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T WAS THE 3ECOND 7ORLD 7AR THEIR COUNTRY !LL PEOPLES SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL THEIR OWN CUL THAT PROMPTED THE PEOPLE OF TURE THEIR OWN ECONOMY AND ULTIMATELY THEIR OWN DESTINY THE THEN 'OLD #OAST TO BEGIN )NDEPENDENCE ALSO ALLOWS A NATION TO CONTROL ITS OWN SOCIO ECO THEIR DRIVE FOR INDEPENDENCE -Y NOMIC DEVELOPMENT )NDEED IT WAS COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE WERE VERY MUCH INVOLVED THAT PROVED .KRUMAHiS GREATEST SUCCESS IN 'HANA (E KNEW THAT IT IN THE 3ECOND 7ORLD 7AR AND WAS EDUCATION THAT WOULD MAKE 'HANA INTO A VIABLE COUNTRY ABLE TO THE 'HANAIAN MEMBERS OF THE GOVERN ITSELF IN CONTINUITY AND SO HE SET UP THE 'HANA %DUCATIONAL ~ ê h ê m ê m &UND AND PROVIDED FREE COMPULSORY EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN (E ALSO ENSURED THAT THE NEW 2EPUBLIC OF 'HANA GAINED ITS FIRST MEDI UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE COLO NIAL "RITISH WERE SENT AS FAR AWAY CAL SCHOOL AND TURNING AWAY FROM THE COLONIAL POWERS HE SET UP AS )NDIA AND "URMA TO FIGHT FOR LINKS WITH %ASTERN %UROPEAN COUNTRIES LIKE THE THEN 9UGOSLAVIA THE "RITISH 7HEN THE WAR ENDED AND THE THEN #ZECHOSLAVAKIA AND SENT YOUNG STUDENTS TO STUDY THE COMBAT VETERANS EXPECTED TO IN THE RENOWNED UNIVERSITIES OF %UROPE .OWADAYS WE ARE REALLY RECEIVE THE RECOMPENSE THEY DULY SEEING THE FRUITS OF HIS LABOUR 'HANA HAS MULTIPLICITY OF SECOND DESERVED FOR THEIR LOYALTY AND ARY SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY GENERATIONS OF ( % $R .YAHO .YAHO 4AMAKLOE

'HANAIAN GRADUATES ARE IN POSITIONS OF POWER IN BUSINESS SERVICES BRAVERY BUT THE COLONIAL GOVERN !MBASSADOR OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF MENT REMAINED SILENT 4HE VET AND POLITICS AND 'HANAIAN SCHOLARS OF MEDICINE ENGINEERING AND 'HANA IN "ELGRADE ERANS ENRAGED BY BOTH THE FACT OTHER FIELDS ARE STUDYING TO THE HIGHEST LEVELS AT HOME IN 'HANA AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED NO COM -OREOVER .KRUMAH HAD THE VISION TO SET UP INDUSTRY TO SPUR PENSATION FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR EFFORT AND THE RAPIDLY RISING COST OF LIVING DECIDED TO DELIVER A PETITION TO THEN 'OVERNOR 'HANAiS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (E CREATED A NEW HARBOUR AND ;3IR 'ERLAD (ALLEN= #REASY /N THEIR WAY TO THE COLONIAL CASTLE THE INDUSTRIAL CENTRE IN A PLACE CALLED 4EMA #ITY WHICH LED TO NEW "RITISH COMMANDER OF THE POLICE A MAN CALLED %MERY PERSONALLY INDUSTRIES BEING BORN 4HE COCOA PROCESSING STEEL AND BAUXITE SHOT AT THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ALL UNARMED KILLING THREE PROCESSING INDUSTRIES SPRANG UP AND 'HANAiS ECONOMY DEVELOPED SURVIVORS OF 77)) 4HE SHOOTING LED TO A SERIES OF RIOTS AGAINST THE IN PARALLEL WITH EDUCATION )NDEED DURING THE TIME OF .KRUMAH WE COLONIAL POWER IN !CCRA AND OTHER TOWNS

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4ADIÌ +OpTUNICA 4ADIÌ DID NOT TAKE THE IMMEDIATE APPROPRIATE STEP AFTER ANNOUNC ING THE ELECTORAL RESULTS HE DID NOT OFFER THE MANDATE TO SET UP THE NEW GOVERNMENT TO 4OMISLAV .IKOLIÌ m NUMBER TWO MAN AND ACTING LEADER OF THE 3ERBIAN 2ADICAL 0ARTY 323 THAT JUST SAW ITS SECOND STRAIGHT SEAT BY SEAT MAJORITY VICTORY )N MAKING SUCH A REQUEST WHICH THE 0RESIDENT IS OBLIGED TO DO UNDER THE #ONSTITUTION THE 2ADICALS WOULD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO EXPRESS PUBLIC PRAISE FOR THE 0RESIDENT AND AN INDELIBLE IMPRESSION WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT ON VOTERS TO CONSIDER IN THE NEXT ELECTIONS )N TURN THE 2ADICALS WHO ARE NOT REALLY EVEN INTERESTED IN BEING IN POWER WOULD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DEAL WITH +OpTUNICA AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT SOME OF HIS ADVISORS ARE URGING A 2ADICAL $33 COA LITION HIS LACK OF COMMITMENT TO SUCH AN IDEA WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN NO GOVERNMENT BEING FORMED AT ALL 4WO BIRDS WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED WITH ONE STONE VOTERS WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOWN THE FUTILITY OF VOTING FOR

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THE 2ADICALS AND THE ILLUSION ANALYSTS HAVE CREATED OF $33iS ENORMOUS COALITION CAPACITY WOULD HAVE BEEN SHATTERED )N SUCH A CONSTANT REPETITION OF THE MYTH OF THE POTENTIAL OF A COALI TION LED BY +OpTUNICAiS PARTY THE MEDIA HAS TURNED IT m IF NOT INTO THE TRUTH ITSELF m INTO THE TRUMP CARD THE OUTGOING PRIME MINISTERiS PEOPLE ARE USING IN THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT 4HE INABILITY OF 323 AND $33 TO SET UP THE GOVERNMENT WOULD IN TURN BURDEN THEIR FUTURE RELATIONS AND LET STRAY VOTERS ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO SEE THESE PARTIES AS EQUALS KNOW THAT THERE ARE NOT AS MANY SIMI LARITIES BETWEEN THESE TWO PARTIES AS IT APPEARS 4HERE IS NOBODY WITHIN 323 OR $33 WHO WOULD ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT .IKOLIÌ COULD MANAGE TO ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT m AND THIS IS EVEN OBVIOUS TO THE ANALYSTS WHO ARE OPENLY SHOWING THEIR SYMPATHIES FOR +OpTUNICA 4HEREFORE WHAT OR WHO IN THE FACE OF AN OBVIOUSLY GOOD OPTION DREW 4ADIÌ AWAY FROM SUCH A TACTIC -EMBERS OF THE PRESI DENTiS INNER CIRCLES ARE SAYING THAT 7ESTERN FRIENDS WERE STRICTLY AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY OF OFFERING THE MANDATE TO .IKOLIÌ )T IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THE 7ESTiS POSITION EVEN IF WE CONSIDER THAT THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE OF .IKOLIÌ ACTU ALLY MANAGING TO FORM A CABINET 7HY WOULD THE 7EST BE WORRIED IF THE 2ADICALS CAME TO POWER IN 3ERBIA 7OULDNiT IT THEN BE EASIER TO SEIZE +OSOVO FROM 3ERBIA BY PROVING THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED AND THAT THE SAME FORCES THAT PROMPTED THEM TO ATTACK 3ERBIA WITHOUT A 5. 3ECURITY #OUNCIL DECISION ARE IN POWER AGAIN )F THEY FEEL EVEN THE SLIGHTEST AWK WARDNESS ABOUT PUNISHING THE DEMOCRATIC FORCES FOR 3LOBODAN -ILOpEVIÌ AND 6OJISLAV fEpELJiS POLICIES THE 7EST WOULD HAVE BEEN FREED OF IT GIVEN THE REALITY OF fEpELJiS DEPUTY IN THE NEW 3ERBIAN 'OVERNMENT

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HESITATES LIES IN WAIT 4HE 7EST SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF DESTABILISATION IN THE REGION BECAUSE THOSE PARTIES THAT INSIST THAT 3ERBIAN NATIONAL INTERESTS ARE THEIR MOST IMPORTANT CONCERNS COME TO POWER .IKOLIÌ AND +OpTUNICA WOULD HAVE NEITHER THE ARMY NOR PARAMILITARY FORCES TO THREATEN ANYONE AND NO DOUBT THEYiVE LEARNED ENOUGH FROM -ILOpEVIÌiS EXPERIENCES TO KNOW NOT TO REPEAT SUCH ENDEAVOURS !S A RESULT A GOVERNMENT FORMED OF A 2ADICAL $33 COALITION WOULD ONLY HAVE THE POWER TO CAUSE A BIG FUSS 4HIS IS CLEAR TO BOTH SIDES 7HEN ) RECENTLY ASKED A SENIOR $33 OFFICIAL IF THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION j7HAT WOULD YOU DO TO COUNTRIES THAT RECOG NISED THE INDEPENDENCE OF +OSOVO k COULD BE REDUCED TO THE STATEMENT j7E WOULD COMPLAIN WEAKLYk HE CONFIRMED INDIFFERENTLY j9ES THAT WOULD BE THE REACTION k /F COURSE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A $33 AND $3 GOVERNMENT MAKE EFFORTS TO STOP ITS COMPLAINING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND TO NORMALISE

i ê ê{ 9ê ê ê ê êr O ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êÀê ê ê ê ê ê ê wtê ê ê ê Àê ê ~ ê ê ê ê ¾ ê ê êz ­ ITS RELATIONS WITH THE 7EST BECAUSE THEIR OTHER OPTION WOULD BE LARGE DISRUPTION IN ALL PROCESSES &OR SUCH A GOVERNMENT ALONG WITH THE WORKING POPULATION BECOMING INCREASINGLY NERVOUS OVER THINNER POCKETS THE GROWING DESPAIR OF THE UNEMPLOYED WOULD BE PARTICU LARLY DANGEROUS "OTH SIDES WOULD MUCH FASTER THAN EXPECTED REALISE THAT NEITHER PATRIOTISM NOR j0ATRIOTISMk CAN BE EATEN )N A YEAR OR TWO

3ERBIA WOULD AGAIN JUST AS HAPPENED ON TH /CTOBER QUICKLY SHED THE OVERCOAT OF -ILOpEVIÌ THAT +OpTUNICA DONNED IN HIS REWASH OF THE 3OCIALIST AND 2ADICAL BIOGRAPHIES AND USE OF THE PEOPLE AND METHODS THAT BELONGED TO A MAN WHO THE 7EST ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN FICKLE NEEDS SAW AS EITHER THE j"ALKAN BUTCHERk OR jGUARANTOR OF PEACE IN THE "ALKANSk )N PUSHING 4ADIÌ INTO +OpTUNICAiS ARMS

BY INSISTING ON AN IMMEDI ATE FORMATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC BLOC EVEN IF THE CURRENT 0RIME -INISTER GETS ANOTHER MANDATE THE 7EST IS RISKING LONG TERM INSTABILITY IN 3ERBIA +OpTUNICA IN THIS POSITION CAN CARRY ON WITH -ILOpEVIÌiS METHOD OF RULING

BY DEFENDING HIMSELF FROM THE VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE BY RELYING ON BOTH SIDES THE DEPUTIES FROM THE DEMOCRATIC BLOC BUT ALSO

WHEN REQUIRED THE 2ADICAL 3OCIALIST BLOC (ASNiT HE ALREADY RULED FOR THREE YEARS AFTER RECEIVING THE SUPPORT OF THE 3OCIALISTS AND BY STEALING THE DEPUTY MANDATES GRANTED BY THE 2ADICALS 4HE PARADOX IS THAT A NEW MANDATE FOR +OpTUNICA IS ONE IN WHICH HE WOULD LEAN ONE LEG ON THE 2ADICALS AND ANOTHER ON THE DEMOCRATIC BLOC 4HE RESULT IS A STRANGE MIXTURE OF IDEAS AND POLICIES AND BECAUSE OF THE CHAOS IN THE SYSTEM OF VALUES WOULD RIPEN CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF jRIGHTEOUS ANGERk ! RISING OF THE UNCONTROLLED EXTREM IST REVENGE OVER THE SEIZURE OF +OSOVO WOULD SURELY BE WORSE THAN THE

i ê{ 9 $33 AND 323 GOVERNMENT HAVING TO PROVE TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMU NITY THAT THEY CAN BE PEACEFUL AND PROGRESSIVE 4HE CHAOS IN THE AS THE -ARXISTS WOULD SAY hPOLITICAL SUPERSTRUC TUREi WILL CAUSE A SUDDEN DROP IN THE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTYiS RATING IF THEIR CANDIDATE FOR 0RIME -INISTER "OÝIDAR îELIÌ IS DENOUNCED IN FAVOUR OF GIVING THE SEAT TO +OpTUNICA &OLLOWING THE ELECTIONS WHEN $3 ACTIVISTS PHONED THEIR VOTERS TO THANK THEM EVEN THOUGH NOT ASKED ABOUT THE SUBJECT MORE THAN A THIRD SAID THAT THEY WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR $3 AGAIN IF 4ADIÌ GAVE THE MANDATE TO +OpTUNICA 2ESEARCH THAT WAS RECENTLY PRESENTED TO $3iS LEADERSHIP SUGGESTS THAT ò OF THOSE WHO VOTED FOR THE PARTY OPPOSE EXTENDING THE MAN DATE OF +OpTUNICA AND THAT PARTY MEMBERS THEMSELVES IN THE CAPITAL AND 6OJVODINA OPPOSE THE OUTGOING PRIME MINISTER IN EVEN GREATER NUMBERS 4HE SAME RESEARCH POLLED THE PEOPLEiS OVERALL PREFERENCE FOR PRIME MINISTER SHOWING îELIÌ LEADING BY SLIM MARGINS OVER .IKOLIÌ POINTS AND +OpTUNICA POINTS 4HERE IS NO DOUBT THAT +OpTUNICA WOULD MAKE ANY EFFORT TO CONTRIB UTE TO THE CHAOS IN $3 (IS ASPIRATION TO ENSURE THE LEADING POSITION FOR HIMSELF AND HIS PARTY IN THE DEMOCRATIC BLOC IS UNDERSTANDABLE AND

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AND ANY INFLUENCE HE HAD IN THE GOVERNMENT HE HELPED TO BRING DOWN WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS (OWEVER +OpTUNICA HAS NEVER PROVEN ESPECIALLY SKILFUL IN POLITICS /N THE OTHER SIDE ©EDOMIR *OVANOVIÌ HAS OF LATE PROVEN HIS TALENT IN THE POLITICAL ARENA %VEN THOUGH +OpTUNICAiS ADVISORS DECLARED HIS POLITICAL DEATH BACK IN THE ,$0 LEADER HAS PULLED OFF A MIRACU LOUS COMEBACK AND AFTER FOUR YEARS OF DAILY MEDIA DRIVEN REHABILITATION HAS MADE IT INTO THE PARLIAMENT (OWEVER IN THE BACK OF HIS MIND *OVANOVIÌ MUST HAVE AN IDEA OF WHATiS IN STORE FOR HIM IF THE 2ADICALS AND 3OCIALISTS WERE THE STANDING PATRIOTS IN POWER (AVENiT ALL THOSE NEWSPAPERS THAT ARE FIRMLY ALIGNED WITH THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY WRITTEN THAT IT IS TIME TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS AGAINST THOSE WHO CLAIM THAT +OSOVO IS ALREADY INDEPENDENT )T IS POSSIBLE TO ASSUME THAT IN +OpTUNICAiS NEW MANDATE *OVANOVIÌ WOULD HAVE TO

OF POLICYk AND jAVOIDING POLITICAL CLASHESk CERTAINLY THERE ALSO COMES A TIME FOR A POLITICIAN TO COME OUT AND ENTER DUELS /N THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTIONS 4ADIÌ SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED THE NATION BY SAYING THAT THE #ONSTITUTION DOES NOT OBLIGE THE 0RESIDENT TO OFFER THE MANDATE TO THE PARTY WHO WON THE MOST SEATS BUT TO THE ONE THAT CAN ESTABLISH THE GOVERNMENT THAT THE WINNER OF THE ELECTIONS IS THE DEMOCRATIC BLOC AND THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE THE 0RIME -INISTER AND THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING +OSOVO MUST NOT PREVENT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT !S HE DID NOT DO ANY OF THAT HE HAS ENDED UP WITH THE $33 DELEGA TION TAKING OVER THE INITIATIVE OF THE NEW PLATFORM ON +OSOVO IN TERMS OF CONSULTATIONS REGARDING THE NEW GOVERNMENT +NOWING THAT THE 7EST WILL DEMAND AN ALMOST IMMEDIATE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GOVERNMENT MADE UP OF THE DEMOCRATIC BLOC +OpTUNICA COULD EASILY REFUSE ALL OF 4ADIÌiS PROPOSALS TO START SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EXCUSE THAT HE IS WAITING FOR THE END OF THE +OSOVO NEGOTIATIONS )F 4ADIÌ MISSED THE FIRST STEP THAT IS TO OFFER THE MANDATE TO .IKOLIÌ

UNDER STRONG PRESSURE FROM THE 7EST HE MISSED THE SECOND ON ACCOUNT

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{ êu 9 WORRY MORE ABOUT HIS LIFE THAN ABOUT HIS POLICIES )F HE WERE TO SURVIVE UNTIL THE NEW ELECTIONS HE WOULD ACHIEVE A MUCH BETTER RESULT THAN HE DID THIS TIME AROUND 4HE CROWNING OF +OpTUNICAiS EFFORT TO MAKE HIMSELF AND HIS PARTY THE LEADER OF THE DEMOCRATIC BLOC WOULD BE THE EXPECTED ATTEMPT TO DEFEAT "ORIS 4ADIÌ IN THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS EVEN IF THAT MEANT 4OMA .IKOLIÌ TAKING THE PRIZE 4HE CURRENT PUBLIC OPINION POLLS SHOW THAT 4ADIÌ WOULD NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS DEFEATING EITHER +OpTUNICA OR .IKOLIÌ IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS "UT REGARDLESS OF HOW GREAT THIS ADVANTAGE SEEMS NOW IT WOULD APPEAR NOT TO BE ABLE TO WEATHER THE STORM OF HIS OFFERING THE PREMIERSHIP TO +OpTUNICA 4HE NEW OLD 0RIME -INISTER WOULD CALL FOR THE HOLDING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SOON

USING THE POSSIBILITY THAT A PRESIDENT ELECTED BY THE NATION IS BROUGHT DOWN BY A PARLIAMENT IN WHICH $33 IN ALLIANCE WITH THE 2ADICALS THE SAME AS IT IS WITH $3 AND ' PLUS HAS THE MAJORITY )N THE BEST SCENARIO 4ADIÌ WOULD BE LEFT IN THE POSITION OF 0RESIDENT

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+OpTUNICA WOULD HOLD IT STRONGLY IN HIS HAND ENJOYING THE 0RESIDENTiS HELPLESSNESS IN THE SAME WAY HE REVELLED IN THE TACIT AGREEMENT BETWEEN HIS PARTY AND THE 2ADICALS IN THE REFUSING OF 4ADIÌiS PROPOSALS FOR JUDGES ON THE #ONSTITUTIONAL #OURT NEVER REALLY CARING THAT 3ERBIA HAD BEEN LEFT WITHOUT ONE OF THE SUPPORTING PILLARS OF ITS LEGAL STATE "Y INSISTING ON A RAPID ESTABLISHMENT OF A GOVERNMENT FORMED OF THE DEMOCRATIC BLOC EVEN IF THAT MEANS +OpTUNICA WITH THE MAN DATE THE 7EST WILL GROW A PLANT THAT WILL BEAR BITTER AND HARD FRUIT IT WILL DESTROY $3 AND PROBABLY REMOVE 4ADIÌ FROM THE POSITION OF THE 0RESIDENT OF 3ERBIA "UT 4ADIÌ AND $3 SHOULD WORRY ABOUT THOSE CONSEQUENCES NOT THE 7EST !ND HERE WE COME TO THE SECOND PART OF THE ANSWER AS TO WHO CAN BEAT THE INVINCIBLE 4ADIÌ "ORIS 4ADIÌ HIMSELF 4HOUGH HIS SUPPORT IN THE ELECTORAL BODY CAUSES SOME TO PROPOSE THAT IT COMES FROM jLACK

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OF HIS OWN INDECISIVENESS 4O $33iS OBVIOUS GAME m +OSOVO INSTEAD OF THE 'OVERNMENT m 4ADIÌ SHOULD HAVE REPLIED THAT IT IS BAD FOR 3ERBIA TO WAIT FOR THE DECISION REGARDING +OSOVO WITH A GOVERNMENT THAT IS NEITHER LEGAL NOR LEGITIMATE THAT THE INSISTENCE OF THE jPOPULISTS COALITIONk DICTATE THAT +OpTUNICA REMAINS THE 0RIME -INISTER IS MOCKING THE NATIONiS WILL AND THAT THE BLAME FOR 3ERBIA NOT HAVING A GOVERNMENT LIES WITH $33 AND THAT IT WILL BE THEIR FAULT IF THE COUNTRY HAS TO GO FOR NEW ELEC TIONS BECAUSE THIS COALITION

BY DEMANDING THE POSITION OF THE 0RIME -INISTER DOES NOT RESPECT THE NATIONiS WILL )F IT SEEMED TWO WEEKS AGO THAT 4ADIÌ WAS RESOLUTE TO OFFER THE MANDATE ONLY TO îELIÌ NOW HIS CLOSEST ASSOCIATES WOULD SAY THAT THE 0RESIDENT HAS NOT YET DECIDED )T COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT HE HAS HESITATED BECAUSE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PUBLIC OPINION POLL WHICH SHOWS THAT A MAJORITY OF CITIZENS ARE AGAINST NEW ELECTIONS 5NNECESSARY HESITATION #ERTAINLY IT WOULD BE CLEAR TO ALL THAT THIS IS +OpTUNICAiS DOING BECAUSE OF HIS HUNT FOR POWER REGARDLESS OF THE COST 4HE 2ADICALS AND THE $EMOCRATS WOULD DO BEST IN REPEATED ELEC TIONS !CCORDING TO THE POLLS EVEN A COALITION OF $EMOCRATS AND ' 0LUS WOULD DEFEAT THE 2ADICALS 4HAT COALITION HAS SYNERGY EFFECTS IN CONTRAST TO THE jPOPULIST COALITIONk AND ' 0LUS 4ADIÌ SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED BY THE FACT THAT $INKIÌ HAS ALREADY REPEATED THAT HE FAVOURS THE PRE ELECTION COALITION ON CONDITION THAT HIS PARTY RECEIVE THE SAME NUMBER OF SEATS THEY WON ON ST *ANUARY THUS OFFERING THE BEST PROOF THAT HE HAS REALISED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN NEW ELECTIONS ON HIS OWN 4HE POPULIST COALITION WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE FEWER VOTES THAN IT DID IN *ANUARY 4HAT MEANS THAT WITH ADVANTAGE LIKELY GOING TO $3 WE WOULD END UP AGAIN IN A SITUATION WHERE $3 AND $33 ARE IN CHARGE OF SETTING UP THE NEW CABINET )N THIS MANNER 4ADIÌ WOULD WITH ANOTHER VICTORY GET HIS 0RIME -INISTER AND THE POSSIBILITY OF CHOOSING WHEN TO SCHEDULE THE PRESIDEN TIAL ELECTIONS FOUR LAWS HAVE TO BE ADOPTED BEFORE THAT AND THAT CAN BE DRAGGED OUT !ND IN DOING SO HE WOULD HAVE FINALLY BROUGHT HIMSELF AND HIS PARTY TO THE POSITION OF BEING IN CHARGE AND MADE HIMSELF AND THE PARTY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FUTURE OF 3ERBIA

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TO BE STAGED IN #ROATIA AS PRESIDING COUNTRY IN THE 3OUTH %ASTERN %UROPEAN #OUNTRIESi #O OPERATION 0ROCESS 3%%#0 IMPORTANT DECI SIONS SHOULD BE PASSED ABOUT THE NEW #HARTER ON THE #O OPERATION 0ROCESS AS WELL AS WITH REGARD TO THE ESTABLISHING OF THE 2EGIONAL #OUNCIL FOR #O OPERATION IN 3OUTH %ASTERN %UROPE m THE NEW ORGANI SATION WHICH SHOULD REPLACE THE 3TABILITY 0ACT 4HIS WILL PROVIDE THE COUNTRIES OF THE REGION WITH THE POSSIBILITY TO HARMONISE THEIR INTER ESTS AND PASS DECISIONS ON SOME KEY FIELDS IN THE 2EGIONAL #OUNCIL THESE INCLUDE FREEDOM OF TRADE WITHIN THE NEW #%&4!

