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T FIRST GLANCE THIS FOOLISH CONCLUSION CONFIRMS A MORE FOOLISH CAL CULATION WITH WHICH +OpTUNICA PROUDLY AND PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED THAT HIS GOVERNMENT HAD GAINED A MILLION VOTES AT THE ELECTIONS ,ETiS FORGET THAT HE INCLUDED THE VOTES OF THOSE PARTIES WHO WERE IN THE GOVERNMENT BUT HADNiT UNITED TOGETHER WITH HIM IN A GRAND PRE ELECTION COALITIONb )T IS VERY INSPIRING TO NOTE THAT THE OUTGOING 0RIME -INISTER FORGOT THAT THREE TIMES AS MANY 3ERBIAN CITIZENS VOTED AGAINST HIM $ESPITE HIS POOR SHOWING THE ANALYSTS HAVE TENDED TO INCLINE TOWARDS +OpTUNICA IN THE POST ELECTION SCRAMBLE WARNING THE CITIZENS OF 3ERBIA THAT THERE WILL BE NO GOVERNMENT OF DEMOCRATIC BLOC UNITY IF THE OLD 0RIME -INISTER DOES NOT BECOME THE NEW ONE 4HIS THREAT HAS BEEN ZEALOUSLY REPEATED LIKE A MANTRA BY THE MEDIA OF LATE FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE CONTROLLED BY HIM IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER .EVERTHELESS THE FLAMES OF THAT THREAT ARE BEGINNING TO FLICKER AND FADEbFOR NOW 3HOULD +OpTUNICA CHOOSE TO FUEL THOSE FLAMES IN A MORE SERIOUS MANNER HE COULD USE THE MEDIA TO PUBLICLY REVEAL THAT THE ELEC TIONS WERE FOLLOWED BY jTALKSk BETWEEN 3ERBIAN 2ADICAL 0ARTY 323 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL !LEKSANDAR 6UÍIÌ AND THE HEAD OF +OpTUNICAiS OWN OFFICE !LEKSANDAR .IKITOVIÌ m THE MAN DESCRIBED BY ONE ANONYMOUS 323 OFFICIAL AS +OpTUNICAiS j.UMBER /NEk 4HE STORY ABOUT THESE 323 $33 jTALKSk HAS NOT BEEN FORMALLY RELEASED BY +OpTUNICA NOR HAVE ANY OF HIS PEOPLE THREATENED OF THE POS SIBILITY OF A COALITION WITH THE 2ADICALSbFOR NOW )NDEED THE THREATENING FLAMES OF SUCH A COALITION WERE DOUSED BY NONE OTHER THAN %5 &OREIGN 0OLICY #HIEF *AVIER 3OLANA WHO UNDIPLOMATICALLY BLEW +OpTUNICAiS COVER BY CONFIRMING THAT THE 3ERBIAN 0- HAD ASSURED HIM THAT HE WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC BLOCiS #ABINET &URTHER EVIDENCE THAT THE THREAT OF SUCH A COALITION IS FAR FETCHED CAN BE WITNESSED BY THE ACTIONS OF 323 DEPUTY PRESIDENT AND ACTING LEADER 4OMISLAV .IKOLIÌ .AMELY IF .IKOLIÌ HAD BELIEVED IN THE POSSIBILITY OF SETTING UP A #ABINET WITH +OpTUNICAiS $33 .3 COALITION HE WOULD HAVE REQUESTED THAT 3ERBIAN PRESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIÌ OFFER HIM THE MANDATE TO ESTABLISH THE NEW GOVERNMENT 4HIS HE DID NOT DO )N FACT NOT ONLY DID .IKOLIÌ NOT DEMAND AS THE ACTING LEADER OF THE PARTY WITH THE MOST MANDATES THAT HE BE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO FORM THE NEW GOVERNMENT HE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO STATE PUBLICLY THAT HE KNOWS HE CANNOT SET UP A GOVERNMENT A STATEMENT .IKOLIÌ WAS OBLIGED TO MAKE IN ORDER TO SATISFY THE WISHES OF 323 PRESIDENT AND )#49 DETAINEE 6OJISLAV fEpELJ !MONG THE REASONS WHY .IKOLIÌ CHOSE TO ADMIT HIS PARTYiS INABILITY TO FORM A CABINET WERE THE MESSAGES HIS PARTY OFFICIALS HAD GLEANED

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w ¾ êz DURING THEIR NOT SO RARE TALKS WITH +OpTUNICA AND .IKITOVIÌ COUPLED WITH THE 323 RECKONING THAT THEIR TIME TO FORM A COALITION WITH +OpTUNICA WILL COME IN TWO YEARSi TIME 3PEAKING TO #OR$ ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY ONE SENIOR 323 OFFICIAL

WHO BELIEVES THAT ARDENT NATIONALISTS ACTUALLY MAKE UP LESS THAN PER CENT OF THE PARTYiS ELECTORAL BODY EXPLAINED THAT TWO YEARS WOULD BE LONG ENOUGH FOR THE DUST OVER +OSOVOiS INDEPENDENCE TO SETTLE j/UR CAM PAIGN HAD THREE PILLARS THE STRONGEST PILLAR CORRUPTION AND THE CRIMINAL ADMINISTRATION THE SECOND PILLAR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 3ERBIA AND THE THIRD PILLAR WHICH WE EMPHASISED THE LEAST +OSOVOk 4HE 2ADICALS SIM PLY COULD NOT ALLOW THEMSELVES TO SEE +OSOVO LOST DURING THEIR MANDATE 4HESE ELECTIONS WHICH SAW 323 LOSE IN PLACES WHERE THEY ALWAYS WIN AND WIN IN PLACES WHERE THEYiVE ALWAYS BEEN DEFEATED SHOWED THE 2ADICALS THAT THEY HAVE TO STRUGGLE FOR EVERY VOTE )F +OSOVO WERE TO GAIN INDEPENDENCE DURING THEIR MANDATE AND ALL THEY DID IN RESPONSE WAS TO HELPLESSLY STRETCH THEIR ARMS IN COMPLAINT m BECAUSE THEY COULD DO NOTH ING MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN THAT m THEY WOULD REMAIN WITHOUT THEIR STRONG EST NUCLEUS OF VOTERS THE ARDENT NATIONALISTS WHO PROVIDE THE 2ADICALS WITH AN ALMOST GUARANTEED MINIMUM OF VOTES AT EVERY ELECTION 7HO KNOWS HOW MANY MORE VOTES THE 2ADICALS WOULD GAIN AS A RESULT OF THE ISOLATION OF 3ERBIA THAT WOULD ENSUE IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN THE GOVERNMENTb 1UITE SIMPLY THE 2ADICALS CANNOT ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH %UROPE REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH THEIR RHETORIC APPEARS TO PROMOTE SUCH A CONFLICT 7HETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT THE 2ADICALS ARE THE STRONGEST PARTY AT THIS MOMENT AND SOME OF +OpTUNICAiS ADVISORS ARE UNDOUBTEDLY ATTEMPTING TO TALK THE PRIME MINISTER INTO FORMING A GOVERNING COALITION WITH THEM 3TILL AND IN AN OPEN ENDED CONCLUSION WE CAN BE CERTAIN THAT FOR EVERY TEN ADVISORS WHO ARE TRYING TO PERSUADE 0- +OpTUNICA TO GO FOR THE 2ADICALS THE SAME NUMBER OF ADVISORS ARE SAYING jNO CHANCEk +OpTUNICA WOULD HAVE TO DISSOCIATE FROM HIMSELF IN ORDER TO FORM AN ALLIANCE WITH THE 2ADICALS (E WOULD HAVE TO PUT AN EQUALiS SIGN BETWEEN HIMSELF AND -ILOpEVIÌ AND fEpELJ m PERHAPS NOT TOO DIFFICULT m AND ALSO ACCEPT ISOLA TION FROM THE 7ESTERN COUNTRIES m AN ACCEPTANCE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR HIM 4HE WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR HIM IS THAT SUCH A COALITION WOULD SWALLOW HIM AND HIS PARTY AND ULTIMATELY NEITHER HE NOR HIS PARTY WOULD HAVE A FUTURE IN 3ERBIA ANYMORE

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THE BEST CHANCE FOR THAT IS TO CONFIRM WHAT HE PROMISED EITHER îELIÌ WILL BE THE NEW 0RIME -INISTER OR HE WILL SCHEDULE NEW ELECTIONS )F HE DOES NOT FULFIL THIS PROMISE AND ALLOWS +OpTUNICA TO BECOME THE 0RIME -INISTER 4ADIÌ WOULD FACE CONSIDERABLE TROUBLE IN THE FIRST COMING ELEC TIONS &IRSTLY THE 0RESIDENTIAL ONES IN WHICH +OSTUNICA WOULD SUPPORT HIM THE SAME WAY AS IN WHICH LOOKED MORE LIKE TRIPPING HIM UP THAN GIVING HIM A HAND )N SUCH ELECTIONS 4ADIÌ WOULD NOT MANAGE TO PERSUADE HALF OF HIS PREVIOUS VOTERS WHY TO VOTE FOR A MAN WHO EVEN WHEN HE WINS RUNS AWAY FROM POWER AND YIELDS z ê ê ê ê ê ê r O ê ê ê ê ê IT SO SOMEBODY ELSE !T ANY OTHER FRESH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

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+ORAÌ WENT ON TO CRITICISE THE NATIONAL MEDIA FOR SINGLING OUT THE ,$0 LED COALITION IN THE RUN UP TO THE ELECTIONS #ONTRARY TO ANALYSTSi CLAIMS THAT THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN WAS FREE OF FOUL PLAY +ORAÌ INSISTS THAT m THE TABLOIDS AS WELL AS SOME SERIOUS PAPERS LED A SYSTEMATIC ANTI ,$0 CAMPAIGNbTWO TABLOIDS RAN BANNER HEADLINES ON ELECTION DAY ATTACKING ©EDOMIR *OVANOVIÌ WHICH REPRESENTED A SERIOUS BREACH OF THE LAW ON PRE ELECTION SILENCE 3TILL THE COALITION WAS SUCCESSFUL ON THE DAY SAYS +ORAÌ AMONG OTHER REASONS BECAUSE CITIZENS FELT THAT THE PARLIAMENT SHOWED AN ABOMINABLE ALMOST UNISON POSITION ON 3ERBIAiS CRUCIAL POLITICAL ISSUES CULMINATING IN AN ANTI DEMOCRATIC MANNER IN WHICH THE #ONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED )T BECAME OBVIOUS THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO HEAR DIFFERENT VOICES IN THE PARLIAMENT PRECISELY FROM OUR LAWMAK ERS +ORAÌ SAYS 7HAT WILL BE YOUR COALITIONiS FIRST MOVE IN THE PARLIAMENT 4HE FIRST THING WEiLL DO IS PUSH FOR THE REVISIONS OF SOME LAWS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHERS &OR INSTANCE THE ,AW ON ,USTRATION EXISTS BUT HAS NEVER BEEN IMPLEMENTED THERE IS NO LUSTRATION COMMISSION 7E ARE UNDER NO ILLUSION THAT THIS MAY BE ACCEPTED HOWEVER BUT WHAT MATTERS IS TO BRING UP THE ISSUES 7E WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE PRO CEDURE NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE #ONSTITUTION AND A NUMBER OF LAWS WHICH IN OUR OPINION ARE EITHER INSUFFICIENTLY PROTECTIVE OF HUMAN RIGHTS OR ARE EVEN IN BREACH OF SOME OF THOSE RIGHTS !NOTHER POINT WILL BE OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE POLITICAL DEBATE TAKING PLACE IN THE PAR

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LIAMENT REGARDING +OSOVO SINCE THAT IS THE FIRST MAJOR ISSUE THE NEW PARLIAMENT IS SET TO FACE AND THE THIRD IS OUR DESIRE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT AN ESSENTIAL DEBATE CAN TAKE PLACE IN THE PARLIAMENT RATHER THAN A FAKE RITUALISED ONE THAT IS OF NO USE TO THE CITIZENS OF 3ERBIA 7HAT ABOUT CO OPERATION WITH THE (AGUE 4RIBUNAL 7E WILL PUT FORWARD THIS QUESTION OF WAR SO TO SPEAK +OpTUNICAiS GOVERNMENT CREATED AN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION m WHERE THE MIN ISTER OF THE INTERIOR AND THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE CHIEF HAVE NOT BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE AT ALL FOR THE FACT THAT ;GENERAL 2ATKO= -LADIÌ HAS NOT BEEN ARRESTED 4HEREFORE IT TURNS OUT ITiS A JOB FOR THE 3ERBIAN CITIZENS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY RATHER THAN FOR THE TWO MEN DIRECTLY OBLIGATED TO DO THAT 7E WISH TO BRING UP THE ISSUE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THOSE WHO CONTROL THEM

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WHICH WILL CERTAINLY NOT GO SMOOTHLY )T IS ALSO CERTAIN THAT $3 WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF MANDATES IN THAT CABINET AND IT IS ABSO LUTELY CLEAR THAT THIS CABINET WILL HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO WORK ALONGSIDE +OpTUNICA 4HE EXPERIENCE THAT $/3 HAS FROM TELLS US THAT +OpTUNICAiS POLITICAL PLATFORM IS IN FACT BASED ON THE OBSTRUCTION OF ALL THE PROMINENTLY PRO %UROPEAN AND PRO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT MOVES AND WE WILL SEE HOW $3 ACTS IN THOSE CONDITIONS 7HAT IS

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IN OTHER WORDS LEAD TO FRESH ELECTIONS 0OLITICIANS WILL NORMALLY NOT OPT FOR A REPEATED ELECTION SINCE CITIZENS TEND TO SEVERELY PUNISH THOSE POLITICIANS WHO DISPLAY AN INABILITY TO FORM A GOVERNMENT .O ONE WANTS NEW ELECTIONS WITHIN THREE MONTHS THEREiS THE RECENT EXAMPLE OF !USTRIA IN THE END A GOVERNMENT IS FORMED )TiS A DIFFERENT MATTER WHAT THAT GOVERNMENT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW LONG IT CAN LAST !S FOR +OSOVO ) THINK WE WILL WIT NESS FURTHER RITUALISATION OF OUR POLITICAL LIFE +OpTUNICA AND 4ADIÌ WILL BOTH YELL THAT THEY WILL NEVER SIGN ANYTHING THAT CONTRAVENES WITH THE

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0RIME -INISTER +OpTUNICA AND 0ARLIAMENT 3PEAKER -ARKOVIÌ ) HOPE THAT SEVERAL HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS FROM 3ERBIA WILL SOON HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT +OREA )N MY OPINION THESE EXCHANGES AND VISITS DO INDEED WORK TO SIGNIFICANTLY DEEPEN MUTUAL KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST OF THE PEOPLES 4HUS ) PLAN TO BRING ABOUT MORE SUCH VISITS AND CONTACTS 3INCE YOU ARRIVED IN 3EPTEMBER A LOT OF BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY (OW HAVE THESE CHANGES AFFECTED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE 2EPUBLIC OF +OREA AND 3ERBIA IF AT ALL 7HEN ) ARRIVED IN "ELGRADE IN 3EPTEMBER IT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE 3TATE 5NION OF 3ERBIA -ONTENEGRO 3#' 3INCE THEN A LOT OF CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENCE OF -ONTENEGRO 4HESE CHANGES HAVE HAD CONSEQUENCES NOT ONLY FOR DOMESTIC POLITICS IN 3ERBIA BUT ALSO FOR THE BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN +OREA AND 3ERBIA &OR EXAMPLE THE +OREAN %MBASSY HANDED OVER TO THE 3#' 'OVERNMENT A REVISED DRAFT !GREEMENT ON -UTUAL )NVESTMENT

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REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT RECONSTRUC TION OF ROADS MODERNISATION OF TRANS PORTATION AND PHARMACEUTICALS AMONG OTHER FIELDS 'IVEN THE ECONOMIC POTENTIALS OF BOTH +OREA AND 3ERBIA THERE IS MUCH ROOM FOR FURTHER CO OPERATION AND IMPROVEMENT DOWN THE ROAD AND +OREAN COMPANIES HAVE STARTED TO KNOCK ON THE DOORS 7E EXPECT FRUITFUL OUTCOMES IN THE COMING YEARS

GAVE EACH OF THE WINNERS A BRAND NEW COMPUTER AS A PRIZE ) PLAN TO CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE EVENTS LIKE THAT TOO &OR THIS YEAR WE ARE PLANNING TO BRING EVEN MORE +OREAN CULTURAL ACTIVI TIES TO 3ERBIA 7E WILL BE HOSTING A NUMBER OF CULTURAL EVENTS INVOLVING FILMS MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND TRA DITIONAL DANCES !LL THESE ACTIVITIES WOULD BE GREAT LY FACILITATED WITH THE BILATERAL AGREE MENT ON CULTURAL CO OPERATION WITH THE 3ERBIAN 'OVERNMENT SIGNED LAST YEAR

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TO DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN 4EHRAN AND "ELGRADE THE STATUS OF )SLAM IN 3ERBIA AND THE GLOBAL ROLE OF )RAN

{ êÆêi ®ê o ê êj ¾ /PENING OUR DISCUSSION WITH AN EXPLANATION OF THE HISTORY OF RELATIONS BETWEEN 3ERBIA AND )RAN !MBASSADOR -IR (EYDARI NOTES THAT OFFICIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN "ELGRADE AND 4EHRAN DATE BACK APPROXIMATELY HAVE A CENTURY TO A TIME WHEN BOTH COUNTRIES WERE IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF THE .ON ALIGNED -OVEMENT AND ALSO CO OPERATED IN A LARGE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND SHARED THE SAME POSITIONS REGARDING CERTAIN ISSUES (OWEVER

RELATIONS BETWEEN THOSE TWO COUNTRIES EXPERIENCED THEIR UPS AND DOWNS AND WERE INFLUENCED BY VARIOUS EVENTS IN THE "ALKAN REGION AND IN 3ERBIA 4HE RE EMERGENCE OF THOSE RELATIONS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY IN THE FRAME OF THE .ON ALIGNED -OVEMENT STARTED IN 4HE VISIT TO "ELGRADE IN &EBRUARY OF !YATOLLAH !LI +HAMENIE THE LEADER OF THE )SLAMIC 2EVOLUTION AND THE THEN 0RESIDENT OF )RAN PROVIDED A NEW BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES )N THE SAME PERIOD ECO NOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN 4EHRAN AND "ELGRADE STARTED TO RISE AND THE SCOPE OF BILATERAL TRADE EXCHANGES REACHED MORE THAN 5 3 MILLION BY THE END OF !CCORDING TO !MBASSADOR -IR (EYDARI THE BEGINNING OF THE CRISIS IN THE "ALKANS HAD AN INFLUENCE ON RELATIONS BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES BUT AFTER THE ;/CTOBER = CHANGES THE INSTALLING OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT AND RE ESTABLISHING OF AMBASSADOR LEVEL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WE AGAIN WITNESSED BILATERAL RELATIONS AND HAVE SINCE WITNESSED SEVERAL OFFICIAL HIGH LEVEL VISITS )N PRINCIPLE THE )SLAMIC 2EPUBLIC OF )RAN CONSIDERS "ELGRADE AS THE HEART AND THE HEAD OF THE "ALKANS AND THEREFORE CLASSES ITS RELA TIONS WITH 3ERBIA AS BEING VERY IMPORTANT (OW WOULD YOU DEFINE CURRENT ECONOMIC TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN )RAN AND 3ERBIA )N THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ECONOMIC AND TRADE RELATIONS HAVE BEEN IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE WITH THE SCOPE OF TRADE EXCHANGES INCREASING EVERY YEAR (OWEVER CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL WHICH BOTH COUNTRIES POSSESS THE CURRENT SCOPE OF SOME 5 3 MILLION IS MUCH LOWER THAN EXPECTED (OWEVER WE HOPE THAT m CONSIDER ING THE ENGAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT WHICH HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT IN THAT DIRECTION IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN 3ERBIA mWE WILL VERY SOON WITNESS A RAPID INCREASE IN THE SCOPE OF TRADE DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN )RAN AND 3ERBIA 7HAT EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE TO REALISE THE POTENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC POLITICAL AND OTHER BILATERAL TIES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES )T IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT DURING RECENT YEARS WE HAVE SEEN IMPORTANT AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS SIGNED BETWEEN 3ERBIA AND )RAN SUCH AS THE 4RADE #O OPERATION !GREEMENT THE )NVESTMENTS !GREEMENT THE $OUBLE 4AXATION %VASION !GREEMENT AND THE !GREEMENT ON #USTOMS #O OPERATION 4HOSE AGREEMENTS WERE SIGNED AND RATIFIED BY THE 0ARLIAMENTS OF BOTH COUNTRIES 7E HAVE A -EMORANDUM OF 5NDERSTANDING AND #O OPERATION BETWEEN THE #ENTRAL )RANIAN 0ROVINCE OF !RAK AND THE !UTONOMOUS 0ROVINCE OF 6OJVODINA $URING THE SAME PERIOD ECONOMIC AND TRADE DELEGA

TIONS WERE EXCHANGED IN LARGE NUMBERS AND A LARGE NUMBER OF ENTERPRISERS FROM BOTH COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN THOSE VISITS !T THE END OF THE TH 3ESSION OF THE -IXED #OMMITTEE WAS HELD IN 4EHRAN 7E EXPECT THAT THE 'OVERNMENT WILL BE ESTABLISHED QUICKLY AND THAT THE TH 3ESSION WILL BE HELD IN "ELGRADE 4EHRAN AND "ELGRADE SIGNED FIVE TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS IN LATE (AVE THESE AGREEMENTS SUCCEEDED IN BOOSTING TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES 4HE SIGNING OF THE AFOREMENTIONED AGREEMENTS AND DOCU MENTS CREATED A GOOD FOUNDATION 7E HOPE THAT AT THE NEXT -IXED #OMMITTEE MEETING WE WILL AGREE THE VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE )RANIAN #HAMBER OF #OMMERCE TO 3ERBIA AND THE SIGNING OF THE -EMORANDUM OF 5NDERSTANDING ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MUTUAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL BETWEEN BOTH COUNTRIESi CHAMBERS OF COM MERCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR ROAD TRAFFIC WITHIN THE FRAME OF #ORRIDOR AS WELL AS THE SIGNING OF THE !GREEMENT ON 0REFERENTIAL 4RADE 3O FAR THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF THE EXPERT NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THIS !GREEMENT HAVE BEEN CAR RIED OUT ) THINK THAT WITH THESE PREDISPOSITIONS WE CAN RECOGNISE THE CAPACITIES WHICH EXIST BETWEEN THOSE TWO COUNTRIES IN THE FIELDS OF TRADE AND ECONOMY ALSO SAW THE SIGNING OF A CULTURAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES (AS THIS HELPED IMPROVE BILATERAL CULTURAL RELATIONS 4HE #ULTURAL !GREEMENT UNDOUBTEDLY HELPS 7E THINK THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS A GOOD BASE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL ACTIVI TIES BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES THE CULTURAL FIELDS ARE THESE DAYS DEVELOPING MORE AND MORE PARTICULARLY IN FIELDS SUCH AS TOURISM

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BUT IS EVEN LEADING TO FURTHER PROBLEMS AND UNREST IN )RAQ 4HE )SLAMIC 2EPUBLIC OF )RAN BECAUSE OF ITS BASIC CHARACTER ISTIC STRENGTHS m SUCH AS ITS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION THE POSSESSION OF A GREAT AMOUNT OF ENERGY RESOURCES THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS

