURN OF THE REFUGEE 3ERBS TO #ROATIA THE ASCENSION OF 2OMANIA AND "ULGARIA êu ê TO THEIR HOUSES AND #ROATIA AS A CANDIDATE COUNTRY WILL ê ê ê ê 4HE %5 IS STRIVING FOR FREE MOVEMENT SPEED UP 2EGIONAL #OOPERATION 9OU CAN ê ê ê ê FOR FULFILMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS BUT THE DEVELOP GOOD WIDE ECONOMIC HOME MAR DECISIONS ARE LEFT UP TO THE 'OVERNMENTS KET BECAUSE YOU HAVE SIMILAR TASTE IN j ê CONCERNED )N THE CASE OF #ROATIA VERY THE PRODUCTS AND THAT IN ITSELF WILL BRING MUCH IS LEFT TO THE MUNICIPALITIES !ND HEALTHY COMPETITION TO PREPARE YOU FOR THERE IS OF COURSE THE FACTOR OF POLITICAL THE GLOBAL MARKET 9OU ALREADY HAVE GOOD WILL OF %5 AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES TO OVERCOME ANY PROBLEMS THAT CLIMATE IN A COUNTRY )N ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE REPERCUSSIONS OF NOT FULFILLING THE STANDARDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS THE 'OVERNMENT HAS TO TAKE MIGHT APPEAR ON THE REGIONAL LEVEL OF COOPERATION THE LEAD 4HE %5 DOES NOT DEAL WITH THE MUNICIPAL LEADERS THATiS UP TO THE GOVERNMENT 4HERE ARE DELAYS IN THAT SENSE BUT IT IS ONE OF THE 7HAT IS THE EXPECTED DIRECTION OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH 4URKEY ) GUESS THAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE VERY REALISTIC UNDERSTANDING THAT STANDARDS THEY WILL HAVE TO FULFIL !ND OF COURSE WHEN #ROATIA JOINS THE THERE IS SO MUCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE PARTLY IN THE %5 4HERE IS THAT %5 AND 3ERBIA THEN YOU WILL HAVE FREE MOVEMENT AND THAT ISSUE WILL HESITATION APPREHENSION !T THE SAME TIME IN 4URKEY THERE IS SO MUCH RESOLVE ITSELF 4HE BEHAVIOUR OF THE MUNICIPAL LEADERS IS CLOSELY LOOKED THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ) REMEMBER A COLLEAGUE OF MINE THAT SAID j3TILL ALSO IN THE TERMS OF ARE THERE ANY HARASSMENT TOWARDS PEOPLE TRYING TO THE COUNTRIES WHEN THEY NEGOTIATE WITH %5 THINK THAT IS THE POLITICAL RETURN TO THEIR HOMES )T WILL CERTAINLY BE TAKEN INTO SERIOUS CONSIDERA NEGOTIATION SOME SORT OF TRADE OFFiS ITiS NOT YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO LIVE THE TION DURING THE CANDIDATURE NEGOTIATIONS %5 IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE )N ALL LEGISLATION IN ALL STANDARDS BEHAVIOUR TRANSPARENCY IN INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS WOMENiS RIGHTS INCLUDED CHILDRENiS 7HAT IS &INLANDiS POINT OF VIEW ON 3CHENGEN VISA FACILITATIONS RIGHTS k 4HAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU WILL LOSE ANYTHING FROM YOUR HIS REGIME FOR 3ERBIAN CITIZENS TORY OR YOUR CULTURE 4HERE IS STILL SO MUCH TO BE DONE BY 4URKEY #YPRUS 4HERE ARE TWO ISSUES THAT ARE TO BE RESOLVED RIGHT NOW FOR 3ERBIAN ISSUE CONCERNS POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS AND IT HAS UNDENIABLY REFLECTED ON CITIZENS VISA FACILITATION AND THE ISSUE OF RETURNING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS 4URKEYiS POSITION IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR ENTERING %5 AND IT HAS ALSO TO DO BACK TO THEIR COUNTRIES .EGOTIATIONS AND THE FINAL PROPOSALS ARE COM WITH FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS AS A CANDIDATE COUNTRY 7E ALSO PLETE ON THE #OMMISSION LEVEL 4HE VISA FACILITATION ISSUE FOR CITIZENS HAVE TO LOOK AT THE #YPRUS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF 3ERBIA IS GOING SO WELL THAT THE REALISATION OF THE VISA FACILITATION IS 4HATiS WHY THE #OMMISSION HAS DECIDED THAT OF THE CHAPTERS IN NEGO HOPEFULLY GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR "UT IT IS PRO TIATIONS ARE FROZEN BECAUSE 4URKEY SIMPLY DIDNiT FULFIL THE EXPECTATIONS POSAL FROM THE #OMMISSION AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE %5 -INISTERS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS STILL ARE GOING ON BUT WITHOUT THOSE CHAPTERS )NTERIOR IS CRUCIAL ESPECIALLY FOR 3CHENGEN VISA REGIME 4HEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO AGREE ON ALL THAT AND LATER ALSO OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO 7HAT ARE THE ISSUES OR CONDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VISA FACILITATION "ECAUSE YOUR STUDENTS PRO CASE WITH #ROATIA AS A CANDIDATE COUNTRY FESSORS ARE ALREADY VERY ACTIVE AND PROFESSIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY )N ALL OF THE REPORTS ) HAVE SEEN ABOUT #ROATIA THE ISSUES OF GRAVE CONNECTED ) EXPECT THAT EVERYTHING WILL GO VERY WELL WITH THAT /N THE CONCERN ARE JUDICIARY LEGISLATION AND CORRUPTION AND THE MINORITY ISSUES OF IMMIGRATION ESPECIALLY OF THE LABOUR FORCE HOPEFULLY WE WILL ISSUE !ND OF COURSE THERE IS A HESITANCY TO FULFIL THE )#49 AND WAR IMPROVE THE SITUATION OF WORKING PERMITS &OR EXAMPLE IF THE STUDENTS CRIMES REQUIREMENTS 4HEY ARE GOING THROUGH A QUITE A PAINFUL POLITI WHO ARE STUDYING ABROAD WILL BE ALLOWED AS THEY ARE NOW AT LEAST BY CAL PERIOD BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY ALSO LOOKED AT THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE &INNISH LAWS TO WORK ALSO DURING THEIR STUDIES OR HOLIDAY AND HAVE %5 AS POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS 4HEY HAVE TO FULFIL CONDITIONS WHAT THE A PART TIME JOB BENEFITS EVERYBODY AND HOPEFULLY GET AND GIVE THE BEST %5 IS ALREADY NOW AND THEY SHOULDNiT THINK THEY WILL LOOSE ANYTHING THEY CAN FROM THAT STATUS WHILE THEY ARE THERE
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-R $ENIS (UBER THE NEW 3PECIAL 2EPRESENTATIVE OF THE 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL OF THE #OUNCIL OF %UROPE IN 3ERBIA HAS BEEN WITH THE #OUNCIL OF %UROPE #O% THROUGH A YEAR PERIOD OF ADAPTATION AND EXPANSION WHICH HAS SEEN THE #O% EVOLVE FROM AN ORGANISATION THAT SIMPLY SET STANDARDS FOR THE ADVANCED DEMOCRACIES THAT WERE LARGELY ITS MEMBERS TO AN ORGANISATION THAT SPANS THE ENTIRE CONTINENT OF %UROPE AND IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ASSISTING MEMBER COUNTRIES IMPLE MENT THOSE STANDARDS ON THE GROUND 2ECALLING "ELGRADEiS ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE #O% (UBER TELLS #OR$ j)iVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE CASE OF 3ERBIA SINCE BEFORE THE COUNTRYiS ACCESSION TO THE #O% ) REMEMBER -R +OpTUNICA COM ING TO 3TRASBOURG IN .OVEMBER m A MONTH AFTER THE FALL OF THE -ILOpEVIÌ REGIME m AND PRESENTING THE APPLICATION OF THE THEN &EDERAL 2EPUBLIC OF 9UGOSLAVIA TO THE #O% ) REMEMBER HIM SETTING OUT HIS GOAL OF FULL %URO !TLANTIC INTEGRATION AND THINKING TO MYSELF THAT ) HOPED HE WOULD FOLLOW THAT COMMITMENT THROUGH k )S IT DIFFICULT TO GET A GRIP ON THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY COME HERE 4O A CERTAIN EXTENT LOOKING TO THE COUNTRY FROM 3TRASBOURG GIVES YOU A MORE OBJECTIVE VIEW BUT OF COURSE YOU ARE NOT REALLY
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p AWARE OF ALL THE FACTORS ONLY BEING PRESENT IN "ELGRADE ALLOWS YOU TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF SEEING THE DIFFICULTIES THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES HAVE TO FACE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION IN 3ERBIA 4HATiS NOT SO EVIDENT FROM 3TRASBOURG WHERE ONE GETS THE FEELING THAT THE CHOICES FOR 3ERBIA ARE OBVIOUS m AND REALLY THEY ARE OBVIOUS m WHEN IN FACT HERE YOU SEE ITiS FAR MORE DIFFICULT TO RAISE ENOUGH CONVICTION FROM THE PEOPLE THAT THIS IS THE WAY TO GO BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF DOUBTERS AND SPECIFIC DIFFICULTIES LINKED TO FACING THE RECENT PAST )TiS FOR THE POLITICAL LEADERS TO CONVINCE THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULD LOOK TO THE FUTURE RATHER THAN DWELLING ON THE PASTb 4HE POLITICIANS HAVE A CLEAR RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW THE PEOPLE THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE ARE STILL NOT REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT THEY WANT FOR THEIR FUTURE AND MANY FEEL THAT THE TRANSITION PROCESS HAS NOT YIELDED ANY PROGRESS FOR THEM IN TERMS OF THEIR OWN SITUATIONS 4HESE PEOPLE ARE AS THE /3#% (EAD OF -ISSION ;(ANS /LA 5RSTAD= SAYS THE hLOSERS IN TRANSITIONi
/NE WAS THE CONSTITUTION THE MISSION WAS NOT HERE TO EVALUATE THE CONSTITUTION BUT AS IT HAPPENED TO BE HERE JUST BEFORE THE REFERENDUM WE COULDNiT HELP BUT DISCUSS BOTH THE PROCESS AND THE CONTENT 'ENERALLY SPEAKING THE CONTENT OF THE CONSTITUTION IS SEEN AS BEING BROADLY INLINE WITH %UROPEAN STANDARDS ESPECIALLY THE PART PERTAINING TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE PROTECTION OF MINORITIES (OWEVER WE HAVE SUBMITTED SOME QUESTIONS ON SOME ISSUES THAT WE FEEL MAY BE OF CONCERN FOR BOTH THE PEOPLE OF 3ERBIA AND THE #O% 4HESE RELATE TO THE SUPREMACY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW WITH REGARD TO DOMESTIC LAW THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY AND THE DECENTRALISATION PROCESS 4O ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD ) WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN REASSURED BY MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT INCLUDING 0- +OpTUNICA HIMSELF THAT INTERNATIONAL LAW OF COURSE HAS SUPREMACY
3O SIX YEARS AFTER +OpTUNICA TRAVELLED TO 3TRASBOURG AND SET OUT HIS AMBITIOUS GOALS OF %URO !TLANTIC INTEGRATION FOR 3ERBIA HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE PROGRESS MADE )F YOU LOOK BACK OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS ONE CAN CLEARLY ONLY BE IMPRESSED BY THE PROGRESS WHICH HAS BEEN MADE IN 3ERBIA ) WOULDNiT WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO ANY SPECIFIC POLITICAL LEADER THOUGH :ORAN îINðIÌ EARNED MUCH CREDIT BY PUSHING THROUGH NUMEROUS REFORMS
{ ê³ ê ê Øê ê ê ê ¾ ê ê ê ê ê êj lê ê êt ê ¢ªª§êz ê ê ê ê êj ê ê êj lêj ê êt AND BECOMING RECOGNISED AS A HIGH LEVEL 3ERBIAN POLITICIAN WHO WAS THE MOST COMITTED TO THE NECESSITY OF CO OPERATING WITH 4HE (AGUE 4RIBUNAL (OWEVER IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THE PRESENT 'OVERNMENT HAS ALSO ACHIEVED RATHER IMPRESSIVE SUCCESS AND EXTREMELY FAST GROWTH IN THE ECONOMIC FIELD %VEN THOUGH THE #O% IS NOT DEALING WITH ECONOMICS ) BELIEVE THAT CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE GOVERN MENT IN THIS SECTOR 4HERE HAS ALSO BEEN PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND ORGANISED CRIME AND ANOTHER MAJOR STEP FORWARD WAS MADE WITH THE BRINGING OF THE #ONSTITUTION m PROBABLY THE MAJOR ASSET OF THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT AND ONE THAT THE PRIME MINISTER IS SURELY HOPING TO CAPITALISE ON IN THE NEXT ELECTIONS ! #O% MONITORING MISSION CAME TO 3ERBIA AT THE END OF /CTOBER (OW DO THEY ASSESS THE COUNTRYiS PROGRESS 4HEIR REPORT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC IN MID $ECEMBER AFTER IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE #OMMITTEE OF -INISTERS IN 3TRASBOURG /N THE BASIS OF THESE DISCUSSIONS DECISIONS WILL BE TAKEN IN REGARD TO THE MAJOR PRIORITIES REGARDING RELATIONS BETWEEN 3ERBIA AND THE #O% IN THE MONTHS TO COME 4HESE hMONTHS TO COMEi ARE AN IMPORTANT PERIOD FOR THE COUNTRY AND THE #O% BECAUSE IN -AY 3ERBIA WILL TAKE UP THE #HAIRMANSHIP OF THE #O% #OMMITTEE OF -INISTERS #OULD YOU GIVE US AN INKLING ABOUT WHAT THE MONITORING MIS SION DETERMINED DURING THEIR VISIT 4HE MONITORING MISSION CAME DURING A VERY SPECIFIC TIME BECAUSE THEY ARRIVED A WEEK BEFORE THE CONSTITUTION REFERENDUM 4HE VISIT HAD BEEN PLANNED WELL IN ADVANCE AND WE WERE AS SURPRISED AS EVERYONE BY THE SPEED AT WHICH THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED BY THE PARLIAMENT AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY SUBMITTED TO REFERENDUM .ONETHELESS WE DECIDED TO MAINTAIN THE MONITORING MISSION AT THE END OF /CTOBER BECAUSE AFTER ALL THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION WAS ITSELF AN IMPORTANT COMMITMENT OF 3ERBIA FIRSTLY TO THE 3ERBIAN PEOPLE BUT ALSO TO THE #O% 4HE MONITORING MISSION LOOKED INTO A NUMBER OF MAIN TOPICS
{ êj ê êl OVER DOMESTIC LAW AND THAT MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TREATIES ARE ACCEPTED BY 3ERBIA INCLUDING THE VERY IMPORTANT %UROPEAN #ONVENTION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS /N THE OTHER HAND -R .IKOLIÌ ACTING 3ERBIAN 2ADICAL 0ARTY LEADER 4OMISLAV .IKOLIÌ TOLD US THE OPPOSITE THAT THE NEW CONSTITUTION GIVES ULTIMATE SUPREMACY TO THE DOMESTIC CONSTITU TION ITSELF 3O THATiS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE CLARIFIED 2EGARDING THE JUDICIARY OUR DISCUSSIONS DEALT MIANLY WITH THE RISK OF INTERFERENCE OF THE PARLIAMENT IN THE JUDICIARY AS WELL AS THE PROCESS OF LUSTRATION 7E UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A NEED TO LOOK INTO THE PRESENT SITUATION REGARDING THE JUDGES AND OTHERS WORKING IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM WHO WERE APPOINTED TO A LARGE EXTENT DURING PERIODS WHEN THERE WAS NO REAL GUARANTEE OF IMPARTIALITY .EVERTHELESS IF THERE IS TO BE A PROCESS OF LUSTRATION IT NEEDS TO BE ESTABLISHED ON VERY OBJECTIVE CRITERIA BECAUSE THERE IS A RISK OF POLITICAL DECISIONS BEING TAKEN IN THIS FIELD AND CONCERNS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED BY SEVERAL PEO PLE INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE 3UPREME #OURT OF 3ERBIA !NOTHER MAJOR TOPIC FOR THE MONITORING MISSION WAS THE BURNING ISSUE OF +OSOVO 4HE #O% IS RATHER COMFORTABLE REGARDING +OSOVO BECAUSE WE DONiT HAVE ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE DISCUSSIONS TAKING PLACE IN 6IENNA ABOUT THE FUTURE STATUS m THATiS A MATTER FOR THE 5NITED .ATIONS m AND THUS WE DONiT NEED OR HAVE AN OFFICIAL POSITION ON +OSOVOiS FUTURE STATUS THE #O% WILL OF COURSE ABIDE BY WHATEVER DECISION IS TAKEN BY THE 5NITED .ATIONS CorD \ *ANUARY
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p /UR CONCERN IS THAT THE HUMAN AND OF EXTRACTING ONESELF FROM ONEiS RIGHTS STANDARDS AND MECHANISMS NATIONAL POSITION 4HIS IS BECAUSE WHICH ARE GUARANTEED FOR ALL CITIZENS BEING A GOOD CHAIR MEANS BEING IMPAR TIAL AND MORE IMPORTANTLY BEING SEEN WHO ARE LIVING IN #O% MEMBER STATES BY ALL AS BEING IMPARTIAL YOU DONiT SHOULD ALSO BE GUARANTEED IN +OSOVO HAVE A NATIONAL INTEREST TO DEFEND AND !ND FOR THE MOMENT THIS IS NOT YET THE CASE INSTEAD YOU TRY TO MAKE THE COLLECTIVE INTEREST MOVE FORWARD BY BUILDING ON 4HE NEXT SUBJECT HEAVILY MENTIONED IN THE REPORT IS CO OPERATION WITH THE LARGE MAJORITIES YOU DONiT WANT TO ISOLATE COUNTRIES )#49 (ERE ALSO WE FOUND THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS FIELD IS ARGUABLY THE MOST PROBLEMATIC SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN 7HAT MAJOR ISSUES WILL 3ERBIA MADE IN TERMS OF FOR INSTANCE ACCESS FACE DURING ITS CHAIRMANSHIP TO ARCHIVES AND FILES .EVERTHELESS THE !T THIS POINT THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT THAT IS EXPECTED ARE LIKELY TO BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE FROM 3ERBIA HAS NOT YET BEEN ACHIEVED #OMMITTEE OF -INISTERS DURING 3ERBIAiS CHAIRMANSHIP INCLUDE FIRST OF ALL THE !ND WE EXPECT JUST AS DO THE %UROPEAN LONG TERM FUTURE OF THE SYSTEM OF THE 5NION THE 5NITED .ATIONS AND THE WHOLE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE #O% 3ERBIA WILL ARREST 'ENERAL -LADIÌ AND THE %UROPEAN #OURT OF (UMAN 2IGHTS IS OVERWHELMED AND THUS A REFORM TRANSFER HIM TO 4HE (AGUE PROCESS IS GOING ON TO HELP IT REMAIN 7E ALSO DISCUSSED PRIORITY ISSUES A CREDIBLE AND EFFICIENT INTERNATIONAL THAT THE #O% HAS WITH 3ERBIA ONE OF THEM IS DECENTRALISATION AND LOCAL COURTbAN OVERALL ASSESSMENT MADE BY AUTONOMY m THERE IS A TWO YEAR JOINT THE #OMMITTEE OF -INISTERS ON WHAT v ê ±ê ê ê HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR AND WHAT NEEDS PROGRAMME BETWEEN THE #O% AND THE ê ê êz ê TO BE DONE IN THIS FIELD IS EXPECTED JUST %UROPEAN 5NION SPECIFICALLY COVERING ±ê ê ê ê THIS SUBJECT WHICH STARTED VERY RECENT BEFORE THE 3ERBIAN #HAIRMANSHIP THE SECOND MAJOR ISSUE WILL BE RELATIONS LY IN /CTOBER THIS YEAR 7E ATTACH ê ê ê GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE DECENTRALISA WITH THE %UROPEAN 5NION THIS IS A ê ê ê TION ISSUE AND THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT PROCESS WHICH IS ONGOING SINCE LAST ê ê ê ê ê ITiS STILL NOT VERY CLEAR THE CONSTITUTION YEARiS 3UMMIT OF (EADS OF 3TATE AND ê êj lê ê DOESNiT REALLY GIVE A CLEAR ANSWER ON 'OVERNMENT OF THE #O% DURING WHICH THE FUTURE CONTENT AND TIMETABLE OF THE IT WAS DECIDED THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN ê ê ê ê PROCESS OF DECENTRALISATION AND THUS THE #O% AND THE %5 SHOULD BE REDE ê êr ê WE ARE WAITING FOR THE LAWS GOVERNING FINED WITH A NEW ROADMAP IN THE FORM h ê ê ê ê ê ê THIS TO BE ADOPTED OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ê ê ê BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANISATIONS TO SEE !MONG VARIOUS IMPORTANT COMMIT HOW THEY CAN BEST WORK TOGETHER AND MENTS THAT 3ERBIA HAS STILL TO FULFIL IS COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER THE THIRD THAT OF RATIFYING THE #O% #HARTER ON PROMINENT ISSUE OF THE #O% THAT WILL ,OCAL !UTONOMY WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN SIGNED 4HIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMMITMENT WHICH IS OVERDUE BE ON THE AGENDA DURING THE 3ERBIAN CHAIRMANSHIP IS INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE 4HIS HAS ALSO BEEN A MAJOR SUBJECT DEALT WITH BY THE m THE TWO YEAR DEADLINE WAS SET IN !PRIL 7ARSAW 3UMMIT AND TURNED INTO A BURNING ISSUE AS HAS BEEN TESTI 3ERBIA IS TO CHAIR THE #O% #OMMITTEE OF -INISTERS FROM -AY FIED BY THE CRISIS CAUSED BY THE PUBLICATION OF $ANISH CARTOONS AND 7HAT DOES THE CHAIRMANSHIP ENTAIL THE POLEMIC ON THE 0OPE S COMMENTS DURING HIS VISIT TO 'ERMANY "ASICALLY A COUNTRY CHAIRING THE #OMMITTEE OF -INISTERS OF THE LAST SUMMER 4HE 5. THE /3#% THE %5 AND THE #O% ARE TACKLING #O% IS EXPECTED TO EXERT LEADERSHIP OVER THE ORGANISATION 4HAT DOES THIS ISSUE 7E HAVE A VERY AMBITIOUS APPROACH IN THIS FIELD 4HE NOT MEAN THAT 3ERBIA WILL BE TELLING THE OTHER COUNTRIES WHAT THEY FIRST 7HITE "OOK ON INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE EVER DRAFTED BY AN SHOULD DO BUT RATHER THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE MAJOR ISSUES INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION IS CURRENTLY BEING PREPARED AND WILL BE THAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS 7HATEVER PUBLISHED BY THE #O% IN 3EPTEMBER OR /CTOBER m DURING THE #HAIR IS CHAIRING AND INDEED WHETHER IT LIKES IT OR NOT HAS TO TRY TO 3ERBIAN CHAIRMANSHIP ) THINK 3ERBIA HAS A LOT TO OFFER ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS A COUNTRY WITH GREAT EXPERIENCE IN HANDLING CULTURAL MAKE PROGRESS ON THESE PRIORITY ISSUES 4HE COUNTRY IS PREPARING ITSELF TO ASSUME THIS RESPONSIBILITY DIVERSITY AND ALTHOUGH IT HAD ITS DARK TIMES LIKE ALMOST ALL COUN THOUGH IT IS OF COURSE A VERY SPECIFIC SITUATION IN WHICH WE DONiT TRIES IN %UROPE IN THE PAST 3ERBIA HAS ALSO SHOWN THAT IT IS CAPABLE KNOW WHICH GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE ON THE CHAIRMANSHIP AND SO THERE OF POSITIVELY MANAGING ITS CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY 4HESE ARE IN MY OPINION THE THREE MAJOR POLITICAL ISSUES WHICH ARE SOME LIMITS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE IN PREPARATION OF THE 3ERBIAN CHAIRMANSHIP .EVERTHELESS PREPARATION WORK HAS STARTED WITH 3ERBIA WILL HAVE TO TACKLE AS WELL AS DEALING WITH THE POLITICAL DEVEL THE KEY INTERLOCUTORS AT PRESENT BEING THE 3ERBIAN !MBASSADOR TO OPMENTS THAT WILL HAPPEN ACROSS THE %UROPEAN SPECTRUM 4HIS COULD THE #O% IN 3TRASBOURG -RS 3LAðANA 0RICA AND -R fAHOVIÌ ACTING INCLUDE WELCOMING THE TH #O% MEMBER STATE -ONTENEGRO IF NOT ACHIEVED BEFORE AND INDEED 3ERBIA IS AMONG THE COUNTRIES CURRENTLY ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER $EJAN fAHOVIÌ IN "ELGRADE PUSHING FOR A FASTER ACCESSION FOR -ONTENEGRO )TiS GOING TO BE A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE SHOULDERS OF 3ERBIA WOULD ALSO HAVE TO REACT AS THE #HAIR IF SOMETHING WERE 3ERBIA m A COUNTRY ITSELF IN TRANSITION A YOUNG DEMOCRACY COMING TO HAPPEN INREGIONS OR COUNTRIES WHERE DEMOCRATIC STABILITY IS STILL A TO TERMS WITH ITS OWN TRANSFORMATION )S 3ERBIA READY AND ABLE TO PROCESS RATHER THAN AN ACHIEVEMENT INCLUDING THE "ALKANSb 3ERBIA CHAIR THE #O% #OMMITTEE OF -INISTERS WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT IMPARTIALLY AS THE CHAIRMAN 4HIS WOULD ) WOULD SAY YES BECAUSE IT IS NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION OF READI GIVE HUGE CREDIT TO THE COUNTRY AS A FULL MEMBER OF THE %UROPEAN NESS THAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT BUT RATHER ISSUES OF CAPACITY DEMOCRATIC FAMILY
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%5 CONSIDERED UNLIKELY TO REOPEN TALKS WITH 3ERBIA %5 LEADERS ARE NOT LIKELY TO HEED )TALY S CALL FOR THE RESUMPTION OF TALKS WITH 3ER BIA WHEN THEY MEET LATER THIS WEEK )TALIAN 0RIME -INISTER 2OMANO 0RODI SENT A LETTER TO HIS COUNTERPARTS IN THE %5 SUG GESTING THAT THE 5NION SHOULD ENCOURAGE "ELGRADE S %UROPEAN ASPIRATIONS AND RE OPEN NEGOTIATIONS ON A 3TABILISATION AND !SSOCIATION !GREEMENT WITH 3ERBIA EVEN THOUGH 2ATKO -LADIÌ AND OTHER WAR CRIMES FUGITIVES REMAIN AT LARGE *AN +OHOUT #ZECH AMBASSADOR TO THE %5 SAID ON 4UESDAY THAT A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES OPPOSE SUCH A MOVE MAKING ITS ADOPTION UN LIKELY 3OURCE !SSOCIATED 0RESS
3ERBIA INITIALS #%&4! )N A MOVE OFFICIALS SAID WAS THE COUNTRY S MOST SIGNIFICANT ECONOM IC EVENT SINCE 3ERBIA INITIALLED #%&4! 3ERBIA IS TO FORMALLY SIGN THE AGREEMENT ON THE #ENTRAL AND 3OUTH EASTERN %UROPEAN &REE 4RADE !SSOCIATION AT A SUMMIT 4UESDAY IN "UCHAREST "ETA REPORTED 6LATKO 3EKULOVIÌ STATE SECRETARY AT THE 3ERBIAN MINISTRY FOR )NTER NATIONAL %CONOMIC 2ELATIONS SAID #%&4! HAS BOTH ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE AS IT IS SEEN AS A STEP CLOSER TO THE %UROPEAN 5NION #%&4! S MAIN OBJECTIVE IS ESTABLISHMENT OF A FREE TRADE AREA BY GRADUAL LIBERALIZATION OF MUTUAL TRADE RELATIONS AND BY THE REMOVAL OF TARIFF AND NON TARIFF BARRIERS TO TRADE DURING A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD THE ORGANIZATION S 7EB SITE SAID 3ERBIA "OSNIA (ERZEGOVINA -ACEDONIA #ROATIA !LBANIA "ULGARIA 2OMANIA AND THE 5 . CIVIL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE IN 3ERBIA S +OSOVO PROVINCE ARE HOLDING TALKS TO JOIN #%&4! 3OURCE 50)
4RIBUNAL CO OPERATION DEPENDS ON INTERNAL POLITICS 6LADETA *ANKOVIÌ CHIEF ADVISOR TO 3ER BIAN 0RIME -INISTER 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA SAID THIS MONTH THAT RELATIONS WITH THE 4RIBUNAL DEPEND ON 3ERBIAiS INTERNAL POLITICS A FACTOR THAT WILL BE VERY IMPOR TANT IN THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT AS WELL *ANKOVIÌ SAID THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COM MUNITYiS DEMANDS TO HAVE +OpTUNICA PUBLICLY STATE THAT 2ATKO -LADIÌ WILL BE ARRESTED IS AN ATTEMPT TO VIOLATE NATIONAL DECENCY j+OpTUNICA GAVE MANY STATE MENTS THAT -LADIÌ WILL BE ARRESTED AS SOON AS HE IS FOUND &URTHER INSISTENCES ARE DEGRADING TO THE AUTHORITY OF A PO LITICAL PERSONALITY .O ONE CAN COME AND GIVE YOU A TEXT TO READ k *ANKOVIÌ SAID 2ASIM ,JAJIÌ CHIEF OF 3ERBIAiS .ATIONAL (AGUE #O OPERATION #OUNCIL SAID THAT SUCH A MOVE BY THE PRIME MINISTER COULD CONFIRM HIS POLIT ICAL READINESS TO ARREST -LADIÌ BOTH TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THE 3ERBIAN PEOPLE j)N A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION IF ONE POLICE OFFICER MEETS 2ATKO -LADIÌ ON THE STREET HE DOES NOT KNOW WHETHER HE WILL ARREST HIM OR NOT BE CAUSE HE HAS NOT HEARD ABOUT IT FROM ANY STATE OFFICIALS k ,JAJIÌ SAID 3OURCE "