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH AND SAFETY JUDICIARY AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND THE FOSTERING AND BUILDING OF HUMAN CAPITAL !LL OF THOSE FIELDS OF CO OPERATION WILL BE FURTHER STRENGTHENED AND ENHANCED BY CO OPERATION BETWEEN THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT OF THE REGIONiS STATES 3O THIS IS THE BIGGEST YEAR OF TRANSITION TO DATE A YEAR IN WHICH THE READINESS OF THE REGION AND THE CAPABILITY OF THE REGION TO TAKE OVER THE COMPLETE INHERITANCE OF THE 3TABILITY 0ACT

WILL BE TESTED 7HAT IS THE PLACE AND ROLE OF 3ERBIA IN THAT CONTEXT /VER THE PREVIOUS SIX YEARS 3ERBIA HAS RESOLVED IMPORTANT ISSUES RELATED TO ITS OWN SOVEREIGNTY )T HAS DEALT WITH THE ELIMINATION OF

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NATIONAL POLICY WHICH THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENTS LED UNWAVERINGLY BETWEEN THE END OF THE S AND THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM 4HE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE POLICIES WERE ESPECIALLY DAMAGING TO NEIGHBOURLY TIES m WITH RELATIONS IN SOME INSTANCES COMPLETELY SEVERED BETWEEN 3ERBIA AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES .EVERTHELESS

WE MUST PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO CON TINUOUSLY ENHANCE BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN 3ERBIA AND ALL OF THE NEIGHBOURING STATES 4HE INTEREST OF 3ERBIA FOR CO OPERATION IN THE REGION HAS NOT DECREASED AND THEREFORE ) THINK THAT IN THIS PROCESS OF TRANSFORMING THE 3TABILITY 0ACT INTO THE 2EGIONAL #O OPERATION #OUNCIL 3ERBIA WILL HAVE A PRONOUNCED ROLE 2EGIONAL CO OPERATION HAS BEEN THE FIRST DEFINITION OF THE FOREIGN POLICY OF 3ERBIA SINCE AND ) BELIEVE IT SHOULD REMAIN SO IN THE FUTURE 4HE MOST PRESSING ISSUE ON THIS POLITICAL STAGE IS RESOLVING THE PROBLEM OF +OSOVO )T IS HOWEVER REFLECTED ALSO IN THE STATES OF THE REGION BECAUSE THE ISSUES SECURITY ASPECT IS EXTREMELY IMPOR TANT #AN YOU COMMENT ON IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE $EFINING THE FUTURE STATUS OF +OSOVO HAS TWO KEY POINTS /NE IS TO FIND A WAY FOR GUARANTEEING SAFE AND NORMAL LIVING CONDITIONS FOR 3ERBS IN +OSOVO WHICH WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAY AND LIVE IN THEIR HOMES TO MAKE THOSE WHO WERE FORCED TO GO TO TRY TO RETURN

AND TO INTEGRATE THEM ALL INTO THE SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY LIVE )N THAT WAY THE MULTI ETHNICITY OF +OSOVO SOCIETY SHALL BE ACHIEVED AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THE EXISTENCE OF TWO PARALLEL NATIONAL COM MUNITIES WHICH WE HAVE WITNESSED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE h S 4HE SECOND KEY ISSUE IS HOW THE FUTURE STATUS OF +OSOVO WILL INFLU ENCE THE STABILITY OF THE REGION )N RELATION TO THE FIRST QUESTION THE RESPONSIBILITY HAS BEEN DIVIDED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT IN 0RIpTINA AND THE 5. AT THIS MOMENT 4HE %5 WILL MOST PROBABLY PREVAIL IN THE LONGER TERM )N RELATION TO THE SECOND QUESTION RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE DIVIDED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS IN "ELGRADE AND 0RIpTINA EQUALLY &OR -ARTTI !HTISAARI AND THE #ONTACT 'ROUP COUNTRIES LEAD ING THE PROCESS IN A WAY THAT WILL NOT FURTHER DESTABILISE THE REGION IS THE GREAT CHALLENGE 4HIS CHALLENGE IS VERY SERIOUS AND ONE SHOULD NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE NEGATIVE POSSIBILITIES ) ALSO HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH WISDOM TO PREVENT THE OVER SPILLING OF DISSATISFACTION WITH THE HANDLING OF THIS PROCESS INTO GOOD NEIGHBOURING RELATIONS IN THE REGION /NE CAN NOTICE DIFFERENT OPINIONS IN RELATION TO RESOLVING THAT ISSUE DISCREPANCIES EXIST ALSO INSIDE %5 /N THE OTHER HAND THE 5 3 IS SUPPORTING !HTISAARIiS PLAN WITHOUT RESERVE WHILE 2USSIA SYMPATHISES WITH "ELGRADE WHICH HAS DISCARDED THE PLAN (OW DO YOU EVALUATE THAT !CTUALLY ) AM THE MOST INTERESTED IN THE STANCE OF THE %UROPEAN 5NION 4HE UNITY OF %5 MEMBERS IS OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE 5NTIL THIS UNITY FAILS TO MATERIALISE m AND AT THIS MOMENT IT DOESNiT EXIST m IT WILL SEEM TO THE PUBLIC THAT HERE WE ARE MEASURING ONLY THE POWER RELATIONS BETWEEN THE 5 3 AND 2USSIA DESPITE THE FACT THAT +OSOVO AND 3ERBIA ARE A PART OF THE %UROPEAN BACKYARD (ERE WE ARE INAD VERTENTLY TESTING %UROPEiS UNIQUE FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY )F WE DO NOT HAVE UNIFIED POSITION REGARDING THIS ISSUE UNITY IN RELATION TO THE PROBLEMS OF )RAN #ONGO OR EVEN THE -IDDLE %AST ARE MERELY OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE ) HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FROM 'ERMANYiS PRESIDENCY OF THE 5NION !T THIS MOMENT 'ERMANY IS PRESIDING OVER THE %5 AND THE ' IT HAS ONE OF ITS OWN CITIZENS INSTALLED AS (EAD OF THE 5.

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UNDERMINE THE REPUTATION OF THE 'ERMAN PRESIDENCY OF THE %5 )N YOUR OPINION COULD THE EVEN CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCE OF +OSOVO TRIGGER THE COMMENCEMENT OF SIMILAR PROCESSES IN OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD /R IS IT TRULY ABOUT A ONE OFF SPECIFIC CASE THAT HAS SEEN 3ERBIA LOSE ITS AUTHORITY OVER THE 0ROVINCE BY SIGNING THE +UMANOVO !GREEMENT 4HIS IS ONE OF THE TOPICS BEING VERY FERVENTLY DISCUSSED AND NOT ONLY BY THE 3ERBIAN MEDIA AND PUBLIC 4HIS IS A TOPIC THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF THINK TANKS NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND INFLUENTIAL INSTITUTES ARE ADDRESSING AT THIS JUNCTURE )T IS MY OPIN

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BUT UNDOUBTEDLY ON SOME SUCH STRUGGLES 2EGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THE REAL PROBLEMS ARE ACTUALLY INFI NITELY DIVERSE m WITH REGARD TO CAUSES AND AFFECTS m ) AM CERTAIN THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST SOME ATTEMPTS TO INSIST ON SIMILARITIES AND DRAW PARALLELS (OWEVER ) EQUALLY STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THOSE ATTEMPTS TO DRAW PARALLELS WILL HAVE A MUCH LOWER IMPACT AND INDEED PROVE COMPLETELY USELESS IF THE FINAL SOLUTION FOR THE FUTURE STATUS OF +OSOVO IS REACHED THROUGH THE 5. SYSTEM m I E BY A NEW 5. 3ECURITY #OUNCIL 2ESOLUTION )F ATTEMPTS ARE MADE TO ENCOURAGE NATIONS TO INDIVIDUALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE INDEPENDENCE OF +OSOVO WITHOUT THE DECISION OF THE 5. 3ECURITY #OUNCIL THE CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR REGION WOULD BE OVERWHELMING AND WOULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO SERIOUS ATTEMPTS TO SET OTHER ENSUING PRECEDENTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES )T SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS WOULD BE AN EXTREMELY NEGATIVE CONCLU SION WITH DAMAGING LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES 4HEREFORE ) HOPE THAT

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N THE ST CENTURY 3PAIN HASNiT LOST ANY OF THE POWERS IT REGAINED IN THE LATTER PART OF THE LAST CENTURY )NDEED AS ONE OF THE STRONG EST COUNTRIES OF THE %5 3PAIN CONTINUES TO INCREASE ITS STRENGTH 4HIS MONTH WE SPOKE TO ( % *OSE 2IERA 3IQUIER !MBASSADOR OF 3PAIN IN 3ERBIA ABOUT THE UNIQUE ABILITY OF THE 3PANISH PEOPLE TO TURN EVERY SETBACK INTO AN ADVANTAGE (OW HAS IT BEEN POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE DUAL POWER IN 3PAIN 4HE DUALITY OF POWER COMES FROM A 3PANISH CONSTITUTION )N

AFTER THE DICTATORSHIP THE IDEA WAS TO COMBINE SOMETHING THAT HAS EXISTED IN 3PAIN FOR CENTURIES &ROM THE FORMATION OF THE 3PANISH NATION NEARLY YEARS AGO THE DUALITY EXISTED IN THE FORM OF CENTRAL AND REGIONAL POWERS WHICH WERE IN THE FORM OF DIFFERENT KINGDOMS IN THE TH CENTURY 4HIS HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR WAR OR ATTEMPTS TO BECOME INDEPENDENT

BY THE REGIONS IN THE .ORTH THE "ASQUE COUNTRY AND .AVARRA WHICH ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE MORE POWER OR TO MAINTAIN THE POWER FROM THE TIME THEY WERE KINGDOMS 4HIS PROB LEM REACHED ITS CULMINATION IN 3PAIN IN THE TH AND TH CENTURIES )F YOU HAVE A VERY STRONG COUNTRY AN EMPIRE LIKE 3PAIN USED TO BE

REGIONAL POWERS ARE IN A WAY LESS POWERFUL 4HESE SORTS OF PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE TO MANAGE BUT ALL OF THESE ISSUES BETWEEN CENTRAL AND REGIONAL POWERS RESURFACED IN THE SECOND 2EPUBLIC OF 3PAIN IN

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SHIP /NCE &RANCO DIED AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS STARTED PEOPLE WERE VERY CONSCIOUS THAT WE HAD TO SOLVE AND AGREE ON THIS MATTER ONCE AND FOR ALL 4HE FIRST QUESTION WAS HOW AND IN WHAT DEGREE TO GRANT AUTONOMY TO THE REGIONS &IRST OF ALL THE HISTORICAL REGIONS LIKE #ATALONIA THE "ASQUE COUNTRY AND 'ALICIA THEN AFTERWARDS !NDALUSIA GOT STRONGER POWERS BUT LITTLE BY LITTLE ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN LEVELED BECAUSE OTHER REGIONS WERE ALSO KINGDOMS AT A CERTAIN MOMENT IN HISTORY LIKE THE "ALEARIC )SLANDS -AJORCA AND 6ALENCIA 3O THIS RESULTED IN A CHANGE OF THE 3PANISH CONSTITUTION WHICH GAVE VERY CLEAR RIGHTS THAT BELONG ONLY TO THE REGIONS 4HE REGIONS KEPT THEIR FLAG NATIONAL ANTHEM

PARLIAMENT JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM (OW HAVE THE 3PANISH PEOPLE SUCCEEDED IN APPEASING SEPARA TIST FORCES AND SO DISARM THE EXTREME RIGHT EVEN TO THIS DAY !FTER &RANCOiS RULE THE 3PANISH PEOPLE KNEW VERY WELL THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REACH A COMPROMISE BECAUSE NOBODY COULD WIN COM PLETELY NEITHER THE PEOPLE IN FAVOUR OF THE INDEPENDENT REGIONS NOR THOSE SUPPORTING A CENTRALISED POWER 4HE GENERAL IDEA WAS THAT WE DIDNiT WANT A WAR AGAIN 4HE SOCIALIST PARTY WHICH WAS THE OPPOSI TION TO &RANCOiS REGIME SAID THAT IT DIDNiT WANT TO USE THE WISH OF THE 3PANISH PEOPLE TOWARD DEMOCRACY TO IMPOSE ITS OPINION ON ò OF THE POPULATION THAT DIDNiT THINK SO /N THE OTHER HAND THAT ò OF &RANCOiS REGIME WHICH WAS STILL PRETTY MUCH PRESENT IN THE POLICE AND THE PARLIAMENT AGREED THAT THEY COULDNiT MAINTAIN THE SAME POWER AS IN &RANCOiS ERA 4HIS KIND OF THINKING WAS ALSO PREVALENT IN THE ARMY AND IN THE CHURCH AND IS WHAT PAVED THE WAY FOR DUALITY IN TODAYiS 3PAIN %VEN WITH THE QUESTION OF MONARCHY AROSE IT WAS AGREED ON A MONARCHY THAT HAS VERY FEW POWERS %VERYBODY REALISED THAT EVEN IF THEY WON AT THAT POINT THEY WOULD LOSE TO THE OPPOSITION IN THREE YEARS SO THEY DECIDED TO SHARE THEIR POWER WITH THE OTHER ò OF THE 3PANISH PEOPLE (OW BROAD ARE THE LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE POWERS OF THE AUTONOMIES 7E COULD SAY THAT EVERYDAY THINGS m LIKE EDUCATION HEALTH CARE AND EVEN IN AGRICULTURE m ARE COMPLETELY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE AUTONOMIES 4HEN THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE MORE OR LESS COM PLETELY IN THE HANDS OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LIKE FOREIGN AFFAIRS

DEFENCE AND JUDICIARY "UT EVEN IN THESE THREE FIELDS THE AUTONOMIES HAVE A RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE )N FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR INSTANCE IF THERE ARE ISSUES IN THE %5 THAT ARE LINKED TO THE HEALTH CARE OF THE AUTONOMIES THEY HAVE A SAY IN IT BECAUSE THE MAKING OF THAT POLICY AFFECTS THEIR AUTONOMOUS REGION 4HEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO INTERVENE AND THERE IS A COUNCIL WHERE THE COMMUNITIES GIVE THEIR OPINION #ERTAIN ISSUES

LIKE FISHING IN 'ALICIA ARE NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE REGIONAL GOVERN MENT /F COURSE SOMETIMES THE REGIONAL POWER HAS TO LISTEN TO THE

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p m BROUGHT LAST YEAR m AND THE MOST COMPETENCIES /F COURSE THIS KIND OF STATUTE CAN BE DESCRIBED FOR ALL OF THE AUTONOMIES /N FINANCIAL ISSUES THEY HAVE MORE COMPETENCIES NOW 4HE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS TRANSFERRED MANY OBLIGATIONS OF POWERS TO THEM LIKE HEALTHCARE 4HE TREND NOW IS TO GIVE A HIGHER SHARE OF THE TAXES !LSO THE RIGHT TO GO TO THE %5 AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FOREIGN POLICY HAS BEEN REINSTATED AND REINFORCED IN ORDER TO GET MORE COM PETENCIES 7HAT IS HAPPENING WITH CURRENT POINTS OF DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AUTONOMIES AND THE 'OVERNMENT TAX COLLECTION AND REPRESENTATION AT INSTITUTIONS OF THE %UROPEAN 5NION 4HIS IS AGAIN CONNECTED WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT WHERE THE POLITICAL PARTY 00 SAYS THAT #ATALONIA HAS TOO MUCH POWER #ATALONIA HAD A DELEGATION IN "RUSSELS WHICH WAS MADE TO ENABLE THE AUTONO MOUS REGION TO DIRECTLY PARTICIPATE WITH THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE 3PANISH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN MATTERS THAT CONCERNED THEM m ISSUES THAT WERE ACTUALLY WITHIN THEIR COMPETENCIES "UT THEY WERE CONDITIONED THAT THE OFFICE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR #ATALONIA

~ ê ê ê ê ê êÀê ê ¾ ±ê ê ê ê ê êÀê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ¾ ­ê { ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê °i ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­ WOULD BE ACTUALLY A DELEGATE AND COULD NOT PRESENT ITSELF INDEPEND ENTLY FROM THE 3PANISH 'OVERNMENT EVEN IN MATTERS THAT CONCERN THEM IN THE %5 INSTITUTIONS *UDICIAL CENTRALISATION IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT EVERY 3PANIARD IS EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW (OW HARD IT IS TO MANAGE THAT KIND OF UNITY BETWEEN THE AUTONOMIES AND THE CENTRAL JUDICIARY SYSTEM 4HE AUTONOMIES HAVE THERE OWN JUDICIAL POWER SO IT SEEMS COMPLICATED BUT ITiS NOT DIFFICULT 4HE COURTS IN THE AUTONOMIES HAVE A STRICT AREA IN WHICH THEY CAN PASS DECISIONS 4HE (IGH #OURT IN -ADRID WILL DECIDE ON THE MATTERS WHERE TWO AUTONOMIES HAVE A DISPUTE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT IT WILL NOT GO INTO THE MATTERS THAT BELONG TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE REGIONAL COURTS 4HERE IS A NEW COURT WHICH DEALS WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE AUTONOMIES )F AN AUTONOMY WANT TO PASS A LAW THROUGH THE REGIONAL PARLIAMENT ON AN ISSUE THAT PARTIALLY BELONGS TO THE CENTRAL POWER OR A REGIONAL POWER CONSIDERS THAT HER JURISDICTION HAS BEEN VIOLATED BY THE CENTRAL POWER THE DISPUTE GOES BEFORE THE #ONSTITUTIONAL #OURT 3OMETIMES IN CIVIL LAW THERE CAN BE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AUTONOMIES

BUT THAT IS BECAUSE OF THEIR TRADITIONS IT COMES FROM WHEN THOSE REGIONS WERE KINGDOMS YEARS AGO AND EVEN IN &RANCOiS REGIME THOSE DIFFERENCES EXISTED 4HE PRINCIPLE BY WHICH THE AUTONOMOUS REGIONS AND 3PAIN AS A WHOLE ARE FUNCTIONING IS THAT THEY MUST COMBINE THE GENERAL AND PARTICULAR AUTONOMY INTERESTS IN THE BEST WAY THEY CAN 4HIS SOLIDARITY ALSO IMPLIES THE DUTY OF RECIPROCAL HELP SUPPORT AND LOYALTY OF ALL TO THE #ONSTITUTION 7HAT DOES THAT MEAN 7HAT ARE THE INSTRUMENTS FOR THAT KIND OF SOLIDARITY 4HE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN HOW 3PANISH PEOPLE WORK FOR THE GEN ERAL INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY IS THROUGH A VERY RECENT EXAMPLEb2IGHT NOW THE CASE OF THE 3TATUTE OF #ATALONIA IS IN THE #ONSTITUTIONAL #OURT BECAUSE THE RIGHT WING PARTY 00 THINKS THAT THE STATUTE HAS BEEN GIVEN TOO MUCH POWER AND THAT IN CERTAIN POINTS GOES AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION .OW THE #ONSTITUTION MUST BE APPROVED BY PEOPLE

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SO THAT THEY DONiT HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN APPROVAL FROM THE CENTRAL GOVERN MENT 4HIS IS USUALLY DONE IN A TOWN HALL WHERE APPROXIMATELY PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN A DISCUSSION THAT CONCERNS THEM AND REACH A CONSENSUS ON THE MATTER WITHOUT ANYONE FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY MEDDLING OR INTERVENING ) BELIEVE THAT THIS KIND OF /PEN COUNCIL IS ONLY POSSIBLE IN THOSE KINDS OF COMMUNITIES )T IS IMPRACTICAL IN BIG CITIES BECAUSE IN A CITY OF TWO MILLION PEOPLE EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SAY IN SOMETHING AND IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH A CONSENSUS WITH EVERYBODY

NEGOTIATIONS WITH %4! TO LAY DOWN ARMS BUT THIS HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED BECAUSE LAST #HRISTMAS THERE WAS BEEN A BOMB ATTACK AND TWO PEOPLE DIED SO IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE NO INTEN TION OF DISARMING THEMSELVES )N GENERAL THOUGH 4HE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE "ASQUE COUNTRY AND OTHER AUTONOMIES THAT ARE LEANING TOWARD SELF DETERMINATION ARE IN GOOD RELATIONS AT THIS MOMENT

"UT EVERY TIME SOME BOMB ATTACK OCCURS THERE ARE MASSIVE DEMONSTRA TIONS ON THE STREETS AGAINST %4! AND THE VIOLENCE OF THOSE THAT LIVE IN THE SAME AUTONOMY THAT %4! IS FIGHTING TO GET INDEPENDENT 4HOSE DEMONSTRATIONS OCCUR BECAUSE ONLY ò OF THE PEOPLE LIV ING IN THE "ASQUE COUNTRY WANT INDE PENDENCE WHICH IS A LOT BUT ITiS NOT A MAJORITY %VEN IF THEY WANT INDEPEND ENCE THEY WANT IT IN A PEACEFUL LEGAL WAY THROUGH A REFERENDUM 4HERE HAS { ê ê ê ê BEEN A REFERENDUM ON THE STATUS OF ê ê °ê{ ê AUTONOMY BUT NOT ON INDEPENDENCE ê ê ê ê BECAUSE WE CANiT ACCEPT THE PRINCIPLE ê ê ê ê ê ê )F YOU WOULD GIVE THE REFERENDUM ON INDEPENDENCE YOU WOULD ACCEPT THAT ê ê ê ­ê THERE CAN BE A RIGHT OF SELF DETERMINA { êo êj ê êt ê TION !ND THIS IS SIMPLY NOT IN OUR ê ê ê ê ê CONSTITUTION ê ê ê "UT ) THINK THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN 3PAIN SEE THE BENEFITS OF ê ê ±ê ê ê ê LIVING IN A UNIFIED COUNTRY BECAUSE ê ê ê ê ê THEY CAN KEEP THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND ê ê ê ê ê USE IT IN SCHOOL IN THE COURTS ETC ê ê ­ -OREOVER THEY ARE ALSO LIVING UNDER THE %5 AND .ATO UMBRELLA AND IF THEY 4HE REGIONS WITH LONGEST HISTORI BECAME INDEPENDENT THE %5 SIMPLY CAL TRADITION TEND TO BE GOVERNED BY WOULDNiT TAKE THEM IN AS THAT WOULD NATIONALIST PARTIES WHILE THE REST OF 3PAIN IS DIVIDED BETWEEN THE TWO LARGER NATIONAL PARTIES THE MEAN ACCEPTING A POLICY THAT IS SIMPLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE %5 CENTRE RIGHT 0EOPLES 0ARTY 00 AND THE CENTRE LEFT SOCIALIST PARTY STANDS FOR 03/% (OW IS THE CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION WITH THE 0- FROM 4HE "ASQUE #OUNTRY AND #ATALONIA HAVE FULL POLICE FORCES OF THE 03/% DIRECTING THE WISH FOR EVEN MORE POWER TO SOME OF THE THEIR OWN )S THIS A FACTOR OF STABILITY OR DESTABILISATION AUTONOMIES 4HERE IS ALWAYS A DIFFERENCE OF INTEREST BUT AT THIS MOMENT THE ) WOULD SAY THAT IT IS A FACTOR OF STABILITY BECAUSE IN THAT WAY YOU ARE GIVING PEOPLE A FEELING THAT THEIR OWN POLICE ARE PROTECTING RELATION IS GOOD BECAUSE IN MANY OF THESE HISTORICAL REGIONS THE GOV ERNMENT IN POWER IS THE SOCIALIST PARTY 03/% WITH A NATIONALIST PARTY THEM AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM THE CENTRAL GOVERN LIKE IN #ATALONIA 4HERE THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT IN THE HANDS OF THE MENT .ORMALLY THERE HAS BEEN ONLY A CHANGE IN THE MARKINGS OF THE NATIONALIST PARTY BUT IN A COALITION FORM WITH THE 3OCIALIST 0ARTY AND UNIFORM WHEN THEY BECAME REGIONAL POLICE )N THAT WAY PEOPLE THAT THE 2EPUBLICAN ,EFT OF #ATALONIA )N 'ALICIA THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO WANT TO SERVE IN THE POLICE HAVE A CHOICE TO DO IT IN THEIR REGION OR THE FORMED BY THE 3OCIALIST 0ARTY AND THE NATIONALISTIC PARTY OF 'ALICIA )N 'UARDIA CIVIL WHICH IS UNIFIED FOR ALL OF 3PAIN !NDALUSIA YOU ALSO HAVE A SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT 4HE ONLY AUTONOMY WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE HANDS OF THE NATIONALIST PARTY IS THE 7HAT DO YOU THINK IS THE SECRET OF THE SUCCESS OF THE 3PANISH "ASQUE COUNTRY "UT ON THE STATE LEVEL THEY HAVE A VERY GOOD UNDER FORMULA IN KEEPING THE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN THE CONFLICTING STANDING WITH THE SOCIALIST PARTY AMBITIONS OF FEDERALISTS AND CENTRALISTS ) THINK THAT THE FORMULA IS WHAT ) SAID EARLIER THAT IT IS MUCH BETTER $IDNiT %4! EVEN HAVE A POLITICAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE "ASQUE TO BE UNITED THAN TO BE SEPARATED OR FIGHT AGAINST EACH OTHER "UT YOU COUNTRY PARLIAMENT CAN NEVER TAKE A FORMULA OF ONE COUNTRY AND TRY TO PUT IT IN ANOTHER ONE 9ES THEY DID )T WAS A POLITICAL WING OF %4!

BUT THEY ARE BANNED )N 3PAIN WE HAD CENTURIES OF LIVING TOGETHER AND THAT GIVES A KIND OF A FROM THE PARLIAMENT NOW 4HAT PARTY HAS ALWAYS SAID THAT THEY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU GIVE A PART OF YOUR RIGHT TO A SUPERIOR BODY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH %4!

