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OpTUNICAiS CABINET PROVIDES IT DID DURING ITS ACTUAL MANDATE 4HE ATTEMPT TO PRIVATISE 24" "OR IN PROOF OF THESE VERY CLAIMS A RUSH FELL THROUGH THANKS ONLY TO THE 2UMANIAN +UPROM GIVING ON A REGULAR BASIS THOUGH UP ON THE PURCHASE 4HIS FAILED DEAL BORE ALL THE HALLMARKS OF A HUGE PERHAPS THE MOST STUNNING EXAM AFFAIR BUT IT MANAGED TO AVOID BECOMING ONE BECAUSE THE ENTIRE PLE CAME IMMEDIATELY POST ELEC 3ERBIAN PUBLIC IS PREOCCUPIED WITH THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE NEW TION WHEN THE 0- DECLINED TO 'OVERNMENT IS GOING TO BE FORMED OR NOT )NDEED THIS PREOCCUPATION MEET WITH -ARTI !HTISARI AND HEAR ENSURES THAT OTHER ISSUES REMAIN WITHOUT THE ECHO OF A hWHYi m SUCH THE 5. %NVOYiS +OSOVO PROPOSAL AS WHY AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IS THE OUTGOING 'OVERNMENT DEAL BECAUSE HE WAS AS HE EXPLAINED ING WITH THE COPPER MINE IN SUCH A SUSPICIOUS WAY 4HE SALE CONTRACT UNAUTHORISED TO DECIDE ON SUCH IS SECRET WHETHER THE PURCHASER HAS THE MONEY IS ALSO SECRET HOW AN IMPORTANT NATIONAL ISSUE AS MUCH WILL BE PAID FOR IT IN THE END IS ALSO NOT CERTAIN 7E WERE LIBER THE HEAD OF THE hOUTGOINGi GOVERN ATED FROM THESE TROUBLES BY +UPROM ITSELF WHICH STATED THAT THEY DO MENT HAVE THE MONEY BUT DO NOT WANT TO SPEND IT ON "OR +OpTUNICA WANTED TO LEAVE THAT 4HE (ORGOp m 0OÝEGA MOTORWAY IS AT LEAST IN ITS FIRST PART THE DECISION FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT SAME CASE IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT THE CONTRACT IS LIKE AS IS ITS VALUE m IS "ILJANA 3TEPANOVIÐ BUT THE FACT IS THAT THERE SIMPLY IT A BILLION AND A HALF EUROS AS #APITAL )NVESTMENTS -INISTER 6ELIMIR %DITOR IN #HIEF OF ISNiT A GOVERNMENT m THANKS IN NO )LIC CLAIMS /R IS IT _ MILLION AS THE CONCESSIONARY THE 3PANISH MAGAZINE "ANKAR SMALL PART TO THE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY !USTRIAN CONSORTIUM &## !LPINA -AJREDER CLAIMS &INALLY WE DONiT OF 3ERBIAiS RELUCTANCE TO ACCEPT THE KNOWN HOW MANY YEARS THIS CONTRACT WILL LAST !S IF SUCH CAPITAL INVESTMENTS WERENiT ENOUGH TO FILL THEIR PLATE WILL OF THE ELECTORATE ACCORDING TO WHICH THEY LOST THE LAST ELECTIONS 4HE OUTGOING 0RIME -INISTER WHO COMMUNICATES WITH THE THE TECHNICAL 'OVERNMENT DECIDED TO SOLVE ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM PUBLIC EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH STATEMENTS APPEARED IN "OKELJKA 6ILLA BEFORE ITS DEPARTURE .AMELY IT FOUND A POSSIBLE STRATEGIC PARTNER FOR IN $EDINJE WITH 2USSIAN &OREIGN -INISTER 3ERGEY ,AVROV IN ORDER TO :ASTAVA IN THE FORM OF 'ERMANYiS /PEL WHOSE VEHICLES WILL BE ASSEM FESTIVELY ANNOUNCE TO THE NATION THAT -ARTI !HTISARIiS PLAN HAD FALLEN BLED IN THE FACTORY IN +RAGUJEVAC "UT BEFORE THAT THE 'OVERNMENT THROUGH 4HE PUBLIC IS SUPPOSED TO CONCLUDE FROM THAT THAT THIS IS TO APPROVED THE IMPORT OF A CONTINGENT OF /PEL VEHICLES FREE OF CUSTOMS THE CREDIT OF THE OUTGOING #ABINET AND THE OUTGOING 0RIME -INISTER AS A SIGN OF GOOD WILL AND AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TAX PAYERS !ND FINALLY WE COME TO THE STORY WITH THE BUDGET )T WAS HARD TO WHO IS FIGHTING HERE FOR THE 3ERBIAN NATIONAL INTERESTS TO HIS LAST BREATH EVEN THOUGH HE COULD HAVE LEFT THIS HOT POTATO TO THE FUTURE WATCH THE CO ORDINATOR OF THE -INISTRY OF &INANCE -ILAN 0ARIVODIÌ GOVERNMENT 7HEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NATIONAL INTEREST WE HAVE TO ASK IF 3ERBIAiS INTEREST IN CONTINUING ON THE PATH TO THE %UROPEAN z ê ê ê ê ê ê  ê Ø ê ê 5NION IS OF LESSER IMPORTANT THAN THE INTEREST OF +OSOVO )SNiT IT ê ê Ãê ê ê ê ê ê ê IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST TO ATTRACT AS MUCH FOREIGN DIRECT INVEST ê ê ê { ê ê ê ê ê MENT AS POSSIBLE )SNiT IT IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST TO LEAVE ALL BIG PRIVATISATIONS TO THE FUTURE PERMANENT GOVERNMENT THE ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê GOVERNMENT THAT IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO CARRY THEM OUT IN A ê ê ê ê l ê ê ê m ê TRANSPARENT AND CORRECT MANNER m A MANNER THAT WILL ENSURE NOT t ±êt êk 9±ê ê A SINGLE SHADOW FALLS OVER THE PROCESS THE KIND OF SHADOW WHICH WOULD TURN OFF BOTH CURRENT AND POTENTIAL INVESTORS )SNiT THE LEGAL CONDUCT OF THE 'OVERNMENT IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST ESPECIALLY WHO IS BY THE WAY A LAWYER BY VOCATION IN HIS ATTEMPT TO RATIONALISE CONSIDERING THAT IT IS HEADED BY A PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND AND WRAP UP IN SOME SORT OF LEGAL FORM THE EXTENSION OF THE GOVERN MENTiS TEMPORARY FINANCING FOR ANOTHER THREE MONTHS IN SPITE OF A DECLARED LEGALIST THE CLEAR UNAMBIGUOUS ,AW ON THE "UDGET AND THE #ONSTITUTION OF .OBODY HAS DIRECTLY AND OPENLY TOLD US THAT THE AFOREMEN TIONED ARE NOT IN THE INTERESTS OF 3ERBIA BUT EVERYTHING THAT HAS 3ERBIA WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH A MOVE /N THAT TRAGICOMIC OCCASION 0ARIVODIÌ STATED THAT THE 'OVERNMENT BEEN DONE CONTRADICTS THESE INTERESTS 4HE %UROPEAN 5NION IS HARDLY MENTIONED m PERHAPS OCCASIONALLY RHETORICALLY WHEN IT IS ACTING ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF UNAVOIDABLE DEFENCE THUS IT FITS NICELY INTO SOME SPEECH 3INCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND HAD TO ADOPT THE 2EGULATION IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE STATE FINANCES WEiRE ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH IT THERE HAVE BEEN NO DIRECT FOREIGN DO NOT STOP FUNCTIONING 4HEREFORE EVERYTHING IS CLEAR FROM THIS THE INVESTMENTS AT ALL 4HE ONLY EXISTING INVESTORS ARE REINVESTING AS TECHNICAL 'OVERNMENT BEHAVES LIKE SOMEBODY IS ATTACKING IT THUS IT MUCH AS THEY HAVE TO IN ORDER TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESSES GOING %VEN IS IN UNAVOIDABLE DEFENCE AS IF FINALLY THERE HAD NEVER BEEN A GENERAL ELECTION THE FORMER &INANCE -INISTER -LAðAN $INKIÌ ADMITS THAT 4HE OTH !ND SO SINCE IT IS NOT IN THE INTEREST OF THE GOVERNMENT TO GO ERS ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN OR EVEN WORSE ARE SIMPLY THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO SHOW US THAT THERE IS IN FACT NO REASON FOR INVESTING ELSEWHERE $URING THIS TIME PARADOXICALLY THE OUTGOING GOVERNMENT HAS THEM TO GO !S WAS SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS TEXT WHAT A SIMPLY THROWN ITSELF INTO THE ECONOMIC SIDE OF GOVERNANCE MUCH MORE THAN IDEAL POSITION
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SECOND MOST POPULAR IN THE COUNTRY ò SEATS AND THE ,IBERAL $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY ,$0 IS THE NEWEST PARTY IN THE PARLIA MENT HAVING TAKEN ò SEATS OF THAT *ANUARY VOTE AS PART OF THEIR GRAND COALITION WITH THE FORMER #IVIC !LLIANCE OF 3ERBIA NOW MERGED WITH ,$0 THE ,EAGUE OF 6OJVODINA 3OCIAL $EMOCRATS AND THE 3OCIAL $EMOCRATIC 5NION
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ILL 3ERBIA HAVE A NEW GOVERNMENT ON TH -AY OR DO YOU THINK THAT FRESH ELECTIONS ARE A MORE REALISTIC OPTION ) THINK THAT 3ERBIA WILL HAVE HER GOVERNMENT THAT $3 AND $33 WILL REACH AGREEMENT ABOUT SHARING THE LOOT AND THE RESOURCES 4HE QUESTION OF SHARING THE LOOT IS THE KEY QUESTION IN THEIR RELATIONS WHO WILL CONTROL THE ENERGY SECTOR WHO WILL CONTROL THE POLICE WHO WILL CONTROL THE SALE OF MILITARY BARRACKS AND BUILDING SITES 4HAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF EVERYTHING .O IDEAS NO PRINCIPLES ONLY THE RACE TO SEE WHO CAN ROB FROM 3ERBIA FASTER AND BETTER !LTHOUGH THE 3ECURITY #OUNCIL HAS NOT YET MADE A DECISION ABOUT +OSOVO 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA SAID THAT !HITSAARIiS PLAN HAS FAILED (OW WOULD YOU COMMENT THAT ) WOULD REALLY LOVE !HTISAARIiS PLAN TO FAIL BUT WE WILL SEE 4HAT PLAN IS A VERY BAD SOLUTION FOR 3ERBIA THOUGH MAYBE IT SUITS !LBANIANS FROM +OSOVO /N ONE HAND !HTISAARIiS PLAN WOULD MEAN TEARING OFF A PART OF THE TERRITORY OF 3ERBIA ON THE OTHER IT WOULD SPELL THE CERTAIN DEPARTURE OF PER CENT OF THE REMAINING 3ERBIAN POPULATION OF +OSOVO 4HE QUESTION HERE IS HOW THE 3ECURITY #OUNCIL WILL REACT !S WE CAN SEE ENORMOUS PRESSURE IS BEING EXERTED BY THE 5NITED 3TATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES ON COUNTRIES LIKE THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3OUTH !FRICA +ONGO AND )NDONESIA NOT TO MENTION 3LOVAKIA 3O IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ON ONE SIDE THERE WILL END UP ONLY BEING #HINA AND 2USSIA AGAINST THE WORLD THAT !MERICA HAS CONVINCED OTHERWISE ) ALSO THINK IT WILL PROVE VERY HARD TO CONVINCE 0ERU 'HANA AND )NDONESIA BECAUSE THEY HOLD ON TO INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DO NOT ACCEPT THE CREATING OF NEW COUNTRIES )N )NDONESIA WE WOULD SEE TEN +OSOVO SCENARIOS IF THEY ACCEPTED THIS PRINCIPLE )F 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA IS GRANTED A SECOND TERM AS PRIME MIN ISTER OF 3ERBIA HOW CERTAIN CAN WE BE THAT HIS GOVERNMENT WILL DELIVER -LADIÐ TO THE (AGUE 4RIBUNAL WHICH IS THE MAIN REASON FOR THE NON CONTINUANCE OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE %UROPEAN 5NION ) DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY KNOW WHERE 2ATKO -LADIÌ IS TO DELIVER HIM ) SEE THAT BOTH +OpTUNICA AND 4ADIÌ DESIRE STRONGLY TO DELIVER
HIM BUT ) STRONGLY DOUBT THAT THEY WILL .OT BECAUSE THEY DONiT WANT TO BUT SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE UNABLE TO (OW DO YOU COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE %5 HAVE BEEN DELAYED FOR OVER A YEAR AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE %UROPEAN ORIENTATION OF 3ERBIA m AN ORIENTATION UNDER LINED BY BOTH 4ADIÐ AND +OpTUNICA 4HERE IS A VERY SIMPLE POINT REGARDING THE %5 WE ARE WAITING PATIENTLY TO SEE WHAT THE 5NIONiS FINAL POSITION ON THE MATTER OF +OSOVO AND -ETOHIJA WILL BE 3HOULD THE %5 DECIDE TO TAKE +OSOVO
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) WILL ONLY COMMENT ON +OpTUNICAiS LACK OF READINESS TO SEE THE WORLD AND THE EVENTS UNFOLDING IN IT IN REALISTIC LIGHT 7HEN THIS INABILITY IS MIXED WITH NEGLECT FOR HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF SOCIETY AND WITH NINETEENTH CENTURY UNDERSTANDING OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY AS WELL AS WITH INSISTING ON POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN DEFEATED SO MANY TIMES m WE HAVE THE COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE DANGER OF THE POLITICAL COURSE THAT 3ERBIA MIGHT HAVE WITH HIM AS A 0RIME -INISTER )T IS MORE THAN CLEAR THAT !HTISAARIiS PLAN WILL NOT FAIL BECAUSE THIS IS NOT HIS OWN PLAN BUT THE 5. PLAN AND IT WOULD BE CHANGED INTO THE FUTURE #ONSTITUTION OF +OSOVO AND IN THIS OR THAT WAY IT SHALL BECOME AN INEVITABLE MODEL FOR EVERYTHING THAT WILL HAPPEN IN +OSOVO IN THE DECADES TO COME IN WHICH TIME 3ERBIA SHOULD BECOME A PART OF THE %UROPEAN 5NION )N SHORT ) THINK THAT +OpTUNICA MUST NEVER AGAIN BECOME 3ERBIAN 0RIME -INISTER )F 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA IS GRANTED A SECOND TERM AS PRIME MINISTER OF 3ERBIA HOW CERTAIN CAN WE BE THAT HIS GOVERNMENT WILL DELIVER 2ATKO -LADIÐ TO THE (AGUE 4RIBUNAL WHICH IS THE MAIN REASON FOR THE NON CONTINUANCE OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE %UROPEAN 5NION +OpTUNICAiS 'OVERNMENT WILL NEVER EXTRADITE -LADIÌ &ULL STOP (OW DO YOU COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE %5 HAVE BEEN DELAYED FOR OVER A YEAR AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE %UROPEAN ORIENTATION OF 3ERBIA m AN ORIENTATION UNDERLINED BY BOTH 4ADIÐ AND +OpTUNICA 4HE CO OPERATION OF 3ERBIA WITH THE %5 AND THE %5 INTEGRA TION PROCESS HAS NOT ONLY BEEN STOPPED BUT HAS BEEN BURIED
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!BOVE ALL THE BASIS OF PLANNING MUST BE CHANGED $EFENSIVE PLANNING MUST BE FUNCTIONAL NOT BASED ON THREATS WHICH MEANS IT IS NECESSARY TO REDEFINE THE STRUCTURAL FORM OF THE ARMED FORCES AND FIND A FORM ADEQUATE TO THEIR MISSION #ONSIDERING THAT WE LIVE IN A COMPLEX WORLD WHERE THE OLD THREATS HAVE DISAPPEARED AND GIVEN WAY TO NEW ONES THERE IS A DEMAND FOR FLEXIBLE ARMED FORCES WITH PRECISELY DEFINED CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITIES )T DOES NOT SEEM POSSIBLE THAT ANY COUNTRY OR ANY ARMED FORCE WILL HAVE TO DEFEND ITS TER RITORY FROM EXTERNALLY LAUNCHED ATTACKS .EVERTHELESS THIS EVENTUALITY CANNOT BE COMPLETELY EXCLUDED AND WE ALL HAVE TO BE PREPARED 4ODAY THOUGH MOST COUNTRIES HAVE FRIENDS AND
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3ERBIAiS MEDIA HAVE PRESENTED SOME STRONG ARGUMENTS SUPPORT ING -LADIÐiS MILITARY AND ETHICAL VIRTUES 7AS HE A GREAT GENERAL !LL THINGS CONSIDERED HE WAS THE MASTER OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES (E DID HAVE CERTAIN SOLDIERING QUALITIES AND HE KNEW HOW TO INSPIRE HIS MEN /N THE OTHER HAND NO MATTER HOW SOLID HIS STRATEGIC AND TACTI CAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION WAS HIS MILITARY SKILLS WERE LACKING BECAUSE NONE OF THE REALLY GREAT GENERALS WOULD ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED IN 3REBRENICA NOR WOULD THEY HAVE CONTINUED THE WAR IN "OSNIA AT THAT POINT