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-ERKATOR GROUP MAKES PLANS -ERKATOR 3 AND - 2ODIÌ HAVE STARTED A REORGANISATION AND RATIONALI SATION PLAN WITH THE GOAL OF THE STRATEGY TO OPTIMISE ITS WORK FOR THE 3ERBIAN MARKET )N A STATEMENT FROM THE TWO RETAIL GIANTS IT WAS STATED THAT THEIR BUSINESS WOULD BE RUN BY 3TANKA ©UROVIÌ ACCORDING TO THE BUSINESS AND POLITICAL STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE -ERKATOR 'ROUP ©UROVIÌ WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF -ERKATOR AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF 2ODIÌ &ORMER -ERKATOR #%/ 6LADIMIR +RAVÍUK WHO HAS BEEN WITH -ER KATOR SINCE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AS AN ADVISOR FOR INVESTIGAT ING NEW MARKETS WITH HEADQUARTERS IN "ELGRADE (E WILL BE RESPON SIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE COMPANY IN 3ERBIA -ONTENEGRO !LBANIA -ACEDONIA AND "ULGARIA -ERKATOR AND 2ODIÌ WILL REMAIN TWO SEPARATE CHAIN STORES AND WILL OFFER THE SAME KIND OF PRODUCTS THEY OFFERED EARLIER WHICH WILL AL LOW CONSUMERS TO CHOOSE WHERE THEY WANT TO SHOP THE COMPANY STATEMENT SAID 3OURCE "ETA
#ONTRACT ON CONSTRUCTION OF GAS PIPELINE SIGNED 3ERBIAN -INISTER OF %NERGY AND -INING 2ADOMIR .AUMOV AND %XECUTIVE $IREC TOR OF THE 3ERBIAN OIL COMPANY .)3 .AF TAGAS )GOR +ORAC SIGNED IN $ECEMBER AN _ MILLION CONTRACT ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GAS PIPELINE AND UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE FACILITY AT "ANATSKI $VOR !T A PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING THE SIGN ING .AUMOV ANNOUNCED THAT THE FIRST CONSTRUCTION STAGE OF THE UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE FACILITY WILL BE COMPLETED BY END ADDING THAT THE SIGNING OF THIS CONTRACT SIGNIFIES THE BEGINNING OF THE .ATIONAL )NVEST MENT 0LAN S IMPLEMENTATION REGARDING GASIFICATION .AUMOV STRESSED THAT THIS FIRST STAGE ENVISAGES THE COMPLETION OF A TECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION LINE FOR THE PREPARATION DRYING AND DIS PATCH OF NATURAL GAS INTO THE GAS PIPELINE (E ALSO SAID THAT A TWO WAY KILOMETRE LONG PIPELINE FROM 'OSPOðINCI TO "ANATSKI $VOR IS ALSO PART OF THE FIRST STAGE AND IT SHOULD LINK THE "ANATSKI $VOR STORAGE FACILITY TO THE GAS TRANSPORT SYSTEM 3OURCE 'OVERNMENT OF 3ERBIA
$3 .O DEAL WITH +OpTUNICA 4HE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY $3 STATED THAT IT HAS NO DEAL WITH 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA FOR MAINTAINING HIS POSITION $3 6ICE 0RESIDENT $UpAN 0ETROVIÌ TOLD "LIC THAT HIS PARTY IF IT RE CEIVES THE MOST VOTES IN THE COMING ELECTIONS WILL PROPOSE A PRIME MINISTER FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT j7E WILL NOT GIVE ANY NAMES BEFORE THE ELECTIONS BECAUSE WE DO NOT DEAL WITH FUNCTIONS BUT WITH TAKING OVER REPONSIBILITIES k $UpAN 0ETROVIÌ SAID (E SAID THAT HIS PARTY IS VERY SURE OF VICTORY IN THE *ANUARY ELECTIONS AND THAT THE $3 IS PREPARED TO BE THE CORNER STONE FOR GETTING ALL PRO %UROPEAN FORCES TOGETHER TO SECURE BETTER LIVES FOR 3ERBIAiS CITIZENS j7HAT ) AM SURE OF IS THAT THE 323 2ADICAL 0ARTY AND THE 303 3O CIALIST 0ARTY DO NOT ENTER INTO THIS GROUP WITH WHICH WE CAN REACH AN AGREEMENT k 0ETROVIÌ SAID !SKED WHETHER THERE ARE ANY PLANS BETWEEN THE $3 AND THE $EMO CRATIC 0ARTY OF 3ERBIA TO KEEP 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA AS THE 0RIME -INIS TER 0ETROVIÌ SAID THAT SUCH PLANS DO NOT EXIST 3OURCE &O.ET
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HE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA 0ROPERTY !GENCY WILL PUT MORE THAN MILITARY PROPERTY ASSETS UP FOR SALE THOUGH IT IS HARD TO SAY AT THIS POINT HOW MANY OF THEM WILL FIND A NEW OWNER AND AT WHAT PRICE THEY ARE GOING TO BE SOLD j4HERE WOULD BE NO TROUBLE IN SELLING THEM IF THE ASSETS WERE IN 4ERAZIJE "UT A LOT OF THE ARMY FACILITIES THAT HAVE TO BE SOLD ARE SITUATED IN PROVINCIAL 3ERBIA AND EVEN THERE THEIR LOCA TIONS ARE NOT ATTRACTIVE 4HEY HAVE A VALUE ON PAPER THAT IS VERY HARD TO CASH IN WHICH IS PROVEN BY THE FACT THAT WE HAD OFFERED THEM FOR SALE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITHOUT SUCCESSk SAID -ILAN 4OMIÌ 'ENERAL $IRECTOR OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA
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0ROPERTY !GENCY ADDING THAT ONLY ò OF THE ARMY PROPERTY SCHEDULED FOR SALE BY THE -ASTER 0LAN FOR LIES ON LOCA TIONS THAT WILL MAKE IT FAIRLY EASY TO SELL 4HE LEAST TROUBLESOME POSSIBLY THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT THE ARMY PROPERTY FROM GOING TO WASTE IS TO FORGE AN AGREE MENT BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS 4HIS SCENARIO WOULD HAVE THE TOWNS AND MUNICIPALITIES TAKE OVER THE HARD TO SELL REAL ESTATE ASSETS AND IN RETURN PROVIDE THE !RMY OF 3ERBIA WITH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL APART MENTS SINCE A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF ARMY OFFICERS LACK ADEQUATE LIVING QUARTERS 4HERE ARE THOSE PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT WILL FIND A BUYER WITHOUT DIFFICULTIES ONCE THEY ARE AUCTIONED FOR SALE 4HE FIRST AMONG MILITARY AIRPORTS THAT WILL BE SOLD PARTLY OR ENTIRELY
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t ê{ 9 THE FIRST ON QUEUE IS THE AIRPORT IN ,ISIÍIJI *ARAK WHILE A SEC TION OF THE AIRPORT IN "ATAJNICA WILL BE OFFERED FOR RENT "ANJÍKI VIS AND SEVERAL OTHER ARMY BARRACKS IN "ELGRADE WILL PROBABLY ATTRACT ENOUGH BUYERS AS WELL )NVESTORS SHOWED INTEREST FOR THE BUILDING IN +ATANIÌEVA 3TREET IN "ELGRADE BUT IT SEEMS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WILL REMAIN IN STATE OWNERSHIP 4HE 0ROPERTY !GENCY IS NEGOTIATION OVER AN INTERNAL SALE OF THIS BUILDING TO THE 3ERBIAN %LECTRIC #OMPANY %03 FOR AROUND MILLION %52 j)F THE DEAL GOES THROUGH THE ARMY WILL GET THE MONEY AND THE PROPERTY WILL REMAIN IN STATE OWNERSHIP WHICH IS BETTER THAN TO SELL TO A PRIVATE COMPANY k 4OMIÌ SAID ! SIMILAR SOLUTION OF INTERNAL TRADE WAS USED FOR THE SALE OF THE FACILITIES IN :EMUN TO 3ERBIAN 0OSTAL 3ERVICES FOR AROUND MILLION %52 WHICH HAS NOW BECOME THE COMPA NYiS DISTRIBUTION CENTRE FOR THE "ALKANS 4OMIÌ ALSO BELIEVES THEY CAN FIND A BUYER FOR SECTIONS ! AND " OF THE DEMOLISHED ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN THE HEART OF "ELGRADE 4HE PROBLEM LIES IN THE FACT THAT SOMEONE HAS NAMED THIS BUILDING A PART OF THE 3ERBIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE AND IT CANNOT BE PUT UP FOR SALE ALTHOUGH THE STATE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THIS PROPERTY SINCE IT DOES NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO REPAIR IT
Cleaning the records 4HERE IS NOT TOO MUCH PROPERTY THAT THE STATE IS WILLING TO SELL OTHER THAN THE MILITARY ASSETS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OFFERED NEXT YEAR )NVESTORS COULD FIND INTERESTING HOWEVER THE BUILDING OF THE FORMER &EDERAL -INISTRY OF )NTERIOR IN +NEZA -ILOpA 3TREET IN "ELGRADE j7E NEED A LOT OF FUNDS TO REVITALISE THIS SEVERELY DAMAGED BUILDING /N THE OTHER HAND IT IS A PRIME LOCATION THAT CAN BRING A LOT OF MONEY TO THE STATE &OR EXAMPLE IF THE SITE WAS USED TO BUILD A HOTEL COM PLEX THE STATE WOULD BE LOOKING AT TAX REVENUE AND FOREIGN CURRENCY INCOME FROM TOURISM k ADDING THAT THE STATE WILL
ALSO BENEFIT IN SEVERAL WAYS FROM THE SALE OF THE -ARSHALATE TO THE 5 3 %MBASSY IN "ELGRADE 4HE SALE OF HECTARES OF LAND FOR 5 3 MILLION RAISED A PUBLIC DEBATE 4OMIÌ ADMITS THAT SELLING THIS PROPERTY TO A BUSINESS THAT WOULD DEVELOP LUXURY HOUSING PROJECTS IN $EDINJE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT MORE CASH BUT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A ONE TIME SALE 4HE 53 ADMINISTRATION HAS ANNOUNCED HOWEVER THAT THEY ARE GOING TO INVEST _ MILLION IN DEVELOP ING THEIR DIPLOMATIC COMPLEX j-OREOVER THE COMPLEX WILL HOUSE 5 3 DIPLOMATS WHOSE AVERAGE SALARY IS AROUND DOLLARS )F THEY LEAVE ONLY HALF OF THEIR EARNINGS HERE 3ERBIA
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p LOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICES 4HE STATE HAS A WIDE ARRAY OF REAL ESTATE ASSETS THAT ARE USED FOR VARIOUS PUR POSES 4HE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IN STATE OWNERSHIP IS HARD TO ASSESS HOWEVER BECAUSE THE MARKET VALUE IS NOT FIXED 4OMIÌ SAYS ADDING THAT THE MECHANISMS OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY CANNOT ALTERED ENTIRELY SINCE ò OF THIS PROPERTY IS NOT FOR SALE 4OMIÌ EXPLAINED THAT IT IS IMPOS SIBLE TO PRECISELY DETERMINE THE ANNUAL REVENUE FROM RENTING OFFICE SPACE BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY AND DISPERSION OF THE CUSTOMERS ! LOT OF THE OFFICE SPACE IS CONTROLLED DIRECTLY BY THE LOCAL ADMINISTRA TION WHO ALSO COLLECTS THE REVENUE a7E DO NOT HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF OUR REVENUES BECAUSE WE DO NOT Lack of space RECEIVE FINANCIAL REPORTS FROM THE 4HERE ARE A LOT OF FOREIGN CLI MUNICIPALITIES 4HESE ARE NOT HARD TO OBTAIN BUT WE DO NOT NEED THEM ENTS AMONG THE BUYERS AND LEASERS z ê¡©¤¥ê ê ê ê AT PRESENT BECAUSE WE ONLY GIVE OF PROPERTY IN 3ERBIA 4HE EXACT ê ê ê ê NUMBER IS HARD TO DETERMINE HOW OUR APPROVAL TO DECISIONS MADE BY ê ê ê ê ê EVER ACCORDING TO 4OMIÌ BECAUSE IT THE AUTHORITIES WHO GOVERN OVER IS SOMETIMES UNCLEAR WHO IS BEHIND THE OFFICE SPACE THAT ARE LEASED ê ê ê ê A FOREIGN COMPANY THAT HAS COME TO WHICH MEANS THAT OUR PRIMARY TASK ê ê ê 3ERBIA IT COULD BE CAPITAL THAT ONCE IS TO CHECK WHETHER THESE AUTHORI ê ê êm ê ê ê CROSSED THE NATIONAL BORDER AND TIES HAVE FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURES ê ê ê êy ê HAS NOW RETUNED OR IT COULD BE A FOR ADVERTISING THE COMPETITION FOR 3ERBIAN CITIZENS WITH FOREIGN CAPITAL LEASING SPACE TO THE PUBLIC &INALLY êz ê ê êzmy ±ê ê %ACH SALE IS ADVERTISED IN THE MEDIA THESE ARE NOT SOME SPECTACULAR my ±ê ê ê ê ê ê AND THE BIDS ARE OPENED BEFORE A AMOUNTS OF INCOME WE ARE TALKING ê ê ê ê COMMISSION IN FRONT OF ALL THE BID ABOUTj 4OMIÌ SAID ê ê DERS WHICH EXCLUDES OPPORTUNITIES 4HE !GENCY HAS HAD LITTLE TROU FOR MACHINATIONS 4OMIÌ SAYS BLE WITH LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS SO j4HE PUBLIC IS MAINLY INTERESTED FAR HE ADDED )T IS QUITE POSSIBLE IN WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SELL 4HE HOWEVER THAT THE 0ROPERTY !GENCY STATE ADMINISTRATION VARIOUS GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS AND WILL ASSUME AUTHORITY OVER THE TH ZONE OF THE 3AVA 2IVER 1UAY PUBLIC ENTERPRISES HOWEVER NEED SOME SQUARE METRES (ARBOUR POPULARLY DUBBED THE #ONCRETE (ALL SINCE ACCORD OF OFFICE SPACE AND WE HAVE TO INVEST OUR EFFORTS INTO PROVIDING ING TO SOME REPORTS THIS PROPERTY WAS NOT HANDLED PROPERLY IT 4HE FIRST THING WE ARE GOING TO DO IN THAT RESPECT IS REDIS a4HE #ITY GAVE THIS PROPERTY TO THE PUBLIC COMPANY IN CHARGE OF TRIBUTE THE EXISTING CAPACITIES !FTER WE SHIFT SEVERAL MINISTRIES THE CITYiS GREENERY 'RADSKO ZELENILO WHO THEN STARTED RENT INTO THE &EDERATION 0ALACE WE ARE GOING TO FREE UP SPACE FOR ING THIS SPACE FOR CHARGE WITHOUT ANYONEiS APPROVALk SMALLER USERS OF STATE REAL ESTATE PROPERTY 7E ARE ALSO GOING TO !S A PROVIDER OF PROPERTY THE !GENCY TRANSFERS RIGHTS TO HAVE TO REVISE THE USER RIGHTS AND DEFINE ONCE MORE WHO HAS THE USER WHICH CAN BE REVOKED ONLY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THE RIGHT TO USE STATE PROPERTY AND UNDER WHAT TERMS 7E MIGHT BUT IT ALSO TRANSFERS RESPONSIBILITIES !RTICLE B OF THE ,AW ON EVEN WITHDRAW RIGHTS TO MANY ORGANISATIONS THAT CURRENTLY RENT !SSETS /WNED BY THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA SAYS THAT IF AN ENTITY STATE OWNED OFFICE SPACE k 4OMIÌ ANNOUNCED DOES NOT HANDLE THEIR PROPERTY IN A LEGALLY ADEQUATE MANNER ! NUMBER OF .'/S THAT RECEIVED OFFICE SPACE FOR TEMPORARY THE STATE CAN CONFISCATE IT AND HAD IT TO SOMEONE ELSE FOR USE )N USE ARE STILL OCCUPYING IT WITHOUT BEING CHARGE FOR THE SERVICE THE CASE OF THE #ONCRETE (ALL THE CONDITIONS TO CONFISCATE THE 4HE MOST EYE CATCHING EXAMPLE IS THE BUILDING IN .EMANJINA PROPERTY ARE THERE AND ONCE THIS IS DONE WE ARE GOING TO SEE IN "ELGRADE WHERE THE .EW #OMMUNIST 0ARTY WHO HAVE WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO LET THE CITY USE THE BUILDING SINCE THEY YET TO TAKE PART IN THE ELECTIONS IS OCCUPYING AN ENTIRE FLOOR ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES THAT IT WILL BE HANDLED 4HE PROBLEM LIES IN THE FACT THAT THE 0ROPERTY !GENCY DOES NOT PROPERLYk 4OMIÌ WARNED HAVE THE PROPER AUTHORITY AND CANNOT EVICT hUNWANTED TENANTSi 4HE ,AW ON ,OCAL 3ELF 'OVERNMENT THAT WILL RESULT FROM WITH A SPECIAL DECREE 4HE ONLY AVAILABLE WAY IS THROUGH A COURT THE NEW #ONSTITUTION FORESEES THAT CERTAIN PROPERTIES ARE GOING PROCEDURE WHICH CAN LAST FOR YEARS 4HE !GENCY THUS WANTS TO PASS INTO THE JURISDICTION OF THE MUNICIPALITIES AND TOWN THE NEW ,AW ON 'OVERNMENT TO INCLUDE THESE AUTHORITIES TO AUTHORITIES 4HE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL RECEIVE THE REAL ESTATE THE 0ROPERTY !GENCY 4HIS WAY THE STATE WOULD RECLAIM TENS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN USING SO FAR BUT THE MUNICIPALITIES WILL OF THOUSANDS OF SQUARE METRES OF SPACE THAT COULD BE SUED BY ALSO HAVE CONTROL OVER HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 4HEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THIS REAL ESTATE TO ANOTHER ENTITY USERS WHO ARE LEGALLY ENTITLED TO THIS RIGHT #URRENTLY STATE PROPERTY IS USED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE STATE WITHOUT STATE APPROVAL SINCE IT IS STILL OWNED BY THE 2EPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING THE MINISTRIES AND VARIOUS GOVERN OF 3ERBIA a4HE STATE IS GOING TO HAVE THE FINAL WORD JUST AS IT MENT ORGANIZATIONS PUBLIC ENTERPRISES LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS HAS IN THE 5NITED 3TATES FOR EXAMPLE ,OCAL OFFICIALS IN !RIZONA THE HEALTH AND EDUCATION SECTORS /N THE OTHER HAND OFFICE CANNOT SELL A BUILDING USED BY THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION WITHOUT SPACE IS RENTED TO BUSINESSES AND OTHER CLIENTS SUCH AS DIP THE APPROVAL OF 7ASHINGTONj -ILAN 4OMIÌ CONCLUDED
YOU HAVE A LEGACY OF YEARS OF MISHANDLING STATE PROPERTYk 4OMIÌ EXPLAINED 3INCE THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS AS TO WHAT EXACTLY FALLS UNDER STATE PROPERTY AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TITLE HOLDERS DURING THIS TIME &IRST WE HAD THE PROPERTY OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA AND OF 3&29 THEN &29 AND AT ONE POINT EVEN THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION WAS THE OWNER )N THE MID S THE GOVERN MENT FORMED THE 0ROPERTY !GENCY UNDER THE ,AW ON THE 0ROPERTY OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA WHICH PROCLAIMED 3ERBIA AS THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OF ALL STATE PROPERTY
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)NDEPENDENTLY OF THAT ) THOUGHT THAT hSMALL 9UGOSLAVIAi SHOULD HAVE SURVIVED UNTIL THE REFERENDUM IN -ONTENEGRO INSTEAD OF CREATING THAT SHORT TERM STATE UNION 4HUS ) HAD TO GO TO THE &OREIGN -INISTRY IN -EXICO TO EXPLAIN THAT WE WERE NO LONGER 9UGOSLAVIA BUT 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO !ND BESIDES THAT ) COULD NOT REALLY EXPLAIN ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THAT STATE WAS A TRANSITIONAL ONE 7HO WOULD UNDERSTAND THERE THAT SUCH A CREATION ON WHICH ALL THAT ENERGY WAS SPENT WAS NEEDED AT ALL .OTHING PREVENTED hBIG 9UGOSLAVIAi FROM DISINTEGRATING THUS ) THOUGHT THAT WE COULD PEACEFULLY WAIT FOR THE REFERENDUM IN -ONTENEGRO IN hSMALL 9UGOSLAVIAi "UT THOSE WERE ONLY MY PRIVATE THOUGHTS )N A RECENTLY PUBLISHED POLITICAL ESSAY ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING THE UNSUCCESSFUL LEGITIMATE TRANSITION IN 3ERBIA YOU DESCRIBED 3ERBIAN NATIONALISM AS THE MAIN OBSTACLE TO THE STABILISA TION OF 3ERBIA AS A MODERN AND DEMOCRATIC STATE 7HICH OTHER FAC TORS FIGURED INTO THE STRONG RESISTANCE TO CHANGE )N THAT ARTICLE ) EXPLAINED THAT AT ITS VERY BEGINNING 3ERBIAN NATION ALISM WAS ESTABLISHED ON TWO CONTRADICTORY PRINCIPLES !FTER GAINING INDEPENDENCE 3ERBIA WAS INCLINED TOWARDS TERRITORIAL EXPAN SION ACCORDING TO THE IDEAL OF THE 3ERBIAN MEDIEVAL STATE THUS THE "ALKAN WARS OCCURRED IN WHICH 3ERBIA GAINED -ACEDONIA AND +OSOVO !T THE SAME TIME THE NATIONAL PROGRAMME OF SELF DETERMINATION OF THE 3ERBIAN NATION WAS ESTABLISHED I E ITS UNIFICATION ON AN ETHNICAL BASE BECAUSE NUMEROUS 3ERBS USED TO LIVE ON THE TERRITORY OF THE !USTRO (UNGARIAN %MPIRE #ROATIA " ( AND 6OJVODINA 4HEREFORE THE 3ERBIAN NATIONAL PROGRAMME INSISTED ON ITS TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY OVER THOSE TERRITORIES ON WHICH 3ERBS WERE NOT THE MAJORITY AND ON THE OTHER SIDE DEMANDED THE RIGHT TO NATIONAL UNIFICATION AND SELF DETERMINATION )T DID NOT RECOGNISE THE SAME RIGHTS OF THE !LBANIAN MINORITY &ROM THAT CONTRADICTION IT WAS NEVER POSSIBLE TO CREATE A STABLE STATE THUS WE WERE ALWAYS COMPLAINING EITHER THAT INTERNATIONAL FAC
pย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย TORS WERE TAKING AWAY OUR TERRITORIES THIS IS NOW THE CASE WITH +OSOVO OR THAT WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO UNITE WITH 3ERBS OUTSIDE 3ERBIA WHICH MEANT TERRITORIAL EXPANSION ON THE ACCOUNT OF OTHER NATIONS REPUBLICS " ( AND #ROATIA 4HAT PROBLEM IS VISIBLE THESE DAYS TOO AND IT IS STILL TO BE RESOLVED THE FICTITIOUS SOVEREIGNTY OF +OSOVO HAS BEEN DEMANDED AND THE STATE IS FLIRTING WITH 2EPUBLIKA 3RPSKA 4HIS jINCOMPLETEABLEk STATE HAS TURNED INTO THE IDEOLOGY OF AUTHORITARIANISM FROM WHICH EVERY NATIONAL IDEA ORIGINATED AND BECAUSE OF THAT 3ERBIA HAS ALL THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONS THE RULE OF LAW AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CONTROL OVER THE POLICE AND THE ARMY 4ODAY THE IDEOLOGY OF SOVEREIGNTY RULES WHICH DOES NOT EXIST ANYWHERE AND WILL NOT EXIST ANYWHERE IF WE CONTINUE WITH THE OLD PRACTICES IN THE FUTURE ) HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED THE FACTOR OF RESIST ANCE AUTHORITATIVE REAR STRUCTURES THE POLICE AND ARMY POLITICIANS WHO USE THAT IDEOLOGY IN ORDER TO INSURE POWER AND ALSO THE CULTURAL ELITE NOUVEAU RICHE AND THE CHURCH 9OU ALSO CLAIM THAT THERE IS NO REAL HONEST INTENTION TO CREATE A LEGAL FOUNDED STATE HERE (OW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT 4HE CURRENT POLITICAL LEADERS CANNOT SAY THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO JOIN %UROPE BUT THEY WOULD LIKE THIS PATH TO BE SLOW IN OUR OWN 3ERBIAN WAY TO BE IN SOME LIMBO m NEITHER HERE NOR THERE !NY MORE ENERGETIC ATTEMPTS TO TURN 3ERBIA TOWARDS %UROPE WOULD MEAN THAT THOSE STRUCTURES ) MENTIONED ABOVE WILL LOSE THEIR POWER THUS THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DICTATE THE TEMPO OF THE PATH TO %UROPE (OWEVER THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT A JOKE WAS PROVED BY THE MURDER OF :ORAN รฎINรฐIร WHO WANTED TO TAKE 3ERBIA TO %UROPE WITH A FAST TEMPO -ANY DID NOT LIKE THAT AND THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME IN 3ERBIAN HISTORY THAT SUCH REFORM IST PRO WESTERN POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED )N FAVOUR OF THAT IS THE LOW EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE OF 3ERBIA IN WHICH THE PATRIARCHY OF TRIBAL MENTALITY STILL RULES THAT IS NOT EASY TO CHANGE )F WE PERSIST IN A SO AND SO WAY OF TRANSITION ) MEAN THE ECONOMIC ONE AND IF THE ISSUES OF +OSOVO AND 4HE (AGUE ARE RESOLVED WE MIGHT EXPECT FASTER CHANGES IN 3ERBIA IN AN ESSENTIAL SENSE m TOWARDS A MODERN SOCIETY AND STATE 4HE SURROUNDINGS WILL BE SUCH THAT WE WILL BE FORCED TO CONTINUE THE REFORMS AND THE PACE AT WHICH WE WILL DEVELOP THE RULE OF LAW AS A CONDITION OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY WILL DEPEND ON THE POLITICAL FORCES THAT WILL HAVE THE MAIN SAY IN THE FUTURE &OR THE TIME BEING THOSE FORCES ARE MOSTLY CONSERVA TIVE BUT YOUNG FORCES ARE APPEARING FORCES THAT CAN ACCELERATE CHANGE 4HE DOORS HAVE BEEN OPENED FOR 3ERBIA TO ENTER THE 0ARTNERSHIP FOR 0EACE EVEN THOUGH IT HAS NOT FULFILLED ITS OBLIGATIONS TO THE (AGUE TRIBUNAL I E HAS NOT EXTRADITED 2ATKO -LADIร 7HAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROCESS ) THINK ITiS GOOD THAT 3ERBIA -ONTENEGRO AND " ( WERE ACCEPTED INTO THE 0ARTNERSHIP FOR 0EACE /N SEVERAL OCCASIONS ) SUGGESTED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO CARRY OUT SOME INTERNAL REFORMS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE ARMY 4HOSE REFORMS ARE NECESSARY PRECISELY BECAUSE -LADIร IS STILL FREE 4HE OBLIGATIONS TOWARDS THE )#49 MIGHT END EASIER IN THIS WAY )T IS GOOD TO BREAK THE 3ERBIAN PREJUDICES THAT EVERYBODY IS jUNFAIRLYk AGAINST 3ERBIA WHICH IS A VERY WIDESPREAD OPINION HERE 7E HAVE TO LEARN TO DO GOOD THINGS FOR OURSELVES AND TO RECOGNISE SUCH THINGS 7HAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF 0RIME -INISTER ร INร JIร AND DO YOU EXPECT THAT THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND OF IT WILL ONE DAY BE REVEALED -Y OBJECTIONS TO THE TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF 0RIME -INISTER รฎINรฐIร ARE WELL KNOWN THUS ) WILL NOT REPEAT THEM )T IS CLEAR THAT REGARDING THIS PROCESS THERE IS ALWAYS SOME SORT OF jANXIETYk THERE ARE MANY ILLEGAL AND SECRET THINGS WHICH HAPPEN OUTSIDE THE COURT (OWEVER AS LONG AS THIS TRIAL IS DRAGGED OUT AND THE ADMINISTRATION THINKS THAT THIS IS GOOD FOR IT THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND OF THE MURDER WILL COME TO THE SURFACE 7HETHER OR NOT THAT BACKGROUND WILL BE REVEALED m ) CANNOT ESTIMATE AS A RULE THOSE BACKGROUNDS STAY WHERE THEY ARE m IN THE
kย รช}ย ย ย ย รชwย Oย 9 BACKGROUND 7HY "ECAUSE THIS WAS ABOUT A VERY WIDE CONSPIRACY IN WHICH MANY PEOPLE HAD THEIR OWN VESTED INTERESTS &OR NOW IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO GIVE THE VERDICT AND THAT THE 3UPREME #OURT DOES NOT REFUTE IT SO THE TRAIL HAS TO START AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING ) DO NOT RULE OUT SUCH A POSSIBILITY 7HAT MOTIVATED YOU TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS AGAIN SINCE YOU ARE ON THE LIST OF CANDIDATES OF THE ,$0 '33 3$5 ,36 COALITION 7HAT IS THE INFLUENCE OF YOUR COALITION ON THE ELECTORAL BODY IN 3ERBIA %VERYTHING ) HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MOTIVATED ME TO SUPPORT THE COALITION &INALLY MY PARTY IS THERE TOO ) DID NOT LEAVE SO ) HAD TO COME BACK BUT ) WAS ALREADY THERE ) THINK THAT THIS RATHER DIFFERENT VISION OF THE FUTURE OF 3ERBIA IN WHICH THE PAST AND MISTAKES DO NOT GET JUMPED OVER SHOULD RECEIVE AT LEAST THE INITIAL RECOGNITION OF CITIZENS MEANING THAT THE COALITION WILL ENTER THE 0ARLIAMENT /N THAT FOUNDATION IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO BUILD A MUCH STRONGER ORGANISATION WHOSE VIEWS ON THE WORLD AND THE SYSTEM OF VALUES WERE ALWAYS IN THE MINORITY IN 3ERBIA !ND NOW THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THERE IS NO SUCH 3ERBIA ANY MORE )T WOULD BE GOOD TO SHOW THAT THERE IS ONE 7HAT SORT OF RESULTS DO YOU EXPECT IN THE ELECTIONS AND WILL THE CITIZENS OF 3ERBIA BE ABLE TO HOPE FOR THE ACCELERATION OF THE REFORM IST AND DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES IN 3ERBIA AFTER ST *ANUARY 7E ARE COUNTING ON PENETRATING THE 0ARLIAMENT AND IN THAT WAY BROADENING THE POLITICAL COMPETITION WHICH SHOWS A STRONG TENDENCY OF DRAWING CLOSER TO SOME ASSEMBLY PARTIES WHICH AGREE IN ADVANCE BETWEEN THEMSELVES THAT THOSE ELECTIONS DO NOT BRING ANYTHING ESPE CIALLY NEW AND BESIDES THAT SAY THAT THOSE ELECTIONS ARE jHISTORICALk TOO 4HOSE ELECTIONS WILL BE IMPORTANT IF THE CIVIC OPTION FINALLY PENETRATES THE 0ARLIAMENT AND SHOWS WHAT IT CAN DO TO CHANGE THE SITUATION IN 3ERBIA MORE QUICKLY CorD \ *ANUARY