THAT THEY ARE JUST A POLITICAL PARTY BY THE SAME TIME YOU GET OTHER RIGHTS THAT YOU MIGHT NEVER HAVE IF YOU "UT AFTER CERTAIN YEARS OF INVESTIGATION WE WERE ABLE TO PROVE THAT WERE ALONE 3INCE WE HAD SUCH A BAD EXPERIENCE BETWEEN OURSELVES ) THEY WERE A POLITICAL HAND OF %4! 4HERE WERE CLEAR INDICATIONS THINK THAT THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF THE 3PANISH PEOPLE HAS WRITTEN A FROM THE FINANCING POINT OF VIEW AND SURVEILLANCE THAT THEY ARE A CONSTITUTION THAT IS NOT TOO CENTRALISTIC OR INDEPENDENT SO THAT IT REFLECTS POLITICAL BRANCH OF %4! )N THE MEANWHILE THE GOVERNMENT STARTED A CONSTANT EFFORT TO TRY TO FIND AND MAINTAIN THAT EQUILIBRIUM

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ET ME START BY SAYING THAT YOUiRE MORE THAN RIGHT THIS IS NOT ONLY A MISSION THATiS ALWAYS ACTIVE BUT ALSO ONE IN A MORE THAN LIVELY COUNTRY ,OOKING BACK AT WHATiS HAPPENED SINCE )iVE BEEN HERE ) STARTED WITH THE PROPOSED NEW #ONSTITUTION THEN WE HAD THE REFERENDUM THEN WE HAD THE NEW ELECTIONS AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT COALITION DISCUSSIONS 7EiVE HAD 0F0 ENTRY MATTERS RELATING TO THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE %UROPEAN 5NION m LINKED TO CON DITIONALITY m AND LAST WEEK WE HAD THE VISIT OF OUR &OREIGN -INISTER "ERNARD "OT TO 3ERBIA !ND ON A BIT MORE OF A PERSONAL LEVEL AFTER EIGHT WEEKS HERE ) MANAGED TO MOVE TO OUR NEW AMBASSADORIAL RESI DENCE WHICH )iM SATISFIED WITH 3ECONDLY ITiS NICE FOR ME TO BE HERE BECAUSE THIS POSTING HAS

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ALLOWED A LOT OF MY OWN FORMER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES TO COME TOGETHER &OR INSTANCE ) STUDIED %UROPEAN LAW AND SO THE RELATION SHIP BETWEEN 3ERBIA AND THE %5 IS VERY FAMILIAR TO ME )iVE DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THE %5 FRAMEWORK AND SO WHAT ) NEGOTIATED THERE COMES BACK TO ME HERE ) SPENT AROUND YEARS WORKING FOR THE -INISTRY OF %CONOMIC !FFAIRS AND DURING THAT TIME ) VISITED 3ERBIA AND MANY OTHER %UROPEAN COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION WHILST WORKING ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS 4HAT EXPERIENCE COMES BACK NOW BECAUSE HERE ) HAVE TO DO THE SAME TASK FROM THE OUTSIDE AND ITiS INTERESTING FOR ME TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC RELATIONS &INALLY FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS )iVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND IN ONE PERIOD ) WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR %UROPEAN MORE POLITICAL BILATERAL RELATIONS 7ITHIN MY DIRECTORATE AT THAT TIME ) HAD RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SO CALLED h"ALKAN 3ECTIONi WHICH ENSURED THAT ) WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

p )N ACCORDANCE WITH OUR OBJECTIVE OF STRENGTHENING 3ERBIAiS POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES ! MORE PERSONAL REASON WHY ) AM ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS POSTING ECONOMY TO SEE MORE PEOPLE EARNING THEIR WAY AND ENJOYING A HIGHER IS THAT ) LIKE WORKING WITH TRANSITIONAL COUNTRIES HAVING GAINED A LOT STANDARD OF LIVING WE HAVE DEVELOPED SOME PROJECTS THROUGH THE OF EXPERIENCE IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN %UROPEAN COUNTRIES ) WAS 03/- 0ROGRAMME IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE SHIPBUILDING FOOTWEAR PART OF THE DELEGATION OF THE THEN %%# THAT NEGOTIATED THE BILATERAL MANUFACTURING ETC )NDEED SINCE WE HAVE DISPERSED SOME TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE %UROPEAN %CONOMIC #OMMUNITY AND _ MILLION THROUGH THIS PROGRAMME ALONE /UR SUCCESS CAN BE JUDGED BY THE FACT THAT WE TEND TO BE AMONG THE 2OMANIA OF #EAUëESCU ) VISITED !LBANIA IN THE TIME OF !LIA ) WAS HERE YEARS AGO AND )iVE VISITED A LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION THE TOP THREE INVESTOR NATIONS IN NEW MEMBER STATES OR CANDIDATES

&OR ME ITiS INTERESTING TO WORK IN A COUNTRY LIKE 3ERBIA THAT IS STILL ONE REASON OF WHICH IS OUR SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PRO GRAMMES LOOKING FOR ITS FUTURE BUT IS VERY MUCH ALIVE AND KICKING 3O ALL IN ALL ) THINK ITiS THE COMBINATION OF A VERY ACTIVE POLITICAL !CCORDING TO STATISTICS OF 3ERBIAiS CENTRAL BANK THE .ATIONAL SCENE AND THE TRANSITIONAL DRIVE FOR REFORM COUPLED WITH AN INTER ESTING GEOGRAPHICAL REGION WITH MANY PLACES TO VISIT WITHIN DRIVING "ANK OF 3ERBIA ."3 THE .ETHERLANDS HAS BEEN THE FIFTH BIG DISTANCE THAT MAKE "ELGRADE 3ERBIA ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING REALLY GEST FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTOR NATION IN 3ERBIA SINCE THE YEAR TOTAL TO /CT i MILLION !RE YOU SATISFIED WITH THIS INTERESTING POSTINGS FOR A DIPLOMAT IN %UROPE b) SEE THIS COUNTRY AS ONE WITH A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES ON THE ONE RESULT AND WHAT SECTORS IN 3ERBIA REMAIN INTERESTING TO $UTCH SIDE BUT A LOT OF BLOCKED PROCESSES DEVELOPMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS COMPANIES AND WHY ON THE OTHER )F YOU LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS COUNTRY TRADITIONALLY AND IN PRAC TICE IS THE CENTRE OF THIS REGION !ND IF YOU LOOK µ~ ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS COUNTRY YOU WILL SEE ê ­ê{ ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ¾ AGAIN THAT IT IS THE CENTRE OF THIS REGION -OREOVER ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê THIS COUNTRY IS USED TO GOVERNING ITSELF 7HILE NEW COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OR REDEVELOPED IN ê ê êz ê ê ­ê{ ê ê ê ê %UROPE THIS COUNTRY ALREADY KNEW HOW TO GOVERN ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êz ê ê ê ê ITSELF FROM ITS ORIGINS ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­´ 3ERBIA HAS A WELL TRAINED POPULATION AND HAS TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC TIES WITH MANY 7ELL AS FAR AS FOOTBALL AND ICE SKATING ARE CONCERNED WE ALWAYS COUNTRIES INCLUDING MY OWN &OR INSTANCE ) REMEMBER THAT WE NEGOTIATED TEXTILE DEALS WITH THIS COUNTRY MANY YEARS AGO !NOTHER GO FOR THE TOP THREE AT LEAST !ND AS FAR AS FOREIGN INVESTMENT IS CON ELEMENT OF THE OPPORTUNITIES ) SEE IS THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS CERNED ) WOULD LIKE TO REALISE THE SAME AMBITIONS 3O )iM NOT SATIS COUNTRY IS THE %5 INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED IT TO CONNECT DIFFERENT FIED 4HIS HOWEVER HAS LESS TO DO WITH OUR RANKING AND MORE TO DO PARTS OF THE %UROPEAN 5NION 3O )iM OF THE OPINION THAT IF 3ERBIA IS WITH THE LEVELS OF INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC CO OPERATION TRADE JOINT ABLE TO CROSS THE BRIDGE ;BY HONOURING THE NECESSARY COMMITMENTS= VENTURES ETC #OMPARED WITH OUR TRADE AND ECONOMIC CO OPERATION IT COULD GO RATHER FAST !ND )iM FAR FROM BEING THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES ITiS SIMPLY TOO LOW /UR OVERALL TRADE TURNOUT HERE IS ONLY _ MILLION ANNUALLY SUCH AN OPINION 4HIS IS PERHAPS RELATED TO THE WAY PEOPLE PERCEIVE THE COUNTRY

4HE EMBASSY IS RUNNING NUMEROUS $UTCH 3ERBIAN PRO )NVESTORS TEND TO HAVE A LOT OF REASONS TO INVEST IN A COUNTRY 4HEY GRAMMES SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN WANT TO MAKE PROFIT WITH THEIR INVESTMENT AND SO THEY TEND TO LOOK AT 3ERBIA (OW SUCCESSFUL ARE THE 03/- AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAMMES THE WAGE LEVELS AND THE QUALIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYEES THEY LOOK AT THE PROVING AND HAVE THEIR BENEFITS BEEN PROVEN ELSEWHERE SECURITY OF THEIR INVESTMENT m ) COMMENTED TO THE -INISTER OF *USTICE 7E HAVE TWO MAIN OBJECTIVES IN THE ECONOMIC FIELD IN 3ERBIA RECENTLY THAT PERHAPS HIS WORK IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IN ATTRACTING INVESTORS THAN THAT OF SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES m AND THEY LOOK AT THE INTERNATIONAL IMAGE AND µpê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê PROSPECTIVE OF A COUNTRY 4HESE POINTS IN PART ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ¾ INDICATE WHY THE FUTURE LEVELS OF TRADE AND ê ê ê ­êp ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê INVESTMENT COULD BE BETTER

ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ­êh ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­´ &IRSTLY TO PROMOTE CO OPERATION BETWEEN $UTCH COMPANIES AND 3ERBIAN COMPANIES THIS WE DO THROUGH THE 03/- ECONOMIC CO OPER ATION PROGRAMME WITH CENTRAL AND EASTERN %UROPEAN COUNTRIES 4HERE WE HELP COMPANIES TO FIND PARTNERS AND DEVELOP A BUSINESS PLAN THUS LEADING TO MORE INVOLVEMENT OF $UTCH COMPANIES IN 3ERBIA /UR SECOND OBJECTIVE IS TO STRENGTHEN GENERAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THIS COUNTRY WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BILATERAL CO OPERATION BETWEEN OUR FIRMS BUT IS RATHER ABOUT MAKING THE ECONOMIC BASE OF THIS COUNTRY STRONGER 4HERE WE HAVE THE "!3 "USINESS !SSISTANCE 3YSTEM 0ROGRAMME IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE %"2$ WITH WHICH WE TRY TO CREATE SUCCESSFUL NEW SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED COMPANIES

BY SUPPORTING FLEDGLING 3-%S WITH BUSINESS PLANS !NOTHER PRO GRAMME OFFERS 3-%S ADVICE FROM EXPERIENCED BUSINESS DIRECTORS FROM THE .ETHERLANDS AND RECENTLY OUR ORGANISATION #") STARTED HELPING THEM EXPORT MORE GOODS TO OTHER %UROPEAN COUNTRIES

4HE 2OYAL .ETHERLANDS %MBASSY IS SUP PORTING MILITARY REFORM THROUGH SEVERAL PROJECTS THE MOST INTERESTING OF WHICH IS PERHAPS THE 02)3-! PROJECT ASSISTING IN THE POST MILITARY SOCIAL REINTEGRATION OF OFFICERS (OW COMMITTED IS THE .ETHERLANDS TO ASSISTING IN THE FULL %URO !TLANTIC INTEGRATION OF THE COUNTRYiS MILITARY FORCES b! LOT OF NEW DEMANDS ARE COMING TO THE 3ERBIAN ARMY AN ARMY WHICH HAS STRONG CAPABILITIES BUT STILL MUST REFORM 4HE .ETHERLANDSi !RMY ALSO HAD A GOOD REPUTATION IN TERMS OF CAPABILITIES BUT WE HAD TO UNDERTAKE RESTRUCTURING OF OUR ARMY ACROSS THE BORDER TO COPE WITH NEW DEMANDS LIKE FOR INSTANCE DEPLOYMENTS IN !FGHANISTAN AND )RAQ PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ETC )N TERMS OF OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEFENCE SECTOR LET ME START

BY SAYING THAT WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT 3ERBIA BELONGS TO %UROPE 4HEREFORE THE .ETHERLANDS SUPPORTS 3ERBIAiS PROSPECTS TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE %5 AND .!4/ 3UPPORTING THAT INTEGRATION IS A PROM ISE THAT WE MADE AND ARE COMMITTED TO BUT 3ERBIA HAS TO CROSS THE BRIDGE BY FULFILLING ITS REQUIREMENTS 4HE WHOLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DECIDED TO BRING THE CorD \ -ARCH

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4HATiS WHY THE 5. CREATED THE )#49 4URKEY AND EVEN IN #ENTRAL !SIA m LIKE 7AR CRIMINALS DESERVE TO BE PUNISHED +AZAKHSTAN WHERE WE TAKE SOME ELE AND THEIR VICTIMS DESERVE JUSTICE 4HIS MENTS OUT AND LIMIT OURSELVES TO APPRO IS A NECESSARY FINAL STEP FOR THE RECON PRIATE ELEMENTS CILIATION OF THE REGION AND IT REMAINS 4HIS IS A GENUINE INSTRUMENT FOR AN IMPORTANT STEP TO BE TAKEN BY THE PROMOTING ALL SORTS OF TRANSITION PROC 3ERBIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM 4HESE ARE THE ESSES REASONS WHY MY COUNTRY IS OF THE OPIN ION THAT 3ERBIA SHOULD FULFIL ITS ACCEPTED /NE SPHERE WHERE YOUR EMBASSY OBLIGATIONS BEFORE WE CAN TAKE FURTHER HAS REMAINED EXTREMELY ACTIVE IS THE STEPS SPHERE OF CULTURE 4HIS TREND IS SET TO 4HIS MEANS THAT WE ARE IN FAVOUR OF CONTINUE WITH THE .ETHERLANDS $ANCE THE %UROPEAN PERSPECTIVE AND THAT WE 4HEATRE .$4 TO RETURN THIS YEAR THE ARE READY TO RECEIVE 3ERBIA WHEN THEY $AYS OF $UTCH &ILM TO TAKE PLACE IN CROSS THE BRIDGE )TiS ALSO WHY WE ARE 0ODGORICA AND .ETHERLANDSi ARCHI ALREADY ACTIVE IN PREPARING 3ERBIA FOR TECTURE AND DESIGN TO BE SHOWCASED THAT STEP AND THE FUTURE BEYOND AT "ELGRADE $ESIGN 7EEK 7HAT DO !S YOU NOTED WE DO PLAY A ROLE IN YOU THINK ATTRACTS THE 3ERBIAN PUBLIC QUITE SOME PROJECTS IN THE DEFENCE FIELD TO $UTCH ART IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS 9OU MENTIONED 02)3-!

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HIS MONTH "RANISLAV 'RUJIÌ TALKS TO #OR$ ABOUT HOW HE TURNED DOWN AN OFFER TO JOIN THE $/3 'OVERNMENT BACK IN WHY 3ERBIA IS MISSING OUT ON ITS CHANCE TO MAKE A PROFIT WITH 2USSIA AND HOW 3ERBIA CAN FOLLOW 2USSIAiS EXAMPLE AND TURN ITSELF BACK INTO A PROGRESSIVE ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE 7HEN "RANISLAV 'RUJIÌ CHOSE TO TURN HIS BACK ON A LIFE IN ACADEMIA IN "ELGRADE IN ORDER TO PURSUE A BUSINESS CAREER HE COULD HAVE FORGED A CAREER AND MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF WITHIN THE COUNTRY )NSTEAD THOUGH HE CHOSE TO TAKE THE MORE DIFFICULT PATH OF TRYING TO PROVE HIMSELF IN THE CUTTHROAT FICKLE PICKY %UROPEAN MARKET

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2USSIA IS hTHEi COUNTRY IN TERMS OF CHANGING ITS ECONOMIC STRUCTURE AND EVEN ACHIEVING THE STANDARD OF LEADING GLOBAL ECO NOMIC POWERS IN MANY SEGMENTS 2USSIA HAS BECOME A MAGNETIC LURE FOR THE GREATEST WORLD PRODUCERS 2USSIA IS THE COUNTRY WITH THE MOST DOMINANT TASTE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT FASHION COLLECTIONS FURNITURE JEWELLERY FOOD ETC 2USSIA HAS BECOME THE COUNTRY TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE YOUR

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ELJIÌ WHO CALLS HIMSELF AN hANARCHO LIBERALi ADMITS THAT HE PROFESSIONALLY GRIEVES FOR THE LARGE MEDIA MARKET OF THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA AND EX 9UGOSLAV JOURNALISTS REVEALING ALSO THAT HIS PROFESSIONAL DREAM WAS TO HAVE THE 3ERBIAN EDITION OF 0LAYBOY AND THE LOWEST SALARY ON $ER 3PIEGELiS PAYROLL 2ELJIÌ IS ALSO EXPECTING THE WORLD MEDIA TO BYPASS 3ERBIA

PLUNGING THE COUNTRY INTO THE SORT OF MONOTONY ENJOYED BY .ORWAY OR $ENMARK (EREiS WHAT ELSE HE TOLD #OR$ /N A SCALE OF ONE TO FIVE HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE 3ERBIAN MEDIA 'ENERALLY SPEAKING THINGS ARE IMPROVING 4HEREiS NEW LEGISLA TURE RULES ARE BEING ESTABLISHED BROADCASTING LICENCES HAVE BEEN ISSUED MARKETING REGULATED MORAL PARAMETERS AND CODES ARE IN PLACE LAWS ARE NOT GIVEN MERE LIP SERVICEb ! NEW CLASS OF JOURNALISTS WITHOUT TOO MANY AMATEURS IN THEIR RANKS IS BEING FORMED *OURNALISM IS BECOMING PROFESSIONAL 4HE PUBLIC SERVICE IS MAKING PROGRESS ALBEIT SLOWLY 4HEREFORE ) WOULD HAVE TO RATE IT WITH A THREE "UT WHAT NEEDS TO BE STRESSED IS THAT 3ERBIA DID NOT FIND ITSELF WHERE IT IS TODAY ARRIVING FROM THE 3TONE !GE *OURNALISM WAS MUCH BETTER DEVELOPED IN THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA !S A COUNTRY THAT PERCEIVED ITSELF AS SOVEREIGN 9UGOSLAVIA INVESTED IN JOURNALISM AND HAD A SERIOUS MARKET )S THERE ROOM FOR TALK ABOUT FREE AND INDEPENDENT 3ERBIAN JOURNALISM 4HE IDEA OF FREE AND INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM HAS ITS FOUNDA TIONS IN THE TH CENTURY AND WAS INFLUENTIAL UNTIL THE END OF THE LAST CENTURY 4HE PARAMETERS WERE CLEAR IT WAS AN ISSUE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MEDIA AND POWER CONCENTRATED IN A STATE

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NOT ACCORDING TO WHAT SOMEONE AS A PROFESSIONAL MAY THINK BUT ACCORDING TO WHAT SOMEONE AS AN EXISTENTIALLY THREATENED BEING

MUST DO ON BEHALF OF WHOEVER SIGNS THEIR PAYCHEQUE !ND AFTER ALL WHO COULD RENOUNCE YOUR SERVICES .ATURALLY NO SYSTEM CAN SURVIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF CHAOS AND INTERREGNUM

SO IT IS LOGICAL SOCIALLY IMPORTANT AND REASONABLE FOR THE AGE OF CHAOS TO END IN OUR COUNTRY ! NEW SCENE IS DEVELOPING WHERE MEDIA OWNERS WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE LARGEST RETAIL CHAINS OWN ERS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THOSE OWNERS OF THE MEDIA DEPEND ON MARKETING AND ADVERTISEMENT 4HAT IS WHY REPRESENTATIVE OF VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS WHO COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT FREE JOURNALISM WITH SOME SORT OF TEXTBOOK IDEAS ANNOY ME A LITTLE WHEN THEY LECTURE ABOUT THINGS NOT PRESENT IN THEIR OWN SOCIETIES !LL OF THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA HOUSES SHOW A MINIMAL READER ADVERTISER RATING IN TERMS OF GENERATED INCOME TO PERCENT

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OR BE DRAWN INTO OPEN DISCUSSIONS DEALING WITH THE DIRTY SIDE OF BUSINESS 9OU HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED THIS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MEDIA AND POWER AND IN THAT CONTEXT ITiS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO TOUCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOURNALISTS AND POLITICIANS 9OU ARE ONE OF THE 3ERBIAN JOURNALISTS WHOSE DISPUTES WITH POLITICIANS HAVE ENDED UP IN THE COURTROOMb 4HEREiVE BEEN MORE THAN A FEW SUCH INSTANCES IN MY CAREER AS .). EDITOR IN CHIEF BUT ALL THAT HAPPENS MORE OR LESS PUBLICLY

AND THE RISKS POLITICIANS UNDERTAKE ARE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN MINE 0ERHAPS ) COULD MAKE A PERSONAL COMPLAINT AGAINST THE COURTS BUT NOTHING CHANGES DRAMATICALLY )TiS ALLOWED "UT HOW CAN IT BE PERMITTED FOR SOMEONE TO SWEAR AT YOU IN THE COURT ROOM 4HATiS A DIFFERENT KIND OF RISK THATiS WHERE A JOURNALISTiS PER SON IS THREATENED JUST LIKE THAT OF ANY OTHER CITIZEN !S A JOURNALIST

AND ) STAND BEHIND THIS THE EASIEST THING TO DO STILL IS TO LAUNCH ATTACKS AGAINST POLITICIANS OR TO ARGUE WITH THEM 7E HAVE RECENTLY PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ON MOBBING IN .). m ABOUT THE PHENOMENON OF WORKPLACE HARASSMENT 4HATiS SOMETHING ONE COULD ASK AROUND ONEiS NEIGHBOURHOOD 4HEREiRE THOUSANDS OF EXAMPLES BUT IT ISNiT COVERED IN THE PAPERS 4HOSE SUBJECTS TAKE THE BACK SEAT UNTIL THEY REACH BREAKING POINT 7HO WILL DARE PUBLICLY COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYER 7E DEPEND ON THAT SOCIAL GROUP UNTIL WE GET CLOSE TO THE END OF OUR LIVES "UT YOU CAN ALWAYS ACCUSE POLITICIANS OF THIS AND THAT THAT THEIR STANCE ON +OSOVO ISNiT WHAT IT SHOULD BE

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WHETHER WHATiS GOING ON THERE IS DESCRIBED AS AN jOCCUPATIONk OR jDEMOCRATISATIONk 4HE jOCCUPIERk WILL FACE A WORLD OF TROUBLE (OWEVER SOMEONE THAT jREMOVES A DICTATORk WORSE THAN (ITLER WILL GET ALL THE SUPPORT IN THE WORLD 4HE RARE REPORTERS WHO SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY m SUCH AS 4HE )NDEPENDENTiS EXCEPTIONAL 2OBERT &ISK m ARE UNFORTUNATELY SIMPLY AN ALIBI FOR THE MAINSTREAM 4HE NEWS INDUSTRY CANNOT ALLOW REPORTERS IN THE FIELD TO OVERTURN A FUNCTIONAL PICTURE 4HE BIGGEST MEDIA TODAY ALWAYS HAVE REPORT ERS IN THE FIELD FOR THE SAKE OF APPEARING AUTHENTIC BUT THE TEXT IS WRITTEN BY A SENIOR WRITER IN .EW 9ORK )N A BUSINESS THAT LARGE NO ONE IS ABOVE THE BASIC PRINCIPLE THAT BUSINESS MUST CONTINUE

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4HE STRIKE STARTED IN MID /CTOBER LAST YEAR WHEN ALMOST THE ENTIRE ENSEMBLE OUT OF ACTORS AND MOST OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE OLDEST PUPPET THEATRE IN THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA DECIDED TO HALT ALL ACTIVITIES 4HE ACTORS CITED DAILY THREATS INSULTS BLACKMAIL AND ABUSE PERPE TRATED BY THE MANAGER AS ONE OF THE REASONS THEY DECIDED TO GO ON STRIKE

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WHEN SOME FIFTEEN YOUNG MEN BURST INTO THE THEATRE SEVERELY BEATING THREE ACTORS %MIL +URCINAK $RAGAN :ORIÌ AND :ORAN !NDREJIN WHO HAD SPENT ALMOST TWO MONTHS IN SHIFTS AT THE THEATRE WERE JUST ABOUT TO GO TO SLEEP WHEN THE YOUNG MEN STORMED IN AND STARTED TURNING OVER THE FURNITURE BEATING THEM AND SHOUTING j'ET OUT k 4HE MASKED HOOLIGANS FIRST SUBJECTED THEM TO BEATING IN THE THEATRE BUILDING ITSELF AND THEN CHASED THEM AROUND DOWNTOWN .OVI 3AD 0OLICE ARRIVED SOON AFTER BUT 4OMISLAV +NEZEVIÌ AND THE JANITOR WOULD NOT LET THEM IN FOR A FULL TWO HOURS )N THE MEANTIME THE MANAGER CLEANED UP THE MESS THE ASSAIL ANTS LEFT BEHIND (OWEVER THAT WAS NOT THE END OF HIS REIGN AT THE 9OUTH 4HEATRE 4HE DAY AFTER POLICE STARTED AN INVESTIGATION AND FILED A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST +NEZEVIC WHO WAS SUSPECTED OF INCITING THE ATTACKERS AND OBSTRUCTING THE POLICE 4HAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY AUTHORITIES USED AS A CUE TO DISMISS +NEZEVIÌ MARKING THE END OF THE ACTORSi STRIKE

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HE CHANGES -AYOR *EpIÌ HAS MADE MAY SOUND REVOLUTIONARY

AND ALTHOUGH THEY ARE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED THEY ARE ALSO SIMPLE CREATE A BETTER LIFE FOR THE CITYiS CITIZENS AND YOU WILL ATTRACT NEEDED INVESTMENT MAKE ADMINISTRATION RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY AND YOU WILL HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON SERVICES FOR THE CITIZENS OPERATE TRANSPARENTLY AND YOU WILL REMOVE OPPORTU NITIES FOR CORRUPTION 4HE CHANGES AT CITY HALL IN )NðIJA ARE CLEAR FROM THE MOMENT YOU WALK THROUGH ITS DOORS )NSTEAD OF QUEUES OF DISGRUNTLED CITIZENS YOU ARE GREETED BY AN ATTENDANT WHO KINDLY ASKS WHAT SERVICE YOU NEED AND THEN DIRECTS YOU ACCORDINGLY #ITY (ALL HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A FRIENDLY PLACE )TS MAIN ROOM INTO THE #ITIZEN !SSISTANCE #ENTRE AESTHETICALLY IT LOOKS LIKE A MORE LIKE A MODERN BANK THAN A GOVERNMENT OFFICE 7INDOWS THAT ONCE FORCED CITIZENS TO STAND HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY DESKS THAT ALLOW THEM TO SIT AND TALK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION )N TURN THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT CONFRONTATIONAL BUT HELPFUL AND ONCE LENGTHY TASKS ARE NOW PERFORMED EFFICIENTLY !N AMAZING THING HAS HAPPENED AS A RESULT

BOTH CITIZENS AND THE ADMINISTRATION ARE SMILING m PERHAPS THIS IS WHY THE TAXI DRIVERS ARE OPENLY PROUD OF THEIR CITY HALL -AYOR *EpIÌ CREDITS THE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CHANGING TO MEET A NEW PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF )NðIJA !T FIRST

THOUGH THE WORKING MENTALITY WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES

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ALREADY TAKEN PLACE AND WHERE MUNICIPALITIES WERE FUNCTIONING BETTER *EpIÌ SAYS j4HE FIRST TIME ) WAS IN 6IENNA IN AND IN OTHER CITIES IN !USTRIA ) SAW MANY GOOD THINGS BEING DONE ) CAME BACK TO )NðIJA AND ) WANTED TO START REFORM "UT IT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DIDNiT SEE THE POSSIBILITY IN 3ERBIA AS MOST HADNiT TRAVELLED ABROAD IN THE PAST DECADE 3O ) MADE A PROGRAMME WITH THE %UROPEAN 5NION IN AND AND ) PREPARED SMALL GROUPS TO VISIT OUR COLLEAGUES IN !USTRIA 3LOVENIA AND THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC 7HEN THEY CAME BACK THEY STARTED TO BELIEVE THAT IT

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NURSERIES IN ALL THE MUNICIPALITYiS OUTLYING AREAS A YOUTH SPORT PROGRAMME THAT ALLOWS EACH YOUNGSTER TO PLAY FOOTBALL ON A TEAM NOT IN A PRIVATELY OWNED CLUB IF HE OR SHE WANTS TO AND NOT AT THE WILL OF A CLUB OWNER A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK THAT FOSTERS GROWTH OF INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS IN TERMS OF CLEAN WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT THAT ARE MOVING TOWARDS %UROPEAN STANDARDS OR A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM THAT ENSURES THAT ALL PUBLIC UTILITIES SERVICES AND ORGANISATIONS ARE HOOKED UP TO THE INTERNET m FREE OF CHARGE OF COURSE BECAUSE )NรฐIJA HAS TAKEN ON THE ROLE OF INTERNET PROVIDER IN THE MUNICIPALITY *EpIร EXPLAINS j) HAD THREE GOALS IN THE LAST ELECTION &IRST WERE

NEW JOBS m WE GOT THOSE 3ECOND WAS BETTER HEALTH CARE m WE SPENT _ MILLION TO BETTER EQUIP THE SYSTEM 4HIRD WAS PER CENT USERS OF INTERNET m THAT WAS A POLITICAL GOAL FOR US THAT MEANS HIGHER EDUCATED PEOPLE k 4HE LAST GOAL SEEMS TO BE THE MAYORiS PATH FOR FUTURE SUCCESS OF THE MUNICIPALITY !LREADY HE HAS CREATED A PRO GRAMME THAT GIVES _ EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS m TO BE USED IN DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES m TO THE BEST STUDENTS IF THEY AGREE TO COME BACK TO )NรฐIJA AND WORK IN THE ADMINISTRATION OR IN LOCAL UTILITIES 4HIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF

nย ย ย ย รชqย Oย 9ยฑรชpย ย ย ย ย รชย ย ย ย ย A UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY FOR IT IS HIS VISION THAT A HIGHER LEVEL OF ACHIEVED EDUCATION WILL FURTHER INCREASE STANDARDS AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITIZENS OF )NรฐIJA )N LOOKING AT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN )NรฐIJA AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WORK THAT THIS YOUNG MAYOR HAS ACHIEVED IT IS HARD NOT TO WONDER IF FUTURE POLITICAL AMBITIONS ARE FUELLING HIS DESIRE TO CREATE THE BEST RUN MUNICIPALITY IN 3ERBIA 4HIS MAY BE TO NO AVAIL THOUGH AS *EpIร CLAIMS THAT SEVEN YEARS ON THE JOB AND A REFORMULATED SYSTEM TO ELECT MAYORS UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION STIPULATING MUCH TO HIS DISMAY THAT MAYORS BE APPOINTED CEN TRALLY AS OPPOSED TO THROUGH DIRECT ELECTIONS WILL PROBABLY MEAN THAT THIS IS HIS LAST TERM IN OFFICE j7E HAVE GOOD RESULTS IN OUR CITY 7E MUST KEEP WORKING THOUGH 4HIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AND FOR EVERYONE ) HAVE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS ) AM TIRED THOUGH ) HAVE PREPARED THE NEXT GENERATION m THE SECOND FRONT 7E EXPECT EVEN BETTER RESULTS AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION k 4HE BEST INDICATORS OF THE RESULTS ACHIEVED IN )NรฐIJA MAY BE THE SHORTER QUEUES HAPPIER WORKERS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OR THE

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TOGRAPHY WITH ITS PRACTICAL APPLI CATION AND CO OPERATION WITH THE CORPORATE SECTOR IS SUPPORTED 4HE MISSION OF /:/.% IS TO STIMULATE THE PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND THE CREA TIVE EXCHANGE BETWEEN VARIOUSLY POSITIONED INDIVIDUALS AND PRO FESSIONAL GROUPS FROM THE REALM OF ART CULTURE ECONOMY BUSI

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n ê ê i ê TION SINCE PLANS FOR ITS CON STRUCTION WERE ANNOUNCED #OMPANY -0# 0ROPERTIES

WHICH HAS PROMOTED THIS PROJECT TIRELESSLY AT A DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL LEVEL IS TO PRESENT THIS FIRST REGIONAL SHOPPING CENTRE IN A PROMOTIONAL FASH ION OVER DAYS AT TWO PRESTIGE

THE WORLDiS BIGGEST REAL ESTATE FAIR -)0)- IN #ANNES WHERE THEY WILL BE PRESENTED ON TH -ARCH 4HE FACT THAT THE "ELGRADE LAND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS PROPOSED THIS PROJECT TO BE PRE SENTED AT THE &AIR IN #ANNES m AND THAT IT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED

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'ENERAL -ANAGER OF "-7 FOR #ENTRAL AND %ASTERN %UROPE 4HE SALES SALON TAKES UP AN AREA OF M AND IS EQUIPPED TO THE HIGHEST "-7 STANDARDS 7ITHIN THE SALON YOU CAN FIND OF THE NEWEST MODELS OF "-7 AND -).) EXHIBITED !