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ELTA 0LUS m THE FIRST INVESTMENT FUND IN 3ERBIA m STARTED WORK OVER A MONTH AGO 4HE #ROATIAN FUND &IRMA 0ROAKTIV WAS GRANTED A LICENCE ON TH !PRIL AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TEN INVESTMENT FUNDS IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE YEAR j$ELTA 0LUS COULD HAVE STARTED WORK ONE YEAR AGO (OWEVER THE ,AW ON )NVESTMENT &UNDS ONLY CAME INTO EFFECT IN $ECEMBER LAST YEAR EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ADOPTED SIX MONTHS EARLIER k SAYS 2ADMILA "AJEVIÌ m GENERAL MANAGER OF THE FIRST INVESTMENT FUND IN 3ERBIA !CCORDING TO "AJEVIÌ IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER IF THE LAW HAD BEEN BROUGHT INTO EFFECT AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED BECAUSE THE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FUNDS STARTED TO INVEST IN 3ERBIA A LONG TIME AGO AND WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT THEY COULD HAVE USED THAT TIME FOR THE EDUCATION OF CITIZENS )F WE JUDGE BY THE INITIAL RESULTS OF $ELTA 0LUSiS OPERATIONS IT APPEARS THE CITIZENS WERE JUST WAITING FOR INVESTMENT FUNDS !T THE MOMENT WE TALKED WITH 2ADMILA "AJEVIÌ AT THE END OF !PRIL THE INVESTMENT FUND HAD ALREADY GAINED ALMOST ONE THOUSAND INVESTORS WHO BECAME THE OWNERS OF ONE OR MORE INVESTMENT UNITS OF $ELTA 0LUS j!T THE MOMENT WE STARTED WORK THE INVESTMENT UNIT WAS WORTH DINARS WHICH IS THE LEGAL MINIMUM PRESCRIBED BY THE LAW 3OON AFTER THE VALUE OF ONE INVESTMENT UNIT WAS ALMOST DINARS WHICH MEANS THE VALUE OF THE INVESTMENT UNIT SHOWED A GROWTH OF òk EMPHASISED "AJEVIC "Y THE TIME YOU READ THIS ARTICLE THE VALUE OF THE INVESTMENT UNIT WILL PROBABLY BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT WILL DEPEND ON SHARE TRENDS ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE "Y DEFINITION THE INVESTMENT FUND REPRESENTS A TYPE OF INSTITU TIONAL INVESTOR WHICH DIRECTLY CONNECTS THE ISSUERS AND INVESTORS ON THE FINANCIAL MARKET 4HE AIM OF THESE FUNDS IS FIRSTLY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIQUIDITY ON THE FINANCIAL MARKET TO GATHER THE SMALL FREE CAPITAL AND TO PUT THAT IN THE FUNCTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT j4HE INVESTMENT FUND IS INTENDED FOR CITIZENS OF ALL KINDS AND THE VALUE OF THE INVESTMENT UNIT OF DINARS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY CAN
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AFFORD THESE DAYS k SAYS "AJEVIÌ ADDING j!LSO FOREIGNERS CAN INVEST IN THE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT FUND TOO ALL THEY NEED IS TO HAVE A TAX IDEN TIFICATION NUMBER AND TO BRING THEIR IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT !PART FROM PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND FOREIGN CITIZENS DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN COMPANIES CAN ALSO BE INVESTORS IN THE INVESTMENT FUNDk )NVESTMENT FUNDS BRING SEVERAL BENEFITS AND ONE OF THEM IS INCREASING THE VALUE OF THE CAPITAL I E SECURITIES IN THE WAY THAT THE FUNDS CONCENTRATE LIMITED DEMAND AND INTRODUCE IT INTO THE MARKET )N GENERAL THE FUNDS STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARKET AND AT THE SAME TIME EXERT PRESSURE ON BANKS BY REPRESENTING ADDITIONAL COMPETITION
p 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 ¾ ê ê ê ê êp ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê )NVESTING IN INVESTMENT FUNDS BRINGS A PROFIT OF AROUND PER CENT ON THE INVESTED AMOUNT ON AN ANNUAL LEVEL WHILE THE ANNUAL INTEREST IN BANKS IS AROUND FIVE TO SEVEN PER CENT !S THE RESULT OF THE HEALTHY FINANCIAL COMPETITION THE BANKS ARE FORCED TO INCREASE INTER EST RATES ON SAVINGS AND DECREASE INTEREST ON INVESTMENTS j)T IS TRUE THAT OUR MARKET IS STILL SHALLOW BECAUSE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF COMPANIES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO COME OUT ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE 4HE PRIVATISATION PROCESS IS NOT YET COMPLETED AND WITH THE END OF PRIVATISATION WE EXPECT THAT COMPANIES WILL VOLUNTARILY
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APPEAR ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE m UNLIKE THE CASE TO DATE WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO INTRODUCE THEIR SHARES TO THE STOCK EXCHANGE 4HE APPEARANCE OF CERTAIN COMPANIES ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE WILL PRESENT THEM WITH A WAY TO GET CHEAPER CAPITAL WITHOUT FOR INSTANCE ISSUING MORTGAGES TO THE BANKS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IT WILL OFFER INVES TORS THE CHANCE TO INVEST THEIR MONEY AND IN THAT WAY MAKE BETTER RETURNS THAN IS THE CASE WITH CASH DEPOSITED IN BANKS k EMPHASISES "AJEVIร %VERY FUND IS MANAGED BY THE MANAGING ASSOCIATION WHICH REP RESENTS THE LEGAL ENTITY WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH THE SURROUNDING AS THE LEGAL SUBJECT 4HE MANAGING ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED EXCLUSIVELY AS A CLOSED JOINT STOCK COMPANY AND CAN MANAGE A LARGER NUMBER OF FUNDS )N ORDER TO BE ESTABLISHED THE ASSOCIATION IS OBLIGED TO ENGAGE AT LEAST ONE PORTFOLIO MANAGER FOR EVERY INVESTMENT FUND AND ONE AUTHORISED INTERNAL AUDITOR 4HE CURRENCY PART OF THE MAIN CAPITAL OF THE MANAGING ASSOCIATIONS ON ESTABLISHMENT MUST AMOUNT TO AT LEAST _ EQUIVALENT VALUE IN #3$ AND DURING THE OPERATING THE VALUE OF THE MAIN CAPITAL MUST NOT DROP UNDER THIS AMOUNT 4HE MANAGING ASSOCIATION IS OBLIGED TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THE CUSTODIAN BANK ON PROVIDING CUSTODIAN SERVICES FOR EACH INVESTMENT FUND SEPARATELY 4HE CUSTODIAN BANK HAS THE ROLE OF OPENING THE ACCOUNT IN ITS NAME FOR THE FUNDiS MEMBERS WITH THE #ENTRAL 2EGISTER AS WELL AS THROUGH THE NETWORK OF GLOBAL CUSTODIAN BANKS IN OTHER INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND DEPOSITARY HOUSES )N 3ERBIA AT THIS MOMENT THERE ARE FOUR CUSTODIAN BANKS 4HE CUSTODIAN BANK MUST NOT BE AN ENTITY LINKED WITH THE FUND j4HE FOUNDER OF $ELTA 0LUS IS $ELTA AND TODAY THERE ARE SEVERAL OWNERS 4HE INVESTMENT FUND DOES NOT PRESENT THE OWNERS NAMES IN PUBLIC BUT OUR CUSTODIAN BANK HAS INSIGHT INTO THE NAMES OF ALL INVESTORS AND THEIR REGISTRATION NUMBERS AND THERE ARE NO SPECIAL SECRETS THERE BECAUSE THIS REFERS TO AN OPEN BALANCED INVEST MENT FUND 4HE CURRENT VALUE OF THE &UNDiS TOTAL ASSETS IS MILLION DINARS 23$ AND ONE INVESTOR CAN BE THE OWNER OF A MAXIMUM OF PER CENT OF THE &UNDiS ASSETS k EMPHASISES "AJEVIร !CCORDING TO "AJEVIร SEVERAL THINGS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED WHILE MAKING THE DECISION ON WHICH FUND TO INVEST MONEY IN j&IRST THINK CorD \ -AY
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l ABOUT THE TIME LIMIT OF THE INVESTMENT THEN THE TYPE OF FUND WHICH DETERMINES WHAT THE FUND ITSELF INVESTS IN AND FINALLY ABOUT THE PREVIOUS OPERATING RESULTS OF THE FUND $ELTA 0LUS GIVES ITS INVESTORS INFORMATION ABOUT THE VALUE OF THEIR INVESTMENT UNITS ON A DAILY BASIS AND EVERY SIX MONTHS THEY GET INFORMATION ON WHERE WE INVESTED THE MONEY AND WHAT THE VALUE OF THE FUNDiS ASSETS IS k SAYS THE $ELTA 0LUS DIRECTOR 2ECENTLY THE 3ECURITIES #OMMISSIONiS 6ESNA 6UJOVIÌ DREW PUBLIC ATTENTION TO DIFFERENT FORMS OF FUNDS AS WELL AS TO THE DIFFERENCES IN THE INVESTMENT RISKS AND ALSO TO THE LEVEL OF THE POTENTIAL PROFIT /N
!SSOCIATION FOR -ANAGING )NVESTMENT &UNDS HAS A GREATER BENEFIT IF THE VALUE OF THE FUNDiS ASSETS GROWS BECAUSE THE !SSOCIATION WORKS FOR THE COMMISSION WHICH HAS AN ADDITIONAL STIMULUS ON THE SELECTION OF THE SHARES IN WHICH THE FUND WILL INVEST (OWEVER $RAGIJANA 2ADONJIÌ 0ETROVIÌ PRESIDENT OF THE -6 )NVESTMENT -ANAGING "OARD SAYS THAT IF A CITIZEN CHOOSES A BROKER AGE HOUSE HE GIVES THE ORDER TO THE BROKER AS TO WHICH SHARES TO BUY WHILE BUYING THE INVESTMENT UNIT HE IS NOT SURE IN WHICH SHARES HIS MONEY WAS INVESTED j!PART FROM THAT ) THINK THAT THE TIME WILL COME SOON TO FEEL THE BITTERNESS OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE AND NOT ONLY THE SWEETNESS I E ) THINK THAT THE TIME WILL COME WHEN MONEY WILL BE LOST ON OUR STOCK EXCHANGE NOT ONLY GAINEDk EMPHASISES 2ADONJIÌ 0ETROVIÌ !S SUCH IT SHOULD BE EMPHASISED THAT WITH INVESTMENT FUNDS THERE IS NO GUARANTEED PROFIT 4HE OWNER OF THE INVESTMENT UNIT DECIDES ABOUT THE PROFIT AND CHOOSES AT A CERTAIN MOMENT TO BUY OR SELL UNITS !CCORDING TO NUMEROUS EXPERTSi OPINIONS WHAT COULD GIVE GREAT STIMULUS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EQUITY MARKET IS THE APPEARANCE OF MAJOR STATE OWNED COMPANIES ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE WHICH WILL BE THE SPHERE OF INTEREST OF INVESTMENT FUNDS &OR THE TIME BEING 3ERBIA IS THE ONLY STATE IN THE REGION ON WHOSE STOCK EXCHANGE THERE ARE NO SHARES OF COMPANIES FROM THE FIELDS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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y êi 9 THAT OCCASION 6UJOVIÌ STATED THAT $ELTA 0LUS IS A BALANCED FUND WHICH MEANS THAT THE FUND INVESTS IN SHARES AND BONDS WHILE THE #ROATIAN COMPANY &IRMA 0ROAKTIV INVESTS ONLY IN SHARES !S BONDS ARE MORE STABLE SECURITIES THAN SHARES THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT INVESTING IN $ELTA 0LUS CARRIES LESS RISK THAN &IRMA 0ROAKTIV BUT IT COULD ALSO YIELD LESS PROFIT ON INVESTMENT j7E ANALYSE ALL SECURITIES ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE AND INVEST IN SECURITIES WHICH ARE THE MOST LIQUID IN THE SPHERE OF OUR INTEREST $EPENDING ON THE BRANCH FOR INSTANCE IF IT REFERS TO INDUSTRY WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE COMPANYiS RESULTS ARE WHAT IS THE MANAGEMENT LIKE WHEN HOW MUCH AND IN WHICH WAY IT OPERATES DOES IT EXPORT ETC 4RUE THERE ARE NO LIMITATIONS TO WHICH SHARES WE WILL INVEST IN BUT AS AN OPEN BALANCED FUND AND IN ORDER NOT TO EXPOSE THE FUND TO GREAT RISK WE CANNOT POSSES MORE THAN PER CENT OF THE SHARES IN ONE COMPANY 4HEREFORE WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT SOME BIG RISK IN INVESTING IN THE INVESTMENT FUND !PART FROM THAT PER CENT OF THE VALUE IS IN DEPOSITS WHICH PROVIDES OUT INVESTORS WITH ADDITIONAL SECURITY k EXPLAINS "AJEVIÌ !CCORDING TO HER A BROKER IN SOME BROKERAGE COMPANY CAN EXECUTE SOMEBODYiS ORDER BUT CANNOT GIVE ADVICE TO THE INVESTOR AS TO WHERE TO INVEST MONEY WHILE IN INVESTMENT FUNDS THE PORTFOLIO MANAGER MAKES DECISIONS ON WHERE TO INVEST THE MONEY ON THE BASIS OF THE SITUATION WITH SHARES ON THE MARKET 4HIS MEANS THAT THE OWN ERS OF THE INVESTMENT UNITS DO NOT NEED PREVIOUS EXPERT KNOWLEDGE IN THIS FIELD /F COURSE WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT THE FOUNDER I E THE
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PETROL AND THE ELECTRICITY INDUSTRIES 7HAT IS CERTAIN IS THE GREAT IMPORTANCE OF THE PARTICIPATION OF THOSE STATE OWNED COMPANIES IN THE STOCK EXCHANGE TRADE THROUGH WHICH THE FINANCIAL MARKET WOULD GAIN IN LIQUIDITY m FIRSTLY BECAUSE THE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS INVESTMENT AND PENSION FUNDS INSURANCE COMPANIES NEED QUALITY INVESTMENT AND MARKET MATERIAL IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE RETURN ON THEIR CLIENTSi DEPOSITS )N THAT SENSE THE STATE SHOULD WORK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EQUITY MARKET IN ORDER TO PREVENT DOMESTIC CAPITAL FROM FLOWING OUT THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF FOREIGN SECURITIES BECAUSE OF THE IMPOSSIBIL ITY OF INVESTING IN MORE ATTRACTIVE DOMESTIC SECURITIES SUCH AS THE SHARES OF STATE OWNED COMPANIES 4HE COMPANY CAN OBTAIN ADDI TIONAL CAPITAL THROUGH THE MECHANISMS OF THE PRIMARY MARKET 4HE FIRST ISSUE OF SHARES IS CALLED THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFER m )0/ AS THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFER IS CONSIDERED THE TRANSACTION THROUGH WHICH THE COMPANY IS TRANSFERRED FROM SOME CLOSED FORM TO OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANIES 4HROUGH THE )0/ PROCEEDING THE CORPORATE CONVER SION OF THE COMPANYiS CAPITAL IS CARRIED OUT BY WHICH THAT CAPITAL IS EXPRESSED THROUGH THE NUMBER AND VALUE OF SHARES 4HE ADDITIONAL CAPITAL WHICH THE COMPANY GATHERS THROUGH THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFER INCREASES THE NET VALUE OF THE COMPANY 7ITH THIS ADDITIONAL CAPITAL THE COMPANY BUILDS A NEW FINANCIAL POSITION ON THE BASIS OF WHICH IT COULD GATHER OR BORROW NEW ASSETS OFTEN UNDER FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS !T THE SAME TIME THE DIRECTOR OF $ELTA 0LUS ANNOUNCES THE FUTURE IN THREE MONTHS GROWTH FUND WHICH WILL INVEST IN SHARES AS WELL AS THE CLOSED FUND WHICH WILL INVEST IN REAL ESTATE 4HE FIRST INVESTMENTS OF THE EXISTING &UND 0LUS ABROAD ACCORDING TO "AJEVIÌ SHOULD BE EXPECTED IN OTHER FORMER 9UGOSLAV STATES AND IN THE WIDER REGION $ELTA 0LUS CAN INVEST PER CENT OF THE CAPITAL ABROAD AND THE REST HAS TO BE IN THE COUNTRY j!T THE END OF THIS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT YEAR THE &UND WILL BE PRESENT AROUND THE WHOLE REGION AND WE WILL START THE FIRST INVESTMENT ON THE %UROPEAN MARKET AT THE BEGINNING OF k EMPHASISES "AJEVIÌ