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HIRTEEN CANDIDATES ARE COMPETING AT THE TENDER FOR $$/2 .OVI 3AD ONE OF THE TWO LARGEST INSURANCE COMPANIES IN 3ERBIA m THE PRIVATISATION OF WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE $EPOSIT )NSURANCE !GENCY AND WHICH SOME PROSPECTIVELY SEE AS THE jMOST SUCCESSFUL PRIVATISA TION IN THE FINANCIAL SECTORk !LL CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MINIMUM GROSS PREMIUM REVENUE OF _ MILLION FOR THE LAST AUDITED FISCAL YEAR OR _ BILLION MINIMUM TOTAL ASSETS IF THE CANDIDATE IS A BANK AND AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OPERATING IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS 4HE TENDER IS BEING PARTICIPATED IN BY &ONDIARIA 3!) 'ENERALI )TALY !8! 'ROUPAMA &RANCE !LLIANZ 6(6 'ROUP 'ERMANY +"# "ELGIUM ,A "ALOISE 3WITZERLAND #ZECH POJISTOVNA %THNIKI 'REECE 4RIGLAV 3LOVENIA AND 7IENER 3TADISCHE !USTRIA
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4HE TOP THREE ARE !LLIANZ !8! CURRENTLY RECORDING RAPID GROWTH MAINLY THROUGH TAKEOVERS AND 'ENERALI WHO HAVE MADE _ BILLION IN GROSS PREMIUM REVENUE AND ARE ALREADY POSITIONED IN 3ERBIA SINCE THEIR PURCHASE OF A MAJOR STAKE IN $ELTA )NSURANCE 4HE NEXT CLUSTER IS MADE OF 'ROUPAMA &ONDIARIA 3!) AND %UREKO WHO IS OUT OF THE RACE ACCORDING TO SOME UNOF FICIAL REPORTS AND THESE ARE FOLLOWED BY 7IENER 3TADISCHE ,A "ALOISE AND +"# WHO FALL INTO THE SAME CATEGORY OF GROSS PREMIUM REVENUE _ _ BILLION AND ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AMBITIONS IN #ENTRAL AND %ASTERN %UROPEAN MARKETS 4HE PARTICIPATION OF #ZECH POJISTOVNA AND 6(6 GROSS PREMIUM REVENUE _ BILLION IS A SURPRISE TO SOME SINCE THEY HAVE NOT SHOWN INTEREST IN MARKETS GEOGRAPHICALLY CLOSE TO 3ERBIA UP TO NOW %THNIKI AND 4RIGLAV ALTHOUGH HAVING ANNUAL GROSS PREMIUM REVENUES BELOW _ BILLION
wyp}h{pzh{pvuêÀêp êz HAVE A STRONG PRESENCE BEYOND THEIR NATIONAL MARKETS AND THE POSITIVE PARAMETERS HERE ARE '$0 GROWTH A POSITIVE ECONOMIC SITUATION AND POSITIVE FORECASTS RELATED TO SUS THEIR OBVIOUS MOTIVATION IS TO EXPAND IN THE REGION 4HERE IS LITTLE MENTION OF A PROBABLE PRICE TAG ON TAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT k SAID 'ERALD -ULLER $$/2 BUT EXPERTS CLAIM THAT THE COMPANYiS VALUE IS #OMMERCIAL $IRECTOR OF 5NIQAiS HEAD OFFICE IN 6IENNA 4WO 3LOVENIAN COMPANIES HAVE ALSO ENTERED THE MAR AROUND _ BILLION HENCE THE STATE COULD BE LOOKING TO BAG APPROXIMATELY _ BILLION FOR ITS SHARE OF A LITTLE OVER ò KET BY WAY OF ACQUISITIONS m 4RIGLAV AND 3AVA 2E 4RIGLAV IN $$/2 4HIS HAS ALSO BEEN HINTED BY FORMER &INANCE REACHED AN AGREEMENT TO BUY PER CENT AND LATER ON -INISTER -LAðAN $INKIÌ WHEN HE SAID THAT j.)3 AND $$/2 PER CENT OF +OPAONIK INSURANCE AT _ PER SHARE WHILE WOULD GENERATE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INCOME FROM PRIVATISA THEIR INTENT IS TO BECOME OWNERS OF ò MINUS SHARE +OPAONIK CONTROLS THREE PER CENT OF THE 3ERBIAN MARKET TION IN k 4HE DOMESTIC INSURANCE GIANT HAS A VERY GOOD BUSINESS AND HAS MADE _ MILLION IN PREMIUM REVENUES IN RECORD IN AND HAS SIMILAR EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS YEAR 4RIGLAV HOLDS ò OF THE MARKET IN 3LOVENIA WITH GROSS $$/2 MADE _ MILLION IN GROSS PREMIUM REVENUE IN PREMIUMS IN OF _ MILLION 4HE ENTIRE GROUP WHICH PER CENT MORE THAN IN AND RECORDED A CAPITAL INCREASE OF ò h êk ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êµ ê 4HERE ARE DIVERGING OPINIONS IN ê ê ê ±´ê ê ê ê ê ê ê 3ERBIA OVER WHETHER THE INSURANCE SECTOR SHOULD BE PRIVATISED AT THIS ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ¾ POINT WHEN THE MARKET IS EXPECTED ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê TO EXPAND BETWEEN AND )F THEY ARE NOT SOLD PREMATURELY THE VALUE OF 3ERBIAN COMPANIES IN THE SECTOR ARE EXPECTED TO ALSO COMPRISES FIRMS IN #ROATIA " ( -ONTENEGRO AND THE INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY 4HERE HAS ALSO BEEN DEBATE OVER #ZECH 2EPUBLIC HAS EARNED A TOTAL GROSS PREMIUM REVENUE WHETHER THE PRIVATISATION OF THE OTHER BIG LOCAL PLAYER IN THE OF _ MILLION 4RIGLAV HAS MADE THE HEADLINES IN 3ERBIA BY CONSTANT 3ERBIAN INSURANCE MARKET $UNAV OSIGURANJE IS NECESSARY -OST AGREE HOWEVER THAT ONE OF THESE TWO COMPANIES ATTEMPTS TO REINSTATE ITS PRESENCE IN THE MARKET DURING THE OUGHT TO BE PRIVATISED SINCE THEY HAVE ONE AND THE SAME PAST FEW YEARS AND THE TRANSACTION IS VIEWED AS hNATURALi MAJORITY STAKEHOLDER THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA AND BECAUSE OWING TO THE FACT THAT +OPAONIK WAS THE h3ERBIAN HEIRi TO TOGETHER THEY HOLD TWO THIRDS OF THE MARKET 5NDER THE THE COMPANY UNDER THE NAME OF 4RIGLAV THAT OPERATED IN PRESENT CONDITIONS THE SITUATION CAN BE VIEWED AS A STATE THE ENTIRE MARKET OF THE FORMER 3&29 j3AVA 2Ek MEANWHILE WILL ACQUIRE ò OF 0OLIS OSI MONOPOLY 3OME OF THE BETTER KNOWN FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES GURANJE WHO HOLD A ò SHARE OF THE MARKET 4HE TOTAL WERE FOUNDED UNDER THE PREVIOUS LAW WITH ò FOREIGN PREMIUM REVENUE OF THE COMPANY AFTER IT WAS FOUNDED BY A AND ò DOMESTIC OWNERSHIP 7IENER 3TADISCHE 'RAWE MERGER BETWEEN +OLOS OSIGURANJE AND "EOBANKA OSIGURANJE AND #ROATIA OSIGURANJE m OWNER OF ò OF -ILENIUM OSIG IN WAS MILLION DINARS 4RIGLAV ALSO TOOK OVER ò OF +OSOVO INSURANCE COMPANY $UKAðINI THE THIRD LARGEST URANJE 3EVERAL OTHER FOREIGN COMPANIES ENTERED THE 3ERBIAN IN +OSOVO WITH A PER CENT MARKET SHARE !LTHOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF FOREIGN INTEREST IN THE 3ERBIAN MARKET BY ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP IN DOMESTIC INSURANCE FIRMS 'ENERALI BOUGHT ò PLUS ONE SHARE IN $ELTA OSIG INSURANCE MARKET NO ONE HAS YET MADE A GREEN FIELD INVEST URANJE WHICH IS POSITIONED IN THIRD PLACE ON THE 3ERBIAN MENT ALTHOUGH THERE ARE INDICATORS THAT ONE COMPANY WILL MARKET AND IS THE LARGEST PRIVATE OWNED INSURANCE COM BE GRANTED A LICENCE VERY SOON 5NTIL RECENTLY NATIONAL LAWS PANY 'ENERALI IS THE THIRD LARGEST IN %UROPE AND OPERATES DID NOT ALLOW FOREIGN INVESTORS TO FOUND AN INSURANCE COM IN COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE 4HEY HAVE STATED THAT THEIR PANY THAT WAS TOTALLY IN THEIR OWNERSHIP BUT HAD TO HAVE A MOTIVATION TO ENTER THE 3ERBIAN MARKET WAS jFAVOURABLE DOMESTIC INDIVIDUAL OR LEGAL ENTITY WITH AT LEAST A ONE PER ECONOMIC INDICATORS AND LOW DEVELOPMENT OF INSURANCE IN CENT STAKE IN THE COMPANY 4HE CURRENT )NSURANCE ,AW PERMITS FOREIGN ERS TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN INSURANCE COMPANIES { ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ¾ (OWEVER EXPERTS ARE OF THE OPINION THAT 3ERBIAiS ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê CENTRAL BANK m THE .ATIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIA m FIRST WANTED TO CONSOLIDATE THE MARKET BY PRIVATISING ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê WHAT THEY FELT WAS NECESSARY BEFORE ALLOWING GREEN FIELD INVESTMENTS ê ê ê ê 4HE VERY FACT THAT A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS ARE ALREADY HERE AND THAT MORE ARE ON THE WAY IMPLIES THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE 3ERBIA WHICH OFFERS A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE FOR GROWTH k !USTRIAN INSURANCE COMPANY 5NIQA HAS ACQUIRED ò ANOTHER REDISTRIBUTION OF THE MARKET SHARE AND VERY PROB OF :EPTER OSIGURANJE FOR _ MILLION AND HAVE ANNOUNCED ABLY TO MORE REGROUPINGS !LTHOUGH $UNAV IS TRYING TO LEAVE AN IMPRESSION A COMPLETE TAKEOVER OF THE COMPANY IN THE NEAR FUTURE :EPTER HOLDS FOUR PER CENT OF THE ENTIRE MARKET BUT PER THAT THEY jARE NOT AFRAID OF COMPETITION k THE COMPANY WILL CENT OF THE LIFE INSURANCE MARKET AND DIRECTS PER CENT HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR STRATEGY IF THEY WANT TO HOLD ONTO THEIR OF ITS BUSINESS TO THIS BRANCH OF INSURANCE )N :EPTER CHUNK OF THE MARKET SINCE THEY HAVE NEVER HAD TO FACE RECORDED A PER CENT GROWTH MARGIN COMPARED TO THE YEAR SUCH FIERCE COMPETITION !NOTHER ISSUE IS WHETHER THE SMALLER INSURANCE FIRMS BEFORE AND A GROSS PREMIUM OF _ MILLION 5NIQA IS THE BIGGEST INSURANCE COMPANY IN !USTRIA RECORDING A GROWTH MANY OF WHICH ARE MAINLY DEALING WITH OBLIGATORY MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE WILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IN THE NEW MARGIN OF ò LAST YEAR j7E CAME TO 3ERBIA WITH THE PRIMARY GOAL OF EXTEND ENVIRONMENT (ENCE WE CAN EXPECT NEW MERGERS AND ING OUR BUSINESS IN THE REGION AND INCREASE PROFITS AND AMALGAMATION CorD \ *ANUARY
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N THE MID S DEEPLY EFFECTED BY THE DECAYING SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY AND HOPING TO AT LEAST STEM THE TIDE OF DEPARTING RESEARCH ASSISTANTS A GROUP OF PROFESSORS FROM THE .OVI 3AD &ACULTY OF %NGINEERING ASSEMBLED TO FORM A SORT OF INCUBATION CENTRE WHERE SCIENTISTS WOULD BE ABLE TO CONDUCT THEIR RESEARCH AND USE THEIR IDEAS IN THE MARKETPLACE ,ED BY PROFESSORS -IROSLAV $ESPOTOVIÌ AND 6OJIN fENK THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE A SOLID STRUCTURE WHERE RESEARCH COULD BE CONDUCTED AND INNOVA TION SUPPORTED 4HIS WOULD IN TURN LEAD TO IDEAS THAT COULD EARN MONEY REGENERATE ITSELF AND OFFER MORE SUPPORT TO NEW IDEAS !S OF LAST YEAR THE BUSINESSES FOUNDED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE PROJECT ARE EMPLOYING NEARLY PEOPLE IN .OVI 3AD AND DOING _ MILLION WORTH OF TURNOVER ANNUALLY 3INCE GROWTH HAS BEEN STEADY m EACH YEAR SUCCESS IS ADDED UPON SUCCESS 4HIS YEAR WILL SEE THE HOLDING OF A CONTEST FOR THE BEST NEW BUSINESS IDEAS WITH THE WINNERS RECEIVING
PLACE 5NFORTUNATELY 0ROFESSOR $ESPOTOVIÌ DIED LAST YEAR BEFORE SEEING HIS DREAMS COME TRUE BUT 0ROFESSOR fENK STILL CONTINUES TO WORK TIRELESSLY ON ESTABLISHING THE CENTRE &INDING TIME BETWEEN MEETINGS WITH PROSPECTIVE NEW STU DENTS SEEKING ADVICE UNDERGRADUATES DEMANDING HIS ATTENTION AND POLITICIANS WHO QUITE LIKELY FEAR HIS TENACITY 0ROFESSOR fENK SAT DOWN WITH #OR$ TO DISCUSS THE BACKGROUND OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK AND WHAT DRIVES HIM TO CONTINUE CHASING HIS DREAM
(OW DID THE IDEA TO BUILD A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IN .OVI 3AD COME ABOUT ) CANiT TELL YOU THE EXACT DAY IT STARTED WHEN IT CAME OUT OF MY PERSONAL STORY AND INTO THE BIGGER ONE 4HE 5NIVERSITY OF .OVI 3AD IS DIFFERENT )T IS THE ONLY CAMPUS BASED UNIVERSITY IN THE "ALKANS AND IN THE EX 9UGOSLAVIA "EING CAMPUS BASED IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN RATHER INTEGRATED m ONLY NOW THE NEW LAW ON UNIVER SITIES SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO BE INTEGRATED BUT 5.3 HAS BEEN INTE GRATED SINCE THE BEGINNING 4HIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE FACULTIES OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING h ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê !LL THE FACULTIES AT THIS UNIVERSITY 0HILOLOGY ê ê ê ê ê ꡱªªªê ê êu ê 3CIENCES ETC ARE MULTI DISCIPLINARY m STUDIES BROAD BASED 7E HAVE ALWAYS WORKED z ê ê ꢪê ê ê ê ê êz ê ARE INTERDISCIPLINARY WITH EACH OTHER 4HE PEOPLE ¢ªªª±ê ê ê ê êÀê ê ê ê ê ê WHO CAME HERE TO SET UP THE UNIVERSITY WERE ê ê VERY PRACTICAL m THEY CAME FROM INDUSTRY 4HEY SAID THERE IS A SO CALLED (OLY 4RINITY IF YOU WANT TO BE A PROFESSOR YOU HAVE TO EXCEL SUPPORT IN EMBARKING ON A BUSINESS VENTURE 4HESE IDEAS COME IN THREE AREAS m IN SCIENCE IN TEACHING BUT ALSO IN INDUSTRY FROM A WIDE SPECTRUM HIGH TECH MEDICAL DEVICES AND AGRICUL )N THE h S WE WERE IN A FINANCIAL CRISIS ! LOT OF PROFESSORS TURAL TECHNOLOGY TO NAME JUST A FEW THAT SHARE THE DESIRE TO OFFER WORKED WITH INDUSTRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRY AND UP NEW INNOVATIONS !LREADY OVER APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN TO RAISE THEIR INCOMES AS WELL )T WAS VERY POSSIBLE TO DO THAT RECEIVED AND IT IS LIKELY THAT NEARLY WILL HAVE THEIR PRODUCTS HERE 4HE INDUSTRY SECTOR NEEDED TO REFRESH EQUIPMENT WITHOUT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY HEAVY PURCHASES 4HAT WAS THE TIME OF THE PROGRAMME OF SAVING (OWEVER THE SITUATION IS STILL DEPENDENT ON CURRENT CIRCUM AND STABILISATION OF THE ECONOMY m INVESTMENTS WERE FORBIDDEN STANCES OF POLITICAL DIFFERENCES AND A LACK OF FUNDS !ND THIS IS -ACHINERY WAS RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE INSIDE m TAKING OUT THE ENSURING THAT THE DREAM OF THE PROFESSORS TO HAVE THEIR OWN SCI INSIDES AND MAKING SOMETHING BETTER ENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK IS STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGES 4HEN IN 6OJVODINA WAS ADDED TO 3ERBIA 4HIS HAD SOME 4HE SUCCESS THAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED IS DRIVEN BY THEIR DESIRE IMMEDIATE IMPLICATIONS BECAUSE THE LAW IN 6OJVODINA STATED THAT TO MAKE A BETTER PLACE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS AND ALL RESEARCH IS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE UNIVERSITY WHEREAS INNOVATORS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF .OVI 3AD m AND IN 3ERBIA PROPER THE RESEARCH WAS IN THE INSTITUTES )T IS GOOD HOPEFULLY WHO WILL IN TURN STAY AND CONTINUE TO MAKE IT A BETTER EITHER WAY BUT NOT IF YOU SWITCH INSTANTLY 5NDER THOSE LAWS THE
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m ê} ê¾êp BEHIND DREAMS 7E NEED SOME PLACE 7E STARTED TO ORGANISE THE PEO WHERE COMPANIES ARE ABLE TO WORK IN PLE WHO WERE ALREADY INTERESTED IN GOOD CONDITIONS .OW THEY ARE WORK THIS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS THATiS HOW ING IN CONTAINERS IN PRIVATE APART ./3)# CAME ABOUT 7E APPLIED FOR MENTS LEASED AROUND THE UNIVERSITY AN %5 4%-053 PROJECT AT THE BEGIN OR IN THE CITY CENTRE WHERE YOU CANiT NING OF WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE PARK YOUR CAR 4HEY NEED AN ENVIRON A PROJECT THAT ALLOWED US TO VISIT OTHER MENT WITH GB PER SECOND INTERNET SUCH UNIVERSITIES TO SEE WHAT THEY WHERE THEY CAN PARK WHERE THEIR WERE DOING NOT BUILDING THE PARK AS EQUIPMENT IS SECURE AND SOMETHING WE HAD ENVISIONED THAT LOOKS DECENT WHEN CUSTOMERS )N WE ESTABLISHED CONTACT COME TO VISIT WITH THE 'ERMAN '4: AID ORGANISA 4HE &ACULTY OF %NGINEERING HAS TION AND STARTED CREATING WHAT WAS SOME IDEAS ABOUT BUILDING A NEW NECESSARY FOR AN INCUBATION AND INNO PREMISES WHERE IT WOULD BE MIXED VATION CENTRE WHICH WAS NICKNAMED USE m SOME OF IT WOULD BE USED BY ./3)# 7E COLLECTED THE BUSINESSES TEACHERS AND SOME WOULD BE USED BY THAT WERE ALREADY OPERATING AND RAN A THESE HIGH TECH COMPANIES COMPETITION FOR NEW BUSINESSES FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF .OVI 3AD FOR WHICH WE HAD APPLICATIONS AND RESULT )S THIS BUILDING LIKELY TO BE BUILT SOON ING FINALISTS WITH BUSINESS PLANS THAT ) WONiT ANSWER THAT QUESTION ANY HAD UNDERGONE A YEAR OF TRAINING AND { ê ê ê ê ê MORE &OUR YEARS AGO ) SAID IT WOULD COACHING /UT OF THOSE SIX COMPANIES BE FINISHED IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS WERE STARTED AND FOUR ARE STILL ALIVE ê ê ±ê THREE YEARS AGO ) THOUGHT THE SAME 7E TRIED TO REPEAT THIS SUCCESS IN ê ê ê ê TWO YEARS AGO ) THOUGHT THE SAME BUT COULD NOT FIND THE FUNDS )N êÀê ê ê WE MANAGED TO GET FUNDING FROM BUT ONE YEAR AGO ) STARTED SAYING ) ê ê ê ê WITHIN THE COUNTRY AND HAD ENORMOUS DIDNiT KNOW )T DOESNiT DEPEND ON SUCCESS AGAIN 3OME PART OF THIS STORY US WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST "UT WE ê ê ê ±ê ARE ENGINEERS WORKING ON SOMETHING PERTAINS TO .OVI 3AD BUT THERE ARE ê¡¥ê ê ê ê WITH A VISION IN THE END )N ORDER PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHO ~ ê ê ê ¸ê{ ê ê FOR SUCH A THING TO BE MADE YOU PARTICIPATE "ELGRADE IS ALWAYS THREE ê ê ê ê NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE POLITICIANS TIMES THE SIZE OF .OVI 3AD IN NUM BERS OF APPLICATIONS AND BUSINESS )F ) KNEW HOW TO ATTRACT THAT ) WOULD ê êi ê ê ê PLANS AND AWARDS BUT "ELGRADE IS SIX ALREADY HAVE DONE SO ) JUST HOPE ê ±ê ê ê THAT YOUNG ENERGETIC PEOPLE WILL BE TIMES THE SIZE OF .OVI 3AD 7E ALSO ꣪ªê INTERESTED GET SOME APPLICATIONS FROM .Ip AND INTERESTINGLY FROM 3MEDEREVO 7HAT DRIVES YOU IN YOUR DESIRE TO 7E WANT TO START THE PARK BUT IT TURNS OUT IT IS A HUGE AND FORMIDABLE TASK 9OU NEED TO WORK WITH SEE THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK BUILT POLITICIANS IN ORDER TO DO IT AND IT IS VERY HARD TO DO THAT BECAUSE 4HE PEOPLE WHO QUITE EASILY WOULD HAVE QUIT BACK IN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDAS 4HEN WE WANTED TO START A SMALL 7HEN SOMETHING SUCCEEDS ) JUMP HIGH FOR JOY IF IT DOESNiT SUC INCUBATOR IT TURNED OUT TO BE COMPLICATED AS WELL 7E ALREADY CEED ) JUST SHRUG ) EXPECT THINGS NOT TO SUCCEED BUT ) DO EVERY HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE #ITY OF .OVI 3AD BUT THE POLITICS CHANGED THING AS IF THEY WILL SUCCEED 3O IF THEY DO SUCCEED ) AM DELIGHTED AND BROUGHT NEW RULES m THE THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND IF THEY DONiT ) KEEP ON WORKING DID NOT GET ALONG VERY WELL EVEN IN THEIR COALITIONS DEALING ) AM A SCIENTIST ) HAVE PUBLISHED OVER PAPERS OVER WITH POLITICS IS A MESS 3O WE STILL HAVE MANY ACTIVITIES WE GIVE HALF OF THOSE IN FOREIGN JOURNALS "UT LETiS SAY IN THE LAST EIGHT SERVICES TO THOSE COMPANIES THOUGH WE DO NOT HAVE A LOCATION YEARS ) HAVE WORKED MUCH MORE ON THIS BECAUSE IT IS MORE OR SIGNIFICANT FUNDS (OWEVER AT LEAST EIGHT OR COMPANIES THAT USEFUL 3CIENCE IS SPENT 4HERE ARE MORE AND MORE SCIENTISTS EXIST IN .OVI 3AD WOULD NOT HAVE EXISTED WITHOUT OUR INITIAL SUP EACH YEAR MORE INSTITUTES AND MORE JOURNALS m EACH PUSHING PORT 3O WE DID THE JOB OF INCUBATION AT LEAST IN PART OUT MORE INFORMATION FOR ONLY A SPECIFIC AUDIENCE MAYBE 4HE FIRST FOUR COMPANIES WERE INCUMBENT COMPANIES AND ARE OR SO READERS 7HAT IS THAT FOR 4HERE ARE NOT TOO MANY FUNDA STILL THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COVERING ABOUT PER CENT OF THE TOTAL MENTAL THINGS LEFT "UT THIS IS IMMEDIATELY USEFUL FOR AT LEAST TURNOVER THEY ARE -ICRONOS.)4 )-%3 'ROUP - 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0ROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT CONTINUES FUNDING FOR SCIENCE 4HE 0RESIDENT OF THE %XECUTIVE #OUNCIL OF THE !UTONOMOUS 0ROVINCE OF 6OJVODINA "OJAN 0AJTIÌ HAS PLEDGED GOVERNMENT SUPPORT TO THE REGIONiS LEADING SCIENTISTS AND ACA DEMIC INSTITUTIONS WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE PAST SUPPORTED BY THREE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PROVINCIAL BUDGET THUS CONTINUING TO BE A LEADER IN GOVERNMENT SUPPORT TO SCIENCES IN %UROPE 4HE !0 6OJVODINA 3ECRETARY FOR 3CIENCE AND 4ECHNOLOGICAL $EVELOPMENT $RAGISLAV 0ETROVIÌ EXTENDED CONTRACTS FOR THE FINANCING OF NEW BI AND MULTI LATERAL INTER NATIONAL PROJECTS 4HE SECRETARY NOTED THAT REVENUE EARNED IN THE LAST PERI OD FROM THESE INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS EXCEEDED DOMESTIC INVESTMENT OVER TENFOLD IN THE EXECUTION OF DIFFER ENT PROJECTS AND WAS SUPPORTED BY _ MILLION FROM THE PROVINCIAL GOVERN MENT 5NDER THIS PLAN THE 5NIVERSITY OF .OVI 3AD THE 3CIENTIFIC )NSTITUTE FOR &ORESTRY AND %NVIRONMENT AND THE 6OJVODINA !CADEMY OF 3CIENCE AND !RTS ALL RECEIVED SUPPORT
-ILLION DINARS ENVISIONED FOR $ANUBE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT !S PART OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIAiS .ATIONAL )NVESTMENT 0LAN MILLION DINARS IS BEING SET ASIDE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE $ANUBE WATERFRONT AREA OF .OVI 3AD KNOWN AS THE "ELGRADE 1UAY 4HE 3ERBIAN -INISTRY OF 4RADE 4OURISM AND 3ERVICES WILL FINANCE THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THIS AREA INCLUDING ROADS GAS AND ELECTRICAL LINES LIGHTING A RIVERFRONT WALK AND A WAR MEMORIAL PLAZA
)TALIAN BUSINESS DEL EGATION VISITS )NDJIJA ! DELEGATION OF )TALIAN BUSINESSMEN RECENTLY VIS ITED A HECTARE PLOT OF LAND WHICH THEYiD PURCHASED IN )NDJIJA A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHERE THEY PLAN TO DEVELOP AN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONE THAT LIES ON THE IMPORTANT #ORRIDOR HIGHWAY TRANSIT LINE 'ROUND WILL SOON BE BROKEN ON THIS LONG TERM PROJECT WHICH ENVI SIONS A LIGHT INDUSTRY AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRE COMPRISING PER CENT OF THE SPACE AND COMMERCIAL SPACE INCLUDING A SHOPPING CENTRE AND GAS STATION ON THE REMAINING SPACE )NTEREST IN FACILITIES HERE HAS ALREADY BEEN EXPRESSED BY OVER SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES WHO WOULD LIKE TO EITHER INVEST IN PRODUCTION FACILITIES ON THIS SPACE OR IN SELLING THEIR PRODUCTS ON THE 3ERBIAN MARKET
.EW STYLE 6OJVODINA BUSINESS FAIR HELD ! BUSINESS FAIR DUBBED AS THE h"USINESS %XITi WAS HELD AT THE MULTI PURPOSE 30%.3 FACILITY IN .OVI 3AD 4HE REGIONiS MOST SUCCESS FUL BUSINESSES AND MUNICI PALITIES WERE INVITED FOR A NET WORKING EVENT AND TO PRESENT ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST YEAR AND PLANS FOR THE NEXT 4HE FAIR FOCUSED ON THE ROLE OF MODERN PRINCIPLES IN BUSINESS STRATEGIC MARKETING AND THE SEEKING OF SUPPORT TO AMBITIOUS START UP COMPANIES THOUGH THE PRESENTATION TOOK A DIFFERENT ANGLE BY INCORPORATING A SYNERGY BETWEEN THE BUSINESS AND CULTURAL COM MUNITIES 4HE ORGANISERSi GOAL WAS TO DIRECT POSITIVE AND CREATIVE ENERGY TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT AND TO ESTABLISH A MORE h%UROPEAN WAYi OF DOING BUSINESS
0RIVATISATION FUNDS DIRECTED TOWARDS NEW PROGRAM PROJECTS 4HE !0 6OJVODINA !SSEMBLY HAS CHANGED THE METHOD OF ALLOCATING FUNDS RECEIVED IN THE PRIVATISATION PROCESS 7HEREAS FUNDS HAD PREVIOUS LY BEEN DIRECTED INTO A SINGLE PROVIN CIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND WHO ALLOCATED PROJECT SPENDING THE NEW METHOD ENVISAGES A DIVISION OF FUNDS ACROSS THE SECRETARIAL LEVEL BODIES WHO WILL IN TURN DETERMINE PRIORITIES UNDER THEIR COMPETENCIES 4HE FOCAL POINT OF SPENDING OF THESE FUNDS IS IN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING THE COMPLETION OF AN %AST 7EST CORRIDOR THAT WILL PROVIDE THE BEST CONNECTION POINT BETWEEN 2OMANIA AND (UNGARY WHILE EASING TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THE % HIGHWAY
#ONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE EXHIBIT OPENS AT .OVI 3AD &AIR /N TH $ECEMBER THE -USEUM OF #ONTEMPORARY !RT 6OJVODINA OPENED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RETROSPECTIVE OF SCULPTURE FROM THE REGION OF 6OJVODINA IN RECENT HISTORY 4HE EXHIBIT WAS OPENED BY !0 6OJVODINA !SSEMBLY 0RESIDENT +OSTREp AND MUSEUM DIRECTOR AND FEATURED ARTIST :IVKO 'ROZDANOVIC 4HIS IMPORTANT YEAR OLD INSTITU TION WAS RECENTLY RE FOUNDED WITH A NEW NAME MANAGING BOARD AND DIRECTOR AND WILL LAUNCH AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEST FOR THE BUILDING OF A NEW BUILDING TO BE LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE $ANUBE
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My Life in Novi Sad By Alex Papke
HEAD FOR THE NEXT GREAT CONCERT 4HE OTHER THING YOU HEAR ABOUT .OVI 3AD AND 6OJVODINA IS THAT THERE ARE NATIONALITIES REPRESENTED HERE ) TRIED TO GUESS THEM ONE NIGHT WITH A FRIEND AND GOT TO LIKELY CHOICES HE THEN FILLED ME IN ON THE REST INCLUDING 6LACHS "UNJEVCI 2USYNS AND 'ORANI 4HERE MAY NOT BE MANY OF THEM BUT THEY STILL HOLD ON TO THESE OLD IDENTITIES )iD LIKE TO CLOSE ON THREE STATUES IN .OVI 3AD THAT MAKE ME HAPPY EACH TIME ) SEE THEM m ODD TRIPLET GUARDIANS OF THE STREET