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TOLD 46 0INK ON TH &EBRUARY THAT THE PRIVATISATION PROCESS OF SOCIALLY OWNED COMPANIES SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE )NSISTING THAT NO DEADLINE HAS BEEN SET "UBALO DID SAY THAT SOME TO COMPA NIES COULD BE SOLD DURING !CCORDING TO "UBALO SOME TO COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFULLY OFFERED AT AUCTION SEVERAL TIMES WILL BE SENT INTO BANKRUPCY 3OURCE ECONOMY CO YU

WELL AT 0ApTROVIÌEVA "Y THE END OF THE YEAR

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.IKOLA 4ESLA !IRPORT BOSSES EXPECT THAT TREND OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS OPERATIONS WILL CON TINUE AND THAT RESULTS AT THE END OF YEAR WILL EXCEED THE BUSINESS RESULT IN BY A CONSIDERABLE MARGIN 3OURCE ECONOMY CO YU

VIDE SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO 2ED (AT CUSTOMERS PARTNERS AND DEVEL OPERS IN THE REGION )"- WILL OFFER THE CENTRE ACCESS TO ITS TECHNOLOGIES AND KNOWLEDGE BASE SO THAT IN THE FUTURE THE CENTRE CAN ALSO SUP PORT )"- S OPEN SOURCE PROD UCTS 2ED (AT AND )"- EXPECT THE CENTRE TO HELP STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTA TION OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IN 3ERBIA BOOST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES IN THE SCIENCES

THROUGH )4 INNOVATIONS AND HELP BRIDGE THE DIGITAL GAP BY DEVELOPING PROGRAMS SUPPORT ING DIGITAL LITERACY IN SCHOOLS AND LOWER INCOME COMMUNI TIES 4HE CENTRE IS THE RESULT OF AN INITIATIVE LAUNCHED IN

BY THE 5NIVERSITY OF "ELGRADE TO CREATE AN INCUBATOR FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES 2ED (AT CHOSE 6RpAC FOR ITS INFRASTRUCTURE LOCATION AND MULTIETHNIC AND MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT j4HE GROWTH POTENTIAL OF THE 3ERBIAN MARKET AND NEARBY REGIONS WAS ALSO AN ATTRACTION k THE COMPANY SAID 3OURCE ECONOMY CO YU

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"ELGRADEiS .IKOLA 4ESLA !IRPORT HAS CONTINUED WITH THE TREND OF GROWTH OF PASSENGER AND AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT VOLUME

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{ ê ê ê ê ê êz ê !,0(! "!.+ 3RBIJA MARKED THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF ITS SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS ON THE LOCAL MARKET ON &RIDAY TH &EBRUARY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE %XECUTIVE "OARD 4OP -ANAGERS LOCAL MANAGERS AND REGIONAL AND BRANCH MANAGERS FROM THE ENTIRE !LPHA NETWORK 4HE CELEBRATORY EVENT HELD IN $ORÌOLiS SWANKY NEW 4EMA 2ESTAURANT SAW 0ANAGIOTIS 6LASIADIS 0RESIDENT OF THE %XECUTIVE "OARD OF !,0(! "!.+ 32")*!

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EMPLOYEES OPERATING AT LOCATIONS IN TOWNS AND CITIES THROUGHOUT 3ERBIA /N THE SAME DAY CELEBRAT ING TWO YEARS IN 3ERBIA !,0(! "!.+ 32")*! LAUNCHED ITS

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6LASIADIS REMINDED EVERYONE PRESENT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FACT THAT !,0(! "!.+ WITH TOTAL ASSETS OF _ BILLION WAS

NEWLY DESIGNED AND TECHNOLOGI CALLY ENHANCED WEB SITE WWW ALPHABANKSERBIA COM TO BETTER PROMOTE ITS BUSINESS IN 3ERBIA AND MAKE EASILY AVAILABLE ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION ABOUT THE BANK AND ITS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO ITS NUMEROUS CLIENTS

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j ê êj )N -ARCH ,AIKI "ANK A D STARTED ITS CHARITY PROJECT j#HILDREN FOR #HILDRENk THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO EQUIP THE )NSTITUTE FOR (EALTH #ARE j-OTHER AND #HILDk WITH THE NECESSARY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

3EPTEMBER !LL THE RAISED FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR THE ACQUI SION OF EQUIPMENT NECESSARY AT THE )NSTITUTE FOR (EALTH #ARE j-OTHER AND #HILDk j4HIS IS THE FIRST IN THE SERIES OF CHARITY ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TO BE ORGANISED #HARITY WORK IS THE STRATEGIC DEDICATION OF OUR "ANK AND WE WANT TO BUILD UP A CONTINUOUS CHAR ITY TRADITION k EXPLAINED 6LADAN

{ êz ê ê hkzsê 4ELEKOM 3ERBIA IS TO START PROMOTING !$3, SERVICES DURING !PRIL WITH THE GOAL OF ADVANC ING THE )4 CULTURE IN 3ERBIA BY OFFERING PRIVATE AND BUSINESS USERS A BETTER AND MORE MODERN WAY TO ACCESS THE INTERNET WITH VERY BENEFICIAL CONDITIONS 4HERE ARE MANY ADVANTAGES OF !$3, TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS FAST NON STOP INTERNET ACCESS HOURS A DAY A BETTER FLOW AND AN ENDLESS TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THE USER HAS A FREE TELEPHONE LINE WHILE USING THE INTERNETb -OREOVER !$3, ALLOWS BUSINESS USERS TO MAINTAIN BET TER COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND BE MORE EFFICIENT IN DOING BUSINESS 4O INDIVIDUAL USERS !$3, OPENS UP NEW POSSIBILITIES FROM BETTER WAYS OF INTERACTIVE STUDYING TO A FULL IMPACT OF MULTIMEDIA FUN "ESIDE THE !$3, OFFER

4ELEKOM 3ERBIA HAS OTHER BEN EFITS AS WELL m INCLUDING MOST BENEFICIAL PRICES IN WHICH THE PRICE OF THE MODEM IS INCLUDED AND USERS PAY THROUGH THEIR TEL EPHONE BILL

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4HE ACTIVITY IS BEING ORGANISED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE #ITY 3ECRETARIAT FOR #ULTURE 4HE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE COLLECTION OF THE BEST CHILDRENiS ART WORKS FROM -ARCH UNTIL 3EPTEMBER 4HE COMPETITION WILL COVER SIX NURSERIES IN SIX LOCAL COM MUNITIES IN "ELGRADE THAT WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH PAINTING MATERIALS BY ,AIKI "ANK 4HE BEST PIECES OF ART BY THE jLITTLE ARTISTSk WILL BE SOLD AT A CHAR ITY AUCTION TO BE ORGANISED IN

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-ANIÌ -EMBER OF THE ,AIKI "ANK %XECUTIVE "OARD j7E ARE CERTAIN THAT ,AIKI "ANK WITH ITS BUSINESS PARTNERS ASSOCIATES AND ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL WHO WANT TO HELP ONE OF THE GREATEST HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN "ELGRADE

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.EVERTHELESS THE MAIN PRO MOTERS OF THIS ACTIVITY ARE CHIL DREN FROM "ELGRADEiS NURSERY SCHOOLS 7ITH THEIR IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY EVERYONE IS GIVEN A CHANCE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR HUMANITY k SAID -ANIÌ

2EPRESENTATIVES OF CONFEC TIONER "AMBI "ANAT HAVE STATED THAT THE COMPANY IS PLANNING TO SELL TONNES OF ITS PROD UCTS IN A THIRD OF WHICH IS PLANNED TO BE EXPORTED 2EALISING THIS PLANNED BUSINESS RESULT WILL GUARANTEE TOTAL REVENUE OF _ MILLION FOR "AMBI "ANAT IN "AMBI "ANAT STARTED ITS BUSINESS OPERATIONS UNDER ITS CURRENT NAME AT THE BEGINNING OF FOLLOWING THE MERGER OF THE TWO COMPANIES )N "AMBI AND "ANAT PRODUCED TONNES OF PRODUCTS m MARKING A ò INCREASE ON 4HE TOTAL

#LIENTS CAN CHOOSE FROM THREE PACKAGES ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN NEEDS !LL PACK AGES INCLUDE AN E MAIL ORDER .!,/' A MAILBOX WITH -B OF MEMORY AND A DYNAMIC )0 ADDRESS WHILE THE SPEED OF THE INTERNET ACCESS VARY KB S KB S KB S 4HERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBIL ITY OF SPLITTING THE INTERNET CON NECTION AMONG MORE ACCOUNTS 7ITH THE !$3, SERVICE OF

4ELEKOM 3ERBIA THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR USING THE PHONE LINE ONLY THE FIXED MONTHLY PRICE FOR THE SUBSCRIP TION IS PAID AND THE PHONE IMPULSES TO GET AN INTERNET CON NECTION ARE FREE

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HAS CONFIRMED THAT IT HAS REACHED A DEAL TO BUY A MAJOR ITY STAKE IN "ELGRADE 3TOCK %XCHANGE MEMBER BROKER DEALER 0ROSPERA 3ECURITIES %&' %UROBANK SPOKESMEN STATED THAT THE DEAL IS PART OF THE GROUP S STRATEGY TO FURTHER EXPAND ITS CAPITAL MARKET ACTIV ITIES BEYOND 'REECE 0ROSPERA WAS RANKED THIRD LAST YEAR WITH A ò MARKET

SHARE OF TRADING VOLUME ON THE "ELGRADE 3TOCK %XCHANGE %&' %UROBANK WHICH IS ALREADY PRESENT IN 3ERBIA STATED THAT 0ROSPERA WOULD CONTINUE TO BE MANAGED BY ITS CURRENT TEAM 4HE ACQUISITION IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY PERTINENT REGU LATORY AUTHORITIES IN 'REECE

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k ê ê êi ê ê 4HE "ELGRADE &AIR PLAYED HOST TO THE INAUGURAL 'AMING %XPO "ELGRADE THIS &EBRUARY m THE FIRST EVENT OF THIS TYPE EVER STAGED IN SOUTHEAST %UROPE #ASINOS !USTRIA )NTERNATIONAL USED THE SHOW TO ANNOUNCE ITS FIRST CASINO OPENING IN "ELGRADE 4HE COMPANY PAID THE CITY _ M FOR A YEAR LICENCE /RGANISER #ONGREXPO SAID THAT THE EVENT ATTRACTED MORE THAN VISITORS FROM 3ERBIA AND OTHER SOUTHEAST %UROPEAN COUNTRIES AS WELL AS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD 3OURCE ECONOMY CO YU

r ê ê ê ê ê¼¢¥ ê 4HE 3ERBIAN 0RIVATISATION !GENCY SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO SELL ò OF SOCIALLY OWNED OIL DERIVATIVE PROCESSOR &ABRIKA -AZIVA FROM +RUSEVAC WITH A CONSORTIUM MADE UP OF ROAD COMPANY 0REDUZECE :A 0UTEVE "EOGRAD AND 0ETROBART FROM "ELGRADE 4HE BUYER AGREED TO PAY THE SELLING PRICE OF _ MILLION AND ACCEPTED AN INVESTMENT PROGRAMME WORTH _ MILLION AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL OBLIGA TIONS FROM THE SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMME !PART FROM THIS CONSOR TIUM BIDS WERE ALSO SUBMIT TED BY 0RISTA /IL FROM 3OFIA

"ULGARIA /RKA FROM ,JUBLJANA

3LOVENIA AND -"3 CONSORTIUM MADE UP OF 2ES 4RADE FROM .OVI 3AD AND -"3 4EHNO FROM "ELGRADE "IDS WERE ALSO SUB MITTED BY %VROPETROLEUM FROM 0LOVDIV "ULGARIA -OL ,UB

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y{iêi ê ê l 4HE 3ERBIAN 0RIVATISATION !GENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE $ECREE ON SALE OF CAPITAL AND PROPERTY THROUGH PUBLIC TENDER EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR CONCLUDING THE CONTRACT ON SALE AND TRANSFER OF EXPLOITA TIONS RIGHTS OF THE "OR MINING AND METALLURGICAL COMPLEX BY DAYS ON TH &EBRUARY NEW FINAL DEADLINE TH -ARCH !CCORDING TO AN !GENCY STATEMENT THE TENDER CON CERNS THE SALE OF PROPERTY AND TRANSFER OF EXPLOITATION RIGHTS OF THE "OR MINING AND MET ALLURGICAL COMPLEX INCLUDING "OR #OPPER -INES IN RESTRUC TURING -AJDANPEK #OPPER -INES IN RESTRUCTURING AND #OPPER 3MELTERS AND 2EFINERY IN RESTRUCTURING 3OURCE ECONOMY CO YU

l ê ê l êz %NERGY &INANCING 4EAM 'ROUP %&4 IS A UNIQUE ENERGY TRADING AND INVEST MENT GROUP SPECIALISING IN THE MARKETS OF SOUTH EASTERN AND CENTRAL %UROPE 4HE COM PANY CURRENTLY OPERATES IN COUNTRIES FROM REGION AL OFFICES AND IS LICENSED TO TRADE ON FIVE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY EXCHANGES %&4 'ROUP SERVES THE ENERGY NEEDS OF MORE THAN CLIENTS INCLUDING NATION AL POWER UTILITIES AND SYSTEM OPERATORS AS WELL AS LARGE INDUSTRIAL USERS )N ADDITION TO TRADING %&4 IS ONE THE

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WHICH MAKES A ò INCREASE COMPARED WITH 4HE VALUE OF EXPORTS AMOUNTED TO BILLION WHICH IS A ò INCREASE WHEN COM PARED TO THE SAME PERIOD OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR WHILE THE VALUE OF IMPORTS AMOUNTED TO BILLION WHICH IS A ò INCREASE RELATIVE TO 4HE VALUE OF EXPORTS AMOUNTED TO _ BILLION AN INCREASE OF ò COMPARED YEAR ON YEAR WHEREAS THE VALUE OF IMPORTS AMOUNTED TO _ BILLION OR A ò INCREASE 3OURCE NB PRESS CorD \ -ARCH

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THE PRESIDENT OF 0IRAEUS "ANK 'ROUP HAS EXPRESSED SATISFAC TION UPON ANNOUNCING THESE RESULTS POINTING OUT THAT THE OVERALL ASSETS AT END $ECEMBER STOOD AT _ BILLION OR ò MORE YEAR ON YEAR WHEN THEY

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REACHED _ BILLION .ET PROFITS RECORDED GROWTH OF ò TO _ MILLION COM PARED TO _ MILLION IN ,OANS REACHED THE AMOUNT OF _ BILLION IN TOTAL OR ò MORE YEAR ON YEAR 0IRAEUS "ANK 'ROUP PLANS TO CONTINUE WITH ITS DYNAMIC GROWTH AND EXPANSION OF THE BRANCH NETWORK THIS YEAR AS WELL 4HE NUMBER OF BRANCHES INCREASED FROM IN TO

AND AS MUCH AS ò OF THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN OPENED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS NEW JOBS HAVE BEEN CREATED INCLUDING IN 'REECE AND ABROAD !CCORDING TO THE FOUR YEAR BUSINESS PLAN OF THE 'ROUP THE OVERALL ASSETS WILL MORE THAN

WANTS TO BECOME THE LEADING BANK FOR PROVIDING SERVICES TO 3-%S AS WELL AS TO OFFER THE BEST QUALITY BANKING SERVICES TO THE RETAIL SECTOR IN 3OUTHEAST %UROPE AND THE %ASTERN -EDITERRANEAN

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4HE 3ERBIAN 0RIVATISATION !GENCY STATED THAT ON TH &EBRUARY THE SALE OF ASSETS THROUGH WRITTEN BIDS OF !LEKSANDROVAC BASED "EMIKS COMPANY IN RESTRUCTURING TOOK PLACE ORGANISED BY THE #ENTRE FOR "ANKRUPTCY 0ROCEEDINGS 4HE STATEMENT SPECIFIES THAT THE ASSETS SOLD INCLUDED SEV ERAL CONSTRUCTION LAND PARCELS

AS WELL AS BUSINESS AND SMALL INVENTORY SPARE PARTS PACKAG ING AND OTHER MATERIAL 4HE NEW OWNER OF "EMIKS IS !GROSIT 3EMENARSTVO FROM !LEKSA

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SAID THAT THE *APANESE GOVERN MENT WILL FINANCE PREPARATION OF THE PLAN OF PROMOTION OF 3ERBIAN METAL MINES AND THEIR POTENTIALS WITH A DONATION OF MILLION 3PEAKING AT A PRESS CON FERENCE THIS &EBRUARY .AUMOV

SAID THAT THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE FIELD OF GEOLOGY EXPLOITA TION AND PROCESSING OF METALLIC MINERAL RAW MATERIALS MANAGE MENT OF MINING TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPANIES AS WELL AS ENVI RONMENTAL PROTECTION AND INFOR MATION SYSTEMS (E RECALLED THAT IN $ECEMBER LAST YEAR THE GOV ERNMENTS OF 3ERBIA AND *APAN SIGNED AN AGREEMENT ON HIR ING *APANESE MINING AND OTHER EXPERTS WHO WILL MAKE A PLAN OF PROMOTION OF 3ERBIAN METAL MINES AND THEIR POTENTIALS 3OURCE 'OVERNMENT OF 3ERBIA

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NDROVAC WHO BOUGHT "EMIKS ASSETS FOR 23$ MILLION 3OURCE 'OVERNMENT OF 3ERBIA

DOUBLE BY TO _ BILLION LOANS WILL AMOUNT TO _ BILLION AND THE BANK WILL OPERATE AT MORE THAN BRANCHES BOTH IN 'REECE AND ABROAD )N ACCORDANCE WITH ITS STRA TEGIC OBJECTIVES 0IRAEUS "ANK

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&EBRUARY SAW THE 3ERBIAN 0RIVATISATION !GENCY ISSUE A PUBLIC INVITATION FOR PARTICIPA TION IN THE PUBLIC TENDER FOR SALE OF SHARES WITH #&) #ODE %365&2 )3). .UMBER 23&!$0% WITH NOMINAL VALUE OF 23$ REPRESENTING ò OF THE TOTAL CAPITAL OF THE COMPANY j&!$)0 +/.#%2.k *OINT 3TOCK #OMPANY INDUSTRY AND TRADE BASED IN THE 6OJVODINA TOWN OF "EÍEJ 3OURCE NB PRESS

SERVICING THEIR NEW jFRIENDk 7E ARE PROUD OF THE FANTASTIC START OF OUR NEW *EEP #HEVROLET #APTIVA AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW DIESEL %PICA OF KS

WHICH SATISFIES THE MOST DISTIN GUISHED TASTES AND THAT IS WHY YOU CANiT FIND A SINGLE REMARK BECAUSE EVERY MOVEMENT IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IS DONE FOR YOU AND BECAUSE OF YOU 4HE DISCOUNT OF %UROS FOR THE !VEA WITH FOUR DOORS IS STILL ACTIVE AND THERE IS ALWAYS THE SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR DIPLOMATS /UR ADDRESS IS STILL THE SAME #ARA $UpANA :EMUN /PENING HOURS FROM TO AND 3ATURDAYS FROM TO 7E ARE EXPECTING THE #AR &AIR AND MUCH MORE NEWSb

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AUTHORS OF MANY COMMERCIALS FOR "-7 !DIDAS 3UBARU AND "' 0IVO USED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD UP TO THE 4ELENOR COM

z ê ê ê ê ê ê êl|ê ꢪ¡¢ $IRECTOR OF THE 3ERBIAN $EVELOPMENT )NSTITUTE %DVARD *AKOPIN HAS DECLARED THAT 3ERBIA WILL BE READY TO ENTER THE %UROPEAN 5NION IN ECONOMIC TERMS BY m PROVIDED IT ACHIEVES A ò ANNUAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CONTINUES WITH REFORMS 3PEAKING TO MAGAZINE %KONOMETAR *AKOPIN SAID THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR 3ERBIA TO COMPLETE PREPARATORY WORK DEFINED IN THE .ATIONAL 3TRATEGY OF %CONOMIC $EVELOPMENT FROM

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MERCIAL WITH THE OBJECTIVE USED IN j4HE ,ORD OF THE 2INGSj TRILOGY $URING THE FIVE DAY SHOOT ING WHILE TRAVELLING THROUGH THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE OF 3ERBIA A LINE OF A DOZEN LORRIES

TRAILERS AND EQUIPMENT HEADED FROM THE CITY VIA REMOTE LAKES

DAMS AND HIGHEST MOUNTAIN TOPS $ISTANCE DID NOT MATTER

BECAUSE ONLY THE BEST REACH THE DEFINED TARGET -ARIJA 0ETROVIÌ PLAYS THE RUNNER RACING AGAINST THE NETWORK IN THE VIDEO CLIP !S A MEMBER OF THE 2ED 3TAR !THLETESi #LUB 3ERBIAN CROSS CHAMPION IN AND

METRES CHAMPION TWO YEARS EAR LIER -ARIJA KNOWS THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF SACRIFICE TO ACHIEVE THAT

WHICH IS DESIRED )N THE END THE ATHLETE COMMUNICATES A CLEAR MESSAGE

FROM 4ELENOR AFTER A GLANCE AT HER PHONE m 4HE BEST SIGNAL 4HE BEST NETWORK

TO WHOSE PRIORITY GOALS ARE COMPETITION KNOWL EDGE BASED ECONOMY AND DEVEL OPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE (E EXPLAINED THAT THE STRAT EGY ENVISAGES AN AVERAGE GROWTH OF '$0 OF ò PER YEAR WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF INVESTMENT RAPID GROWTH OF EXPORTS AND REDUCTION IN INFLATION WITH A REDUCED FOR EIGN TRADE AND PAYMENT DEFICIT !CCORDING TO PRELIMINARY STA TISTICS FOR '$0 WILL BE LARGER

BY NEARLY ò AND THE 3TRATEGY OF %CONOMIC $EVELOPMENT WOULD ALLOW '$0 TO STAND AT BIL LION OR PER CAPITA IN

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THE CASINO ALONE %UROPEiS NEW EST AND MOST MODERN ENTERTAIN MENT VENUE WILL CREATE SOME NEW JOBS FOR THE REGION

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SERBIA'S WINTER PLAYGROUND h$ON T FORGET YOUR FLAK JACKET i 4HAT WAS THE STANDARD REAC TION OF FRIENDS ON LEARNING ) WAS TAKING MY CHILDREN SKIING IN 3ERBIA /H HOW ) D SNEERED AT SUCH IGNORANCE 9ET HERE ) WAS AT THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN LISTENING TO MY SKI INSTRUCTOR EXPLAIN HOW THE NATIONAL PARK WE WERE STANDING IN HAD BEEN BOMBED BY .ATO IN BUT NOT TO WORRY AS THE WHOLE AREA HAD BEEN THOROUGHLY CHECKED FOR ANY UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE 7HEN ! YEAR AGO "Y .ATALIE (OLMES 0UBLISHED TH &EBRUARY j!ND JUST TO MAKE SURE WE LEFT SOME SHEEP HERE OVER THE SUMMER (A HA LOTS OF MEAT ON THE MENU k -IKI OUR SKI INSTRUCTOR FOR THE WEEK WAS ENJOYING HIMSELF (E TOLD US THAT THE BORDER WITH +OSOVO LAY M AHEAD 4O OUR LEFT WE WERE LOOKING DOWN ON -ACEDONIA AND TO OUR RIGHT WAS -ONTENEGRO WITH A

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A SKI RESORT THAT IS ENJOYING A REVIVAL WITH "RITISH VISITORS HELPED BY THE FACT THAT BOTH 4HOMSON AND #RYSTAL NOW FLY INTO .Ip AIRPORT