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NE INCENDIARY DEVICE REPORTEDLY A HAND GRENADE EXPLOD ED AT AM ON THE WINDOWSILL OF THE FLAT IN THE 6RAÍAR DISTRICT OF DOWNTOWN "ELGRADE 4HE EXPLOSION DAMAGED THE BEDROOM WINDOW THE FA ADE AROUND THE WINDOW AND EVEN CARS PARKED NEARBY IN THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING 4HE SECOND BOMB DID NOT EXPLODE !CCORDING TO AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE )NTERIOR -INISTRY -50 j3PECIALISED TEAMS OF -50 3ERBIA VISITED THE CRIME SCENE AND ACKNOWLEDGED IN THEIR REPORT THAT FOR THE TIME BEING .. AN UNKNOWN PERSON HAS PLANTED A BOMB ON THE APARTMENT WINDOW SILL LOCATED AT THE GROUND FLOOR 0OLICE ARE UNDERTAKING ALL NECES SARY ACTIVITIES FOR CLARIFICATION OF THIS EVENT AS WELL TO IDENTIFY THE ATTACKER S WHO COMMITTED THIS ACTk )T IS WIDELY BELIEVED THAT THE ATTACK MOUNTED AGAINST !NASTASIJEVIÌ MAY HAVE BEEN A RESPONSE TO HIS GUEST APPEARANCE ON THE " SHOW +AÝIPRST )NDEX FINGER DURING WHICH HE COMMENTED ON THE 3PECIAL #OURTiS VERDICT IN THE CASE OF THE 3CORPIONS 5NIT !CCORDING TO $EJAN !NASTASIJEVIÌ HIMSELF THE BOMBERiS ATTACK ON HIS APARTMENT IS NOT MERELY AN ATTACK ON HIM BUT RATHER jAN ACT OF TERRORISM AGAINST THE STATE AND SOCIETYk j) SUPPOSE THAT THE ATTACKER IS SOMEONE THAT ) HAVE IRRITATED FOR A LONG TIME WITH MY REMARKS SO THAT PERSON DECIDED TO REACT AFTER MY GUEST APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW j+AÝIPRSTk ON " k SAID !NASTASIJEVIÌ ADDING HASTILY THAT THIS WAS ONLY HIS ASSUMPTION AND THAT THE INVESTIGATION WOULD SHOW EXACTLY WHO COMMITTED THE ATTACK AND WHY !NASTASIJEVIÌ EXPLAINED THAT OF LATE HIS INVESTIGATIVE WRITINGS HAVENiT jDIRECTLY PICKED ON ANY SPECIFIC PERSON BUT THAT HE HAS BECOME A TARGET BECAUSE OF HIS OVERALL ATTITUDE AND WORK #OMMENTING ON THE MASSIVE RESPONSES FROM ALL SECTIONS OF SOCI ETY SUPPORTING HIM AND CONDEMNING THE ATTACKER !NASTASIJEVIÌ SAID HE WAS ASTOUNDED BY THE LEVEL AND INTENSITY OF SUPPORT (E ADDED THAT IT APPEARS THAT 3ERBIA hFLINCHEDi j4HIS IS SOMETHING RARELY SEEN
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u ê (EAD OF THE "ELGRADE 0OLICE -ILORAD 6ELJOVIÌ STATED THAT POLICE CAN CHARACTERISE THE BOMB ATTACK AGAINST $EJAN !NASTASIJEVIÌiS FLAT IN "ELGRADE AS ATTEMPTED MURDER jBUT THE REAL MOTIVES OF THAT ACT WILL BE DETERMINED ONLY AFTER A DETAILED INVESTIGATION k 3ERBIA 0RESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIÌ SAID THAT THE BOMB ATTACK AGAINST !NASTASIJEVIÌiS APARTMENT IS jAN ACT OF GREAT EST DANGER FOR THE STATE BECAUSE THE ATTEMPTED MUR DER OF A JOURNALIST IS NOT ONLY AN ATTACK AGAINST THE PUBLIC LY SPOKEN WORD BUT ALSO AN ATTACK AGAINST THE STATE 4HE REACTION OF THE STATE MUST BE THE STRONGEST IT CAN POSSIBLY BE ) WOULD REMIND YOU THAT SUCH CRIMINAL ACTS REPRESENT ATTEMPTS TO SEND 3ERBIA BACK i ê{ 9 TO THE h S AND THE TIME OF WARk 0RESIDENT 4ADIÌ NOTED THAT A SPECIAL PROBLEM IS THAT jALL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES HAVENiT STOOD UP AGAINST SUCH ACTS WITH ALL THEIR POWERk (E ALSO REMINDED THAT jTHIS TIME THE TARGET OF THE ATTACK WAS $EJAN !NASTASIJEVIÌ A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IT WAS 3LAVKO ¨URUVIJA AND IN THE MEANTIME 0RIME -INISTER :ORAN îINðIÌ WAS ASSASSINATEDk k"UT WE CANNOT GIVE UP ON THE ESTABLISHING OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY IN 3ERBIA AT ANY PRICE 7E HAVE TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PEO PLE TO THEIR FREE OPINION AND THE RIGHT TO LIVE BUT IN ORDER TO DO SO
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AND TO CREATE A NORMAL %UROPEAN STATE EVERYBODY WHO TRIED TO KILL A JOURNALIST A MAN A CITIZEN MUST BE MOST HARSHLY PUNISHED k NOTED 0RESIDENT 4ADIÌ ADDING THAT THERE COULD BE NO FORGIVENESS 3ERBIAN 0RIME -INISTER 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA SAID THAT THE 'OVERNMENT OF 3ERBIA MOST SEVERELY CONDEMNS THE BOMB ATTACK AGAINST !NASTASIJEVIÌ j) SPOKE WITH -INISTER OF 0OLICE $RAGAN *OÍIÌ ABOUT UNDERTAKING ALL POSSIBLE MEAS URES TO FIND THE PERPETRATOR OF THIS BOMBING ATTACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND TO PUNISH THAT INDIVIDUAL APPROPRIATE LY k READS +OpTUNICAiS OFFICIAL } êr O STATEMENT 4HE 0RIME -INISTER ADDED THAT THE MEDIA IN 3ERBIA HAVE COMPLETE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION BUT IT IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE THAT JOURNALISTS ARE ALSO COMPLETELY SAFE j4HE 'OVERNMENT OF 3ERBIA WILL DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE OVERALL SAFETY OF ALL JOURNALISTS IN 3ERBIA k 4HE 5.(#2 /FFICE EXPRESSED FEARS RAISED AS A RESULT OF THE ATTACK AGAINST !NASTASIJEVIÌ AND HAS REQUESTED THAT THE AUTHORITIES IN 3ERBIA QUICKLY FIND THE PERPETRATORS j4HIS IS NOT ONLY AN ATTACK AGAINST INDEPENDENT AND UNBIASED JOURNALISM BUT ALSO AGAINST THE EFFORTS MADE IN 3ERBIA TO FACE CRIMES FROM THE PAST STARTING THE PROCESS OF PRESENTING THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION PROCESS AS WELL AS AGAINST THE FIGHT ON ORGANISED CRIME k READS THE 5.(#2 STATEMENT 4HE %UROPEAN -OVEMENT IN 3ERBIA AND THE &ORUM FOR )NTERNATIONAL 2ELATIONS REQUESTED THAT THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF !NASTASIJEVIÌ BE CLARIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY j4HE UNDENIABLE TRUTH IS THAT NO CONTEMPORARY COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY ONE THAT ALSO HAS TO FIGHT MANY OTHER DIFFICULTIES CAN PROGRESS IF IT IS UNDER PRESSURE OF THAT KIND OF VIOLENCE k CONCLUDES THE STATEMENT OF 4HE %UROPEAN -OVEMENT IN 3ERBIA AND THE &ORUM FOR )NTERNATIONAL 2ELATIONS 3ECRETARY 'ENERAL OF THE #OUNCIL OF %UROPE 4ERRY $AVIS CONDEMNED THE ATTACK AGAINST $EJAN !NASTASIJEVIÌ m A MAN $AVIS DESCRIBED AS AN jEMINENT 3ERBIAN JOURNALIST SPECIALISING IN TOPICS OF
ORGANISED CRIME AND WAR CRIMES k $AVIS SAID j) SHALL REITERATE MY WORDS AFTER LAST YEARiS BRU TAL MURDER OF !NA 0OLITKOVSKA IN -OSCOW WE CANNOT TRULY SPEAK ABOUT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WHILE JOURNALISTS ARE KILLED IN THE STREETS OR ARE ATTACKED BY BOMBS IN THEIR HOUSES k 3ERBIAN 0ROSECUTOR FOR 7AR #RIMES 6LADIMIR 6UKÍEVIÌ REQUESTED FROM THE STATE BODIES { êk TO ENERGETICALLY ACT AND ARREST THE PERPETRATORS OF THE ATTACK AGAINST $EJAN !NASTASIJEVIÌ j$EJAN !NASTASIJEVIÌ IS A DETERMINED FIGHTER FOR TRUTH AND IN SEV ERAL OF HIS ARTICLES BOTH REGARDING THE WAR CRIMES TRIALS AND ORGAN ISED CRIME TRIALS HE HAS OPENLY INSISTED THAT THE TRUTH BE UNVEILED k SAID 6UKÍEVIÌ 3OUTH %ASTERN %UROPE -EDIA /RGANIZATION 3%%-/ THE !USTRIAN BASED NETWORK OF EDITORS MEDIA EXECUTIVES AND JOURNALISTS
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j êh SAID IN STATEMENT THAT IT jSTRONGLY CONDEMNSk THE ATTACK )N A PROTEST ADDRESSED TO 0RIME -INISTER 6OJISLAV +OpTUNICA AND 0RESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIÌ THE GROUP SAID jTHIS BOMB ATTACK WAS CLEARLY AN ATTEMPT TO KILL THE JOURNALIST AND HIS FAMILY k 3%%-/ URGED +OpTUNICA AND 4ADIÌ TO jDO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO INVESTIGATE THIS CASE AND TO PREVENT SUCH CASES FROM OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE k 4HE (EAD OF THE /3#% -ISSION TO 3ERBIA !MBASSADOR (ANS /LA 5RSTAD TODAY CONDEMNED THIS WEEK END S BOMB ATTACK ON THE 3ERBIAN JOURNALIST $EJAN !NASTASIJEVIC AND CALLED FOR QUICK ACTION IN BRINGING THE PERPETRATOR S TO JUSTICE j4HE /3#% -ISSION TO 3ERBIA DENOUNCES THIS ATTACK ON -R !NASTASIJEVIC AND ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN 3ERBIA k SAID !MBASSADOR 5RSTAD j3UCH AN ACT HURTS ALL 3ERBIANS 7E SUPPORT o êv ê| 0RESIDENT 4ADIÌ 0RIME -INISTER +OpTUNICA AND MANY OTHERS IN URG ING THE RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITIES TO IDENTIFY AND BRING TO JUSTICE THE PERPETRATOR S k j) HOPE THAT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THREATS AGAINST JOURNAL ISTS WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE k SAID THE /3#% 2EPRESENTATIVE ON &REEDOM OF THE -EDIA -IKLOS (ARASZTI j)T IS KEY FOR ANY DEMOCRACY THAT THE POLICE AND THE JUDICIARY REMAIN RESPONSIVE TO SUCH MANIFES TATIONS OF AGGRESSION AGAINST JOURNALISTS AND OTHER MEDIA WORKERS k j! FREE AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA IS A FUNDAMENTAL FEATURE OF DEMOCRACY k !MBASSADOR 5RSTAD ADDED j4HREATENING THE MEDIA WITH ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS IS A DESPICABLE ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY IN 3ERBIA 3OCIETY MUST GUARANTEE THAT JOURNALISTS CAN CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS OF PROVIDING INFORMATION AND OPINIONS TO THE PUBLIC k THE (EAD OF THE /3#% -ISSION STRESSED )N A PHONE CALL TO -R !NASTASIJEVIC !MBASSADOR 5RSTAD EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN AND EMPHASISED HIS HOPE THAT 3ERBIAN SOCI ETY WOULD SHOW ZERO TOLERANCE TO SUCH CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR 5 3 !MBASSADOR IN "ELGRADE ( % -ICHAEL 0OLT PRAISED THE AUTHORITIES IN 3ERBIA FOR THEIR QUICK REACTION AND CONDEMNATION OF THE ATTACK AGAINST !NASTASIJEVIÌ k&ROM 3LAVKO ¨URUVIJA TO $EJAN !NASTASIJEVIÌ THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS HAS BEEN ENDANGERED !N ATTACK AGAINST A JOURNALIST IS AN ATTACK AGAINST ALL OF US IN THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY 7ITHOUT THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND REPORTING DEMOCRACY SHALL FAIL )T IS IMPOR t êw TANT TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE THAT WOULD ENABLE AND ENCOURAGE FREE DOM OF REPORTING AND MEDIA k SAID THE 5 3 AMBASSADOR 2EPRESENTATIVE OF THE )NTERNATIONAL *OURNALISTSi &EDERATION WITH THE SEAT IN "RUSSELS /LIVER -ANI +IRL STATED THAT THE /RGANISATION IS IN SHOCK BUT IS NOT SO SURPRISED BY THE ATTACK AGAINST $EJAN !NASTASIJEVIÌ #HAIRLADY OF THE )NDEPENDENT !SSOCIATION OF *OURNALISTS OF 3ERBIA -S .ADEÝDA 'AÌE SAID THAT THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF !NASTASIJEVIÌ IS ONLY ONE IN A SERIES OF VERY BAD EVENTS AND ADDED THAT POLITICAL LEADERS AND THOSE REPRESENTING THE POLITICAL ELITE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE EVENTS !NTONIJE +OVAÍEVIÌ %DITOR IN #HIEF OF +URIR #OURIER SAID THE BOMB ATTACK AGAINST COLLEAGUE $EJAN !NASTASIJEVIÌ IS THE LAST WARN ING TO THE AUTHORITIES TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE 3ERBIA ALSO OFFICIALLY BECOMES A SMALL STATE WITH A MINIMUM OF STATE CHARACTERISTICS A
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WORLD OF PERPETUAL DARKNESS WHERE THE GLOOM SWALLOWS JOURNALISTS JUDGES AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO THINKS DIFFERENTLY k j3PEAKING ABOUT DIFFERING OPINIONS ) HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT ) COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH THE MAJORITY OF ATTITUDES OF MY COL LEAGUE !NASTASIJEVIÌ BUT THE CATCH IS REALLY EXACTLY THERE THAT ONE CAN SAY AND WRITE THE THINGS THEY THINK IN 3ERBIA WITHOUT FEARING THE CON SEQUENCES !ND UNFORTUNATELY FOR US THERE IS FEAR AND WHATiS WORSE IT IS JUSTIFIEDk
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SERBIA: HOSTAGE TO ITS PAST DESPITE A SPURT IN GROWTH $IRK 6ERMEULEN SAYS HE COULD HARDLY SLEEP AT NIGHT WHEN HE FIRST MOVED TO 3ERBIA TO SET UP A FACTORY FOR BUS AND TRUCK PANELS IN &EBRUARY )N HIS NATIVE (OLLAND 3ERBS HAVE A REPUTATION ACQUIRED SINCE THE S "ALKAN WARS AS BLOODTHIRSTY GANGSTERS AND WAR CRIMINALS "Y .EIL -ACDONALD IN :RENJANIN 0UBLISHED ND !PRIL (IS COMPANY 0ECOCAR HAD WORKED WITH 3ERBIAN SUPPLIERS AND LABOUR COSTS FOR THE MOSTLY MANUAL CASTING PROCESS DICTATED MOVING THE $UTCH OPERATION OUT OF WESTERN %UROPE ALTOGETHER 7ORK THAT COSTS _ IN (OLLAND CAN BE DONE FOR _ IN :RENJANIN THE INDUSTRIAL FREE ZONE CITY WHERE 0ECOCAR NOW OPERATES KM NORTH OF THE 3ERBIAN CAPITAL "ELGRADE
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4HE ECONOMY HAS SEEN GROWTH OF PER CENT OR MORE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AMONG THE FASTEST IN EASTERN %UROPE 4HE "ELGRADE AREA HAS WON SOME OF THE LARGEST SINGLE GREENFIELD INVESTMENTS BY FOR EIGN COMPANIES IN SOUTH EASTERN %UROPE IN SOME CASES OUTSHINING 2OMANIA AND "ULGARIA WHICH JOINED THE %5 THIS YEAR "UT 3ERBIA CANNOT AFFORD TO NEGLECT BASIC REFORMS #OMMUNIST STYLE BUREAUCRACY STILL CREATES PROBLEMS AND THE TITLE TO REAL ESTATE IS OFTEN UNCLEAR #OMPETING POLITICAL PARTIES TREAT GOVERNMENT DEPART MENTS AS PRIVATE FIEFDOMS 4HESE PROCESS RISKS ARE MORE OF A DETER RENT THAN THE 3ERBS REPUTATION AS "ALKAN BAD BOYS SAYS *USTIN &AIZ DIRECTOR OF 0LUTO 'ROUP A 5+ FINANCED DEVELOPER 3OME MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TACKLED THE PROBLEM LOCALLY AND BEEN REWARDED WITH INVESTMENT INFLOWS :RENJANIN TWO YEARS AGO ESTAB LISHED AN INDUSTRIAL PARK WITH FREE LAND HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SET UP COST OF ONLY _ PER SQ M )NVESTORS FROM COUNTRIES HAVE SINCE SIGNED CONTRACTS WORTH M TO SET UP FACTORIES IN THE STRONG TOWN SAYS 'ORAN )BRAJTER THE DEPUTY MAYOR 4HE LARGEST DEAL SIGNED FIVE MONTHS AGO PROMISES TO BRING _ M WORTH OF GREENFIELD INVESTMENT FROM "IOTECH %NERGY A (UNGARIAN 53 COMPANY WHICH PLANS TO PRODUCE BIO ETHANOL FUELS FROM WHEAT AND CORN WITH ANIMAL FODDER AND BIO FERTILISER AS BY PRODUCTS 4HE HEC TARE COMPLEX SHOULD START PRODUCTION IN EMPLOYING DIRECTLY AND ANOTHER IN AGRICULTURE AND LOGISTICS -R )BRAJTER SAYS -R 6ERMEULEN CAME TO :RENJANIN BECAUSE INVESTMENT CONDITIONS WERE RIGHT 0ECOCAR NOW EMPLOYS AND AIMS TO DOUBLE ITS LABOUR FORCE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS 4HE SPURT OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL BOOST FROM THE 5NITED 3TATES !GENCY FOR )NTERNATIONAL $EVELOPMENT 53!)$ WHICH HAS BROUGHT IN CONSULTANTS TO ADVISE SEVERAL PROGRESSIVE MUNICIPALITIES SINCE :RENJANIN HAS RECEIVED M WORTH OF ASSISTANCE SO FAR %5 FUNDING IS MORE SUBSTANTIAL THE %UROPEAN !GENCY FOR 2ECONSTRUCTION HAS JUST CELEBRATED ITS FIRST _ BN WORTH OF AID TO 3ERBIA ALTHOUGH LITTLE OF THIS FLOWS STRAIGHT TO MUNICIPALITIES /FFICIALS FEAR THEIR FINANCIAL POWERS WILL BE ERODED UNDER THE 3ERBIAN CONSTITUTION PASSED LATE LAST YEAR "UT DESPITE -R 6ERMEULEN S OPTIMISM AND THE HIGH HOPES OF SOME FOREIGN INVESTORS THE POLITICAL RISKS ARE NOT FAR AWAY 7ITH 5NITED .ATIONS BROKERED TALKS OVER THE STATUS OF +OSOVO 3ERBIA S PER CENT ETHNIC !LBANIAN SOUTHERN PROVINCE IN THEIR FINAL WEEKS 3ERBIAN POLITICAL PARTIES APPEAR UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT BASED ON THE ST *ANUARY ELECTION RESULTS -EANWHILE THE STATE BUDGET FOR REMAINS UNDECIDED AND ECONOMIC RESTRUC TURING HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD &INANCIAL 4IMES