4IME AFTER TIME ON THIS TRAIN THOUGH ) BEGAN NOT TO NOTICE THE FLATNESS OF THE LAND BUT RATHER THE IMMENSITY OF THE SKY 4HE HORIZON IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY IS ENDLESS AND THE SPACE ABOVE LOOKS DOWN ON THE CORNFIELDS WITH HUGE PRESENCE 4HIS MUST DO SOMETHING TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE CAUSING THEM TO LOOK FARTHER AND TO KNOW THAT IF THEY WANTED TO WALK FOREVER THEY COULD "UT FOREVER WOULD STILL BE IN 6OJVODINA !ND THEN YOU PASS ALONGSIDE THE LONE MOUNTAIN OF &RUpKA 'ORA THE GEOGRAPHIC ANOMALY THAT RISES ABOVE THE PLAINS 7HAT SORT OF TRICK OF NATURE WAS PLAYED HERE 7HATEVER IT WAS MAN HAS PLAYED HIS OWN BACK PLANTING GRAPEVINES THAT PRODUCE SUCH FINE WINES /NE MORE ODDITY CONFRONTS YOU AS YOU HEAD TOWARDS .OVI 3AD m WHAT ) LIKE TO CALL THE hLEANING FORESTi m THIN TREES AT ABOUT DEGREES SOUTHWARD SPEAKING OF A STRONG WIND THAT BLOWS FOR DAYS PICKING UP SPEED AS IT CROSSES THE PLAINS 4HE ONE THING )iM REALLY NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WINTER 4HE FIRST THING PEOPLE TELL YOU ABOUT .OVI 3AD IS THAT EVERY THING IS SO MUCH SLOWER AND THE PEOPLE ARE NICER ) THINK SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH ITS SIZE A COSY CITY JUST DOESNiT MAKE THEM LATE AS MUCH THEY HAVE TIME TO SAY HI TO EACH OTHER AND FOR GOOD MEASURE BECAUSE ITS LIKELY THEYiLL SEE ABOUT THREE PEOPLE THEY KNOW WALKING DOWN THE STREET !LL THAT BEING SAID THOUGH THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A BIT OF URGENCY IN THEIR HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE 6OJVODINA HAS BEEN WORKING HARD ON PROGRESS m YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE EYES OF THE YOUNG RESEARCHERS AND DESIGNERS ) SPOKE WITH FOR THIS MONTHiS ARTICLE ON ./3)# m THEYiRE LOOKING FOR THEIR CHANCE TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS AND FROM THE OUTSIDE IT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING WILL HOLD THEM BACK %VEN IN THE LAIDBACK STYLE OF THE %XIT TEAM WHO HELPED TO CHANGE THE COUNTRY WITH A PROTEST THROUGH MUSIC AND NOW PUT ON ONE OF %UROPEiS PREMIER FESTIVALS THERE IS AN AMAZING COMPE TENCE AND CONFIDENCE LIKE THEY WERE WAITING ALL THEIR LIVES TO DO JUST THIS AND TO DO IT IN T SHIRTS AND JEANS &OR THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE MASSIVE 0ETROVARADIN &ORTRESS AS TOURISTS NOTH ING CAN PREPARE YOU FOR THE SOUND OF %XIT THE KIDS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND NOW THE WORLD THRONGING THE TUNNELS WHILE THEY
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INGS !,0(! "!.+ 'ROUP SIG NIFICANTLY IMPROVED ITS RESULTS FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR .ET INCOME AFTER TAX AND MINOR ITY INTERESTS INCREASED BY ò TO _ MILLION IN _ MILLION 4HE RETURN ON EQUITY THUS ROSE FROM ò TO ò ,OANS AND ADVANCES TO CUSTOMERS SURGED BY ò TO _ BILLION WHILE DEPOSITS AND CLIENT ASSETS INCREASED BY ò TO _ BILLION j)N THE THIRD QUARTER OF OUR FORWARD MOMENTUM
IN 3ERBIA IS BACKED BY THE SOLID BOOST IN PROFITABILITY AND THE INCREASE IN THE REGIONAL MARKET SHARE )N THIS ENVIRONMENT AND IN THE FACE OF EVER INCREASING COMPETITION OUR PLANS IN 3ERBIA FOR THE UPCOMING ARE RAPID EXPANSION OF OUR BRANCH NET WORK COUPLED WITH THE DYNAM IC OFFERING OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TAILORED TO OUR CLIENTiS SPECIFIC NEEDS k EMPHASIZED 0ANAGIOTIS 6LASIADIS 0RESIDENT OF THE %XECUTIVE "OARD !LPHA "ANK 3RBIJA A D AT THE RECENT OPENING OF !LPHAiS RD BRANCH IN THE CITY OF ©AÍAK
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z Ø ê ê ê ê ê $ECEMBER SAW THE 3ERBIAN -EDIA #ENTRE WIT NESS THE SIGNING OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE FOUR BIGGEST PUBLISHERS IN 3ERBIA AND !"# 3ERBIA THE !UDIT "UREAUX OF #IRCULATION 4HE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY 3RðAN *ANIÌIJEVIÌ DIRECTOR OF 0OLITIKA PUB LISHING -ANOJLO 6UKOTIÌ %DITOR IN #HIEF AND DIRECTOR OF 6EÍERNJE .OVOSTI !TILA -IHOK GENERAL DIRECTOR OF "LIC AND 2OBERT ©OBAN THE OWNER OF #OLOR 0RES 4HE CONTRACT WAS ALSO SIGNED BY :ORAN 0APIÌ FOR THE !SSOCIATION OF -EDIA WHICH IS A CORPORATE MEMBER OF !"# 3ERBIA 7ITH THIS CONTRACT THE 3ERBIAN 0UBLISHING SECTOR BRINGS IN THE STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES THAT EXIST IN MOST COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD THAT ARE RELATED TO THE TRANSPARENCY OF DOING BUSINESS AND CLEAR BUSINESS RELATIONS BETWEEN PUBLISHERS AND ADVERTISERS I E AGENCIES 4HE !UDIT "UREAUX OF #IRCULATION 3ERBIA !"#3 IS A THREE PART ORGANISATION THAT FUNCTIONS ON THE PRINCIPALS OF THE )NTERNATIONAL !UDIT "UREAUX OF #IRCULATION )&!"# WHEN TALKING ABOUT AUDI TORY OF PRINTED AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA 4HE MAIN GOAL OF !"#3 IS DETERMINING THE PRECISE AND RELIABLE NUMBERS OF PRINTED MEDIA THAT COME TO THE READERS NUMBERS SOLD BASED ON DETERMINED RULES PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS THAT ARE USED ALL OVER THE WORLD !"#3 PREVIOUSLY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH -AðAR 3O .IRA 0RESS #RIER -EDIA 'ROUP #OR$ AND OTHERS &ROM THE ADVERTISERS AND AGENCIES !"#3 HAS ALREADY SIGNED CONTRACTS WITH $ELTA (OLDING 4ELEKOM 3RBIJA #ARLSBERG 3RBIJA 0IRAEUS "ANK $IRECT -EDIA -EDIA (OUSE #OMMUNIS AND MANY OTHERS 0ICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT ARE 2OBERT ©OBAN #OLOR 0RES !TILA -IHOK "LIC -ANJO 6UKOTIÌ .OVOSTI 3RDJAN *ANIÌIJEVIÌ 0OLITIKA AND "RANISLAV .OVÍIÌ !"# 3ERBIA
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TH $ECEMBER SAW THE #OCA #OLA "OARD OF $IRECTORS CHOOSE -UHTAR +ENT AS THE NEW PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY -R +ENT IMMEDIATELY TOOK UP HIS POSITION (E WILL BE RESPON SIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GROWTH STRATEGY OF THE
l êm ê{ ên %NERGY &INANCING 4EAM 'ROUP %&4 IS A UNIQUE ENERGY TRADING AND INVESTMENT GROUP SPECIALISING IN THE MARKETS OF SOUTH EASTERN AND CENTRAL %UROPE 4HE COMPANY CURRENTLY OPERATES IN COUNTRIES FROM REGIONAL OFFICES AND IS LICENSED TO TRADE ON FIVE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY EXCHANGES %&4 'ROUP SERVES THE ENERGY NEEDS OF MORE THAN CLIENTS INCLUDING NATIONAL POWER UTILITIES SYSTEM OPERATORS AS WELL AS LARGE INDUSTRIAL USERS %&4 OFFERS AN UNPARALLELED PORTFOLIO OF FLEX IBLE ENERGY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES WHICH ENABLES IT TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF ITS CLIENTS WHERE AND WHEN THEY NEED THEM )N ADDITION TO TRADING %&4 IS ONE THE REGIONSi BIGGEST INVESTORS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR !PART FROM INVESTMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW GENERATION CAPACITY %&4 IS ACTIVE IN REVITALISING THE EXIST ING ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE REGION INCLUDING TRANSMISSION NETWORKS AND PRODUCTION UNITS %&4iS INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY IS TO APPROACH PROJECTS WHICH ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND AND WHICH BRING DIRECT BENEFITS NOT JUST TO THE COMPANY BUT ALSO TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES 4HESE INCLUDE GENERATION OF WEALTH CREATION OF NEW JOBS AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY %&4 IS LEADING THE PROCESS OF CREATING A UNIFIED ELECTRICITY MAR KET IN SOUTH EAST %UROPE 4HE PROCESS ENVISAGES DEREGULATION AND THE ENDING OF STATE MONOPOLIES IN THE ENERGY SECTOR A TRULY REGIONAL APPROACH TO INVESTMENT IN NEW GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION CAPAC ITY AND MORE EFFICIENT USE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE 4O LEARN MORE ABOUT THE %&4 'ROUP AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENERGY MARKET IN SOUTH EAST %UROPE PLEASE VISIT WWW EFT GROUP NET
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$EAR LOYAL BUYERS AND BUY ERS TO BE THE .EW 9EAR IS GETTING NEAR 7E ARE ADDING UP THIS YEAR S RESULTS AND WE ARE HAPPY BECAUSE THEY ARE GREAT 7E HAVE ACHIEVED MUCH THROUGH OUR HARD WORK AND INVESTMENTS 7E HOPE THAT AHEAD OF THESE HOLIDAYS WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE YOU HAPPY WITH OUR SPECIAL SURPRISES AND DIS COUNTS !S YOU ALREADY KNOW !UTO 4REND IS AT #ARA $UpANA 3TREET IN :EMUN ! PLEASANT ATMOSPHERE PLEASANT SALES STAFF AND THE SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED IN OUR SALON AS WELL AS THE CAF WILL MAKE YOU SEE THAT YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE !S A LEADER IN SALES OF
#HEVROLET MODELS WE HAVE ALL INTERESTING VEHICLES IN STOCK ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE EVEN MORE INTERESTING AT THIS TIME OF YEAR 4HE MODELS %PICA AND #APTIVA ATTRACT BIG ATTENTION AS THEY CAN SATISFY THE NEEDS OF
EVERYONE 4HE CHARACTERISTIC AND THE DIVISION OF OUR COMPANY ARE SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FOR DIPLO MATS /PENING HOURS DURING THE WEEK FROM AND 3ATURDAYS FROM
#OCA #OLA #OMPANY AND WILL REGULATE ALL THE OPERATIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD
{ Ø ê ê 7ITH FIVE NEW TARIFF PACK AGES THAT CAN BE FOUND ON THE 3ERBIAN MARKET FROM TH $ECEMBER 4ELENOR CONTINUES TO OFFER ITS CLIENTS NEW SERVICES AND A WIDE SPECTRUM 4HE NEW TARIFF PACKAGES ARE ADJUSTED TO THE NEEDS OF THE USERS FROM THE MOST MODEST NEEDS TO THE MOST EXTRAVAGANT ONES WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION DIRECTED TOWARDS BUSINESS CLI ENTS 4HE NEWEST MOBILE MOD ELS ARE ALSO OFFERED AT AFFORDABLE PRICES 4ARIFF PACKAGE j&REE FOR A TEAMk OFFERS FREE CONVERSA TION AMONG EMPLOYEES IN ONE COMPANY FOR THE FIRST TIME ON OUR MARKET j4ALK MOREk IS A TARIFF PACKAGE THAT IS CONCEN TRATED ON THE MINIMAL CON SUMER j"USINESS STUFFk IS A SPECIAL PACKAGE FOR NUMBERS THAT ARE ONLY USED TO ACCESS THE )NTERNET WHILE 4ELENOR HAS
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v êy ê ê êµi ê ê ê ´ 4HE AWARD j"ANKER OF THE 9EARk PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR BY THE %KONOMIST -EDIA 'ROUP PUBLISHER OF %KONOMIST MAGAZINE AND THE NEW "ANKAR MAGAZINE WAS AWARDED TO 2AIFFEISEN "ANKA A D -ANAGING "OARD #HAIRMAN /LIVER 2OEGL /N BEHALF OF THE JURY WHICH COMPRISED SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT AND SUCCESSFUL LOCAL BUSINESSMEN PROFESSORS OF ECO NOMICS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE .ATIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIA #OUNCIL AND JOURNALISTS THE AWARD WAS ANNOUNCED BY 3RðAN "OGOSAVLJEVIÌ $IRECTOR OF 3TRATEGIC -ARKETING 4HE ANNOUNCEMENT TOOK PLACE DURING A GALA DINNER HELD AS A PART OF THE CONFERENCE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES IN 3OUTH %AST %UROPE WHICH WAS ORGANISED BY THE %KONOMIST 'ROUP WHERE NEW PUBLI
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CATION THE MAGAZINE i ± WAS PROMOTED #ANDIDATES THAT WERE SHORT LISTED WERE RANKED BY THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA 0ROFITABILITY 4OTAL CREDIT PORTFOLIO GROWTH ESPECIALLY LOANS TO SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES "RANCH EXPANSION )NTRODUCTION OF NEW BANKING PRODUCTS 3OCIABLY RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR 0UBLIC PERCEPTION ON WHICH BANKS ARE GOOD AND WHICH ARE NOT 0ERCENTAGE OF RISKY AND NON RECOVERABLE CLAIMS 4HE READERS OF %KONOMIST MAGAZINE WERE ALSO GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THE MAGAZINEiS WEB SITE 4HE CONTEST ANTS WERE THE CHAIRMEN OF ALL THE LEADING BANKS OPERATING ON THE 3ERBIAN MARKET
4%,%./2 ALSO PREPARED TARIFF PACKAGES j/NE PRICEk AND j-Y TIMEk FOR PREPAID AND POSTPAID USERS
q Ø ên ê ê n êj $ECEMBER SAW *APANESE !MBASSADOR IN "ELGRADE 4ADASHI .AGAI AND DIRECTOR OF THE 'YNECOLOGICAL /BSTETRICS CLINK .ARODNI FRONT 0ROF
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DR 3LOBODAN 2UNIÌ SIGN AN AGREEMENT IN THE 3ERBIAN 'OVERNMENT BUILDING ON A DONATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WORTH _
h ê ê ê ê 3ERBIAN %CONOMY -INISTER 0REDRAG "UBALO SAID YES TERDAY IN -OSCOW THAT THE
!FTER YEARS OF EXISTENCE -ERCEDES "ENZ IS STILL IN "ELGRADE 4HE COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED ON RD $ECEMBER UNDER THE NAME -ERCEDES "ENZ *UGOSLAVIJA AND IN -ERCEDES "ENZ #HRYSLER *EEP AND $ODGE m THE MOST FAMOUS BRANDS IN THE WORLD m JOINED TOGETHER 4HIS YEAR COMPANY $AIMLER#HRYSLER 3#' CEL EBRATES ITS TH BIRTHDAY $URING THIS PERIOD $AIMLER#HRYSLER 3#' MANAGED TO ESTAB LISH STRONG $EALER .ETWORK COVERING THE WHOLE AREA OF 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO WITH ITS ACTIVITIES AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ITS EXPER TISE HAS BEEN SHOWN THROUGH THE $AIMLER#HRYSLER $ISTRIBUTION AND 4RAINING #ENTRE AND RESPONSIBILITY AND CONCERN FOR PEOPLE AND NATURE THROUGH ITS HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES $AIMLER#HRYSLER CAN LOOK BACK OVER YEARS OF AUTOMOTIVE DEVELOPMENT m AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE YEARS REFLECTS SOMETHING OF 'OTTLIEB $AIMLERiS ORIGINAL VISIONARY IDEA 4HE 0ATENT -OTOR 7AGON AND -OTOR #OACH AS THE WORLDiS FIRST AUTOMOBILES THE FIRST -ERCEDES THE CHARISMATIC SUPERCHARGED CARS THE FIRST DIE SEL ENGINE PASSENGER CAR THE SAFETY PASSENGER CELL AIRBAGS THE %30| ELECTRONIC STABILITY PROGRAMME THE COMMON RAIL #$) DIESEL ENGINE AND THE NIGHT VISION ASSISTANT THESE ARE JUST A FEW OUTSTANDING INNOVATIONS FROM A LONG LIST OF INVENTIONS UNDER THE -ERCEDES "ENZ BRAND MANY OF WHICH HAVE ACTUALLY GONE ON TO BECOME THE INDUSTRY STANDARD SETTERS !LL OF THESE ADVANCES WERE BASED ON THE WISHES AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE PEOPLE USING THE VEHI CLES BECAUSE BY PURCHASING A VEHICLE BEARING A $AIMLER#HRYSLER BRAND CUSTOMERS ARE ALSO BUYING INTO A BRAND HISTORY THAT STILL LIVES ON .OVEMBER SAW THE -ERCEDES #AR 'ROUP PERFORM EXTREME LY WELL WORLDWIDE BOOSTING SALES BY FIVE PERCENT TO A RECORD OF UNITS .OVEMBER AND PRODUCING MILLION VEHICLES THE BEST .OVEMBER SALES RESULTS IN -ERCEDES HISTORY
.ATIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIA HAS PRE APPROVED THE TAKE OVER OF !GROBANKA BY THE "ANK OF -OSCOW 4HE .ATIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIA MUST APPROVE ALL PUR CHASES OF MORE THAN ò OF STAKES IN LOCAL BANKS
t 4HE TOTAL REVENUES OF COOK WARE MANUFACTURER -ETALAC WILL BE _ MILLION BY THE END OF THE YEAR OF WHICH ò WILL COME FROM EXPORT 4HE CURRENT SHARE PRICE OF -ETALAC ON "ELEX IS 23$
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w êi ê ê ê ê¡£§Ü )N THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 0IRAEUS "ANK ! $ "ELGRADE ACHIEVED EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD RESULTS 4HE FIRST INDICATOR IS 0IRAEUS "ANK TOTAL ASSETS GROWTH WHICH REACHED _ MILLION BY THE END OF 3EPTEMBER WHICH IS A ò INCREASE COMPARED TO _ MILLION AT THE END OF 4HE TOTAL ASSETS GROWTH IN ENTIRE 3ERBIAN BANKING SECTOR FOR THE SAME PERIOD AMOUNTED TO ò "Y THE END OF 3EPTEMBER 0IRAEUS "ANK APPROVED LOANS IN TOTAL AMOUNT OF MILLION EUROS WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF ò COMPARED TO MILLION EUROS REALIZED IN )N THE SAME NINE MONTH PERIOD BANKING SECTOR RECORDED AN INCREASE OF ò /UT OF THAT IN ENTIRE BANKING SECTOR CORPORATE LENDING RECORDED AN INCREASE BY ò AND RETAIL LENDING BY ò !T THE SAME TIME 0IRAEUS "ANK RECORDED A CORPORATE LENDING INCREASE FROM MILLION EUROS TO MILLION EUROS WHICH IS AN INCREASE BY ò AND REGARDING RETAIL LENDING FROM MILLION EUROS TO MILLION EUROS WHICH IS THE INCREASE OF AMAZING ò COMPARED TO THE LAST YEAR )N 0IRAEUS "ANK PLANS TO CONTINUE WITH DYNAMIC GROWTH EXPANSION OF RANGE OF PRODUCTS AND NETWORK "Y THE END OF 0IRAEUS "ANK PLANS TO OPEN MORE BUSINESS UNITS ON THE TERRITORY OF 3ERBIA THUS REACHING A NUMBER OF BRANCHES AND SUB BRANCHES IN TOTAL )T IS EXPECTED THAT TOTAL ASSETS OF 0IRAEUS "ANK IN WILL CON
4HE #OMPANY 3UNOKO D O O LIMITED .OVI 3AD WAS ESTAB LISHED IN *UNE .ORDZUCKER !' 'ERMANY IS THE MAJORITY OWNER OF THE COMPA NY 3UNOKO WITH THE STAKE OF ò
AND THE STAKE OF THE #OMPANY -+ #OMMERCE D O O LIMITED .OVI 3AD IN THE #OMPANY 3UNOKO AMOUNTS TO ò 4HE BASIC ACTIVITY OF THE COMPANY 3UNOKU IS THE PRODUC TION OF SUGAR 4HE PRODUCTION IS
DONE IN FOUR FACTORIES 6RBAS 0EÌINCI "AÍ AND +OVAÍICA &OODSTUFFS WHITE CRYSTAL SUGAR REPRESENTS THE MAIN FIN ISHED PRODUCT AND IN ADDITION TO THAT THE PRODUCTION INVOLVES MOLASSES RAW AND SUGAR BEET PELLETS &OR UPGRADING AND THE MOD ERNIZATION OF THE PRODUCTION THE COMPANY 3UNOKO HAS INVESTED OVER MILLION EUROS DURING THE YEAR THE TOTAL INVESTMENT PLANNED FOR THE NEXT YEAR IS MILLION EUROS )N 3UNOKO HAS PRODUCED TONES OF SUGER FROM WHICH THE BIGGEST PART WILL BE EXPORTED TO )TALY 'REECE !USTRIA 'REAT "RITAIN #YPRUS AND 3LOVENIA 3UNOKO IS THE LARGEST PRO DUCER AND EXPORTER OF SUGAR IN 3ERBIA 0ICTURED $R !NDREAS :OBEL 'ERMAN !MBASSADOR IN 3ERBIA -IODRAG +OSTIÌ 0RESIDENT OF -+ 'ROUP 7ERNER +¤STER 0RESIDENT OF -ANAGEMENT "OARD OF 3UNOKO
TINUE TO GROW AT A HIGHER PACE THAN TOTAL ASSETS OF BANKING SECTOR IN GENERAL AND THAT EXPECTED MILLION EUROS IN WILL REACH MILLION EUROS BY THE END OF -AJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS GROWTH WILL BE LOANS IN WHICH REGARD WE PLAN NUMEROUS NEW PRODUCTS INTENDED NOT ONLY TO CITIZENS BUT TO ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES AS WELL )T IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THAT LOANS EXTENDED TO CITIZENS AND SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTER PRISES WILL REACH THE AMOUNT OF MILLION EUROS AND BY THE AND OF EVEN MILLION EUROS WHICH IS ACTUALLY PLANNED GROWTH OF ò &OR LOANS EXTENDED TO CORPORATE CLIENTS EXPECTED GROWTH IS FROM PLANNED MILLION EUROS BY THE END OF TO MILLION CorD \ $ECEMBER
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{ ê ê {ltwvê ê !T THE END OF $ELTA - OPENED TWO NEW 4%-0/ RETAIL OUTLETS 4HE ONLY CASH CARRY CENTRE AT 6ILINE 6ODE HAS GOT TWO NEW ONES IN .OVI 3AD AND IN .Ip &OR THE END OF $ECEMBER $ELTA - PLANS TO START THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER 4%-0/ IN "ELGRADE NEAR +VANTApKA PIJACA 4HE 4%-0/ CASH CARRY SYSTEM IS MEANT FOR BIG SHOPPING AT A MOST FAVOURABLE PRICE ON THE MARKET 4%-0/ IN .OVI 3AD HAS AN AREA OF M AND IS THE BIGGEST RETAIL FACILITY IN 6OJVODINA 4HEY OFFER OVER DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN PRODUCTS !T THE FACILITY YOU CAN FIND A BANK PHARMACY AND A PLAY ROOM FOR CHILDREN 4%-0/ IN .Ip HAS AN AREA OF M AND AN OFFER OF PRODUCTS )N THIS 4%-0/ THERE IS A BANK A CAF BAR AND A CAR PARK WITH PLACES )N THE 4%-0/ CASH CARRY CENTRE EVERYONE CAN GO SHOPPING WITHOUT ANY SPECIAL CARDS AND 02/053.)#% 4HE MERCHANT YOU BUY CAN BE PAID IN CASH OR WITH A CREDIT CARD -ASTER#ARD 6ISA $INA 9UBA $INERS
y êh êz 3-%#! AND /FFICE $U $UCROIRE ,UXEMBURG SIGNED THE 2EINSURANCE !GREEMENT ON RD .OVEMBER AGAINST CREDIT RISKS THAT DOMESTIC EXPORTERS ARE EXPOSED TO IN COMMERCIAL TRANS ACTIONS WITH BUYERS FROM THE REGION OF %ASTERN AND 3OUTHEASTERN %UROPE 4HE !GREEMENT WAS SIGNED IN 3-%#! PREMISES "ELGRADE BY 3-%#! 'ENERAL -ANAGER -R $IMITRIJE 3TAMENOVIÌ AND 0RESIDENT OF /FFICE $U $UCROIRE ,UXEMBURG -R %TIENE 2EUTER
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7ITH THIS AGREEMENT 3-%#! CONTINUES CO OPERATION WITH UNDERWRITING INSTITUTIONS WHICH ARE PRESENT AT THE WORLD INSUR ANCE MARKET WITH THE EXERTION TO ENSURE QUALITY PROTECTION FOR OUR EXPORTERS AGAINST THE RISKS THAT THEY ARE EXPOSED IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE 3-%#! REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDED REGULAR AUTUMN MEETING OF EXPORT CREDIT AGENCIES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF 0RAGUE #LUB "ERNE 5NION THAT WAS HELD IN -USCAT /MAN $ECEMBER !T THE MEETING DISCUSSIONS WERE FOCUSED ON SHORT TERM EXPORT INSUR ANCE MEDIUM AND LONG TERM INSURANCE AS WELL AS INVESTMENT INSURANCE 3PECIAL DEBATE WAS CONDUCTED ABOUT POSITION OF NATIONAL EXPORT CREDIT AGENCIES ALONGSIDE COMPETITION WITH PRIVATE INSUR ANCE COMPANIES AS WELL AS INSURANCE MARKETING STRATEGIES AND SALES METHODS WITHIN EXPORT CREDIT FIELD 0ARTICULAR ATTENTION WAS COMMITTED TO EXPERIENCES THAT SOME EXPORT CREDIT AGENCIES HAD IN UTILIZING SPECIAL EXPORT INSURANCE PROGRAMS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
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-ETALS "ANKA A D WILL START TRADING ON THE "ELEX ON $ECEMBER 3HARES OF -ETALS "ANKA A D WILL BE TRADED BY THE PREVAILING PRICE METOD 4HE INITIAL PRICE IS ITS BOOK VALUE OF 23$ 4HE BANK HAD AN INCREASE OF CAPI TAL EARLIER THIS MONTH WHEN PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS BOUGHT SHARES WORTH OF MIL %52 AT BELOW ITS BOOK VALUE 4HE CAPITAL OF -ETALS "ANKA IS MIL %52 AND THE BANK OCCUPIES ò MARKET SHARE OF 3ERBIA
{ 4HE REPRESENTATIVES OF TYRE PRODUCER 4IGAR STATED THAT IN THE TOTAL VALUE OF EXPORTS WILL BE OVER _ MILLION 4IGAR S SUBSIDIARY FOR PRODUC TION OF RUBBER FOOTWEAR 4IGAR /BUCA EXPORTED THE GOODS IN
THE TOTAL VALUE OF _ MILLION IN OF WHICH ò WAS EXPORTED TO %5 COUNTRIES AND #ANADA !NOTHER 4IGARS SUB SIDIARY THE PLANT FOR PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (EMIJSKI PROIZVODI INCREASED THE SIZE OF PRODUCTION BY ONE FIFTH IN COM PARISON TO AND STARTED THE SIGNIFICANT EXPORT TO THE 3OUTH !FRICA
z ê ê ê ê z êl ê ê ¾ ê 3ENIOR ECONOMIST OF THE %"2$ 0ETER 3ANFEY SAID YES TERDAY THAT 3ERBIA IS LEADER IN ECONOMIC GROWTH IN IN 3OUTHEAST %UROPE WHICH IS ESTI MATED AT ò 0RESENTING %"2$iS j 4RANSITION 2EPORTk 3ANFEY SAID THAT 3ERBIAiS ECONOMIC GROWTH IS NOT SURPRISING AS SIX YEARS AGO ITS STARTING POINT WAS LOW
h ê ê ê ê ê ê 4HERE ARE MANY PLACES IN "ELGRADE WERE YOU CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE OR ORGANIZE EVENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR YOU "UT THERE IS ONLY ONE PLACE FROM WERE YOUR GUEST CAN SEE WHOLE "ELGRADE /N THE TOP OF THE HIGHEST BUSINESS BUILDING ON THE "ALKAN IN A PLEASANT AMBIENT ON THE TH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING -0# 5pÌE YOU CAN ORGANIZE COMPANY PARTIES OR AWARD GIVING FASHION SHOWS HAPPENINGS OF CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINING CHARACTER 36%#!.% !+!$%-)*% AND PARTIES AND EVEN WEDDINGS 4HE ABILITIES OF THIS SPACE ARE UNIQUE BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS LEFT TO THE IMAGINATION OF THE ORGANIZER MANY IMPORTANT AND DIF FERENT THEME MANIFESTATIONS AND OF ENTERTAINING AND SPECTACULAR CHARACTER HAVE ALREADY BEEN ORGANIZED BY 62 #OMPANY /%"3 (YPO !LPE !DRIA "ANK %RICSSON #OMMERCIAL "ANK 3CHNEIDER
3ANFEY NOTED THAT WITH _ BILLION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN 3ERBIA IS SECOND ONLY TO 2OMANIA IN THE REGION AS 2OMANIA ATTRACTED _ BILLION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT THIS YEAR WHEREAS THE WHOLE 3OUTHEAST %UROPEAN REGION RECEIVED ALMOST _ BILLION IN INVESTMENTS
l êo 4HE CONSTRUCTION ENTER PRISE %NERGOPROJEKT (OLDING ISSUED ITS PERIODICAL REPORT REGARDING THE BUSINESS RESULTS FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 4HE VALUE OF TOTAL CONSOL IDATED REVENUES IN THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD WAS _ MILLION WHICH REPRESENT ò OF THE
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ANNUAL PLAN 4HE ACHIEVED GROSS PROFIT IN THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD WAS _ MILLION WHICH REPRESENTS THE REALISATION OF ò OF THE ANNUAL PLAN 4HE REALISATION OF NEW CONTRACTS IN 3ERBIA AND ABROAD FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF IS _ MILLION WHICH IS ò ABOVE THE ESTIMATED CONTRACTS
FOR THE WHOLE OF 5NTIL THE END OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE WILL BE _ MILLION GROSS PROFIT OF _ MILLION AND VALUE OF NEW MANDATES IN THE AMOUNT OF _ MILLION 4HIS PERIODICAL REPORT WAS ACCEPTED AT THE MANAGING BOARD MEETING HELD ON RD .OVEMBER