HALVING THE PREVIOUS FIVE HOUR TRANSFER FROM "ELGRADE +OPAONIK IS 3ERBIA S WINTER PLAYGROUND AND AS WELL AS THE "RITISH SKIERS ENJOYING THE SUN GOOD FOOD AND CHEAP PRICES THE RESORT BRISTLES WITH 3ERBIAN CELEBRITIES $URING OUR WEEKiS VISIT WE SPOTTED FOOTBALLER -ATEJA +EZMAN POP STAR #ECA AND OTHER LOCAL BIGWIGS j(E IS A POLITICAL MANk -IKI SNEERED POINTING TO ONE SKIER j4HEY ARE ALWAYS FAT AND EXPENSIVELY DRESSED k /UR HOLIDAY HOME WAS THE (OTEL 'RAND A STRANGE AMALGAM OF MODERN FACILITIES SUCH AS POOL GYM AND SPA AND OLD STYLE %ASTERN %UROPEAN OFFICIOUSNESS THE RESTAURANT CLOSED AT PM PAYING THE MINI BAR BILL WAS NOT ALLOWED BEFORE THE DESIGNATED TIME )T S A SIMILAR STORY ON +OPAONIK ITSELF YOU CAN BUY DESIGNER SKI EQUIPMENT IN ITS FANCY SHOPS BUT THE POST OFFICE WILL NOT SELL YOU A STAMP UNLESS YOU HAND OVER THE POSTCARD +OPAONIKiS TOWN CENTRE IS THE SITE OF THE OTHER ACCOMMODA TION OFFERED BY OUR TOUR OPERATOR 4HOMSON APARTMENTS BUILT

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YEARS AGO AROUND A SQUARE OF SHOPS BARS AND RESTAURANTS )N FACT

THE COMPLEX IS THE TOWN CENTRE SUPPLEMENTED BY A FEW MARKET STALLS SELLING LOCAL PRODUCE SUCH AS HONEY AND PICKLED VEGETABLES

AND ONE THAT SPECIALISES IN BULLETS KNUCKLE DUSTERS KNIVES AND WHAT LOOKED LIKE REAL GUNS 4HOSE SINISTER WARES FLASHED THROUGH MY MIND LATER THAT EVENING WHEN LOUD BANGS ERUPTED AROUND US BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE FIREWORKS IGNITED AT RANDOM 4HE 3ERBIAN TAKE ON HEALTH AND SAFETY IS LESS DEVELOPED THAN OURS NO ONE SUGGESTED HELMETS FOR THE CHILDREN WHEN SKIING AND NOT SMOKING LIKE BEING VEGETARIAN

IS CONSIDERED MILDLY ECCENTRIC 4HE BANGS CONTRIBUTED TO THE TOWN S PARTY FEEL "UT WHILE THE YOUNGER HOLIDAYMAKERS COULD INDULGE IN APR S SKI THE ATMOS PHERE WASN T QUITE SO ENJOYABLE FOR THE MIDDLE AGED COUPLE WHOSE FLAT WAS ABOVE A NOISY CLUB WHERE THE $* WOUND EVERYONE UP TO A FOOT STOMPING FINALE AT AM "EING TOO YOUNG AND TOO OLD FOR LATE NIGHTS WE SPENT THE EVENINGS AT THE ICE RINK WHERE MY NON SKATING KIDS WERE WHISKED AWAY FROM THE SIDES BY EAGER 3ERBIAN HANDS /R BEST OF ALL SLIDING DOWN A GENTLE SLOPE ON SOFT PLASTIC TRAYS WHICH THE KIDS SEEMED TO ENJOY AS MUCH AS SKIING WITH ALL ITS COMPLICATED PARAPHERNALIA /UR HOTELiS GREAT ADVANTAGE APART FROM THE QUIET WAS THAT YOU COULD SKI FROM THE BACK DOOR 7E VISITED DURING THE GREAT NO SNOW OF THIS PAST #HRISTMAS SO ONLY TWO LONG BLUE RUNS WERE OPEN BUT THE RESORT AT FULL THROTTLE HAS KM OF DOWNHILL SKIING PLUS KM OF CROSS COUNTRY TRAILS WITH LIFTS !ND MY LEARNER KIDS WERE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO SAIL DOWN EASY RUNS OF M AND M -IKI REGRETTED HE COULDN T SHOW US +OPAONIK AT ITS BEST j) COULD SHOW YOU WOLVES ) COULD SHOW YOU FOXES 7E COULD GO ALL DAY AND SEE NO ONE k HE TOLD US (E DID MANAGE TO SHOW US TWO WOLF SKINS AT A HUT CALLED 7OLVESi 7AY AT THE TOP OF THE CHAIR LIFT 4HE COATS ALONG WITH THOSE OF VARIOUS OTHER BEASTS WERE NAILED TO THE WALL 7E LOOKED AT THEM WHILE SIPPING HOT WINE ROUND AN OPEN FIRE THAT WAS BEING USED TO SMOKE HAMS AND GRILL HAMBURGERS j%VERYTHING IS ORGANIC k -IKI ASSURED US 4HE BRAVER AMONG US TRIED RAKIJA

THE LOCAL BRANDY AND -IKI GOT OUT HIS MOBILE PHONE TO SHOW OFF A PICTURE OF A WOLF HE HAD SHOT RECENTLY )T WAS OUR LAST EVENING 7E SAID OUR GOODBYES AND WENT OFF TO PACK LEAVING -IKI TO PREPARE FOR HIS NEXT PUPIL THE 0RESIDENT OF -ACEDONIA 4HE )NDEPENDENT ONLINE EDITION

SERBIA RESOUNDINGLY DUMPS UN PROPOSAL 4O NO ONE S SURPRISE THE 3ERBIAN PARLIAMENT HAS REJECTED A 5. PLAN FOR +OSOVO S INDEPENDENCE 4HE FATE OF THE ETH

From the World Press NIC !LBANIAN PROVINCE MAY NOW BE UP TO THE 5. ALONE WHICH ISN T IDEAL GIVEN THAT A 5. POLICE COMMISSIONER HAS RESIGNED OVER THE DEATHS OF TWO PROTESTERS IN +OSOVO OVER THE WEEKEND "Y MSM AP REUTERS 0UBLISHED TH &EBRUARY 4HE 3ERBIAN PARLIAMENT ON 7EDNESDAY ; TH &EB = VOTED DOWN A 5. PROPOSAL TO GRANT INDEPENDENCE TO +OSOVO ALL BUT LEAVING THE PROVINCE S FUTURE UP TO THE 5. 3ECURITY #OUNCIL

THOUGH A FORMAL ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS IS STILL SCHEDULED FOR LATE &EBRUARY IN 6IENNA 4HE MEMBER PARLIAMENT VOTED TO REJECT THE PLAN

SAYING IT jBREACHES FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAWk AND jILLEGALLY LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CREATION OF A NEW INDEPENDENT STATE ON THE TERRITORY OF 3ERBIA k 4HERE WERE FOUR ABSTENTIONS AND ANOTHER SIX PARLIAMENTARIANS WERE ABSENT FROM THE VOTE -ARTTI !HTISAARI THE 5. SENIOR ENVOY WHO DRAFTED THE PRO POSAL TOLD THE !SSOCIATED 0RESS THAT IT WAS NOW jHIGHLY UNLIKELYk THAT 3ERBIA WOULD REACH A COMPROMISE WITH +OSOVO S ETHNIC !LBANIAN MAJORITY IN TALKS THAT WERE SET TO END IN 6IENNA ON &EBRUARY +OSOVO LEADERS BELIEVE THE FATE OF THE PROVINCE CAN STILL BE SETTLED TO THEIR SATISFACTION BY THE 5. 3ECURITY #OUNCIL 4HE BREAKAWAY PROVINCE HAS BEEN RUN BY THE 5. SINCE MID WHEN .!4/iS AIR WAR STOPPED A 3ERBIAN CRACK DOWN ON ETHNIC !LBANIAN SEPARATISTS +OSOVO !LBANIANS LARGELY SUPPORT THE 5. PROPOSAL WHICH STOPS SHORT OF FULL INDEPENDENCE ON PAPER BUT LAYS OUT A PLAN FOR PROVINCIAL SELF

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ACCORDING TO !0 .OW THE 5. 3ECURITY #OUNCIL MAY WIND UP IMPOSING A SOLUTION SINCE TENSIONS BETWEEN 3ERBIANS AND +OSOVARS ARE STILL SO HIGH "UT THERE S ALSO AN UNEASY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 5. AND THE FRACTION OF +OSOVARS UNSATISFIED WITH THE WORLD BODY S PROPOSAL /N 3ATURDAY !LBANIAN PROTESTERS BROKE THROUGH A SECURITY LINE AND TRIED TO MARCH ON A GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL 0RIpTINA TO SHOW THEIR OPPO SITION TO THE 5. PLAN 7HEN 5. AND +OSOVAR POLICE CLASHED WITH THE PROTESTERS FIRING RUBBER BULLETS AND TEAR GAS TWO ETHNIC !LBANIANS WERE KILLED 4HE UNREST PROMPTED +OSOVO S )NTERIOR -INISTER &ATMIR 2EXHEPI TO RESIGN ON -ONDAY FOL LOWED BY A RESIGNATION ON 7EDNESDAY BY THE 5. S CHIEF POLICE COMMISSIONER IN +OSOVO 4HE COMMISSIONER 3TEPHEN #URTIS SAID ON 7EDNESDAY THAT HIS RESIGNATION WAS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY j7E ARE AT A CRITICAL JUNCTURE IN THE HISTORY OF +OSOVO AND NOTHING MUST BE ALLOWED TO INTERFERE WITH CONFLICTS OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS k HE TOLD REPORTERS j-Y RESIGNATION TODAY ) HOPE WILL ALLAY SOME OF THE FEARS THAT THE PUBLIC HAVE ABOUT POLICE AND THE POLICING OF +OSOVO k $ER 3PIEGEL

RUSSIA ISSUES STERN WARNING ON KOSOVO ;2USSIAN= &OREIGN -INISTER 3ERGEY ,AVROV SAID &RIDAY ; TH &EBRUARY= THAT GRANTING INDEPENDENCE TO +OSOVO WOULD HAVE jTHE MOST NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCESk FOR THE "ALKANS AND %UROPE

NATIONAL ;2USSIAN= MEDIA REPORTED SOME OF THE STRONGEST LANGUAGE YET ON AN ISSUE THAT HAS DEEPENED -OSCOW S DISAGREE MENTS WITH THE 7EST #OMBINED REPORTS 0UBLISHED TH &EBRUARY 4HE REMARKS WERE 2USSIAiS LATEST CRITICISM OF A 5NITED .ATIONSi PLAN THAT ENTAILS SUPERVISED STATEHOOD FOR THE TROUBLED "ALKAN PROVINCE ,AVROV AND OTHER OFFICIALS IN 2USSIA A TRADITIONAL ALLY OF 3ERBIA HAVE EXPRESSED CON CERN THAT THE PLAN WOULD GIVE +OSOVO INDEPENDENCE AND SAID A DEAL MUST BE NEGOTIATED AND BE ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH

µh ê ê r ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê l ê ê ê ±´ê ê ê Äyph¾ u Åê ês ê ê ­êµv ê~ ê ê ê ê ê ê ­´ SIDES ,AVROV REITERATED A WARNING ISSUED IN 3EPTEMBER THAT 2USSIA COULD USE ITS VETO POWER IN THE 5 . 3ECURITY #OUNCIL IF IT DISAGREED WITH A PROPOSAL BY 5 . ENVOY -ARTTI !HTISAARI ACCORDING TO REMARKS REPORTED BY THE 2)! .OVOSTI NEWS AGENCY 4HE PROPOSAL MUST BE APPROVED

BY THE 5 . 3ECURITY #OUNCIL TO TAKE EFFECT j4HERE EXISTS A FAIRLY INSISTENT IDEA AMONG OUR 7ESTERN PARTNERS TO SWIFTLY PROPOSE A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD APPROVE !HTISAARIiS PLAN k 2)! .OVOSTI QUOTED ,AVROV AS SAYING (E SAID 2USSIA WOULD ONLY CONSIDER SUCH A RESOLUTION IF THE 3ERBIAN AND +OSOVO LEADERSHIPS AGREED ON THE PLAN OR AN AMENDED VERSION j!S REGARDS +OSOVO WE ARE CONVINCED THAT GRANTING THIS TERRITORY INDEPENDENCE WILL HAVE THE MOST NEGATIVE CON SEQUENCES FOR THE REGION AND FOR %UROPE AS A WHOLE k THE AGENCY QUOTED ,AVROV AS SAYING j/UR 7ESTERN PARTNERS ARE CONVINCED OF THE OPPOSITE k ,AVROV APPARENTLY DID NOT SAY WHAT POTENTIAL CONSEQUENC ES HE HAD IN MIND 0UTIN HAS WARNED THE 7EST THAT GRANTING +OSOVO INDEPENDENCE WOULD SERVE AS A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER NATIONS WITH SIMILAR CASES INCLUDING PRO 2USSIAN BREAKAWAY PROVINCES IN THE EX 3OVIET REPUBLICS OF 'EORGIA AND -OLDOVA

WHOSE SOVEREIGNTY CLAIMS ARE DISMISSED BY THE 5NITED 3TATES AND %UROPE +OSOVO HAS BEEN A 5 . PROTECTORATE SINCE WHEN .!4/ AIR STRIKES THAT WERE ADAMANTLY CRITICISED BY -OSCOW STOPPED 3ERBIAiS CRACKDOWN ON SEPARATIST ETHNIC !LBANIAN REBELS "ELGRADE INSISTS THE PROVINCE MUST REMAIN A PART OF 3ERBIA WHEREAS ITS MAJORITY ETHNIC !LBANIANS SEEK INDE PENDENCE 3ERBIAiS NEW PARLIAMENT ON 7EDNESDAY OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTED !HTISAARIiS PLAN WHICH ENVISAGES INTERNATIONALLY SUPERVISED SELF RULE FOR +OSOVO INCLUDING A FLAG ANTHEM

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DOZEN MAJOR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN "ELGRADE WILL NOT WORK AT FULL CAPACITY THIS YEAR DUE TO THEIR LONG OVERDUE RECON STRUCTION !MONG THESE CULTURALLY CRUCIAL FACILITIES ARE THE .ATIONAL -USEUM THE -USEUM OF #ONTEMPORARY !RT THE %THNOGRAPHIC -USEUM 4HE 3ERBIAN .ATIONAL ,IBRARY THE $UpKO 2ADOVIÌ 4HEATRE THE "OpKO "UHA 4HEATRE :VEZDARA 4HEATRE AND THE 3ERBIAN !RCHIVES &EW RESIDENTS OF THE 7HITE #ITY WILL BE ABLE TO REMEMBER A TIME WHEN SO MANY MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ALTERATIONS WERE MADE TO THE CUL TURAL LANDSCAPE OF THE CITY BUT WILL SEE "ELGRADEiS HOMES OF ART AND CULTURE BECOME MAJOR BUILDING SITES 4HESE MASSIVE RECONSTRUCTION AND UPGRADING OPERATIONS ARE BEING FINANCED BY _ MILLION WHICH IS BEING RELEASED AS PART OF THE 3ERBIAN -INISTRY OF &INANCEiS .ATIONAL )NVESTMENT 0LAN AS WELL AS BEING COVERED BY THE FUNDS OF THE #ITY !SSEMBLY AND FUNDS RAISED

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INTERNALLY BY THE AFOREMENTIONED INSTITUTIONS THEMSELVES 4HE LARGEST SINGLE SHARE OF THE MONEY FROM THE .ATIONAL )NVESTMENT 0LAN _ MILLION WILL GO TO THE .ATIONAL -USEUM IN "ELGRADE m THE OLDEST AND ARGUABLY MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUM IN THE COUNTRY 4HE .ATIONAL -USEUMiS COLLECTIONS INCLUDE SOME ARCHAEOLOGI CAL AND HISTORICAL OBJETS DiART AS WELL AS THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS AND PAPERS DOCUMENTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AND CHANGES TO CIVI LISATION ON THE TERRITORY OF 3ERBIA AND THE SURROUNDING REGION FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY !S IS WELL KNOWN THE -USEUMiS PERMANENT EXHIBIT WAS PACKED AWAY AND SENT INTO THE DEPOTS THREE YEARS AGO IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE MANY PRICELESS WORKS FROM FURTHER EXPOSURE TO THE DAMP AND THE POUR MICRO CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AS WELL THE VERY REAL RISK OF FIRE m A RESULT OF THE OUTDATED ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS !CCORDING TO THE MUSEUMiS DIRECTOR 4ATJANA #VJETIÍANIN THE MONEY RECEIVED FROM THE .ATIONAL )NVESTMENT 0LAN WILL BE USED TO PAY FOR THE FINAL RECORDS COMPLETING THE MAIN PROJECT AND THAT OF THE

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AS WELL BEING USED TO OBTAIN LICENCES AND COVER VARIOUS TAXES !CCORDING TO THE APPROVED PLAN

SQUARE METRES WILL BE USED IN A MORE ADEQUATE WAY ALLOWING THE EXHIBITION AREA TO HAVE TWICE AS MUCH EXHIBITING SPACE AS THE EXISTING SET UP ALMOST THE ENTIRE BUILDING WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR THE PUBLIC WITH ONLY THE DEPOTS FOR PIECES OF EXCEPTIONAL VALUE AND THE MOST ESSENTIAL OFFICES REMAIN ING WITHIN THE BUILDING 4HE MOST VISIBLE CHANGE WILL BE TO THE ATRIUM !CCORDING TO THE SAME PLAN THIS PART OF THE BUILDING WHERE VISITORS FORM THEIR FIRST IMPRESSIONS IS TO BE AS HIGH AS ALL FIVE FLOORS AND OPEN UP THE MAIN BUILDING TO NATURAL LIGHT FROM ABOVE 4HE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE .ATIONAL -USEUM IS NOT EXPECTED MERELY TO EMBELLISH THE BUILDING BUT RATHER TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE CURRENTLY INADEQUATE FACILITIES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL NUMISMATIC ARTISTIC AND HISTORICAL ARCHIVE MATERIAL 4HE BUILDING SHOULD FIRSTLY HAVE MODERN AIR CONDITIONING AND VENTILATION SYSTEMS FOR THE EXHIBITING AREA AND DEPOTS WHICH WOULD GUARANTEE THE APPROPRIATE TEMPERATURE LIGHTING AND QUALITY OF SPECIAL SHOWCASES FOR EXHIBITING SENSITIVE MATERIALS "UILDING WORK IS EXPECTED TO REACH COMPLETION IN WITH THE FIRST VISITORS SCHEDULED TO GRACE THE GRAND OLD INSTITUTION ON .ATIONAL -USEUM $AY TH -AY

4HE -USEUM OF #ONTEMPORARY !RT NESTLED IN PARKLAND ON THE .EW "ELGRADE SIDE OF 5pÌE HAS RECEIVED _ MILLION m SLIGHTLY LESS THAN HALF OF THE AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION .EVERTHELESS

THE FUNDS ARE SUFFICIENT FOR UPGRADING WORKS TO AT LEAST COMMENCE 4HIS WILL BE THE FIRST RECONSTRUCTION OF THE -USEUM SINCE IT WAS OPENED ALMOST YEARS AGO AND SOME EXHIBITS ARE TO BE RELO CATED SOON 4HE PRIORITY JOBS AT THE -#! ARE RENEWING THE BUILDINGiS FA ADE

I E REPLACING ALL OF THE GLASS WHICH COVERS THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILD INGiS FA ADE AS WELL AS PROVIDING ADEQUATE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS TO REPLACE THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF NATURAL VENTILATION 4HE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF THIS RECONSTRUCTION IS PROVED BY THE FACT THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS EVERY SUMMER THE STANDING EXHIBITS HAVE HAD TO BE WITHDRAWN TO DEPOTS BECAUSE THE CURRENT GLASS FA ADE DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT PROTEC TION FROM THE SUN AND HEAT 5PGRADING THE -#!iS WATERWORKS AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS IS ALSO PLANNED 4HIS MASSIVE OPERATION WILL MARK THE DEATH KNELL FOR THE POWER STATION HOUSED IN THE MUSEUMiS SUBTERRANEAN DEPOT WHICH CURRENTLY PROVIDES POWER TO THE (OTEL (YATT AND ALL OF THE 3AVAiS FLOAT ING CAFES m THERE IS NO NEED FOR A SPECIAL EXPLANATION OF HOW DANGER OUS THIS FACILITY IS 2ECONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDINGiS LIFTS AND THE PARKLAND SURROUND ING THE -#! WILL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER TWO YEARS WHEN NEW DONATIONS ARE EXPECTED 4HE %THNOGRAPHIC -USEUM IN CENTRAL "ELGRADE IS TO BE EXTENDED

WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ANNEX TO THIS ALREADY LARGE FACILITY PLANNED 4HE ANNEX WILL ADD AROUND SQUARE METRES TO THE EXIST ING BUILDING 0ART OF THE MONEY NEEDED FOR THE %THNOGRAPHIC -USEUMiS RECON STRUCTION FOUR MILLION DINARS HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY THE MUSEUM ITSELF

WHILE FUNDS NECESSARY FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FA ADE ARE EXPECT ED TO BE DONATED BY THE #ITY OF "ELGRADE AND THE STATE AUTHORITIES !CCORDING TO THE LATEST CITY PLAN THE CURRENT BUSY TROLLEY AND BUS STATION LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE %THNO MUSEUM WILL BECOME A PEDESTRI AN ZONE DIRECTLY LINKING THE MUSEUM TO 3TUDENTSKI 0ARK AND 0LATO 4HE 3ERBIAN .ATIONAL ,IBRARY HAS RECEIVED TWO MILLION EUROS FROM THE .ATIONAL )NVESTMENT 0LAN 4HE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT ON THE RECON

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_ MILLION WILL COME FROM THE .ATIONAL )NVESTMENT 0LAN ENOUGH TO ENSURE THAT THE WHOLE BUILDING OF SQUARE METRES CAN BE CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNAL CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM THE WATERWORKS SYSTEM CAN BE RECONSTRUCTED AS CAN THE ELECTRICITY INSTALLATION AND THE NEW FA ADE .ECESSARY FUNDS HAVE YET TO BE APPROVED FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE !RCHIVES BUILDING IN +ARNEGIJEVA 3TREET 4HE 3ERBIAN !RCHIVES IS THE OLDEST INSTITUTION OF ITS KIND ANYWHERE ON THE "ALKAN 0ENINSULA )TS DEPOTS HOUSE THE MATERIAL FROM THE 0RINCIPALITY OF 3ERBIA AND THE +INGDOM OF 3ERBIA UNTIL TODAY MORE THAN KILOMETRES OF DOCUMENTS IN TOTAL 4HE PART OF THAT MATERIAL WHICH IS KEPT IN »ELEZNIK WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE DEPOTS BECAUSE OF THE DAMP

AND IS NOW STORED HAPHAZARDLY AROUND OFFICES AND HALLS 3PACE IS HOW EVER A GREAT PROBLEM FOR THIS INSTITUTION )NDEED ADEQUATE APPROPRIATE SPACE IS SO GREAT A PROBLEM THAT THE INSTITUTION IS UNABLE TO ACCEPT ARCHIVE MATERIALS FROM INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THUS ENSURING THAT IT IS BASICALLY PREVENTED FROM CARRYING OUT ITS PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY 4HE #ITY !SSEMBLY HAS INVESTED MILLION DINARS IN THE $UpKO 2ADOVIÌ CHILDRENiS THEATRE 7HILE THE WORK IS IN PROGRESS THE CHIL DRENiS PLAYS WILL BE HELD IN THE 6UK +ARADÝIÌ CULTURAL CENTRE WHILE SCHEDULED EVENING PERFORMANCES ARE PROBABLY TO BE STAGED IN THE "ELGRADE $RAMA 4HEATRE 4HE "ELGRADE #ITY BUDGET WILL FINANCE RECONSTRUCTION WORK AT THE "OpKO "UHA 4HEATRE AND THE #HILDRENiS #ULTURAL #ENTRE AS WELL AS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ROOF OF THE 3AVA #ENTRE &INANCING THE RECON

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STRUCTION OF :VEZDARA 4HEATRE HAS ALSO BEEN ANNOUNCED BY THE #ITY !SSEMBLY 7HEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED YEARS AGO :VEZDARA 4HEATRE WAS A GENUINE MIRACLE OF 9UGOSLAV CULTURE BECAUSE IT OPERATED ACCORDING TO THE WESTERN ECONOMIC MODEL WITHOUT STATE SUBSIDIES WITHOUT A PER MANENT TROUPE WITH ARTISTS ENGAGED BY PROJECTS AND ROYALTIES DEPEND

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FROM THE .ATIONAL )NVESTMENT 0LAN AND THE #ITY !SSEMBLY 4HE NEW :VEZDARA 4HEATRE WILL BE A MODERN BUILDING ABLE TO RESPOND TO INTER NATIONAL THEATRE DEMANDS $URING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK :VEZDARA WILL NOT STOP PERFORMING 2ATHER PLAYS WILL BE HELD ON THE SMALL STAGE (OWEVER THE REPERTOIRE WILL NOT BE SUPPLEMENTED #URRENTLY THE THEATREiS REPERTOIRE INCLUDES PLAYS AND MANY OF THEM WERE PUT ON STAGE LAST SEASON (ERE WE HAVE ONLY PROVIDED DETAILS OF A FEW OF THE BIGGEST RECON STRUCTIONS OF CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN "ELGRADE TO TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR 3EVERAL OTHER FACILITIES WILL ALSO FIND THEMSELVES ENCASED IN SCAFFOLD ING )NDEED JOURNALISTS WERE INFORMED AT A RECENT #ITY !SSEMBLY PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE AMOUNT OF SCAFFOLDING TO BE USED THIS YEAR JUST IN WORK TO BE DONE ON CULTURAL FACILITIES WOULD STRETCH ALL THE WAY DOWN THE FULL LENGTH OF +NEZ -IHAJLOVA 3TREET m NO MEAN FEAT ONE MUST ADMIT

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ERBIA IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF A COUNTRY WHICH CONSIDERS ITSELF A SPORTING NATION "UT THAT SORT OF LOVE OF SELF WE SHOULD EXPLAIN FROM THE GET GO HAS A CERTAIN COVER %VEN THOUGH THE COUNTRY HAS APPEARED INDEPEND ENTLY UNDER THE NAME OF 3ERBIA FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD IN RECENT HISTORY SOME SPORTING RESULTS HAVE GIVEN US THE RIGHT TO FEEL LIKE IT HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR MUCH

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LONGER *UST AS IN THE TIME OF THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF 3ERBIAN SPORTSMEN ARE CONNECTED TO COLLECTIVE SPORTS LATER WHEN 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THE JOINT COUNTRY THE SUCCESSES IN THOSE SPORTS CONTINUED 4HE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIAN SPORTS SQUADS WON WORLD TITLES AND WERE /LYMPIC CHAMPIONS IN BASKETBALL HANDBALL WATER POLO AND VOL LEYBALL WHICH IS AN INTERESTING LEVEL OF SUCCESS FOR A RELATIVELY SMALL COUNTRY 4HE SAME HOWEVER CANNOT BE SAID FOR INDIVIDUAL SPORTS )T MIGHT BE A MINOR SOCIOLOGICAL PARADOX THAT A COUNTRY FOR WHICH LACK OF UNITY WAS TRADITIONALLY MENTIONED AS ONE OF THE MAIN DEFECTS HAS MANAGED TO ACHIEVE SUCCESSES IN COLLECTIVE SPORTS

WHERE MUTUAL CO OPERATION IS NECESSARY AND WHERE VANITY AND SELFISHNESS ARE A HINDRANCE )F WE PASS THIS ONTO THE POLITICAL FIELD

p Ø êl THINGS BECOME EVEN MORE MYSTERIOUS THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIAN NATIONAL SQUADS WHICH CO OPERATED IN THE FIELD IN AN UNBELIEVABLE WAY DOMINATED IN COLLECTIVE GAMES 4HIS MEANS THAT THEY HAD A STRONG SENSE OF TEAM WORK AND MUTUAL GOALS "UT THINGS WENT IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION WHEN SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE JOINT COUNTRY )N 3ERBIA WHERE PROVERBIAL DISSENSION HAS BECOME PART OF NATIONAL FOLKLORE IT IS ALSO NOT EASY TO EXPLAIN HOW IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE NATIONiS SPORTSMEN CO OPERATE UNSELFISHLY ON THE FIELD

AND HAS EVEN GIVEN LESSONS TO THE 5 3 SQUAD MADE UP OF ."!