SERBS FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING BOSNIAN MUSLIMS 4HE TRIAL WAS SEEN AS A CRUCIAL TEST #AN 3ERBIAN JUSTICE WORK WHEN IT COMES TO 3ERB WAR CRIMES /N 4UESDAY A "ELGRADE
From the World Press COURT CONVICTED FOUR 3ERB PARAMILITARIES OF KILLING SIX UNARMED "OSNIAN -USLIMS IN AND SENTENCED THEM TO LONG PRISON TERMS 3OURCES SMD REUTERS AP 0UBLISHED TH !PRIL 4HE TRIAL WAS SEEN AS A CRUCIAL TEST #AN 3ERBIAN JUSTICE WORK WHEN IT COMES TO 3ERB WAR CRIMES /N 4UESDAY A "ELGRADE COURT CONVICTED FOUR 3ERB PARAMILITARIES OF KILLING SIX UNARMED "OSNIAN -USLIMS IN AND SENTENCED THEM TO LONG PRISON TERMS &OR YEARS MANY PEOPLE IN 3ERBIA WERE CONVINCED THAT TALK OF 3ERB ATROCITIES DURING THE WAR IN "OSNIA WAS JUST THAT TALK 4HEN THEY SAW THE BRUTAL FOOTAGE OF 3ERB PARAMILITARIES TAUNT ING AND KILLING SIX UNARMED YOUNG "OSNIAN -USLIMS AND WERE SHOCKED INTO ADMITTING THAT WAR CRIMES HAD BEEN COMMITTED IN THEIR NAME .OW A COURT IN "ELGRADE HAS SENTENCED THOSE SAME PARAMILI TARIES TO LONG JAIL SENTENCES FOR THEIR PART IN THE KILLINGS )T WAS THE FIRST CONVICTION OF 3ERBS IN 3ERBIA RELATING TO THE ORCHES TRATED MASSACRE OF UP TO MEN AND BOYS IN 3REBRENICA IN THE FINAL MONTHS OF THE "OSNIAN WAR 4HE FOUR MEN ALL MEMBERS OF THE NOTORIOUS PARAMILITARY GROUP THE 3CORPIONS WERE SEEN ON VIDEO TAKING THE SIX YOUNG "OSNIAN -USLIMS FROM A TRUCK WITH THEIR HANDS TIED BEHIND THEIR
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SENTENCES OF YEARS HAD NOT BEEN HANDED DOWN 7HATEVER THE RULING MY CHILD IS NOT HERE .URA !LISPAHIÌ SAID WHO LOST HER YEAR OLD SON 4HESE PEOPLE WILL LEAVE JAIL ONE DAY BUT MY CHILD WILL NEVER COME OUT OF THE GROUND )T WAS THE FIRST RULING BY A 3ERBIAN COURT IN CONNECTION WITH THE 3REBRENICA MASSACRE 4HE 3ERBS SET UP THE WAR CRIMES COURT IN %VERYONE CAN NOW BE ASSURED THAT 3ERBIA S JUDICIAL BODIES ARE READY AND ABLE TO DEAL WITH SUCH SERIOUS CASES SAID THE CHIEF WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR 6LADIMIR 6UKÍEVIÌ AFTER THE RULING 4HE CASE WAS SEEN AS AN IMPORTANT TEST OF 3ERBIAN JUSTICE S ABILITY TO DEAL WITH ATROCITIES RELATING TO THE "OSNIAN WAR 4HE (AGUE TRIBUNAL HAS CHARGED THE THEN POLITICAL RULER OF "OSNIAN 3ERBS 2ADOVAN +ARADÝIÌ AND ARMY LEADER 2ATKO -LADIÌ WITH GENOCIDE FOR ORCHESTRATING THE 3REBRENICA MASSACRE 4HE TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ON THE RUN FOR OVER A DECADE $ER 3PIEGEL
SERBIANS FIGHT FOR ACCUSED WAR CRIMINAL !USTRALIA S 3ERBIAN COMMUNITY HAS SPENT MORE THAN FIGHTING THE EXTRADITION TO #ROATIA OF ACCUSED "ALKAN WAR CRIMINAL $RAGAN 6ASILJKOVIC 3OURCE !USTRALIAN !SSOCIATED 0RESS 0UBLISHED TH !PRIL !USTRALIA S 3ERBIAN COMMUNITY HAS SPENT MORE THAN FIGHTING THE EXTRADITION TO #ROATIA OF ACCUSED "ALKAN WAR CRIMINAL $RAGAN 6ASILJKOVIC ! GROUP CALLING THEMSELVES 3ERBS FOR *USTICE AND $EMOCRACY WHO HAVE LABELLED THE CASE AGAINST #APTAIN $RAGAN A WITCH HUNT TOLD 4HE !USTRALIAN NEWSPAPER LEGAL FEES FOR THE EXTRA
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HE MAJORITY POSITION REGARDING THE ORGANISATION OF THE STATE WAS REACHED ALMOST BY CONSENSUS IN THE DETERMINATION THAT -ONTENEGRO IS DEFINED AS A CIVIL COUNTRY BUT OF CONTROVERSY IS THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS POSITION THE GOVERNING COALITION THINKS THAT -ONTENEGRO SHOULD BE THE STATE OF THE -ONTENEGRIN NATION AND jOTHER AUTOCHTHONOUS INDIGENOUS NATIONS AND CITI ZENSk AS WAS FORMULATED IN THE OFFICIAL TEXT OF THE $RAFT OF THE #ONSTITUTION PREPARED BY THE #ONSTITUTIONAL #OMMITTEE OF THE 0ARLIAMENT OF -ONTENEGRO 4HE OPPOSITION MEANWHILE WARNS THAT AS ETHNIC h-ONTENEGRINSi COMPRISE ONLY PER CENT OF THE REPUBLICiS CITIZENS AND 3ERBS ACCORDING TO THE LATEST CENSUS MAKE UP PER CENT THE MAJORITY GROUP SHOULD NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE THE NATIONAL AND CUL TURAL RIGHTS OF THE OTHER MAIN NATIONALITY 4HE MOST DIVISIVE CONSTITUTION ISSUE IS THAT OF THE OFFICIAL LAN GUAGE WHICH HAS FUELLED BITTER DEBATES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS 4HE OFFICIAL $RAFT #ONSTITUTION STATES THAT IN -ONTENEGRO hTHE -ONTENEGRIN LANGUAGE IS IN OFFICIAL USEk WHILE THE #YRILLIC AND ,ATIN ALPHABETS ARE jEQUALk 4HE $RAFT ALSO STATES THAT jIN BOROUGHS IN WHICH THE MAJORITY OR A SIGNIFICANT PART OF CITIZENS ARE MADE UP OF NATIONAL MINORITIES THEIR LANGUAGES AND ALPHABETS ARE ALSO IN OFFI CIAL USEk (OWEVER SIMILAR TO THE jAUTOCHTHONOUS NATIONSk IT IS NOT EXPLAINED WHO THOSE jMINORITIESk ARE 4HE STANCE THAT -ONTENEGRIN SHOULD BE THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNING COALITION m THE $EMOCRATIC 0ARTY OF
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THAT WE MENTIONED m %UROPEAN INTEGRATION IS HIGHLIGHTED AS ONE OF THE COUNTRYiS KEY PRINCIPLES (OWEVER THERE ARE SOME PHILO SOPHICAL AND PRACTICAL ISSUES /NE SUCH PRACTICAL ISSUE IS WHAT DOES OUR SOCIAL UPPER CLASS CONSIDERS AS THE CONCEPT OF %UROPEAN INTEGRATION $O THEY THINK THAT IS ACTUALLY THE INTEGRATION OF TWO ADMINISTRATIONS m "ELGRADE AND "RUSSELS FOR EXAMPLE m OR DO THEY BELIEVE THAT INTEGRATION IS NOT JUST ECONOMIC BUT ALSO CULTURAL AND NATIONAL AND RELATING DIRECTLY TO IDENTITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MATTERS IN %UROPE 4HE QUESTION OF %URO ENTHUSIASM IS ONE OF THE KEY QUESTIONS THAT WILL EVEN AHEAD OF THE MATTER OF THE STATUS OF +OSOVO DEFINE THE RELEVANT EXISTENCE OF THE NATION 7HY DO YOU THINK IT IS SO HARD TO FIND ANY SORT OF A COMPRO MISE IN 3ERBIAN POLITICS &IRST OF ALL OUR SOCIETY IS NOT TAUGHT TO MAKE COMPROMISES +OpTUNICAiS GREAT SKILFULNESS HAS ENSURED THAT HE NOT ONLY MAN AGED TO CREATE A MINORITY GOVERNMENT RUN THROUGH A POLICY OF COMPROMISE HE ALSO MANAGED TO KEEP IN TOGETHER AND ENSURE THE GOVERNMENT SURVIVED ITS ENTIRE MANDATE THUS MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE ELECTIONS 3ECONDLY WE HAVE THE SUCCESSFUL PROOF OF ONE FORM OF COM
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WITH "OSNIA AND (ERZEGOVINA WHERE THEY ARE INTENDING TO BUY LAND /NE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED THAT IN THAT TRADITIONALLY EPIC AREA WITH A VERY LIVELY NATIONAL TRADITION AND THE GUSLE "ALKAN BAGPIPES AS THE CULT MUSI CAL INSTRUMENT THE 3COTTISH BAGPIPE WILL SOON BE BEING PLAYED INSTEAD 4HERE ARE ALSO SOME NEW JOKES AT THE EXPENSE OF -ONTENEGRINS WHO EASILY TRANSFER THE FIELDS WHICH WERE SOME TIME AGO ARTIFICIALLY CREATED BY CARRYING TILLABLE SOIL ON DONKEYS AND CREATING TERRACED PLOTS ON THE ROCKY BASE 4WO -ONTENEGRINS ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW BRAVELY THEY FOUGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BECOME EXPENSIVE *OKING ASIDE BUT IN THIS WAY THE REAL UNSELFISH AND WITHOUT PERSONAL INTEREST -ONTENEGRIN PATRIOTISM IS ENDANGERED 4HE MARKET DOES ITS JOB #APTIVATED BY THE PRICES OF LAND PER SQUARE METRE WHICH HAVE REACHED AS MUCH AS _ PER SQM IN ATTRACTIVE LOCATIONS IN (ERCEG .OVI +OTOR AND OTHER PLACES -ONTENEGRINS ARE EASILY RENOUNCING THEIR PATRIMONIES EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS CONSIDERED A SANCTITY HERE )N SOME PLACES SUCH AS IN 0ETROVAC FOR INSTANCE LOCALS ARE STILL RESISTING THE ENOR MOUS CASH OFFERS FOR THE SALE OF LAND AND HOUSES BUT THE QUESTION IS HOW LONG THEY WILL HOLD OUT
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y GROW -OREOVER THEY CLAIM THAT THE TREND COULD HAVE NEGATIVE CONSE QUENCES IN THE LONG TERM 4HERE ARE ALSO ARGUMENTS REGARDING WHETHER THE FOREIGNERS BY THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND BECOME THE OWNERS OF THE TER RITORY 4HE LAW SAYS THAT FOREIGNERS CAN ONLY USE THE LAND AND THAT THEY DO NOT ACQUIRE OWNERSHIP OVER IT WHICH IS HIGHLY UNCONVINCING 3USPICIONS OFTEN BACKED UP BY EXPERTS ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE MONEY WITH WHICH THE REAL ESTATE IS PURCHASED ARE FREQUENT -AJORITY PUBLIC OPINION IN -ONTENEGRO SUSPECTS THAT THE PURCHASE OF FLATS HOUSES AND LAND IS SOME SORT OF MONEY LAUNDERING ACTIVITY 4HERE IS PARTICULAR SUSPICION ABOUT THE jCLEANLINESSk OF THE 2USSIAN CAPITAL WHICH IS ARRIVING IN -ONTENEGRO 4HE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ECONOMIST &ABRIS DOES NOT DENY THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE IS MONEY LAUNDERING IN THE SALE OF REAL ESTATE WHEN THE PAYMENTS ARE MADE IN CASH (AND IN HAND WITH THESE SUSPICIONS ARE THE STORIES ABOUT THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND TO THE VOLCANIC SALE OF REAL ESTATE IN -ONTENEGRO 3OME POLITICAL PARTIES CLAIM THAT THE -ONTENEGRIN ADMINISTRATION IS GRACIOUS TOWARDS THIS BECAUSE APPAR ENTLY IT HAS ITSELF STEPPED INTO THE SUSPICIOUS PROCESS OF PRIVATISATION IN WHICH ITS MOST INFLUENTIAL INDIVIDUALS HAVE THEIR OWN INTERESTS 4HE POLITICAL ASPECT OF THE STORY AND A VERY WIDELY HELD BELIEF PUB LICLY IS THAT BEHIND THE PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE IN -ONTENEGRO IN FACT STANDS THE j!LBANIAN LOBBYk !PPARENTLY HOUSES AND LAND ARE BEING
PURCHASED FOR !LBANIANS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO ETHNICALLY TAKE POSSESSION OF THIS PART OF -ONTENEGRO 7HAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE LAND IS SOLD )S THIS BUYING AND SELLING LEGAL FROM THE TAX POINT OF VIEW 7HO IS GETTING RICH IN THIS WAY ARE ONLY THE SELLERS OF THE LAND AND FLATS GREEDY (OW MUCH DOES THE STATE GET FROM EVERYTHING 4HESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH HAVE ARISEN REGARDING THIS ISSUE 7HAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE -ONTENEGRIN ECONOMY WHAT WILL THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES BE AND IN THE END WHAT ARE THE POS SIBLE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA IF THIS UNCONTROLLED SALE OF REAL ESTATE CONTINUES
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i êo DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ARE OF HUGE IMPORTANCE FOR THE POSITIONING OF THE DOMESTIC AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY k SAYS -ARIJETA ,AZOR )N RESPECT TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 3ERBIAN MARKET FOR THIS REGION OF %UROPE ONE CAN EASILY EXPLAIN THE INCREASED PRESENCE OF FOREIGN EXHIBITORS WHO IN RECENT YEARS DIRECTLY AND THROUGH THEIR AGENTS HAVE COME FROM MORE THAN COUNTRIES TO .OVI 3AD !S FACE TO FACE MEET ING GREATLY FACILITATE AND ACCELERATE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION AND TRADE IN ALL THE INDUSTRIES THAT ACCOMPANY THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR THE VALUE OF THE FAIR IN TERMS OF THE OPENING AND PRIVATISATION OF THE 3ERBIAN MARKET IS HUGELY SIGNIFICANT AT THIS MOMENT )NCREASING YEAR ON YEAR ESPECIALLY IN THIS DECADE FOREIGN COMPANIES NOW TOTAL MORE THAN OF THE TOTAL EXHIBITORS 4HE STATE HAS TAKEN NOTICE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE AND HAS RAISED ITS LEVEL OF INVESTMENT IN THE SECTOR NEARLY THREEFOLD IN THE PAST THREE YEARS WHICH NOW STANDS AT OVER BILLION DINARS 4HIS INCREASED INVESTMENT WHICH LOOKS TO HOLD ON THROUGH SHOWS
A GREAT RECOGNITION BY STATE AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTAL BODIES AS WELL AS TO THE LEVEL OF ORGANISATION AND READJUSTMENT OF THE FINANC ING INSTRUMENTS AT THEIR DISPOSAL 4HIS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED SPECIFI CALLY THROUGH GOOD COOPERATION BETWEEN THE -INISTRY OF !GRICULTURE 7ATER -ANAGEMENT AND &ORESTRY BUT ALSO THROUGH DIRECT NEGOTIA TIONS WITH FARMERS AND FARMING COOPERATIVES j4HE )NTERNATIONAL !GRICULTURAL &AIR IN .OVI 3AD IS A PICTURE OF REFORM PRIMARILY IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF 3ERBIA BUT ALSO IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES #URRENT PRODUCTION OR SALES LEADERS OF FOOD PRODUCTS IN OUR COUNTRY AND ABROAD HAVE MADE THEIR INITIAL STEPS INTO THE MARKET AT THIS EXHIBITION 4HE FACT THAT SOME OF THE BIGGEST INVESTMENTS IN OUR COUNTRY OR INTEGRATION PROCESSES FOR LARGE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN STARTED RIGHT HERE IS A GREAT TESTAMENT TO THE .OVI 3AD &AIRk SAYS ,AZOR
{yhkp{pvuhss êopnoêz{hukhykz 4HE !GRICULTURAL &AIR IN .OVI 3AD FIRST MET THE HIGH STANDARDS OF THE )NTERNATIONAL &AIR )NDUSTRY !SSOCIATION BACK IN WHICH WERE BASED ON THEIR OWN HIGH STANDARDS ESTABLISHED AT THE OFFSET OF THE FAIR IN 4HUS TODAY THE FAIR IS RECOGNISED INTERNATIONALLY FOR BOTH ITS QUALITY AND ABILITY TO ATTRACT THE MOST IMPORTANT EXHIBITORS FROM THROUGHOUT THE REGION !S PART OF THE FAIR EXPERTS FROM THE FIELD WILL GIVE AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE ACROSS THE CATEGORIES OF PRODUCTS ON DIS PLAY &OR NEARLY DECADES NOW THESE AWARDS ARE RECOGNISED THROUGH OUT THE WIDER REGION ATTACHING A HIGH LEVEL OF RESPECT DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY TO THOSE PRODUCTS TAKING THE AWARDS !S A RESULT THE FAIR jLIVESk THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS PRODUCTS PROUDLY DISPLAY THE BADGE OF WINNING A .OVI 3AD FIRST 7HETHER DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY OR IN ONE OF THE MANY THAT RELATES TO THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD OR MACHINES THAT SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY THE )NTERNATIONAL !GRICULTURE &AIR IN .OVI 3AD IS PERHAPS 3ERBIAiS MOST IMPORTANT GATHERING 2ECOGNISING THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COUNTRYiS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT ALONG WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INDUSTRY IN THE COUNTRYiS GROWTH AND INTEGRATION INTO %UROPEAN MARKETS MAKES THE FAIR AN INVALUABLE MARKETPLACE FOR INDUSTRY LEADERS