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)3! CARDS HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN 3ERBIA SINCE THE MID S AND AFTER A TOPSY TURVY JOURNEY LASTING MORE THAN TWO DECADES 6)3! IS FINALLY ON THE VERGE OF BREAKING THE TWO MILLION CARD BARRIER IN THE COUNTRY )T IS WITH THIS IN MIND THAT #OR$ SPEAKS TO *EAN -ARC 4ONTI 6)3! )NTERNATIONAL 2EGIONAL -ANAGER "USINESS $EVELOPMENT 6)3! #%-%! 6)3! HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN 3ERBIA SINCE (OW HAS THE PAYMENT CARD INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE DEVELOPED HERE OVER THE PAST YEARS 4WENTY TWO YEARS IS A LONG TIME FOR SUCH A YOUNG INDUSTRY AS THE PAYMENT CARD INDUSTRY TO BE PRESENT IN ONE PLACE AND OBVIOUSLY WEiVE HAD TO ADAPT THROUGH DIFFICULT SITUATIONS IN 3ERBIA m WARS SANCTIONS HYPER INFLATION BOMBING m AND HAVE HAD TO STOP AND START SEVERAL TIMES (OWEVER BECAUSE WEiVE BEEN HERE FOR SUCH A LONG TIME THE 6)3! BRAND IS VERY WELL KNOWN AND WELL TRUSTED IN THE COUNTRY !S SUCH WHEN WE RESTARTED AGAIN IN WE DIDNiT HAVE SUCH A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB AS WE WOULDiVE HAD IF WE WERE STARTING IN A COMPLETELY NEW MARKET )N THE FIVE YEARS SINCE WE RE LAUNCHED IN 3ERBIA WEiVE EXPERIENCED INCREDIBLY FAST GROWTH AND REACHED A MILLION CARDS IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS 4HATiS THE KIND OF GROWTH YOU ONLY SEE IN #HINA 4HE PAYMENT CARD INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE HAS DONE VERY WELL HERE 4HE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE BY PROMOTING CASHLESS PAYMENTS m THEY PROMOTE THEIR OWN BUT THAT HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE ) THINK OVERALL ITiS BEEN INTERESTING AND DIFFICULT AT TIMES DURING THESE PAST YEARS BUT SINCE ITiS BEEN EXTREMELY REWARDING AND THE GROWTH HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS !RE YOU BACK UP TO PRE WAR LEVELS 4HE LEVELS ARE MUCH MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT 0RE SANCTIONS THE LEVEL WAS AROUND CARDS THERE WERE NO DEBIT CARDS m JUST CHARGE CARDS m AND SO THE BANKS WERE ABLE TO RESTART FROM SCRATCH WITH NEW TYPES OF SERVICES NEW TYPES OF PRODUCTS CHIP TECHNOLOGY ETC 4HIS ENABLED THEM TO LEAPFROG SOME OF THE THINGS THEYiD MISSED OUT ON 6)3! RUNS CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMMES IN MANY OF THE WORLDiS DEVELOPING AREAS $O YOU HAVE PLANS TO INTRODUCE SUCH PROGRAMMES IN 3ERBIA OR IS THE LEVEL OF CON SUMER SOPHISTICATION ALREADY SUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED 7E DO RUN A LOT OF LITERACY PROGRAMMES BUT THAT TAKES PLACE MORE IN
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MARKETS WHERE PEOPLE DONiT UNDERSTAND CARDS 3ERBIAN PEOPLE HAVE HAD ACCESS TO PAYMENT CARDS NOT ONLY 6)3! BUT OTHER CARDS FOR MORE THAN YEARS AND SO THEY TEND TO KNOW ABOUT IT (OWEVER THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH CREDIT CARDS 4HEY ARE FAIRLY NEW HERE AND PEOPLE DONiT NECESSAR ILY UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WORK ALTHOUGH CREDIT CARDS ARE VERY GOOD FOR MANAGING YOUR EXPENSES YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET INTO TOO MUCH DEBT 3O ) THINK THERE IS A NEED TO EDUCATE THE CONSUMER HERE ABOUT READING THE SMALL PRINT ABOUT MAKING AN INFORMED COMPARISON BETWEEN BANKS AND BETWEEN PRODUCTS AND BASICALLY EDUCATING THEM ON HOW CREDIT CARDS WORK 7E WILL ORGANISE SOME EDUCATION ON THIS 7HAT HAS ENCOURAGED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CREDIT CARD SECTOR AFTER THE INITIAL DEBIT CARD SURGE
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HELP RETAILERS SEE THE BENEFIT OF ACCEPTING CARDS AND HELP US ENSURE THAT THEY FEEL INCLUDED IN THE WHOLE PAYMENT INDUSTRY CHAIN m AS THEY SHOULD BECAUSE THEY ARE A VERY IMPORTANT LINK !S SUCH OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS OF PAYMENT CARDS TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT CASH IS NOT RISK FREE AND THAT HANDLING CASH TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY 3O YES WE ARE ALWAYS INVOLVED IN ENCOURAGING MORE PAYMENT CARD TRANSACTIONS 7HAT INNOVATIVE PAYMENT PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES CAN 6)3! #ARD HOLDERS IN 3ERBIA EXPECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE 6ERY RECENTLY THIS YEAR WEiVE INTRODUCED TWO &IRST CAME THE INSTALMENT CARD WHICH OBVIOUSLY ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PAY BY INSTALMENTS ,IKE CREDIT CARDS THEY HAVE A CREDIT LIMIT BUT UNLIKE CREDIT CARDS ITiS NOT A REVOLVING LIMIT m SO FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU BUY A WASH ING MACHINE YOU WILL PAY FOR IT IN EIGHT INSTALMENTS ON THE CARD 4HIS
z ê ê ê ê ê ¾ ê ê ê j ê ê l ê l ²ê ê ê ê êj ±êi ±êy ²ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êz ENSURES THAT THE HOLDER KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT AND IT WORKS IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE POST DATED CHEQUE USED TO WORK MAKING IT EASY FOR THE CONSUMER TO UNDERSTAND 7EiVE ALSO LAUNCHED THE 6)3! -OBILE SERVICE WHICH ALLOWS CUSTOM ERS TO PAY FOR AIRTIME BY SIMPLY SENDING AN 3-3 TO MOBILE OPERATOR -4 3 -OBILNA 4ELEFONIJA 3RBIJA 7EiRE NOW HOPING TO EXPAND IT TO INCLUDE THE OTHER MOBILE OPERATORS AND ALSO TO INCLUDE UTILITY BILLS ALLOWING CONSUMERS TO FOR INSTANCE PAY THEIR ELECTRICITY BILL BY SIMPLY SENDING AN 3-3 THAT AUTOMATICALLY DEDUCTS THE SUM FROM THEIR 6)3! #ARD 7EiRE ALSO SEEING THE GRADUAL INTRODUCTION OF CHIP CARDS WHICH PROVIDE ADDED SECURITY AND TRANSPARENCY $O YOU THINK THE PUBLIC IN 3ERBIA ARE AWARE OF THE NEED FOR SECURITY IN CARD USE ) THINK PEOPLE ARE AWARE THOUGH PERHAPS NOT ALWAYS AWARE ENOUGH 4HE CHIP CARD DRAMATICALLY DECREASES RISK BECAUSE ITiS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BREAK OR COPY A CHIP CARD AND SO THE PRIMARY FUNCTION IS INCREASED SECURITY (OWEVER PARTICULAR ADVANTAGES ARE THAT YOU CAN ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO A CHIP CARD m IN SOME COUNTRIES FOR INSTANCE THEY ADD GOVERNMENT HEALTH PLANS TO A CHIP CARD WITH PLENTY OF SPACE LEFT OVER FOR ALL PAYMENT CARD FUNCTIONS YOU CAN HAVE LOYALTY PROGRAMMES OR TRANSIT FUNCTIONS ON A CHIP m FOR EXAMPLE IN -OSCOW YOU CAN USE YOUR 6)3! #ARD TO TRAVEL ON THE METRO SYSTEM 4HE POS SIBILITIES ARE LIMITLESS 6)3! HAS CONFIRMED SUPPORT FOR THIS YEARiS %8)4 &ESTIVAL YOU ALSO RECENTLY SPONSORED THE "ELGRADE PREMIERE OF THE NEW *AMES "OND FILM AND ARE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING THE /LYMPIC -OVEMENT 4ELL US MORE ABOUT HOW AND WHY YOUiRE WORKING TO ATTRACT AN OBVIOUSLY MORE YOUTHFUL SECTION OF SOCIETY )TiS IMPORTANT TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE TO USE MODERN TECHNOLOGY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE WANT TO RELATE TO THE YOUTH SEGMENT AS EARLY AS WE CAN )N THE 5 3 FOR EXAMPLE THERE ARE hTEENi AND hYOUTHi CARDS THAT SEE CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS BEING CARDHOLDERS THOUGH OF COURSE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THEIR PARENTS 4HE SOONER YOU GET KIDS TO UNDERSTAND THE TECHNOLOGY THE SOONER THEYiLL DEVELOP INTO GOOD CUSTOMERS 4HATiS OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT FOR US (OW WORRIED IS 6)3! BY SHOPAHOLICS ) SUPPOSE THEYiRE GOOD FOR YOU 3HOPAHOLICS ARE VERY GOOD FOR US BUT WHAT WE DONiT WANT ARE PEOPLE
q ¾t ê{ WHO SHOP TOO MUCH EVEN THOUGH THEY CANiT AFFORD TO BE SHOPAHOLICS )T ALWAYS A DANGER AND IN MANY ECONOMIES THOUGH NOT NECESSARILY TRANSI TIONAL ECONOMIES LIKE THIS ONE CONSUMERS LIVE BEYOND THEIR MEANS !S SUCH WE WANT PEOPLE TO SPEND REASONABLY AND USE THEIR CREDIT CARDS TO MANAGE THEIR EXPENSES RATHER THAN GOING CRAZY AND ONE DAY HAVING TO FACE THE PROSPECT OR REPAYING THEIR DEBTS 4HE 6)3! STRUCTURE IS CHANGING FROM THAT OF A NOT FOR PROFIT ASSO CIATION COMPRISING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO A PUBLICLY TRADED GLOBAL COMPANY 6)3! )NC (OW WILL THIS AFFECT THE WAY YOU OPERATE AND DID 6)3! COME UP AGAINST RESISTANCE FROM ANY MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION /UR BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE CONSTITUTED BY THE BANKS AND THE DECISION TO CHANGE TO 6)3! )NC WAS UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED ACROSS THE BOARDS OF EACH REGION 3O WE HAVENiT HAD RESISTANCE AND ) THINK THE BANKS WILL BE HAPPY TO BECOME SHAREHOLDERS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH ) CANNOT SPECULATE ON THE VALUE OF THE )0/ )iM SURE THAT ANYONE WOULD BE HAPPY TO AUTOMATI CALLY BECOME A SHAREHOLDER ) DONiT EXPECT A CHANGE IN THE WAY WE WORK WITH BANKS m WITH LOCAL SUPPORT LOCAL MARKETING AND LOCAL ACTIVITIES m THOUGH WHAT WILL CHANGE SUBSTANTIALLY IS THE WAY WE WORK INTERNALLY &INALLY WHATiS THE SECRET OF 6)3!iS SUCCESS ) SUPPOSE THE SIMPLICITY OF THE BRAND AND THE INTEROPERABILITY 6)3! IS EASILY RECOGNISABLE ANYWHERE m HERE IN 3ERBIA IN #HINAb ITiS THE SAME EVERYWHERE -OREOVER THE ACCEPTANCE NETWORK IS UNSURPASSED COUNTRIES MILLION LOCATIONS m YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND BE ALMOST CERTAIN THAT YOUiLL BE ABLE TO USE YOUR 6)3! CARD SOMEWHERE !LSO WE HAVE A VERY STRONG )4 NETWORK OF BANKS AVAILABLE HOURS A DAY CorD \ *ANUARY
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BEEN LEADERS IN THE FREQUENT -ONTENEGRIN LIBERATION WARS THOUGH SOME ALSO CAME FROM THE EDUCATED CLASS 4HE FIRST .ATIONAL !SSEMBLY THEN WAS CONSTITUTED BY THE TRIBAL CHIEFS ARISTOCRATS DUKES AS WELL AS COMMON FOLK FROM THE NATION PEASANTS MERCHANTS AND CRAFTSMEN $UKE fAKO 0ETROVIÌ m ONE OF $UKE .ILOLAiS COUSINS m WAS ELECTED AS THE !SSEMBLY #HAIRMAN EVEN THOUGH HE WASNiT SYMPATHETIC TO HIS COUSIN fAKO 0ETROVIÌ WENT ON TO GROW INTO THE ROLE OF OPPOSITION LEADER (E WAS ELECTED FOR THE INITIAL #HAIRMAN OF THE
k ê ê ê ê ê ê t ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êk ê êp °o ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê t ê êz .ATIONAL 0ARTY #LUB WHICH WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST POLITICAL PARTY IN -ONTENEGRO 4HAT PARTY WAS FORMED IN THE NEW -ONTENEGRIN 0ARLIAMENT ITSELF WHERE RELATIVELY SOON AFTER ITS FORMING THE REPRESENTATIVES WHO DID NOT AGREE WITH ITS POLICY AND THE METHOD OF LEADING THE STATE FORMED A COALITION 4HE NEWLY ESTABLISHED PARTY BETTER KNOWN BY ITS ABBREVIATION THE h#LUBBERSi HAD OVER TIME CONSTRUCTED A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE ABOUT THE STATE STATUS OF -ONTENEGRO ADVOCATING A STRONGER UNITY WITH 3ERBIA
mvj|zêtvu{lulnyv )N ORDER TO CONFRONT THE OPPOSITION $UKE .IKOLA FOUNDED THE 2EAL .ATIONAL 0ARTY WITHIN THE PARLIAMENT m THE PARTY BECAME MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE h,EGALISTSi 4HAT PARTY SOUGHT TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE -ONTENEGRIN #OURT BUT ALSO THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE -ONTENEGRIN STATE 4HE DIVISION OF THE -ONTENEGRIN 0ARLIAMENT INTO THE h#LUBBERSi AND THE h,EGALISTSi IN VARIOUS FORMS HAS SURVIVED IN -ONTENEGRO RIGHT UP TO CURRENT DAY POLITICS $ISPUTES ABOUT THE STATE STATUS OF -ONTENEGRO HAVE NOW BEEN FORMALLY OVERCOME BY THE PASSING OF THE $ECISION ON )NDEPENDENCE DURING THE REFERENDUM HELD ON THE ST -AY (OWEVER THERE ARE STILL BY NO MEANS INSIGNIFICANT POLITICAL FORCES WHICH HAVE NOT GIVEN UP ON THE IDEA OF CREATING A JOINT STATE OF -ONTENEGRO AND 3ERBIA 4HE OTHER NAME FOR THE h#LUBBERSi AND h,EGALISTSi IS THE METAPHORI CAL COUPLE OF THE h7HITESi AND THE h'REENSi 4HIS COMES FROM ONE OF THE ELECTIONS IN AN INDEPENDENT -ONTENEGRO WHICH TOOK PLACE PRIOR TO THE RESCINDING OF ITS INDEPENDENCE IN WHEN THE OPPONENTS OF $UKE .IKOLA AND OF AN INDEPENDENT -ONTENEGRO VOTED ON WHITE BALLOTS
MANY GENERATIONS )T IS TRUE THAT UNTIL THE SECOND HALF OF THE TH CENTURY THEIR RULERS CAME MOSTLY FROM THE CHURCHiS HIGH OFFICIALS (OWEVER THESE RULERS NEVER ENACTED KEY DECISIONS INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE PEOPLE THEY RULED )N A SORT OF AD HOC PARLIAMENT THAT MET IN FRONT OF THE #ETINJE -ONASTERY RESPECTED CITIZENS AND PROMINENT WARRIORS MET TO DISCUSS NEEDED ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT %VEN THE SOVEREIGN $UKE .IKOLA IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE TH CENTURY GATHERED LOWER RANKING ROYALTY FOR jCONSULTATIONS UNDER THE ELM TREEk IN #ENTINJE IN A TRADITION PRACTICED BY HIS PREDECES SORS AND WHICH WERE LIVELY DEBATES NOT ALWAYS WON BY THE SOVEREIGN IF OF COURSE THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE WASNiT RESPECTED 4ODAYiS -ONTENEGRIN 0ARLIAMENT ACCORDING TO MANY ANALYSTS IS ONE THAT IS CULTIVATED ON A POLITICALLY CORRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ITS REPRESENTATIVES THOUGH STILL LIVELY AND SOMETIMES HARSH (ERE THE MAJORITY OF REPRESENTATIVES CAREFULLY WEIGH THEIR PUBLIC SPEECH KEEP ING POLITICAL AND PERSONAL ATTACKS TO A MINIMUM AS THEY BUILD ON A LONG TRADITION TOWARDS A NEW FUTURE AS A DEMOCRATIC MODERN AND ONCE AGAIN INDEPENDENT %UROPEAN NATION
WHILE HIS FANS AND ADVOCATES OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY VOTED ON GREEN ONES 4HIS IS WHY EVEN TODAY ONE SPEAKS OF WHITE GREEN POLITICAL DIVISIONS IN -ONTENEGRO 4HE FIRST POLITICAL PARTIES ONE CAN SAY WERE hINSIDERi PARTIES BECAUSE THEY ORIGINATED FROM WITHIN THE PARLIAMENT ITSELF AND VERY QUICKLY LEARNT HOW TO OPPOSE EACH OTHER 3O THE h#LUBBERSi TOOK THEIR PHOTOGRAPH WITH THEIR #HAIRMAN fAKO 0ETROVIÌ AND DISTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF THESE PHOTOS TO THE PEOPLE 4HE AIM WAS TO SEE HOW EVEN A CLOSE RELATIVE OF THE RULING $UKE .IKOLA $UKE fAKO WAS AGAINST HIM 4HE h,EGALISTSi RESPONDED TO SUCH ACTS WITH SIMILAR TRICKS AND IN TURN THE OPPOSITION REPRESENTATIVES WERE ALSO DISMISSED FROM SERVICE 4HE FIRST REAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN -ONTENEGRO WERE HELD JUST AFTER THE &IRST 7ORLD 7AR IN WHEN -ONTENEGRO WAS JUST A NAME LESS ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT OF THE NEWLY FORMED +INGDOM OF THE 3ERBS #ROATS AND 3LOVENIANS "Y THAT TIME THERE WERE SEVERAL POLITICAL PARTIES IN -ONTENEGRO ALTHOUGH A MAJORITY OF THEM WERE ESTABLISHED BASED ON INFLUENCES FROM 3ERBIA BEING MODELLED UPON 3ERBIAN POLITICAL PARTIES 4HROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PERIOD BETWEEN THE TWO 7ORLD 7ARS -ONTENEGRO WAS WITHOUT A STATE IDENTITY IN ORDER TO BE RENEWED AS A STATE IN THE FORM OF A &EDERAL 5NIT OF POST WAR 9UGOSLAVIA IN DURING THE SESSION OF THE -ONTENEGRIN !NTI &ASCISM !SSEMBLY OF .ATIONAL ,IBERATION HELD IN THE TOWN OF +OLApIN 2EGARDLESS OF THE METHOD FOR ELECTING THE FIRST PARLIAMENT AND ITS ALMOST ABSOLUTE SUBORDINATION TO THE SOVEREIGN THE ELECTION OF THE .ATIONAL !SSEMBLY IN HOLDS SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE FOR -ONTENEGRO 4HE $UKEiS OBSTINACY HOWEVER BECAME LIMITED AS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES GAINED MOMENTUM )N THE FIRST DECADES OF THE TH CENTURY SEVERAL POLITICAL MAGAZINES WERE PUBLISHED AMONGST WHICH THERE WAS AN OPPOSITION VOICE !LTHOUGH THIS TINY COUNTRY HAS ONLY RECENTLY STARTED DOWN THE PATH TOWARDS A MODERN PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM -ONTENEGRO IS NOT IN THAT SENSE A hTREE WITHOUT ROOTSi ! COMBINATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE NATURE OF THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE -ONTENEGRINS FREEDOM LOVING FOR CorD \ *ANUARY
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mvj|zêtvu{lulnyvêi|ssl{puê¾êmvj|zêtvu{lulnyvêi|ssl{pu -ONTENEGRO SEEKS #O% MEMBERSHIP IN 4HE NEWEST MEMBER STATE OF THE 5NITED .ATIONS IS NOW LOOKING TO BECOME THE NEWEST MEMBER STATE OF THE #OUNCIL OF %UROPE #O% 3HORTLY AFTER -ONTENEGRO BECAME INDEPENDENT THIS *UNE THE 0ARLIAMENTARY !SSEMBLY OF THE #OUNCIL OF %UROPE 0!#% REQUESTED A REPORT ON THE NEW STATE S CONFORMITY WITH #O% STANDARDS )T FOUND THAT -ONTENEGRO S LEGAL SYSTEM MEETS THE STANDARDS PROVIDED AN APPROPRIATE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IS CARRIED OUT IN A MANNER WHICH WILL ENSURE ITS LEGITIMACY 7HEN THE STATE UNION CAME TO AN END SO DID ITS CONSTITU TIONAL CHARTER #URRENTLY THE NEW STATE S ONLY CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENT IS THE #ONSTITUTION OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF -ONTENEGRO ADOPTED IN DURING THE -ILOpEVIÌ ERA #HANGES ARE NEEDED
!LBANIANS INCLUDING FIVE 5NITED 3TATES CITIZENS FOR PLANNING TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE SOUTHERN -ALESIA REGION AIMED AT PUTTING IT UNDER ETHNIC !LBANIAN CONTROL 4HE GROUP PLANNED TO TAKE OVER POLICE STATIONS BORDER CROSSINGS TO !LBANIA AND ALL KEY INSTITU TIONS IN -ALESIA WITH THE AIM OF EXPELLING THE NON !LBANIAN POPULATION AND CREATING AN ETHNIC !LBANIAN CONTROLLED TERRITORY 4HE OPERATION CALLED THE &LIGHT OF %AGLE m AN !LBANIAN NATIONAL SYMBOL WAS AVERTED A DAY BEFORE IT ACTUALLY CARRIED OUT ITS PLANS AND MAXIMAL SENTENCE FOR THE CRIME IF CONVICTED WOULD BE UP TO YEARS IN JAIL 4HE GROUP WAS ARRESTED ON TH 3EPTEMBER ON THE EVE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN -ONTENEGRO AND PLANNED TO START TER RORIST ACTIVITIES DURING THE ELECTION NIGHT WITH THE HELP OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE +OSOVO ,IBERATION !RMY +,! THE INDICTMENT SAID 2ADOVIÌ SAID THE GROUP WAS FINANCED BY ETHNIC !LBANIAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE 5NITED 3TATES BASED IN $ETROIT AND FIVE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP CAME FROM THAT AREA 4HE 53 HAS TAKEN AN INTEREST IN THE CASE AND HAS SENT A TEAM OF DOCTORS AND LEGAL EXPERTS TO SUPERVISE THE INVESTIGATION 2ADOVIÌ SAID THE POLICE FOUND A LARGE QUANTITY OF WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES HIDDEN IN -ALESIA CAVES RIVER CANYONS AND HOMES OF THE INDICTEES PRESUMABLY BROUGHT BY +,! MEMBERS FROM 3ERBIAiS PREDOMINANTLY ETHNIC !LBANIAN SOUTHERN +OSOVO PROVINCE 3OURCE !+)
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-ONTENEGRO HAS ASKED TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE GENOCIDE CASE LAUNCHED BY "OSNIA (ERZEGOVINA " ( LEADERS WHICH ACCUSED THE TINY COASTAL REPUBLIC AS PART OF THE FORMER UNION WITH 3ERBIA -ONTENEGRO CAN NO LONGER BE THE PROSECUTED PARTY IN THIS TRIAL BECAUSE THE LEGAL SUCCESSOR OF THE FORMER UNION IS ONLY 3ERBIA 3TATE 0ROSECUTOR 6ESNA -EDENICA TOLD 4HE !SSOCIATED 0RESS 4HE CASE WAS BROUGHT BY " ( AGAINST THE FORMER 3#' 3TATE 5NION BEFORE 4HE )NTERNATIONAL #OURT OF *USTICE IN 4HE (AGUE .ETHERLANDS )N -AY THE TRIBUNAL m ALSO KNOWN AS THE 7ORLD #OURT m FIN ISHED HEARING BOTH SIDES CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE LANDMARK CASE 4HE JUDGES THEN WITHDREW FOR DELIBERATION AND TO REACH A VERDICT WHICH MAY TAKE MANY MONTHS "OSNIA ORIGINALLY FILED THE SUIT IN WHILE FIGHTING WAS STILL RAGING AMONG THE SMALL NATIONS THAT EMERGED FROM THE CRUMBLING FORMER STATE OF 9UGOSLAVIA 3ARAJEVO IS SEEKING COMPENSATION FOR THE LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY DURING THE WARb .O FIGURE HAS BEEN GIVEN BUT IF FOUND GUILTY 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO COULD BE OBLIGED TO PAY BILLIONS OF EUROS 0ROSECUTOR -EDENICA SAID THAT WITH THE EXEMPTION REQUEST SENT EARLIER THIS WEEK -ONTENEGRO IS COUNTERING "OSNIA S ARGU MENT THAT 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO SHARE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACTS OF AGGRESSION AND GENOCIDE COMMITTED IN THE "OSNIAN WAR 7ITHOUT -ONTENEGRO S CONSENT THE CASE OF ANY INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY CANNOT BE RESOLVED -EDENICA SAID IN A STATE MENT FAXED TO THE !0 !ND WE DO NOT CONSENT TO BEING THE ACCUSED PARTY 4HE CASE IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX IN THE YEAR HISTORY OF THE COURT CREATED AFTER 7ORLD 7AR )) TO SETTLE DISPUTES AMONG 5 . MEMBERS )T DOES NOT DEAL WITH CRIMINAL CASES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS 3OURCE !0 "
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KOSOVO FOLLOWS RISKY PATH WITH PLAN TO GIVE EU SWEEPING POWERS +OSOVO IS SET TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF "OSNIA (ERZEGOVINA IN GIVING THE BALANCE OF POWER TO INTERNATIONAL OVERSEERS ENABLING THEM TO IGNORE ELECTED LEADERS UNDER DRAFT 5. PLANS SEEN BY 4HE )NDEPENDENT "Y 6ESNA 0ERIÐ :IMONJIÐ IN "ELGRADE 0UBLISHED TH $ECEMBER
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ONE IN THE NORTHERN TOWN OF +OSOVSKA -ITROVICA WHERE MOST +OSOVO 3ERBS LIVE AND ANOTHER IN THE 3ERBIAN CAPITAL OF "ELGRADE +OSOVO IS CURRENTLY RUN BY A 5. ADMINISTRATION SUPPLE MENTED BY A NUCLEUS OF LOCAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS )N EFFECT IT CEASED TO BE PART OF 3ERBIA IN AFTER WEEKS OF .!4/ AIR STRIKES PROMPTED BY "ELGRADE S VIOLENT OPPRESSION OF THE ETHNIC !LBANIANS ,OCAL LEADERS HAVE INSISTED ON INDEPEND ENCE SINCE THE 3ERBIAN SURRENDER BUT IT IS NOT MENTIONED IN THIS PLAN )NSTEAD THE PLAN ONLY DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENS ONCE THE STATUS IS DECIDED THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE 5. S &INNISH SPECIAL ENVOY -ARTTI !HTISAARI (OWEVER THE PLAN WHICH WAS CREATED UNDER THE MANDATE PROVIDED BY %5 SECURITY CHIEF *AVIER 3OLANA EARLIER THIS YEAR FORESEES THE STEPS THAT WILL LEAD TO THE %5 PRESENCE IN +OSOVO /NCE THE STATUS IS CLEAR THE OFFICE OF )#2 WILL TAKE OVER FROM THE 5. ADMINISTRATION !T THE SAME TIME .!4/ PEACE KEEPERS WILL REMAIN IN THE PROVINCE AS WELL AS THE /3#% MUCH LIKE IN "OSNIA )NTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC SOURCES IN "ELGRADE SAY THAT THE DECISION ON +OSOVO S STATUS IS LIKELY TO BE MADE IN THE FIRST MONTHS OF 4HE )NDEPENDENT ONLINE EDITION
SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER LASHES OUT AT U.N. ENVOY FOR KOSOVO 3ERBIAN 0RIME -INISTER 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA LASHED OUT 3UNDAY ; TH $ECEMBER= AT THE 5. ENVOY MEDIATING THE TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF +OSOVO ACCUSING HIM OF FAILING TO CONDEMN TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST MINORITY 3ERBS IN THE BREAKAWAY PROVINCE "Y 4HE !SSOCIATED 0RESS 0UBLISHED TH $ECEMBER
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HE 3ERBIAN GOVERNMENT IS DEMANDING TO KNOW WHY -ARTTI !HTISAARI HAS NOT YET CONDEMNED THE TERRORISM BY ETHNIC !LBANIAN SEPARATISTS IN +OSOVO +OpTUNICA SAID IN A STATE MENT TO MEDIA
4HE STATEMENT FOLLOWED AN INCIDENT &RIDAY ; TH $ECEMBER= IN WHICH UNKNOWN SUSPECTS BLEW UP RAILWAY TRACKS IN +OSOVO ON A ROUTE USED BY MINORITY 3ERBS THERE .O INJURIES WERE REPORTED "ELGRADE PROMPTLY ATTRIBUTED THE BLAST TO ETHNIC !LBANIAN SEPARATISTS
From the World Press +OpTUNICA SAID THAT AS A SPECIAL 5. MEDIATOR FOR +OSOVO FORMER &INNISH 0RESIDENT !HTISAARI HAS A STRICT RESPONSIBILITY TO INSTANTLY CONDEMN EVERY FORM OF THREAT ESPECIALLY TERRORIST ATTACKS SUCH AS BLOWING UP A RAILWAY LINE (E ADDED 3O FAR !HTISAARI HAS BEEN UNABLE TO ESCAPE HIS OWN PREJUDICE AND HAS SEVERELY ACCUSED THE ENTIRE 3ERB NATION WHILE MUTELY WATCHING THE TERRORIST !LBANIAN SEPARATISTS CARRY ON +OpTUNICA HAS INTENSELY CAMPAIGNED ON THE +OSOVO CARD PLAYING TO 3ERB NATIONALIST SENTIMENTS THAT THE PROVINCE
µ{ ê | ê z ê ê ~ ê ê ê ê ê|uê êÁê ê ê êt ê h Ë ê êÁê ê ê ê ê ¾ ê êr ±ê êz Ë ê ´ n WHICH 3ERBS CONSIDER THE CRADLE OF THEIR MEDIEVAL STATE HOOD n IS AN INALIENABLE PART OF 3ERBIA AND THAT ANY SECESSION WOULD GO AGAINST THE 5NITED .ATIONS CHARTER 4HE 3ERBIAN PRIME MINISTER HAS STEPPED UP HIS CRITICISM OF !HTISAARI WHO PLANS TO PRESENT A PROPOSAL FOR A +OSOVO RESOLU TION EARLY NEXT YEAR 3O FAR +OSOVO S ETHNIC !LBANIAN LEADERS AND "ELGRADE OFFICIALS HAVE PRODUCED NO RESULTS IN TALKS TO SETTLE THE DISPUTE 4HE 5NITED 3TATES AND 7ESTERN POWERS EXPECT THE UPCOM ING 5. RULING n WHICH WILL FOLLOW !HTISAARI S PROPOSAL n TO RESULT IN CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCE FOR +OSOVO DESPITE 3ERBIA S OBJECTIONS 3ERBIA S PRO 7ESTERN 0RESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIÌ REITERATED THOSE OBJECTIONS SAYING 3UNDAY THAT NO NORMAL COUNTRY WOULD GIVE UP A PART OF ITS TERRITORY BUT ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROB ABILITY IS GREATER THAT +OSOVO WILL BECOME INDEPENDENT %VERY CITIZEN KNOWS THIS AND ) HAVE NO RIGHT TO DECEIVE ANYONE 4ADIÌ SAID "UT ) SHALL FIGHT TO THE LAST MOMENT SO THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN 4HE )NTERNATIONAL (ERALD 4RIBUNE
SERBIAN POLITICIAN ENDS HIS HUNGER STRIKE ! LEADING 3ERBIAN POLITICIAN KNOWN FOR HIS TIRADES AT THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL IN 4HE (AGUE HAS ABRUPTLY ENDED HIS FOUR WEEK HUNGER STRIKE AFTER AN APPEALS PANEL RESTORED HIS RIGHT TO DEFEND HIMSELF THE TRIBUNAL SAID &RIDAY ; TH $ECEMBER= "Y -ARLISE 3IMONS 0UBLISHED TH $ECEMBER