ECONOMIC POTENTIAL ETC m HAS LONG BEEN CONSIDERED ONE OF THE EXEMPLARY MAJOR COUNTRIES OF THE )SLAMIC WORLD )RAN HAS ALWAYS ATTEMPTED TO USE THIS POSITION IN THE AIM OF HELPING TO ESTABLISH PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE REGION (ISTORICALLY )RAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE FACTORS OF STABIL ITY IN THE REGION )N THE LAST YEARS )RAN HAS NOT EVER ATTACKED ANY OF ITS NEIGHBOURS /N THE CONTRARY )RAN HAS ALWAYS TRIED TO ESTABLISH PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE REGION &OR INSTANCE DURING THE RECENT EVENTS IN )RAQ AND !FGHANISTAN THE )SLAMIC 2EPUBLIC OF )RAN HAS CONSTANTLY HELD CONSTRUCTIVE POSITIONS 4HE MEASURES WHICH OUR COUNTRY HAS TAKEN REGARDING REDUCING TENSIONS WERE ALWAYS ACCEPTED WITH PLEASURE BY THE OFFICIALS OF THOSE TWO COUNTRIES

OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS 4HEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GRATEFUL FOR SUCH ATTEMPTS ON THE PART OF )RAN )NTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON )RAN RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT

p OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ABATING (OW DOES 4EHRAN PLAN TO OVERCOME THIS DIPLOMATIC CRISIS )RAN IS SEARCHING FOR A DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE 7E DO NOT SEEK CONFRONTATION 7E THINK THAT SOLVING THIS PROBLEM IS POSSIBLE THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH A REALISTIC MULTI LATERAL AND PRACTICAL APPROACH TOWARDS THE ISSUE 4HEREFORE WE THINK THAT UNDERTAKING PARTIAL MEASURES m PARTIALLY IRRESPONSIBLE AND IRRATIONAL MEASURES m WITHIN THE 3ECURITY #OUNCIL IS NOT ONLY FAILING TO HELP THE NEGOTIATIONS BUT ALSO CREATING OBSTACLES ON THE ROAD TO THOSE NEGOTIATIONS )RANIAN PEOPLE POSSESS GREAT POLITICAL UNDERSTANDING AND INTELLIGENCE /NE OF THE FACTORS OF THE RESISTANCE OF THE )SLAMIC 2EPUBLIC OF )RAN REGARDLESS OF THE THREATS WHICH HAVE COME FROM ALL SIDES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE )SLAMIC REVOLUTION IS IN FACT THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE CONSTANTLY PRESENT ON THE SCENE 4HE EXAMPLE OF THE NATIONiS PRESENCE ON THE POLITICAL SCENE IS THE LARGE NUMBER OF DEMONSTRATIONS WHICH TAKE PLACE EVERY YEAR ON THE OCCASION OF THE VICTORY OF THE )SLAMIC REVO LUTION IN )RAN )N A FEW DAYS WE WILL AGAIN WITNESS THOSE EVENTS "Y ITS PRESENCE THE NATION VERY STRICTLY AND CLEARLY SUPPORTS THE POLICY OF ITS 'OVERNMENT SUCH AS THE RIGHT OF THE )RANIAN NATION TO USE NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES $URING THE SHORT PERIOD OF ITS MODERN HISTORY m SINCE THE REVOLUTION YEARS AGO m THE )RANIAN PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED AN )RAQI IMPOSED WAR WHICH LASTED FOR EIGHT YEARS VARIOUS THREATS AND SANCTIONS (OWEVER THE NATION IS NOT WORRIED BY SUCH METHODS 3ECONDLY THE EXPERIENCE PROVED THAT SUCH THREATS AND SANCTIONS NOT ONLY DID NOT CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTRY BUT LED TO EVEN GREATER UNITY AMONG PEOPLE AND GREATER EFFORTS FOR ANY KIND OF INDEPENDENCE )T IS CLEAR THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SCARE )RAN WITH THREATS SUCH ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO FAIL IN THE PAST )RAN INSISTS ON ITS RIGHT TO THE PEACEFUL USE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY 4HIS RIGHT IS PART OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE NON PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUC TION m AN AGREEMENT THAT )RAN HAS SIGNED 4HIS RIGHT CANNOT BE CHALLENGED BECAUSE OF THE WILL OF A FEW OTHER COUNTRIES 3O IS )RAN PLANNING TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR WEAPON &ROM THE ASPECT OF ITS EXCLUSIVE IDEOLOGY )RAN EXPLICITLY NEGATES AND REFUSES THE DEVELOPMENT STOCKPILING AND USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION )RANIAN NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS ARE UNDER THE CONSTANT CONTROL AND SCRU TINY OF THE INSPECTORS OF THE !GENCY FOR )NTERNATIONAL .UCLEAR )NSTALLATIONS )RAN EXPRESSED ITS READINESS TO PUT THOSE INSTALLA TIONS UNDER EVEN STRONGER CONTROLS THE SAME AS STRICTER CONTROLS

p ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­ê{ ê ê ê ê ê ê ¾ ê ê ê ¾ ê ê ê ê ê ê Àê ê ê ê p ê ê ­ WERE CARRIED OUT FROM $ECEMBER UNTIL &EBRUARY !FTER CARRYING OUT THAT CONTROL THE !GENCY INFORMED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT THERE IS NOT A SINGLE SHRED OF EVIDENCE SHOWING THAT THE )RANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME HAS ANY MILITARY CHARACTER 4HE INTERESTING THING IS THAT THE PRESSURE IS EXERTED ON OUR COUN TRY m A COUNTRY WHICH IS A MEMBER OF THE . 0 4 !GREEMENT AND IS COMMITTED TO IT /N THE OTHER SIDE WE ARE WITNESSING THE FACT THAT THE 0RIME -INISTER OF THE :IONIST REGIME ;)SRAEL= CLEARLY AND PUBLICLY ADMITS THAT THEY DO POSSES NUCLEAR WEAPONS 4HE HISTORY OF THIS ;)SRAELI= REGIME IS ONE THAT HAS SEEN IT CON TINUALLY ISSUE THREATS USE TERROR AND SEVERAL TIMES EMPLOY AGGRES SION AGAINST ITS NEIGHBOURS "UT THE WHOLE PUBLIC OPINION SEES THE

3ECURITY #OUNCIL BYPASS THIS ISSUE VERY SILENTLY AND INDIFFERENTLY 4HESE DAYS AND IN THESE CONDITIONS WHEN THE :IONIST REGIME IS NOT PREPARED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT ON THE NON PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS NOR PUT THEIR ACTIVITIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE

{ ê ê ê êp ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êz ê j ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê êp êy ê ê p ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­ )NTERNATIONAL !TOMIC %NERGY !GENCY THE 3ECURITY #OUNCIL DOES NOT UNDERTAKE ANY MEASURES AGAINST THE ADMISSION OF THEIR 0RIME -INISTER ABOUT THE POSSESSION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS &OR THE )RANIAN NATION THE HYPOCRITICAL RELATIONS OF THE 3ECURITY #OUNCIL TOWARDS THE )RANIAN PEACEFUL USE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AND )SRAELI RESERVES OF AUTOMATIC WEAPONS ARE ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE 7E CANNOT ACCEPT THAT )T IS NOT ON THE LIST OF ISSUES BUT )RAN USES NUCLEAR ENERGY BECAUSE IT MAY NOT HAVE THE ALTERNATIVE m PETROL m FOR MUCH LONGER (OW LONG CAN PETROL LAST YEARS 7HAT WILL THE FUTURE GEN ERATIONS DO AFTER THAT 4HE 5 3 HAS NOT RULED OUT THE IDEA OF USING FORCE AGAINST )RAN (OW DOES 7ASHINGTONiS STANCE EFFECT )RANIAN POLICY DECI SIONS 3OME TALK ABOUT MILITARY MEASURES "UT !MERICAN OFFICIALS VERY QUICKLY REFUTE THOSE CLAIMS AND INSIST THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE SUCH PLANS 7E THINK THAT SUCH CLAIMS ARE MORE A MATTER OF PSY CHOLOGICAL WARFARE UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A SERIOUS STRA TEGIC MISTAKE (OWEVER ) THINK THE !MERICANS ARE CLEVER ENOUGH NOT TO REPEAT IN )RAN WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN )RAQ 4HAT EXPERIENCE WOULD BE MUCH MORE UNSUCCESSFUL THAN IN )RAQ 3UCH STATEMENTS ARE MORE THE RESULT OF !MERICAiS INABILITY AND NERVOUSNESS THEY DO NOT WANT THE ISSUE OF )RAN TO BE RESOLVED AND ARE TRYING TO MAKE ANOTHER CRISIS OUT OF THAT 0RESSURES ON AND THREATS AGAINST )RAN WILL NOT BE TOLERATED FOR MUCH LONGER 7E ARE VERY SENSITIVE I E EXERTING PRESSURE IRRI TATES US .OTHING CAN BE ACHIEVED IN THAT WAY 4HE ENEMIES OF THE )RANIAN NATION MUST BE CERTAIN THAT UNDERTAKING SUCH MEASURES IN THE 3ECURITY #OUNCIL CANNOT PROVIDE THE BASIS TO IGNORE THE ROLE

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JILJANA 3MAJLOVIÌ HAS VAST MEDIA EXPERIENCE HAVING WORKED FOR /SLOBOðENJE 6REME %VROPLJANIN AND .). 4HIS SHE TELLS #OR$ IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW HAS TAUGHT HER TO RECOGNISE TRUE VALUES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORD jFACTk IN JOURNALISM (OW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS WITHIN THE 3ERBIAN MEDIA ! LOT OF FREEDOM AND FEW VALUES ) DONiT THINK THE STATE OF OUR MEDIA IS BAD 7E HAVE WON OUR FREEDOM AND IT IS NO LONGER A PRIORITY .OW THE FIGHT FOR THE VALUES IS A PRIORITY 7HAT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT VALUES 7HEN ) SAY jVALUESk ) DONiT MEAN PROCLAMATIONS SUCH AS j,ETiS JOIN THE %5k WHAT ) MEAN IS LIVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH %UROPEAN VALUES

BEHAVING LIKE %UROPEANS STARTING RIGHT NOW 4HERE IS NO jNON 7ESTERNk WAY TO JOIN THE 7EST 7E WILL NOT BECOME A PART OF THE 7EST BY URGENTLY CARRYING OUT EVERYTHING ANY GIVEN 7ESTERN FOREIGN MINISTRY ASKS US TO DO SINCE THAT CONSTITUTES A PART OF SOMEONE ELSEiS FOREIGN POLICY 9OU CAN ONLY BECOME 3WITZERLAND BY DOING EXACTLY WHAT THE 3WISS DID MEANING THAT 3WITZERLAND BECAME 3WITZERLAND WHEN SOME STUBBORN !LPINE VILLAG ERS HELD ON TO THE DECISIONS MADE BY THEIR CANTONAL COURTS AND RESPECTED EVERY RULING OF EACH OF THOSE CANTONAL COURTS 4HEY GAINED THE REPUTATION OF A COUNTRY THAT RESPECTS WHAT IS WRITTEN WHAT IS AGREED UPON WHAT IS THE LAW AND IN THIS WAY AMONG OTHERS THEY BECAME A SAFE HAVEN FOR OTHER PEOPLEiS MONEY 3WITZERLANDiS MOST RECOGNISABLE FEATURE IS STABILITY 3ERBIA IS STILL FAR REMOVED FROM SUCH A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY AS IS ITS JOURNALISM AND ITS PUBLIC AT LARGE 3O WHAT IS MISSING

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4HE CONFIRMATION OF THE VALUES OF A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY 3ERBIA LACKS MORE JOURNALISTS AND EDITORS WHO TRULY RESPECT OUR PROFESSIONiS BASICS 7E LACK SOME ETHICAL STANDARDS IDEAS ABOUT JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY OBLIGA TIONS TOWARD THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE CITIZENSi INTERESTS /UR MEDIA ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES AT FAULT FOR THOSE SHORTCOMINGS 7E STILL LACK A PUBLIC THAT WILL PUNISH THE MEDIA FOR BEHAVING IN A MANNER OPPOSED TO WHAT ) JUST LISTED 7E DONiT HAVE A PUBLIC THAT BELIEVES IT MUSTNiT BE LIED TO 7E HAVE A PUBLIC THAT THINKS ALL THE MEDIA LIE IN FAVOUR OF THEIR OWN POLITICAL OUTLOOK 4HAT SAME PUBLIC ALSO THINKS THAT ALL POLITICIANS LIE THAT ITiS ONLY A MATTER OF WHICH ONE OF THEM LOOKS PRO 7ESTERN WHICH ONE OF THEM IS LESS EMBARRASSING TO SEND ABROAD

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t 5NFORTUNATELY JUDGING BY THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA PROGRAMMES AND THE PRINTED MEDIA ARTICLES IT IS STILL MORE OR LESS EASILY DISCERNIBLE WHICH POLITICAL OPTION ANY GIVEN MEDIA SUPPORTS 7E HAVE SPENT SO MUCH TIME LIVING IN THIS POLITICAL UNIVERSE THAT ITiS TO SOME EXTENT UNDERSTANDABLE THAT WE ARE POLITICALLY ROOTED AND THAT WE CARE ABOUT THIS ROOTING #LOSING YOUR EYES TO THE FACTS BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT jOUR SIDEk CANNOT BE TOLERATED 0EOPLE LIKE ME WHO WORKED FOR THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA DURING THE -ILOpEVIÌ REGIME OPENED THIS SEASON UP IN 3ERBIA ) DONiT KNOW HOW MANY TIMES WE WROTE DURING -ILOpEVIÌiS ERA THAT 3ERBIA HAS HIGHEST NUMBER OF POLICEMEN PER CAPITA /UR OPPOSITION POLITICIANS SAID THAT AND WE REPORTED IT AS FACT WITHOUT EVER DOUBTING ITS AUTHENTICITY 7E DIDNiT TRUST THE REGIME SINCE THAT REGIME NATURALLY WASNiT TO BE TRUSTED 7E WROTE THAT THIS ENORMOUS POLICE FORCE WAS A MEANS TO SUSTAIN -ILOpEVIÌiS POWER (OWEVER SOON AFTER TH /CTOBER IT TURNED OUT ALL THAT WAS NOT TRUE )T HAD BEEN OUR FOLLY TO ACCEPT THAT CLAIM AT FACE VALUE AND THOSE WEiD SUPPORTED TO TAKE POWER ONLY THEN DISCOVERED THAT 3ERBIA NOT ONLY DIDNiT HAVE A SURPLUS OF POLICE OFFICERS BUT IN FACT FACED A DRAMATIC SHORT AGE 4HEN THE j POLICEMEN FOR "ELGRADEk CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED AND THE NEW AUTHORITIES COMPLAINED ABOUT HOW HARD IT WAS TO RECRUIT POLICEMEN )T SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS KIND OF THING WAS NEVER SUFFICIENTLY PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT THIS LESSON WAS NEVER PROPERLY LEARNT 7E TRUSTED

)TiS ABSURD THAT ) AM THE ONE WHO HAD UNPLEASANT EXCHANGES WITH MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE 0OLITIKA DID NOT PUBLISH THAT 2ATKO -LADIÌ HAD ARRESTED WHICH WAS UNDERSTOOD AS MEANING THAT 0OLITIKA WASNiT STRONGLY ENOUGH IN FAVOUR OF HIS ARREST 4HIS IS THE POINT OF VIEW THAT KEEPS EVERY THING IN 3ERBIA UNPROFESSIONAL AND DIVIDED /NE IS ALLOWED TO MAKE A MISTAKE AND MISINFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT SOMEONEiS ARREST IF ONE IS MOTIVATED BY A POWERFUL ENOUGH DESIRE TO SEE THAT PERSON ARRESTED )N OTHER WORDS YOU CAN LIE TO THE PUBLIC AS LONG AS YOU DO THAT WITH GOOD INTENTIONS IN MIND 4HIS JUSTIFICATION BASED ON GOOD INTENTIONS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IS WHY THERE IS A LACK OF TRUST ON THE PART OF THE PUBLIC )T SEEMS THAT IN 3ERBIA ONLY BAD NEWS CONSTITUTES NEWS AND THAT THIS IS WHAT SELLS NEWSPAPERS /UR UNDERSTANDING OF REALITY IS WORSE THAN THE REALITY ITSELF ) RECENTLY VISITED "RUSSELS WITH A GROUP OF "ELGRADE EDITORS 7E WERE STUPEFIED TO HEAR %5 OFFICIALS m AT THE #OMMISSION AND THE #OUNCIL OF -INISTERS AND

z ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê Ø ê ­ê~ ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ¾ ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê Øê ­ THE PEOPLE WHOSE SIDE WE WERE ON ALL TOO EASILY &IFTH /CTOBER BROUGHT WITH IT SOME TECTONIC MOVEMENTS WITHIN OUR JOURNALISM )T SEEMS TO ME THAT WE ALL LOST OUR WAY SOMEWHAT WHEN OUR FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES TOOK OVER IN GOVERNMENT ) REMEMBER THAT AT THE TIME EVERY LAST VOLUN TEER IN EACH MEDIA ) WORKED FOR HAD ALL THE PERSONAL PHONE NUMBERS OF ALL THE $/3 LEADERS THAT ENTERED THE CABINET 4HIS IS WHERE WE MADE THE WRONG MOVE AND LOST THE TRUST OF THE PUBLIC SINCE WE INITIALLY FAILED TO BE SUFFICIENTLY CRITICAL )N MOST 7ESTERN COUNTRIES THE MEDIA TRULY HAVE THE POWER WHEN THEY PUBLISH SOMETHING NEGATIVE ABOUT A POLITICIAN THAT POLITICIAN EITHER RESIGNS IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE OR THE MEDIA GET SUED FOR LIBEL )T SEEMS THAT OVER HERE NO ONE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE ) CANiT COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU )T IS TRUE WHEN IT COMES TO THE 5+

WITH THEIR STRICT LIBEL LAWS BUT IN THE 5 3 PUBLIC FIGURES STAND COMPLETELY UNPROTECTED )F YOU ARE AN INFLUENTIAL PUBLIC FIGURE AS FAR AS JUDGEMENT GOES ANYTHING CAN BE SAID ABOUT YOU )N ORDER TO PROVE LIBEL IN !MERICA YOU MUST PROVE INTENT TO COMMIT LIBEL WHICH MAKES IT THAT MUCH HARDER TO PROVE ANYTHING 4HE MEDIA ENJOY MORE PROTECTION THERE THAN THEY DO HERE (ERE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME STRANGE RULINGS BASED ON THE 0UBLIC )NFORMATION ,AW 4HAT NEEDS TO BE COVERED MORE /N THE ONE HAND ITiS TRUE THAT A LOT OF UNTRUTHS GET PUBLISHED AS WELL AS HALF TRUTHS AND MALICIOUS SLANDER (OWEVER ON THE OTHER HAND THE PREVALENT FEELING HERE THAT OUR COURTS ARE LENIENT TOWARD SUCH MISTAKES IS INCORRECT 4HERE ARE RULINGS MADE WITH UNPRECEDENTED SPEED AGAINST THE MEDIA EVEN THOUGH LIBEL ACTUALLY NEVER TOOK PLACE !S SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN A SERIOUS MEDIA HOUSE THAT MAKES ME UNHAPPY !N INTERESTING CASE IN POINT OCCURRED THIS TIME LAST YEAR WHEN MOST OF THE MEDIA PUBLISHED STORIES INSISTING THAT 2ATKO -LADIÌ HAD BEEN ARRESTED AND TRANSFERRED TO 4HE (AGUE !MONG THEM WERE THOSE MEDIA THAT ARE IN THE HABIT OF LECTURING OTHERS ABOUT REAL JOURNALISM 4HOSE MEDIA NEVER APOLOGISED TO THE PUBLIC THEIR EDITORS NEVER FELT THE NEED TO DISCUSS THIS IN PUBLIC AND WHATiS WORST OF ALL IS THAT THE PUBLIC DIDNiT BLAME THEM FOR IT

s êz 9 EVERYWHERE WE WENT m EXPLAIN TO US THAT THE #OMMISSIONiS 3ERBIA REPORT WAS GREAT WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE IMPROVED ECONOMY AND GOOD STATE GOVERNANCE 9OU SEE IF SOMEONE FROM ABROAD ASKED ME WHAT THE SITUA TION IN 3ERBIA WAS LIKE THESE TWO THINGS ARE WHAT ) WOULDiVE POINTED TO AS BAD 4HIS IS SOMETHING WE DONiT FEEL SINCE WE HAD DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS !ND THAT REFLECTS ON THE MEDIA 7E AT 0OLITIKA HAD AN IDEA TO PUBLISH AN ISSUE CONTAINING GOOD NEWS ONLY 4HAT WOULD MAKE FOR AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT $O THEY STILL CALL YOU NOW THAT YOUiRE THE EDITOR 7ELL THATiS AN INTERESTING POINT 4HEY DONiT CALL ENOUGH )iM DISAP POINTED LAUGHS ) SEE THE FACT THAT THEY DONiT CALL ME A LOT AND THAT THERE IS SO LITTLE PRESSURE AS PROOF THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCEPTED THE IDEA THAT IT IS RUDE TO PRESSURE THE MEDIA 4HATiS A NEW VALUE 4HE POLITICIANS KNOW THAT THEY CANNOT EXERT PRESSURE AND THEY REALLY DONiT DO IT THE WAY WE HEARD THEY DID IN THE 'ORDANA 3UpA m "EBA 0OPOVIÌ CASE 4HE IRONY IS THAT ) ENTERED JOURNALISM DURING THE WORST SOCIALIST ERA

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MBASSADOR 6OJVODIÌ WHO PRESENTED HER CREDENTIALS TO 3ERBIAN 0RESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIÌ THIS *ANUARY HAS NOW BECOME THE FIRST DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVE OF -ONTENEGRO TO 3ERBIA SINCE ,AZAR -ILJUpKOVIÌ WHO REPRESENTED THE INTERESTS OF THE +INGDOM OF -ONTENEGRO IN 3ERBIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TH #ENTURY "Y 6OJISLAVA 6IGNJEVIÐ

0RIOR TO HER ARRIVAL IN "ELGRADE !MBASSADOR 6OJVODIÌ HELD THE POST OF -AYOR OF THE MULTICULTURAL PORT CITY OF "AR $ESPITE NOT BEING A MEMBER OF ANY POLITICAL PARTY SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE POST OF

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(OW DOES IT FEEL TO BE IN THE HISTORICAL ROLE OF THE FIRST DIP LOMATIC REPRESENTATIVE OF -ONTENEGRO TO 3ERBIA AFTER A WHOLE CENTURY 4HE REALITY UNDOUBTEDLY MEASURED BY THE MEANING WHICH GIVES IT THE ATTRIBUTES OF A HISTORICAL MOMENT IS THAT -ONTENEGRO IS ONCE AGAIN A SOVEREIGN STATE AFTER A FULL CENTURY 4HIS REALITY IS ENTHUSED AND IMBUED WITH THE COLLECTIVE FEELINGS THAT ALL -ONTENEGRINS AND CITIZENS OF -ONTENEGRO CARRY WITHIN THEMSELVES ) AM NO DIFFERENT IN THESE PROFOUND FEELINGS OF PATRIOTISM AND PRIDE HENCE THE HONOUR ) HAVE IN BEING THE FIRST !MBASSADOR OF -ONTENEGRO TO 3ERBIA 4HIS IS THE FEELING OF A PRESTIGIOUS ROLE A ROLE THAT ) WILL PLAY SINCERELY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN EARNEST AND AMIABLE RELATIONS WITH 3ERBIA AS WELL AS ENSURING GOOD CO OPERATION IN ALL DOMAINS THAT CAN FURTHER OUR BILATERAL RELATIONS BOTH CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY -ONTENEGRO REGAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE AT LAST YEARiS -AY REF ERENDUM IN A DEMOCRATIC MANNER AND HAS SINCE BEEN RECOGNISED AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE BY THE ENTIRE WORLD 4O WHAT EXTENT HAS THIS FACT CONTRIBUTED TO STRENGTHENING PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE "ALKANS 4WO OLD %UROPEAN STATES 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO PARTED IN A DEMOCRATIC AND AMICABLE FASHION THROUGH THE REFERENDUM WHICH WAS HELD IN -ONTENEGRO IN LINE WITH THE HIGHEST %UROPEAN STAND ARDS -ONTENEGRO WAS DESERVEDLY COMMENDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR THE WAY THE REFERENDUM WAS ORGANISED AND HELD m IN A POLITICALLY CIVILISED MANNER IN ALL OF ITS STAGES m AND FOR THE RESULTS IT YIELDED )T IS A PLEASURE TO OBSERVE THAT COMPARED TO THE RECENT AND NOT SO RECENT HISTORY OF ACQUIRING STATEHOOD IN THE "ALKANS -ONTENEGRO HAS OPENED A NEW PAGE IN THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE REGION WITH THE WAY IT GAINED ITS NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY A PEACEFUL DEMOCRATIC AND RATIONAL CHAPTER THAT EMBRACES THE HIGHEST VALUES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY !LL THIS HAS UNDOUBTEDLY CONTRIBUTED TO STRENGTHENING PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE "ALKANS AND HAS ALSO PRESENTED US WITH A VERY POSITIVE PLATFORM TO DEVELOP OUR INDEPENDENT STATE AND INTERNA TIONAL RELATIONS "OTH -ONTENEGRO AND 3ERBIA ARE OLD %UROPEAN STATES (OWEVER