PLAYERS "UT WHEN THAT SAME TOGETHERNESS AND SENSE OF COLLECTIVE BEING IS NEEDED THE MOST m IN THE FIELD OF POLITICS m REASONS FOR CONFLICT TEND TO PREVAIL IN 3ERBIA 2ELATIVELY POOR RESULTS IN INDIVIDUAL SPORTS DEMANDS A SLIGHTLY MORE THOROUGH ANALYSIS EVEN THOUGH THINGS IN THIS FIELD HAVE CHANGED IN RECENT YEARS FIRSTLY REGARDING TENNIS IN WHICH IN BOTH MALE AND FEMALE COMPETITION 3ERBIAN SPORTSPERSONS PLAY AN INCREASINGLY NOTEWORTHY ROLE

OF DISCIPLINE WHICH INCLUDED HAVING THE OWNER HIMSELF ACTU ALLY SMACKING PLAYERS FOR EVERY BAD MOVE THEY MADE !RKAN WAS ASSASSINATED m THOUGH PROBABLY NOT FOR BEATING /BILIÌ FOOTBALLERS m BUT HE IS JUST ONE OF A COMPLETE LIST OF LESSER KNOWN FOOTBALL CLUBS OWNERS WHO WERE ALSO ASSASSINATED %VERYTHING CULMINATED WITH THE MURDER OF THE 3ERBIA AND -ONTENEGRO &OOTBALL !SSOCIATION PRESIDENT "RANKO "ULATOVIÌ IN 4HE ,AW ON 3PORT WHICH WOULD BRING AN END TO THE PROCESS OF PRIVATISATION OF SPORTING CLUBS IN 3ERBIA HAS WE COULD SAY BEEN PUT ON PERMANENT HOLD 4HE TERMS OF ITS ADOPTION HAVE BEEN CONSIST ENTLY POSTPONED AND IN THAT TIME CLUBS ARE BEING PLACED INTO AN

~ ê ê ê ê ê êz ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­ê m ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê êy ê z ê êw ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê 7HAT THROWS A SHADOW OVER ALL SUCCESSES AND FAILURES IN OTHER SPORTS GLOBALLY IS THE WORLDiS OBSESSION WITH FOOTBALL (ERE TOO 3ERBIA IS NO EXCEPTION SINCE IT IS PROBABLY ABOUT THE MOST POPULAR SPORT IN THE WORLD BUT THE LEVEL OF THE NATIONiS INTEREST AND THE LEVEL OF SUCCESS ARE COMPLETELY CONTRADICTORY !S THE NO SPORT

FOOTBALL IS A SUBJECT OF PERMANENT NATIONAL FRUSTRATION BECAUSE THE RESULTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA ARE MORE THAN MODEST )F WE EXCLUDE THE TITLE OF %UROPEAN #LUB #HAMPIONS WHICH 2ED 3TAR WON BACK IN NOTHING ELSE FROM INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCES IS WORTH MENTIONING (OWEVER FOOTBALL IS STILL WATCHED WITH THE SAME PERSISTENCY 7HAT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF FOOTBALL IN 3ERBIA IS THE GREAT INFLU ENCE OF POLITICS COUPLED WITH THE UNDENIABLE ASSOCIATION OF CRIME WITH THE ORGANISATION OF THE CLUBS THEMSELVES &OR INSTANCE YOU WILL FIND OUT QUICKLY THAT THE TWO BIGGEST FOOTBALL CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY ARE 2ED 3TAR AND 0ARTISAN BUT IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO FIND OUT WHO IN FACT THE OWNERS OF THOSE CLUBS ARE THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT UNDER PRIVATE OWNERSHIP BUT ON PAPER THEY ARE NOT OWNED BY THE STATE EITHER 4HE PRESIDENTS OF THOSE CLUBS HOWEVER BEHAVE AS THOUGH THEY ARE THE OWNERS /N THE OTHER SIDE POLITICAL PAR TIES APPARENTLY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF SPORTS ASSOCIATION BUT WE WITNESS EVERY DAY THAT THIS OR THAT POLITICIAN WAS ELECTED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THIS OR THAT CLUB OR THAT POLITICIANS HAVE DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES THE POSITIONS IN CLUBSi MANAGEMENT BOARDS 4HAT STRANGE MIX OF PRIVATE AND STATE OWNERSHIP HAS SURVIVED FOR YEARS AND IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE GENERATORS OF THE CORRUPTION IN 3ERBIAN SOCIETY !LL THIS CONCERNS THE GREAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WHICH ENCIRCLES SPORT m MONEY WHICH IS NEVER PASSED UP BY BOTH POLITICIANS AND PEOPLE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAW 4HE MOST OBVIOUS EXAMPLE OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SPORT AND THE UNDERWORLD WAS PRESENTED DURING THE iS BY THE /BILIÌ FOOTBALL CLUB WHOSE OWNER WAS 3ERBIAN PARAMILITARY UNIT LEADER AND UNDERWORLD FIGURE »ELJKO 2AÝNATOVIÌ m !RKAN /BILIÌ EVEN BECAME THE STATE CHAMPION THANKS TO THE OWNERiS CONFIDENTIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH REFEREES AND HIS SPECIFIC MILITARY UNDERSTANDING

INCREASINGLY UNENVIABLE FINANCIAL SITUATION 4HE PATTERN IN THIS FIELD IS ALREADY WELL KNOWN IN PRE ELECTORAL MANIFESTO PROMISES POLITI CIANS TALK ABOUT SORTING OUT THE SITUATION IN SPORT BUT AFTER TAKING OVER POWER EVERYTHING CARRIES ON IN THE SAME WAY 0OLITICIANS AND THEIR PARTY FELLOWS ARE ASSIGNED TO CLUBS THE MAJORITY OF BUSINESS DEALS AND TRANSFERS ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND IT IS CERTAIN THAT IN THAT INTEREST TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SPORTS CLUBS THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF ROOM FOR FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES

BUT ALSO FOR THE PERSONAL ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH 4HE WHOLE PROCESS IN FACT LACKS TRANSPARENCY AND TO COME TO TRIAL PROCEEDINGS WHICH WOULD SHOW ANY IRREGULARITIES WOULD BRING THE WHOLE STORY INTO THE FIELD OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE JUDICIARY THE REFORMS OF THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AND EVERYTHING ELSE WHICH AT FIRST GLANCE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SPORT 3INCE WEiVE ALREADY MENTIONED 2ED 3TAR AND 0ARTISAN IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT THEY REPRESENT ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF THIS CASE TOO AS THE BIGGEST SPORTING CLUBS IN THE COUNTRY THEY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED AS CLUBS ON WHICH INFLUENCES WERE DIVIDED SINCE THEIR ESTABLISHMENT 0ARTIZAN IS jCONTROLLEDk BY THE ARMY INTEL LIGENCE SERVICE AND 2ED 3TAR BY STATE INTELLIGENCES THUS THE CLUBS WERE DIVIDED INTO THE SO CALLED POLICE ONE AND THE MILITARY ONE /F COURSE IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH THIS RELIC OF COMMUNISM HAS SURVIVED TO THIS DAY BUT WHAT IS SURE IS THAT THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE ON SPORT IS NOT DECREASING AND THAT DURING EVERY CRISES WITHIN THOSE CLUBS NOBODY KNOWS THE OWNERiS ADDRESS BUT THE APPEALS FOR SUPPORT ARE SENT TO THE 0RESIDENT OF THE 2EPUBLIC OR THE 0RIME -INISTER 0ERHAPS THAT IS OF ITSELF A SUFFICIENT SIGN THAT THE FAMOUS REFORM PROCESS HAS NOT EVEN TOUCHED THE FIELD WHICH IS OFTEN MORE INTERESTING TO VOTERS THAN POLITICS CorD \ -ARCH

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ELGRADEiS !+5$ ,OLA HAS BEEN NURTURING AND PRESERVING THE NATIONAL CREATIVE WORK OF 3ERBS AND OTHER NATIONS FROM THE "ALKANS SINCE 4HANKS TO THEIR ARTISTS FROM THE CHOIR

ORCHESTRA THEATRE AND FOLKLORE SECTION ,OLAiS SUCCESS COMES AS NO SUR PRISE NOR DOES THE FACT THAT ,OLA TODAY REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST RECOG NISED AND MOST FAMOUS CULTURAL INSTITUTES BOTH IN AND OUT OF 3ERBIA 4HEIR APPEARANCES IN "ELGRADE ARE ALMOST ALWAYS SOLD OUT AND ARE CROWNED WITH AWARDS AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION ABROAD )N LAST YEARiS TOURS ABROAD ALONE THEY BROUGHT BACK VICTORY BY WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THE %UROPEAN &OLKLORE &ESTIVAL IN THE 5KRAINIAN CAPITAL OF +IEV 4HEY ALSO APPEARED IN THE #ANARY )SLANDS AND THE 2USSIAN &EDERATION

AND IN AUTUMN THE CHOIR PRESENTED ITSELF TO THE PUBLIC IN 'ERMANY

&RANCE AND 'REAT "RITAIN 4HE CONCERT ENTITLED jTHE 'UARDIANS OF 3ERBIAN 4RADITIONk IN "ELGRADEiS 3AVA #ENTRE WAS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT %VEN THOUGH THEY NURTURE THE TRADITIONAL SONGS AND DANCES FROM THIS AREA !+5$ ,OLA MAKES AN EFFORT TO MODERNISE THE CULTURAL INHERIT ANCE WITH NEW CHOREOGRAPHY AND MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS IN WHICH ACCORD ING TO THE AUDIENCEiS REACTIONS THEY SUCCEED !CCORDING TO ,OLAiS PRESIDENT -IHAJLO 2ABRENOVIÌ IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ,OLA HAS MANAGED TO TRANSFORM ITSELF INTO A RECOGNISABLE BRAND IN THE WORLD j4HE SUCCESSES HIGH RATINGS AND REPUTATION OF ,OLA IN THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD ARE THE FRUIT OF A RICH TRADITION BUT ALSO OF GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND INVESTED KNOWLEDGE AND EFFORT AND NOT ONLY IN THE FIELD OF THE ARTS 4HE TIME IN WHICH WE LIVE HAS SET NEW STANDARDS IN MANAGEMENT STAND ARDS THAT ARE VERY DEMANDING FOR INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS OURS "ECAUSE

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OF THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND TODAY THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO WORK A GREAT DEAL AND WITH A HIGH QUALITY EMPHASIS ON IMAGE ,OLA IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT .OT ONLY ARE WE THE CULTURAL ARTISTIC SOCIETY WITH THE MOST MEMBERS IN 3ERBIA BUT WE HAVE ALSO BECOME OUR COUNTRYiS BRANDk EXPLAINS 2ABRENOVIÌ WHOSE ARRIVAL AT THE HEAD OF ,OLAiS MANAG ING BOARD FOUR YEARS AGO LED TO THE REVIVAL OF THE SOCIETY AND HERALDED ITS RETURNED TO THE CULTURAL MAP OF 3ERBIA j7E ARE NEEDED TO THE WIDEST CITI ZENSHIP YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SOCIALISE !ND THE BEST AMONG THEM COME TO US 7E ARE ALSO NECESSARY FOR THE POSITIVE IMAGE OF 3ERBIAk )N THIS TIME OF GLOBALISATION PRESERVED AND CHERISHED CULTURAL INHER ITANCES GUARANTEE THE PRESERVATION OF EVERY NATION ON THE PLANET !S SUCH THE DEFINING OF A CULTURAL STRATEGY IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS PHASE OF TRANSITION !T ONE TIME IN THE COUNTRY IT WAS COMMON FOR ARTISTS TO TRAVEL THEM SELVES AND SEND THEIR PUPILS ALL AROUND 3ERBIA WRITING DOWN THE NATIONAL SONGS AND DANCES )N THIS WAY THE MOST FAMOUS 3ERBIAN CHOREOGRAPHIES WERE MADE 4HANKS TO THEM MANY SUCH WORKS HAVE BEEN SAVED FROM OBLIVION 2ABRENOVIÌ EXPLAINS jWE RECENTLY DECIDED TO BEGIN WRITING DOWN THE COMPLETE NOTE MATERIAL OF ,OLAiS FOLK ENSEMBLE 4HAT IS A GREAT AND SIGNIFICANT JOB OF ARCHIVING OUR NATIONAL MUSIC INHERITANCE j4O THE GLORY OF OUR GREATEST COMPOSER 3TEVAN 3TOJANOVIÌ -OKRANJAC

WE PERFORMED OUR ETHNO OPERA BASED ON HIS TH 2UKOVET COLLECTION OF SONGS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF OUR ANNUAL CONCERT 4HE PRODUCTION AND COSTUMES WERE ADAPTED TO OUR ENSEMBLES AND THAT WAS THE FIRST PERFORMANCE OF THAT KIND IN OUR COUNTRY ) AM ESPECIALLY PROUD OF THAT k SAYS 2ABRENOVIÌ ADDING THAT WITHOUT CULTURAL DIPLOMACY THE SIGNIFICANT SUCCESSES OF ,OLA WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED

j j!RT OFFERS NUMEROUS POSSIBILITIES FOR IMPROVING CULTURAL RELATIONS

BUT ALSO FURTHERING DIPLOMATIC AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS BOTH IN THE COUN TRY AND ABROAD 7ITH ITS SUCCESSES AND PROJECTS REALISED OF LATE ,OLA HAS BECOME A UNIQUE AMBASSADOR OF THE CULTURE TRADITION AND SPIRITUALITY OF 3ERBIA /UR PROGRAMMES ARE INTENDED FOR THE WIDE AND HETEROGENEOUS PUBLIC )N ADDITION TO GREAT PERFORMANCES IN THE 3AVA #ENTRE WE ALSO PERFORM AT +OLARAC (ALL AND WE OFTEN HOLD CONCERTS FOR THE MOST IMPOR TANT ECONOMIC AND DIPLOMATIC DELEGATIONS WHICH VISIT OUR COUNTRY j7E VE INTENSIFIED AND IMPROVED CO OPERATION WITH ALMOST ALL DIP LOMATIC MISSIONS IN "ELGRADE 7E MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE BOTH GOOD GUESTS AND GOOD HOSTS 4ESTIMONY OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE HAVE SUCCEEDED IS PROVIDED BY THE FACT THAT !+5$ ,OLA RECEIVED GREAT PRAISE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAMME OF THE !MERICAN "RITISH EVERGREEN SPONSORED BY 3ERBIA S LARGEST EXPORTER TO THE 5+ 0IROT BASED TYRE COMPANY 4IGAR WHICH WE HAVE DECIDED TO INCLUDE IN OUR STANDING REPERTOIRE k j7E PREPARED THAT PROGRAMME FOR ONE YEAR )T WAS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT FOR OUR CULTURAL PUBLIC AND IT PROVED A GREAT CHALLENGE FOR US TO SELECT THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE AND ARTISTIC CONTENT FROM THE WIDE RANGE AND RICH CULTURAL INHERITANCE OF THOSE COUNTRIES 4HE ECONOMIC POLITI CAL AND DIPLOMATIC POSITION OF THE 5 3 AND THE 5+ IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TODAY IS WELL KNOWN BUT THOSE TWO COUNTRIES ALSO CONTRIBU TION GREATLY TO THE WORLDiS CULTURAL INHERITANCE 4HE EMBASSIES OF THOSE TWO COUNTRIES IN "ELGRADE HELPED US IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS CONCERT

AND THE FORMER "RITISH !MBASSADOR TO 3#' $AVID 'OWAN AND THE CURRENT 5 3 EMBASSY -INISTER AND #OUNSELLOR 2ODERICK -OORE WERE BOTH PRESENT AT THE CONCERT ) AM PARTICULARLY PLEASED THAT AROUND ONE HUNDRED OF THE GENERAL DIRECTORS OF THOSE 3ERBIAN COMPANIES WHICH CO

~ ê ê ê ê ê ê ¾ ê ê ê ê ê ê êi ­ê~ ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ­ê OPERATE WITH THE 5 3 AND 'REAT "RITAIN WERE PRESENT AT THE CONCERT 4HIS

ONCE AGAIN PROVED THE UNBREAKABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ECONOMY AND CULTURE k SAYS 2ABRENOVIÌ NOTING THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST TREASURES OF THE INSTITUTE HE IS MANAGING IS THAT THEY HAVE ALL OF THE NATIONAL COS TUMES FROM THE AREA OF THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA WHICH ENABLES THEM TO PERFORM NEIGHBOURSi DANCES TOO j)N THE FOLKLORE ENSEMBLE STANDING REPERTOIRE THERE ARE CHOREOGRA PHIES AND COSTUMES FROM ALL AS WE USED TO SAY jNATIONS AND NATIONALI TIES OF 3&29k ! FEW DAYS AGO WE RETURNED FROM ,JUBLJANA !T THE END OF OUR PROGRAMME THERE WE SANG A SONG IN THE 3LOVENIAN LANGUAGE WHICH WAS GREATLY WELCOMEDk )N ,OLA IS PREPARING A GREAT SPECTACLE IN THE 3AVA #ENTRE UNDER THE NAME h$ANCES AND 3ONGS FROM THE 7ESTERN "ALKANSi 2ABRENOVIÌ EXPLAINS j4HERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY WE DECIDED TO GO FOR THIS CONCEPT bTHIS AREA HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY RICH CULTURAL INHERITANCE BUT ALSO THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY POINTS OUT AS BEING BENEFICIAL TO US JOINTLY ACHIEVING %URO !TLANTIC INTEGRATION FASTER 4HROUGH CULTURE WE WILL SHOW THAT THIS CONCEPT IS ACHIEVABLE AND THAT IT COULD BE SUCCESSFUL 7E WILL BE PARTICULARLY HAPPY TO REALISE THIS PROGRAMME IN CO OPERATION WITH THOSE COMPANIES FROM THE 7ESTERN "ALKANS WHICH ARE PRESENT ON THE 3ERBIAN MARKET AS WELL AS OUR COMPA NIES WHICH CO OPERATE WITH THEM THE %MBASSIES OF THOSE COUNTIES AND WITH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE %UROPEAN 5NION 5.%3#/ THE #OUNCIL OF %UROPE THE #ENTRAL %UROPE )NITIATIVE ETC k 4HE KOLO DANCE IS SPREAD FAR AND WIDE ACROSS 3ERBIA 4HERE IS NO WEDDING OR ANY OTHER CELEBRATION FOR THAT MATTER WITHOUT THE KOLO AND TRADITIONAL SONGS !MATEUR CULTURAL PERFORMING ENGAGES MANY MORE PEOPLE THAN ALL OF THE SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS IN 3ERBIA )N ADDITION THE CULTURAL ARTISTIC SOCIETIES THROUGH THEIR PERFORMANCES AROUND THE WORLD

PRESENT 3ERBIA IN THE BEST LIGHT

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3ERBIAN 0RESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIÌ WELCOMES 5 3 !MBASSADOR IN "ELGRADE ( % -ICHAEL 0OLT TO A DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION MARKING 3ERBIAN .ATIONAL $AY ON TH &EBRUARY

5. 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL "AN +I MOON MEETS WITH *ULIAN (ARSTON $IRECTOR OF THE 5NITED .ATIONS /FFICE IN "ELGRADE AT 5. (EADQUARTERS IN .EW 9ORK ON TH &EBRUARY -R (ARSTON HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS 3PECIAL 2EPRESENTATIVE OF THE 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL FOR 7ESTERN 3AHARA -).523/ AND WILL DEPART "ELGRADE IN EARLY -ARCH

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!MBASSADOR OF THE 2USSIAN &EDERATION IN "ELGRADE ( % !LEXANDER !LEKSEEV WELCOMES GUESTS TO A FESTIVE RECEPTION MARKING 2USSIAN $IPLOMATIC 3ERVICE $AY ON TH &EBRUARY

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!MBASSADOR (ANS /LA 5RSTAD (EAD OF THE /3#% -ISSION TO 3ERBIA PIC TURED CENTRE ALONGSIDE WAR CRIMES PROSECUTORS FROM 3ERBIA "OSNIA (ERZEGOVINA AND #ROATIA AT A ND &EBRUARY MEETING m CO HOSTED BY THE /3#% -ISSION AND THE 3ERBIAN 7AR #RIMES 0ROSECUTOR S /FFICE m TO DISCUSS AND PROMOTE CLOSER REGIONAL CO OPERATION AMONG WAR CRIMES PROSECUTORS

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#ELEBRATED LOCAL DESIGNER 6ERICA 2AKOร EVIร FAR LEFT LEADS ONE OF HER MODELS THROUGH "ELGRADEiS 7HITE 0ALACE AT A HUMANITARIAN FASHION SHOW IN AID OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS HOSTED BY #ROWN 0RINCE ( 2 ( !LESKANDAR +ARAรฐORรฐEVIร )) FOURTH FROM RIGHT AND 0RINCESS +ATHERINE IN CONJUNCTION WITH $EPUTY "ELGRADE -AYOR 2ADMILA (RUSTANOVIร FIFTH FROM RIGHT ON TH &EBRUARY !MONGST NUMEROUS HONOURED GUESTS AT THE FASHION SHOW

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CULTURE NEWS "2)4)3( !24 ). "%,'2!$% "ELGRADEiS -USEUM OF #ONTEMPORARY !RTS IS SET TO HOST THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF "RITISH CONTEMPORARY ART IN "ELGRADE FOR YEARS

4HE EXHIBITION ENTITLED i"REAKING 3TEPi 5 2ASKORAKU AND OPENING ON TH -ARCH WILL SHOWCASE THE WORKS OF "RITISH ARTISTS AND MARKS THE CULMINATION OF FOUR YEARS OF CO OPERATION BETWEEN THE "RITISH #OUNCIL AND "ELGRADEiS -USEUM OF #ONTEMPORARY !RTS 2ENOWNED ARTISTS SUCH AS *EREMY $ELLER 'ILLIAN 7EARING 0HIL #OLLINS *IM ,AMBIE AND MANY OTHERS WILL TAKE PART IN THE EXHIBITION 6ISITORS WILL FIND A WHOLE RANGE OF ART FORMS ON DISPLAY INCLUD ING WORKS OF SCULPTURE PICTURES INSTALLATIONS FILM PHOTOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE ART 4HE -USEUM OF #ONTEMPORARY !RT WILL PUBLISH AN ASSOCIATED CATALOGUE AND ORGANISE A NUMBER OF FOLLOWING PROGRAMMES 4HE "RITISH #OUNCIL HAS PRODUCED SPECIAL BOOKLETS FOR ART TEACH ERS AS A MEANS OF ENCOURAGING PUPILS AND STUDENTS TO VISIT THE EXHIBITION AS WELL AS PREPARING A GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION IN BOTH 3ERBIAN AND %NGLISH %8)4 &%34)6!, ./4 &/2 3!,% .OVI 3ADiS %8)4 FESTIVAL HAS GROWN YEAR ON YEAR SINCE ITS FOUND ING IN PLAYING HOST TO EVER MORE POPULAR FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC PERFORMERS AND ATTRACTING MORE AND MORE FESTIVAL GOERS "EARING IN MIND THAT SINCE *ANUARY THIS YEAR MANY OFFERS TO PURCHASE THE FESTIVAL HAVE BEEN MADE FIRSTLY BY -AKSE ¨ATOVIÌ AND THE COMPANY +OMUNA FOLLOWED BY OFFERS FROM COMPANIES FROM -ONTENEGRO #ROATIA AND !USTRIA WHO ARE CO OPERATING WITH ¨ATOVIÌ THE %8)4 TEAM WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE PUBLICLY THAT k%8)4 IS NOT A PRIVATE PROJECT AND WASNiT FORMED SO THAT INDIVIDUALS COULD

GET RICH FROM IT ESPECIALLY NOT THOSE TYCOONS WHO GAINED THEIR WEALTH DURING THE S AS A RESULT OF MURKY RELATIONS WITH THE -ILOpEVIÌ REGIME 7ITH THIS STATEMENT WE ARE SENDING A MESSAGE TO -AKSE ¨ATOVIÌ $UpAN +OVAÍEVIÌ AND ALL THOSE OTHER jGOODk PEOPLE WHO ARE jCONCERNEDk ABOUT %8)4 THAT SOME THINGS ARE NOT FOR SALE AND %8)4 IS ONE OF THEM k !S A RESULT OF THESE HOSTILE BIDS THE %8)4 &OUNDATION HAS BEEN FORMED TO ENSURE THAT FUNDS EARNED BY %8)4 WILL MAKE ITS WAY

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INTO THE RIGHT HANDS 4HIS YEAR THE %8)4 &OUNDATION WILL DISTRIBUTE EARNED FUNDS BACK INTO SOCIETY 4HE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN FORMED BY 5.)49 %8)4 WHOSE GOAL IS TO GIVE BACK WHAT HAS BEEN EARNED DUR ING THE FESTIVAL TO SOCIETY AT LARGE THE PROFIT WILL GO TO THE ONES THAT NEED IT THE MOST AS DECIDED BY %8)4 GOERS ./2$)# 0!./2!-!