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7HEN YOU ARRIVED HERE DID YOU HAVE ANY BUSINESS PROB LEMS RELATING TO LEGAL AND BUSINESS CONDITIONS THAT DIFFERED FROM THOSE IN 4URKEY 3TARTING AN OPERATION IN A NEW COUNTRY IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE %FES IMPLEMENTS ITS SYSTEM IN ALL THE COUNTRIES OF OPERATION BUT IT ALSO ADOPTS SOME OF THE WORK PRACTICE RULES OF THE HOST COUNTRY )T WAS THE SAME WHEN %FES STARTED OPERATING IN 3ERBIA )N MY OPINION THE ADAPTATION PERIOD WAS NEITHER LONG NOR DIFFICULT ) HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE ARE MANY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN DOING BUSINESS IN 4URKEY AND IN 3ERBIA /N THE OTHER HAND LEGAL REGULATIONS TEND TO CHANGE A BIT MORE OFTEN THAN ANYONE WOULD LIKE BUT IT IS NOT A SURPRISE SINCE THE COUNTRY IS UNDERGOING A TRANSITION PERIOD (OW WERE YOU WELCOMED BY YOUR NEW EMPLOYEES BEARING IN MIND THAT HERE WE HAVE A jLABOUR FORCE SELF MANAGEMENTk HERITAGE !T THIS POINT ) HAVE TO SAY THAT THE %FES -ANAGEMENT SYS TEM IS ALSO A KIND OF SELF MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING MORE VALUABLE THAN THE OPINIONS OF THE EMPLOYEES 4HE MANAGEMENT TEAM SHOULD ONLY CONSOLIDATE THOSE OPINIONS AND PUT THEM INTO PRACTICE ) MUST SAY THAT ) WORK IN A HAPPY TEAM HERE IN 3ERBIA !LL THE EMPLOYEES REALISE THE NEED FOR THAT SHARING EXPERIENCE THEY APPRECIATE LEARNING NEW THINGS AND UNDERSTAND THAT HARD WORK WILL DEFINITELY BRING US PROSPERITY AND LEAD TO THE
IMPROVEMENTS WHICH ARE THE FINAL GOALS FOR ALL OF US (OW SUCCESSFUL WERE YOU IN RESOLVING THE ISSUE OF EMPLOY EE REDUNDANCY NEEDS AND HAS IT NOW BEEN RESOLVED 5NFORTUNATELY AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD IN EVERY COUNTRY IS TECHNOLOGICAL SURPLUS ) MUST SAY THAT IT IS NOT AN EASY PROCESS NEITHER FOR THE EMPLOYEES NOR FOR THE MANAGE MENT .EVERTHELESS WE STRICTLY FOLLOWED ALL LEGAL REGULATIONS WE RESPECTED THE SOCIAL RIGHTS OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND MANAGED TO FINALISE THE TECHNOLOGICAL SURPLUS PROCESS IN BOTH BREWERIES IN THREE ROUNDS 4HEREFORE WE DIDNiT FACE ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THIS PROCESS (OW SATISFIED ARE YOU WITH THE BUSINESS RESULTS OF YOUR 3ERBIAN BREWERIES SO FAR 4HE BUSINESS RESULTS OF OUR 3ERBIAN BREWERIES ARE MORE OR LESS IN LINE WITH OUR EXPECTATIONS %FES GROUP IS STILL IN THE PHASE OF INVESTING IN THIS MARKET AND WE DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE HIGH SCALE PROFIT IMMEDIATELY 7HAT WE DO EXPECT IS TO BUILD A STRONG POSI TION FOR OUR BRANDS ON THIS MARKET AND WITH THIS POSITION ENSURE THE FUTURE FOR %FES IN 3ERBIA 7HAT ARE YOUR PLANS IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR %FESiS BREWERIES IN 0ANÑEVO AND :AJEÑAR /UR PLANS FOR THE 7EIFERT AND :AJEÍAR BREWERIES WERE MADE IMMEDIATELY UPON ACQUISITION OF THEM 7HAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS JUST A CASE OF UPDATING AND FOLLOWING UP 4HE FIRST PHASE MAINLY INCLUDED TECHNICAL INVESTMENT WE INVESTED IN EQUIPMENT IN ORDER TO BRING THE BREWERIES UP TO %FES STANDARDS ) AM PROUD TO SAY THAT BOTH BREWERIES CAN PRODUCE ANY KIND OF BEER AND GUAR ANTEE THE PREMIUM QUALITY !FTER THAT WE NEEDED CONFIRMATION FOR OUR EFFORTS AND DULY ACQUIRED A (!##0 CERTIFICATE FOR %FES 7EIFERT "REWERY LAST YEAR 4HIS YEAR %FES :AJEÍAR "REWERY WILL ACQUIRE THE SAME CERTIFICATE !LSO BOTH BREWERIES ARE IN THE PROC ESS OF ACQUIRING )3/ CERTIFICATES "OTH CERTIFICATES ARE OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE FOR US BECAUSE BRAND BUILDING WHICH IS ALSO BEING HEAVILY INVESTED IN STRICTLY DEPENDS ON QUALITY )N ORDER TO MAKE OUR BUSINESS MORE EFFECTIVE AND TO ENABLE EFFICIENT FLOW OF INFORMATION IN *ANUARY WE IMPLEMENTED THE 3!0 SYSTEM AND WITH IT BROUGHT ALL %FES BREWERIES CLOSER TOGETHER 7HAT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT THIS SYSTEM MAKES THE BREW ERY CONSUMER DRIVEN AND THE CONSUMER IS WHAT THE BEER INDUSTRY IS ALL ABOUT /F COURSE THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL THIS INVESTMENT IS THE PERSISTENT TRAINING AND UPGRADING OF OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE STRONGEST TOOL IN THE MARKET !S FAR AS THIS SEASON IS CONCERNED WE MAY SAY THAT THE MAIN PLANS ARE ABOUT NEW PACKAGING !T THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE INTRODUCED THE NEW 3+5 %FES 0ILSNER RETURNABLE BOT TLE 2ECENTLY WE CHANGED THE LABEL FOR 7EIFERT BRAND AND WE GAVE A TOTALLY NEW LOOK TO 0ILS 0LUS BY CHANGING ITS BOTTLE AND LABEL (OW ARE YOUR 3ERBIAN BREWERIES POSITIONED IN COMPARISON TO YOUR BREWERIES IN THE OTHER COUNTRIES %FES BREWERIES IN 3ERBIA ARE SMALL WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER %FES BREWERIES BUT THEIR CAPACITY IS ENOUGH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE 3ERBIAN AND EX 9UGOSLAV MARKET 4HIS IS A VERY INTERESTING CHALLENGING AND COMPETITIVE MARKET m SINCE IT IS STILL SMALL AND THERE ARE THREE INTERNATIONAL LEADERS OPERATING ON IT 7HAT WE EXPECT IN THE YEARS TO COME IS FURTHER GROWTH OF THE MARKET AND THE INCREASE OF PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION AND WE ARE FULLY PREPARED FOR IT IN TERMS OF CAPACITY QUALITY AND KNOW HOW !ND NOW A FEW PRIVATE QUESTIONS (OW DO YOU LIKE YOUR LIFE IN "ELGRADE "ELGRADE IS A TYPICAL %UROPEAN CITY WITH A STRONG CULTURAL AND HISTORIC BACKGROUND COMBINED WITH A MODERN BUSINESS LIKE
OUTLOOK AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY ) LIKE LIVING IN THIS CITY 0EOPLE ARE FRIENDLY AND ALWAYS IN THE MOOD TO HAVE FUN 4HE MENTALITY IS QUITE SIMILAR TO PEOPLE IN )STANBUL AND )ZMIR WHERE ) USED TO LIVE SO ) NEVER FEEL LIKE A TRUE FOREIGNER -Y 3ERBIAN IS IMPROVING REALLY SLOWLY SO ) AM HAPPY THAT 4URKISH AND 3ERBIAN HAVE SO MANY WORDS IN COMMON (AD YOU COME AND STAYED IN "ELGRADE BEFORE YOU MOVED HERE FOR BUSINESS REASONS 5NFORTUNATELY ) DIDNiT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT "ELGRADE BEFORE 4HIS IS WHY MY COMING HERE WAS EVEN MORE ADVEN TUROUS ) DID READ A LOT ABOUT 3ERBIA ON THE INTERNET BEFORE ) CAME TO LIVE HERE BUT THE REAL SITUATION IS MUCH BETTER .OW ) RECOM
~ 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 v 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 MEND TO MY FRIENDS TO COME AND STAY IN "ELGRADE FOR AT LEAST A FEW DAYS BECAUSE THOSE OF THEM WHO DONiT VISIT "ELGRADE WILL DEFINITELY MISS A LOT 7HERE DO YOU GO OUT AND HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR FREE TIME IN OUR CAPITAL CITY "EING IN THE SALES SEGMENT OF THE BEER INDUSTRY FOR MORE THAN YEARS ) AM USED TO GOING OUT AT jBEER PLACESk 4HIS IS A NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ME m A PLACE WHERE ) CAN GET FIRST HAND INFORMATION ABOUT CONSUMERS AND THEIR DEMANDS "ELGRADE ALSO
OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF RESTAURANTS WITH DIFFERENT CUISINES BUT ) MUST ADMIT THAT 3ERBIAN CUISINE WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO 4URKISH IS MY FAVOURITE 7HAT ARE THE THINGS FROM )STANBUL OR 4URKEY THAT YOU MISS WHILE BEING HERE IN "ELGRADE -Y FAMILY IS THE THING ) MISS THE MOST )F THEY WERE HERE ) DONiT THINK ) WOULD MISS MUCH ABOUT )STANBUL BECAUSE AS ) SAID THE CULTURES AND WAYS OF LIFE ARE VERY SIMILAR -AYBE DIN NER BESIDE THE "OSPORUS WOULD BE THE ONE THING ) CANiT FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR IN "ELGRADE !ND WHAT ARE THE THINGS FROM "ELGRADE THAT YOU MISS WHEN YOU GO BACK TO )STANBUL ) AM NOT SURE IF PEOPLE IN "ELGRADE AND 3ERBIA GENERALLY ARE AWARE OF THE MANY DIFFERENT TREES AROUND THEM ) NOTICED THIS AS SOON AS ) MOVED HERE AND ESPECIALLY WHILE ) TRAVELLED AROUND 3ERBIA 4HAT IS WHY ) FIND THE NATURE A BIT BORING WHEN ) GO HOME ) ALSO MISS jSRPSKA RAKIJAk WHICH ) HAVE BECOME VERY FOND OF CorD \ -AY
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-Y FIRST WINTER IN "ELGRADE WAS ALSO THE WARMEST IN MEMORY IT SEEMS )F THIS WERE %NGLAND WHERE A BANK HOLIDAY WHEN IT FAILS TO RAIN MAKES FRONT PAGE HEADLINES IN THE DAILY NEWSPAPERS THERE WOULD BE NO OTHER SUBJECT OF CONVERSATION FOR MONTHS TO COME "UT 3ERBIA SEEMS ALMOST TO SHRUG OFF THE VERY VISIBLE IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING WITH THE SAME CASUAL EASE AS IT DOES THE hNORMALi SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES OF A "ALKAN WINTER 2ECENTLY ) VENTURED OUTSIDE "ELGRADE ON A RARE EXCURSION 7ITHIN AN HOUR ) WAS DRIVING THROUGH ROLLING HILLS SURPRISINGLY AND HAUNTINGLY REMINISCENT OF MY 7EST OF %NGLAND HOMELAND 0ATCHES OF WOODLAND MIXED WITH FIELDS AND SNUG HOMESTEADS NEXT TO ONLY SLIGHTLY DEPLETED WOODPILES AND HAYSTACKS !ND EVERYWHERE BLOSSOM 4HE WHITE BRIDAL GOWN OF SPRING WITH ITS PROMISE OF RENEWAL FERTILITY bAND RAKIJA )T WAS A JOYFUL UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE AND HELPED ME TO VIEW 3ERBIA IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LIGHT !S ) RETURNED TO THE CITY THAT IS MY ADOPTED HOME PERHAPS ) WAS MORE KEENLY ATTUNED TO THE ENVIRONMENT THAN USUAL !FTER ALL "ELGRADEiS TRUE BEAUTY IS DEFINED MORE BY THE WARMTH OF ITS PEOPLE THAN THE CLEANLI NESS OF ITS STREETS "UT FOR THE FIRST TIME THE PERNICIOUS RUBBISH BOTHERED ME !ND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT JUST HOW PRECIOUS THOSE GREEN AND PLEASANT VALLEYS ARE AND HOW HARD WE MUST ALL TRY TO PROTECT THEM 7ALKING IN +ALEMEGDAN ON THE MOST PERFECT OF 3PRING 3UNDAYS 3ERBIAN YOUTH RAPPING LOUD BUT SOMEHOW GENTLE TO PROMOTEb RECY CLING ! CHILLED OUT AND CASUAL ATTITUDE TO LIFE IS ONE OF THOSE ELUSIVE THINGS THAT ENDEARS ALMOST EVERYTHING 3ERBIAN TO ME "UT THERE ARE LIMITS 4HERE SHOULD BE NOTHING CASUAL ABOUT OUR CONCERN FOR THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE OR WHERE WE DUMP OUR PLASTIC BOTTLES AND OTHER RUBBISH %VERY COMPANY m BE IT 3ERBIAN OR &OREIGN )NVESTOR m SHOULD GET A PROPER MEANINGFUL AND WELL FUNDED %NVIRONMENTAL 2ESPONSIBILITY POLICY 2IGHT NOW /R BE READY TO EXPLAIN TO US WHY THEY CANiT BE BOTHERED !ND INDIVIDUALS COULD SIMPLY STOP TO THINK FOR A SECOND BEFORE ADD ING THEIR BIT TO THE PILE j"UT IT WONiT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF ITiS JUST MEbk WE CAN ALREADY HEAR THEM CRY 9ES IT WILL MY FRIEND )T WILL MAKE A DIF FERENCE TO YOUb AND WHO KNOWS WHERE THAT MIGHT LEAD $AVID $OWSE IS 3OUTH %AST %UROPE 2EGIONAL -ANAGER OF -MD #ORPORATE 0UBLIC !FFAIRS 0UBLIC 2ELATIONS #ONSULTANTS
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BUSINESS CLIMATE DURING THIS YEAR 'ERMAN COMPANIES HAVE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS INVESTED IN 3ERBIA AROUND ONE BILLION EUROS SAID 0ICKER ADDING THAT AMONGST THE GREATEST INVESTORS ARE (ENKEL -ESSER -ETRO .ORDZUCKER 3TADA $(, 8ELA AND 4ARKETT )N 3ERBIA OPERATE IN TOTAL COMPANIES WITH 'ERMAN CAPITAL -AREN $IALE 3CHELLSCHMIDT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DELEGATION OF 'ERMAN %CONOMY IN "ELGRADE POINTED OUT THAT 3ERBIA IS HINDERED IN ATTRACTING NEW INVESTMENTS BY A BAD IMAGE -ANY OF THE INTERVIEWEES HAVE BADLY EVALU
PROSPECTS IN AS POSITIVE AND ADDITIONAL PERCENTS CONSIDER THEM AS SATISFACTORY (OWEVER A MAJORITY OF 'ERMAN COMPANIES IN 3ERBIA ESTIMATES BAD SITUATION OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN 3ERBIA AND CRITICIZES MULTIPLE IRREGULARITIES THAT DO HARM TO 3ERBIA AS TO THE PLACE FOR INVESTMENT "Y PRE SENTING THE RESULTS OF ENQUIRY !LEXANDER 0ICKER PRESIDENT OF 'ERMAN "USINESS !SSOCIATION SAID THAT PERCENT OF 'ERMAN COMPANIES PLAN INCREASING INVESTMENTS AND PERCENT INCREASE OF THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN WHICH ARE GOOD NEWS FOR 3ERBIA 0ICKER ALSO STATED THAT PERCENT OF 'ERMAN COMPANIES IN 3ERBIAN MARKET EXPECT IMPROVEMENT OF
ATED EFFICIENCY OF ADMINISTRA TION IN 3ERBIA PROTECTION OF FOREIGN INVESTORS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND CRIMINAL AND TRANSPARENCY DURING PUBLIC PROCUREMENTS STATED $IALE 3CHELLSCHMIDT BUT SHE ADDED THAT PERCENT OF COMPANIES WOULD AGAIN OPT FOR INVESTING INTO 3ERBIA 'ERMAN "USINESS !SSOCIATION IN "ELGRADE GATH ERS MEMBERS OUT OF WHICH HALF ARE COMPANIES DEALING IN SERVICES PERCENT DEAL IN TRADE AND PERCENT ARE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES 4HE INQUIRY ON BUSINESS ENVIRON MENT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN COUNTRIES OF #ENTRAL AND %ASTERN %UROPE AND COMPLETE COMPARABLE RESULTS OF IT SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN -AY
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ARY !UDI QUATTRO AND THE TRI UMPHS OF ITS TOURING CAR !UDI HAS ADDED ANOTHER CHAPTER TO THE HISTORY OF MOTOR SPORT WITH THE 2 RACING CAR WITH FIVE WINS TO ITS NAME IN THE ,E -ANS (OURS THE 2 IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MODEL EVER TO HAVE COMPETED ON THE
LEGENDARY CIRCUIT AT ,E -ANS )N A TOTAL OF STARTS AT VENUES ALL OVER THE WORLD THIS EXCEP TIONAL ATHLETE HAS EMERGED VICTORIOUS ON A TOTAL OF OCCASIONS 4HE REPEAT WINNER WAS THUS THE IDEAL ROLE MODEL FOR THE NEW PRODUCTION SPORTS CAR 4HE
GENES OF THE TRIUMPHANT RACING CAR WERE ALSO PASSED ON TO THE PASSENGER CAR m WHICH ADMIT TEDLY FEELS DISTINCTLY AT HOME ON THE RACETRACK TOO m IN THE MODEL DESIGNATION 2 4HE BASIC PRICE IS %52 AND DELIVERIES WILL BEGAN IN -AY
OF OPERATIONS IT IS THE HIGH EST IN THE SEGMENT PERTAINING TO SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES AS MUCH AS PER CENT IN THE SEGMENT OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS (0 MARKS GROWTH OF PER CENT WHILE THE SALES OF HARD WARE IN THE GROUP FOR GRAPH ICS AND PRINT HAS GROWN BY PER CENT AND THE SALES OF (0 OFFICE SUPPLIES INCREASED EVEN FOR PER CENT %XCELLENT BUSINESS RESULTS DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN 3ERBIA AND IN -ONTENEGRO HAVE ENABLED (0