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WHERE TOP PRIORITY IS ASSIGNED TO RELA TIONS WITH 3ERBIA AS THE LARGEST STATE IN THE 7ESTERN "ALKANS AND AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN REGIONAL POLITICS 3ERBIAiS INTEREST IN ECONOMIC RELA TIONS WITH -ONTENEGRO IS OBVIOUS AND COMPLETELY REALISTIC PRINCIPALLY BECAUSE OF -ONTENEGROiS NATURAL RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES ! LARGE STRETCH OF THE !DRIATIC COAST PASSES THROUGH -ONTENEGRIN TERRITORY THAT ALONG WITH THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THE 0ORT OF "AR NAVAL TRANSPORT CAPACITIES AND THE REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT "ELGRADE "AR RAIL WAY CREATES ENOUGH INCENTIVES AND GROUNDS FOR GOOD ECONOMIC RELATIONS

4WO BIG ISSUES LOOM LARGE OVER 3ERBIA m CO OPERATION WITH 4HE )NTERNATIONAL #RIMINAL 4RIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA )#49 IN 4HE (AGUE AND A SOLUTION FOR +OSOVO !LTHOUGH BOTH ARE INTERNAL ISSUES OF THE STATE THEY ARE CONNECTED TO RELA TIONS WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMU | ê ê ê ¾ NITY WHERE THE +OSOVO ISSUE IS OF PAR 9OU ALSO SAID THAT THIS YEAR ±ê ê ê ê TICULAR IMPORTANCE 7HAT IS THE POSI WOULD BE CRUCIAL FOR THE REGION FOR ê ê ê ê TION OF THE -ONTENEGRIN 'OVERNMENT STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY AND THE ê ê ¾ OVER THESE ISSUES RULE OF LAW AND FURTHERING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROGRESS 7HAT NEEDS TO ) THINK IT SAFE TO SAY THAT 3ERBIA IS ê ê ê ê BE DONE TO MAKE CO OPERATION IN THE CO OPERATING WITH 4HE (AGUE 4RIBUNAL

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MIND THAT THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL THE INDICTMENT AGAINST GENERAL 2ATKO | ê ê ê ê OF ENTERING THE %UROPEAN 5NION -LADIÌ HAS BEEN LABELLED AS THE MOST t ê ­ IMPORTANT CASE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL $EMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW IS THE BASIS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY 4HE (AGUE 4RIBUNAL AND AND PROSPERITY FOR EVERY STATE !LL THE THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA 4HE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY EXPECTS 3ERBIA TO CO OPERATE AND FORMER 9UGOSLAV 2EPUBLICS ARE NOW INDEPENDENT AND ARE EQUALLY PROVIDE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO THIS END )T IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT COMMITTED TO CARRYING THROUGH THEIR %UROPEAN !GENDA .ATURALLY

THAT 3ERBIA WILL FULFIL ITS OBLIGATIONS TO THE 4RIBUNAL CHIEFLY BECAUSE REGIONAL CO OPERATION IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO EACH STATE SINCE EACH OF THE PROMISES AND ASSURANCES THAT BOTH 0RESIDENT 4ADIÌ AND THE OF THEM HAS COMPLEMENTARY ADVANTAGES THAT CAN PRODUCE OPTIMAL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL RESULTS THROUGH PROPER INTERACTION THAT WILL 'OVERNMENT GAVE IN THAT RESPECT +OSOVO IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST AND MOST DIFFICULT ISSUE IN THE MAKE THE ENTIRE REGION MORE PROSPEROUS AS A WHOLE )N THIS KIND OF REGION 4HE FACT THAT THE ISSUE IS BEING DEALT WITH AT THE TOP LEVEL ENVIRONMENT ALL THE COUNTRIES IN THE REGION WILL HAVE LESS TROUBLE LEAVES A LOT OF ROOM FOR OPTIMISM AND WHEN THE #ONTACT 'ROUP AND AND MORE SUCCESS IN FINDING THEIR OWN PACE TO APPROACH THE GOAL OF 5. SPECIAL ENVOY -ARTTI !HTISAARI PRESENT THEIR PROPOSAL A BIG STEP %5 MEMBERSHIP /F COURSE OUR PRIORITY IS TO TREAD THIS PATH TOWARDS %UROPE AS QUICKLY AND AS SUCCESSFULLY AS POSSIBLE "UT -ONTENEGRO TOWARDS RESOLVING THE +OSOVO ISSUE WILL ALREADY HAVE BEEN MADE 4HE -ONTENEGRIN 'OVERNMENT CONSIDERS THAT IT IS THE LEGITIMATE ALSO HAS AN IDENTICAL INTEREST IN SEEING THAT ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES OF RIGHT OF EVERY STATE TO INDEPENDENTLY RESOLVE ITS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL THE REGION TREAD THIS PATH TO %URO !TLANTIC INTEGRATION EQUALLY WELL ISSUES +OSOVO IS A BIG TEST FOR ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED SINCE THE &EMALE AMBASSADORS ARE A DISTINCT MINORITY WORLDWIDE AND WHOLE REGION IS HIGHLY ANXIOUS OVER THE FINAL OUTCOME 4HE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION IS TO HOPEFULLY HAVE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALL THE YOU ARE THE FIFTH LADY AMBASSADOR CURRENTLY SERVING IN "ELGRADEiS SIDES ONE THAT IS REALISTIC AND SUSTAINABLE PRIMARILY FOR PEOPLE LIVING DIPLOMATIC CORPS (OW DO YOU LOOK UPON THE FACT THAT YOU ARE IN IN +OSOVO 4HE -ONTENEGRIN 'OVERNMENT WILL SUPPORT A SUSTAINABLE A PROFESSION DOMINATED BY MEN AND HOW DO YOU HARMONISE YOUR SOLUTION THAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN "ELGRADE PROFESSIONAL AND PRIVATE DUTIES AS A SPOUSE AND MOTHER OF FOUR AND 0RIpTINA MEDIATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SINCE ONLY CHILDREN A SOLUTION THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH SIDES CAN SECURE LONG TERM !T THE EXPENSE OF SOUNDING PRETENTIOUS ) HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT REGIONAL STABILITY WHEREVER THERE IS ONE WOMAN SHE IS NOT A MINORITY JUST AS ) BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE NEVER ENOUGH WOMEN IN IMPORTANT AND RESPECTABLE 7HILST PRESENTING YOUR CREDENTIALS TO 3ERBIAN 0RESIDENT "ORIS POSITIONS ) AM OFTEN IN A POSITION WHERE ) FIND MYSELF ADMIRING 4ADIÐ YOU STATED THAT THE 2EPUBLIC OF -ONTENEGRO WOULD BUILD WOMEN WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL IN JOB WHERE MEN ARE SACROSANCT 0ERHAPS THE BEST POSSIBLE RELATIONS IN THE REGION AND ASSIGN TOP PRIORITY THAT IS BECAUSE THIS OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION IS RARELY POSED TO MEN TO RELATIONS WITH 3ERBIA PRIMARILY IN THE ECONOMIC REALM #OULD !S ALL WOMEN ) BELIEVE THAT ) MANAGE TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN MY YOU ELABORATE PROFESSIONAL AND PRIVATE DUTIES )T IS QUITE CLEAR THAT ) COULD ONLY HAVE ) WOULD ADD THAT -ONTENEGRO IS QUITE WELL POSITIONED IN THE ACCOMPLISHED PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS IN AN ORGANISED INTIMATE AND 2EGION 7ITH A SOLID GEO STRATEGIC POSITION NO UNPLEASANT VESTIGES HEALTHY FAMILY THAT HAS INSPIRED ME TO INVEST WITH EASE THE EFFORTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH GOOD RESULTS IN MY PROFESSION FROM THE RECENT TURBULENT PAST AN UNDENIABLY SELF SUSTAINABLE ECON

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HIS YEAR WILL AGAIN SEE THE DOMINANT INFLUENCE THAT POLITICS EXERT ON THE ECONOMY OF -ONTENEGRO 3INCE THE FORMAL STATUS OF THE STATE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS A BURDEN ON THE -ONTENEGRIN POLITICAL SCENE HAS BEEN DETERMINED IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THE POLITICAL EUPHORIA WOULD DECREASE )N REALITY THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE ITS INTENSITY IS SET TO GROW THIS YEAR AS WELL 4HE PRINCIPAL REASON WILL BE THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION 4HE -AY REFERENDUM DID CONFIRM -ONTENEGRO AS A SOVEREIGN STATE BUT NOW THAT STATE NEEDS TO BE CONSTITUTIONALLY DEFINED AND THAT ISSUE JUST AS THE STATEHOOD STATUS BEFORE IT FAILS TO BRING THE LEADING POLITICAL FORCES EVEN TO A CONSENSUS BASED ON MINIMAL COMMON GROUND 7ORK ON THE NEW #ONSTITUTION STARTED MID *ANUARY IN AN ATMOS PHERE OF COMPLETELY JUXTAPOSED POLITICAL POSITIONS ON WHETHER THE SOVEREIGN STATE OF -ONTENEGRO SHOULD BE DESIGNATED AS CIVIL OR MULTI NATIONAL AS WELL AS HOW TO DEFINE THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE THE ISSUE OF RELIGION m PARTICULARLY THE STATUS OF THE /RTHODOX #HURCH m AND WHICH STATE EMBLEMS SHOULD BE CHOSEN 4HE DIFFERENCES ON THESE ISSUES ARE ESSENTIALLY NO LESS PROMINENT THAN THEY WERE PRIOR TO THE REFERENDUM 4HE CONSTITUTIONAL DEBATE WILL THEREFORE PLAY OUT AS A KIND OF A REPLAY OF THE REFERENDUM ATMOSPHERE !BOVE ALL -ONTENEGROiS FORMAL SOVEREIGNTY COULD BE DETERMINED THROUGH RATHER DIFFERENT CONTENTS DEPENDING PRECISELY ON THE MANNER IN WHICH THE ABOVE MENTIONED ISSUES ARE RESOLVED WHETHER THEY LEAN CLOSER TO THE PRE REFERENDUM POSITIONS OF THE SOVEREIGN BLOC OR THAT OF THE PARTIES WHICH ADVOCATED A STATE UNION WITH 3ERBIA

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4HE UNIONIST FORCES WHICH HAVE NOT YET FORMALLY RECOGNISED -ONTENEGROiS SOVEREIGNTY ARE NURTURING THEIR AMBITIONS TO DILUTE THE COUNTRYiS INDEPENDENCE THROUGH CERTAIN CONSTITUTIONAL SOLUTIONS 3HOULD FOR INSTANCE BOTH -ONTENEGRINS AND 3ERBS BE NAMED AS THE CONSTITUTIONAL PEOPLES OF THE STATE m WHICH IS WHAT SOME PRO 3ERB PARTIES ARE PUSHING FOR m SOVEREIGN -ONTENEGRO WOULD COME CLOSER TO THEIR GENERAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY ACCORDING TO WHICH -ONTENEGRO AND 3ERBIA ARE jTWO 3ERB STATESj 4HIS WOULD BECOME EVEN MORE PROMINENT IN CASE THE NEW #ONSTITUTION PROCLAIMS 3ERBIAN AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

OR DESIGNATES THE 3ERBIAN /RTHODOX #HURCH AS THE jOFFICIALk /RTHODOX #HURCH 4HE UNIONISTS ALSO SEEK TO CHANGE THE CURRENT STATE EMBLEMS

ESPECIALLY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM j/J SVIJETLA MAJSKA ZOROk j/H BRIGHT -AY DAWNk !LTHOUGH THE SONG HAS BEEN POPULAR FOR A LONG TIME THE PRO 3ERB PARTIES IGNORE IT 4HE LAWMAKERS WHO COME FROM THEIR RANKS

FOR EXAMPLE DO NOT RISE FROM THEIR SEATS WHEN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS PLAYED IN THE -ONTENEGRIN PARLIAMENT 3OME OPPOSITION RULED MUNICIPALITIES ALSO FAIL TO SOUND THE ANTHEM WHICH WAS WRITTEN BY A -ONTENEGRIN SEPARATIST DURING LOCAL FESTIVITIES 3HOULD THE UNIONISTS MANAGE TO jPUSHk THE 3ERBIAN LANGUAGE SOLUTION INTO THE #ONSTITUTION AS WELL AS THAT RELATED TO THE 3ERBIAN /RTHODOX #HURCH AND A CORRECTED OR AN ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT NATIONAL ANTHEM THIS WOULD PERMANENTLY CEMENT THEIR POLITICAL POSITION PRO CLAIMED IN THE WAKE OF THE REFERENDUM m THAT THEY WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON RENEWING THE STATE UNION OF -ONTENEGRO AND 3ERBIA 4HE SOVEREIGN BLOC THAT IS THE RULING PARTIES BELIEVE THE NEW #ONSTITUTION SHOULD FORMALISE THE REFERENDUM RESULT IN FAVOUR OF THE

m êt COUNTRYiS INDEPENDENCE 4HIS BLOC ADVOCATES THE INTRODUCTION OF -ONTENEGRIN AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SAYING THAT SHOULD RELIGIOUS COM MUNITIES BE MENTIONED AT ALL THE #ONSTITUTION SHOULD MAKE OFFICIAL THE EXISTENCE OF THE -ONTENEGRIN /RTHODOX #HURCH 4HEY ARE ALSO IN FAVOUR OF HOLDING ON TO EXISTING STATE EMBLEMS m THE COAT OF ARMS THE FLAG AND THE ANTHEM THAT MARKED THE REFERENDUM 4HE AUTHORITIES HOWEVER DO NOT VIEW THEIR PROPOSALS AS CARVED IN STONE &OR INSTANCE THEYiRE READY TO AMEND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

BY REMOVING OR CORRECTING SOME VERSES THAT ARE SAID TO BE hNEWi INTRODUCED BY POLITICIAN 3EKULA $RLJEVIÌiS DURING 77)) 3OME COMPROMISE IDEAS HAVE EMERGED EVEN WHERE IT CONCERNS THE ISSUE OF LANGUAGE ONE BEING THAT -ONTENEGROiS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SHOULD BE CALLED j-ONTENEGRIN 3ERBIANk OR DIFFERENTLY #ONDITIONALLY SPEAKING THERE IS THE THIRD AND PERHAPS EVEN THE FOURTH POLITICAL BLOC IN -ONTENEGRO WHEN IT COMES TO THE NATURE OF THE NEW #ONSTITUTION /NE GROUP IS MADE UP OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS THAT REPRESENT -ONTENEGROiS ETHNIC MINORITIES 4HEIR GEN ERAL POSITION IS THAT THE NEW #ONSTITUTION SHOULD PROVIDE FOR WIDER RIGHTS FOR THEM AS WELL AS THAT THE MINORITIES CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT IN THEIR OWN WORDS jHIDEk BEHIND DECLARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL SOLUTIONS )T IS THE ETHNIC !LBANIAN PARTIES THAT HAVE ADVOCATED THIS APPROACH MOST OPENLY -ONTENEGRIN PARLIAMENT MEMBER AND ETHNIC !LBANIAN 6ASEL 3INISHTAJ

FOR INSTANCE CONSIDERS HIS PEOPLE AS BEING AS INDIGENOUS TO -ONTENEGRO AS THE -ONTENEGRINS THEMSELVES THEREFORE TO BE TREATED EQUALLY "OSNIAK -0 +EMAL 0URIpIÌ ALSO CONSIDERS HIS PEOPLE "OSNIAKS IN -ONTENEGRO TO HOLD THE SAME STATUS 4HEREFORE THEY SHOULD AS HE SAID

FIND THEIR PLACE IN THE NEW #ONSTITUTION #ROATIAN #IVIL )NITIATIVE -0 "OÝO .IKOLIÌ BELIEVES THAT THE CONSTITUTIONAL SOLUTIONS MUST COME AS A RESULT OF COMPROMISE SINCE HE SEES THE FACT THAT -ONTENEGRO ALTHOUGH A SMALL STATE HAS A CULTURALLY ETHNICALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY HIGHLY DIVERSE SOCIETY AS BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT 2EPRESENTATIVES OF THE MINORITIES MOSTLY SUPPORT A #ONSTITUTION THAT WILL DECLARE A CIVIL STATE ALBEIT ONE CONTAINING CLEAR SOLUTIONS PER TAINING TO THE EQUALITY OF ALL PEOPLES AND ETHNIC COMMUNITIES NOT ONLY AS CITIZENS BUT ALSO COLLECTIVELY )N A SENSE THE FOURTH SEPARATE POLITICAL GROUP IN VIEW OF ITS RELA TION TOWARD THE NATURE OF THE #ONSTITUTION IS -OVEMENT FOR #HANGE !LTHOUGH IT IS SOMETIMES FOR REASONS OF ITS OPPOSITIONS STATUS CLOSE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL POSITIONS OF OTHERS EVEN THE PRO 3ERB PARTIES

-OVEMENT FOR #HANGE STILL HAS IN ITS RANKS A GOOD NUMBER OF THOSE WHO VOTED IN FAVOUR OF INDEPENDENCE 4HEREFORE THE PARTY LEADERSHIP OFTEN FINDS ITSELF IN HOT WATER WHEN IT COMES TO DEFINING ITS POSITION

ALL THE MORE SO SINCE THIS PARTY WHICH HAD AN .'/ STATUS PRIOR TO THE REFERENDUM AVOIDED DECLARING ITSELF ON KEY ISSUES THE SAME ONES THAT HAVE NOW RESURFACED AS THE OBJECTS OF CONTENTION THE LANGUAGE THE EMBLEMS THE /RTHODOX #HURCH 7ITH THIS LAYOUT OF POLITICAL FORCES AND THEIR POSITIONS RELATED TO THE #ONSTITUTION IT WILL BE HARD FOR IT TO BE ADOPTED IN AN EASY AND SWIFT FASHION 4HE AUTHORITIES ARE CONVINCED THE JOB COULD BE DONE BY MID

AS WELL AS THAT COMPROMISES ARE POSSIBLE 3TILL IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT -ONTENEGRO WILL HAVE A NEW #ONSTITUTION BY THE END OF THE YEAR &IRST OF ALL THERE ARE NOW SEVERAL DRAFTS IN EXISTENCE /NE WAS SUBMITTED LAST AUTUMN BY A GROUP OF EXPERTS AND HAS ALREADY MET HARSH CRITICISM FROM MUCH OF THE POLITICAL AS WELL AS EXPERT PUBLIC !NOTHER DRAFT IS BEING PRE PARED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COALITION CALLED j3ERB ,ISTk WHILE -OVEMENT FOR #HANGE HAS ANNOUNCED COMMISSIONING OF ITS OWN BASIC DRAFT FOR THE NEW -ONTENEGRIN #ONSTITUTION 4HE .'/ SECTOR TOO DOES NOT INTEND TO SIT ON ITS HANDS AT A TIME WHEN A NEW #ONSTITUTION IS IN THE MAKING 4HIS JOB WILL CERTAINLY INCLUDE IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY THE TWO /RTHODOX #HURCHES THE 3ERB AND THE -ONTENEGRIN )N FACT THEY HAVE ALREADY IN A WAY DUG THE TRENCHES FOR THEIR MUTUAL jBATTLEk AHEAD OF THE ADOPTION OF THE #ONSTITUTION 4HE -ONTENEGRIN /RTHODOX #HURCH HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS ESTABLISHED ITS (OLY 3YNOD DIVIDING THE COUNTRY INTO FIVE EPARCHIES 4HE SEATS OF SOME OF THOSE EPARCHIES WILL BE THE MONASTERIES PRESENTLY OWNED BY THE 3ERBIAN /RTHODOX #HURCH WHICH IN TURN SWIFTLY ANNOUNCED IT WOULD FILE A COMPLAINT OVER AN ATTEMPT TO USURP ITS PROPERTY "OTH #HURCHES CLAIM THEIR RESPECTIVE LEGITIMACY IN -ONTENEGRO 4HE -ONTENEGRIN #HURCH DRAWS ITS FROM THE FIRST #ONSTITUTION OF

THE 0RINCIPALITY OF -ONTENEGRO DATED WHICH DESIGNATED THE -ONTENEGRIN /RTHODOX #HURCH AS AUTOCEPHALOUS AND NOT SUBJECT TO THE AUTHORITY OF ANY OTHER #HURCH )T ALSO HOLDS AS NATURAL THAT AN INDEPENDENT -ONTENEGRO SHOULD NOMINALLY EXPRESS ITSELF THOUGH ITS NATIONAL #HURCH AND LANGUAGE 4HE 3ERBIAN /RTHODOX #HURCH FOR ITS PART POINTS TO THE CANONS AND THE CONTINUITY OF ITS NAME AT THE SAME TIME DUBBING THE -ONTENEGRIN /RTHODOX #HURCH jAN .'/ REGISTERED

BY THE POLICEk "OTH #HURCHES HAVE ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR OPTED FOR CELEBRATING #HRISTMAS IN SEPARATE CEREMONIES HELD IN DIFFERENT PLACES "OTH HAVE

° ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê j ê ê ê ê ê ê ê °ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êj ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê t ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­ A LARGE NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS )T IS DEBATABLE WHETHER IT IS RELIGION OR POLITICS THAT MOTIVATES THEM THE MOST 7HAT IS UNDENIABLE IS THAT BOTH ARE THE REALITY JUST AS OTHER SOURCES OF DIVISIONS SUCH AS THE LANGUAGE

ARE THE REALITY FOR -ONTENEGRO )N POLITICS EVEN WHEN A NEW CONSTITUTION IS BEING ADOPTED REALITY MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT 4HEREFORE THOSE WHO HAVE SET OUT TO WRITE THE #ONSTITUTION WILL NOT HAVE AN EASY JOB $UE TO THE OVERALL POLITICAL CONTEXT AT THIS POINT IT IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHETHER THE NEW #ONSTITUTION WILL BE AN ACT OF POLITICAL RECONCILIATION IN -ONTENEGRO OR A SOURCE OF FURTHER MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND CONFLICT

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S ANALYSTS HAD BEEN EXPECTED FROM A PROVINCE WHOSE CAPITAL IS RUN BY A 2ADICAL MAYOR 6OJVODINA CAST AN EVEN GREATER MAJOR ITY OF ITS VOTES IN FAVOUR OF THE ULTRANATIONALIST 3ERBIAN 2ADICAL 0ARTY 323 THAN WAS THE CASE IN CENTRAL 3ERBIA 6OJVODINA HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN ON hBOTH SIDES OF THE FENCEi