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HE POLITICIAN 6OJISLAV fEpELJ A LAWYER WHO HEADS 3ERBIAiS FAR RIGHT 3ERBIAN 2ADICAL 0ARTY IS ON TRIAL ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES AND A RANGE OF ATROCITIES COMMITTED AGAINST #ROATS AND -USLIMS DURING THE EARLY S
-R fEpELJ BEGAN HIS HUNGER STRIKE ON TH .OVEMBER AND DID NOT ATTEND THE START OF HIS TRIAL LATER IN THE MONTH BECAUSE HE SAID HIS LONG LIST OF DEMANDS TO THE COURT INCLUDING THAT THE JUDGES BE REPLACED WERE NOT BEING MET /N 4UESDAY ; TH $ECEMBER= THREE DOCTORS OF HIS CHOICE WHO EXAMINED HIM IN A PRISON HOSPITAL SAID HE WAS SEVERELY WEAKENED AND COULD DIE -R 3ESELJ HAD LEFT WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS SAYING HE WAS REFUS ING ALL FOOD AND MEDICINE AND DID NOT WANT TO BE REVIVED IN
CASE HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS 4HE LONG HUNGER STRIKE HAD CAUSED MUCH HAND WRINGING AT THE TRIBUNAL WHERE FOUR DEFENDANTS HAVE DIED IN DETEN TION TWO OF THEM AFTER COMMITTING SUICIDE &ORMER 0RESIDENT 3LOBODAN -ILOpEVIÌ OF 3ERBIA DIED OF A HEART ATTACK IN HIS CELL IN -ARCH -R fEpELJiS WEAKENED CONDITION HAD ALSO CAUSED UNREST IN 3ERBIA WHICH IS PREPARING FOR NATIONAL ELECTIONS IN *ANUARY (IS HARD LINE NATIONALIST PARTY WHICH OPPOSES THE ASPIRA TIONS OF MANY 3ERBS TO JOIN .!4/ AND THE %UROPEAN 5NION APPEARED TO BE RAPIDLY GAINING SUPPORT AND POLLS FOUND THAT IT WAS ATTRACTING MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF VOTERS -R fEpELJ HAS DEMANDED THAT HIS PARTY STRONGLY OPPOSE 3ERBIAiS JOINING THE TWO ORGANISATIONS jBECAUSE ALL THE TRADITIONAL ENEMIES OF 3ERBIA ARE CONCENTRATED THERE k "EYOND ALLOWING -R fEpELJ TO REPRESENT HIMSELF THE APPEALS COURT AGREED WITH HIS REQUEST THAT SESSIONS THAT HAD BEEN HELD IN HIS ABSENCE WOULD BE ANNULLED 4HE APPEALS COURT IGNORED MOST OF HIS OTHER DEMANDS INCLUDING HIS INSISTENCE THAT THE THREE JUDGES TRYING HIM BE REPLACED BECAUSE HE ARGUED THEY WERE NOT jIMPARTIALk AND HAD ACTED jMONSTROUSLY k -R fEpELJ ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT 3ERBS ON TRIAL HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CREATING AN ARMED MILITIA AND ORDERING HIS
µ~ ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ±ê ê Ä O Åê ê ê ê ê ¾ ¾ ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ±ê ê êµ ê ê ´êo ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ´ MEN TO TERRORISE ROB AND KILL NON 3ERBIAN CIVILIANS IN ORDER TO DRIVE THEM OFF LAND IN #ROATIA AND "OSNIA THAT WAS WANTED BY 3ERBS (E GAVE HIMSELF UP TO THE TRIBUNAL IN AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BEGAN ARGUING WITH IT OVER HIS CONDITIONS /NE OF HIS EARLY DEMANDS WAS THAT THE JUDGES REMOVE THEIR BLACK AND RED ROBES BECAUSE THEY REMINDED HIM OF THE 2OMAN #ATHOLIC )NQUISITION (E FIRST LOST HIS RIGHT TO DEFEND HIMSELF IN !UGUST BECAUSE OF HIS INSULTING MANNERS AND jOBSTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOURk DURING HEARINGS BUT REGAINED IT ON APPEAL IN /CTOBER 7HILE ACTING AS HIS OWN LAWYER HOWEVER HE INSISTED REPEAT EDLY THAT THE COURT APPOINTED DEFENCE LAWYERS WHO WERE THERE ON STANDBY BE EXPELLED FROM THE COURTROOM BECAUSE HE SAID THEY WERE jLIARS AND SPIES k (E STARTED THE HUNGER STRIKE IN PART BECAUSE THE COURT DID NOT REMOVE THE LAWYERS (E LOST THE RIGHT TO DEFEND HIMSELF AGAIN AFTER HE FAILED TO APPEAR IN COURT DURING HIS STRIKE 4HE COURT APPOINTED LAWYERS THEN TOOK OVER HIS DEFENCE 4HE OFTEN AGGRESSIVE DEFENDANT WHO REGULARLY INSULTED JUDGES AND LAWYERS IN COURT HAD A LIST OF OTHER DEMANDS (E SAID HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS BECAUSE HE DOESNiT USE COMPUTERS AND THAT IS jLIKE ASKING ME TO STAND ON MY HEAD k (E WANTED THE TRIBUNAL TO INTERVENE TO GET THE 5NITED 3TATES GOVERNMENT TO UN FREEZE HIS !MERICAN BANK ACCOUNT /THER REQUESTS HE HAD MADE SUCH AS THE USE OF A SPECIAL ROOM IN WHICH TO DO HIS PAPERWORK A FAX A TELEPHONE AND REGULAR VISITS FROM HIS WIFE AND OTHER ASSOCIATES HAD BEEN GRANTED TO HIM SEVERAL WEEKS AGO $R 0ATRICK "ARRIOT A &RENCH PHYSICIAN WHO EXAMINED -R fEpELJ IN HIS PRISON HOSPITAL BED EARLIER THIS WEEK SAID HE HAD LOST POUNDS AND WAS EXTREMELY WEAK AND SHORT OF BREATH (E SAID IT COULD TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE -R fEpELJ COULD RETURN TO COURT 4HE .EW 9ORK 4IMES CorD \ *ANUARY
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!MBASSADOR (ANS /LA 5RSTAD #HIEF OF THE /3#% -ISSION TO 3ERBIA HEART ILY WELCOMES 3ERBIAN 0RESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIร TO THE TH $ECEMBER !NNUAL /3#% 2ECEPTION HELD AT "ELGRADEiS (YATT 2EGENCY (OTEL
!MBASSADOR OF &INLAND IN 3ERBIA ( % !NNA -AIJA +ORPI PICTURED ALONGSIDE !USTRIAN !MBASSADOR ( % 'ERHARD *ANDL AT A TH $ECEMBER RECEPTION MARKING &INNISH )NDEPENDENCE $AY
3ERBIAN $EFENCE -INISTER :ORAN 3TANKOVIร AND MEMBERS OF THE MINISTRY PICTURED ON TH $ECEMBER AT 4OPร IDERiS (OME OF THE 'UARDS WHERE THEY TOOK PART IN THE TRADITIONAL BRIEFING FOR MILITARY DELEGATIONS AND FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC ACCREDITATION
%GYPTIAN !MBASSADOR IN 3ERBIA ( % !DEL !HMED .AGUIB SERVES 0RINCESS *ELISAVETA +ARAรฐORรฐEVIร AT THE %GYPTIAN NATIONAL STAND OF THE ANNUAL )NTERNATIONAL 7OMENiS #LUBiS #HRISTMAS "AZAAR AT THE "ELGRADE &AIR ON RD $ECEMBER
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2OD AND #ATHY 3TUBBS PICTURED ON TH $ECEMBER AT THEIR FARE WELL PARTY WHICH WAS HOSTED BY !USTRALIAN !MBASSADOR *OHN /LIVER AT THE !USTRALIAN !MBASSADORIAL RESIDENCE IN "ELGRADE #OR$ WOULD LIKE TO WISH 2OD AND #ATHY ALL THE BEST IN 0ERTH
)SAAC 3HEPS GENERAL DIRECTOR OF #ARLSBERG 3RBIJA AND -ILAN )VANOVIÌ DIRECTOR OF THE ,LOYDiS 2EGISTER 'ROUP FOR THE TERRI TORY OF 3ERBIA PICTURED ON TH $ECEMBER AT A PRESS CONFER ENCE TO ANNOUNCE #ARLSBERG 3RBIJAiS RECEIVING OF THE )3/ #ERTIFICATE OF 1UALITY -ANAGEMENT 3TANDARD AND THE )3/ &OOD 3AFETY -ANAGEMENT 3TANDARD
( % )ON -ACOVEI 2OMANIAN !MBASSADOR IN "ELGRADE WELCOMES #HARGE Di!FFAIRS OF THE 0AKISTANI %MBASSY IN "ELGRADE "ABAR (ASHMI TO A (OTEL (YATT RECEPTION MARKING 2OMANIAiS NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON TH .OVEMBER
!CTORS OF THE 4HEATRE ON 4ERAZIJA PERFORM THE PLAY j#AKE WITH FIVE LAY ERSk AS PART OF EVENTS MARKING 7ORLD )NVALID $AY ON TH $ECEMBER
(ARRI ,EINONEN .OKIA %ASTERN -EDITERRANEAN GENERAL DIRECTOR ADDRESSES PRESS AT A TH $ECEMBER -OVIE "AR PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE .OKIAiS PLANS FOR THE 3ERBIAN MARKET
!MBASSADOR OF *APAN IN 3ERBIA ( % 4ADASHI .AGAI AND #OLONEL -ASAAKI $AN *APANESE -ILITARY !TTACH PICTURED IN "ELGRADE #ITY (ALL ON TH $ECEMBER AT A RECEPTION MARK ING THE *APANESE %MPERORiS BIRTHDAY
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3ERBIAN 0RESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIร AND $EPUTY 0REMIER AND -INISTER FOR &OREIGN !FFAIRS OF )TALY -ASSIMO $ !LEMA PICTURED AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW )TALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE IN "ELGRADE m THE 0ALAZZO )TALIA m ON TH $ECEMBER
3ENIOR CLERGYMEN OF THE 3ERBIAN /RTHODOX #HURCH AND MEMBERS OF THE 3ERBIAN ROYAL FAMILY MARK THE +ARAรฐORรฐEVIร FAMILY 3AINT $AY 3LAVA m 3T !NDREJA 0RVOZANOG AT "ELGRADEiS 7HITE 0ALACE ON TH $ECEMBER
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,EFT TO RIGHT 6IOLIN 0ROFESSOR 6LADIMIR 6LADIGEROV "ULGARIAN ARTIST :HIVKO )VANOV AND "ULGARIAN !MBASSADOR IN 3ERBIA ( % 'EORGI $IMITROV PICTURED ON TH .OVEMBER AT THE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION OF )VANOViS WORKS IN !RT 'ALLERY h0ROGRESi
)VICA 3MOLIร PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF +OMERCIJALNA "ANKA PICTURED AT A TH $ECEMBER CEL EBRATION HELD TO MARK SUCCESSFUL YEARS OF +OMERCIJALNA "ANKA OPERATIONS
!MBASSADOR OF 0ORTUGAL IN 3ERBIA ( % 0AULO 4IAGO DA 3ILVA OPENS THE EXHIBITION h'RAPHICS 4HEMESi OF ARTIST :OZE DE 'IMARIS IN "ELGRADEiS -USEUM OF #ONTEMPORARY !RT ON TH $ECEMBER
5.)#%&iS !NN ,IS 3VENSSON ADDRESSES GUESTS OF !RT 'ALLERY h0ROGRESi AT THE LAUNCH OF 5.)#%&iS TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION j2EMEMBERING THE 0AST AND ,OOKING 4OWARDS THE &UTUREk 4HE LAUNCH WAS ATTENDED AMONGST OTH ERS BY 3ERBIAN #ULTURE -INISTER $RAGAN +OJADINOVIร PICTURED FAR RIGHT
,ANCE #LARK 5NITED .ATIONS 2ESIDENT #O ORDINATOR IN "ELGRADE CHATS TO #ROWN 0RINCE !LEKSANDAR +ARAรฐORรฐEVIร AT AN TH $ECEMBER RECEPTION DEDICATED TO SOCIAL INCLUSION AND TO MARK jTHE IMMINENT RATIFICATION BY THE 5. 'ENERAL !SSEMBLY OF THE )NTERNATIONAL #ONVENTION ON THE 2IGHTS OF 0ERSONS WITH $ISABILITIESk
&AMOUS FORMER LOCAL MODEL AND CURRENT FASHION AGENCY OWNER +ATARINA 2EBRAร A PICTURED ON TH $ECEMBER AT THE 9UGOSLAV $RAMA 4HEATRE PRESENTING PRIZES FOR SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPANTS IN A COMPETITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHOT DURING THIS YEARiS 7OMENi3ECRET ,ADIESi 2ACE
,EFT TO RIGHT CHAIRMAN OF MEDIA AGENCY #OMMUNIS )VAN 3TANKOVIร $ELTA (OLDING VICE PRESIDENT -ILKA &ORCAN DIRECTOR AND EDITOR IN CHIEF OF 6Eร ERNJE NOVOSTI -ANJO 6UKOTIร AND "RANISLAV .OVร Iร 0RESIDENT OF !"# 3ERBIA PICTURED ON TH $ECEMBER FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN 3ERBIAiS FOUR BIGGEST PUBLISHING HOUSES AND !"# 3ERBIA
3LOBODAN )LIร #HRYSLER *EEP $ODGE 2ETAIL 3ALES -ANAGER PICTURED AT -ERCEDESi *EEP OFF ROAD DRIVING TEST DAY AT "ELGRADEiS +OpUTNJAK ON TH $ECEMBER
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NTIL THE END OF &EBRUARY "ELGRADEiS 9UGOSLAV (ISTORY -USEUM WILL HOST AN EXHIBITION ENTITLED 2OYAL "RONZE 4HE 4REASURES OF THE #HINESE 8IA 3HANG AND :HOU $YNASTIES 4HE EXHIBITION HAS TRAVELLED FROM THE #HINESE .ATIONAL -USEUM IN "EIJING AND IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE PREMIER EXHIBITS TO BE ON DISPLAY IN 3ERBIA IN RECENT HISTORY 4HE SELECTION OF THIS PRE EMINENT #HINESE INSTITUTION TO OPT FOR "ELGRADE TO HOST THIS EXHIBIT IS A CONTINUATION OF A HISTORY OF CO OPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND MUSEUMS j4HIS EXHIBITION IS THE RESULT THE CROWN JEWEL OF OUR SEVERAL YEAR LONG CO OPERATION WITH THE #HINESE .ATIONAL -USEUM IN "EIJING )N OUR MUSEUM WE HAVE PRESENTED THEIR EXHIBITIONS OF #HINESE #ONTEMPORARY !RT /NE (UNDRED YEARS OF #HINESE 'RAPHICS AND #ONTEMPORARY #ERAMICS #HINESE -ONEY /UR COLLEAGUES FROM "EIJING WERE SATISFIED WITH THE WAY WE PRESENTED THEIR EXHIBI
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TIONS AND BECAUSE OF THAT THEY ENTRUSTED THIS ONE TO US TOO m THEIR MOST VALUABLE EXHIBITION k SAYS -OMO #VIJANOVIÌ CUSTODIAN OF THE 9UGOSLAV (ISTORY -USEUM AND CURATOR OF THIS EXHIBITION ON BEHALF OF THE HOST 4HE EXHIBITION HAS ITEMS ON DISPLAY INCLUDING DISHES MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AGRICULTURAL TOOLS WEAPONS MONEY MIR RORS AND EQUIPMENT FOR HORSES AND COACHES ORIGINATING FROM THE TIMES OF THE 8IA 3HANG AND :HOU $YNASTIES THE OLDEST #HINESE RULING FAMILIES WHO SPANNED THE LONG PERIOD BETWEEN THE ST AND RD CENTURIES "# 4HE EXHIBITS IN "ELGRADE ARE DISPLAYED IN SHOWCASES SPECIALLY MADE TO SATISFY ALL THE REQUIRED MICROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS AS WELL AS MEETING THE SECURITY CONDITIONS FOR THESE PRICELESS ARTEFACTS 4HESE SPECIAL MUSEUM CASES WERE CONSTRUCTED DOMESTICALLY BY THE 3IMPO #OMPANY FROM 6RANJE j4HE FIRST TWO DYNASTIES 8IA AND 3HANG WERE CONSIDERED LEGENDS UNTIL ONLY EIGHTY YEARS AGO 7E KNEW ABOUT THEM ONLY
j FROM STORIES AND NATIONAL LEGENDS THERE WAS NO MATERIAL PROOF THAT THOSE DYNASTIES REALLY EXISTED k SAYS #VIJANOVIÌ j4HEN IN THE iS ROYAL CRYPTS WERE FOUND IN THE VICINITY OF !N9ANG CONFIRMING THE LEGENDS AND PROVING THAT THE 3HANG DYNASTY REALLY EXISTED k 4HESE ANCIENT BRONZE ITEMS HAD BEEN BURIED WITH THEIR RUL ERS AS TREASURES TO TAKE THEM INTO THE AFTERLIFE !LSO DISCOVERED AT THE !N9ANG SITE WERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF hORACLE BONESi m CARVED TORTOISE SHELLS AND OX SCAPULAS CONTAINING A RICH WRIT TEN LANGUAGE WHICH WERE USED AS A MEANS TO FORESEE THE FUTURE 0RESUMABLY PRACTITIONERS OF THIS MYSTIC ART WROTE QUESTIONS ON THE BONES THEN HEATED A ROD FOR PIERCING THE BONE AND THE FORMA TION OF THE RESULTING CRACKS GAVE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS
$ESCENDANTS ARE OBLIGED TO VISIT THAT SOUL "OOKS ABOUT ETI QUETTE STRICTLY PRESCRIBE THE CUSTOMS MAN HAS TO ADHERE TO WHEN A MEMBER OF HIS HOUSEHOLD DIES &OR INSTANCE THE SON AFTER HIS FATHERiS DEATH MUST BE IN MOURNING FOR THREE YEARS TO WEAR A PLAIN SUIT MADE OF COARSE MATERIAL TO EAT GRASS AND ROOTS TO LIVE IN A HUT CLOSE TO HIS FATHERiS GRAVE AND TO CEASE CARRYING OUT ANY PROFESSIONAL WORK OR FAMILY LIFE !ND ALL THIS FOR THREE YEARS UNTIL THE (O SPIRIT FADES AWAY k 4HE DISHES ARE OF EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY FOR THEIR PLACE IN ANTIQUI TY HAVING ELEGANT SHAPE SOPHISTICATED ORNAMENTS AND FINE CRAFTS MANSHIP 4HE BRONZE IS MOST OFTEN AN ALLOY OF COPPER AND LEAD #VIJANOVIÌ ELABORATES jIN ORDER TO PRODUCE ORNAMENTS AS FINE AS POSSIBLE AND TO DECORATE THE DISHES THE #HINESE DISCOVERED
t êj 9®êµ{ ê ê ê ±ê ê êz ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê~ ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê °{ ±ê ê ê¡©¢ªØ ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êh ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê z ê ê ê ê ´ 4HESE METHODS WERE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY AND THE BONES AND SHELLS THAT WERE USED WERE KEPT IN THE ANCIENT STATE ARCHIVES FOR PRESERVATION AND HISTORICAL RECORD KEEPING 4HIS HAS PROVEN INVALUABLE TO CURRENT RESEARCHERS WHO CAN DEFINE THE GREAT QUES TIONS OF THE TIME AND LEARN WHAT WAS ON THEIR MINDS LONG AGO $R ,I 6ERMING CURATOR OF THIS EXHIBIT FROM "EIJING HELPED TO PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF THE 8IA $YNASTY BASED ON THIS RESEARCH AND ON ARTEFACTS FOUND AT THE %RiLITOU EXCAVATION SITE $R 6EJMING WRITES IN THE EXTENSIVE CATALOGUE THAT ACCOM PANIES THIS EXHIBIT THAT THE jESTABLISHMENT AND RULE OF THE FIRST #HINESE ROYAL DYNASTY THE 8IA DYNASTY HAPPENED IN THE "RONZE !GE 4HE LOCATION FOR CASTING OBJECTS OF BRONZE WHICH BELONGS TO THE %RiLITOU CULTURE WAS DISCOVERED /N AN AREA OF OVER SQUARE METRES THE HOUSES WHERE THE CRAFTSMEN USED TO LIVE THE PLACES FOR CASTING PARTS OF POTS PIECES OF COPPER CASTS MADE OF CLAY AND OTHER REMAINS AFTER THE MELTING WERE LOCATED 4HE EXCA VATED OBJECTS POINT OUT AT LEAST KINDS OF DISHES TRIPODS DING GOBLETS DJIA POTS HE GLASSES GU bk "RONZE DISHES WHICH ARE THE MOST NUMEROUS IN THIS EXHIBI TION WERE USED DURING THE RITUAL CEREMONIES FOR PREPARING AND SERVING FOOD FOR BOTH WINE AND WATER 4HEY WERE USED BY THE ROYAL FAMILY AND RULING CLASS DURING CEREMONIES CONNECTED WITH THE CULT OF THEIR ANCESTORS AND THE DEITIES OF THE SKY AND THE EARTH 7EALTHY PEOPLE ALSO USED THEM DURING WEDDINGS CELEBRATIONS WHEN ENTERING OFFICE OR UNDERTAKING POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS -OST OF THE RITUAL CEREMONIES ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CULT OF ANCESTORS j)T IS CONSIDERED THAT THE CULT OF ANCESTORS IS THE MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTINUITY OF THE #HINESE NATION FOR THOU SANDS OF YEARS 4HE CULT OF ANCESTORS MEANS CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE PAST k EXPLAINS #VIJOVIÌ &ROM THE EXHIBITS THAT SPEAK OF THE CULT OF ANCESTORS #VIJOVIÌ EMPHASISES THE MIRROR j-IRRORS WERE PLACED IN GRAVES ABOVE THE FACES !CCORDING TO BELIEF AFTER DEATH A MAN HAS TWO SOULS (UN WHICH GOES AWAY LEAVES THE EARTH AND (O WHICH STAYS NEXT TO THE GRAVE k
THE ALLOY OF COPPER AND LEAD 3UCH A MIXTURE IS MORE SUBSTANTIAL AND CAN REACH THE THINNEST PARTS OF THE MOULD FROM WHICH THE ORNAMENT WAS CAST k #VIJANOVIC THINKS THAT THOSE DISHES jWOULD NOT BE AS BEAU TIFUL IF THEY WERE NOT COVERED WITH A COATING 4HAT ADDITIONAL BEAUTY WAS GAINED BECAUSE THEY WERE LYING IN THE SOIL AND IT HAS WORKED AN EFFECT ON THE BRONZE AND CREATED OXIDES MAKING GORGEOUS COATINGS OF GREEN AND BLUE COLOURS THESE PRECIOUS COAT INGS 4HE COATING IS NEVER TAKEN OFF THE OBJECTS 7HEN THE OBJECT WAS TAKEN FROM THE SOIL IT WAS COVERED WITH LIMESTONE 4HAT LIMESTONE IS TAKEN OFF WITH SOFT ACIDS BUT ONLY UP TO THE LAYER OF THE COATING 4HE COATING IS NOT TO BE TOUCHED k )T IS INTERESTING TO NOTE HOW THIEVES CLEANED THE DISHES OF THE LIMESTONE THEY WOULD COVER THE DISH WITH PEACHES AND WAIT UNTIL THEIR SOFT ACID TOOK THE LIMESTONE OFF (OW THOSE DISHES WERE USED AND WHO USED THEM WAS STRICT LY REGULATED &OR INSTANCE THE TRIPOD DISH DING IN THE SHAPE OF A SMALL STILL ON THREE LEGS AND USED FOR PREPARING AND SERVING MEALS MADE OF MEAT WAS THE SYMBOL OF POWER AND THUS ONLY USED BY RULERS !LSO THERE WERE STRICT REGULATIONS ON HOW MUCH WINE WAS TO BE POURED INTO WINEGLASSES OR DJIE HOW TOASTS WERE MADE AND HOW MANY TIMES THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO SO j)T IS A STRANGE FEELING TO OBSERVE SOMETHING THAT WAS MADE AND USED SO MANY CENTURIES AGO /N THE OTHER HAND THE JUNCTURE OF THE OLD AND NEW IS AMAZING THOSE PREHISTORIC DISHES FIT FANTAS TICALLY INTO THEIR MODERN DISPLAY CASES AND TO THE MODERN AMBI ENT AND PEOPLE -AN CANNOT BUT ADMIRE THAT ETERNAL BEAUTY )T IS OBVIOUS BEAUTY IS ALWAYS BEAUTY AND CENTURIES CANNOT CHANGE IT k NOTES #VIJANOVIÌ 7ITH THIS REALISED CO OPERATION WITH THE #HINESE .ATIONAL -USEUM IN "EIJING COMES THE FUTURE POSSIBILITY OF THAT INSTITU TION HOSTING AN EXHIBITION FROM 3ERBIA STRESSING THE IDEA THAT CULTURE CAN BE THE BEST INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR AND NATIONAL COMMODITY CorD \ *ANUARY
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4ARPOp IS THE WORD FOR THE LARGEST OF WOMANiS HATS WORN IN THESE REGIONS SO LARGE THAT ACCORDING TO 6UK 3TEFANOVIÌ +ARADÝIÌ A WOMAN WEARING IT COULD NOT ESCAPE THE 4URKS WHILE RUNNING THROUGH A FOREST "ILJA +RSTIÌ AND HER BAND "ISTRIK HAVE JUST RELEASED THEIR THIRD ALBUM 4ARPOp WHICH CONTAINS TRACKS OF ETHNIC 3ERBIAN AND "ALKAN GEMS 4HEIR LAST ALBUM :APIS SOLD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COPIES HAD ONE OF ITS TRACKS FEATURED IN THE MOVIE :ONA :AMFIROVA ON TOP OF RECEIVING AWARDS BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD )T IS NO SURPRISE THEN THAT THE 'ERMAN PUBLISHER )NTUITION HAS PICKED UP THE ALBUM FOR RELEASE ON THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD MUSIC MARKET j4HE MUSIC "ISTRIK MAKES IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE TO THE WORLD OF OUR POPULAR MUSIC THE BRASS BANDS )iM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ALBUMiS RELEASE IN %UROPE /UR TRADITIONAL MUSIC IS ORIGINAL
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SPECIAL AND FOREIGN LISTENERS FIND IT VERY INTERESTING )iM NOT SURE WE ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE BEAUTY AND THE RICHNESS OF THIS jHOUSEk OF OURS ) THINK THE INTEREST IN "ALKAN MUSIC IS YET TO COME SINCE LARGER CULTURES HAVE ALREADY USED UP THEIR POTENTIAL )TiS NOW THE SMALLER CULTURESi TURN TO TAKE THEIR POSITION IN PRESENTING THEIR MUSICAL TRADITIONS k EXPLAINS "ILJA +RSTIÌ /VER THE PAST FEW YEARS WORLD MUSIC FANS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY ENTRANCED BY THE MUSIC OF THE 3ERBIAN TRUMPET -USICIANS LIKE "OBAN -ARKOVIÌ AND HIS BRASS BAND AS WELL AS THE BROTHERS 2ATKO AND 2ADIpA 4EOFILOVIÌ ARE DOING THEIR DUTY TO PRESERVE THE RICHNESS OF 3ERBIAN ETHNIC MUSIC BY GIVING IT AN AUDIENCE ABROAD 4WO YEARS AGO THE 4EOFILOVIÌ BROTHERS HELD A
p CONCERT IN THE PRESTIGIOUS +ENNEDY #ENTRE IN 7ASHINGTON THUS GIVING !MERICAiS CULTURAL ELITE THE CHANCE TO HEAR 3ERBIAN MUSIC FROM THE HEART )N CONTRAST TO ITS INCREASING POPULARITY ABROAD ETHNIC 3ERBIAN MUSIC IS BARELY ON THE RADAR OF THE DOMESTIC PRESS AND THUS BARELY SPOKE OF AS A VALUABLE MUSICAL EXPRESSION IN ARTISTIC CIRCLES 4HE MUSICOLOGICAL STUDY OF ETHNIC 3ERBIAN MUSIC IS A RELA TIVELY NEW FIELD ONLY HAVING BEEN BROUGHT UP DURING THE INTER WAR PERIOD OF THE S AND S !S A RESULT OF THE EFFORTS OF MUSICOLOGIST AND ETHNOLOGIST -IODRAG 6ASILJEVIÌ "ELGRADEiS !CADEMY OF -USIC NOW HAS A DEPARTMENT OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGY WHICH HAS PRODUCED MANY EXPERTS ACTIVE IN THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF 3ERBIAiS MUSICAL HER ITAGE $ESPITE THIS AS A RESULT OF THE hTURBO FOLKi TREND IN DOMESTIC MUSIC OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES AND THE HABIT OF APPLYING THE TITLE hETHNOi TO ALL THINGS GREAT AND SMALL TRUE FOLK MUSIC HAS BEGUN TO LOSE ITS ESSENCE j-Y EXPERIENCE TELLS ME OUR FOLKLORE IS MUCH BETTER POSITIONED ABROAD THAN IT IS AT HOME ALTHOUGH ) CANiT SAY THERE ISNiT INTEREST IN THE COUNTRY AS WELL 4HERE IS BUT IT IS SUBJECT TO MANIPULATION SO THAT A BUNCH OF NONSENSE GOES UNDER THE NAME OF hETHNOi 5NFORTUNATELY OUR MUSIC SCENE IS SUCH THAT THERE ARE NO RULES NOR IS THERE ANYONE TO IMPOSE THEM 4HE VALUES HAVE CHANGED
v ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê pØ ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êµ ´ê ê AND THINGS ARE LACKING PROPER PROFILE k SAYS +RSTIÌ WHO ALSO WORKS AS ONE OF 2ADIO "ELGRADEiS MUSIC EDITORS j) WISH THAT MY RADIO STATION WOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE ) AM PROUD THAT THROUGHOUT ALL THESE YEARS MY PROGRAM HAS MAINTAINED A CULTURAL POLICY WITHOUT FALLING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE OTHER MEDIA BY PROMOTING THE SORT OF MUSIC THAT REALLY DOES NOT DESERVE SUCH TREATMENT 4HINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR MUSIC SCENE ARE AT THE VERY LEAST AN UGLY KIND OF COMMERCIALIZATION ) HOPE THIS CULTURAL TERROR WILL STILL EARN A DIFFERENT KIND OF TREATMENT IN THE FUTURE BOTH BY THE MEDIA AND BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC 4HE AWARDS THAT "ISTRIK ALONG WITH THE 4EOFILOVIÌ BROTHERS AND SINGER 0AVLE !KSENTIJEVIÌ HAVE WON IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA SHOW HOW HARD WE TRY TO PROUDLY DEMONSTRATE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD THAT OUR COUNTRY HOLDS A PLACE FOR SPECIAL MAGIC TOOk )T WAS PRECISELY THIS MAGIC THAT VEERED HER CAREER FROM THE WORLD OF POP MUSIC TO THAT OF ETHNO )N THE MID iS AND iS "ILJA +RSTIÌ WAS ONE OF THE LEADING FEMALE VOCALISTS IN THE COUNTRY AND SANG IN THE POP BANDS SUCH AS 3UNCOKRETI AND 2ANI MRAZ (OWEVER THAT CHANGED WHEN +RSTIÌ HAD A MUSICAL REVELATION j) HEARD A SONG BY +ATE "USH WHERE SHE USED THE TRADITIONAL "ULGARIAN VOCALS AND WAS SWEPT OFF MY FEET 4HEN %NYA AND $EEP &OREST CAME ALONG AND ) REALIZED THAT KIND OF MUSIC ATTRACTED ME AND INSPIRED ME MUCH MORE THAN POP !T ONE POINT ) WITHDREW FROM THE SCENE AND WAS ABSENT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS (OWEVER WHEN ETHNO STARTED RULING THE GLOBAL MUSIC SCENE ) DECIDED TO GIVE IT A GO "Y THE WAY FOLKLORE IS MY GREAT PASSION ) GREW UP IN A HOME WHERE YOU COULD STILL HEAR OLD FOLK SONGS AND WAS GIVEN ENORMOUS BACKING AT MUSIC SCHOOL BY MY PROFESSOR 2ADOJICA -ILOSAVLJEVIÌ WHILE ) GOT ACQUAINTED WITH THE TRADITIONAL AND MODERN VOCAL TECHNIQUES AT THE &ACULTY OF -USIC !RTS IN "ELGRADE IN MY ETHNOMUSICOLOGY AND MUSICAL FOLKLORE CLASSES !T THE SAME TIME ) ANALYZED AND SANG THE ANALYSES OF THE MELODIC AND RHYTH MIC MOTIFS STEMMING FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES ) THINK ALL THAT WAS QUITE ENOUGH TO EMBARK ON A NEW ADVENTURE CALLED "ISTRIK )N 3ERBIAN FOLKLORE BISTRIK IS A PLACE RELATED TO ANCIENT RITUALS WHERE BIRTH AND LIFE ARE CELEBRATED %ACH NATION INHERITS AN ENORMOUS TREASURE THROUGH ITS MUSIC AND IT MUST BE CHERISHED AND GUARDED k