TO CONSTANTLY IMPLEMENT NEW SOLUTIONS INTENDED TO THE USERS IN THE MARKET "ESIDES SUCCESS FULLY IMPLEMENTED PROJECTS THE (0 REPRESENTATIVES HAVE UNDER LINED INVESTMENTS INTO SOCIAL COMMUNITY AND THEIR EMPLOY EES )N THE LAST FIVE YEARS (0 HAS GRANTED )4 EQUIPMENT TO EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH PROTEC TION INSTITUTIONS IN 3ERBIA VALUE OF OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
,UCENKO FAILED WHO WOULD REQUEST COMPENSATION FROM THE STATE AND LODGE A PROTEST THROUGH THE %MBASSY OF 2USSIA 3HARES HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AT A PRICE OF DINARS EUROS AND ,UCENKO OFFERED DINARS PER SHARE EUROS AS WELL AS THE INVESTMENT PROGRAM VALUE OF MILLION DINARS EUROS AND PAYMENT OF DEBTS AND OUT STANDING SALARIES OF THE 0UTNIK EMPLOYEES 3OURCE " "ETA
y êh ê êw ê !CIONA )NVESTMENT FROM #YPRUS OWNED BY -ETROPOL COMPANY FROM 2USSIA HAS BECOME THE OWNER OF AGENCY 0UTNIK FOR MILLION EUROS )N THE #ENTRAL 3ECURITIESi 2EGISTER !CIONA HAS BEEN REGISTERED AS THE OWNER OF PER CENT OF 0UTNIK SHARES "Y THE END OF !PRIL THE 3HARE &UND HAS DECIDED TO TAKE PER CENT OF STATE PACKAGE OF SHARES TO THE 3TOCK %XCHANGE AND SO THE OFFER FOR TAKING OVER BY THE 2USSIAN BUSINESSMAN $IMITRI
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l ê ê ê ê ê %LECTRONIC COLLECTION OF PAY TOLLS HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE PART OF THE HIGHWAY "ELGRADE fID AND DURING SUMMER IT IS EXPECTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED ALSO IN THE SECTION "ELGRADE (ORGOp 4HE 'OVERNMENT OF 3ERBIA GAVE CONSENT FOR INTRO DUCTION OF ELECTRONIC COLLECTION
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OF THE PAY TOLL WITHOUT STOPPING AT THE COLLECTION RAMP IN THE HIGHWAY FOR VEHICLES WITH THE iTAGi DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC COL LECTION OF PAY TOLL %ACH iTAGi HAS BEEN REGISTERED FOR ONLY ONE AUTOMOBILE AND THE INTER ESTED PARTIES CAN BUY IT PER DINARS "ILL PRE PAYMENT CAN BE EFFECTED USING ORDER FORM BY TRANSFER OR IN CASH ON ACCOUNT OF THE COMPANY 0UTEVI
3RBIJE 2OADS OF 3ERBIA OR OF THE AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR )T IS ALSO PLANNED TO INTRODUCE THE SERVICE FOR ADDITIONAL PAYMENT TO THE PRE PAYMENT ACCOUNT BY USING 3-3 MESSAGES WHERE THE USER SHALL BE ENABLED TO SEND 3-3 FROM HIS CELL PHONE AND TO TOP UP HIS ACCOUNT AND CHECK THE STATUS OF THE PRE PAY MENT ACCOUNT 3OURCE 4ANJUG
"EOGRAD AND ONE IN 6OJVODINA ONLY PROVES THAT ,AIKI "ANK HAS SERIOUS PLANS IN 3ERBIA j7E ARE DETERMINED TO FINANCE SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES AS WELL AS INDIVIDU ALS 4HE CAMPAIGN WHICH HAS BEEN PROMOTING CASH LOANS FOR SOME TIME NOW HAS PRODUCED VERY GOOD RESULTS AND A NEW PRODUCT IS BEING PREPARED mREFI NANCING OF LOANS 4HE CONDI TIONS OF THE LOAN WILL BE VERY FAVORABLE FOR CLIENTSk SAYS -R 6LADAN -ANIÌ FOR #OR$ THE $EPUTY 'ENERAL -ANAGER AND A -EMBER OF THE %XECUTIVE "OARD OF ,AIKI "ANK A D "ELGRADE 4HE EXPERTS IN ,AIKI "ANK ARE INTEN SIVELY PREPARING A NEW OFFER
FOR HOUSING LOANS FOR NON REGIS TERED REAL ESTATE j,AIKI "ANK WILL OFFER LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEWLY BUILT HOUSES WHICH HAVE THE USE PERMIT BUT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED 4HE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE PRICE OF SUCH APARTMENTS AND THE APARTMENTS INSURED THROUGH THE .ATIONAL #ORPORATION SHALL NOT DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLYk SAYS -R 6LADAN -ANIÌ -R -ANIÌ POINTS OUT THAT ,AIKI "ANK A D "ELGRADE PRO VIDES CLIENTS WITH THE FULL BANK ING SERVICES j7E RENDER SERVICES REGARD ING CORPORATE LENDING AND RETAIL LENDING PAYMENT OPERATIONS IN THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD % BANKING 3-3 BANKING (OME BANKING PAYMENT CARDS SAV INGS AS WELL AS ALL OTHER SAFE CUSTODY SERVICES -ORE THAN OF OUR CLIENTS HAVE SEEN OUR "ANK AS A RELIABLE PART NER /UR INFORMED AND MOTI VATED EMPLOYEES TRY TO MAKE THE "ANK CLIENTS SATISFIED BY OFFERING AND PROVIDING SERVICES AND THE MODERNIZATION OF THE )4 SYSTEM IS OUR PERMANENT TASK AIMING AT RENDERING TOP QUALITY SERVICES 4HE "ANK IS CONSTANTLY EXPANDING ITS OFFER AND WE TRY TO ACHIEVE A LONG LASTING RELATION WITH A CLIENT TO MUTUAL SATISFACTION /UR PLANS ARE AMBITIOUS BUT ATTAINABLE )T IS OUR PLAN IN THE NEXT FOUR TO FIVE YEARS TO WIN A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE 3ERBIAN MARKET 7E ARE AWARE THAT THE COMPETI TION IS SEVERE 4HE LOCAL BANKS ARE TRYING TO ATTRACT EACH AND EVERY CLIENT WHEREAS WE FOCUS ON OFFERING A WIDE RANGE OF PRODUCTS REASONABLE PRICES AND HIGH QUALITY SERVICESk SAYS -R 6LADAN -ANIÌ
kls{hêo Ø ê ê ê¾êjzy¾ ê ꢪª§ $ELTA (OLDING #OMPANY ANNOUNCED CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY #32 FOR ONE ITS PRIORITIES IS AND THE RESULT IS A BIG NUMBER OF ACTIONS THAT THE COMPANY HAS STARTED AND SUPPORTED ALREADY IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR $ELTA HAS AS ONE OF THE BIG GEST DONATORS STARTED SUPPORT INGk (OMEWORK FOR ALL OF USk WHICH IS LEAD BY THE PUBLIC OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3ERBIA $ELTAiS DONATION OF MILLION DINARS WILL BE USED TO BUILD IN TOILETS IN FOUR SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH OF 3ERBIA THAT DONiT HAVE THE ELE MENTARY CONDITIONS FOR A NOR MAL LIFE AND STUDYING 3TARTING THIS ACTION THE PUB LIC OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF 3ERBIA HAVE FOUND OUT THAT ò OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN 3ERBIA DONiT HAVE SANITARY LAVATORY PLUMBING WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO USE AN OUTDOOR TOILET WITH SPETIC TANK NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR OR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND WITH ALL HYGIENE AND HEALTH RISKS $ELTA (OLDING HAS DONATED A TISSUE PROCESSOR TO THE )NSTITUTE FOR PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH OF MOTHER AND CHILDREN j$R 6UKAN #UPICk THAT IS NEED TO FOR THE DAILY WORK OF THE CLINICAL PATHOLOGY 4HE ACTIVITIES OF #32 $ELTA HAS FOLLOWED THROUGH THE &OUND FOR FUTURE THAT COMBINES CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTS 4HE &OUND FOR FUTURE FROM MARCH THIS YEAR HAS TEN MORE SCHOOLARS FOR THE FOSTER HOME j$UpKO 2ADOVIÌ j IN .Ip AND ALL TOGETHER TAKES CARE OF PROTECTED CHILDREN FROM 3ERBIAN FOSTER HOMES -OREOVER $ELTA HAS RENO VATED THE HOUSE OF THE TEN MEMBER &ILIPOVIÌ FAMILY FROM "ELGRADE WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN A FIRE )N $ELTAiS HEADQUAR TERS A VOLUNTEER BLOOD DONA TION WAS ORGANISED AND THE )NSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION SAYS THAT THIS WAS THE BEST CALL OF EMPLOYEES DONORS FROM ONE COMPANY CorD \ -AY
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z ê ê ê t|wê !USTRIAN GROUP 3ORAVIA SHALL COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DECI SION TO BE DENIED THE STATUS OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TENDER ER IN 4ENDER FOR !CQUISITION OF "UILDING OF &EDERAL -50 -INISTRY OF )NTERNAL !FFAIRS AND SHALL BRING LEGAL CHARGES IN WHICH THEY SHALL REQUEST COMPENSATION OF AROUND MILLION EUROS RECENTLY STATED ©AVDAR 3TEFANOV -ANAGER OF 3ORAVIA GROUP 3ORAVIA 'ROUP INTENDED TO DEMOLISH THE BUILD ING OF &EDERAL -50 DAMAGED IN BOMBING AND TO CONSTRUCT ON ITS PLACE A LARGE COMPLEX IN THE VALUE OF ONE HUNDRED MILLION EUROS !LTHOUGH THIS GROUP HAS BASED ON THE BIGGEST OFFER WON ON 4ENDER IT HASNiT SIGNED 0URCHASE #ONTRACT WITH THE 0RIVATISATION !GENCY AND THE #ONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED WITH THE SECOND BEST COMPANY 0RIVATE 0ROJECT -ANAGEMENT !CCORDING TO 3ORAVIA 'ROUP THIS JOB HASNiT BEEN IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS SET BY THE !USTRIANS IN THEIR OFFER .AMELY THEY HAVE REQUESTED THE OWNERSHIP GUARANTEE AS WELL AS THE VALID LICENCE FOR
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CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW BUILD ING 7E HAD THOSE CONDITIONS FROM THE VERY START IN OUR OFFER AND THEY WERE KNOWN TO THE 0RIVATISATION !GENCY ) DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY WE WERE THEN ASKED FOR SOMETHING ELSE STRESSED 3TEFANOV 3OURCE 4ANJUG
WORDS )MLEK WHICH HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY 3ALFORD IN SHALL ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME HAVE POSITIVE BUSINESS OPERATIONS IN )T IS PLANNED TO INVEST AROUND MILLION EUROS THIS YEAR IN THAT DAIRY PLANT 3OURCE "USINESS MAGAZINE
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+NJAZ -ILOp WILL HAVE POSI TIVE OPERATIONS THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ITS PRIVATISA TION IN STATED RECENTLY 3LOBODAN 0ETROVIÌ 'ENERAL -ANAGER OF +NJAZ -ILOp +NJAZ PLANS INVESTMENT OF MILLION EUROS IN PRODUCTION OF MINERAL WATER AND JUICES MORE PRECISE LY TO INVEST IN MARKETING PERCENT OF LAST YEARiS COMPANY REVENUES 0ETROVIÌ QUOTED THAT AFTER PRIVATISATION IN +NJAZ THERE WERE MILLION EUROS OF EXPRESSED DEBTS AND AROUND EIGHT MILLION EUROS OF HIDDEN DEBTS "EFORE PRIVATISATION WORKERS WORKED IN THE FACTORY !ROUND MILLION EUROS HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN SEVERANCE PAY MENTS #URRENTLY EMPLOYED ARE PEOPLE !CCORDING TO HIS
)N THE BEGINNING OF SUM MER A TENDER SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE HIGHWAY FROM ,ESKOVAC TO THE -ACEDONIAN BORDER $EPUTY 'REEK &OREIGN -INISTER %VRIPIDIS 3TILIANIDIS STATED THAT THE PROJECT SHOULD COST MIL LION EUROS AND THAT 'REECE IS
READY TO ALLOCATE TO 3ERBIA ONE HUNDRED MILLION EUROS FROM (ELLENIC 0LAN INTO CONSTRUCTION OF THAT SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY IN 0AN %UROPEAN #ORRIDOR IF IT SHALL BE ACCEPTED THAT A 'REEK COMPANY %GNATIA BECOMES A COUNCILLOR FOR THAT PROJECT 3TILIANIDIS SAID THAT THE REMAIN ING AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR IMPLE MENTATION OF THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE 'OVERNMENT OF 3ERBIA 'REECE HAS ALREADY EARMARKED MILLION EUROS FOR FUNDING OF HIGHWAY CONSTRUC TION AND THAT MONEY IS ALREADY IN THE %MBASSY IN "ELGRADE WHILE ANOTHER MILLION EUROS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED SAID 3TILIANIDIS 4HE 'OVERNMENT OF 'REECE HAS WITHIN (ELLENIC 0LAN OUT OF MILLION EUROS FOR ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION OF "ALKANS PLANNED TO ALLOCATE THE MAJORITY OF FUNDS TO 3ERBIA m IN TOTAL MILLION EUROS !CCORDING TO THE DATA FROM THE %MBASSY OF 'REECE DIRECT AND INDIRECT INVESTMENTS OF 'REEK COMPANIES IN 3ERBIA FROM ONWARDS EXCEEDED TWO BILLION EUROS 'REEK COMPANIES OPERATE IN 3ERBIA AND ANOTHER MIXED COMPANIES WITH TOTALLY THOUSAND WORKERS 3OURCE "ETA
l ê ~ êi ê ê 2ADOVAN *ELApIÌ 'OVERNOR OF THE .ATIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIA HAS WARNED IN MID !PRIL THAT 3ERBIA IS RISKING LOOSING FOUR 7ORLD "ANK CREDITS IN TOTAL AMOUNT OF MILLION EUROS DUE TO HOLD UP IN FORMATION OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT %LECTIONS HAVE BEEN HELD IN *ANUARY BUT FOR THE TIME BEING NEW 'OVERNMENT HASNiT STARTED ITS WORK *ELApIÌiS WARNING FOLLOWED AFTER JOINT SPRING MEETING OF )-& AND THE 7ORLD "ANK WHICH HAS BEEN HELD IN !PRIL *ELApIÌ STRESSED THAT THE "ANK IF 3ERBIA FAILS TO HAVE A NEW GOVERNMENT UNTIL -AY TH DEADLINE ENVISAGED BY #ONSTITUTION SHALL IN ESSENCE HAVE NO PARTNER WITH WHOM SHE WOULD SIGN CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS 3OURCE " 4ANJUG
w ê ê ê ¡¤ êq êê "ELGRADE HOTEL 0RAG SHALL FIND ITSELF ON AUCTION ON *UNE TH AND THE STARTING PRICE SHALL BE MILLION DINARS PER CENT OF STATE OWNED CAPITAL IS OFFERED FOR SALES WITH THE TOTAL
hj{p}lip êsvhuzêmvyê ztl 0IRAEUS "ANK !$ "ELGRADE OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF PRODUCTS FOR SHORT AND LONG TERM LENDING AS WELL AS QUICK MICRO LOANS WITH AN AIM TO FACILITATE BUSINESS OPERATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTER PRISES WITH ANNUAL REVENUE UP TO MILLION EUROS !KTIV"IZ LOANS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY VERY FLEXIBLE TERMS TAILORED TO THE CUSTOMERSi NEEDS AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES -ICRO LOANS OF 0IRAEUS "ANK FOR GENERAL PURPOSES AND FINANC ING IN WORKING CAPITAL WITH CUR RENCY CLAUSE ARE APPROVED IN THE AMOUNTS FROM %52 TO %52 WITH .)2 OF ò %)2 OF ò ANNUALLY 23$ LOANS
ESTIMATED VALUE OF MIL LION DINARS AROUND MIL LION EUROS "USINESS REVENUES OF (OTEL 0RAG IN WERE MILLION DINARS AROUND EUROS AND EXPENDITURES WERE MILLION DINARS -INIMUM OF ENVISAGED INVESTMENTS ARE MILLION OF DINARS (OTEL HAS BEEN REGISTERED IN THE )NSTITUTE FOR 0ROTECTING #ULTURAL -ONUMENTS 3OURCE 4ANJUG
r O êi ê ê ê #OMPANY +RUpIK "ATTERIES FROM 6ALJEVO SHALL BE ON AUC TION ON -AY ST THIS YEAR PERCENT OF COMPANY CAPITAL IS OFFERED FOR SALES AND THE START ING PRICE ON AUCTION SHALL BE MILLION DINARS 4OTALLY EVAL UATED CAPITAL VALUE IS MIL LION DINARS MILLION EUROS WHILE THE MINIMUM OF NECES SARY INVESTMENTS MILLION DINARS 'ERMAN COMPANY 6ARTA -ICRO "ATTERIES HAS ACKNOWL EDGED ITS INTENT IN COMPANY ACQUISITION SO IT IS ASSUMED THAT THIS IS THE COMPANY THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE POTENTIAL BUYERS 3OURCE 4ANJUG
WITHOUT CURRENCY CLAUSE ARE APPROVED AT .)2 OF ò %)2 OF ò ANNUALLY 2EPAYMENT TERM OF THESE LOANS IS UP TO MONTHS AND GRACE PERIOD IS UP TO MONTHS ,ONG TERM INVESTMENT LOANS FOR PURCHASE OF MACHINERY EQUIPMENT AND INVESTMENT IN INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES WITH CUR RENCY CLAUSE ARE APPROVED AT .)2 OF ò %)2 OF ò WITH REPAYMENT TERM UP TO MONTHS AND GRACE PERIOD UP TO MONTHS ,ONG TERM LOANS FOR PURCHASE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BUSINESS PREMISES ALSO WITH CURRENCY CLAUSE ARE APPROVED AT .)2 OF ò ANNUALLY %)2 OF ò AND WITH REPAYMENT TERM EVEN UP TO MONTHS WHILE GRACE PERIOD IS EXTENDED TO MONTHS -INIMUM AMOUNT FOR SUCH LOANS IS %52 IN 23$ COUNTER VALUE ,OANS FOR WORKING CAPITAL WITH CURRENCY CLAUSE ARE APPROVED AT