BEING A CENTRE FOR BOTH REFORM FORCES AND NATIONALISTS THE LATTER OWING PARTLY TO THE 2ADICALS TARGETING OF ITS HIGH CONCENTRATION OF REFUGEES FROM THE FORMER 9UGOSLAV REPUBLICS (OWEVER IT IS NOT JUST fEpELJiS MESSAGE OF j'REATER 3ERBIAk THAT PULLS IN VOTERS MANY OF THEM ARE SIMPLY DISSATISFIED BY THE PACE OF REFORMS SOCIAL STATUS AND THE THORNY PATH TOWARDS MEMBERSHIP IN THE %5 m THE STATED AIM OF +OpTUNICAiS GOVERNMENT )N 6OJVODINA THE hTRANSITIONAL LOSSESi AS SOME 3ERBIAN POLITICAL ANALYSTS CALL THEM WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE HARD CORE WHICH

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WHERE VOTERS DECIDE TO GIVE THEIR VOTE TO A PERSON NOT TO A PARTY 4HIS SYSTEM OF PREDOMINANCE OF A PARTY HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AND ADDITION ALLY jCEMENTEDk BY THE NEW #ONSTITUTION IN WHICH IT IS STATED THAT -0S ARE NOT THE OWNERS OF MANDATES BUT THEY ARE AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE PARTY 4HESE TWO DECREES IT SEEMS MOST IMPORTANT LIMIT THE POSSIBILITIES OF 6OJVODINAiS -0S TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS BOTH OF THE PROVINCE AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES THEY COME FROM TO A GREAT

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SONAL AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS WOULD BE DEVELOPED WERE WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO HAVE ITS PEOPLE ON THE THREE MOST SIGNIFICANT REPLACED WITH CENTRALISM AND THE NATIONALIST POPULISM FAVOURED POSTS IN 3ERBIA m THE 0RESIDENT 0RIME -INISTER AND THE 0RESIDENT OF THEN BY THE NEW REGIME OF 3LOBODAN -ILOpEVIÌ IN "ELGRADE 4HE THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AT LEAST IN THE PROVINCIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL POLITICAL VIOLENCE OF THE REGIME CULMINATED IN IN THE .ATIONAL ELECTIONS !SSEMBLY OF THE 3OCIALIST 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA WITH THE PASSING OF j4HE SUCCESS OF THE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY IS MORE THAN CONVINCING AMENDMENTS TO THE #ONSTITUTION OF THE 2EPUBLIC

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BY WHICH 6OJVODINA LOST ITS RIGHT TO ESSENTIAL AUTONOMY AND THE PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT BUT THAT IS THE QUESTION OF THE INTER COALITION CONSTITUTIONAL DISCONTINUITY WAS OPENED BY THE #ONSTITUTION OF 3&2 AGREEMENTS IN THE PROVINCIAL AUTHORITY )N ANY CASE THE 2EPUBLIC 9UGOSLAVIA !SSEMBLY IN THE WAKE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT SHOULD PASS !CCORDING TO THE NUMBERS THE BUDGET OF 6OJVODINA BEFORE THE A NUMBER OF LAWS ABOUT TERRITORIAL ORGANISATION WHAT IS INCLUDED IN jANTI BUREAUCRATIC REVOLUTIONk REPRESENTED ò OF THE BUDGET OF THE PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AS 3ERBIA DURING THE S IT WAS TEN TIMES LESS IN IT WAS ò WELL k SAID 0AJTIÌ IN IT WAS ò IN THE BUDGET WAS ò AND IN THE NEW 4HIS IS THE TH YEAR OF THE hNEWi MULTI PARTY SYSTEM AND IN THAT #ONSTITUTION THE EXPECTED BUDGET IS ò (OWEVER THIS PERCENTAGE IS SHORT TIME OF POLITICAL PLURALISM THERE HAVE BEEN SEVEN PARLIAMENTARY NOT AN INDICATOR OF THE REAL FINANCIAL SITUATION )N THE SECTION OF THE ELECTIONS &ROM THE NEW GOVERNMENT THAT SHOULD BE PRESIDED OVER #ONSTITUTION THAT STIPULATES THE FINANCING OF THE PROVINCE THE BUDGET BY $3 PEOPLE EXPECT FASTER REFORMS AN OPENING OF THE PATH TO THE OF 6OJVODINA OFFICIALLY REPRESENTS ò OF THE BUDGET OF 3ERBIA BUT %5 AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY (OWEVER ACCORDING TO PAST EXPERIENCE OF OF THESE ASSETS ARE TO BE USED FOR THE FINANCING OF CAPITAL EXPENSES PARLIAMENTARY LIFE CURRENT LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL TERMS AND FINALLY

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)NVESTMENT CARGO AIRPORT 7E ALSO HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIO ETHANOL FACTORY THERE WHICH WAS A MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT )N ALL OF 6OJVODINA SINCE THERE HAS BEEN OVER BILLION DOLLARS IN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT 4HIS IS GOOD DEVELOPMENT OF COURSE BUT IT NEEDS TO BE BETTER 7E FIND THAT WE HAVE TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH 3ERBIA WHEN WE TALK TO INVESTORS 4HE FIRST IS THE COUNTRYiS BAD IMAGE OR AT LEAST NOT THE BEST ONE AND THE OTHER IS THE CERTAIN LEVEL OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY 3O WHEN WE APPROACH WITH 6OJVODINA WE HAVE SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERENT m ONLY COUNTRIES FROM THE EX 9UGOSLAVIA AND (UNGARY AND !USTRIA KNOW OF THE PROVINCE m SO WE ARE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS IN THE PAST YEARS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE REGION AMONG POTENTIAL INVESTORS "UT WITH OUR LOGISTICAL POSITION ING AND ALL THE INCENTIVES THAT ARE OFFERED TO INVESTORS ) STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE NEXT TWO YEARS WILL BE EVEN STRONGER THAN THE LAST TWO 7E HAVE HAD SOME PROJECTS THAT WE WERE IN COMPETITION WITH (UNGARY AND 2OMANIA FOR BUT WITH THEIR POWER TO INCLUDE MORE SUBSIDIES WE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEM

ERED IN THE MEDIA )NðIA :RENJANIN 3UBOTICA AND "EÍEJ HAVE MADE PROGRESS AND SHOWN RESULTS m BUT MANY OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE WORKING HARD 4HE MOST IMPORTANT THING THEY ARE DOING IS DEVELOPING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT IN ORDER TO CAPTURE FOREIGN AND EVEN DOMESTIC INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE BASIS 4HIS MEANS ROADS GAS SUPPLY COMMUNICATION LINES ALL UTILITY CONNECTIONS AND THEN THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO ISSUE THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK /VER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD AND MAKING THESE NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS (OW ARE YOU GETTING THE MESSAGE OF 6OJVODINA AS AN INVEST MENT OPPORTUNITY TO POTENTIAL INVESTORS )N THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE VISITED TWO MAJOR REAL ESTATE AND INVEST MENT FAIRS 4HE FIRST WAS IN &RANCE AND THE OTHER WAS IN -UNICH 7HAT WE ARE FINDING IS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A LEVEL OF RECOGNITION PEOPLE FROM THE BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY HAVE HEARD OF 6)0 AND 6OJVODINA &ROM THESE WE HAVE GENERATED INQUIRIES FROM POTENTIAL INVESTORS WHICH GO INTO THE PIPELINE OF FUTURE PROJECTS WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE 3ERBIAN #HAMBER OF #OMMERCE AND '4: AS WELL AS WITH THE 7ORLD "ANKiS MULTI LATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY SPECIFICALLY THE %UROPEAN )NVESTMENT /UTREACH 0ROGRAMME IN 6IENNA WHICH SUPPORTS &$) ACTIVITY IN THE 7ESTERN "ALKANS 7E ALSO GO TO SMALLER MORE FOCUSED EVENTS

7HAT CHANGES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE OCCUR IN THE REGION IN THE FUTURE 7E WOULD MOST LIKE TO SEE MORE EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION IN THE MUNICIPALITIES m AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE TRYING TO TELL THEM 0ART OF OUR WORK IS ACTIVE IN THIS FIELD m LAST YEAR WE ORGANIZED FOUR WORKSHOPS FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF 6OJVODINA ATTRACTING REPRESENTATIVES FROM TWO THIRDS OF THEM )T IS VERY CLEAR v ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê FOR THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO DO SOME ê êmkpê ê ê ê ê ê êÀê ê ê ê THING AND HAVE TO CHANGE THEMSELVES TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND HAVE ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH INVESTORS ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êz ­ 4HEY HAVE TO BECOME MORE CUSTOMER ORIENTED 4HE SECTORS THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO US ARE AGRIBUSINESS MACHINE WHERE WE CAN GET CLOSE TO INVESTORS SUCH AS ONE WE ATTENDED THIS FALL IN 3WITZERLAND PUT ON BY THEIR INVESTMENT AGENCY WHICH ENGINEERING AND ELECTRO MACHINE ENGINEERING THE INFORMATION TECH NOLOGY SECTOR AND LASTLY AND THESE ARE MORE TOWARDS THE FUTURE THE GENERATED A POSITIVE CONNECTION WE HOPE TO FINALIZE IN THE NEXT SIX TOURISM INDUSTRY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY )N SOME OF THOSE SECTORS MONTHS 7E TRY TO BE AT AS MANY EVENTS AS POSSIBLE THEY WORK WELL THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK HAS BEEN UPDATED MUCH HAS BEEN DONE SINCE FOR INTRODUCING 6OJVODINA AND 6)0 TO THE SYSTEM HOWEVER THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE WORK ON THE 7HAT ARE THE PLANS FOR 6)0 IN LAWS 4HE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE SEE WITH OUR INVESTORS THOUGH IS WITH )N WE WILL TRY TO BE MORE FOCUSED TO IMPLEMENT THE THE BUREAUCRACY AND ADMINISTRATION m THIS SHOULD BE MUCH FASTER /N THE WHOLE THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK IS NOT BAD AND WE DONiT SEE THIS PROJECTS WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE m THERE ARE ABOUT CONCRETE PROJECTS AND WE HOPE TO CONCLUDE AT LEAST OF THEM VERY SOON TURNING AWAY POTENTIAL INVESTORS !CCOUNTING AND AUDITING IS UP TO DATE CONSTRUCTION PERMITS ARE POSSIBLE BUT AGAIN IT COMES DOWN TO 4HEN IF WE GET ANOTHER IN THE NEW YEAR WE WILL HAVE ACHIEVED THE SPEED )N THE NEW CONSTITUTION THE LAND OWNERSHIP PROBLEM HAS SUCCESS -OST OF THESE ARE MEDIUM SIZED PROJECTS )T IS IMPORTANT FINALLY BEEN SOLVED EVEN THOUGH THE OLD SYSTEM WAS NOT COMPLETELY TO MENTION THAT WE ARE FINALIZING A BUSINESS PLAN THAT WILL COVER OUT OF SYNC %MPLOYMENT NEEDS TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE THE LABOUR LAWS THAT WOULD BRING A STRONG FOCUS TO OUR WORK AND ASSURE NEED TO BE CHANGED TO ALLOW MORE EASE IN HIRING PEOPLE /F COURSE THE SUPPORT OF OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS )N PROMOTING &$) ACTIV THERE ARE THE POLITICAL ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE SOLVED AND WHEN THE ITY IN 3ERBIA NEW TECHNOLOGIES WILL ARRIVE UNEMPLOYMENT WILL GO COUNTRY BECOMES AN %5 CANDIDATE IT FINDS ITSELF ON THE RADAR AND DOWN AND THEN OTHER MOST LIKELY LOCAL BUSINESSMEN CAN GET IN TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN /NCE 3ERBIA BECOMES AN %5 CANDIDATE AND THE COUNTRY WILL BECOME A MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR INVEST MENT 0ERHAPS THIS CAN BE ADDRESSED MORE THROUGH INCENTIVES THE NONETHELESS WE ARE WORKING AS IF IT IS WE CAN GET INTO THE POSITION NEW LAW ON INDUSTRIAL PARKS WILL PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE INCENTIVES TO CAPTURE THE CAPITAL THAT IS SHIFTING TO %ASTERN %UROPE AND !SIA ) THINK 6)0iS ROLE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS TOGETHER WITH THE -INISTRY WHICH WILL HELP TREMENDOUSLY OF )NTERNATIONAL %CONOMIC 2ELATIONS AND 3)%0!

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OF THE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY $3 SAID THAT THE OUTCOME OF THE PROCESS SHOULD BE THE RESULT OF SERIOUS

HARD THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE PROVINCE DONE WITHIN THE EXIST ING CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

6OJVODINA SIGNS TWO INTERNATIONAL AID PACKAGED DEALS 4HE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF 6OJVODINA SIGNED A DEAL WITH THE !USTRIAN -INISTER OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS AND THE !USTRIAN !GENCY FOR $EVELOPMENT ON A _ MILLION AID PACKAGE TO BE USED FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION 4HE GOVERNMENT ALSO CON CLUDED A REGIONAL COOPERATION PACKAGE WITH THE %5 THAT ENVISAGES _ MILLION FOR THE COMPLETION OF PROJECTS DONE IN COOPERATION WITH 2OMANIA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONS AND THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

+OSTREp TO FIGHT (ORGOp 0O­EGA ROAD CONCESSION DEAL 0RESIDENT OF THE !SSEMBLY OF 6OJVODINA "OJAN +OSTREp CRITICISED THE 3ERBIAN GOVERNMENTiS SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT ON THE (ORGOp 0OÝEGA ROAD CONCESSION DEAL WITH 3PANISH AND !USTRIAN FIRMS SAYING THAT THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF 6OJVODINA WOULD FIGHT FOR THE REVERSAL OF THE CONTRACT AS THE SECTION OF THE ROAD BUILT IN 6OJVODINA HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS FROM 6OJVODINA AND IN ESSENCE TRANSFERS THOSE FUNDS OUT OF 6OJVODINA +OSTREp RECALLED THAT THE )-& HAD ALREADY CRITICISED THE DEAL AND NOTED THAT SIMILAR CONTRACTS IN #ROATIA AND (UNGARY WERE BROKEN SOON AFTER GOVERNMENT CHANGES AND THAT BOTH COUNTRIES ENDED UP LOSING MONEY ON THE DEALS +OSTREp WELCOMED THE FOREIGN INVESTORS TO 6OJVODINA BUT SAW THE GREATEST ERRORS ON THE PART OF 0RIME -INISTER +OpTUNICA AND -INISTER FOR #APITAL )NVESTMENT 6ELIMIR )LIÌ WHO PUT TOGETHER THE FLAWED DEAL

2EGIONiS ND BUSINESS INCUBATOR OPENS IN 3UBOTICA !T THE INITIATIVE OF THE %XECUTIVE #OUNCIL OF THE !0 6OJVODINA A SECOND BUSINESS INCUBATOR WAS OPENED IN 3UBOTICA 4HE INCUBATOR PROJECT CARRIED OUT IN COOPERATION WITH THE 6OJVODINA )NVESTMENT 0ROMOTION &UND AND THE -UNICIPALITY OF 3UBOTICA IS SITUATED IN A

SQUARE METRE FACILITY IN THE CITYiS INDUSTRIAL ZONE !T THE START OF OPERATION BUSINESSES EMPLOYING NEARLY WILL BE HOUSED IN THE FACILITY 4HEIR FIELD OF ACTIVITY RANGES FROM PRODUCTION OF FOOD PRODUCTS TO ELECTRICAL MACHINES AS WELL AS SERVICES FROM LOGISTICS TO AUTOMATION )T IS ENVISAGED THAT THE COMPANIES WILL MOVE THEIR

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OPERATIONS TO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE FOLLOWING THE INCUBATION PERIOD AT WHICH TIME NEW YOUNG START UPS WILL TAKE THEIR PLACE IN THE INCUBATOR !LSO SUPPORTING THE PROJECT WAS THE 3ERBIAN !GENCY FOR $EVELOPMENT OF 3-% AND %NTREPRENEURSHIP

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)NVESTMENT INCENTIVE GRANTED FOR TEXTILE FACTORY IN 0LANDISTE )N THE FORM OF A NON REFUNDABLE INVESTMENT INCENTIVE THE 3ERBIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 3)%0! GRANTED _

TO THE COMPANY %MINENT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE FACTORY 0LANTEKS

WHICH IT RECENTLY ACQUIRED %MINENT HAS ALREADY AGREED TO INVEST _ MILLION IN THE FACTORY THAT EMPLOYS PEOPLE WITH 3)%0! S CONTRIBUTION GOING TOWARDS THE %52/ CERTIFICATION THAT WILL ALLOW THE FACTORY TO INCREASE ITS EXPORT POTENTIAL 4HE FACTORY MANUFAC TURES CLOTHING UNDER THE BRAND NAME ,EGEND FOUNDED IN 4HE FUNDS WERE APPROPRIATED FROM THE .ATIONAL )NVESTMENT 0LAN

$ESIGN COMPETITION FOR NEW MUSEUM LAUNCHED )N CO OPERATION WITH THE .OVI 3AD 3OCIETY OF !RCHITECTS THE -USEUM OF #ONTEMPORARY !RTS OF 6OJVODINA OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED AN INTERNATION AL ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION FOR THE DESIGN OF A BUILDING TO HOUSE THE MUSEUM $IRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM SCULPTOR »IVKO 'ROZDANIÌ POINTED OUT THAT THE MUSEUM PROJECT IS THE ONLY LARGE SCALE BUILDING PROJECT IN THE FIELD OF ARTS THAT WILL BE COM PLETED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS WITH FUNDS TO BE PROVIDED BY SEVERAL LEV ELS OF GOVERNMENT BEING LED BY THE PROVINCE OF 6OJVODINA S GOVERNMENT 4HE PROJECT WILL CONCLUDE WITH AN EXHIBITION OF DESIGNS SUBMITTED ALONG WITH A MIRRORED STUDENT EXHIBITION OF DESIGNS

'ERMAN HOME PRODUCTS GIANT TO BUILD FACTORY IN )NÕIJA 'ERMAN COMPANY (ENKEL ONE OF THE WORLD S LEADERS IN THE PRODUCTION OF PERSONAL HYGIENE HOME CLEANING AND INDUSTRIAL ADHESIVE PRODUCTS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH 3)%0! ON BUILDING A FACTORY FOR ADHESIVES IN THE -UNICIPALITY OF )NðIJA )N THE DEAL

3)%0! AGREED TO CONTRIBUTE _ FROM THE .ATIONAL )NVESTMENT PLAN AS AN INCENTIVE WHILE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS (ENKEL WILL INVEST A TOTAL OF _ MILLION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW FACTORY THAT WILL EMPLOY PERSONS (ENKEL IS PLANNING TO USE THE FACTORY AS A SOURCE FOR REGIONAL EXPORTING THOUGH ò OF THE SUPPLIES NEEDED IN PRODUCTION OF THE FACTORY AND ADHESIVES WILL BE SOURCED FROM WITHIN 3ERBIA

&ESTIVAL OF 3ERBIAN FILM TO BE HELD IN .OVI 3AD 4HE -INISTRY OF #ULTURE ALONG WITH THE AGENCY DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL FILM INDUSTRY THE &ILM #ENTRE OF 3ERBIA

ANNOUNCED THE HOLDING OF A FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO 3ERBIAN FILM TO BE HELD IN .OVI 3AD IN *UNE 4HE FESTIVAL WILL BE HEADED BY ACTOR $RAGAN "JELOGRLIÌ AND DIRECTOR )VA îURKOVIÌ AND BE AIMED AT PROMOTING THE POPULARITY OF 3ERBIAN FILM -INISTER OF #ULTURE $RAGAN +OJADINOVIÌ NOTED THE NEED FOR A NATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE WAKE OF PREVIOUS EVENTS IN 0ULA AND (ERCEG .OVI

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ORGANISED AN INCREDIBLY VISITED ONE DAY SEMINAR WITH THE TOPIC ABOUT VERIFICATION AUDITING CIRCULATION OF PRINTED MEDIA AS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL BUSI NESS IN THE MARKETING FIELD 0ARTICIPATING IN THE SEMINAR WERE STARTERS FROM THE LEADING MEDIA PUBLISHING HOUSES AS WELL AS SPECIALISTS FROM THE -INISTRY OF #ULTURE AND #OMMUNICATIONS

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BY ONE OFF EFFECTS IS EXPECTED "ALANCE SHEET TOTAL TO EXCEED BILLION EUROS (AVING SURPASSED THE MARK OF BILLION EUROS IN TOTAL ASSETS

2:" IS NOW AMONG THE WORLD S LARGEST BANKS AS PER THE RELIABLE STATISTICS OF THE &INANCIAL 4IMES PUBLICATION 4HE "ANKER

!CCORDING TO PROJECTIONS THE GROUP S BALANCE SHEET TOTAL AS OF YEAR END WILL GROW BY PER CENT YEAR ON YEAR TO MORE THAN BILLION EUROS 4HIS GROWTH IS ABOVE ALL ORGANIC COMMENTED 7ALTER 2OTHENSTEINER #%/ OF THE 2:" 'ROUP .OTICEABLE AS THEY WERE BOTH ACQUISITIONS OF

2USSIAN )MPEXBANK AND #ZECH E"ANKA TOGETHER ACCOUNT FOR ONLY ONE SEVENTH OF THE INCREASE IN OUR ASSETS 3UCCESS IN CORPORATE BUSINESS "USINESS WITH CORPORATE CUS TOMERS SERVICED OUT OF 6IENNA m

ON OF THE 'ROUP S CORE BUSINESS SEGMENTS m HAS AGAIN DEVELOPED VERY FAVOURABLY 4HIS SEGMENT S PROJECTED PROFIT CONTRIBUTION INCREASED BY PER CENT %XPORT BUSINESS ANOTHER STRONG PILLAR OF 2:" S INCOME STATEMENT

FILED SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN MAR KET SHARE AGAIN 2:" ONCE AGAIN ARRANGED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SYNDICATED LOAN TRANSACTIONS FOR CORPORATE CUSTOMERS IN #%% AND ALSO TAKES A LEADING POSI TION WORLDWIDE WITH DEALS FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS )N TOTAL 2:" ARRANGED SYNDICATED LOAN TRANSACTIONS

BY THE END OF !CCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ò OF .)3 SHARES OWNED BY SMALL SHAREHOLDERS WILL BE FLOATED ON THE "ELGRADE STOCK EXCHANGE !CCORDING TO 0RIVATIZATION !CT

TO ò OF SHARES OF PUBLIC AND SOCIALLY OWNED COMPANIES MUST BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE EMPLOY EES IN THESE COMPANIES ò TO 0RIVATIZATION 2EGISTRY FROM WHICH ALL CITIZENS OLDER THAN YEARS ARE ENTITLED TO GET THE FREE SHARES 4HE TOTAL VALUE OF THE %03 CAPITAL IS APPROXIMATELY _

BILLION .)3 IS ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH _ BILLION AND THE 044

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4HE AUDITING SPOKESMEN OF SOLD CIRCULATIONS WERE -R -IHAEL 3ALMAJER THE ORGANISA TIONAL DIRECTOR OF )67 #OMPANY THE ONLY AUDITING HOUSE OF ITS KIND IN 'ERMANY THAT CUR RENTLY VERIFIES THE CIRCULATIONS OF OVER DIFFERENT PRINTED MEDIA PUBLICATIONS m AND ,IVIU "URLAKU GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE (UNGARIAN j-ATESZk #OMPANY

WHICH VERIFIES CIRCULATIONS IN (UNGARY 3POKESMAN REGARDING AUDITING PERSPECTIVES WAS -R "RANISLAV .OVÍIÌ PRESIDENT OF !"# 3ERBIA (E EMPHASISED THAT BY -ARCH THIS COMPANY WILL HAVE THE VERIFIED RESULTS OF SALES FOR AT LEAST PRINTED MEDIA IN 3ERBIA 3POKESMEN OF MARKETING AGENCIES AND ADVERTISERS HIGH LIGHTED THE FACT THAT ACCURATE DATA ABOUT SOLD CIRCULATIONS THROUGH THE SELLING AREAS WOULD BE USEFUL WHEN DECIDING ABOUT ADS DISTRIBUTION