i êr 9ê ê êi ê SAYS +RSTIÌ WHO THROUGH HER PERSEVERANCE HAS MANAGED TO PRE SERVE SOME ANCIENT SONGS j) WANT TO BELIEVE THAT MY RESEARCH INTO OLD SONGS REPRESENTS A SMALL CONTRIBUTION AGAINST OBLIVION 4HE FIRST ALBUM 4ARPOp CONTAINS THE TRADITIONAL +OSOVO AND -ETOHIJA SONGS RECORDED BY -IODRAG 6ASILJEVIÌ -Y ALBUM WAS THE FIRST TO FEATURE SOUND RECORDINGS OF THESE SONGS 4HE MUSIC THAT "ISTRIK AND ) PERFORM IS A SIMPLE MIXTURE OF THE ARCHAIC AND THE MODERN A STYLIZATION OR A SUCCESSFUL BRIDGE TOWARDS THE MORE COMPLEX VERSIONS 7E WISH TO GIVE OUR TRADITIONAL MUSIC A MODERN FORM AND TO HAVE IT TAKE PART IN THE GLOBAL ETHNO MOVEMENTiS STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE TRADITIONk 4HE RELEVANCE OF THIS WOMANiS WORK IS EVIDENT IN THE FACT SHE AND HER BAND ARE ONE OF A FEW IF NOT THE ONLY MUSICIANS THAT WERE RECEIVED BY 0ATRIARCH 0AVLE AHEAD OF THEIR TRIP TO 2USSIA 4HERE THEY PERFORMED AT A NUMBER OF CHARITY EVENTS AIMED AT RAISING FUNDS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRE RAVAGED MONASTERY COMPLEX OF (ILANDAR 4HE TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF THE "ALKAN PEOPLE HAS SPECIAL TRAITS )T IS ROOTED IN ANCIENT 'REECE BUT HAS DESPITE 7ESTERN AND %ASTERN INFLUENCES MANAGED TO RETAIN ITS ORIGINALITY !S FAR AS +RSTIÌ IS CON CERNED THE "ALKANS IS AN AUTHENTIC ENTITY AND ALL ITS PEOPLES WHILE HAVING THEIR SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS REMAIN SIMILAR !DELA 0EEVAiS FILM 7HOSE 3ONG )S 4HIS ©IJA JE OVO PESMA DEMONSTRATES THIS INTERTWINING OF "ALKAN MUSICAL TRADITIONS )N THE FILM A REPORTER FOLLOWS THE TRAIL OF A SONG THAT EXISTS IN EACH "ALKAN NATION AND IS PART OF THEIR IDENTITY BUT AS IT HAPPENS ONLY TOO OFTEN IN THESE PARTS EACH SIDE IS CERTAIN THAT THE SONG IS THEIRS ALONE AND IS WILL ING TO CONFRONT THE OTHER OVER THAT CLAIM "Y CONTINUING TO EMBRACE TRADITIONAL ETHNIC MUSIC AND WITH THE EFFORTS OF ARTISTS LIKE +RSTIÌ THE AESTHETIC AND MUSICAL VALUE OF SUCH MUSIC CAN LIVE ON AND BREATHE POSITIVE AIR INTO THE SOUL OF A NATION 7ITHOUT IT ONLY TRACES ARE LEFT CorD \ *ANUARY
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CULTURE NEWS 7)..%2 /& -),/f ©54)À !7!2$ !../5.#%$ 4HE HIGHLY REGARDED -ILOp »UTIÌ !WARD FOR ACTORS HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY THE 3ERBIAN 3OCIETY OF $RAMATIC !RTISTS FOR THE PAST YEARS 4HIS YEARiS WINNER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AS YOUNG "ELGRADE ACTOR 'ORAN *EVTIÌ WHO RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR THE BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PROFESSIONAL THEATRE IN THE PERIOD TH *UNE TO TH *UNE *EVTIÌ RECEIVED THIS AWARD FOR HIS ROLE IN THE PLAY j/+!-%.*%.) 02).#k j3TONED 0RINCEk PLAYED IN THE 3MALL 4HEATRE $UpKO 2ADOVIÌ 4HE PLAY IS AN ADAPTATION OF THE TEXT OF (ENRY -ASTEL AND WAS DIRECTED BY -ARK 6AN DER 6ALDEN 4HIS PRODUCTION IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE 3MALL 4HEATRE j$UpKO 2ADOVIÌk THE "ELGRADE PUPPET THEATRE j0INOCCHIOk AND TWO THEATRES FROM $ENMARK #ORUNA ,A "ELANCE AND ,AMPE 4HE DECISION ABOUT THE WINNER OF THE AWARD WAS BROUGHT IN EARLY $ECEMBER WITH THE MAJORITY VOTES OF THE JURY m LED BY CHAIRMAN -ApA 3TOKIÌ "),*!.! 32",*!./6)À 7).3 %52/0%!. 4(%!42% !7!2$ 0LAYWRIGHT "ILJANA 3RBLJANOVIÌ THE MOST PLAYED MODERN 3ERBIAN WRITER IN THEATRES AROUND %UROPE AND THE ,ATVIAN DIRECTOR !LVIS (ELMANIS ARE THE WINNERS OF THE j.EW THEATRICAL REALITYk AWARD FOR 4HIS PRIZE INTERNATIONAL AWARD WAS FOUNDED BY THE %UROPEAN #OMMISSION THE #OUNCIL OF %UROPE AND A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT THEATRICAL ORGANI SATIONS THE %UROPEAN 4HEATRE 5NION 4HE %UROPEAN 4HEATRE #OMPANY THE )NTERNATIONAL !SSOCIATION OF #RITICS AND THE -EDITERRANEAN 4HEATRE )NSTITUTE 5.%3#/ HAS PRESENTED THIS AWARD SINCE TO ACTIVE THEATRICAL CREA TORS TO REWARD AND PROMOTE SIGNIFICANT %UROPEAN THEATRE ARTISTS 4HIS AWARD WILL BE GIVEN ON THE TH OF !PRIL NEXT YEAR IN 4HESSALONICA AND ON THIS OCCASION THE 9UGOSLAV $RAMA 4HEATRE WILL PERFORM THE PLAY j3KAKAVCIk GRASSHOPPERS WRITTEN BY "ILJANA 3RBLJANOVIÌ AND DIRECTED BY $EJAN -IJAÍA 4HE WINNERS OF THIS AWARD THE JURY THAT SELECTS THE WINNER CONSISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF RESPECTABLE %UROPEAN THEATRE HOUSES PEOPLE FROM THE THEATRE WORLD AND HIGH SOCIETY THEATER CRITICS AND THEATER WORKERS FROM ALL %UROPE ALREADY ARE DIRECTOR 4HOMAS /STERMAJER +RISTOF -ANTALER (AINER 'EBELS THE THEATRE 2OYAL #OURT 4HEATRE AND 4HEATRE DA LA #OMPLICITE &%34)6!, /& 5.$%27!4%2 &),- 34!'%$ 4RADITIONALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF $ECEMBER IN "ELGRADE THE FESTIVAL OF UNDER WATER FILM IS HELD A MANIFESTATION THAT SHOWS DOCUMENTAL FILMS FILMED IN OCEANS AND SEAS ON ALL MERIDIANS 4HIS $ECEMBER THE FESTIVAL HAS HAD FILMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND A FOLLOWING PROGRAMME OF UNDERWATER PHOTO GRAPHS TAKEN BY 6LADICA -ILISAVLJEVIÌ AND A EXHIBIT OF CHILDRENiS WORK ON THE THEM j,ET THE WATER ALWAYS BE CLEANk AND EXHIBIT OF THE STUDENTiS CONCOURSE FOR THE IDEAL SOLUTION OF THE &ESTIVALiS 0,!+!4! TECHNICAL LECTURES PRESENTA TIONS MEETINGS WITH THE AUTHORS OF FILMSb 7%%+ /& -/$%2. 3%2")!. &),- ). !4(%.3 4HE 'REEK FILM INDUSTRY THE 'REEK &ILM #ENTER AND THE 3ERBIAN &ILM #ENTER ORGANIZED IN !THENS FROM THE $ECEMBER j! WEEK OF MODERN 3ERBIAN FILMk )N THE WEEK OF THE MANIFESTATION THE 'REEK PUBLIC WAS ABLE TO WATCH NEW PRODUCTIONS AND PRODUCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE LAST TEN
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YEARS 4HE FILMS SHOWN WERE j»URKAk 0ARTY BY !LEKSANDAR $AVIÌ jfEJTANOV RATNIKk 3HAITONS WARIOR BY 3TEVAN &ILIPOVIÌ j3IVI KAMION CRVENE BOJEk ! GREY TRUCK RED COLOURED BY 3RDJAN +OLJEVIÌ j!POSULTNIH STOk !BSOLUTELY (UNDRED BY 3RDJAN 'OLUBOVIÌ j*UG JUGOISTOKk SOUTH SOUTHEAST BY -ILUTIN 0ETROVIÌ AND j+AD PORASTEM BIÌU +ENGUR j 7HEN ) GROW UP ) WILL BECOME A KANGAROO BY 2ApA !NDRIÌ ! ROUND TABLE WAS HELD ON THE SUBJECT OF THE FUTURE COOPERATION OF THE 3ERBIAN AND 'REEK FILM INDUSTRY AND A CATALOG OF MANIFESTA TIONS THAT WAS MADE BY THE 'REEK PARTNERS WAS PRESENTED .!4)/.!, -53%5- (/343 ,!4%34 !2#(!%/,/')#!, &).$).'3 )N $ECEMBER A LECTURE WAS HELD BY $2 $UpAN "URIÌ A PROFESSOR FROM THE $EPARTMENT OF !RCHAEOLOGY 5NIVERSITY OF #AMBRIDGE AT THE .ATIONAL -USEUM IN "ELGRADE (E PRESENTED THIS YEARiS SENSATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL FOUNDING FROM THE REGION OF îERDAP 4HESE RELICSS WERE DISCOVERED DURING THE INTERNATIONAL PROJECT j4HE 0RE HISTORY OF NORTH EAST 3ERBIAk LED BY DR "URIÌ AND DR -ILOp *EVTIÌ WITH TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF THE ACADEMIC "ORISLAV *OVANOVIÌ 4HEY HAVE DISCOVERED A GRAVE DURING THEIR FIELD WORK FROM THE -%:/,)4 TIME IN 6LApAC 6LApAC IS SUITED THREE KILOMETRES UPSTREAM FROM ,EPENSKI 6IR AND HAS BEEN KNOWN TO ARCHAEOLOGIST SINCE AND UP TO THIS YEARiS SPRING IT WAS THOUGHT THAT 6LApAC HAD DISAPPEARED UNDERNEATH THE $ANUBE THE CON SEQUENCES OF THE FORMATION OF THE ACCUMULATIVE LAKE îERDAP WERE THAT MANY ARCHAEOLOGICAL FOUNDING WERE SUNK UNDER THE WATER (OWEVER ON THE SURPRISE OF MANY SCIENTISTS IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MANY OF THESE FINDS WERE UNDAMAGED AND THAT FURTHER STUDIES COULD BE DONE AFTER YEARS 4HIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE 6LApAC IS THE ONLY PART OF CULTURE FROM ,EPENSKI 6IR THAT CAN BE EXAM
INED WITH MODERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHODS "ESIDE THE GRAVE A TOMB WAS FOUND THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE TRAPEZOID HOUSES IN ,EPENSKI 6IR 4HIS PERIOD CAN BE DATED B C 4HE GEAR THAT WAS FOUND BY THE DECEASED RED AND WHITE PEARLS FROM WHITEWASH AND PEARLS FROM THE SHELLFISH 3PONDYLIS CAN HELP US DETERMENT THE TOME HE WAS BERRIED AND THE PERIOD OF THE TOMB BEFORE WE HAVE THE PRECISE DATE FROM THE LABORATORY IN /XFORD 3(/-/ -).# 6)3)43 "%,'2!$% )SRAEL VIOLINIST 3HOMO -INC ONE OF THE WORLDiS FIVE BEST MUSICIANS HELD A SUCCESSFUL CONCERT IN 3AVA #ENTAR "ELGRADE AND IN FRONT OF A FULL AUDIENCE HE PLAYED THE #ONCERT FOR THE VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA IN $ MOL FROM *AN 3IBELIJUS AND 0LANETS FROM 'USTAV (OLST 7ITH HIM PARTICIPATED THE 3YMPHONIC /RCHESTRA FROM 2ADIO 4ELEVISION 3ERBIA THE 7OMENiS #HOIR 243 AND #OLLEGIUM -USICUM DIRECTED BY "OJAN 3UDIÌ 3HOMO -INIC WAS BORN IN -OSCOW BUT MOVED TO )SRAEL WITH HIS FAMILY AT THE AGE OF FIVE (IS TALENT WAS DISCOVERED VERY QUICKLY AT THE AGE OF ELEVEN HE HELD HIS FIRST CONCERT AND WITH THE )SRAELIS PHILHARMONIC HE PLAYED 0APAGINEiS 4HE FIRST VIOLIN #ONCERT (E HAS DISCOVERED BY THE FAMOUSE :UBIN -EHTA AND AT THE AGE OF HE PLAYED AT THE #ARNEGIE (ALL WITH THE 3YMPHONIC /RCHESTRA FROM 0ITTSBURG !FTER THAT HE CONTINUED HIS STUDIES IN .EW 9ORK AND WITH HE STARTED PLAYING WITH THE ,ONDON 2OYAL 0HILHARMONY 3INCE THEN HE HAS PLAYED ALL AROUND THE WORLD HE HAS WON MANY RESPECTABLE MUSIC AWARDS AND HE IS A MEMBER OF THE JURY AT INTERNATIONAL VIOL IST COMPETITIONS j ) AM VERY GLAD TO PLAY AGAIN IN "ELGRADE WHERE ) HAVE BEEN DURING THE WAR BEFORE ) AM PLEASED TO SEE MANY CHANGES THAT PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE CANNOT SEE BUT THEY ARE REALLY DRASTIC k SAID -INC BEFORE HIS $ECEMBERiS CONCERT ! MUSICIAN DISTINGUISHED WITH STYLISH 6)245/:./34 AND WITH A PERFECT TECHNIQUE OF PLAYING REVELED TO THE REPORTERS THAT HE ALSO PLAYS ON A 3TRADIVARIJUS FROM
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SUPPOSE IT WAS QUITE NATURAL FOR ME TO RENEW MY RELATIONSHIP WITH .EBOJpA )N %NGLISH HIS NAME MEANT hFEARLESSi WHICH IS PERHAPS WHY HE HAD FELT IT NECESSARY TO THREATEN A DEFENCELESS DAMSEL WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE WHEN SHE DECIDED TO MARRY ANOTHER "UT .EBOJpA WAS GOOD LOOKING GOOD HUMOURED AND GOOD IN BED (E WAS ALSO IN LOVE WITH ME AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT HE WAS MARRIED WITH NO INTENTION OF DIVORCING HIS WIFE ) HAD TESTED THIS WHEN ) HAD CALLED HIS BLUFF AND GIVEN HIM FIRST REFUSAL BEFORE GIVING !NDREW A DEFINITE hYESi ! RENEWED RELATIONSHIP WITH .EBOJpA WOULD BE LOW KEY AND COMMITMENT FREE !ND AS ) DID NOT LOVE HIM IN THE LEAST BY SLEEPING WITH HIM ) WOULD BE BEING NO MORE UNFAITHFUL TO !NDREW THAN WHEN ) MASTURBATED WITH A VIBRATOR .EBOJpA THE DILDO WITH A HUMAN FACE j4HIS HAD TO HAPPEN )T WAS ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN SOMETIME 4RUE LOVE ALWAYS WINS IN THE END k 4HUS SPOKE THE DILDO WITH A HUMAN HEART $ID .EBOJpA REALLY THINK ) WAS GOING TO END UP LIKE A CHARACTER IN A "ARBARA #ARTLAND NOVEL !S FAR ) WAS CONCERNED IT WAS NOT TRUE LOVE THAT HAD WON BUT THE TENDER KISSES ON THE NIPPLES THE SLOW GENTLE PENETRATION OF A ROCK HARD PENIS AND THE POWERFUL BURST OF SPERM AT THE VERY MOMENT ) REACHED ORGASM #OMPARISONS ARE NOT ONLY ODIOUS THEY ARE ALSO CRUEL BUT AT THAT MOMENT ) WAS NOT CERTAIN WHICH ) THOUGHT THE BETTER BET BEING MADE LOVE TO BY THE MAN ) LOVED REGARDLESS OF THE SHAKY FIRMNESS OF HIS SIXTY YEAR OLD PRICK AND THE DIMINISHING POTENCY OF HIS EJACULATION OR FUCK ING A MAN OF MY OWN AGE WHO SENT ELECTRIC SHOCKS THROUGH MY ENTIRE BEING )MMEDIATELY AFTER MY FIRST PRICK INDUCED ORGASM FOR MONTHS THE LATTER WAS WINNING BY A LENGTH BUT WHEN .EBOJpA STARTED TALKING OF LOVE THE FORMER MADE A FINAL BURST AND WON BY A SHORT NECK j.EBOJpA IF YOU WANT US TO REMAIN FRIENDS DONiT BRING UP THE WORD hLOVEi AGAIN ) DONiT LOVE YOU ) CANiT LOVE YOU AND ) NEVER WILL LOVE YOU k j7EiLL SEE 9OUiRE NOT TERRIBLY CONVINCING YOU KNOW k .EBOJpA LIED TO ME (E TOLD ME HE HAD NOT MADE LOVE TO HIS WIFE FOR OVER A YEAR THAT HE HAD HAD NO OTHER LOVERS BUT ME AND THAT HE NEVER MASTURBATED ) KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT MEN TO KNOW THAT HE WAS LYING ON AT LEAST TWO OR MOST LIKELY ON ALL THREE COUNTS !ND IF HE WAS ABLE TO LIE TO ME HE COULD NOT TRULY LOVE ME "UT HE WAS GOOD COMPANY FREQUENTED THE BEST RESTAURANTS AND UNDERSTOOD MY CLITORIS ALMOST AS
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WELL AS ) DID MYSELF AND ) HAD NO INTENTION OF CUTTING OFF MY NOSE TO SPITE MY FACE j) DONiT LIKE THAT .EBOJpA FELLOW (EiS A CAD 9OU CAN SEE IT A MILE OFF 9OU NEED TO BE CAREFUL k 0OOR JEALOUS 5NCLE 'EORGE "UT HE WAS THE LAST PERSON WHO WOULD WANT ME TO DO ANYTHING WITH MY NOSE 3O ) CONTINUED TO GIVE 5NCLE 'EORGE MY NOSE AND .EBOJpA MY PUSSY TO GO TO CONCERTS WITH 5NCLE 'EORGE AND TO EXPENSIVE RESTAURANTS WITH .EBOJpA AND THE SELF KNOWLEDGE MIRROR ON THE WALL TOLD ME THAT ) WAS A TWO FACED SCHEMING OPPORTUNIST UNWORTHY TO TREAD THE GROUND THAT !NDREW HAD WALKED ON 7HY WAS ) SO OBSESSED WITH MATTERS SEXUAL 4HANKS TO .EBOJpA ) WAS NO LONGER A SEXUALLY FRUSTRATED WIDOW BUT IT APPEARED ) WAS UNNATURALLY POSSESSIVE AND PARANOICALLY JEALOUS ) SUPPOSE ) ALWAYS HAD BEEN 4HAT WAS PROBABLY WHY SO MANY OF MY RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX HAD NEVER LASTED MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF ENCOUNTERS !NDREW WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST MAN TO TURN THE OTHER CHEEK )T CANNOT HAVE BEEN EASY FOR HIM TO LISTEN TO MY JEALOUS TANTRUMS EVERY TIME ) ACCUSED HIM OF IGNORING ME AND EYEING PRETTY YOUNG WOMEN IN THE STREET OR AT THE THEATRE /UR FIRST #HRISTMAS MORNING HAD BEEN SPENT IN ALMOST TOTAL SILENCE AFTER ) HAD HAULED HIM OVER THE COALS FOR SPENDING THE MIDNIGHT MASS IN THE 2OMAN #ATHOLIC CHURCH LOOKING FROM ONE COMELY FEMALE TO ANOTHER !NDREW ALWAYS INSISTED THAT HE WAS NOT LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT WOMEN AND THAT IT WAS A THROW BACK TO HIS FILM DIRECTING DAYS WHEN HE CONSIDERED OBSERVING EVERYTHING AROUND HIM AN ESSENTIAL TOOL OF THE TRADE 4HIS ALWAYS SEEMED TO ME TO BE A PATHETI CALLY INADEQUATE EXCUSE BUT NOW ) WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE MY DOUBTS DOUBTS IN MY OWN JUDGEMENT 0ERHAPS ) HAD GONE THROUGH LIFE ALWAYS LOOKING WITH MASOCHISTIC DELIGHT AT THE BLACK SIDE OF THINGS AND THEN REVELLING IN THE ENSUING MIND BLOWING ORGASMS OF SELF PITY -Y RELATIONSHIP WITH .EBOJpA HAD LASTED ON AND OFF SINCE OUR STUDENT DAYS BUT ) HAD FIRST SLEPT WITH HIM DURING THE LAST MONTH OF HIS WIFEiS SECOND PREGNANCY ) HAD NEVER LOVED HIM BUT UNTIL !NDREW APPEARED ) WAS VERY GLAD HE WAS THERE m HE PROVIDED AT LEAST A SHADOW OF THE SECURITY THAT SEEMED TO HAVE PASSED ME BY "UT ) WAS NEVER JEAL OUS OR POSSESSIVE )T GENUINELY DID NOT WORRY ME HOW MANY TIMES HE SLEPT WITH HIS WIFE AND WHETHER OR NOT HE HAD OTHER AFFAIRS !FTER ALL )
SLEPT WITH OTHER MEN m SEVEN OTHER MEN BEFORE !NDREW "UT .EBOJpA WAS JEALOUS m AND VERY POSSESSIVE j9OUR MAN MAY HAVE GOT MONEY BUT HE HASNiT GOT STYLE m OR CLASS 4HEY CANiT BE BOUGHT (EiS NOT THE RIGHT MAN FOR YOU 3EX IS IMPORTANT BUT NOT IF YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE YOUR DIGNITY AND SELF RESPECT IN ORDER TO GET IT k 4HUS SPOKE MY MENTOR AND FATHER CONFESSOR 5NCLE 'EORGE WHEN ) FLED TO HIM FOR COMFORT AND PROTECTION ON THE EVENING .EBOJpA HIT ME )T COULD HARDLY BE DESCRIBED AS A BRUTAL ATTACK BUT .EBOJpA DEFINITELY HIT ME FOR WHAT HE CALLED hUNSEEMLY AFFECTIONi WHEN SAYING GOODBYE TO ONE OF HIS COLLEAGUES WHO HAD LUNCHED WITH US !LL ) HAD DONE WAS KISS HIM ON THE NOSE m ACTUALLY IT WAS THE FOUR GLASSES OF #HATEAU .AVIP KISSING HIM ON THE NOSE NOT ME BUT .EBOJpA COULD NOT OR WOULD NOT SEE THAT (E OF COURSE WAITED UNTIL WE GOT HOME WHEN HE TRIED TO SHOW ME WHO WAS BOSS BY INSISTING WE MADE LOVE (E TOOK MY REFUSAL TO BE RAPED AS CONFIRMATION OF MY ATTRACTION TO HIS COLLEAGUE LASHED OUT AT ME AND STRUCK ME A GLANCING BLOW ACROSS THE FACE ) JUST MAN AGED TO GET TO THE DOOR BEFORE HIM AND RAN DOWNSTAIRS TO 5NCLE 'EORGE .EBOJpA GAVE UP TRYING TO BREAK THE DOOR DOWN WHEN 5NCLE 'EORGEiS NEIGHBOUR THREATENED TO CALL THE POLICE 4HIS WAS BY NO MEANS THE FIRST TIME .EBOJpA HAD USED VIOLENCE TO hTEACH ME A LESSONi BUT HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN SO PATHETICALLY REMORSEFUL AFTERWARDS ) HAD ALWAYS FORGIVEN HIM "UT THIS TIME ) DECIDED ) WOULD TAKE 5NCLE 'EORGEiS ADVICE AND MAKE A CLEAN BREAK ) KNOW ) SHOULD NEVER HAVE RENEWED THE FRIENDSHIP IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT .EBOJpAiS hFATAL ATTRACTIONi SEEMED TO HAVE GOT THE BETTER OF ME ) THINK PERHAPS ) UNDERSTAND WHY hBATTERED WIVESi PUT UP WITH SO MUCH MALTREATMENT BEFORE THEY CRACK 7E ARE NOT MASOCHISTS m WE ARE MORE LIKE FAITHFUL DOGS WHO WHILE THEY MAY COWER WHIMPER AND EVEN HOWL WITH PAIN WHEN CHASTISED FOR SOME PETTY MISDEMEANOUR WILL IMMEDIATELY FORGIVE AND FORGET IN ORDER TO RETAIN THEIR MASTERiS LOVE "UT EVEN FAITHFUL DOGS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO SAY hENOUGHiS ENOUGHi AND TURN ON THEIR MASTER ) DECIDED THAT NEITHER THE BOUQUET OF TWENTY FIVE WHITE ROSES THAT ARRIVED THREE HOURS LATER NOR THE $- ENCLOSED IN THE LETTER OF APOLOGY WAS ENOUGH TO BUY FORGIVENESS THIS TIME ) PUT FOUR OF THE BLUE NOTES IN AN ENVELOPE TOGETHER WITH A FEW SYMBOLICALLY TORN ROSE PETALS AND PHONED A POST OFFICE COURIER WHO OWED ME A FAVOUR FROM SEVERAL MONTHS PREVIOUSLY (E PROMISED TO COME ROUND FIRST THING IN THE MORNING BUT ) TOLD HIM ) WOULD MAKE IT WORTH HIS WHILE IF HE CAME ROUND IMMEDIATELY (E SEEMED RATHER DISAPPOINTED WITH THE $- NOTE ) GAVE HIM m HE SEEMED TO BE EXPECTING SOMETHING ELSE "UT ) SOON REALISED THAT FREEING MYSELF FROM .EBOJpA WAS NOT GOING TO BE SO EASY .OW HE WAS IN THE ROLE OF FAITHFUL DOG m AND FAITHFUL DOGS HAVE A HABIT OF FINDING THEIR WAY HOME HOWEVER FAR AWAY YOU TAKE THEM TO TRY TO LOSE THEM )T TOOK .EBOJpA EIGHT BOUQUETS OF WHITE ROSES TO REALISE HE WAS BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE AND THAT SAYING IT WITH FLOWERS WAS NOT THE BEST INVESTMENT 5NFORTUNATELY THE RIDICULOUSLY LOW PRICE OF LOCAL CALLS MEANT THAT MY PUTTING DOWN THE RECEIVER IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS OPEN ING h0LEASE LISTEN TO ME 3LAVICA ) LOVE YOUbi DID NOT DETER HIM FROM TELEPHONING ME AT LEAST TEN TIMES A DAY EVEN THOUGH ) WAS CONTINUALLY UNPLUGGING THE PHONE 4HEN HE STARTED WAITING FOR ME IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING (E MUST HAVE WAITED FOR HOURS BECAUSE NOW THAT ) WAS NOT WORKING ) NEVER WENT OUT AT REGULAR TIMES 4HE FIRST COUPLE OF OCCASIONS ) MADE SUCH A SCENE IN THE STREET THAT HE WAS OBLIGED TO MAKE A HASTY DISAPPEARANCE TO AVOID BEING LYNCHED BY THE CROWD OF INQUISITIVE AND PROTECTIVE BYSTANDERS (IS NEXT PLOY WAS TO FOLLOW ME UNTIL ) WAS IN THE PARK OR GOING ALONG SOME QUITE SIDE STREET AND THEN hCASUALLY BUMP INTO MEi AND TRY TO PERSUADE ME TO JOIN HIM FOR A QUIET DRINK %VENTUALLY ) AGREED ON CONDITION HE STOPPED LYING IN WAIT FOR ME BUT AS THE MEET ING ENDED WITH MY ACCIDENTALLY SPILLING MY COFFEE ALL OVER HIS "URBERRY RAINCOAT HE DID NOT FEEL OBLIGED TO KEEP HIS SIDE OF THE BARGAIN AND THE LYING IN WAIT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING CONTINUED WITH A VENGEANCE (OWEVER GOOD OLD MOTHER NECESSITY PROVED AS FERTILE AS EVER AND ) DISCOVERED THAT THE STAIRS OF OUR BUILDING LED ALL THE WAY TO THE ROOF AND ONCE THERE ALL ) HAD TO DO WAS TO CROSS THE ROOF TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE STAIRS OF THE NEXT BUILDING BUT ONE AND WALK DOWN TO THE TOP FLOOR FROM WHERE ) COULD TAKE THE LIFT TO THE GROUND FLOOR )T GAVE ME UNTOLD
PLEASURE AS ) LEFT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF .O TO SEE .EBOJpA PACING NERVOUSLY UP AND DOWN OUTSIDE .O 4HAT JUST LEFT THE TELEPHONE CALLS ) SUPPOSE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF STICKING PINS INTO A WAX MODEL OF THE MAN ) HAD GROWN TO HATE ) AM FAIRLY CERTAIN ) DID NOT REALLY WANT IT TO HAPPEN AND TODAY ) THINK ) LOOK BACK AT THAT *ANUARY EVENING WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SELF REPROACH !ND SOMETIMES ) FIND MYSELF LONGING FOR THE TELEPHONE TO RING ) HAVE THE PEACE ) WAS LONGING FOR AND SOMETIMES IT IS QUITE PAINFULLY TRANQUIL .O THE END DOES NOT ALWAYS JUSTIFY THE MEANS ) SHOULD NEVER HAVE DONE IT )F ) HAD KNOWN THAT .EBOJpA WAS TELEPHONING FROM HIS CAR WHILE RETURNING TO "ELGRADE ALONG THE )BARSKA -AGISTRALA AFTER A BUSINESS TRIP TO 6ALJEVO ) CERTAINLY NEVER WOULD HAVE DONE IT "UT OVER THE .EW 9EAR HOLIDAY THE TELEPHONE CALLS HAD BEEN SO FREQUENT THAT ) DECIDED THAT DRASTIC MEASURES WERE NOW CALLED FOR 4HIS TIME WHEN ) HEARD THAT VOICE INSTEAD OF SLAMMING DOWN THE RECEIVER ) LEFT IT OFF THE HOOK PUTTING IT ON THE BED AND LYING DOWN BESIDE IT j/OOOHb 9ESb $ONiT STOPb )TiS SO HARDb !ND DAMPb ,ET ME LICK ITb /H ) WANT IT INSIDE MEb 9OU SEE HOW DAMP ) AMb /H YES THATiS ITb /H HOW ) LOVE IT WHEN YOUR PRICK COMES DEEP INSIDE MEb 9OU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ) LIKEb 4HATiS ITb (ARDERb HARDER /H )iM ON THE EDGE 0LEASE PLEASE 9EEEEEEES k ) HAD NEVER FAKED AN ORGASM IN MY LIFE BUT EVEN 3TANISLAVSKI WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF MY FIRST EFFORT ESPECIALLY AS IT WAS PER FORMED AS A MONODRAMA )T OCCURRED TO ME THAT IF ) EVER NEEDED SOME EXTRA MONEY ) COULD GET A JOB WITH A (OT LINE AGENCY 5NFORTUNATELY FOR .EBOJpA IT WAS TOO CONVINCING BY HALF (E HAD APPARENTLY NOT THOUGHT IT THE SLIGHTEST BIT STRANGE THAT THE MASTER LOVER ) WAS FUCKING HAD UTTERED NOT SO MUCH AS A GRUNT ) HAD NO MEANS OF KNOWING WHETHER HE HAD WAITED FOR THE hORGASMi AS THE PHONE WAS DEAD WHEN ) REPLACED THE RECEIVER &OR ALL ) KNOW IT WAS AT THE VERY MOMENT OF SIMULATED ORGASM THAT .EBOJpAiS "-7 WHILE TRAVELLING AT AN ESTIMATED KILOMETRES PER HOUR HAD SKIDDED ON AN ICY PATCH OF ROAD CROSSED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE )BARSKA -AGISTRALA AND EXPERIENCED A FULL CONTACT ENCOUNTER WITH AN ONCOMING LORRY CARRYING BUILDING BRICKS !ND ) WAS THE ONLY PERSON ALIVE WHO KNEW PRECISELY WHY HE WAS DRIVING hIN A MANNER UNCONDU CIVE TO ROAD CONDITIONSib .EBOJpA LEARNT THE HARD WAY THAT JEALOUSY IS INDEED hAS CRUEL AS THE GRAVEi j4HE DEVIL DIDNiT MAKE A VERY GOOD JOB OF LOOKING AFTER HIS OWN AS FAR AS .EBOJpA WAS CONCERNED DID HE 0ERHAPS HE DIDNiT DESERVE THIS BUT YOUiRE BETTER OFF WITHOUT HIM k 5NCLE 'EORGE WENT TO THE FUNERAL PURELY AS AN OBSERVER ) COULD NOT GO MYSELF FOR OBVIOUS REASONS BUT ) HAD TO KNOW WHAT .EBOJpAiS SEND OFF WAS LIKE !FTER ALL WE HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR THIRTY YEARS 5NCLE 'EORGE SAID THAT .EBOJpAiS WIDOW DID NOT SEEM AS SAD AS SHE MIGHT HAVE DONE BUT THAT HIS CHILDREN WERE DEVASTATED 4HE EULOGY WAS READ BY THE COLLEAGUE WHOM ) HAD KISSED ON THE NOSE WHO DESCRIBED .EBOJpA AS AN INTELLIGENT HARD WORKING AND GIFTED BUSINESSMAN AS WELL AS A DEVOTED AND CARING HUSBAND AND FATHER (E MIGHT WELL HAVE BEEN ALL THAT AND MORE BUT HE HAD ALSO BEEN A TIRESOME EX LOVER WHO COULD NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER 9ES ) WAS BETTER OFF WITHOUT HIM BUT ) NOW HAD TO LIVE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ) HAD TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES MURDERED HIM 4HAT NIGHT ) HAD MY FIFTH DREAM ABOUT DEATH IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS 4WO OF THE MEN IN MY LIFE HAD MET WITH HORRIFIC DEATHS IN THE SPACE OF SEVEN MONTHS -Y DREAMS WERE TRYING TO TELL ME SOMETHING 4HEY WERE TRYING TO HELP ME ) REMEMBER READING IN *UNGiS -EMORIES $REAMS 2EFLECTIONS SOMETHING ABOUT RECURRING DREAMS TELLING ONE THAT ONE NEEDED A CHANGE ) COULD TAKE A HINT ) WOULD MAKE A DRASTIC CHANGE ) WOULD GO TO 3EATON 0ARK m NOT AS A GUEST THIS TIME BUT AS A FULL MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY 4HE FUTURE IS NOW TO BE CONTINUED