z ê ê êt êi ê .EW ISSUE OF THOUSAND SHARES OF -ETALS "ANK HAS FULLY SUCCEEDED AND THIS IS THE THIRD SUCCESSFUL RECAPITALIZATION OF THIS "ANK IN THE LAST TEN MONTHS 4HE EXISTING SHAREHOLDERS HAD THE RIGHT TO SUBSCRIBE HALF OF THE ISSUE AND THE REMAINDER FOUND ITSELF IN FREE SALES 4HE PART OF ISSUE INTENDED FOR FREE SALES HAS BEEN IN GREAT DEMAND SO THE VALUE HAS BEEN INCREASED FOR APPROXIMATELY TIMES 3OURCE AC BROKER CO YU
n ê ê ê êê êê #OMPANY i&UTURA "IOTEC DOOi SHALL INVEST MILLION EUROS IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE FAC TORY IN :RENJANIN AND EMPLOY WORKERS #OMPANY REP RESENTATIVES HAVE SIGNED THE 2ENTAL !GREEMENT FOR THREE HECTARES OF CONSTRUCTION LAND WITHIN THE )NDUSTRIAL ZONE %ÍKA WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF :RENJANIN -UNICIPAL AUTHORI TIES #ONSTRUCTION OF PRODUC TION PLANTS SHALL START WITHIN A MONTH AND THE PRODUCTION
.)2 OF ò %)2 OF ò ANNUALLY ,OANS WITHOUT CURREN CY CLAUSE ARE APPROVED AT .)2 OF ò ANNUALLY %)2 OF ò WITH REPAYMENT TERM UP TO MONTHS AND GRACE PERIOD UP TO MONTHS -INIMUM AMOUNT FOR THESE LOANS IS %52 IN 23$ COUNTER VALUE 7ITHIN !KTIV"IZ OFFER FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES 0IRAEUS "ANK ALSO OFFERS REVOLV ING LOANS AS WELL AS LOANS FOR WORKING CAPITAL 2EVOLVING CREDIT LINE IS INTENDED FOR FINANCING IN WORKING CAPITAL AND IS APPROVED WITH .)2 OF ò MONTHLY FOR
SHOULD START WITHIN SIX MONTHS &UTURA "IOTEC OPERATES WITHIN THE 'ERMAN COMPANY &UTURE 4EC AND SHALL CONSTRUCT PLANTS IN :RENJANIN FOR PRODUCTION OF A NEW KIND OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL SYNTHETIC $IESEL BASED ON PROCESSING BY PRODUCTS OF THE OIL INDUSTRY AND UTILIZED COAL 3OURCE "ETA
i ê ê êz ê "ULGARIAN COMPANY -EDIJA 3VET ACQUIRED MILLION DINARS WORTH REAL ESTATE AND EQUIPMENT OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PROCESS ING FACTORY 3RBIJANKA )NITIAL PRICE OF PROPERTY OF THAT 6ALJEVO FACTORY DURING AUCTION IN THE 0RIVATIZATION !GENCY WAS MILLION DINARS AND COMPANY i6UJIÌ 6ALJEVOi ALSO COMPETED TO ACQUIRE IT "ULGARIAN COMPANY BOUGHT A PART OF PROPERTY IN THE FACTORY RANGE OF HEC TARES OF LAND WITH ALL BUSINESS BUILDINGS AND INDUSTRIAL FACILI TIES IN LOCATION IN SUBURBAN .OVO NASELJE .EW SETTLEMENT AS WELL AS THE BUILDING OF SQUARE METERS AND A WAREHOUSE OF SQUARE METERS IN 6ALJEVO 3OURCE "ETA
LOANS WITH CURRENCY CLAUSE I E AT .)2 OF ò MONTHLY FOR LOANS WITHOUT CURRENCY CLAUSE ,OAN USAGE TERM IS UP TO MONTHS "ANKiS CLIENTS ARE APPROVED WITH OVERDRAFT OF TRANSACTION ACCOUNT IN MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF %52 )T IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT CLIENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PER FORM THEIR BUSINESS OPERATIONS VIA THE "ANK OR TO HAVE CURRENT ACCOUNT OPENED WITH THE "ANK PRIOR APPLYING FOR !KTIV"IZ LOANS OR GUARANTEES AND MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR ALL LOANS DEPENDS ON THE CREDITWORTHINESS OF THE CLIENT
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3TART OF ASSEMBLY OF i:ASTAVA i IN PLANTS OF +RAGUJEVAC FACTORY CAN BE DELAYED IF THE NEW 'OVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO BE FORMED SOON 3TART OF ASSEMBLY OF 3ERBIAN 0UNTO HAS BEEN PLANNED FOR *UNE THE ST THIS YEAR a&INANCING OF THE WHOLE PROJECT FOR ASSEMBLY OF :ASTAVA WORTH AROUND MILLION EUROS SHALL BE IMPLE MENTED FROM FUNDS FROM PRIVA TIZATION OF :ASTAVA COMPANIES BUT CURRENTLY DUE TO LACK OF 'OVERNMENT THIS WHOLE PROC ESS HAS BEEN HINDERED BECAUSE WE NEED CERTAIN PERMITS AND CONSENT FOR FINANCING AND SPENDING FOR THAT PROJECT SAID :ORAN "OGDANOVIÌ -ANAGER OF :ASTAVA AUTO COMPANY 3TRESSING THAT ON ASSEMBLY OF i:ASTAVA i AROUND WORK ERS SHALL BE ENGAGED AND SEVEN ALREADY DELIVERED ROBOTS OF WHICH FIVE SHALL WORK ON THE BODY AND TWO IN THE ASSEM BLY LINE "OGDANOVIÌ HAS SAID THAT UNTIL TODAY PERCENT OF RECEIVED EQUIPMENT FOR ASSEM BLY OF h:ASTAVA i HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND THAT CURRENTLY SOFT WARE ADJUSTMENT OF THE EQUIP MENT IS UNDER WAY WHERE EIGHT EXPERTS FROM )TALY ARE ASSISTING )N 3EPTEMBER :ASTAVA AUTOMOBILI AND )TALIAN &IAT SIGNED A #ONTRACT ON 4ECHNICAL "USINESS #OOPERATION BY WHICH :ASTAVA HAS BEEN GRANTED A LICENCE FOR ASSEMBLY OF i0UNTOi PENDING SALES OF THAT CAR WHICH IS UNDER LABEL i:ASTAVA i STILL MANUFACTURED AT &IAT 4HE NEWLY FOUNDED COMPANY :ASTAVA AUTO HAS SOLD UNITS OF THOSE CARS TO DATE 3OURCE 4ANJUG
l êi Ø ê ê ê ê %RSTE "ANK IN 3ERBIA HAS STARTED TO APPROVE DINAR CASH CREDITS WITH EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE OF PER CENT ANNUALLY -INIMUM CREDIT AMOUNT WAS THOUSAND AND MAXIMUM THOUSAND DINARS 4HAT
TYPE OF CREDIT HAS A FIXED RATE THAT HASNiT BEEN RELATED TO THE CHANGE OF EXCHANGE RATE FOR EURO CHANGES OF %52)"/2 ,)"/2 OR TO THE GROWTH OF RETAIL PRICES AND HAS BEEN INTENDED FOR PAYMENT OF THE CASH OR REFI NANCING OF CREDITS APPROVED IN OTHER BANKS &OR CREDITS UP TO THOU SANDS MAXIMUM REPAYMENT PERIOD IS MONTHS AND FOR CREDITS OVER THAT AMOUNT IT IS MONTHS 'RACE PERIOD IS UP TO THREE MONTHS DURING WHICH ONLY INTEREST RATE IS CALCULATED AND COL LECTED AND MINIMUM DEPOSIT IS PERCENT AND CAN BE FINANCED FROM THE APPROVED CREDIT AND CAN ALSO BE IN DINARS OR EUROS 3OURCE "ETA
t êi ê ê ê ê êz ê 6ICE 0RESIDENT OF -OSCOW "ANK !LEKSEI 3ITNIKOV STATED THAT THE "ANK IS DISCUSSING SEV ERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPERATION IN THE 3ERBIAN MARKET !T 0RESS #ONFERENCE IN +IEV 3ITNIKOV SAID THAT jIT IS NOT A SECRET THAT -OSCOW "ANK SHOWS INTER EST FOR 3ERBIAN MARKET AND REMINDED THAT THE .ATIONAL "ANK OF 3ERBIA HAS GIVEN THAT BANK PRELIMINARY CONSENT FOR ACQUISITION OF !GROBANKA (OWEVER 2USSIANS STILL HAVENiT RESOLVED IF THEY SHALL BUY !GROBANKA OR SOME OTHER BANK OF MAYBE THEY SHALL START CREAT ING THEIR OWN BANK IN 3ERBIA RIGHT FROM THE START !CCORDING TO THE WORDS OF 3ITNIKOV THE "ANK DISCUSSES SEVERAL VARI ANTS OF DEVELOPING BUSINESS IN 3ERBIAN MARKET 3OURCE "ETA
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%CONOMIST WHO REPORTED FOR MONTHS OF TOTAL EARN INGS OF DINARS THAT IS MILLION EUROS 7HEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS RECALCULAT ED INTO MONTHLY EARNINGS THIS %CONOMIST HAS FOR ONE MONTH EARNED EUROS 4HE BIG GEST GROWTH OF THE NUMBER OF RICH PEOPLE HAS BEEN IN THE CAPITAL CITY AND A SIMILAR TREND HAS SO FAR BEEN ALSO MARKED IN .OVI 3AD WHERE THE TAX MEN HAVE RECEIVED TAX RETURNS 3MALLER INCREASES OF iWELL OFF PEOPLEi HAVE BEEN REG ISTERED IN +RAGUJEVAC WHERE
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ING PERCENT OF THE CAPITAL OF 4ELEKOM 3RPSKA FOR MILLION EUROS PENDING INVESTMENT OF MILLION EUROS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS 4HE MONEY FOR PURCHASE OF THE SECOND LARGEST OPERATOR IN "OSNIA AND (ERZEGOVINA STILL HASNiT BEEN PAID AND 4ELEKOM 3ERBIA HAS RECENTLY REPORTED THAT THE PRIVATIZATION OF 4ELEKOM 3RPSKA IS IMPLEMENTED IN LINE WITH THE 3ALES AND 0URCHASE !GREEMENT !CCORDING TO THE #ONTRACT THE PAYMENT DEADLINE STARTS WORKING DAYS FROM FUL FILLMENT OF ALL FOUR PRE CONDI TIONS DEFINED IN THE #ONTRACT OUT OF WHICH TWO HAVE BEEN FULFILLED 4ELEKOM 3ERBIA SHOULD SECURE THE MONEY FROM CREDIT OF MILLION EUROS WHICH SHALL BE APPROVED TO IT BASED ON MEDIATION BY !MERICAN #ITY 'ROUP 3OURCE "ETA
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3ITUATION IN 3ERBIA REGARD ING DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZA TION OF BROADBAND NETWORKS IS AMONGST THE WORST IN THE 3OUTH %ASTERN %UROPE )NTERNET CON NECTION FOR ACCESSING BROADBAND NETWORK HAVE ONLY THOUSAND OF HOUSEHOLDS SAID $RAGANA ¨URÍIÌ 3TATE 5NDERSECRETARY IN THE -INISTRY FOR #APITAL )NVESTMENTS AT OPENING OF THE 3ECOND "ROADBAND #ONFERENCE ABOUT BROADBAND )NTERNET COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 3OUTH %ASTERN %UROPE UNDER TITLE h3%% "ROADBAND i !CCORDING TO HER WORDS IN %AST %UROPEAN COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT OF BROADBAND CONNECTIONS IS STILL ON LOW LEVEL IN RELATION WITH THE COUNTRIES OF THE %UROPEAN 5NION WHILE AVERAGE PENETRA TION INTO OUR REGION IS PER CENT .UMBER OF !$3, CONNEC TIONS PER MILLION INHABITANTS IN 3ERBIA WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAST YEAR SO OUR COUNTRY WAS IN FRONT OF !LBANIA !CCORDING TO THE DATA FROM THE 2EPUBLIC 3TATISTICS "UREAU PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR COUNTRY HAVE A COMPU TER AND HOUSEHOLDS HAVE )NTERNET CONNECTION 3OURCE 4ANJUG
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OUR PRODUCTION LINE HAS BEEN RECONSTRUCTED AND MODERNIZED AND PRODUCTION CAPACITIES HAVE BEEN INCREASED WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS REGARDING ENVI RONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION IS STATED IN THE REPORT STRESSING THAT THE COMPANY SHALL CONTINUE TO INVEST IN TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE FACTORY DUE TO CONSTANT GROWTH OF CEMENT MARKET 3OURCE "ETA
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p THE LESSONS LEARNT k !PPROXIMATELY NEW PUPILS ARE ENROLLED AT ")3 EVERY YEAR 4HE NUMBER OF PUPILS VARIES MORE THAN IN REGULAR SCHOOLS AS A RESULT OF THE CAREER OBLIGATIONS OF PARENTS WHICH SEES SOME OF THE PUPILS MOVE ABROAD AND OTHER ARRIVE TO REPLACE THEM )N ADDITION TO THE BASIC CURRICULUM SUBJECTS THE PUPILS m WHO ARE TAUGHT IN %NGLISH m TAKE 3ERBIAN 3TUDIES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CURRENT PLACE THEY CALL HOME ALBEIT SOMETIMES ONLY TEMPORARILY +ESEROVIÌ SPEAKS PROUDLY OF THE SCHOOLS TEACHING METHODS AND RESULTS j7E BELIEVE THAT CHILDREN LEARN BEST WHEN THEY ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED AND INTERESTED "UT ABOVE ALL WE BELIEVE ONEiS CHILDHOOD SCHOOL EXPERIENCES SHOULD PROMOTE ONEiS NATURAL CURIOSITY AND INTEREST IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM WHERE LEARNING IS EXCITING CHAL LENGING AND FUN /UR APPROACH ARISES OUT OF THE BEST OF THE 5NITED +INGDOM STATE AND INDEPENDENT EDUCATION SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THE BEST PRACTICES IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ")3 IS ALSO AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE #ENTRAL %ASTERN %UROPEAN 3CHOOLS !SSOCIATION #%%3! j4HE "RITISH )NTERNATIONAL 3CHOOL PROVIDES A HAPPY NURTURING CARING AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT WHERE EACH STUDENT IS HELPED TO FEEL EQUALLY IMPORTANT AND IS ENCOURAGED TO ACHIEVE HIS OR HER MAXI MUM POTENTIAL IN ALL ASPECTS OF SCHOOL LIFE k SAYS OUR COLLOCUTOR !S A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OVERALL EDUCATION ")3 ALSO PLACES MUCH IMPORTANCE ON EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES !ND IN ADDITION TO NUMEROUS SCIENTIFIC AND SPORTING OPTIONS ")3 IS ALSO THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE REGION RUNNING THE WELL KNOWN $UKE OF %DINBURGH !WARD PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE j4HE AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED BY 0RINCE 0HILIP AND IS AWARDED TO YOUNG PEOPLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR FAVOURITE HOBBIES OR SPORTS 4HERE ARE THREE AWARDS THE BRONZE AND SILVER AWARDS ARE PRESENTED
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o ê ALLOWED THE HOSPITAL TO SECURE THE (!!#0 CERTIFICATE THAT MEANS IT IS ON PAR WITH WORLD AND %UROPEAN HEALTH STANDARDS THUS FURTHER ALLOW ING IT TO ACCEPT PATIENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE WORLDiS HEALTH SYSTEM "Y THE END OF THE YEAR THE HOSPITAL IS SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE OTHER QUALITY CERTIFICATES SUCH AS THOSE ISSUED BY THE INSURER ,LOYDiS OF ,ONDON AND FROM RESPECTED 'ERMAN INSTITUTES THAT DEMAND THE HIGHEST STANDARDS IN MEDICAL CARE )N THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT THE UPGRADED SYSTEMS WHICH MONITOR CRITICAL VITAL STATISTICS DURING THE FIRST STAGES AFTER DELICATE OPERATIONS COME FROM 'ENERAL %LECTRIC &OR THIS YOUNG DOCTORS WERE SENT TO A INTEN SIVE CARE HOSPITAL IN THE 5NITED 3TATES IN 0ITTSBURGH TO RECEIVE THE LATEST
OVERLOOK EVEN THE TINIEST OF DETAILS 3TAFF DOCTORS AND NURSES HAVE BEEN GIVEN ROOMS TO REST DURING DEMANDING SHIFTS m COMFORTABLE ROOMS THAT RESPECT THEIR ABILITIES WITH MODERN CONVENIENCES )N THE ROOM WHERE DOCTORS MEET WEEKLY TO DISCUSS NEW PROCEDURES DIFFICULT MEDICAL CASES AND RECEIVE IMPORTANT MEDICAL REFRESHMENT THE GALLERY FOR THE YOUNG DOCTORS HAS BEEN MOVED FROM A SIDE ANTE CHAMBER THAT OFFERED OBSTRUCTED VIEWS TO A ROW OF THEATRE STYLED SEATING THAT FACES DIRECTLY THE OLDER DOCTORS AND DOCUMENTS THEY ARE DISCUSSING IN A SIMPLE CHANGE THAT AGAIN RESPECTS THE FUTURE OF THE HOSPITAL IN THE VALUE OF ITS YOUNGER NEXT GENERATION OF DOCTORS &UNDING FOR ALL THE CHANGES HAS COME NOT FROM CHARITABLE ORGANIZA