4HE "ELGRADE #ULTURAL #ENTRE PROVIDED THE VENUE FOR THE .ORDIC 0ANORAMA OF SHORT CREATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM THIS &EBRUARY 4HE "ELGRADE EVENT ORGANISED BY .ORDIC 0ANORAMA IN CONJUNC TION WITH +#" AND THE "EOKULT &OUNDATION INCLUDED THE SCREENINGS OF FILMS FROM &INLAND 3WEDEN $ENMARK AND )CELAND !MONGST THE FILMS ON OFFER WERE "OBBY 0EERSi h3NIFFERi m WINNER OF THE #ANNES 0ALME D /R FOR "EST 3HORT &ILM m AND /SCAR NOMINATED SHORT ANIMATED FILM h4HE $ANISH 0OETi $!93 /& %52/0%!. /0%2! /PERA AND 4HEATRE -ADLENIJANUM MARKED THE %UROPEAN DAYS OF THE /PERA CELEBRATING FOUR CENTURIES OF OPERA ACROSS %UROPE IN &EBRUARY WITH THREE DAYS OF FREE PROGRAMMES $URING THIS OPERA PROMOTION PROGRAMME -ADLENIJANUM OFFERED MUSICAL EVENTS ART SHOWS AND MAKE UP WORK SHOPS AS WELL AS AN EXHIBITION OF THE MOST INTERESTING PARTS OF PLAYS AND MODELS COSTUMES FROM OPERAS THAT ARE IN PRODUCTION AT -ADLENIJANUM 4HE PLAZA IN FRONT OF THE :EMUN BASED OPERA AND THEATRE HOUSE ALSO PROVIDED THE SETTING FOR PERFORMANCES OF SOME OF THE WORLDiS MOST STUNNING OPERA ARIAS j+,/0+!k 3().%3 !4 4(% "%2,). &),- &%34)6!, .EW 3ERBIAN FILM j+LOPKAk 4HE 4RAP DIRECTED BY "ELGRADE DIRECTOR 3RDAN 'OLUBOVIÌ WAS PRONOUNCED ONE OF THE TOP TEN FILMS

AT THIS YEARiS "ERLIN &ILM &ESTIVAL IN &EBRUARY BEFORE IT HAD EVEN PREMIERED IN ITS HOME COUNTRY THE FILM OPENED "ELGRADEiS &%34 ON RD &EBRUARY +LOPKA WAS CATEGORISED IN "ERLINiS TOP TEN BY MAGAZINE (OLLYWOOD 2EPORTER WHICH DESCRIBED 'OLUBOVIÌiS FILM AS jSUCCESSFULLY BALANC ING THE REQUISITES OF AN ARTISTIC FILM AND A CINEMA FILM NOIR k +LOPKA RECEIVED POSITIVE CRITIQUES IN THE 'ERMAN MAGAZINE

WITH SPECIAL PRAISE GIVEN TO THE FILMiS STARS m !NICA $OBRA .ATApA .INKOVIÌ .EBOJpA 'LOGOVAC AND -IKI -ANOJLOVIÌ m AND POSITIVE ASSESSMENTS GOING TO !CA )LIÌ FOR THE FILMiS CINEMATOGRAPHY AND SCREENPLAY WRITERS -ELINA 0OTA +OLJEVIÌ AND 3RðAN +OLJEVIÌ 25©)#! 3/+)À 7).3 4(% ©!.+! 34/+)À !7!2$ 4HE .ATIONAL 4HEATRE IN "ELGRADE ANNOUNCED THIS &EBRUARY THAT THIS YEARiS WINNER OF THE »ANKA 3TOKIÌ AWARD IS POPULAR "ELGRADE ACTRESS 2UÝICA 3OKIÌ 4HE AWARD JURY m -IRA 3TUPICA PRESIDENT OF THE JURY $EJAN 3AVIÌ -ANOJLO 6UKOTIÌ .EBOJpA "RADIÌ AND 3INIpA +OVAÍEVIÌ m DECIDED THAT THIS YEARiS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD GIVEN EACH YEAR BY THE .ATIONAL 4HEATRE 6EÍERNJE .OVOSTI #OMPANY AND 3/ 0OÝAREVAC

WILL BE PRESENTED TO 3OKIÌ AT NOON ON TH -ARCH ON THE MAIN STAGE OF THE .ATIONAL 4HEATRE 4HE AWARD GIVEN FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO 3ERBIAN FILM OR THEATRE IS NAMED AFTER LEGENDARY 3ERBIAN ACTRESS »ANKA 3TOKIÌ WHO GAINED REPUTE FOR HER PERFORMANCES IN THE INTER WORLD WAR YEARS !CTRESS 2UÝICA 3OKIÌ BORN GRADUATED FROM THE !CADEMY OF 4HEATRICAL !RTS IN "ELGRADE IN 3HE HAS STARRED IN AROUND FILMS MANY 46 FILMS AND SERIES AS WELL AS NUMEROUS THEATRE PLAYS

CULTURE CALENDAR March '07 #,!33)#!, -53)# "ELGRADE 0HILHARMONIC /RCHESTRA +OLARAC (ALL 3UFFERING ND -ARCH &USAO +AJIMA #ONDUCTOR 'ARY (OFFMAN #ELLO * "RAHMS 4RAGIC /VERTURE % "LOCH 3CHELOMO 4 4AKEMITSU 2EQUIEM - "RUCH +OL .IDREIL - 2OZSA "EN (UR &ILM SCORE MUSIC +OLARAC (ALL 3CHIZOPHRENIA TH -ARCH &USAO +AJIMA #ONDUCTOR #HRISTOPH 3TRADNER CELLO ) 0ETROI 4HE 2AVEN % ! 0OE & 'ULDA #ELLO #ONCERTO " (ERRMANN 0SYCHO

&ILM SCORE MUSIC 2 3TRAUSS 3ALOMEiS $ANCE +OLARAC (ALL 3ACRIFICE TH -ARCH 5ROp ,AJOVIC #ONDUCTOR -ARGARITA DE !RELLANO 3OPRANO "ARITONE LATER ' 6ERDI /THELO $ESDEMONAiS ARIA ' 6ERDI 4RAVIATA !CT # 'OUNOD &AUST "ALLET -USIC ' 0UCCINI -ADAME "UTTERFLY ARIA 2 7AGNER $IE 7ALK¤RE -AGIC &IRE -USIC

+OLARAC (ALL 7EDNESDAY ST -ARCH PM 'REAT (ALL /PENING OF THE )NTERNATIONAL #OMPETITION OF -USICAL 9OUTH THE COMPETITION WILL RUN UNTIL ST -ARCH 'ENEVIEVE ,ETAN HARP ,JUBIpA *OVANOVIÌ FLUTE /RCHESTRA $5f!. 3+/62!.

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%VERY -ARCH &RENCH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE ARE CELEBRATED ALL OVER THE WORLD THERE ARE MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE )NTERNATIONAL &RANCOPHONIC !SSOCIATION 3ERBIA HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS !SSOCIATION SINCE &RANCOPHONE EVENTS IN "ELGRADE

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WITH THE hSERVICEi ALREADY IN PROGRESS #UTTING THROUGH A DIMLY LIT ALLEY 3T !NTHONYiS RISES IN FRONT OF US )iM EXCITED m ITiS MY FIRST #ATHOLIC SERVICE OF ANY KIND m BUT AS WE REACH THE DOOR ) SLOW STILLED BY A MASS OF CHILDREN HERE TO CELEBRATE AND ENJOY THE FESTIVITIES -Y COLLEAGUE MOVES SWIFTLY THROUGH THE DOOR PATTING HEADS AND PASSING OUT HUGS AND KISSES ) SHUFFLE IN ACUTELY AWARE OF ENTERING A SPACE IN WHICH ) HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE DOiS AND DONiTS 4HE OVERFLOWING CROWD SHUFFLES QUIETLY SETTLING DOWN IN THE SHAD OW OF A SOLID LOOKING PILLAR ) DO MY BEST TO LOOK INVISIBLE m NOT THROUGH DISCOMFORT BUT RATHER FOR FEAR OF GETTING IN THE WAY (APPY FACES SLIP PAST WITH EASE SOME SMILING DIRECTLY AT ME m ) AM OBVIOUSLY JUST hYOUNGi ENOUGH TO BE ONE OF THE hKIDSi -Y COLLEAGUE BEAMS 4HE SERVICE IS IN !LBANIAN 3HE BEGINS TO TRANSLATE 4HE PRIEST IS ASKING A LARGE GROUP OF CHILDREN ASSEMBLED NEXT TO THE ALTER QUESTIONS OF FAITH 4HEYiRE DOING WELL ! SMALL BOY MOVES TO THE PRIESTiS SIDE 4HE PRIEST ASKS h7HAT WAS 'ODiS GREATEST GIFT TO !DAM i ,UCKILY FOR THE LITTLE ONE THE QUESTION IS MULTIPLE CHOICE LIFE FREEDOM TO ROAM THE EARTH THE GRACE OF 'OD j4HE GRACE OF 'OD k ) WHISPER jITiS GOTTA BEk -Y COLLEAGUE IS NOT SO SURE 4HE BOY WHISPERS IN THE PRIESTiS EAR WHO FROWNS AND WHISPERS BACK 4HEN INTO A MICROPHONE THE BOY SHOUTSb SOMETHING 4HE CON GREGATION ROARS -Y COLLEAGUE LAUGHS j4HE GRACE OF 'ODk SHE SAYS )T SEEMS ) WOULD MAKE A GOOD #ATHOLIC m ) HAVE MY PRIORITIES STRAIGHT 4HE CHILDREN ARE ALL CLEARLY ENJOYING THE MODERATE TERROR INSPIRED BY TWO MEN DRESSED AS DEVILS BEHIND THE PRIEST UTTERING SWEET DETERRENTS ALL IN BLACK FULLY EQUIPPED WITH FLIMSY PITCH FOLKS AND LITTLE RED HORNS 4HESE ARE NEAR COMEDY ,UCIFERIANS THE PERFECT MIX OF FEAR AND FUN TO THRILL A YEAR OLD !FTER ANOTHER ROUND OF JUNIOR BIBLICAL 1 !

A LONG LINE OF KIDS FORMS DOWN THE AISLE AND GIFTS SMALLS BAGS OF CONSUMABLE GOODIES ARE DISTRIBUTED 4HE PRIEST KEEPS TALKING MORE RHETORICAL QUESTIONS TO THE EXPECTANT KIDS AND ANYONE WHO IS LISTENING WHICH IS NO ONE (E IS ESTABLISHING HIMSELF THIS IS A NEW PARISH AND APPARENTLY HIS FIRST FESTIVITY m HE LOOKS MORE UNCOMFORTABLE THAN ) DO 7EiRE BOTH BEGIN NERS HERE !S THE QUEUE THINS IT IS CLEAR THERE ARE MORE PRESENTS THAN KIDS RUB BER OUTPERFORMING THE #LOTH PERHAPS AND WE TAKE OUR CHANCE FOR A FREE SUGAR RUSH 4HE NUN IS STEADFAST INITIALLY BUT AFTER SHORT NEGOTIATIONS SHE RELENTS AND HANDS OVER THE GOODIES 7E ALL TROOP OUTSIDE TO A PERFECTLY CLEAR NIGHT &AINT STARS PERMEATE THE CITYiS GLARE FROM A BILLION MILES UP 4HERE IS A LAMB ROASTING OVER HOT COALS AND ) RELAX IN THE FAMILIAR PRESENCE OF FIRE ! CROWD GATHERS

OLDER THIS TIME hYOUNG PEOPLEi 3ONGS ARE SUNG AND FEET ARE STOMPED IN TIME TO THE ACOUSTIC GUITARiS RHYTHMS m BOTH TO KEEP THE COLD OUT AND AS AN EXPRESSION OF UNSPEAKABLE SOCIAL BONDS !T THE NEWS THAT THERE IS AN OVEN COOKED LAMB WAITING IN A MEETING HALL BEHIND THE FIRE PLACE

THE CROWD DEPARTS FOR IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION 7EiRE OFFERED RED WINE

z WHICH IS READILY ACCEPTED PULL UP STUMPS OF WOOD AS FIRESIDE STOOLS AND SING ON ) AM INTRODUCED TO SISTERS COUSINS FRIENDS MANY OF WHOM ARE FROM OUTSIDE 0RIpTINA m RURAL PEOPLE MY PEOPLE ) KNOW THIS TYPE WELL -Y COLLEAGUE DESCRIBES HER DELIGHT AT THE RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH THESE HUMBLE PEOPLE )F SHE KNEW THE WORD ) THINK SHE MIGHT SAY hWHOLESOMEi ) NOTE HOW VISIBLY COMFORTABLE SHE IS j4HIS IS MY COM MUNITYk IS ALL ) GET IN REPLY ) GUESS SUCH QUESTIONS ASK OF THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND THE OBVIOUS 4HE GUITARIST ASKS WHAT ) WANT TO SING ) EXPLAIN THAT ) DONiT SPEAK !LBANIAN AND WE SOON ESTABLISH THAT WE BOTH SPEAK ENOUGH 3ERBIAN TO COMMUNICATE (E IS APPARENTLY A REFORMED CHARACTER JUST RETURNED FROM A SANCTUARY OF HEALING IN #ROATIA WHERE HE PICKED UP THE LANGUAGE (EiS A DAMN GOOD GUITAR PLAYER THATiS WHAT HE IS AND HE CONTINUES TO ENTERTAIN US INTO THE NIGHT b )TiS AM AND HAVING ARRIVED AT MY FIRST PORT OF CALL ON THE AM .Ip 0RIpTINA MINIVAN ) NOW FIND MYSELF SPEEDING BY CAR TOWARD 0AJA AND THE VERITABLE WALL OF MOUNTAINS BEYOND 7E PASS A STRING OF DESTROYED HOUSES j7HO LIVED HERE k ) ASK MY COMPANIONS j3ERBS MOSTLYk COMES THE PAINFUL RESPONSE j4HERE WERENiT MANY BEFORE "UT WHOLE FAMILIES HAVE GONEk )N ODD PLACES THE HOUSES HAVE BEEN REBUILT BUT THE CARCASSES OF FORMER DWELLINGS PERSIST ALONG THE ROAD 3OME BORED BUT POLITE 2OMANIAN SOLDIERS CHECK OUR DOCUMENTS m TWO 5.-)+ )$ CARDS AND ONE "RITISH PASSPORT m AS WE ENTER THE VILLAGE OF 'ORAÝDEVAC AND SOME GOOD WILL IS EARNED AS MY FRIEND TRIES TO SAY hPLEASEi AND hTHANK YOUi IN 2OMANIAN 7E WEAVE THROUGH THE VILLAGE AND ARRIVE AT A FIVE STOREY BLOCK OF FLATS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD 5PSTAIRS WE ARE PRESENTED WITH THE USUAL CONCOCTION OF HOMEMADE ALCOHOL 4HE WINE ISNiT QUITE WHAT ) NEED THIS EARLY IN THE DAY BUT THE 2AKIJA WARMS THE BLOOD 7ITH OUR HOST PACKED INTO THE CAR WE ARE ONCE AGAIN ON THE ROAD

HEADING FOR THE MOUNTAINS 5P !ND UP AND UP AND UP 4IME PASSES 7E HIT THE SNOW LINE AND THEN A DIRT ROAD TIME FOR A BRISK WALK 7E SLIDE DOWN AN EMBANKMENT TOWARDS A BURNT OUT PROPERTY THAT ONE IMAGINES WAS ONCE A SPLENDID HOMESTEAD j7HAT WAS THIS k ) ASK j-ETOHIJAk ) AM OFFERED BY A SHRUGGING COMPANION .O ONE ELSE WANTS TO DWELL HERE -Y COMPANIONSi DISCOMFORT IS AS POTENT AS IT IS SILENT 7E DISPERSE AND ) WALK DOWN INTO THE SNOWY MEADOW BELOW 4HIS REALLY IS STUNNING j#OME ON )TS FREEZING AND ITS GETTING DARKk A VOICE URGES FROM SOMEWHERE ABOVE ) AM AWARE OF THESE THINGS BUT AM NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THEM SECONDARY AS THEY ARE TO SOMETHING MORE PRESSING IN THE ATMOSPHERE HERE 4HESE ARE REAL MOUNTAINS AND THEY INSPIRE THE AWE THAT COMES WITH SUCH PLACES EVERYWHERE .OW WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO THE REAL TREAT THE -ONASTERY OF $EÍANI 7E APPROACH THE ROADBLOCK SLOWLY /NE OF MY FRIENDS IRRITATINGLY

SEEMS TO SPEAK FOUR LANGUAGES BETTER THAN ) SPEAK %NGLISH AND HE IS NOW SPONTANEOUSLY BENDING 3PANISH INTO )TALIAN 4HE 3OLDIERS DO NOT SEEM VERSED IN ANY LANGUAGE RELEVANT TO THEIR LOCALE AND MY COMPAN IONiS SKILL UNDOUBTEDLY EASES OUR PASSAGE m ITiS AFTER VISITING HOURS AND GUESTS ARE NOT EXPECTED 4HEY ORDER US ON AND WE ARE FOLLOWED THE FEW HUNDRED METRES TO THE MONASTERY BY AN ARMOURED VEHICLE !FTER A FEW MORE NEGOTIATIONS AT A CENTURY POST OUTSIDE THE MONAS TERY WE FIND OURSELVES STRIDING DOWN THE PATH TO BE WELCOMED UNDER THE VAST WOODEN DOORS OF THE MONASTERYiS OUTER WALL BY A PRIEST WHO IS APPARENTLY ALREADY A FRIEND OF OUR COMPANY )iM NOT AT ALL PREPARED FOR THIS PLACE )iVE SEEN MANY MONASTERIES IN THE &RUpKA 'ORA AND FOUND LITTLE TO DWELL ON "UT HERE ) FIND MYSELF IMMEDIATELY AT EASE !N EXTREME FORM OF CALM IS PRESENT HERE $EÍANI IS MAJESTIC IN THE FLOODLIT NIGHT &IGURES DRESSED ALL IN BLACK SWEEP PAST US -Y COLLEAGUE WHO COMES HERE WITH SOME REGULARITY GUIDES US INTO THE CHURCH IN THE CENTRE OF THE MONASTERY KISSING THE DOOR AS HE ENTERS (E ASKS IF WE WOULD LIKE TO OBSERVE THE SERVICE JUST BEGINNING 4HIS IS NOT THE KIND OF THING ) AM ENTIRELY COMFORTABLE WITH m IN ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES IT WOULD SEEM LIKE AN INTRUSION m BUT ) AM KEEN TO FEEL MORE OF THE VIBES PERVADING THIS SPACE !ND AS WE SILENTLY SLIP INTO THE INNER CHAMBER OF THE CHURCH ) SENSE THAT ALL OF THIS IS OK *UST ABOUT

ANYTHING WOULD BE OK HERE 'O WITH THE FLOW !ND THE FLOW IS ONE OF ABSOLUTE CALM .OT JUST THE KIND OF CALM YOU CAN OBSERVE BUT THE KIND YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN )NSIDE IT IS WARM 4HE FLOWING BLACK FIGURES MOVE AND CHANT 4HE SONG IS STEADY AND GOES ON AND ON AND ON "URNING )NCENSE BUILDS THE SENSE OF WARMTH 4HE PRIESTSi MOVEMENTS ARE SWIFT SOMETHING BOTH NEAR FRENZY AND COMPLETELY UNHURRIED m THE RHYTHM IS NEITHER FORCED NOR ENTIRELY NATURAL ) AM AS STILL AS ) HAVE EVER BEEN WITH NO INCLINATION TO MOVE WHATSOEVER 4HE SHAPES MOVING TO AND FRO IN FRONT OF US ARE OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES ! SHORT FAT MAN WITH ONE LEG LONGER THAN THE OTHER

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"EÍEJ MUNICIPALITY IS SITUATED IN THE EXTREME EAST OF "AÍKA

WHERE IT EMERGES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 9UGOSLAV PART OF THE RIGHT FLOW OF THE 2IVER 4ISA )T CONSISTS OF THE TOWN OF "EÍEJ AND PLACES "AÍKO 'RADIpTE "AÍKO 0ETROVO 3ELO -ILEpEVO $RLJAN 0OLJANICE AND 2ADIÍEVIÌ )N 6OJVODINA "EÍEJ OCCUPIES A POSITION WHICH IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE NORTH FROM THE STRICT GEOGRAPHIC CENTRE OF THE 0ROVINCE 2AILWAY ROAD AND WATER TRANSPORT LINK THIS -UNICIPALITY WITH THE WHOLE COUNTRY 4HE TOTAL AREA OF "EÍEJ -UNICIPALITY IS KM 3IGNIFICANT WEALTH OF THIS TOWN IS REPRESENTED BY THE THERMAL WATERS 4HANKS TO THEM SINCE THERE IS A 4OWN "ATH IN "EÍEJ TODAY CALLED )ODINE 3PA )N THE CLOSEST VICINITY OF THE 3PA THERE IS A 9OUTH 3PORTS #ENTRE 3OME KILOMETRES FROM "EÍEJ IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ROAD "EÍEJ "AÍKA 4OPOLA THERE IS A CASTLE WHICH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE TWENTIES OF THE PREVIOUS CENTURY BY THE FAMOUS LANDOWNER "OGDAN $UNðERSKI 4ODAY IT HAS BEEN REARRANGED INTO (OTEL j&ANTASTk OF HIGH " CATEGORY )N ITS DIRECT VICINITY STANDS THE CHAPEL )CONOSTASIS OF THE CHAPEL FRESCO PAINTINGS ON WALLS AND THE MOSAIC OVER THE ENTRANCE ARE WORKS OF ACADEMIC PAINTER 5ROp 0REDIÌ 4HE WHOLE COMPLEX IS SITUATED WITHIN !GRICULTURAL INDUSTRIAL PLANT j"EÍEJk 4HERE IS ALSO VERY FAMOUS STUD FARM OFFERING SERVICES TO TOURISTS 4ERRAINS FOR HUNTING TOURISM ARE EXCELLENT 2IVER 4ISA FLOWS THROUGH THE TERRITORY OF MUNICIPALITY THERE IS ALSO 'REAT "AÍKA #ANAL "ELJANSKA POND AS WELL AS A SERIES OF SMALLER CANALS RICH IN FISH PROVIDING A GOOD SOURCE FOR FISHING LOV ERS j2IBLJIK "EÍEJk &ISH POND "ECEJ SITUATED BETWEEN "EÍEJ AND "AÍKO 'RADIpTE HAS EXCELLENT TERRAINS FOR SPORTS FISHING BUT ALSO FOR HUNTING DUE TO ABUNDANT GAME "EÍEJ TOWN IS MORE THAN YEARS OLD 4HERE ARE NUMEROUS CULTURAL HISTORIC MONUMENTS IN IT )N THE VERY CENTRE OF THE TOWN

3ERBIAN /RTHODOX #HURCH STANDS OUT BY ITS MONUMENTALITY )T HAS BEEN ERECTED IN CONSTRUCTED IN "YZANTINE STYLE )N THE CHURCH HIGH ICONOSTASIS WITH CLASSIC ROMANTIC DECORATIONS AND WITH ICONS STANDS OUT A MASTERPIECE OF FAMOUS ACADEMIC PAINTER 5ROp 0REDIÌ )N THE TOWN CENTRE THERE IS ALSO #ATHOLIC #HURCH WHICH HAS BEEN SHAPED INTO ITS CURRENT FORM IN )T IS A ONE NAVE BUILDING

WITH SEMI CIRCULAR ABSCIDA IN THE NORTH ELONGATED BASIS AND BELFRY ON THE FRONT )T HAS TWO ALTAR PAINTINGS OF FAMOUS (UNGARIAN PAINTER 4AN -OR BORN IN IN "EÍEJ )N THE RENOWNED (OTEL &ANTAST AND 2IBNJAK RESTAURANT VISITORS CAN ENJOY QUALITY TOURIST CATERING SERVICES %SPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE IS THE CASTLE &ANTAST WHICH HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY THE LANDOWNER $UNDJERSKI IN APPLYING IN ITS CONSTRUCTION &RENCH ELEGANCE AND MERGING STYLES OF CLASSICISM AND NEO GOTHIC 4HE CASTLE HAS BEEN ADAPTED TO ITS PREVIOUS GLAMOUR 4ODAY IT IS AN ATTRACTIVE WHITE EDIFICE WHERE PRESENT AND PAST TIMES MIX OFFERING VISITORS AN AUTHENTIC ATMOSPHERE WHICH LEAVES NO ONE INDIFFERENT 4HE BEAUTY OF THE CASTLE AND OF THE PARK ADORNED IN GREENERY AS WELL AS MYSTICISM OFFERED BY THE &ANTAST IS INEXHAUST

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LECTURES CELEBRATIONS 4HE (OTEL HAS IN TOTAL BEDS AND TWO APARTMENTS AND COMFORT ABLE ROOMS ARE EQUIPPED WITH BATH CENTRAL HEATING AND TELEPHONE

SO GUEST CAN HAVE PLEASANT STAY AND REST )N THE RESTAURANT GUESTS ARE TREATED TO DISHES OF RICH NATIONAL CUI SINE PREPARED FROM QUALITY FOOD PRODUCTS FROM OWN PRODUCTION #LOSE TO THE CASTLE THERE IS A STUD FARM OF THOROUGHBRED SPORTS HORSES WITH HEADS OF %NGLISH FULL BLOODED SPECIES FOR CANTER RACES AND HALF BREED HEADS OF (OLSTEIN SPECIES FOR RACES WITH OBSTA CLES 7ITH DETAILED STUDY OF GENETICS AND BREEDING %NGLISH HEADS HAVE BEEN REARED FOR GALLOP WITH SPECIAL POTENTIAL WHICH ACHIEVE NOTED RESULTS IN HIPPODROMES &ISH RESTAURANT WITH LAKE FOR SPORTS FISHING HAS BEEN LOCATED NEXT TO THE ROAD "Eร EJ m .OVI 3AD IS A FAVOURITE GATHERING SPOT FOR VACATIONERS AND SPORTS FISHERMEN WHO MOST OFTEN ENJOY TASTY FISH SPECIALITIES THERE )N ORDER TO FULLY EXPLOIT THE EXISTING FACILITIES MODERN SUPER MARKET HAS BEEN OPENED IN "Eร EJ SEVERAL RETAIL OBJECTS AND ONE WHOLESALE OBJECT

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OST SCIENTISTS AND A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF LAY PEOPLE CONSIDER PARAPSYCHOLOGY TO BE A NONSENSICAL A WASTE OF TIME WHILE SO CALLED SUPERNATURAL OCCURRENCES ARE REJECTED AS NOTHING BUT SIMPLE COINCIDENCES ! BELIEF IN WITCHCRAFT WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT %UROPE AND !MERICA UNTIL THE END OF THE TH CENTURY IS NOW LARGELY RESTRICTED TO PRELITERATE AND TRIBAL SOCIETIES 3O WHEN ON MY FIRST NIGHT AT 3EATON 0ARK A STAFF MEMBER SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER AND FELL HEAVILY TO THE BATHROOM FLOOR GIVING HIS HEAD SUCH A CRACK ON THE TOILET BOWL ON THE WAY THAT HE REQUIRED NINE STITCHES THERE WAS NO REASON TO ASSOCIATE THE ACCIDENT WITH MY ARRIVAL !ND WHEN ON THE MORNING OF MY FIRST FULL DAY IN THE KITCHEN THE COMPLEXED &RENCHWOMAN WHOM ) WAS REPLACING CUT OFF THE TIP OF HER THUMB WITH A RECENTLY SHARPENED KITCHEN KNIFE AND DURING THE AFTERNOON OF THE SAME DAY THE '#% !DVANCED LEVEL MATHS TEACHER RIPPED HIS !CHILLES TENDON WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL AND ENDED UP WITH HIS LEG IN PLASTER NOBODY COULD APPORTION EVEN A FRACTION OF THE BLAME FOR THESE UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENTS ON ME %XCEPT THAT IS ) MYSELF !ND WHEN