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wpyhl|zêihurêr ê ê ê ê )N 0IRAEUS "ANK !$ "ELGRADE PLANS TO CONTINUE WITH DYNAMIC GROWTH WIDENING OF RANGE OF PRODUCTS AND NETWORK EXPANSION )T IS EXPECTED THAT TOTAL ASSETS OF 0IRAEUS "ANK IN WILL CONTINUE TO GROW

AND FROM MILLION EUROS AT THE END OF WILL REACH MILLION EUROS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR -AJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO "ANKiS GROWTH IN WILL BE LOANS IN WHICH REGARD WE PLAN NUMEROUS NEW PRODUCTS j)T IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THAT LOANS EXTENDED TO CITIZENS AND SMALL AND MEDI

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OF WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF ò ANNUALLY k m SAID -R "RANIMIR -ARKOVIÌ %XECUTIVE "OARD #HAIRMAN OF 0IRAEUS "ANK !$ "ELGRADE "Y THE END OF 0IRAEUS "ANK ALSO PLANS TO OPEN MORE BUSINESS UNITS ON THE TERRI TORY OF 3ERBIA THUS REACHING A NUMBER OF BRANCHES AND SUB BRANCHES IN TOTAL 0IRAEUS "ANK 'ROUP IS ENTERING INTO WITH AMBITIOUS PLANS #ONTINUOUS 'ROUP GROWTH REFLECTS THE MANAGEMENTiS COMMITMENT TO EFFECTIVELY MEET CUSTOMERSi CHANGING NEEDS AND TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE BRANCH NETWORK

IN 'REECE AND ABROAD 4HE 'ROUP HAS NOW NETWORK OF BRANCHES DURING 'ROUP HAS OPENED NEW BRANCHES IN 'REECE AND IN THE OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE IT OPERATES

VALUE OF THE COMPANYiS BUSI NESS ACTIVITIES WAS 23$ BILLION WITH THE TOTAL PROFIT OF APPROXIMATELY PER CENT OR 23$ MILLION 3OURCE 0REGLED

w ê ê ê êi 0RIVREDNA BANKA OPENED ITS FIRST BRANCH OFFICE OUTSIDE "ELGRADE IN 3ABAC )T IS PLANNED THAT UNTIL THE END OF -ARCH

MORE WILL BE OPENED AND UNTIL THE END OF *UNE MORE 3OURCE 0ROSPERA 3ECURITIES

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4HE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA "UREAU OF 3TATISTICS ANNOUNCED THAT THE AVER AGE SALARIES AND WAGES TAX AND CON TRIBUTIONS DEDUCTED ISSUED IN THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA IN $ECEMBER

COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE SALARIES AND WAGES ISSUED IN $ECEMBER HAVE INCREASED BY PERCENT NOMINALLY AND PERCENT IN REAL VALUE 4HE AVERAGE NET SALARY PAID IN $ECEMBER TOTALED DINARS #OMPARED TO THE AVERAGE NET SALARIES AND WAGES PAID IN .OVEMBER

THIS WAS A ò INCREASE IN NOMINAL VALUE AND A ò INCREASE IN REAL VALUE 4HE AVERAGE GROSS SALARY IN $ECEMBER STOOD AT

DINARS #OMPARED TO THE AVERAGE GROSS SALARY IN .OVEMBER THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF ò INCREASE IN NOMINAL VALUE ò IN REAL VALUE 3OURCE "

NEW LINE FOR SPREAD CREAM PRO DUCTION OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF _ MILLION 4HE NEW PRODUCT WILL BE PRODUCED IN SEVEN FLA VOURS AND IT IS PLANNED THAT TONS OF NEW PRODUCT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE MARKET "ANINI HAS ALSO INCREASED ITS LAND PROPERTY TO HECTARES 3OURCE 0REGLED

RISE FOR ò YEAR AFTER YEAR AND THE BANK IS PLANNING TO STRENGTH EN ITS NETWORK OF BANKS IN THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD 4HE REAL VALUE OF +OMERCIJALNA BANKA WILL BE SHOWN IN THREE OR FOUR YEARS FROM NOW WHEN %"2$ DECIDES TO SELL ITS STAKE IN THE BANK 3OURCE %KONOMIST

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)N NEXT TWO MONTHS THE CONFECTIONARY PRODUCER "ANINI WILL FINISH THE ASSEMBLY OF A

2EPRESENTATIVES OF +OMERCI JALNA BANKA STATED THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING THAT THE TOTAL PROFIT IN WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 23$ MILLION _ MILLION 4HEY ALSO STATED THAT THE BANK IS PLAN NING TO EXPAND ALL OF ITS BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN THE NEXT YEARS )N THE NEXT THREE YEARS PROFIT SHOULD

%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 )N ADDITION TO TRADING %&4 IS ONE THE REGIONSi

BIGGEST INVESTORS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR %&4iS INVESTMENT PHILOSO PHY IS TO APPROACH PROJECTS WHICH ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND AND WHICH BRING DIRECT BENEFITS NOT JUST TO THE COMPANY BUT ALSO TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES %&4 IS LEADING THE PROCESS OF CREATING A UNIFIED ELECTRICITY MARKET IN SOUTH EAST %UROPE 4HE PROCESS ENVISAGES DEREGULATION

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AND THE ENDING OF STATE MONOPO LIES IN THE ENERGY SECTOR A TRULY REGIONAL APPROACH TO INVESTMENT IN NEW GENERATION AND TRANSMIS SION CAPACITY 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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THE *URY OF THE .). !WARD FOR THE NOVEL OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCED THE WINNER

WANT TO BECOME NOT ONLY THE LEADER IN THE BANKING SECTOR BUT AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE 3ERBIAN COMMUNITY COMMUNITY OF OUR CLIENTS THAT CAN TRUST US NOT ONLY WITH THEIR WEALTH BUT WITH THEIR FUTURE )N THAT RESPECT !LPHA "ANK 3RBIJA OPERATING UNDER THE MOTTO y4/'%4(%2 7% (!6% ! '2%!4 &5452% KEEPS ON EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY BY SUPPORTING THE ACTIVITIES SELECTED

z ê êw ê ê 2EPRESENTATIVES OF THE 0OSTANSKA STEDIONICA BANK STATED THAT THE THIRD EMIS SION OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF

SHARES WAS SOLD TO THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA FOR THE AMOUNT OF 23$ BILLION 4HE TOTAL CAPITAL OF THE BANK HAS NOW INCREASED BY APPROXI MATELY _ MILLION 3OURCE $ANAS

z ê ê ê y ê 4HE 3ERBIAN STATE WILL SELL ITS ò STAKE OF THE MANU FACTURER OF BOILERS AND RADIATORS h2ADIJATORi AT A TENDER SALE 4HE OFFER WILL BE OPEN UNTIL RD -ARCH 4HE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS TENDER SALE HAVE THE COMPANIES WITH THE SAME BUSI NESS ACTIVITY SUCH AS 2ADIJATORiS AND WHICH HAD THE REVENUES IN THE TOTAL VALUE OF MINIMUM _ MILLION IN 3OURCE 6EÑERNJE NOVOSTI

lwzê ê 4HE 3ERBIAN POWER UTILITY COMPANY %03 IS CONSIDERING ITS EXPANSION IN "OSNIA AND (ERZEGOVINA 4HEY ARE PLAN NING TO ACQUIRE THE HYDRO ECLECTIC PLANT IN 6ISEGRAD IN THE VALUE OF _ MILLION !LSO THEY ARE PLANNING TO CONSTRUCT THE HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT "UK "JELA 3OURCE $ANAS

z ê ê ê ê 4HE INSURANCE COMPANY 0OLIS OSIGURANJE STARTED WITH ITS BUSINESS OPERATIONS UNDER THE NAME 3AVA OSIGURANJE AFTER THE ACQUISITION OF ITS MAJORITY STAKE BY THE 3LOVENIAN REINSUR ANCE COMPANY 3AVA 2E 4HE REPRESENTATIVES OF 3AVA OSIG URANJE STATED THAT THIS COM PANY HOLDS ò OF THE 3ERBIAN INSURANCE MARKET AND THAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO INCREASE THIS STAKE TO ò DURING THE NEXT FEW YEARS 3OURCE %KONOMIST

upuê~ êz êi êÆêw ê} m 4HE 2ISE AND &ALL OF 0ARKINSONiS $ISEASE BY 3VETISLAV "ASARA WHO BECAME THE ND WINNER OF THIS !WARD #ONGRATULATING -R "ASARA FOR THIS HONOURABLE PRIZE AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE -R 0ANAGIOTIS 6LASIADIS 0RESIDENT OF THE %XECUTIVE "OARD OF !LPHA "ANK 3RBIJA NOTED j!S ONE OF THE TOP TEN LOCAL BANKS WITH OPERA TION IN CITIES NATIONWIDE WE

TO PROMOTE CULTURE SCIENCE AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE 3ERBIAN NATIONAL HERITAGE &OR US THIS YEAR LONG EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP OF THE .). !WARD REPRESENTS THE POSSIBILITY FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND CULTIVATION OF FINE LITERATURE AND THE 3ERBIAN LANGUAGE A PARAMOUNT FACTOR IN PRESERVING THE NATIONAL IDENTITY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF 3ERBIAN PEOPLE

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COUNTRIES "ULGARIA 2OMANIA AND (UNGARY 3OURCE 0OLITIKA

&URNITURE MANUFACTUR ER 3IMPO AND 3WEDISH )KEA SIGNED AN AGREEMENT OF TECHNI CAL AND ECONOMY COOPERATION !CCORDING TO THIS AGREEMENT IT IS PLANNED THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BABY COUCH FACTORY FOR THIS YEAR 3IMPO AND )KEA PLAN ALSO TO OPEN NEW FURNITURE MEGA STORE IN "ELGRADE AND IN OTHER TOWNS IN 3ERBIA EX 9UGOSLAV

z ê ê êj ê 4HE FURNITURE MANUFACTURER 3IMPO MADE AN AGREEMENT ON EXPORT OF ITS PRODUCTS IN THE TOTAL VALUE _ MILLION AT THE INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE FAIR IN #OLOGNE 3OURCE 0OLITIKA CorD \ &EBRUARY

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m ê êj jhsszêhiyvhkê -ANAGEMENT FOR SERVICES FROM THE j4ELEKOM 3RBIJA A D k COM PANY IS INTENSIVELY DEVELOPING A RELATIONAL MARKETING CAREFULLY LIS TENING TO THEIR CUSTOMERSi NEEDS 2ECENTLY #OMPANY LAUNCHED THE (ALO 0LUS PREPAID CARDS FOR INTERNATIONAL CALLS THAT ARE ENA BLING MUCH CHEAPER PRICES FOR CALLS WITH THE CALLING PARTY WHO IS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE NETWORK 4HE PRICE FOR A SINGLE (ALO 0LUS CARD IS DINARS

WHICH IS AT THE SAME TIME THE AMOUNT OF CREDIT THAT A USER HAS TO SPEND FOR HIS HER CALLS )N THE CARD VALIDATION PERIOD DAYS FROM ACTIVATION DEPENDING FROM

3WITZERLAND 3WEDE AND 'REAT "RITAIN ONE (ALO 0LUS CARD ENA BLES MINUTES OF CONVERSATION WITH LANDLINE NETWORKS IN SELECT ED %UROPEAN COUNTRIES (ALO0LUS CARD FOR CALLS TO LANDLINE NETWORKS AND MOBILE PHONES IN MORE DISTANT COUN TRIES !USTRALIA #ANADA AND 53!

ONE (ALO 0LUS CARD ENABLES MINUTES OF CONVERSATION WITH LANDLINE NETWORKS IN SELECTED TRANSATLANTIC COUNTRIES )N ADDITION TO STIMULATING AND EASING THE EVERYDAY BUSINESS AND PRIVATE COMMUNICATION

j4ELEKOM 3RBIJAk ALSO MADE AN OFFER FOR THE $IAL UP SERVICE WHICH ENABLES THE )NTERNET CONNECTION AT SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER PRICES IMPULSE SECONDS IN A SLOW TRAFFIC WHILE THE PAYMENT GOES THROUGH THE TELEPHONE BILL

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4HE 0UTEVI 3RBIJA PUB LIC COMPANY ON 4UESDAY RD *ANUARY ANNOUNCED A PUB LIC INVITATION FOR PRE QUALIFYING AT A TENDER FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HIGHWAY THROUGH "ELGRADE ON THE SECTION FROM THE .IKOLA 4ESLA AIRPORT TO "UBANJ 0OTOK

AND OF THE 6INCA RINGROAD 3OURCE 4ANJUG

"ELGIAN +"# "ANK WILL ACQUIRE THE MAJORITY STAKE IN ! BANKA FOR _ MILLION AFTER RECEIVING THE OFFICIAL APPROV AL FROM THE .ATIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIA ."3 4HE TAKE OVER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THESE TWO BANKS WAS SIGNED AT THE BEGIN NING OF *ANUARY 3OURCE %KONOMIST

h ê{ ê ê ê ê ê 3O ANOTHER YEAR IS BEHIND US 7E COULD BE PROUD OF THE LAST YEARiS SALE WHICH GAVE THE SUCCESSFUL END OF THE PAST YEAR AND AT THE SAME TIME THE PROMISING BEGIN NING OF THE NEW ONE )T IS FAMILIAR TO YOU THAT WE HAD DISCOUNTS BEFORE THE .EW 9EAR WHICH WERE ATTRACTIVE TO OUR CUS TOMERS THEREFORE WE WILL CON TINUE WITH THEM #URRENT DISCOUNTS RANGE BETWEEN _ AND _ FOR THAT REASON WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR CARS IN STOCK

SO YOU CAN GET YOUR FAVOURITE ONE IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME

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THE CALL DURATIONS AND THE BALANCE OF CREDIT USER WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE CARD FOR VARIOUS CALLS "Y USING A (ALO 0LUS CARD IT IS POSSIBLE TO SAVE FROM ò UP TO ò COMPARING TO THE ALREADY EXISTING PRICES FOR INTERNATIONAL CALLS !ND AT THE SAME TIME EVE RYONE IS ABLE TO USE THE CARD m INDIVIDUALS AND LEGAL ENTITIES )T IS POSSIBLE TO FIND THREE TYPES OF CARDS AT STREET KIOSKS (ALO0LUS CARD FOR CALLS TO FIXED LANDLINES IN %X 9U COUNTRIES "OSNIA AND (ERZEGOVINA #ROATIA

-ACEDONIA AND 3LOVENIA ONE (ALO 0LUS CARD ENABLES MIN UTES OF CONVERSATION WITH LAND LINE NETWORKS IN %X 9UGOSLAVIA (ALO0LUS CARD FOR CALLS WITH LANDLINE NETWORKS IN %UROPEAN COUNTRIES !USTRIA 'REECE

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)N THE NEXT QUARTER WE ALSO OFFER THE DISCOUNT OF _ ON THE #HEVROLETiS MODEL !VEO WITH FOUR DOORS 3PECIAL DISCOUNT FOR DIPLOMATS IS STILL PRESENT 7E ARE AT THE SAME PLACE IN #ARA

$USANA 3TREET IN :EMUN 0OLITE AND GOOD EDUCATED SALE PERSONS ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP YOU "ESIDE THEM THERE IS A SERV ICE AND CAFE BAR WHERE YOU CAN RELAX AND DRINK YOUR COLD OR HOT

DRINK WHILE YOUR CAR IS BEING CHECKED #AR SALE IS FROM ON WORKING DAYS AND FROM ON 3ATURDAYS 7E ARE THERE FOR YOU

p êz ê ê ê i êp ê 4HE BANKING GROUP )NTESA 3ANPAOLO ACQUIRED AN ADDI TIONAL ò OF STAKE OF "ELGRADE BASED "ANKA )NTESA FOR _ MILLION !FTER THE ACQUISITION

)NTESA 3ANPAOLO WILL HOLD A ò STAKE OF THE CAPITAL AND )&# WILL HAVE ò OF THE BANK )N !UGUST

THE )TALIAN "ANCA )NTESA ACQUIRED ò OF $ELTA BANKA FOR _ MILLION 3OURCE "ETA

OF SHARES ON "ELEX &OREIGN EXCHANGE SAVINGS BONDS HAD THE TOTAL TURNOVER OF 23$ BILLION IN AND THAT REP RESENTS THE INCREASE OF ò IN COMPARISON TO 3OURCE "ELEX

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i ê ê ê 4HE TOTAL VALUE OF TURNOVER ON "ELEX IN WAS 23$ BILLION OR _ BILLION WHICH IS BY ò HIGHER IN COMPARISON TO 4HE BIG GEST CONTRIBUTION FOR INCREASING OF TURNOVER HAD THE TRADING OF SHARES WHICH WAS BY ò HIGHER THAN IN 4HE TOTAL VALUE OF TURNOVER OF SHARES WAS 23$ BILLION OR MORE THAN _ BILLION WHICH REPRESENTS THE HISTORIC HIGH IN TRADING

m êu ê ê êt )N A PRODUCTION OF THE BIGGEST ADVERTISING FESTIVAL IN A WORLD j.EW 9ORK &ESTIVALk FOR THE TH TIME IN A .EW 9ORK HAS BEEN ORGANIZED THE WORLD COMPETI TION j4HE 'LOBAL !WARDSk WHICH APPLIED TO THE ADVERTISING COM MUNICATIONS IN THE AREA OF MEDI CINE 6ISUAL SOLUTION j(OROSCOPEk WHICH .EW -OMENT .EW )DEAS #OMPANY MADE FOR !VONiS COM PANY IN FIGHT AGAINST THE BREAST CANCER HAS BEEN LISTED AMONG THE WORLD FINALISTS IN A CATEGORY OF 3OCIAL 2ESPONSIBILITY WWW THEGLOBALAWARDS COM #REATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY IS -R $RAGAN fAKAN THE CONCEPT AUTHOR !NA #VEJIÌ AND DESIGNER OF THIS VISUAL SOLUTION 3LAðANA $ANOJEVIÌ 4HE 'LOBAL !WARDS FESTIVAL IS THE ONLY WORLD FESTIVAL WHICH AWARDS THE BEST WORKS IN THE AREA OF

THE VALUE OF %03 TO EIGHT TO TEN BILLION %52 FROM THE CURRENT SIX BILLION %52 !LSO %03 IS PLANNING NEW INVESTMENTS IN THE POWER UTILITY SYSTEM IN 3ERBIA )N THE TOTAL PRO DUCTION OF ELECTRICITY IN THE %03iS SYSTEM WAS BILLION +WH WHICH IS BY THREE BILLION HIGHER THAN THE PLANNED PRO DUCTION FOR 3OURCE "ETA

4HE 'ENERAL -ANAGER OF %LEKTORPRIVREDA 3RBIJE %03

6LADIMIR $JORDJEVIC STATED THAT IN THE TOTAL VALUE OF PROFIT WAS 23$ BILLION _ MILLION -R $JORDJEVIC ALSO STATED THAT THE YEAR IS CRUCIAL FOR %03 AND THAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO INCREASE

MEDICINE AND .EW -OMENT .EW )DEAS #OMPANY IS THE ONLY COMPANY FROM 3ERBIA WHOSE IDEAS ARE AMONG THE BEST IDEAS ON THE WORLD !LL THE WINNERSi WORKS ALONG WITH THEM THE j(OROSCOPEk WILL BE IN THE .EW 9ORK &ESTIVALiS YEARBOOK NO WHICH IS THE MOST SELLING CATALOGUE OF THAT TYPE AND WHICH GIVES THE WHOLE INSIGHT TO ADVERTISING AND CREA

-ICHELIN WILL EXERCISE ITS CALL OPTION TO BUY ADDITIONAL SHARES IN 4IGAR -( ò

THE TIRE MANUFACTURING UNIT

WHICH WILL GIVE THEM MAJORITY SHAREHOLDING IN THE COMPANY ò 4HE REPRESENTATIVES OF 4IGAR STATED THAT THIS TRANSAC TION SHOULD BE REALIZED IN THE BEGINNING OF 4HEY ALSO STATED THAT THE EXPECTED TOTAL VALUE OF EXPORT IN WILL BE MORE THAN _ MILLION WHICH WILL PUT 4IGAR AMONG THE LEADING EXPORTERS IN THE COUNTRY 3OURCES 4IGAR "ETA

TIVE INDUSTRY IN A WORLD )DEA (OROSCOPE IS BESIDE .EW 9ORK ALSO AWARDED WITH THE SILVER MEDAL ON THE TH )NTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING FESTIVAL IN -OSCOW -)!& AMONG OTHER WORKS .EW -OMENT #OMPANY WON ANOTHER PRIZE AT THE FESTIVAL IN -OSCOW m BRONZE MEDAL FOR CAMPAIGN WHICH APPLIED TO THE SAFETY ON WORK AND WHICH WAS CREATED FOR THE "EOCINSKA CEMENT FABRIC j,AFARGEk

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$AIMLER#HRYSLER 3#' WILL HAVE A NEW #HIEF %XECUTIVE /FFICER -R 3TAVROS 0ARASKEVAIDES WAS BORN IN #YPRUS AND STUDIED !UTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING IN 'REAT

z êw "RITAIN (IS PROFESSIONAL CAREER STARTED IN AS A SERVICE TECH NICIAN AND IN JOINED 4OYOTA (ELLAS 3 ! IN 'REECE WHERE OVER A PERIOD OF SIX YEARS WAS RESPON SIBLE FOR !FTER 3ALES 4RAINING

#USTOMER 3ATISFACTION AND .ETWORK $EVELOPMENT ISSUES )N HE JOINED THE $AIMLER "ENZ ORGANIZATION AS 3ALES AND -ARKETING $IRECTOR FOR #OMMERCIAL 6EHICLES OF -ERCEDES "ENZ (ELLAS AND DURING THE SAME YEAR WAS ELECTED MEMBER OF THE )NSTITUTE OF THE -OTOR )NDUSTRY IN 'REAT "RITAIN )N HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO -ERCEDES "ENZ 5 3 !