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#RITICS MAY CALL HIM A GREAT NEW TALENT WHO CAPTURES THE URBAN SPIRIT BUT !NDRIÌ CLAIMS HE FEELS MORE COMFORTABLE IN THE ROLE OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR NOT AT THE HELM OF THE BIGGER BUDGET FEATURES HE IS INCREASINGLY BEING ASKED TO DO 4HIS MONTH !NDRIÌ DISCUSSES WITH #OR$ HIS PLANS TO SHOOT A SERIES WITH HIS FATHER HIS PATH FROM YOUNG APPRENTICE TO ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR DIRECTORS IN 3ERBIA AS WELL AS HIS FEAR OF THE hOTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERAi !FTER YOUR FILM -UNJE YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD TAKE A BREAK FROM DIRECTING SO AS NOT TO BE TOO OVERWHELMED WITH PUBLICITY 4HIS DIDNiT REALLY COME UNTIL THE AFTER YOUR SECOND FILM ALSO A HIT 7HATiS NEXT FOR YOU &OR THE PAST YEAR ) HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE A PART SERIES IS BASED ON THE BOOK (AJDUCk (AIDUKS BY "RANISLAV .UpIÌ 4HERE HAS NEVER BEEN A FILM ADAPTATION OF (AJDUCI WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHILDRENiS BOOKS EVER WRITTEN IN 3ERBIA .UpIÌ IS FOR OUR KIDS WHAT -ARK 4WAIN IS FOR !MERICAN CHILDREN 4HE SECOND REASON IS OF A PERSONAL NATURE 4HEY ALWAYS ATTACH THE PREFIXES hMODERNi hYOUNGi AND hURBANi TO MY TITLE OF MOVIE DIRECTOR WHICH IS NOT TRUE )T IS CHEAP TO PRODUCE MOVIES IN "ELGRADE NOWADAYS ) AM URBAN AND MODERN BECAUSE OF THAT NOT BECAUSE ) WANT TO BE 4HEREFORE THIS SERIES IS A SPECIAL CHALLENGE FOR ME (AJDUCI DOES NOT TAKE PLACE IN "ELGRADE NOR IN PRESENT TIME 4HE SCENARIO HAS BEEN CHANGED A LOT IN RELATION TO THE BOOK THE KIDS WILL NOT BE IN A POSITION TO WATCH THE SERIES AND SAY THAT THEY HAVE READ THE BOOK 7E HAVE MODERNIZED IT AND CHANGED THE IMAGE OF 3ERBIA A LITTLE WHICH IS NOT AS REALISTIC AS IN THE BOOK 4HE WRITER OF THE SCENARIO IS MY FATHER 6LADIMIR !NDRIÌ AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON A PROJECT (E HAS HELPED ME IN EVERYTHING SO FAR BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE NOW WORKING TOGETHER ON SOMETHING AND IT SUITS ME 7E UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER WELL (E IS ONE OF THE RARE PERSONS WHO DOES NOT IMPOSE HIS IDEAS ON ME WE DO NOT LOOSE TIME IN NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS BAD WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS REGARDING PERSUASION ) LIKE TO MAKE COMEDIES TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH ) AM FED UP WITH THE PRESENTATION OF BAD ASPECTS OF THIS POOR AND TORMENTED COUNTRY 7HAT WAS THE PATH FROM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR DIRECTORS IN 3ERBIA AND THE REGION TODAY ) NEVER STOPPED WORKING AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ) LIKE THE JOB OF THE PERSON WORKING IN THE SHADOWS JOURNALISTS ARE NOT BOTHERING YOU YOU DONiT HAVE TO SHOW YOURSELF IN PUBLIC AND YOU DO YOUR JOB "ESIDES THAT YOU LEARN A LOT m AS ) HAVE DONE FROM EACH AND EVERY MOVIE DIRECTOR ) HAVE WORKED WITH 4HE MOST PRACTICAL THINGS CAME FROM -IpA 6UKOBRATOVIÌ ALREADY IN THE BEGINNING 5NTIL LAST YEAR ) LIVED MOSTLY FROM WORKING AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND MY MOVIES WERE INCIDENTAL BECAUSE YOU CANNOT EARN MUCH FROM MOVIES IN 3ERBIA /NLY WHEN ) BEGAN RECEIVING OFFERS TO SHOOT COMMERCIALS DID ) START TO EARN A LIVING AS A DIRECTOR ) REMEMBER FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF STUDIES AT THE &ACULTY OF $RAMATIC !RTS IN "ELGRADE THAT 0ROFESSOR 6LADAN 3LIJEPÍEVIÌ TOLD US j9OU ARE ALL MOVIE DIRECTORS AND PROBABLY MOST OF YOU WILL NEVER SHOOT A MOVIE %VEN IF YOU DO DO NOT THINK
THAT YOU HAVE IMMEDIATELY BECOME ARTISTS BECAUSE IT TAKES MUCH MORE THAN THE SUCCESS OF ONE MOVIE )T TAKES A LOT EFFORT AND EXPERI ENCEk 4HEREFORE ) STILL DO NOT THINK OF MYSELF AS AN ARTIST AND ) DONiT LIKE BEING CALLED LIKE THAT ) AM A FILM WORKER -AYBE ) WILL ONE DAY REALLY BECOME AN ARTIST AND MAYBE NOT ) DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ) CAN BE FORCED TO DO SO 4HAT SIMPLY HAPPENS BECOMES RIPE IN A MAN ) HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MANY AFTER THESE THREE FILMS TO DO SOMETHING SERIOUS TO GET RID OF COMEDIES BECAUSE THEY THINK ) HAVE MUCH MORE TO SAY BUT CURRENTLY IT SUITS ME THIS WAY 7E SHALL SEE HOW THINGS WILL BE IN THE FUTURE ) WILL DO THE THINGS THAT ATTRACTS ME )F THE INSPIRATION COMES FOR SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS IT IS WELCOME IF NOT THAT MEANS )iM NOT A SERIOUS MAN 9OU HAVE ALSO HAD SEVERAL ACTING ROLES ON FILM AND IN THE EPI SODES OF -ILE VS 4RANCIJA BUT JUST SMALL PARTS 7ERE THOSE JUST INCIDENTAL OR DO YOU HAVE A SECRETIVE SIDE THAT WANTS TO EXPRESS YOURSELF AS AN ACTOR 7HENEVER ) STAND IN FRONT OF CAMERA ) DIE OF FEAR ) COMPLETELY LOSE MYSELF !CTORS WITH WHOM ) HAVE WORKED TOLD ME )iM NOT BAD )T IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME TO ACT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES IF IT IS NECES SARY IN A MOVIE BUT ) DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ) WOULD SUCCEED IN PLAYING A MORE SERIOUS ROLE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END )T IS ALREADY KNOWN THAT THE DIRECTOR MUST SECRETLY WISH TO BE AN ACTOR OR A WRITER ) THINK
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THAT ) DO BELONG TO THE GROUP WHO WOULD LIKE TO BECOME ACTORS &OLLOWING THE SERIES ON " -ILE A 3ERB FIGHTING AGAINST TRANSITION PLAYED EXCELLENTLY BY :ORAN #VIJANOVIÐ HAS APPEARED IN SOME ADVERTISEMENTS AND THEN WAS RECENTLY SEEN IN -I NISMO ANÕELI 7EiRE .OT !NGELS BY 3RÕAN $RAGOJEVIÐ )S HE RETURN ING TO 46 SCREENS 4HE STORY ABOUT -ILE GOES LIKE THIS 7HEN -ILOSEVIC FELL " A TARGET OF HIS REGIME WAS AWARDED A TELEVISION CHANNEL 4HEY HAD PREPARED A .EW 9EARiS PROGRAM AND THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES WAS MY FRIEND AND BEST MAN 3RðA !NðELIÌ (E OFFERED ME THE CHANCE TO MAKE ONE TEN MINUTE SKETCH FOR THE .EW 9EAR ) AGREED AND
GENERATION BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THEY GO 4HIS YEAR PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED MONETARY COMPENSATION SO THAT THEY CAN SIT AND WRITE IN PEACE 7E WANT TO RETURN THE SCRIPTWRITERS TO FILM &OR THEM IT IS EXCELLENT THAT THEY COULD DO ADVERTISEMENTS AND OTHER THINGS BUT THE FILM INDUSTRY NOW NEEDS YOUNG PEOPLE "ESIDES THAT WE HAVE TWO LARGE PROBLEMS 4HE FIRST ARE THE CINEMAS AND THE SECOND PIRATES /UR CINEMAS ARE IN A DESPERATE STATE )N "ELGRADE WE HAVE THREE AND A HALF CINEMAS WHERE YOU CAN GO WITH HEATING CLEAN CANVASES AND NEW LIGHT BULBS 4HAT IS IN CASE YOU HAVE A GOOD DOMESTIC MOVIE IN THE REPERTOIRE WHICH HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR 0EOPLE HAVE STOPPED GOING TO THE CINEMA BECAUSE OF BAD THEATRES AND IN THE END BECAUSE OF PIRATES 4HAT PROBLEM CAN BE RESOLVED VERY QUICKLY BUT IT IS AS THOUGH NOBODY IS INTERESTED #URRENCY DEALERS HAVE AFTER THE FALL OF -ILOpEVIÌ DISAPPEARED LITERALLY OVERNIGHT ) REMEMBER WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THAT AND ) LAUGHED ABOUT IT BECAUSE ) COULDNiT IMAGINE IT HAPPENING IN ONE DAY THAT THE DEALERS WOULD DISAPPEAR BECAUSE THERE USED TO BE AT LEAST THREE OF THEM ON EACH AND EVERY CORNER 4HE NEXT DAY THEY WERE GONE AND THEY WERE A MUCH MORE SERIOUS
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#VIJANOVIÌ ALREADY SHOOTING DEVELOPED THE TEXT WITH MY FULL SUPPORT 7E SHOT THAT SKETCH WHICH AFTER THE FIRST BROADCASTING WAS REPLAYED TIMES !NðELIÌ WAS STRUCK BY THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD MAKE SOME MORE EPISODES AND SO WE SHOT A SERIES THAT ENDED WITH -ILE LOOSING WHICH IN EFFECT SAYS THAT THE TRANSITION HAS WON AND THATiS IT (OWEVER BECAUSE THE POPULARITY GREW ASTRONOMICALLY FROM ONE EPISODE TO ANOTHER THE KEY PEOPLE FROM " ASKED US TO SHOOT MORE EPISODES AND DELAYED THE EXTENDED ONE WE HAD PLANNED AS THE LAST 3O WE SHOT EPISODES .OW WE HAVE COME TO THE IDEA TO WORK ON HALF AN HOUR EPISODES WHERE NEW CHARACTERS WOULD APPEAR IN -ILEiS LIFE 4HE SERIES SHOULD START ITS FILMING IN THE SPRING AND SOON AFTER THAT IT SHOULD BE BROADCAST AND IF THE POPULARITY APPEARS TO BE SATISFACTORY WE PLAN A CONTINUATION FOR THE AUTUMN 9OU ARE ON THE -ANAGING "OARD OF &ILM #ENTRE 3ERBIA 7HAT IS THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THE FILM INDUSTRY IN 3ERBIA )T IS NOT THE BEST BUT ITiS IMPROVING 7E HAVE ESTABLISHED A &ILM #ENTRE WHICH IS AN EXTENDED ARM OF THE -INISTRY OF #ULTURE BUT CURRENTLY IT WORKS WELL .OT EXCELLENT BUT ITiS IMPROVING 4HIS YEAR THEY HAVE STARTED TO GIVE US MONEY FOR FEATURE FILMS AS WELL AS FOR DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILMS BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY OPINION IS THE MONEY FOR DEVELOPING SCRIPTS 7E HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE NEW GENERATION OF SCRIPTWRITERS WHO MOSTLY DECIDE TO GO INTO THE WORLD OF ADVERTISING BECAUSE THERE THEY ARE GIVEN A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THEIR WORK 4HAT IS CURRENTLY NOT OFFERED TO THEM BY THE FILM INDUSTRY 7E HAVE AN EXCELLENT OLDER
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PROBLEM THAN THE PIRATES 3O THAT CAN HAPPEN ONLY SOMEONE SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO SO 5NTIL THOSE TWO PROBLEMS REMAIN UNRESOLVED IT DOESNiT MATTER IF THE STATE WOULD STAND BEHIND FOR INSTANCE 3RðAN $RAGOJEVIÌ AND GIVE HIM THE MONEY FOR THE FILM 3VETI 'EORGIJE UBIVA AÝDAHU 3AINT 'EORGE +ILLS THE "EAST WHEN THERE IS NO ONE TO PRESENT THE MOVIE AND THERE IS A CHANCE THAT IT WOULD FIRST APPEAR IN THE STREETS NOT IN THE CINEMA 9OU ARE PERSONALLY LINKED TO "OSNIA (ERZEGOVINA AND #ROATIA 9OU WERE BORN IN 3ARAJEVO AND YOU SPENT YOUR SUMMERS IN $UBROVNIK WHERE YOU STILL FREQUENT 9OU HAVE CO OPERATED WITH ACTORS AND FILM DIRECTORS FROM THE OTHER FORMER 9UGOSLAV REPUBLICS $O YOU THINK THAT THE FUTURE OF NATIONAL CINEMATOGRA PHY INCLUDING THAT IN 3ERBIA IS IN REGIONAL CO OPERATION )T IS CLEAR THAT OUR FUTURE IS IN REGIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY 7E SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE WE ARE ONE MARKET AND WE CAN READ THE SAME BOOKS WATCH THE SAME MOVIES LAUGH AND CRY OVER THE SAME THINGS /N THE OTHER HAND EACH NATION CANNOT SET ASIDE ENOUGH OF MONEY FOR A BIG SERIOUS MOVIE THAT WOULD BE EQUAL IN THE %UROPEAN MARKET BUT WHEN THREE COUNTRIES JOIN FORCES THAT IS POSSIBLE )N THE END %UROPE EXPECTS THAT FROM US 7HERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE FUTURE ) WOULD LIKE TO RETIRE SOON ) HAVE DONE THIS JOB FOR YEARS AND THE MAN CAN GET TIRED SOMETIMES )T WOULD BE THE BEST TO LIVE BY THE SEA )N THE LAST FEW YEARS ) HAVE FOUND IN ME THE LOVE TOWARDS THIS COUNTRY AND AS A GENUINE 3ERBIAN PEASANT ) WOULD LIKE TO WORK IN AGRICULTURE AND IF ) COULD COMBINE IT WITH THE SEA IT WOULD BE EXCELLENT 3O IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IN THE FUTURE ) SHALL BECOME AN ECOLOGIST OR A FARMER
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mย ย ย ย ย ย IDEAL LOCATION TO EMBARK ON OR CONTINUE WITH THE WELLNESS LIFESTYLE ,OCATED ON THE RIVER AND HOSTING ONE OF THE PREMIERE ROWING CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY THE CENTRE IS BUILT TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS CONTAIN ING AN EXTENSIVELY EQUIPPED TRAINING ZONE SPA COMPLEX WITH POOL CENTRE FOR FITNESS EVALUATION AND CAFย THAT SERVES ONLY HEALTHY FOOD AND DRINK 4HE GYM AND TRAINING ZONE AT :VEZDA IS EQUIPPED WITH TOP OF THE LINE )TALIAN FITNESS FROM THE MANUFACTURER 0ANNATTA 4HESE ARE SPECIAL LY DESIGNED TO WORK WITH YOUR BODY m SEATS ARE ANATOMICALLY FORMED AND MECHANISMS USE BIOMECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS TO ENSURE A SAFER WORKOUT !ND DONiT WORRY IF YOUiRE NOT A BODY BUILDER ALL ARE SUITABLE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE WORKOUT NO MATTER WHICH LEVEL YOUiRE AT )N THE CARDIO ZONE THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF MACHINES TO GET YOUR HEART PUMPING AND TOWARDS THAT ALL IMPORTANT LEVEL THAT FACILITATES THE BODYiS ABILITY TO BURN THROUGH FAT (ERE THERE ARE TREADMILLS RECUMBENT UPRIGHT AND SPINNING BICYCLES ROWING MACHINES AND THE LATEST IN CROSS TRAINING MACHINES THAT PROVIDE HARD WORKOUTS WITH
EATING PROGRAMMES -EMBERS OF THE CLUB CAN ALSO DINE IN THE COM FORTABLE &IT #AFย WHICH SERVES FRUIT SALADS AND FRESHLY BLENDED JUICE AND PROTEIN SHAKES -EMBERSHIPS AT :VEZDA ARE SOLD ON MONTHLY HALF OR FULL YEAR BASES WITH VARIOUS DISCOUNTS FOR LONGER AND SPECIFIC TIME OR USAGE MEMBERSHIPS $AY VISITS TO THE SPA OR FITNESS COMPLEXES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE #OMPANY AND SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS ARE SOLD ON THE YEARLY LEVEL THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PLAN OFFERING THREE REGULAR MEMBERS AND TWO GUEST PASSES THAT CAN BE USED ON A DAILY BASIS BY CLIENTS VISITORS OR FRIENDS 3UBSCRIBING COMPANIES ALSO GET A WEEKLY TIME ON THE SAND VOLLEY BALL COURT DOUBLE MEMBERSHIP AND DISCOUNTED PRICES ON TIME IN THE DOMED FOOTBALL COURT 4HE SPA COMPLEX IS ONLY OPEN TO THOSE AND OVER CHILDREN UNDER ARE REQUIRED TO WORKOUT WITH A PERSONAL TRAINER AND RATES FOR ALL PERSONAL TRAINERS ARE ABOUT _ PER SESSION !NNUAL MEMBERSHIPS CAN BE PAID ON A MONTHLY BASIS WITH A TWO MONTH DEPOSIT WHILE FAM ILY MEMBERSHIPS GIVE DISCOUNTS FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS /PENING HOURS OF THE CLUB l 7EEKDAYS AM PM l 7EEKENDS AM PM &OR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT :VEZDA #ITY /AZA !DA #IGANLIJA BR 0HONE FAX E MAIL INFO ZVEZDA ADA CO YU WWW ZVEZDA ADA CO YU 'IFT PACKAGES AT :VEZDA ARE A WONDERFUL WAY TO TREAT A FRIEND OR GET SOMEONE STARTED ON HEALTHY LIVING 0RICES START AS LOW AS _ FOR ONE DAY SESSIONS WITH OUR EXPERTS 4/0 30/24 &ULL PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION WITH PERSONAL TRAINER WITH TESTING AND DESIGNING OF A WORKOUT PLAN FOLLOWED BY A HEALTHY SNACK IN THE CLUB (%$/.)34 m $AY IN THE SPA ZONE AND MASSAGE FOLLOWED BY LUNCH ON THE BALCONY OF THE CLUB (!009 &!-),9 m &AMILY VISIT TO THE CLUB WITH PERSONAL TRAINERS FOR THE CHILDREN WHILE PARENTS CAN ENJOY A WORKOUT OR VISIT TO THE SPA COMPLEX
LESS DAMAGING IMPACT ON THE BODY !LL THESE MACHINES GIVE DETAILED REPORTING OF YOUR PULSE AND WORKOUT STATISTICS NO MORE GUESSING ON HOW FAR YOUiVE RUN OR ROWED AND NO MORE DODGING CARS 0ROPER WORKOUT REQUIRES GOOD STRETCHING BEFORE AND AFTER TRAINING THOUGH SO IN THE CARDIO ZONE THERE IS ALSO AMPLE SPACE AND EQUIPMENT FOR THIS STRETCHING BALLS AND CORDS MATS ETC /N SITE TRAINERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE EITHER FOR PERSONAL ADVICE OR FOR ORGANIZED CLASSES :VEZDA IS ALSO LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE ITS OWN OUTDOOR SPACE IDEAL FOR OPEN AIR TRAINING IN THE GREEN ENVIRONMENT OF !DA #IGANLIJA 2ELAX AND GET AWAY FROM THE CITY IF ONLY FOR THE TIME YOU HAVE EACH WEEK !T THE ENCLOSED YEAR ROUND FOOTBALL DOME OR SAND VOLLEYBALL COURT YOU CAN SCHEDULE TEAM GAMES AND TRAINING SESSIONS "ACK INTO :VEZDAiS SPA COMPLEX TO COOL DOWN AFTER A GOOD WORKOUT OR SIMPLY TREAT YOURSELF TO EXPERIENCES THAT RELAX THE BODY PREPARING AND PAMPERING IT FOR THE WINTER AHEAD 4HE HYDRO MAS SAGING POOLiS JET CIRCULATED WATERS ALLOW FOR PACE SWIMMING AGAINST A CURRENT OF FRESH WATER ITS SOOTHING EFFECTS FELT AS IT PASSES YOU BY &INNISH AND 2USSIAN SAUNASi DRY AND WET HEAT HELPS BLOOD FLOW TO ALL PARTS OF THE BODY PUSHING TOXINS FROM OUR MUSCLES AND MAKING OUR WHOLE BODY BREATHE AGAIN 4HE EFFECTS OF THESE TREATMENTS CAN NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED IN WINTER MONTHS WHEN OUR EXTREMITIES ARE UNDERGOING CONSTANT EXPOSURES TO COLD AND PULLING YOURSELF OUT OF BED BECOMES DREADFUL 4HE SPA COMPLEX ALSO HAS A 2OMAN STYLED 4REPIDARIJUM WITH HEATED ANATOMIC BEDS PERFECT FOR RELAXING WITH FRIENDS WATERFALL SHOWERS MASSAGE SERVICES AND SUN BEDS !T THE WELLNESS CENTRE ALSO IN USE BY :VEZDAiS COMPETITIVE ROW ING TEAM THERE IS A STAFFED CONSULTATION CENTRE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE EXPERTS ANALYZE YOUR FITNESS LEVEL AND DESIGN SPECIFIC WORKOUT AND
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"ETWEEN COURSES WE DELVED INTO THE VINEGAR AND OIL ON THE TABLE ONLY TO BE DISAPPOINTED BY THE POOR QUALITY OF BOTH 4HE VINEGAR WAS MUCH TOO LIGHT AND THE OIL MUCH TOO THIN &OR US THE OIL AND VINEGAR IS AN IMPORTANT BEGINNING TO ANY )TALIAN MEAL 4HE APPETIZER WE SELECTED WAS THE PROSCIUTTO 4HIS IS GENERALLY ONE OF MY FAVOURITE DISHES AND ) WAS NOT TO BE LET DOWN BY THE CHEF S SIMPLE YET ELEGANT PREPARATION OF FRESH RUGOLA AND TENDER PROSCIUTTO TOPPED WITH A FRESH CHERRY TOMATO 4HE TOMATO SOUP FOL LOWED m A GENEROUS SERVING FRESH BUT A BIT BLAND ! DASH OF SALT AND ) WAS AGAIN ENJOYING IT &OR THE MAIN COURSE ) TRIED THE OCTOPUS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE WAITER !LTHOUGH IT WAS SIMPLY SCOOPED ONTO THE PLATE LACKING AN ELEGANT PRESENTATION IT WAS AN EXCELLENT RECOMMENDATION AS IT WAS THE TENDEREST OCTOPUS ) HAVE TRIED 4HE POMODORO SAUCE IT WAS SERVED IN HAD JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF BURSTING GREEN CAPERS AND GARLIC -Y HUSBAND HAD THE TORTELLINI WITH PROSCIUTTO 7E VE NOTICED THAT IN "ELGRADE IT IS EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND ONE IMPORTANT
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Dell Inspiron XPS url: www.dell.com The Dell Inspiron XPS is a 4kg slab of a notebook with bleeding-edge 256MB nVidia Geforce Go 6800 Ultra and a pin-sharp 17-inch screen Portability isn’t its strong suit, but if you want to play cutting-edge games on a 4kg slab of notebook heaven then Dell’s XPS is the obvious choice. There’s just the one bad point: its sheer size. The 17-inch screen is pin-sharp perfection, but it adds such bulk to the XPS, along with its hefty, powerful innards, that you’ll be lucky to find a decent case in which to carry it around. Don’t go too far, either, or you’ll be risking a regular visit to the chiropractor. 3ULFH Ÿ
Sandisk Sansa e260 url: www.sandisk.com Sandisk isn’t a name you’re likely to immediately associate with MP3 players. You’re more likely to think, ‘mmm, solid-state storage’ and other such dirty thoughts. But the memory king has been chipping away at the MP3 block for a little while, and has fashioned something rather good: the e260. The e260 is Sandisk’s Nano – a small, sleek, black thing with a metal back and circular interface. The e200 series is available in three configurations – 2GB, 4GB and the stonking 6GB. 3ULFH Âź
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url: www.tissot.ch Your average watch lacks the functionality to necessitate a touch-sensitive screen. Not the T-Touch, which packs thermometer, barometer, altimeter and compass widgetry behind its cocktail-party aesthetic. Not to mention a chronograph and alarm. Of these wondrous additions, the compass wins the ‘wow’ award. Press and hold the ‘T’ button, then touch the compass corner of the screen: the hands spin to form a compass needle, actively pointing north as you spin gaily in circles. The barometer pressure reading is largely useless to the common man – more useful is that the hands move to either side of the 12 o’clock position to indicate the pressure trend over the past twelve hours. Broadly speaking, an increase in pressure means better weather. The temperature sensor only accurately measures ambient temperature if you take the watch off your hot wrist for 20 minutes, so it’s of limited use. 3ULFH Âź
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Robonova Robonova url: www.hitecrobotics.com He’s not as clever as Nuvo or as affordable as Robosapien, but Robonova wins the battle of the robots with an irresistible mix of agility and charm. He doesn’t takes photos or stream music, but a new cart wheeling force called Robonova has got Nuvo worried with his spectacular robot acrobatics Everyone secretly wants to own a dancing monkey, but boring old practicality makes it an impossible dream. There’s no need to feel downcast, though: Robonova is a more than capable replacement. 3ULFH Ÿ
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url: mindstorms.lego.com “Hours of pleasure guaranteed. Lego keep on pushing the boundaries and Mindstorms leads the way.â€? After what seems like a lifetime of anticipation, Lego has finally launched its Mindstorms NXT robot kit. We can barely type, thanks to fingers worn raw from fiddling with the tiny pieces, but we can report that, once again, Lego has hit the mark. The core of the system is the 'intelligent brick': basically a small computer with inputs for the touch, sound, light and ultrasonic sensors, and outputs for the three servo motors. The Mindstorms software, compatible with both PC and Mac, has 18 building and programming challenges, ranging in difficulty from a simple three-wheeled driving robot up to a full bipedal robot. Programs are downloaded to the brain by USB or Bluetooth. 3ULFH Âź
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Motorola MPx220 url: www.motorola.com Motorola’s second effort at a Windows Mobile smartphone harbours the same selling points as its predecessor (Pocket Outlook and peerless PC-only synchronisation), but adds a 1.3MP cam, Bluetooth and far better two-day battery life. The phone’s comfortable for gossiping on, has an easy nav-pad and fairly pocketfriendly dimensions. There are also a useful colour external display, an LED photolight for snaps and an easily accessed Mini SD slot on the side. The downside is that the phone’s taken so long in gestation that it now looks a bit dated (the design’s ho-hum and generic and the screen looks dull in comparison to the upcoming Orange C550); it’s moved so slowly that Series 60 now thoroughly aces it for usability and third-party software support. 3ULFH ¼
T-Mobile MDA Pro url: www.t-mobile.com T-Mobile’s MDA Pro is still the most hardcore smartphone available. Boasting every wireless connection imaginable, a huge VGA touch-screen, and a giddying 520MHz processor, the list of features is epic. But the Psion-esque clamshell flicks our switch, particularly as the screen can be folded back on itself to transform it into a pseudo-Tablet PC. It's big, bold, and some would say beautiful The MDA Pro is too big to live permanently in your pocket – it’s a similar size to the Nokia 770 – and will probably be resigned to sitting in your ‘manbag’ next to your PSP. It’s quick, incredibly functional and has a great battery life, even if you’re hammering the Wi-Fi or 3G connections. Email is a cinch thanks to the Outlook software, although we’d recommend swapping the Internet Explorer browser for Opera, because the former is pretty dry to use comfortably. Price: tba
Yamaha PSR-275 61 url: www.yamaha.com Learn to play the piano with this helpful and fun portable keyboard featuring the Yamaha Education Suite that teaches the basics of timing, note reading and chords. The 61 full-sized keys are touch sensitive, giving you more flexibility in your creative expression, while the XC Lite 480 instrument voices and 100 accompaniment styles let you play any type of music General MIDI in-and-out connections allow you to connect the keyboard to your computer and the Internet for more lessons PSR 3ULFH ¼
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www.kefinstanttheatre.com The Kef Kit100 DVD picture’s impressive, but the sound is the real star. The speakers use two front-facing drivers with flat NXT panels behind to reflect sound off side walls – it works a treat. Your room needn’t be perfectly square for the KEF to draw a surround circle nearly all the way around you. Although, sometimes, the subwoofer struggles to integrate with the speakers, the overall performance is pretty spectacular. This cute kit delivers top sound and great pictures.
url: www.samsung.com If Bill Gates has his way, Samsung’s Q1 will be your next computer. After more than half a century of computing, the next great leap forward is a Windows-powered tablet with a teeny seven-inch screen and no keyboard. On the bright side, you do get Windows XP Tablet Edition and an okay bunch of specs that include a 40GB hard drive, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. One of the Q1’s miracles of miniaturisation is the sheer number of connections with which Samsung has festooned the thing. In addition to a pair of USB ports – one each side – there’s a 3.5mm headphone jack, Ethernet socket and proprietary TV-out. Arguably, the most useful two are a Compact Flash slot for offloading digicam photos and VGA output so you can pipe in a normal desktop monitor. 3ULFH Ÿ
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