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MASTURBATORY PRACTICE WAS NEW TO ME AND ) WONDERED WHETHER IT ALSO WORKED FOR WOMEN ) PUT IT ON MY LIST OF UNTRIED EXPERIMENTS ALONGSIDE SMOKING MARIJUANA AND BUNGEE JUMPING +EVIN WAS EULOGISED AT A SPECIAL MEETING IN THE !SSEMBLY (ALL HIS BODY WAS FLOWN BACK TO )RELAND AND LIFE AT 3EATON 0ARK CONTINUED AS USUAL &OR EVERYONE THAT IS EXCEPT ME ) WAS WALKING ALONE ALONG A FOOTPATH THAT LED THROUGH A VAST PRAIRIE OF YOUNG WHEAT )T WAS NOT REALLY A PRAIRIE JUST ONE OF MANY HUGE FIELDS OF PERHAPS THIRTY OR FORTY HECTARES THAT SURROUNDED 3EATON 0ARK 4HE FOOTPATH WAS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC FOOTPATHS THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR CENTURIES AND WHICH FARMERS HAVE TO KEEP OPEN AND MARKED BY LAW

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4HE RABBIT WOULD PROBABLY DIE BEFORE SUNSET "UT WHY SHOULD IT SUFFER !S FAR AS ) KNEW THERE WAS NO LAW FORBIDDING THE PRACTICE OF EUTHANASIA ON ANI MALS )T IS COMMONLY CALLED hPUTTING THEM OUT OF THEIR MISERYi AND IF ) HAD A TERMINAL DISEASE THAT ROBBED ME OF EVERY SPECK OF DIGNITY ) SHOULD PRAY FOR SOMEONE TO hPUT ME OUT OF MY MISERYi 3O ) STAMPED ON THE RABBIT ) STAMPED ON 'ODiS CREATURE .OT ONCE BUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES "LOOD TRICKLED OUT OF THE LITTLE CREATUREiS NOSE OUT OF ITS MOUTH OUT OF ITS ANUSb j4O DIE IS TO LOVE k ) HAD LOVED THE RABBIT AND NOW THE RABBIT LOVED ME ,A MORT EST BELLE %LLE SEULE DONNE LiAMOUR SON VRAI CLIMAT 4HAT WAS NOT +RISHNARASTI 7HEN ) WOKE UP ) KNEW THAT ) HAD TO LEAVE 3EATON 0ARK IMME DIATELYb BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENED ) MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A WITCH BUT ) WAS WITHOUT DOUBT A FRAUD ) DID NOT BELONG HERE ) REMEM BERED 'OETHEiS %LECTIVE !FFINITIES IN WHICH HE LIKENS MEANINGFUL HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AFFINITIES OF MIND AND SOUL TO AFFINITIES BETWEEN CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES !LKALIS AND ACIDS ALTHOUGH MUTUALLY ANTITHETICAL hSEEK AND EMBRACE ONE ANOTHER MODIFY ONE ANOTHER AND TOGETHER FORM A NEW SUB STANCE i 4HAT IT SEEMED TO ME WAS WHAT WAS HAPPENING BETWEEN ALL THE VERY DIFFERENT AND IN MANY CASES MUTUALLY ANTITHETICAL PEOPLE AT 3EATON 0ARK 4HE hNEW SUBSTANCEi WOULD PRESUMABLY BE THE hNEW KIND OF LIFEi THAT +RISHNARASTI HAD TALKED AND WRITTEN ABOUT 4HE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN WERE THE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES WHICH REMAIN STRANGERS TO ONE ANOTHER AND REFUSE TO UNITE 4HE EXAMPLE 'OETHE GIVES IS THE SHAKING TOGETHER OF OIL AND WATER WHICH PRODUCES NOTHING BUT A MOMENTARY UNION AS SOON AS THE SHAKING STOPS THEY SEPARATE AGAIN ) WAS JUST AN INSIGNIFICANT DROP OF OIL THAT HAD MISTAKENLY TRIED TO DISAPPEAR INTO THE TROUBLED WATERS OF 3EATON 0ARK j7HEN IN DOUBT m GET OUT 4HATiS THE ADVICE ) GIVE EVERYONE HERE 0ITY YOU DIDNiT REACH THIS DECISION EARLIER BUT ) SUPPOSE ITiS OUR FAULT FOR NOT SEEING THROUGH YOU k h.OT SEEING THROUGH MEi 3O *ASON 3COTT ASSUMED THAT ) HAD COME TO "ROCKWOOD UNDER FALSE PRETENCES 6ERY PERCEPTIVE OF HIM !T LEAST HE REFRAINED FROM HOLDING ME RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT SERIES OF MISFOR TUNES )T WAS SUCH A RELIEF TO TURN MY BACK ON 3EATON 0ARK m AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COUNTRY HOUSE WITH THIRTY ACRES OF GREEN AND PLEASANT GROUNDS

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9OU ESTABLISHED THE PRODUCTION COMPANY !RT 0OPCORN WITH COLLEAGUE AND PARTNER 3TEFAN !RSENIJEVIĂ? 7HAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF COMBINING YOUR INDIVIDUAL SKILLS AND HOW DO YOU ENVISAGE !RT 0OPCORN SUCCEEDING IN THIS EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY 4HE RESULT OF THIS WONDERFUL SYNERGY AND OUR FRIENDSHIP IS CUR RENTLY BEING SHOT m IN "ELGRADE THE SHOOTING OF 3TEFAN !RSENIJEVICiS FIRST FEATURE FILM ,OVE AND OTHER #RIMES OF WHICH ) AM THE 3ERBIAN PRODUCER IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ) HOPE THAT THIS FILM WILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF SUCCESS AT FILM FESTIVALS THE SAME WAY IT WAS SUCCESS FULLY PRESENTED IN MANY CO PRODUCTION MARKETS ) HOPE THAT !RT 0OPCORN WILL GROW INTO A REFERENTIAL REGIONAL PRODUCTION HOUSE WITH MANY SERIOUS FILMS 7HERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE FUTURE ) SEE MYSELF IN "ELGRADE OF COURSE AND AT MANY FESTIVALS WITH MANY GOOD FILMS 4HAT IS WHY ) DO ALL THIS

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3T 0ATiS WITH $IPLOMATS The Young Diplomats Association is offering a trio of fun nights out this March, transporting YDA members and friends across the world’s bars without ever leaving the comfort of Belgrade.

The month kicks off with the regular monthly ‘Aussie Bar Night’, continues with the Canadian Club’s night of Irish stew and culminates with the YDA’s very own St. Patrick’s Day event.

When, where, what and how?

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And the big one‌ When: Saturday 17th March 2007, 6pm to 2am Where: 42 Club Optimist HOUSE OF BEER, 42 Mileťevska Street.

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THEY HAVE ADDED DEPTH TO BOTH SQUADS BUT WITHOUT THE FINANCIAL MUSCLE TO LAND MAJOR SIGNINGS THE QUALITY AND IMPACT OF INTERNA TIONAL PLAYERS WILL BE LIMITED 7HAT THE CLUBS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS DEVELOP YOUNG INTERNATIONALS AS IN THEIR YOUTH PROGRAMME FOR POTENTIALLY LUCRATIVE RETURNS ON THE TRANSFER MARKET 9OUNG FOREIGN TALENT SUCH AS 2ED 3TARiS YEAR OLD %CUADORIAN SIGNING 3EGUNDO #ASTILLO MIGHT WELL REAP THEM POTENTIAL TRANSFER REWARDS IN THE

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FINANCES WILL FALL SHORT OF WHAT IS NEEDED AND 3ERBIAiS TALENT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ABROAD /NE OF THE KEY REFORMS THAT SHOULD BUT PROBABLY WONiT TAKE PLACE IS CHANGES TO THE MAKE UP OF THE LEAGUE !T PRESENT IT IS DOMINATED BY JUST TWO CLUBS 4HIS REDUCES INTEREST IN THE LEAGUE AND DENIES IT THE DYNAMISM THAT HAS MADE OTHER LEAGUES SO SUC CESSFUL 6JETROVIÌ DESCRIBED ATTENDANCE FIGURES AS BEING WEAK AND GETTING WEAKER ! KEY REASON FOR THIS IS THE LACK OF INTEREST IN THE 3ERBIAN LEAGUE 7HEN YOU CONSIDER THE CHOICE OF FOREIGN LEAGUES BROADCAST ON 3ERBIAN TELEVISION THIS DISINTEREST IS UNDERSTANDABLE &OR "OpKOVIÌ THIS SITUATION IS OBVIOUSLY BAD FOR 3ERBIAN FOOTBALL j3O LONG AS YOU DONiT HAVE THREE FOUR FIVE OR SIX GOOD CLUBS IT WONiT BE INTERESTINGk !ND IF IT ISNiT INTERESTING HOW DO YOU ATTRACT SUPPORTERS SPONSORSHIP AND PLAYERS !ND UNTIL 3ERBIAN FOOTBALL CAN CREATE A MORE DYNAMIC AND GENUINELY COMPETITIVE LEAGUE THIS ISSUE WILL REMAIN &OR "OpKOVIÌ A RADICAL SHAKE UP MIGHT BE THE BEST APPROACH (IS SUGGESTION IS FOR A LEAGUE WITH FEWER TEAMS BUT ONE WITHIN WHICH ALL TEAMS WOULD BE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE "Y RAISING STAND ARDS AT STADIUMS AS HAS BEEN DONE IN #ROATIA WHILST PRESENTING A MORE INTERESTING LEAGUE HE BELIEVES LARGER ATTENDANCE AND TEL EVISION VIEWING FIGURES WOULD BE POSSIBLE 3UCH RADICAL CHANGES COULD WELL BE THE CATALYST FOR GREATER INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY BUT THEIR WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE OPPOSITION FROM CON SERVATIVE FORCES AT CLUB AND ASSOCIATION LEVEL 4URNING TO THE ISSUE OF ORGANISATIONAL REFORM 6JETROVIÌ AND "OpKOVIÌ BOTH EMPHASISE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 3ERBIAN &OOTBALL !SSOCIATION WHICH THEY INSIST HAS BEEN MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GAME IN 3ERBIA &OR "OpKOVIÌ IT IS THE INCREASING NUMBERS OF YOUNG PEOPLE GETTING INVOLVED IN THE ASSOCIATION AND CLUBS THAT IS HELPING TO STRENGTHEN AND REFORM THE GAME 3UCH A POSITIVE TREND IS LIKELY TO HELP CLEAR OUT THE OLD GUARD AND FACILITATE THE REFORMS THAT ARE ALL TOO EVIDENTLY NEEDED AT THE CLUB AND ASSOCIATION LEVEL )T IS UNLIKELY THAT THEY WILL MAKE THE RADICAL REFORMS THAT "OpKOVIÌ PROPOSES BUT THEY MAY GO SOME WAY IN THAT DIRECTION ! MAJOR

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ISSUE AND IMPEDIMENT TO THESE REFORMS HOWEVER IS THE CONTINUING UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT CLUB OWNERSHIP AND PRIVATISATION !T PRESENT

CLUBS FALL BETWEEN STATE AND PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS CLEARED UP PROGRESS WILL STAGNATE !S "OpKOVIÌ STATES THE CLUBS ARE STILL IN A jTRANSITION PHASEk THAT GENERATES UNCERTAINTIES 4HIS SITUATION COUPLED WITH ENTRENCHED INTERESTS DAMAGES INVESTOR CONFIDENCE SUSTAINS CONSERVATIVE THINKING AND IMPEDES NECESSARY REFORM )F 3ERBIAN FOOTBALL CAN ADAPT AND ATTRACT YOUNG TALENT TO ITS RULING BODY AND CLUBS THE FUTURE SHOULD BE ONE OF GREATER INNOVA TION 4HIS WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO 2ED 3TAR 0ARTIZAN AND THE 3ERBIAN GAME AS A WHOLE 4HE BIG ISSUE WILL BE OVERCOMING THE OLD GUARD

WHO STILL MAINTAIN SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE AND ARE HOLDING BACK NECESSARY REFORMS )F THE ASSOCIATION IS PREPARED TO PUSH THROUGH RADICAL REFORM THE RESULTS MIGHT ALSO BE RADICAL &INANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IS THE FINAL KEY AREA IN WHICH CHANGE IS NEEDED 3ERBIAN CLUBS ARE RUN ON TIGHT BUDGETS BUT THE PROBLEMS DONiT END THERE 5NCERTAIN OWNERSHIP DAMAGES INVESTOR CONFIDENCE THE SIZE OF THE LEAGUE COUPLED WITH DISAPPOINTING ATTENDANCE FIGURES

ADD FURTHER WOES TO THE CLUBS COMMERCIAL UNCERTAINTIES 4HIS LEAVES CLUBS SCRAMBLING FOR INVESTORS AND APT TO BOW TO THEIR DEMANDS TO KEEP THEM 4HIS RELIANCE UPON SPONSORSHIP RAISES THE QUESTION OF INFLUENCE )S THE INFLUENCE OF SPONSORS POSITIVE FOR THE GAME AND IN THE INTERESTS OF THE CLUBS THEMSELVES )F NOT DO 3ERBIAN CLUBS HAVE ANY ALTERNATIVES TO SACRIFICING INDEPENDENCE TO SATISFY THEIR FINANCIAL NEEDS &INANCIAL LEAGUE AND OWNERSHIP REFORMS WILL NEED TO BE THRASHED OUT BEFORE ANY POSITIVE CHANGES WILL HAPPEN CONCERNING THE INFLUENCE OF SPONSORS #HANGES TO THE LEAGUE TO MAKE IT MORE COM PETITIVE AND INTERESTING WOULD ALSO HELP 4HIS WOULD GENERATE GREATER TELEVISION AND ATTENDANCE INCOME AS WELL AS INCREASING INTEREST FROM SPONSORS !N INCREASED CHOICE OF SPONSORS WOULD REDUCE CLUB RELI ANCE UPON COMPANIES WHO CURRENTLY WIELD EXCESSIVE INFLUENCE AT THE CLUBS &INANCIAL AND LEAGUE REFORM IS THEREFORE ESSENTIAL TO THE FUTURE SUCCESS FOR CLUBS SUCH AS 0ARTIZAN AND 2ED 3TAR

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%UROPEAN COMPETITIONS OFFER FAR GREATER RETURNS THAN THEY COULD POS SIBLY EXPECT WITHIN THE 3ERBIAN LEAGUE 7HEN 0ARTIZAN SUCCEEDED IN ENTERING THE #HAMPIONS ,EAGUE IN TO PLAY THE LIKES OF 2EAL -ADRID AND &# 0ORTO THE CLUB REAPED MAJOR FINANCIAL REWARDS 0ARTIZAN RECEIVED SOMEWHERE IN THE REGION OF _ MILLION FOR PLAYING IN THE COMPETITION )F WE COMPARE THIS TO AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF PER HAPS _ MILLION IT BECOMES OBVIOUS HOW SIGNIFICANT SUCH COMPETI TIONS ARE &URTHER BENEFITS ALSO ACCRUE FROM THE SALE OF PLAYERS WHO PERFORM WELL AT THIS LEVEL WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF #HAMPIONSi ,EAGUE AND 5%&! #UP GAMES 0ARTIZAN HAD SOLD THREE PLAYERS )F BOTH CLUBS CAN CONSISTENTLY COMPETE AND COMPETE SUC CESSFULLY IN THESE %UROPEAN CUPS THEY MAY BE ABLE TO BUILD THEMSELVES INTO CLUBS THAT CAN COMPETE WITH THEIR RICHER MORE SUCCESSFUL %UROPEAN COUSINS "UT THIS PROSPECT IS STILL A LONG WAY OFF 4HE LAST MAJOR 3ERBIAN SUCCESS IN %UROPE WAS BACK IN

WHEN 2ED 3TAR WON THE THEN %UROPEAN #UP 4HIS WAS AN ACHIEVE MENT THAT ACCORDING TO "OpKOVIÌ jNO OTHER CLUB IN THIS REGION WILL REPEATbMAYBE IN YEARSk &OOTBALL ECONOMICS WILL PLAY A LARGE PART IN THIS 3ERBIAiS TOP CLUBS ARE ONLY ABLE TO PAY THEIR PLAYERS UP TO _ ANNUALLY &OR #HAMPIONS ,EAGUE REGULARS LIKE 2EAL -ADRID -ANCHESTER 5NITED AND !# -ILAN THIS IS POCKET CHANGE !ND WHEN YOUR TOTAL BUDGET IS OFTEN LESS THAN THE PRICE OF A SINGLE PLAYER IN THE #HAMPIONS ,EAGUE IT IS OBVIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO COMPETE "UT ONE OFF SUCCESSES ARE NOT ENOUGH 3ERBIAiS CLUBS MUST STRIVE TO ENTER AND SUCCEED IN %UROPEAN COMPETITIONS TO OVERCOME THE EVER WIDENING FINANCE GAP 4HEY MUST AIM TO ENTER SUCH COMPETITIONS CONSISTENTLY TO STEADY THEIR ROCKY FINANCES

DOMINATE THE LEAGUE AND CREATE CUMULATIVE FINANCIAL SUCCESS !N ALTERNATIVE TO THE INCREASINGLY COMPETITIVE 5%&! COMPETI TIONS IS THE POSSIBILITY OF AN !DRIATIC ,EAGUE 4HIS WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR FORMAT TO THE !DRIATIC BASKETBALL LEAGUE AND WOULD PROVIDE CLUBS LIKE 2ED 3TAR AND 0ARTIZAN WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE IN %UROPEAN COMPETITIONS AT A REGIONAL LEVEL 4HE FISCAL BENEFITS OF SUCH A COMPETITION ARE OBVIOUS WITH INCREASED INTEREST ATTEND ANCE AND SPONSORSHIP )T WOULD ALSO FOSTER GENUINE COMPETITION IN A REGION DEVOID OF TRULY COMPETITIVE LEAGUES AND WOULD HELP RAISE THE STANDARD AND PROFILE OF THE GAME IN THE "ALKANS &OR 6JETROVIÌ AN !DRIATIC ,EAGUE WOULD jWITHOUT DOUBTb RAISE THE LEVEL OF THE GAME IN THE REGIONk !ND THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN THE POSSIBILITY "OpKOVIÌ STATED THAT HE HAD ANSWERED SIMILAR QUES TIONS ABOUT AN !DRIATIC ,EAGUE TIMES IN RECENT MONTHS FROM JOURNALISTS FROM ALL OVER THE FORMER 9UGOSLAVIA )F SUCH A COMPETI

TION COULD BE ORGANISED IT COULD HELP TO RE INVIGORATE THE REGIONiS FLAGGING FOOTBALL (OWEVER THE PROPOSITION FACES CONSIDERABLE OBSTACLES NOT LEAST 5%&! OPPOSITION 5%&! IS OPPOSED TO SUCH A LEAGUE FOR TWO MAJOR REASONS THAT IT WOULD BE DAMAGING TO FOOTBALL AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND THAT SECURITY WOULD BE A MAJOR ISSUE 5NTIL TENSIONS IN THE REGION ARE REDUCED 5%&!iS STANCE IS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE 4HE RELUCTANCE OF CLUBS TO PROPOSE THE FORMATION OF SUCH A LEAGUE IS ALSO AN IMPEDIMENT .ONE WANT TO BE SEEN TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP 4HIS WOULD BE VIEWED AS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS AND UNTIL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS CAN PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER TO OVERCOME CLUB RELUCTANCE THE CREATION OF SUCH A LEAGUE SEEMS UNLIKELY 4HE FINAL ISSUE HIGHLIGHTED BY "OpKOVIÌ IS THAT SUCH A LEAGUE WOULD NEED SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT TO PLAY FOR (E STATED THAT IF TEAMS IN AN !DRIATIC ,EAGUE COULD jPLAY FOR A SPOT IN THE #HAMPIONS ,EAGUE

THEN IT WOULD BE A BIG THINGk 4HIS ONCE AGAIN HAMMERED HOME THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 5%&! COMPETITIONS ! SHORT TERM ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS BUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EXISTING

p ê z ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­ê{ ê ê ê ê ê ê y ê z ±ê w ê ê ê z ê ê ê ê ­ê{ ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ¾ ê ê ê ê ê ê ­ %UROPEAN COMPETITIONS IS INESCAPABLE m SO TOO ARE THE FINANCIAL DEMANDS OF THE GAME THAT 3ERBIAN TEAMS MUST STRUGGLE TO SATISFY 4HE FUTURE FOR BOTH CLUBS IS THEREFORE ONE FRAUGHT WITH DIF FICULTIES &INANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS WILL REMAIN PARAMOUNT AND BECAUSE OF THIS %UROPEAN COMPETITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE TAR GET FOR BOTH CLUBS "UT UNTIL RADICAL AND PAINFUL REFORMS ARE FORCED THROUGH THE PROSPECTS OF 3ERBIAN CLUBS ARE UNLIKELY TO CHANGE 4HE %UROPEAN CLUB FOOTBALL GAP WILL CONTINUE TO WIDEN AND CLUBS LIKE 0ARTIZAN AND 2ED 3TAR WILL HAVE TO FIGHT NOT TO BE LEFT BEHIND 3MALL SUCCESSES MIGHT ACCUMULATE AND BRING A RETURN TO FORMER %UROPEAN GLORIES BUT THIS SEEMS UNLIKELY ! MAJOR SHAKE UP SHOULD BE ON THE HORIZON 4HE 3ERBIAN &OOTBALL !SSOCIATION SHOULD BE INSTRUMENTAL IN THESE CHANGES 3O TOO SHOULD 3ERBIAiS TOP CLUBS CorD \ -ARCH

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HE #ENTRAL 3ERBIAN TOWN OF 0ARAÌIN FIRST WELCOMED ME TO THE COUNTRY AND IT WAS THERE THAT ) FIRST LIVED 0ARAÌIN IS A TOWN WITH HUNDREDS OF POSSIBILITIES AND IT IS A VERY SPECIAL TOWN TO ME )T IS A TOWN BLESSED WITH THAT ORIGINAL BRAND OF 3ERBIAN HOSPITAL ITY AND A TOWN THAT BOASTS A TREMENDOUS SPIRIT FOR TRADING $URING MY STAY IN 0ARAÌIN ) TOOK THE TIME TO VISIT ALL OF THE PLACES IN THE VICINITY /NE OF THE BEST FOR ME HAS TO BE ¨UPRIJA m DESPITE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE IN "ELGRADE CANNOT BELIEVE THAT ANYONE

ESPECIALLY A FOREIGNER COULD FIND ANYTHING REMOTELY INTERESTING IN SUCH A SMALL TOWNb #OME ON PEOPLE HAVE YOU NEVER EXPERIENCED THOSE MOMENTS TO BE SAVOURED THERE IN THE MIDST OF AUTHENTICALLY BEAUTIFUL NATURE ON THE BANKS OF THE 6ELIKA -ORAVA 2IVER 4HE BOAT RESTAURANT h,A ,UNAi IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE VENUES A PLACE WHERE ) ENJOYED MANY A LONG SUMMER DINNER TOGETHER WITH MY FAMILY )iVE ALSO FOUND THE PEOPLE OF 3ERBIA PARTICULARLY WELCOMING ) HAD NO PROBLEM AT ALL MAKING FRIENDS ALL OVER *AGODINA ¨UPRIJA

.Ip AND ELSEWHERE 7HEN TIME HAS PERMITTED )iVE EVEN BEEN ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE POSITIVE AND UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE OF A VARIETY OF CELEBRATIONS m FROM SLAVA SAINT DAY TO BIRTHDAYS WEDDINGS ETC )T WAS AT SUCH EVENTS THAT ) BEGAN TO REALISE JUST HOW TANGO AND KOLO ARE COMPLIMENTARY AND CAN ACTUALLY COMBINE 7HEN MY COMPANY STARTED EXPANDING FURTHER GROWING FROM A LOCAL PLAYER TO A NATIONAL COMPETITOR ) MOVED TO "ELGRADE A CITY WHOSE CHARM ELUDES DEPICTION 4HAT CHARM IS NOT IN "ELGRADEiS ARCHITECTURE 0RAGUE IS MORE STUNNING "UDAPEST MORE 0ANONIAN )STANBUL MORE ORIENTAL AND !THENS MORE ANCIENT 3OME TRAVEL WRITERS PLUNGE INTO PLATITUDES

DESCRIBING "ELGRADE AS BEING ON THE BORDER BETWEEN COUNTER POISED WORLDS %ASTERN AND 7ESTERN .ORTHERN AND 3OUTHERN

/RTHODOX AND #ATHOLIC #HRISTIAN AND -USLIM "ALKAN AND #ENTRAL %UROPEANb BUT THEY MISS THE POINT OF THE CITYiS FOCUS ON GOOD LIFE

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ENCED "ELGRADE TOLD ME THAT THE 3ERBIAN CAPITAL IS NOT ABOUT ARCHI TECTURE OR IMAGINED CULTURAL CONTEXTS BUT ABOUT SOME GOOD PEOPLE AND ABOUT VERY GOOD LIVING "ELGRADEiS CUISINE MAY BE DIVINE BUT ITS SKYLINE IS DECIDEDLY UNDERWHELMING .EVERTHELESS THE CITY DOES HAVE A CALMING ARCHI TECTURAL CHARACTER AND DISPLAYS A VERY POSITIVE PASSION FOR CULTURAL CONTEXTS /VER TIME ) HAVE COME TO REALISE THAT "ELGRADE HAS BEEN

AND REMAINS THE MAIN CULTURAL METROPOLIS OF THE REGION !S FOR THE CUISINE $O YOU KNOW ANY FOREIGNER THAT HAS COM PLAINED ABOUT 3ERBIAN FOOD .OOOOO ) HAVENiT FOUND A WEAKNESS IN ANY OF THE RESTAURANTS )iVE VISITED !ND AS AN !RGENTINEAN ) CAN ONLY COMPLIMENT THE QUALITY OF THE DELICIOUS STEAKS 5RBAN LIFE $ORÌOL AND +NEZ -IHAJLOVA 3TREET ON A SPRING DAY

i ê pê ê ê z ±ê ê ê ê Ø ê ê êi ê ê ê ê êz ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ­ê 4HE SENSATION OF THE BOUNTIFUL AIR FELT WHILST STROLLING DOWN THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY WITH MY FAMILY 4HOUGH SADLY ) CAN COUNT THOSE MOMENTS ON MY FINGERS DUE TO MY NEED TO TRAVEL REGULARLY WITH WORK THEY REMAIN MY FAVOURITE SYMBOLS AND REMINDERS OF THE BETTER THINGS IN LIFE TOOLS WHICH ENHANCE MORE AND MORE MY WILLINGNESS AND PERSONAL PRAYER TO BE HONEST TO STAY HERE AT LEAST FOR ONE MORE YEAR !ND AS ONE REFLECTS AT THE END OF A DAY ON THE NUANCES OF !RGENTINEAN WINE AND KOLO OR 3ERBIAN WINE AND TANGO ONE PON DERS WHICH COMBINATION TO CHOOSE "UT FOR ME AFTER THREE YEARS IN 3ERBIA IT REALLY DOESNiT MATTER WHICH ) CHOOSEb!S LONG AS THE EXTRA BONUS IS AN ACCOMPANIMENT OF SOME GOOD 3ERBIAN FOOD

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