WHERE HIS INITIAL RESPONSI BILITY WAS FUTURE NETWORK STRATEGY ,ATER HE BECAME .ATIONAL 3ALES -ANAGER FOR 0ASSENGER 6EHICLES )N HE RETURNED TO 'REECE AS A "USINESS $EVELOPMENT $IRECTOR WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EXPLOR ING NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE $AIMLER#HRYSLER 'ROUP

ALWAYS FOCUSING ON CUSTOMER CARE IMPROVEMENTS )N HE WAS ELECTED ON THE BOARD OF MANAGE MENT OF THE (ELLENIC )NSTITUTE OF #USTOMER 3ERVICE CorD \ &EBRUARY

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AUTHORISED DEALER FOR !UDI VEHI CLES 0/23#(% 3#' D O O COM MENCED ITS OFFER WITH A PROPOSAL OF -OBILE 'UARANTEE -/"),% '5!2!.4%% CONSISTS OF THE MOBILE ASSURANCE FOR THE !UDI DRIVERS WHO STAY ON A ROAD DUE TO A BREAKDOWN 4HE ENGI NEERING SERVICE IS COVERING THE WHOLE TERRITORY OF 3ERBIA AS IN THE OTHER %UROPEAN COUNTRIES EXCEPT -ACEDONIA "ULGARIA AND !LBANIA 4HE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF OPER ATING CENTRE WORKING H

DAYS IN A YEAR FREE CALL FROM THE COUNTRY

FROM ABROAD

!FTER COLLECTING ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION THE OPERATOR WILL

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AND DIRECTOR OF THE 2EPUBLIKA

o êy ê ê z ê #OMPANY (OLCIM ONE OF THE WORLD S LEADING SUPPLIERS OF CEMENT AGGREGATES CONCRETE AND CONSTRUCTION RELATED SERV ICES HELD ITS ANNUAL LUNCH WITH MEDIA EDITORS AT "ELGRADEiS STYL ISH ,OÝA 2ESTAURANT ON TH *ANUARY !MONG HOSTS REPRESENTING (OLCIM WERE +URT (ABERSATTER

'ENERAL -ANAGER %ASTERN %UROPE 'USTAVO .AVARRO

(OLCIM #OUNTRY -ANAGER FOR 3ERBIA .EBOJpA 2AKO (UMAN

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ORGANISE THE ADEQUATE HELP 2EPAIR ON THE SPOT m THE SERV ICE TEAM WILL GO TO THE SPOT AND TRY TO FIX THE BREAKAGE 6EHICLE TRANSPORTATION TO THE NEAREST AUTHORISED DEALER m IF THE MOBILE TEAM IS NOT ABLE TO FIX THE

WILL BE PROPOSED WITH A SUITABLE TRANSPORT TO GO HOME OR WITH AN APPROPRIATE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE HIS HER JOURNEY 3LEEPOVER m )F THE SERVICE FOR THE BROKEN CAR IS DURING THE FOL LOWING DAY AND THE CLIENT IS ON

THE OUTER FACTOR THIS SERVICE IS FREE FOR THE CLIENT -/"),% '5!2!.4%% DOES NOT COVER THE FEES FOR REPAIRING THE VEHICLE )N ORDER TO HAVE RIGHT TO USE THIS SERVICE A CLIENT HAS TO MEND HIS VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THE GUIDE

DAMAGE THE OPERATOR ORGANISES THE TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS AND VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST AUTHORISED DEALER #ONTINUANCE OF THE JOURNEY m UNLESS OUR DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO FIX THE BREAKAGE THE CLIENT

HIS TRIP HE SHE WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE ACCOMMODATION IN A HOTEL 4HE CLIENT FROM THE CONTRACT PRO VIDING THE -/"),% '5!2!.4%% IS !54/ -/4/ 3!6%: 32")*% )F THE DAMAGE IS NOT CAUSE BY

LINE FROM THE MANUFACTURER IN AN AUTHORISED DEALERSHIP NET WORK !LL !UDI VEHICLES THAT ARE SOLD THROUGH OUR AUTHORISED NETWORK STARTING FROM WILL BE COVERED WITH THIS SERVICE

3RPSKA 0RIVATISATION $IRECTORATE

6LADIMIR -AÍKIÌ SIGNED A _ MILLION AGREEMENT ON PURCHASE OF ò OF 4ELEKOM 3RPSKE IN "ANJA ,UKA ON TH *ANUARY 3ERBIAN 0RIME -INISTER

6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA 2EPUBLIKA

3RPSKA 0RIME -INISTER -ILORAD $ODIK AND MEMBERS OF THE TWO GOVERNMENTS ALSO ATTENDED THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT )N A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AFTER THE SIGNING THE TWO PRIME MINISTERS AGREED THAT THE ACQUI

SITION OF 4ELEKOM 3RPSKE BY 4ELEKOM 3RBIJA WAS A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF THE REALISATION OF THE !GREEMENT ON SPECIAL PARALLEL RELATIONS BETWEEN 3ERBIA AND 2EPUBLIKA 3RPSKA 3OURCE ECONOMY CO YU

2ESOURCES $IRECTOR AND -AJA $ÝELATOVIÌ 'ENERAL -ANAGEMENT #OMMUNICATION -ANAGER !DDRESSING THE MEDIA COLLEC TIVE -R .AVARRO SPOKE OF THE COMPANYiS PRIDE AT CONTINUOUSLY REACHING IMPRESSIVE GROWTH ON THE MARKET OF CEMENT AND OTHER AGGREGATES IN 3ERBIA SINCE COM MENCING OPERATION IN 3ERBIA IN

(OLCIM HAS INVESTED MORE THAN 5 3 MILLION IN 3ERBIA TO DATE

DESPITE m AS .AVARRO REMINDED THE PRIVATISATION CONTRACT OBLIG ING (OLCIM TO INVEST MIL LION k .AVAR RO EXPLAINED j)MPROVEMENTS AND GLOBAL STANDARDS SETTING IS ONE OF THE KEY BUSINESS AREAS OF OUR 3ERBIAN OPERATION 3OME OF THE MAJOR INVESTMENT AREAS SINCE TAKE OVER

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ARE OVERALL REFURBISHING OF PLANT AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONVER

SION FROM GAS TO COAL FIRING BY INSTALLATION OF A COAL MILL OPTI MISATION OF INBOUND LOGISTICS

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AND FOR RESPECTIVE MATURITIES TO MATCH OUR LENDING THUS COMPLYING WITH THE .ATIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIAiS ."3 LIQUIDITY REQUIREMENTS 5NDER THIS LIQUIDITY ALIGNMENT WE GAIN THE PUBLICiS CONFIDENCE TO ENTRUST THEIR MONEYS TO US 7E ALWAYS ASPIRE TO KEEP THIS RELATION LENDING DEPOSITS WITHIN ARMS LENGTH 7HILST ON THE SUBJECT ) WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE ."3 IN ITS DESIRE TO COMBAT CREDIT EXPANSION AND RESTRAIN INFLATIONARY PRESSURES

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HENCE THE REASON FOR THE GENERAL ARGUMENT THAT LAST YEAR IT WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR CUSTOMERS OF THE "ANKS BUT NOT FOR THE "ANKS THEMSELVES 4HE LIQUIDITY UNFAVOURABLE KNOCK ON EFFECT WAS FURTHER EXACERBATED BY THE HARDENING OF THE $INAR VIS VIS THE %URO TO WHICH MOST OF THE LOCAL BANKSi LENDING WAS LINKED HENCE REPRESENTING ANOTHER BURDEN ON THE "ANKSi PROFITABILITY #ONSIDERING THAT YOU ARE AN EMINENT PROFESSOR WITHIN BANKING SECTOR HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THE SITUATION IN THE 3ERBIAN BANKING SYSTEM 2ADICAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE LOCAL BANKING SECTOR SINCE THE YEAR AS A RESULT OF WHICH THE PUBLIC REGAINED ITS CONFIDENCE IN IT ) CAN SAY THAT THERE HAS BEEN A COMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE BANKING SECTOR WHICH HAS ACHIEVED %UROPEAN STANDARDS !S BANKERS WE ARE ENTRUSTED WITH RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS CLIENTS

EMPLOYEES SOCIETY AND OF COURSE SHAREHOLDERS ) WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED INTERACTIONS

A "ANKER #USTOMER WE NEED TO EXPLAIN THE RISKS THAT CUSTOMERS UNDERTAKE BY SIGNING CERTAIN CONTRACTS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE LOAN AGREE MENTS ESPECIALLY WHEN FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISKS ARE INVOLVED 7E ALSO NEED TO ASK OUR CUSTOMERS TO SEEK INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE WHEN UNDUE INFLUENCE IS ASSUMED ESPECIALLY WHEN A SPOUSE WITHOUT FINANCIAL ACUMEN IS SIGNING A MORTGAGE AS SECURITY FOR A LOAN IN THE NAME OF THEIR HUSBAND WIFE 3UCH INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE WOULD SERVE TO EXPLAIN TO THE CUSTOMER THE RISKS BEING UNDERTAKING BY SIGNING A CERTAIN LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT 5NDER THIS HEADING ) WOULD ALSO INSIST THAT WE AS BANKERS HAVE A MORAL DUTY TO OFFER CUSTOMERS WHAT WE PUBLISH IN RELATION TO THE NATURE OF SERVICE AND COST B %MPLOYER %MPLOYEE RELATIONS UNDER THIS HEADING ) WOULD SUGGEST AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE m NAMELY FAIR TREATMENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES 2EMUNERATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE BASED ON PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATIONS AND LOYALTY TO THE ORGANISATION RATHER THAN THROUGH CONNECTIONS %MPLOYEES SHOULD BE APPRECIATED AND RECOGNISED OPENLY 4HE ISSUES OF STAFF MOTIVATION SHOULD ALSO BE IMPROVED 3TAFF SHOULD BE SUPPORTED AND TRAINED BEFORE DEMANDS AND EXPECTATIONS ARE MADE ON THEM .EEDS SUCH AS TASK NEEDS GROUP NEEDS AND INDI VIDUAL NEEDS SHOULD BE SATISFIED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE C "ANKS 3OCIETY BANKS HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS THE SOCIETY

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COSTS AROUND _ WHILE THE (EALTH )NSURANCE &UND CAN ONLY PROVIDE A _ PAYMENT ONCE IN A THREE YEAR PERIOD !CCORDING TO THE 2EPUBLIC (EALTH )NSURANCE &UND THE REASON FOR HIGH COST OF ORTHOPAEDIC EQUIPMENT IS THAT MANUFACTURERS OFFER ONE PRICE DUR ING THE TENDER PROCESS THEN CHARGE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GREATLY INCREASED PRICE TO THE DISABLED END USERS m A FACT THE &UND HAS LITTLE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE AT PRESENT 4HE 3ERBIAN 'OVERNMENT HAS ADOPTED LEGISLATION AIMED AT PROTECTING THOSE CLASSED AS DISABLED AGAINST DISCRIMINATION 4HE NEW LAW WHICH OFFICIALLY CAME INTO EFFECT ON ST *ANUARY

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WHILE THE .ATIONAL 3TRATEGY FOR !DVANCING THE 0OSITION OF 0ERSONS WITH $ISABILITIES WAS DUE TO BE ADOPTED BY THE END OF )N ORDER TO CONFORM TO THE 5.iS RECENTLY ADOPTED )NTERNATIONAL #ONVENTION ON THE 2IGHTS OF 0ERSONS WITH $ISABILITIES 3ERBIA WILL NEED TO SEE TANGIBLE CHANGES TO THE ACTUAL LIVING STANDARDS OF SUCH PERSONS EVEN OFFICIAL STATEMENTS ADMIT THAT LEVELS ARE UNSATISFAC TORY ADMITTEDLY POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN FORTHCOMING IN 3ERBIA BUT THIS LARGELY REMAINS AN ISSUE THAT IS CONSISTENTLY OVERLOOKED AND MARGINALISED 4HOUGH MUCH WORK DOES STILL NEED TO BE DONE TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED STANDARDS FOR 3ERBIAiS DISABLED CITIZENS CERTAIN INITIA TIVES HAVE ALREADY PROVED FRUITFUL 4HESE INCLUDE PROGRAMMES BY THE 3ERBIAN /MBUDSMAN TO ASSIST DISABLED PERSONS IN SEEKING EMPLOYMENT AS WELL AS FINANCING m PROVIDED BY THE /MBUDSMAN AND SEVERAL .'/S m FOR THE PUBLISHING OF SOCIAL ISSUES COUNSELLOR 6LADMIR 0EpIÌiS PUBLICATION j%UROPEAN 5NION AND PERSONS WITH INVALIDITYk WHICH IS ASSISTING IN EFFORTS TO CHANGE THE COLLECTIVE MINDSET REGARDING DISABLED PERSONS AS WELL AS RAISING A GREATER AWARENESS OF THE STATEiS RELATION TO THIS MATTER #O OPERATION AT A NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL IS NOT DEEMED AS BEING SATISFACTORY EVEN THOUGH WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED AND OFFICES ESTABLISHED FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE :VEZDARA -UNICIPALITY WITH FUNDING SECURED BY THE #ITY OF "ELGRADE 4HE TRANSFORMATION OF :VEZDARA HAS SET AN EXAMPLE TO BE ENVIED THE LOCAL COMMUNITYiS MUNICIPAL HEADQUARTERS HAVE BEEN FULLY MODIFIED TO COPE WITH THE NEEDS OF THE DISABLED AND IN AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PERSONS THE :VEZDARA AUTHORITIES HAVE HIRED A REGISTERED DISABLED GRADUATE OF THE "ELGRADE &ACULTY OF ,AW TO HEAD UP THE OFFICE !CCORDING TO :VEZDARAiS MUNICIPAL LEADERS THE PURPOSE OF THEIR ACTIONS IS TO AWAKEN THE CONSCIOUS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES THAT ARE LIVING IN THE CITY 4HE OFFICE IS INTENDED TO SERVE ALL SORTS OF ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THOSE PERSONS AS WELL AS ENSURING THEIR FULL INCLUSION IN AN ACTIVE SOCIETY AND HELPING THEM TO BE MORE INFORMED ABOUT THE WAYS THE COMMUNITY CAN HELP THEM

5NDER EXAGGERATED STATISTICS ARE ALSO A PROBLEM FOR THOSE TRY ING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION FOR THE DISABLED &OR INSTANCE ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF CHILDREN ARE REGISTERED AS DISABLED WITHIN THE 3OCIAL 7ELFARE #ENTRE m A FIGURE BELIEVED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE REALITY #HILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE TAKEN CARE OF BY THEIR FAMILIES BOTH LIVING AND BEING EDUCATED IN THE HOME ISOLATED FROM SOCIETY LARGELY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE HOME HELP DAY CARE AND OTHER STATE SERVICES ARE INSUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED 4HE MAIN

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REGISTRY WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING THE EXACT NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY

BY RANK AND STAGE SEX AND REGION WHERE THEY LIVE ,ATEST ATTEMPTS TO ENSURE EMPLOYERS CONSIDER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE NEW LAW

WHICH CALLS FOR EMPLOYERS TO PAY A FINE IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO HIRE AN APPLICANT PURELY ON THE BASIS OF THEIR DISABILITY 4HE FUNDS PAID BY THOSE FINED ARE THEN TO BE USED TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR THEIR EMPLOYMENT -OREOVER OBLIGATORY QUOTAS WOULD BE INTRO DUCED FOR EMPLOYERS WITH A MINIMUM OF WORKERS 4HE STRATEGY WITHIN THE NEW LAW IS TO INVOLVE AS MUCH MINISTRIES AS POSSIBLE

IN ORDER TO MODIFY WORKING PLACES AND THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL AS ENSURING EASIER ACCESS TO THE FACILITIES $URING THE 9UGOSLAV WARS OF THE S WHICH RESULTED IN INVAL IDED WAR VETERANS ACCOUNTING FOR PER CENT OF ALL DISABLED PEOPLE IN 3ERBIA AND INVALIDED CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF THE CONFLICTS COMPRISING PER CENT THE PENSION FUNDS AND FUNDS FOR WAR INVALIDS WERE

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SIPHONED OFF AND MISUSED 4HUS EVEN BEFORE THE OUSTING OF THE -ILOpEVIÌ REGIME IN /CTOBER FUNDS NEEDED TO RE HOUSE AND CARE FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE DEARLY LACKING

ENSURING THAT SAID VETERANS WERE LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT AND SHELTER m NO MEAN FEAT FOR SOMEONE SUBJECTED TO THE SOCIAL STIGMA ATTACHED TO THE DISABLED )N THE 'OVERNMENT OF *APAN DONATED MILLION DINARS TO THE 7ELFARE 3ECTORiS 3OCIAL (OUSING 0ROJECT FOR INVALIDED WAR VETERANS 4HIS CRUCIAL DONATION IS SET TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLATS FOR FAMILIES OF DISABLED WAR VETERANS 4HE CONSTRUCTION OF RESIDENCES IN :EMUN POLJE COMMENCED ON TH .OVEMBER AND THE PROGRAMME IS SET TO CONTINUE IN MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS 3ERBIA )NCREASING THEIR EFFORTS TO EASE THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF INVALI DED WAR VETERANS LAST !UGUST THE 3ERBIAN 'OVERNMENT EARMARKED ALMOST _ MILLION OF THE .ATIONAL )NVESTMENT 0LAN TO FINANCE SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECTS FOR THIS VULNERABLE SECTION OF SOCIETY 4HE STRATEGY PLAN ENVISAGES THE BUILDING OF FLATS IN TOWNS AND CITIES ACROSS 3ERBIA /N 7ORLD $ISABLED 0ERSONS $AY MARKED ON TH $ECEMBER

3ERBIAiS -INISTRY FOR ,ABOUR %MPLOYMENT AND 3OCIAL 3ERVICES WERE JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COUNTRYiS DISA BLED CITIZENS AT A CONFERENCE m ATTENDED AMONGST OTHERS BY 0- +OpTUNICA AND 5.$0 2ESIDENT 2EPRESENTATIVE ,ANCE #LARK m TO PRESENT PROPOSED MEASURES AIMED AT IMPROVING THE LIVING CONDI TIONS OF DISABLED PERSONS 4HEY ALSO LAUNCHED THE COUNTRYiS FIRST 3TRATEGY WITHIN THE NATIONAL LAW "EARING IN MIND ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN 3ERBIA OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR IT IS IRREFUTABLE THAT THE FIRST STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO IMPROVE THE POSITION OF PEOPLE WITH DIS ABILITIES THE INITIAL ATTEMPTS MADE TO DISMANTLE THE MECHANISMS OF SOCIAL STIGMA THAT HAVE SURROUNDED THESE PERSONS THEIR ENTIRE LIVES (OWEVER REAL RESULTS IN 3ERBIA WILL AS ALWAYS BE SEEN ONLY ONCE THE NEXT GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN FORMED

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HE PROBLEMATIC PHENOMENON IN QUESTION INITIALLY OCCURRED TO ME IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF AND AS TIME WENT

BY AND ) ENDEAVOURED TO PERFORM MY DAILY JOURNALISTIC WORK THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM ONLY INCREASED .OW ) HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT IS GETTING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DO MY JOB 4HE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS PLAYED OUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IMAGINE HAVING IDENTIFIED A GOOD TOPIC

FORMED A CONCEPT JOTTED DOWN A FEW QUESTIONS AND NATURALLY

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THAT THE PHONEBOOK HAS BECOME USELESS BUT THAT THIS TOO WAS

IN A WAY A SIGN OF THE DEMISE OF JOURNALISM .AMELY FROM ONWARDS THE VOLUME OF WHAT CAN BE BROADLY TERMED AS ALTERNATIVE OR EVEN IF YOU WILL hOPPOSITIONi THINKERS HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT DECLINE 4HIS HAS PRODUCED A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE 3ERBIAN MEDIA )F YOU BY ANY CHANCE TRY TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE REAL CONSEQUENCES OF CERTAIN POLITICAL MOVES THE FIELD HAS NARROWED WITH RARE EXCEPTIONS INFORMATION IS ADMINISTERED IN DOSES SUGAR COATING IS OMNIPRESENT WHILE JOURNALISTSi POLITICAL AFFILIATION IS EASILY IDENTIFIABLE AND FOR SOME REASON ALWAYS LEANING TOWARD THE PRESENT AUTHORITIES 4HUS A PARTIAL ANSWER HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN TO THE QUESTION OF WHERE HAVE ALL THOSE INCORRUPTIBLE AND UNCOM PROMISING FIGHTERS FOR A BETTER 3ERBIA HAVE GONE -INISTERIAL CABI NETS NOW OVERFLOW WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS AS DOES THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VARIOUS MANAGING BOARDS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL OF THE RULING PARTIES /N THE ONE HAND ONE MAY FEEL SATISFACTION AT THE FACT POLITI CIANS ARE OPTING TO ENGAGE QUALITY STAFF PRESENT IN GREAT NUMBERS IN .'/S THE 5NIVERSITY AND THE MEDIA 3TILL THE FACT REMAINS THAT

{ ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­ê p ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ¾ ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ¾ ê ê ê ê ê ­ POLITICIANS DO NOT DO SO BY ACCIDENT 4AUGHT BY EXPERIENCE THEY KNOW FULL WELL THAT THE BEST WAY TO CUSHION THE BLOW OF CRITICISM IS TO PUT THE CRITICS ON THEIR PAYROLL )NSTEAD OF SHAPING PUBLIC OPINION THOSE CRITICS THEN COLLABORATE WITH THE AUTHORITIES AND AS IT HAPPENS IN SUCH CASES BECOME PERMANENTLY LOST TO THEIR BASIC PROFESSIONS ! CLERKiS POSITION HERE ANOTHER THERE THAT DOESNiT COME AT SUCH GREAT EXPENSE FOR THE STATE AND PAYS OFF MANY TIMES OVER )F WE GO BACK TO THE MEDIA OR INDEED ANY OTHER PUBLIC DOMAIN

WHAT THIS EQUATES TO IN REALITY IS THAT THERE IS GREAT WARINESS OF ANYONE WILLING TO STATE ONEiS OPINION )T IS HARD TO EXPECT SOMEONE TO RISK A POTENTIALLY INTERESTING STATE JOB OR AN APPEALING AMBASSA DORIAL POST DUE TO RECKLESS CRITICISM AT THE EXPENSE OF THE AUTHORI TIES IN OTHER WORDS DUE TO AN INABILITY TO HOLD ONEiS TONGUE 4HE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH AN ATTITUDE ARE MANY A MISLEADING AND INACCURATE MESSAGE BROADCAST TO THE PUBLIC THAT WILL SATISFY ANY GOVERNMENTiS NEED TO HEAR NICE THINGS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TRUTH AND THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE POLITICIANSi MOVES m WHETHER IT CON CERNS THE PRIVATISATION PROCESS TRANSPARENT SPENDING MILITARY OR POLICE REFORMS IT IS CRUCIAL FOR EVERY SOCIETY TO RECEIVE IMPARTIAL AND OBJECTIVE INFORMATION ON THOSE SUBJECTS

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WHERE IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS ANY OPPOSITION LEFT AT ALL SINCE MOST PARTIES TEND TO OVERLOOK THE MOST SERIOUS JEOPARDY OF DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR OWN PARTY INTERESTS 4HE .'/ SECTOR UNFORTUNATELY NO LONGER HAS THE STRENGTH

ROLE OR EVEN SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL DONORS NECESSARY FOR ITS

SURVIVAL WHICH WERE PRESENT IN ABUNDANCE DURING THE -ILOpEVIÌ REGIME )N A BID TO REFORM AND STRENGTHEN THE INSTITUTIONS THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE OFFICIAL STATE ORGANS WHILE THE .'/ SECTOR HAS BEEN LEFT TO ITS OWN DEVICES )T REALLY IS NO WONDER THAT YOUNG EXPERTS WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES WITHIN THE .'/ SECTOR

NOW LOOK FOR ANY OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE AN INVITATION FROM ONE STATE CLERK OR THE OTHER SINCE THE STATE OF THAT SECTOR IN 3ERBIA IS PRESENTLY EXTREMELY PRECARIOUS &ACED WITH EXISTENTIAL UNCERTAIN TIES MOST OF THEM PREFER JUMPING ON THE STATE BANDWAGON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE EXPRESSING LOYALTY TO THE EXISTING AUTHORITIES RATHER THAN ACTING AS A SIGNIFICANT CORRECTION TO THAT AUTHORITY THAT WOULD LEAVE THEM WITHOUT MANY BENEFITS 3OME MAY SAY THAT THIS IS A NATURAL PROCESS THAT SIMILAR THINGS PERHAPS TAKE PLACE IN OTHER COUNTRIES )T COULD BE SAID THAT THIS PROCESS IS NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL SINCE THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ABLE TO DO MORE TO IMPROVE THEIR OWN AREAS OF EXPERTISE WHILE HOLDING A STATE POSITION .EVERTHELESS THAT ALL REMAINS A BIG jMAYBEk &IRST OF ALL AN ACTIVE AND SIGNIFICANT .'/ SECTOR MUST BE PATIENTLY BUILT FOR A LONG TIME BUT IT TAKES LITTLE EFFORT TO MAKE IT

FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES DISAPPEAR /N THE OTHER HAND IT CAN NOT BE EXPECTED THAT EXCEPTIONAL ANALYSTS CRUSADERS FOR HUMAN OR ETHNIC RIGHTS WILL CROP UP EVERY DAY IN UNLIMITED NUMBERS 4HE AUTHORITIES HAVE IN THIS SENSE COME UP WITH AN EXCELLENT TACTIC CO OPTING ANY VOICE OF RESISTANCE OR DOUBT INTO THE STATE INSTITUTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHERE THEIR INFLUENCE GAINS INSIG NIFICANT PROPORTIONS 4HIS RENDERS THE STATE A SERIOUS EMPLOYER

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EVEN IN FIELDS WHERE WOMEN OUTNUMBER MEN m SUCH AS IN SECTORS LIKE HEALTH EDUCATION ETC 4HE SITUATION OF MEDIA IN ALL THREE COUNTRIES AND ESPECIALLY IN 3ERBIA IS FAR FROM IDEAL %VEN THOUGH EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE VIOLATION OF MORAL RIGHTS THE DISRESPECT OF THE JOURNALIST CODEX AND THE PROBLEMS OF THE TABLOID PRESS WHICH HAS COME TO PLAY A LEADING ROLE IN CREATING THE MEDIA IMAGE OF THIS COUNTRY THE STATE AS WELL AS

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BUT HAS RATHER SIMPLY BEEN RESHAPED A LITTLE BIT AND INSTEAD OF BEING TARGETED TOWARDS WAR OPPONENTS IT IS NOW DIRECTED TOWARDS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL OPPONENTS 4HE EXTENT TO WHICH NATIONALISM AND THE STATUS OF WOMEN ARE CONNECTED IN ONE SOCIETY "OSNIA IS SHOWN BY THE FACT THAT IN THE S WOMEN MADE UP PER CENT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLIC PARLIAMENT OF "OSNIA AND (ERZEGOVINA UNEMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN HAD BEEN DECREASED BY SOME PER CENT AND WOMEN WERE FREE TO PLAN THEIR FAMILY AS THEY WISHED (OWEVER PRIOR TO THE OUTBREAK OF WAR IN THE EARLY h S THE VICTORY OF THE NATIONALIST PARTIES SAW WOMEN DISAPPEAR ALMOST COMPLETELY FROM POLITICAL LIFE &ROM A TOTAL OF PER CENT OF WOMAN MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT IN "OSNIA BOASTED JUST THREE PER CENT OF FEMALE -0S BY )N "OSNIA AS WELL AS IN OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA WHERE WARS WERE LED THE MEDIA HAS GIVEN ANOTHER ROLE TO WOMEN m THE ROLE OF DOT ING MOTHER AND WIFE AWAIT THE RETURN OF HER HUSBAND FROM BATTLE 2EGRETFULLY TODAY IN 3ERBIA THAT PICTURE IS NOT MUCH CHANGED /NE OF

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ARE CLOSELY RELATED AND THAT IN OUR TABLOID PRESS AS THE HERITAGE OF THE h S PORNOGRAPHY IS USED IN THE CONTENT OF THE SUPPORT AND IS OFFERED AS A REWARD TO THE WARRIORS THAT FOUGHT FOR THE NATION k EXPLAINS +RONJA ADDING THAT THE TABLOIDIZATION OF THE DAILY PRESS IN 3ERBIA ONLY STARTED AFTER THE FALL OF THE -ILOpEVIÌiS REGIME 4HE UNDEFINED OWNERSHIP OF THE DAILY AND WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS REFERS TO CERTAIN STRUCTURES OF THE FORMER REGIME THAT ARE DECISIVELY INFLUENCING THEIR EDITORIAL POLICIES *OURNALIST $RAGA "OÝINOVIÌ ONCE EMPHASISED THAT IN THE ABSENCE AND INADEQUATE APPLICATION OF THE EXISTING LAWS THESE SENSATIONAL MEDIA ARE ACHIEVING A REMARKABLE INFLUENCE ON PUBLIC OPINION AND EVEN MORE DRAMATICALLY DECREASING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PUBLIC WORD IN 3ERBIA BY SPREADING UNRELI ABLE AND UNTRUTHFUL NEWS 4HE PRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN THE 3ERBIAN DAILY PRESS SHOWS THE GREAT CONSERVATISM OF THE DOMESTIC MEDIA !NALYSING THE RESULTS OF THE MINI RESEARCH OF THE VISUAL PRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN THE DAILY CorD \ &EBRUARY

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From the World Press

AN ELECTION THAT SOLVES LITTLE 4HE 3ERBIAN ELECTION RESULTS OFFER DISAPPOINTMENT AND CONSOLA TION IN ALMOST EQUAL MEASURE 4HEY ARE DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE THE EXTREME NATIONALIST 2ADICAL 0ARTY OF 6OJISLAV fEpELJ INCREASED ITS SHARE OF THE VOTE AND WILL REMAIN THE LARGEST PARTY IN THE 3ERBIAN 0ARLIAMENT (OPES THAT INTERNATIONAL OPPROBRIUM MIGHT REDUCE THE 2ADICAL 0ARTY S APPEAL PROVED UNFOUNDED 4HE TRIAL OF -R fEpELJ IN 4HE (AGUE ALONG WITH THE DEATH IN CUSTODY OF FORMER 0RESIDENT -ILOpEVIÐ LAST YEAR MAY EVEN HAVE HAD THE OPPOSITE EFFECT

+OSOVO AND 3ERBIA S FAILURE TO SURRENDER 'ENERAL 2ATKO -LADIÌ TO THE )NTERNATIONAL #RIMINAL 4RIBUNAL AT 4HE (AGUE ARE THE MAIN REASONS WHY 3ERBIA REMAINS AN INTERNATIONAL OUTSIDER "OTH ISSUES ARE ALSO KEY TO ADVANCING 3ERBIA S HOPES OF JOINING THE %UROPEAN 5NION 3UNDAY S ELECTIONS MAY HAVE KEPT THOSE HOPES ALIVE WHETHER THEY PROGRESS WILL DEPEND ON THE ATTITUDE OF 3ERBIA S NEXT GOVERNMENT 4HE )NDEPENDENT ONLINE EDITION

SERBIA’S CHANCE

0UBLISHED RD *ANUARY 4HE CONSOLATION IS THAT EVEN WITH ITS ENHANCED PARLIAMENTARY PRESENCE THE 2ADICAL 0ARTY HAS STILL FALLEN WELL SHORT OF AN OVERALL MAJORITY )TS LEADERS ACCEPT THAT THEY WILL REMAIN IN OPPOSITION !MONG THE OTHER PARTIES THE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY OF 0RESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIÌ DID ESPECIALLY WELL ALMOST DOUBLING ITS SHARE OF THE VOTE )T LOOKS LIKELY TO FORM A COALITION WITH THE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY OF 3ERBIA

HEADED BY THE OUTGOING 0RIME -INISTER 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA 4HESE TWO PARTIES MIGHT NEED TO JOIN WITH A THIRD SMALLER PARTY BUT THE

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HOWEVER NEEDS TO BE TEMPERED WITH THE REALISATION THAT THIS ELECTION HAS SOLVED ALMOST NOTHING 3ERBIA S FRACTIOUS POLITICS REMAIN PRETTY MUCH AS THEY WERE 4HE IMMEDIATE RISK IS THAT THE COALITION NEGOTIATIONS PROVE MORE DIFFICULT AND SO MORE PROTRACTED THAN EXPECTED CREATING A CLIMATE OF INSTABILITY 4HE RISK FOR THE SLIGHTLY LONGER TERM IS THAT THE NEW GOVERNMENT TURNS OUT TO BE TOO WEAK AND DIVIDED TO EXERCISE EFFECTIVE POWER 7ORSE STILL THE TWO $EMOCRATIC PARTIES ARE SPLIT ON THE VERY ISSUE THAT LOOMS LARGEST ON THE HORIZON THE FINAL STATUS OF +OSOVO 4HE 5. ENVOY IS DUE TO PRESENT HIS RECOMMENDATIONS LATER THIS WEEK !LTHOUGH +OSOVO REMAINS FORMALLY A PROVINCE OF 3ERBIA

ITS !LBANIAN MAJORITY MOSTLY BOYCOTTED THE WEEKEND ELECTIONS )TS GOVERNMENT WANTS FULL INDEPENDENCE WHILE 3ERBIA WILL ONLY COUN TENANCE BROAD AUTONOMY WITHIN 3ERBIAN BORDERS )NDEPENDENCE WOULD BE HARD FOR ANY 3ERBIAN GOVERNMENT TO SWALLOW BUT THE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY OF 3ERBIA IS MORE STRONGLY OPPOSED THAN THE 0RESIDENT S $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY WHILE A STRENGTHENED NATIONALIST OPPOSITION COULD COMPLICATE THE PICTURE FURTHER

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4HE RESULT OF 3UNDAY S 3ERBIAN ELECTION IS A WELCOME CHANCE FOR THE %UROPEAN 5NION TO TRY ONCE MORE TO ENGAGE WITH "ELGRADE IN THE HOPE OF BUILDING REAL PEACE IN THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA 0UBLISHED RD *ANUARY 4HE GAINS MADE BY PRESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIÌ S CENTRE LEFT $EMOCRATIC PARTY THE STRONGEST %5 ORIENTED FORCE ARE SMALLER THAN HE EXPECTED BUT THEY ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROGRESS TO REDUCING 3ERBIA S INTER NATIONAL ISOLATION 4HE EXTREME NATIONALIST 2ADICALS REMAIN THE LARGEST PARTY (OWEVER THE $EMOCRATS CAN CREATE A COALITION GOVERNMENT IF THEY CO OPERATE WITH PRIME MINISTER 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA S CONSERVATIVE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY OF 3ERBIA 4HAT WILL NOT BE EASY 4HE TWO GROUPINGS WHICH WORKED TOGETHER TO OVERTHROW 3LOBODAN -ILOpEVIÌ FORMER PRESIDENT ARE TORN BY BITTER RIVALRIES "UT IN A POLITICALLY FRAGMENTED COUNTRY THEY ARE 3ERBIA S BEST HOPE "RUSSELS IS RIGHT TO WELCOME THE ELECTION RESULT AS GIVING BROAD BACKING FOR %5 ORIENTED POLICIES .OW IT MUST ACT FAST TO CAPITALISE ON THE VERDICT WITH AN EARLY RESUMPTION OF NEGOTIATIONS ON 3ERBIA S ASSO CIATION AGREEMENT THE FIRST STEP TO FUTURE %5 MEMBERSHIP 4HESE TALKS WERE SUSPENDED LAST YEAR AFTER "ELGRADE FAILED TO ARREST 2ATKO -LADIÌ THE FUGITIVE "OSNIAN 3ERB COMMANDER WANTED FOR GENOCIDE (OWEVER THE NEW 3ERBIAN GOVERNMENT MUST RENEW PROMISES TO CO OPERATE PROPERLY WITH THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL !ND THE %5 MUST WARN "ELGRADE THAT WHILE THE TALKS CAN RESUME THEY CANNOT END UNTIL -R -LADIÌ IS DETAINED %VEN MORE DIFFICULT IS THE ISSUE OF +OSOVO WHICH "ELGRADE REGARDS AS AN INALIENABLE PART OF 3ERBIA BUT WHICH IS RUN BY THE 5NITED .ATIONS AND DOMINATED BY INDEPENDENCE SEEKING ETHNIC !LBANIANS -R 4ADIÌ S RHETORIC ON +OSOVO IS A LITTLE LESS TOUGH THAN -R +OpTUNICA S "UT NO MAINSTREAM 3ERB LEADER -R 4ADIÌ INCLUDED

CAN SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL THE 5. IS EXPECTED TO REVEAL SOON CON DITIONAL INDEPENDENCE FOR +OSOVO 4HE BEST THE 5. CAN EXPECT IS A "ELGRADE GOVERNMENT THAT KEEPS A LID ON VIOLENT PUBLIC PROTESTS 4HE 53 AND THE %5 WILL THEN HAVE THE JOB OF WINNING 3ECURITY

From the World Press #OUNCIL SUPPORT FOR AN IMPOSED SETTLEMENT 3INCE 2USSIA SAYS IT WILL BLOCK A DEAL NOT APPROVED BY "ELGRADE THE 53 AND THE %5 WILL HAVE TO PUT PRESSURE ON -OSCOW 'IVEN 2USSIA S NEW FOUND ASSERTIVENESS

THIS WILL BE VERY HARD )F 2USSIA DOES NOT BUDGE THE ONLY APPROACH WILL BE FOR WESTERN COUNTRIES TO RECOGNISE +OSOVO S INDEPENDENCE WITHOUT 5. SANCTION 4HAT WOULD BE AWKWARD "UT THEY MUST PERSEVERE +OSOVO S CURRENT

HARDLINERS' POLL SUCCESS SHATTERS HOPES OF WEST

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4(% HARDLINE 2ADICAL 0ARTY HAS ATTRACTED THE MOST SUPPORT IN 3ERBIA S GENERAL ELECTION DASHING 7ESTERN HOPES THAT THE COUNTRY BLAMED FOR A DECADE OF WAR IN THE S WOULD TURN ITS BACK ON NATIONALISM

UNSETTLED STATUS BLIGHTS THE PROVINCE AND THE SURROUNDING REGION

INCLUDING 3ERBIA ITSELF 3ERBIAN LEADERS CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO BACK A SETTLEMENT OPPOSED

BY ALMOST ALL 3ERBS "UT THEY CAN PERHAPS BE PERSUADED TO KEEP THEIR HOSTILITY IN CHECK &OR THIS THEY MUST BE OFFERED SOMETHING IN RETURN RAPID PROGRESS TOWARDS AN %5 ASSOCIATION DEAL AND FUTURE %5 MEMBERSHIP

"UT THE 2ADICALS WHO WON PER CENT OF THE VOTE ON 3UNDAY DO NOT EXPECT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FORM A GOVERNMENT 4HE %UROPEAN 5NION AND THE 53 HOPE THEY WILL BE DEALING WITH A PROGRESSIVE 3ERB GOVERNMENT WHEN THE FUTURE OF THE BREAKAWAY PROVINCE OF +OSOVO IS DECIDED AND 3ERBIA S %5 MEMBERSHIP HOPES

NOW FROZEN ARE RE ASSESSED ! 5NITED .ATIONS MEDIATOR -ARTTI !HTISAARI IS TO DELIVER HIS BLUEPRINT FOR A COMPLEX FORM OF +OSOVO INDEPENDENCE TO 53 2USSIAN AND %UROPEAN OFFICIALS ON &RIDAY BEFORE REVEALING IT TO 3ERBIAN AND +OSOVO !LBANIAN LEADERS NEXT WEEK 7E ARE CONVINCED THAT HARD DAYS LIE AHEAD OF 3ERBIA SAID THE 2ADICAL LEADER 4OMISLAV .IKOLIÌ WHO CLAIMED VICTORY BUT LATER SAID HE DID NOT EXPECT TO BE GIVEN THE MANDATE TO FORM THE NEXT GOVERN MENT BY THE 0RESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIÌ (E SAID THE PRO 7ESTERN PARTIES WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME FORMING A COALITION AND FORECAST THAT IT WOULD BE SHORTLIVED -R 4ADIÌ THE 7EST S GREAT HOPE LED HIS OPPOSITION $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY TO ABOUT PER CENT OF THE VOTE NEARLY DOUBLE ITS TALLY IN THE ELECTION (E SAID THE PARTIES OF PRO 7ESTERN PERSUASION OUTNUMBERED THE 2ADICALS AS THEY DID IN !S THE BIGGEST PARTY IN THAT BLOC HIS

4HE )NTERNATIONAL (ERALD 4RIBUNE

ULTRANATIONALISTS RIDING HIGH IN SERBIA AFTER CRUCIAL VOTE 4HE PARTY THAT WON THE MOST VOTES IN 3ERBIA S ELECTIONS IS STAUNCHLY ANTI 7ESTERN HAS COUNTED 3LOBODAN -ILOpEVIÐ AND 3ADDAM (USSEIN AMONG ITS ALLIES AND WANTS TO GO TO WAR OVER THE BREAKAWAY PROVINCE OF +OSOVO 0UBLISHED TH *ANUARY -ANY IN THE 7EST HAD FEARED THE ULTRANATIONALIST 2ADICALS WOULD COME OUT ON TOP IN THE WEEKEND PARLIAMENTARY VOTE BUT THEIR STRONG ER THAN EXPECTED PERFORMANCE SHOWS HOW 3ERBIA IS HAVING TROUBLE MOVING BEYOND THE BLOODY LEGACY OF ITS LATE AUTOCRAT -ILOpEVIÌ 4HE 2ADICALS WHO RULED 3ERBIA TOGETHER WITH -ILOpEVIÌ AND WERE HIS IRON FIST DURING HIS "OSNIAN #ROATIAN AND +OSOVO WAR CAMPAIGNS IN THE S WON ò OF THE VOTE TO GIVE THEM SEATS IN 3ERBIAiS SEAT PARLIAMENT 4HEY DON T HAVE A MAJORITY TO FORM THE NEXT GOVERNMENT ALONE

BUT MAY TRY TO WOO 0RIME -INISTER 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA INTO A RIGHT WING COALITION n PERHAPS BY OFFERING HIM THE PREMIERSHIP 4HE PRO 7ESTERN $EMOCRATS WHO WERE SECOND IN THE POLLS AND WON SEATS WOULD ALSO NEED THE SUPPORT OF +OpTUNICA AND HIS THIRD PLACE 0OPULIST #OALITION TO FORM A GOVERNMENT BUT DON T WANT HIM TO RETAIN THE TOP JOB 4HEY ARE HOPING +OSTUNICA CAN BE CONVINCED THAT JOINING THEIR CAMP IS THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT 3ERBIA FROM PLUNGING BACK INTO INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION +OpTUNICA LONG KNOW AS A MASTERFUL POLITICAL OPERATOR APPEARS TO BE RELISHING HIS ROLE AS KINGMAKER AND THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN KEPT OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF ALIGNING HIMSELF WITH EITHER SIDE 4HE DEPUTY 2ADICAL LEADER 4OMISLAV .IKOLIÌ SAID 3ERBIAN 0RESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIÌ ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE $EMOCRATS SHOULD OFFER jOUR STRONGEST PARTYk A MANDATE TO FORM A GOVERNMENT j"UT ) KNOW HE WON T DO IT k .IKOLIC SAID PREDICTING NEW ELEC TIONS BY THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE jTHE SO CALLED $EMOCRATS CANNOT AGREE ON ANYTHING LET ALONE THE NEW GOVERNMENT k

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3ENIOR MANAGEMENT OF 3AVA /SIGURANJE )NSURANCE PICTURED ON TH *ANUARY AT A 3# -EDIA #ENTRE PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE THE COMPANYiS PURCHASE OF THE MAJORITY SHARE OF 0OLIS /SIGURANJE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ANNOUNCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN 3AVA AND POPULAR TRADITIONAL hSTARAGRADSKAi GROUP ,EGENDE 0ICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT ARE 'ORAN 0ITIÌ 3AVA /SIGURANJE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER AND 0RESIDENT OF THE "OARD OF $IRECTORS OF 3OCIETE 'ENERALE "ANK IN 3ERBIA $UpKO *OVANOVIÌ $IRECTOR 'ENERAL OF 3AVA /SIGURANJE AND ,EGENDE GROUP MEMBERS :ORAN $ASIÌ AND )VAN -ILINKOVIÌ

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!MBASSADOR OF 'REECE #HRISTOS 0ANAGOPOULOS AND BEAUTY QUEEN 3ANJA 0APIÌ PICTURED AT A #HRISTMAS RECEPTION IN THE 'REEK AMBASSADORIAL RESI DENCE ON ST $ECEMBER

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DOUBT YOURSELF YOU LOVE MOVIES THAT EXPLODE AND SCREENS THE SIZE OF 3LOVENIA AND &%34 WILL HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU 3EEING FILMS ON THE 3AVA #ENTREiS JUMBO SCREEN IS NOT AN EXPERIENCE TO MISS m GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY THE GALA PREMIERES ARE YOUR CHANCE TO CATCH SOME OF THE BIGGEST FILMS OF THE YEAR IN THE BIGGEST WAY POSSIBLE 2ECOMMENDATION ê t ê n Ø ê h ê À{ ê ê ê ê ê êt ê êt ê ê ê êh ê ê ê êÀê Ø ê ±ê Ø ê ê ê ê ê ê ñê ê ê ê ên ¾i ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êÀê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­

³{ êl êm êi Ø &ILMS ARE YOUR LIFE 9OUiVE GOT SUBSCRIPTIONS TO MAGAZINES ABOUT MOVIES AND YOUR ANSWERING MACHINE HAS !POCALYPSE .OW MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND %IGHT HOURS OF hBONUS MATERIALi AND EXTRA MIN UTES ON THE LATEST #RITERION $6$ 3CORE 4O PUT IT BLUNTLY THIS FESTIVAL IS FOR YOU #ALL IN SICK TO WORK AND BRING A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES TO WEAR IN BETWEEN MOVIES SO YOUR EYES DONiT HAVE TO ADJUST SO OFTEN 4HE FESTIVAL WILL BE OVER NINE DAYS FROM ITS START BUT DONiT DESPAIR ONLY UNTIL THE NEXT &%34 2ECOMMENDATION êhê ê ê ê êo ê êp ±ê Ø ê ê ê ê ê z ê j ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ­

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³{ êw Ø 9OUiVE READ THE NEWS THAT *AMES #AMERON JUST SIGNED ON TO DIRECT A NEW FILM AND YOUiRE OUTRAGED !FTER SKYROCKETING BUDGETS ON 4ITANIC HOW COULD (OLLYWOOD ALLOW HIM TO DIRECT ANOTHER FILM )F THE BUSINESS OF MOVIES IS YOUR CUP OF TEA &%34 EVEN HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU 2ECOMMENDATION ê { ê Ø ê mlz{ê ê ê ê i ¾ ¾ i ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êi ­êj êz ê ê ê ê ê ê o ê ê y ê ê ê ¸êo ê ê ê ê ê ê ¾ ¸êh ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­

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3HALL WE START WITH THE LATEST PLAY j$ISHARMONIJAk 7HY WAS IT CHOSEN TO MARK YOUR THEATREiS BIRTHDAY )TiS A STORY ABOUT 6LADISLAV 0ETKOVIÌ $IS A POET WHO LIVED AT THE TURN OF THE TH #ENTURY WHO WAS THE MOST PROMINENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 3ERBIAN MODERNISMiS SO CALLED CURSED POETS $OESNiT THAT SUG GEST THE REASON WHY ITiS POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY WITH THAT GENERATION OF ART ISTS !LSO THIS IS A PLAY ABOUT LOVE AND THE OBSTACLES IN ITS PATH ABOUT HOPELESSNESS AND DIRTY PASSIONS BUT ALSO ABOUT WAR AS THE 3ERBIAN NATIONiS DESTINY AND ABOUT THE 3LAVIC DREAM OF PARADISE ON EARTH 7HAT WILL THE TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS LOOK LIKE 7ILL THIS BIRTHDAY BE A CAUSE FOR THE "ELGRADE $RAMA 4HEATRE TO SHINE ONCE AGAIN AS IT DID IN THE BEGINNING

jย ย ย ย ย ย 4HE MARKING OF THE "ELGRADE $RAMA 4HEATREiS TH ANNIVERSARY WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH SEVERAL SEGMENTS 4HE MOST IMPORTANT OF THOSE WILL BE THE PREMIERE PRODUCTION WHICH CONTINUES IN THE VEIN THE THEA TRE HAS ESTABLISHED IN WHICH IS WHEN THE TEAM PRESENTLY AT THE THEATREiS HELM TOOK OVER -ORE SPECIFICALLY WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAGE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN PLAYS 4HE REPERTOIREiS FRAMEWORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DEFINED AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATES THAT WILL CARRY IT OUT 4HIS SEG MENT SEEKS TO ESTABLISH CONTINUITY WITH OUR 4HEATREiS GOLDEN AGE AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS LINE WILL MARK THE UNIQUENESS OF THE "ELGRADE $RAMA 4HEATRE 4HE SECOND IMPORTANT THING IS THE DOCUMENTARY PLAN THAT WILL GATHER THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST YEARS ! MONOGRAPHY IS TO BE PUBLISHED SOON IT WILL PAY THIS GENERATIONiS TRIBUTE TO THE NUMEROUS GENERATIONS OF ARTISTS AND EVEN THE THEATRE GOERS WHO CAME TO #RVENI +RST TO OUR 4HEATRE 4HE THIRD SEGMENT IS THE VISUAL IDENTITY AN ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH AN OPEN THEATRE IMAGE FOR THE "ELGRADE $RAMA 7E WILL ARRANGE THE SPACE IN FRONT OF OUR BUILD ING AS WELL THE SQUARE THERE 4HE MUNICIPALITY OF 6RAร AR ADOPTED A REGULATORY PLAN WHICH GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH THAT JOB NOW 4HE FOURTH PART IS THE #ITY 4HEATRES &ESTIVAL SCHEDULED FOR -ARCH 7E WILL INVITE OUR FRIENDS FROM 3LOVENIA #ROATIA -ACEDONIA "ULGARIA

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$ID YOU SEE ANY OF THE "ELGRADE $RAMA PLAYS BEFORE YOU DECIDED TO BECOME A DIRECTOR 4HE "ELGRADE $RAMA WAS NOT MY FAVOURITE THEATRE ) HAVE ALREADY SAID THAT !TELJE WAS THE THEATRE OF MY YOUTH "EFORE ) WENT TO UNI VERSITY THE "ELGRADE $RAMA HAD A STRANGE REPERTOIRE IT WAS A LITERARY THEATRE AND IT WAS WAY TOO CONVENTIONAL )T HAS PASSED THROUGH VARI OUS STAGES DURING ALL THESE YEARS ) REMEMBER HEARING STORIES ABOUT ACTORS WHO HELPED TURN THE $OM +ULTURE BUILDING INTO A THEATRE THEN THERE WAS THE BATTLE WITH !CADEMISM IN FAVOR OF THE FREEDOM OF PUB LIC EXPRESSION AND A MODERN SPIRIT IN ARTS VIA THE POLITICAL THEATRE THAT INDULGED IN ESCAPISM INTO UTOPIA THEN INTO AESTHETICISM AND THEN CAME THE UNFORTUNATE YEARS OF SELF MANAGEMENT THAT DISTURBED THE BALANCE OF RELATIONS WITHIN THE ART WORLD $EFINE THEATRE FOR US 4HEATRE IS A DYNAMIC ORGANISATION THAT MUST CONFORM TO THE DEMANDS OF THE TIMES BUT MUST ALSO MAKE A STEP FORWARD AND BE PRO VOCATIVE IT MUST MOVE THE BOUNDARIES 4HEATRE IS A DYNAMIC ORGANI ZATION IT IS NOT A MUSEUM IT IS ALIVE ) LOVE IT WHEN IMPERFECT PLAYS ARE STAGED AT THE THEATRE THOSE THAT NONETHELESS MOVE THE BOUNDARIES AND OCCASIONALLY ROCK THE ESTABLISHMENTiS BOAT ) SPEAK ABOUT SUCH PLAYS MUCH MORE THAN ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE GOOD CORRECT SUCCESSFUL ) AM UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT FOREIGN DIRECTORS ARRIVE HERE AS GUESTS MORE OFTEN THAN OUR DIRECTORS TRAVEL ABROAD )F THAT IS THE CASE WHAT IS THE REASON FOR IT /UR THEATRE ENVIRONMENT HAS ALWAYS CHERISHED OPENNESS )N THE SECOND HALF OF THE LAST CENTURY 3LOVENIAN #ROATIAN -ACEDONIAN

"RITISH 0OLISH )TALIAN DIRECTORS WORKED IN "ELGRADE 4HE RECIPROCITY WAS NOT ALWAYS PRESENT BUT VISITING DIRECTORS MADE OUR THEATRE SCENE FULLER MORE ATTRACTIVE AND MORE VITAL )S IT UP TO THE STATE TO CONSIDER THE PLACEMENT OF ITS PEOPLE AND EVEN VALUES (OW DOES THAT WORK HERE VIA PRIVATE CONTACTS 0RESENTING CONTEMPORARY ART PRODUCTION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ABROAD IS PART OF ANY WELL THOUGHT THROUGH CULTURAL POLICY 4HIS HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE HERE SO FAR !T A TIME WHEN 3ERBIA IS CHANG ING ITS CULTURAL CODE AND IS STRIVING TO ESTABLISH A NEW IDENTITY SUCH INITIATIVES CARRY A LOT OF WEIGHT !RTISTS THEMSELVES MAKE SIGNIFICANT BREAKTHROUGHS HOWEVER IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE GOOD IF THEY ALSO HAD THE STATEiS BACKING

PARTICIPATE ) THINK THE MOST APPROPRIATE THING TO DO WHILE MARKING AN ANNIVERSARY IS TO DO SOMETHING USEFUL SUCH AS CONNECT WITH REGIONAL THEATRES RATHER THAN THROW A BIRTHDAY PARTY 7AS THE "ELGRADE $RAMA 4HEATREiS GOLDEN AGE AT THE START OF THE S REALLY ITS HEYDAY OR WAS IT THAT ALL THE OTHER THEATRES AT THAT TIME HAD LESS ATTRACTIVE REPERTOIRES )S THE PRESENT GENERATION BURDENED BY THE NOTION THAT IT CANNOT LIVE UP TO THAT PERIOD 4HATiS A TERM USED IN THE HISTORY OF THE 3ERBIAN THEATRE TO DESCRIBE THE MODERNISM THAT REACHED OUR COUNTRY THROUGH THE "ELGRADE $RAMA 4HEATRE SCENE )T WAS A TIME WHEN THE BIG WIDE WORLD WAS VIEWED THROUGH A KEYHOLE !S FOR THE PRESSURE OUR PAST SUCCESSES MAY BRING ABOUT WELL TODAYiS GENERATION IS NOT BURDENED BY THE PAST

TODAYiS GENERATION IS TURNED TO THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE

9OU DIRECTED IN !THENS LAST YEAR 7HAT ARE YOUR IMPRESSIONS FROM THERE AND HOW WOULD YOU SUM UP YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF FOR EIGN THEATRE SCENES -Y WORK WITH 'REEK ARTISTS RESULTED IN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PRODUC TION OF 4ENNESSEE 7ILLIAMSi j4HE 'LASS -ENAGERIEk WHICH PLAYED EVENING IN EVENING OUT THROUGHOUT THE !THENS SEASON ) AM PROUD OF THAT COOPERATION AND OF THE GOOD AND FRIENDLY RELATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR WORK TOGETHER 3UCH ENCOUNTERS WITH OTHER AND DIFFERENT THEATRICAL CULTURES ARE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL 5NFORTUNATELY DUE TO MY DAILY DUTIES AT THE "ELGRADE $RAMA 4HEATRE ) AM NOT IN A POSITION TO MAKE THESE DIRECTORIAL jOUTINGSk VERY OFTEN "ELGRADE PRODUCTIONS DIRECTED BY YOU TOOK PART IN MANY FESTIVALS AND WON AWARDS TO MENTION BUT A FEW j-ALA TRILOGIJA SMRTIk j! 3MALL 4RILOGY OF $EATHk BY %LFRIEDA *ELINEK :LATNO RUNO j4HE 'OLDEN &LEECEk BY "ORISLAV 0EKIร j/SCAR ET LA DAME ROSEk BY %RIC %MMANUEL 3CHMIDT (OWEVER IT SEEMS THAT THESE SUCCESSES ONLY MAKE FOR OCCASIONAL SPARKS OF OUR THEATRE ABROAD (OW CAN WE ESTABLISH MORE PERMANENT COMMON PROJECTS 7HO

OR WHAT DOES THAT DEPEND ON )T IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CULTURAL PRODUCT A PLAY A PAINTING A BOOK A FILMb /NLY THEN IS IT POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION WITH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS 3HOULD SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER CULTURE RECOGNISE OUR PLAY AND WISH TO SEE IT IN HIS OR HER OWN ENVIRONMENT THE FIRST STEP WILL HAVE BEEN MADE #OMMON INTERESTS AND A DESIRE TO CO OPERATE CERTAINLY PLAY A PART )T ISNiT ALL ABOUT MONEY ALTHOUGH MONEY IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR CorD \ &EBRUARY

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4HIS YEARiS .INiS PRIZE WINNER THE BIGGEST AWARD FOR WORKS OF FICTION IN 3ERBIA IS 3VETISLAV "ASARA FROM "ELGRADE FOR HIS LATEST NOVEL j5SPON I PAD 0ARKINSONOVE BOLESTIk 4HE 2ISE AND FALL OF 0ARKINSONiS DISEASE !S IS THE CASE EVERY *ANUARY THE .). JURY AWARDED THE PRIZE TO THE BEST WORK OF FICTION PUBLISHED IN THE LAST YEAR 4HE .). 0RIZE WAS ESTABLISHED BY "ELGRADE WEEKLY .). AND HAS BEEN AWARDED EVERY YEAR SINCE 4HIS YEARiS JURY WAS HEADED BY JOUR NALIST -ILAN 6LAJร Iร 4HE SHORTLIST FOR THIS YEARiS .). 0RIZE WHICH INCLUDES AS CASH PRIZE OF _ IN DINAR EQUIVALENT WERE NOVELS +OMO BY 3RรฐAN 6ALJAREVIร #ETIRI ZIDA I GRAD FOUR WALLS AND THE CITY BY :VONKO +ARANOVIร %MILIJA ,ETA BY -IRJANA -ITROVIร AND -OST "RIDGE BY :ORAN ยปIVKOVIร 3VETISLAV "ASARA LAUREATE WAS BORN IN IN "AJINA "ASTA (E HAS THE AUTHORED OVER TWENTY NOVELS AND IS WINNER OF THE j"RANKO ยจOPIร k PRIZE WINNER 4HE 2ISE AND FALL OF 0ARKINSONiS DISEASE IS AN ORIGINAL WORK OOZING WITH AUTHENTIC "ASARA IRONY )T IS THE STORY OF THIS h(OLYi ILLNESS AND ITS DEVOTEES APOSTLES AND RIVALS !CCORDING TO A STATEMENT OF THE BOOKiS PUBLISHER "ELGRADE BASED $ERETA j4HIS IS A BOOK WHERE THE NOVEL IS SOMETIMES THE HISTORY AND THE HISTORY IS SOMETIMES THE NOVEL 4HE BOUNDARY BETWEEN GENRES

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NCE AGAIN ) WAS LEANING OVER THE BRIDGE OVER THE %LMSBRIDGE !VON GAZING AT A TROUT MARKING TIME IN THE SHADOW OF THE CENTRAL ARCH ) RATHER PREDICTABLY THOUGHT OF 3CHUBERT ! PAIR OF SWANS SWAM UNDER THE ARCH TO MY LEFT AND ) THOUGHT OF 3IBELIUS "ETTER THAN 4CHAIKOVSKY

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BUT OF COURSE 'RANDPA HAD SEVERAL AND NOW THE SLOW SOL EMN MAJESTIC MUSIC WAS HAUNTING ME ) WAS STAYING WITH HIM AFTER MY WEEKiS hPROBATIONi AT 3EATON 0ARK AT THE END OF WHICH ) HAD BEEN ACCEPTED AND WAS DUE TO START WORK AS A COOK IN A FORTNIGHTiS TIME TAKING OVER FROM A RATHER PLUMP &RENCHWOMAN WHO WAS LEAVING IN A FIT OF 'ALLIC PIQUE AS SHE WAS CONVINCED THAT NOBODY APPRECIATED HER COOKING LET ALONE LOVED HER AS A PERSON j%VERYONE WHO COMES HERE COMES HERE BECAUSE THEYiVE GOT A PROBLEM !NDREWiS WAS A PATHOLOGICAL CONVICTION THAT ONLY HE KNEW WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR THE PLACE 7HATiS YOURS k 4HAT WAS THE FIRST QUESTION THE PRINCIPAL *ASON 3COTT POSED AT MY INTERVIEW AT THE END OF MY PROBATION WEEK j) KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AND NOT ENOUGH ABOUT MYSELF k WAS MY INSTANT NOT ALTOGETHER HONEST ANSWER

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BEEN CERTAIN ) HAD MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE 4HE FIRST SHOCK WAS DISCOVERING THAT 0AOLO HAD LEFT AT THE END OF THE PREVIOUS TERM .OBODY WOULD TELL ME WHY BUT IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HE HAD DONE SOMETHING hUNACCEPTABLEi +EVIN THE YOUNG )RISHMAN WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF SHOWING ME THE ROPES WAS SO INTENSE (E WAS IN CHARGE OF THE KITCHEN AND TOOK GREAT DELIGHT IN TEACHING ME HOW TO USE THE SHARP KNIVES MOST EFFECTIVELY SHOWING ME WHERE ALL THE HERBS WERE LOCATED IN THE KITCHEN GARDEN AND EXPLAINING WHY VEGETARIAN FOOD WAS GOOD FOR THE SOUL AS WELL AS THE BODY (E TOOK HIS RESPONSI BILITY FOR LOOKING AFTER ME SO SERIOUSLY THAT HE HARDLY LET ME OUT OF HIS SIGHT (E WOULD TAKE ME FOR LONG WALKS ACROSS THE DOWNS AND SPEND THE WHOLE TIME EITHER CROSS EXAMINING ME ON MY ATTITUDE TO FEAR CONFLICT AND SECURITY OR TRYING TO CON VINCE ME WHAT A WONDERFUL THING DEATH WAS ) WAS SO AFRAID OF SAYING THE WRONG THING THAT ) FOUND MYSELF ANSWERING EVERY QUESTION HE OR ANYONE ELSE THREW AT ME BY QUOTING m OR MIS QUOTING m +RISHNARASTI &ORTUNATELY EITHER NOBODY HAD READ THE BOOK ) HAD STUDIED SO FERVENTLY IMMEDIATELY BEFORE MY ARRIVAL OR QUOTING +RISHNARASTI WAS THE ACCEPTED WAY OF HOLD ING A CONVERSATION AT 3EATON 0ARK 4HE QUESTION +RISHNARASTI COULD NOT ANSWER FOR ME WAS THE ONE EVERYBODY ASKED h7HY DO YOU WANT TO COME HERE i 4HE QUESTION WAS USUALLY ASKED IN A TONE THAT SEEMED TO INSINUATE THAT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU IF YOU WANTED TO LEAVE THE NORMAL WORLD OUTSIDE AND LIVE IN A CLOSED COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE GOT UP AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING TO MEDITATE ATE EXCLUSIVELY VEGETARIAN FOOD AND ESCHEWED ALCOHOL AND SEX m OFFICIALLY 7HAT ) COULD NOT TELL ANYONE WAS THE TRUTH THAT ) WANTED TO DISCOVER AN AREA OF !NDREWiS SOUL THAT WAS STILL SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY TO ME j-Y LATE HUSBAND WAS HERE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO AND ) SUPPOSE HE WHAT YOU MIGHT CALL hINFECTEDi ME ) CANiT PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT +RISHNARASTI SAYS BUT HE SEEMS TO OFFER A NEW WAY OF LIVING AND THATiS WHAT )iM LOOKING FOR !ND ) LIKE BEING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE m YOU SEEM TO HAVE SO

MUCH MORE TO OFFER THE WORLD THAN WE DO k ) DISCOVERED LATER THAT ONE OF THE STUDENTS HAD QUOTED THIS AT THE MEETING AT WHICH THE STUDENTS AND STAFF DISCUSSED MY SUITABILITY AND THAT IT HAD POSSIBLY TIPPED THE BALANCE IN MY FAVOUR AFTER A NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS HAD EXPRESSED SERI OUS DOUBT AT THE GENUINENESS OF MY DEVOTION TO +RISHNARASTI AND KNOWLEDGE OF HIS hTEACHINGSi !CTUALLY ) THINK IT WAS MY WILLINGNESS TO WORK FULLTIME IN THE KITCHEN THAT INFLUENCED *ASON 3COTT TO REGISTER HIS CASTING VOTE IN MY FAVOUR -EALS WERE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY AT 3EATON 0ARK AS IT SEEMED THAT +RISHNARASTI HAD BEEN SOMETHING OF A GOURMET INSISTING ON NOTHING LESS THAN UNADULTERATED EXCELLENCE IN THE PREPARA TION SERVING AND CONSUMING OF OUR DAILY BREAD (ENCE THE FOUR MEALS OF THE DAY m BREAKFAST LUNCH TEA AND DINNER m HAD THE STATUS OF QUASI RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES WITH A VERY STRICT CODE OF BEHAVIOUR AND WOE BETIDE ANYBODY WHO WAS CAUGHT LICKING SALAD DRESSING OFF HIS FINGER OR FORGETTING TO TIE HER HAIR BACK BEFORE ENTERING THE DINING HALL ) SPENT MOST OF MY PROBATION WEEK IN THE KITCHEN EXCEL LENTLY PEELING AND GRATING CARROTS MAKING EXCELLENT SALAD DRESSINGS AND DESIGNING EXCELLENT MENU CARDS TO PUT UP ON THE NOTICE BOARD OUTSIDE THE DINING ROOM /N MY LAST DAY ) ALLOWED MYSELF TO BE PERSUADED TO MAKE hPASULJi m A 3ERBIAN NATIONAL DISH AND A LOOSE EQUIVALENT OF BAKED BEANS .OT ONLY HAD ) NEVER MADE IT FOR A HUNDRED PEOPLE BEFORE ) HAD NEVER MADE IT WITHOUT SMOKED PIGiS TROTTER SAUSAGES OR SOME OTHER STRONG TASTING MEAT AND TO ME MY 3EATON 0ARK VERSION TASTED BLAND AND DECIDEDLY UN 3ERBIAN %VERYONE WAS VERY POLITE ABOUT IT BUT ) WAS LEFT WITH THE IMPRESSION THAT MOST OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH HAPPIER IF ) HAD ACCEPTED THE GASTRO NOMICAL TRUTH THAT hBEANS MEANS (EINZi AND SIMPLY OPENED A FEW FAMILY SIZE TINS "Y THE END OF THE WEEK ) WAS CONFIDENT THAT NOT ONLY WAS ) ABLE TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION ) WAS A TRUE h+RISHNARASTARIANi BUT THAT ) WAS ALSO SUFFICIENTLY FASCINATED BY THE PLACE TO SURVIVE A YEAR THERE !NY DOUBTS ) MAY HAVE HAD WERE DISPERSED BY THE SHEER BEAUTY OF THE BUILDING AND ITS SURROUNDINGS THE FRESH AIR THE NATURAL WATER DRAWN FROM AQUIFERS BENEATH THE SCHOOL GROUNDS AND THE RELIGIOUS PEACE THAT PERMEATED THE WHOLE PLACE j) WENT TO 3EATON 0ARK ONCE WHEN !NDREW WAS THERE k 'RANDPA HAD TOLD ME SHORTLY BEFORE MY VISIT j)TiS A LOVELY PLACE m BEAUTIFUL ROSE GARDEN m BUT A BIT TOO DOGMATIC AND REGIMENTAL FOR MY TASTE ) THINK !NDREW THOUGHT SO TOO AFTER THE ORIGINAL EUPHORIA HAD WORN OFF k ) BEGAN TO WONDER HOW ) WOULD REACT TO THE DOGMA AND REGIMENTATION AFTER ALL ) HAD NO EUPHORIA TO PROTECT ME ) WAS GOING TO 3EATON 0ARK FOR THE MOST UNJUSTIFIABLE OF REASONS m SIMPLY BECAUSE IT FASCINATED ME 4HE PEOPLE WHO WENT THERE FASCINATED ME ) REALISED THAT ) WAS FAR MORE INTERESTED IN FIND ING OUT WHAT MADE THEM TICK THAN ) WAS IN DISCOVERING MYSELF 1UITE SIMPLY ) WAS A FRAUD A PARASITE (OW WOULD ) COPE AT THE STAFF DISCUSSIONS WHEN EVERYBODY SAT CROSS LEGGED ROUND THE EDGE OF A LARGE WOOD PANELLED AND THICKLY CARPETED ROOM CALLED THE hSTUDYi AND TALKED ABOUT WHATEVER WAS WORRYING *ASON 3COTT OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE STAFF AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT !T THE MEETING ) HAD ATTENDED 3ALLY AN !MERICAN TEACHER OF ANTHROPOLOGY WHO LOOKED TANTALISINGLY LESBIAN GOT RATHER EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY EVERYONE SEEMED TO REQUIRE AN ANSWER TO EVERY QUESTION j7HY CANiT WE JUST THROW OUR QUESTIONS INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM AND MEDITATE ON THEM WITHOUT INSISTING ON AN ANSWER k 3HE GOT WHAT SHE HAD WANTED (ER QUESTION REMAINED FIRMLY UNANSWERED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM .OBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT ANYTHING AND IF ANYONE ASKED A QUESTION SUCH AS h!RE WE BECOMING PREOCCUPIED WITH OUR OWN HAPPINESS i IT WAS IMMEDIATELY ASSUMED THAT

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www.nokia.co.uk

Nokia’s mad Finns have put away the crayons and cracked out the sensible shoes. They’ve seen that there’s money to be made in navigation, so navigation they will now provide. The 330 is a sober-looking device that ships the European maps and Route 66 v7 software, so it should do a fine job. It plays movies, music and images too, but, ultimately, is a trifle dull. Much more interesting is news of the forthcoming softZDUH DQG %OXHWRRWK UHFHLYHU SDFNDJH ƕ WKDW brings Navicore navigation to the cute Nokia 770 internet tablets. We can’t wait to see our favourite roads rendered on that sharp screen. Oooh.

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www.rado.com

Rado Sintra XXL Automatic It’s one small step for the man, one bang-on bit of luck for watchmaking. Ceramic, that is – the stuff the space shuttle’s made from. It’s so hard that even looking at it, rugby players wet themselves; Vinnie Jones just cried. Even Grandmaster Flash couldn’t get a scratch on this. Check out the iconic design: platinum or black, and smooth as you like, with a window in the back to show off the gubbins inside. When we’re all living on the moon everyone, so get yours now while we’re DOO ERULQJ (DUWKERXQG QR PDWHV 3ULFH Ÿ

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Hannspree Kid-Chic LCD TV

It’s not wise to encourage kids to huge electronics, especially if little Emily decides it’s Monkeymonk’s bath time. Fortunately, death is averted!

The covering is removable, so when Monkey needs jam scraping off chewed-up head, he won’t need a new chipset. The kid-chic TV’s come with a remote, speakers and headphone jack, plus baby will EH SOHDVHG ZLWK WKH LQ VFUHHQœV FRQWUDVW UDWLR DOWKRXJK WKH PV UHVSRQVHV WLPH ZRQœW GR (PLO\œV favourite game, Gears of War, any favoures. Composite and S-Video are there for hooking it into other electrical things. After some debate, we’ve requested a review elephant.

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www.ripcurl.com

Logitech Harmony 1000 Conventional thinking would lead you to believe extra sensory receptors will provide extra senses, or at least improved sensitivity levels. Not so. The Third Eye from Rip Curl takes away any sense you once had, goading you into increasingly unhinged activities to make WKH IRRWDJH LW FDSWXUHV RQ WKH FDPFRUGHU VWDVKHG LQ \RXU EDFNSDFN DOO WKH more enjoyable. The fact that the Sony camera is clad in shock-proof aluminium and is waterproof to P DQG WKDW WKH JRJJOHV KDYH UHSODFHDEOH lenses, will just add to the misplaced confidence you have in your ridiculous actions.

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