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TIONS OR LARGE GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS BUT RATHER THROUGH BETTER MANAGE MENT OF THE HOSPITAL THAT UTILIZES ITS LEADING POSITION IN THE REGION TO ATTRACT PATIENTS FROM NEIGHBOURING "OSNIA AND (ERZEGOVINA AND #ROATIA WHO ARE SEEKING OUT THE BEST TREATMENT POSSIBLE FOR THEIR PULMONARY ILLNESSES )T HAS ALSO BEEN ACHIEVED THROUGH KEEN PRIORITIZATION OF PURCHASES SO THAT REFURBISHMENT OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS HAS ADDED THE MOST CRUCIAL PARTS AS NEEDED WITHOUT INTERRUPTING THE HOSPITALiS DAY TO DAY ACTIVITY IN THE PROCESS )N THE FUTURE $R -ILOVANÍEV HOPES TO ADD MEDICAL TOURISM INTO HOSPITALiS REPERTOIRE OF FUNCTIONS )N THIS VISION THE DOCTOR SEES CRUISE SHIPS TRAVELLING ON THE $ANUBE WITH MOSTLY ELDERLY PASSENGERS BEING SHUTTLED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A DIAGNOSTIC VISIT USING ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES !USTRIA 'ERMANY 2USSIA OR THE 5 3 AT TO PERCENT OF WHAT THEY MIGHT PAY FOR SUCH ANALYSIS BACK HOME !DD TO THIS THE PLANNED INSTAL LATION OF A RADIO THERAPY UNIT ON PREMISES WHICH TAKES ADVANTAGE OF GROUND BREAKING TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT DISEASES WITHOUT SURGERY AND THE FUTURE OF MEDICAL TOURISM IN 3ERBIA LOOKS MORE AND MORE LIKE A REALITY 7ITH DOCTORS AND OVER NURSES ON STAFF $R -ILOVANÍEV OBVIOUSLY HAS SIGNIFICANT MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES BUT HE STILL MANAGES TO SEE PATIENTS ON A WEEKLY BASIS THOUGH MUCH LESS THAN HE USED TO OR WOULD LIKE TO /N TOP OF THIS $R -ILOVANÍEV IS FURTHER CULTI VATING THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THE HOSPITAL HAS WITH LEADING INSTITUTIONS IN !USTRIA 'ERMNAY THE 5 3 AND %NGLAND THUS BRINGING AS MUCH CONTACT AS POSSIBLE FOR HIS DOCTORS WITH 7ESTERN MEDICAL PRACTICE 4HE )NSTITUTE FOR 0ULMONARY $ISEASES AND $R -ILOVANÍEV HAVE RECEIVED HIGH MARKS FOR THE CHANGES MOST RECENTLY ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT BY 5 3 !MBASSADOR -ICHAEL 0OLT AND &RENCH !MBASSADOR (UGUES 0ERNET WHO ENTHUSIASTICALLY LENT THEIR PRAISE TO THE HOSPITAL (OWEVER NO MATTER HOW MUCH PRAISE IS LAUDED THE PROOF OF SUCCESS IS ULTIMATELY SEEN IN ITS TREATMENT OF PATIENTS SOMETHING THAT THE HOSPITAL CAN SAY IT HAS TRULY IMPROVED CorD \ -AY
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HEN RUMOURS ABOUT THE 2OLLING 3TONES IN 3ERBIA STARTED TO CIRCLE AROUND ONCE AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR EVEN THE MOST OPTIMISTIC MUSIC LOVERS SAW IT AS BEING JUST ANOTHER JOKE (OWEVER IT SEEMS THAT THIS TIME THE DICE HAVE REALLY BEEN CAST THE CONCERT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR TH *ULY THIS YEAR IN "ELGRADEiS (IPPODROME TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED THROUGH THE INTERNET AND ACCORDING TO ALL THE EVIDENCE "ELGRADE WILL FINALLY HOST ONE OF THE BIGGEST ROCK BANDS OF ALL TIME 4HE HISTORY OF THE FORTHCOMING CONCERT IS MUCH MORE COMPLI CATED THAN ONE MIGHT EXPECT BECAUSE EVERY POLITICAL OPTION UNDER THE 3ERBIAN SUN HAS TRIED TO GATHER SOME POLITICAL POINTS BY ORGAN ISING A 2OLLING 3TONES CONCERT $URING THE YEARS OF SANCTIONS AND -ILOpEVIÌiS RULE THERE WERE SEVERAL OBVIOUS ATTEMPTS TO BRING THE 3TONES TO "ELGRADE 4HE LEADERS OF -IRA -ARKOVIÌiS 9UGOSLAV ,EFT *5, ANNOUNCED THAT THAT EVENT WAS ON THE CARDS ON SEVERAL OCCA SIONS BUT EVERY TIME IT TURNED OUT TO BE JUST PURE POLITICAL MARKET ING 7ARS OFFICIAL 5. SANCTIONS AND THE BAD IMAGE OF -ILOSEVICiS ADMINISTRATION PROVED TOO GREAT AN OBSTACLE FOR THE 3TONESi MEM
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LIGHT ON THE FORMER SIMPLE CULTURAL RIVALRY !S THE YEARS PASSED BY IT BECOME MORE AND MORE CLEAR THAT 3ERBIA FOR VARIOUS REASONS WAS LAGGING BEHIND %UROPE AND THE CONSTANTLY POSTPONED 3TONES CONCERT PRESENTED JUST THE ILLUSTRATION OF ONE IN ESSENCE HISTORI CAL DELAY &OR IDEOLOGICAL REASONS 3ERBIA MISSED MANY CHANCES OF KEEPING IN STEP WITH THE WORLD AND PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THAT THE 2OLLING 3TONES CONCERT PRESENTED THE STORY IN WHICH THE MAIN HEROES ARE NO LONGER MUSIC AND CULTURE BUT POLITICS &OR INSTANCE #ROATIA IS TODAY MUCH FURTHER AHEAD OF 3ERBIA ON THE ROAD TO
UNSEEN SPECTACLE THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE UNDERWAY THEY EVEN MEN TIONED CONCRETE DATES BUT NOTHING EVER HAPPENED &OR SOME PEOPLE THIS LATEST SNUB FROM -ICK AND THE BOYS WAS ENOUGH TO FORGET ABOUT THE 3TONES FOREVER AND TO REGARD EVERY FOL LOWING ATTEMPT TO BRING THE 3TONES TO "ELGRADE AS TRIVIAL (OWEVER AT ONE MOMENT THE POLITICIANS MOVED ASIDE AND ONE OF "ELGRADEiS CONCERT PROMOTERS CONTINUED TO ORGANISE PRESS CONFERENCES EVERY YEAR TO DISTRIBUTE PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AND TO ANNOUNCE CON CRETE DATES FOR THE CONCERT IN "ELGRADE ,AST YEAR EVEN AN ENTIRE ASSEMBLY LINE OF BEER WENT ON SALE WITH THE DATE OF THE OF COURSE NOT HELD 2OLLING 3TONES CONCERT m THAT COMMEMORATIVE BEER OF AN EVENT THAT NEVER WAS PROBABLY HAS SOME VALUE AS A COLLECTABLE THESE DAYS 4HE 2OLLING 3TONES CONCERT IS AN EVENT TO REMEMBER EVERY WHERE IN THE WORLD )N SOME WAYS IT IS A MATTER OF PRESTIGE BUT IN 3ERBIA IT HAS EXCEEDED THE LIMITS OF AN ORDINARY MUSIC SPECTACLE 2OCK hNi ROLL MUSIC AS ONE OF THE SYMBOLS OF THE FREE WORLD WAS SEEN IN THIS CASE AS THE APPROPRIATE IDEOLOGICAL TERRAIN ON WHICH THE POLITICIANS WERE GOING TO SEND THE PEOPLE THE MESSAGE ABOUT ITS DEMOCRACY AND UNDERSTANDING FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION 4HE 3TONES CONCERT IN THAT SENSE WAS SEEN AS THE CONFIRMATION OF SOME SORT OF PENETRATION INTO THE CLUB OF FREE SOCIETIES WHICH IS NOT SO FAR FROM THE TRUTH 7HAT PERHAPS ADDITIONALLY jBURDENEDk THE PUBLIC IN 3ERBIA WAS THE FACT THAT THE 3TONES PLAYED IN :AGREB AS FAR BACK AS %VEN THOUGH AT THAT TIME THAT WAS STILL PART OF THE SAME COUNTRY THE RIVALRY BETWEEN #ROATIA AND 3ERBIA WAS VERY STRONG AND FOR MANY PEOPLE THAT WAS THE PROOF THAT #ROATIA WAS jSOME THING DIFFERENTk AND THAT IN THIS WAY #ROATIA GAINED AN UNBEATABLE ADVANTAGE COMPARED TO 3ERBIA IN SUCH A CONSTELLATION :AGREB WITH THE 3TONES CONCERT GAINED THE IDENTIFICATION OF A PLACE WHICH IS MUCH CLOSER TO %UROPE 7E HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE LATER EVENTS THREW A COMPLETELY NEW
%UROPEAN INTEGRATION AND TO MANY PEOPLE THAT IS IN SOME WAY THE CONFIRMATION OF THE THESIS THAT THE BANDiS CONCERT IN :AGREB MARKED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN ERA IN WHICH THE FIGHT FOR AND AGAINST %UROPE STARTED AND FOR WHICH IT WAS NEVER THOUGHT WOULD END SO TRAGICALLY 4HEREFORE THE 3TONESi CONCERT IN "ELGRADE IN WILL IN A CER TAIN WAY BE A REMINDER THAT SOME THINGS COME TOO LATE !T THE TIME WHEN THE 2OLLING 3TONES WERE MUCH MORE CURRENT THAN THESE DAYS
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,EFT TO RIGHT 3TEIN %RIK 6ELLAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 4ELENOR D O O ( % !MBASSADOR (ANS /LA 5RSTAD HEAD OF THE /3#% -ISSION TO 3ERBIA $R .EVENA 6Uร KOVIร fAHOVIร HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER AND MEMBER OF THE 5.iS CHILD RIGHTS EXPERT COMMITTEE 0ROFESSOR "RNAKO +OVAร EVIร RECTOR OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF "ELGRADE AND 3ANDRA fTAJNER 4ELENOR D O OiS EXECUTIVE DIREC TOR FOR CORPORATE COMMUNICATION 4HE FIVE ARE PICTURED AT A RD !PRIL PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE THE FORM ING OF THE 4ELENOR &OUNDATION AND PRESENT THE FOUNDATIONS FIRST PROJECTS
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3ERBIAN $EFENCE -INISTER :ORAN 3TANKOVIร THIRD FROM LEFT PICTURED ON TH -ARCH DURING THE SIGNING OF AN AGREEMENT ON COLLABORATION WITH REP RESENTATIVES OF $ENMARK .ORWAY AND 3WEDEN 4HE AGREEMENT IS SET TO LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF A #ENTRE FOR THE EDUCATING OF JUNIOR OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS TRAINED FOR SPECIFIC MILITARY PROFESSIONS
-ACEDONIAN !MBASSADOR IN 3ERBIA ( % 6IKTOR $IMOVSKI PICTURED ALONGSIDE FAMOUS LOCAL PAINTER -ILIVOJE .OVAKOVIร +ANJOS DURING THE FESTIVE OPENING OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF THE $E .IRO &INE !RTISTS #OLONY IN THE !TRIUM OF THE "ELGRADE #ITY ,IBRARY ON ND !PRIL
0ARTICIPANTS IN THIS YEARiS &ESTIVAL OF &RENCH FILM IN "ELGRADE ADDRESS THE PUBLIC AT "ELGRADEiS $OM /MLADINE ON TH !PRIL 0ICTURED FIRST TWO FROM RIGHT TO LEFT ARE *ACQUES &IESKI DIRECTOR OF THE FILM h#ALIFORNIAi AND -ILEN $IMOUZO ACTRESS IN THE FILM #ALIFORNIA
3ENIOR MEMBERS OF +OMERCIJALNA "ANKA STAFF ARE JOINED BY 6ISA )NTERNATIONAL AT THE 4ANJUG 0RESS #ENTRE ON TH -ARCH FOR A PRESS CON FERENCE TO PROMOTE +OMERCIJALNAiS NEW PRE PAID GIFT CREDIT CARD
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/RGANISERS OF THE "ELGRADE #ONSTRUCTION &AIR PICTURED AT +NEGINJE ,JUBICA 0ALACE ON TH !PRIL AT THE FORMAL ANNOUNCING OF THE &AIR 0ICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT $EJAN #AHUN PROJECT ASSISTANT *ASMINA 3AVIร PROJECT HEAD !NรฐELKO 4RPKOVIร $IRECTOR OF THE "ELGRADE &AIR -IRA *OVANOVIร HEAD OF OPERATIONS AND 0REDRAG *EVREMOVIร MARKETING MANAGER
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p ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê { ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê µj ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ±ê ê ê ê ê ê ê ´ê SELVES WHEN THEY SEE A POLICEMAN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD )TiS A CLASSIC jPULLING THE WOOL OVER AUTHORITYiS EYESk GESTURE j3EE ) GOT AWAY WITH IT k 4O THEIR CREDIT 3ERBS ALSO USE THE FLASHING HEADLIGHTS SIGNAL USED IN SOME OTHER %UROPEAN COUNTRIES TO INDI CATE THEREiS A COP LYING IN AMBUSH AHEAD #OMING FROM A COUN TRY WHERE THE j)F YOUiRE BREAKING THE LAW YOU DESERVE A TICKETk ATTITUDE ) FIND THIS GESTURE OF SOLIDARITY NAUGHTY BUT NICE 7HEN STOPPED BY THE POLICE FOR WHATEVER INFRACTION AFTER HAVING RUN THROUGH THE LIST OF USUAL EXCUSES THE AVERAGE 3ERB WILL ATTEMPT TO SE DOGOVORI BARGAIN WITH THE OFFICER MAYBE BRIBE WHO KNOWS BUT AT LEAST WILL TRY TO GET OFF MORE EASILY )NTERPRETATIONS OF CLASSIC ROAD SIGNS AND MARKINGS ARE QUITE DIFFERENT HERE 4HAT SOLID LINE YOU LEARNED NEVER TO CROSS SIMPLY MEANS j#ROSS AND PASS IF THE IDIOT IN FRONT OF YOU IS OBEYING THE SPEED LIMIT BUT IS DRIVING MORE SLOWLY THAN YOU k 4HE FAMILIAR j9IELDk SIGN MEANS j(URRY UP AND RUSH IN BEFORE THE ONCOM ING TRAFFIC DOES k )N MANY PLACES IF YOU REALLY DO STOP AT A STOP SIGN YOUiLL BE REAR ENDED .OT BLOCKING THE INTERSECTION IS A FOREIGN CONCEPT AND GRIDLOCKS OFTEN OCCUR !ND OF COURSE THE j.O 0ARKING 3TOPPINGk SIGNS ARE REALLY JUST FOR DECORATION !ND
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CULTURE NEWS .!4)/.!, -53%5- ). ,!+% #/-/ 4HE EXHIBITION h)MPRESSIONISTS SYMBOLISTS AND AVANT GARDE m CONSISTING OF MASTERPIECES FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE "ELGRADE .ATIONAL -USEUM m WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED ON RD -ARCH AND WILL RUN UNTIL TH *ULY IN VILLA /LMO IN #OMO )TALY 4HIS EXHIBITION IS THE RESULT OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE .ATIONAL -USEUM IN "ELGRADE AND THE -UNICIPALITY OF #OMO AND IS
ALL WOMEN WHO HAVE ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT RESULTS IN THE FIELD OF DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE 4HESE GUESTS WILL EXPLORE THE REVOLUTIONARY ELEMENTS OF THE jFEMALE CREATIVE APPROACHk !RCHITECT 2EM +OOLHAAS m ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL THINKERS OF TODAY GROUP $ROOG FAMOUS FOR ITS REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO DESIGN THE YOUNGER BUT MOST SUCCESSFUL DESIGNER /RA )TO POST PRODUCTION HOUSE 4HE -ILL AWARDED WITH AN /SCAR FOR THE MOVIE 'LADIATOR AND "352 #ONSULTING WHICH HAS CHANGED THE RULES OF THE GAME AMONGST THEIR COMPETITORS 4HIS YEAR $ESIGN 7EEK WILL ALSO INCLUDE OTHER WORLD FAMOUS NAMES IN THE FIELD OF DESIGN ADVERTISING BRANDING ARCHITECTURE AND PUBLISHING AS WELL AS GATHERING NUMEROUS DOMESTIC EXPERTS AND YOUNG ARTISTS 3!.5 (/343 )4!,)!. !"342!#4 !24 6ISITORS TO THE 'ALLERY OF THE 3ERBIAN !CADEMY OF 3CIENCE AND !RTS 3!.5 WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE EXHIBITION !STTRATISIMO !BSTRACT !RT A GREAT RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF )TALIAN ABSTRACT ART FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE TH CENTURY !ROUND SEVENTY PIECES OF ART FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN COVERED IN THIS EXHIBITION WITH THE IDEA TO REPRESENT THE ARTISTS AND PERIODS OF DEVELOPMENT IN )TALIAN PAINTING FUTURISM CONCRETE APPROACH ) PHASE OF ABSTRACT ART 4HE EXHIBITION WHICH RUNS UNTIL ST -AY HAS BEEN IMPLE MENTED BY THE -INISTRY OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF )TALY THE )TALIAN %MBASSY IN "ELGRADE 3!.5 AND THE )TALIAN )NSTITUTE FOR #ULTURE IN "ELGRADE
THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE .ATIONAL -USEUM IN )TALY 4HIS IMPRES SIVE PRESENTATION COVERS PIECES OF &RENCH AND OTHER %UROPEAN ARTISTS FROM THE TH #ENTURY AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE TH CENTURY &ROM %DGAR $EGAS !UGUSTE 2ENOIR #LAUDE -ONET !LFRED 3ISLEY #AMILLE 0ISSARRO 0AUL #EZANNE (ENRI DE 4OULOUSE ,AUTREC AND 0AUL 'AUGUIN TO 0ABLO 0ICASSO 7ASSILY +ANDINSKY AND 0IET -ONDRIAN 4HE EXHIBITION HAS BEEN ORGANISED UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE %MBASSY OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF )TALY AND THE -INISTRY OF #ULTURE OF THE 2EPUBLIC OF )TALY "%,'2!$% $%3)'. 7%%+ 4HIS -AY SEES THE STAGING OF THE SECOND ANNUAL "ELGRADE $ESIGN 7EEK m "$7 TH TH -AY 4HIS YEARiS $ESIGN 7EEK THEME IS h0ROMENEi ;#HANGES= AND ARRANGEMENTS WILL COVER THREE BRANCHES )NNOVATION 2EVOLUTION AND %VOLUTION 7ITHIN THIS YEARiS "$7 THE FIRST GLOBAL "USINESS AND %DUCATIONAL #ONFERENCE IS TO BE HELD ENTITLED h#HANGE i IT IS BEING ORGANISED UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF 3ERBIAN 0RESIDENT "ORIS 4ADIÌ AND WILL TAKE PLACE FROM TH TO TH -AY IN THE FORMER &EDERATION 0ALACE 3)6 BUILDING ,ECTURERS ON THE #ONFERENCE WILL INCLUDE SUC CESSFUL OWNERS OF COMPANIES 3WAROWSKY !LESSI 'AIA AND 'INO WHO STAND OUT FROM THE COMPETITION IN TERMS OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOST COMPLEX BRANDING SECRETS 4HE #ONFERENCE PROGRAMME OF "ELGRADE $ESIGN 7EEK WILL TAKE PLACE IN .EW "ELGRADEiS 3AVA #ENTRE WHILE NUMEROUS OTHER ASSOCI ATED EVENTS WILL BE HELD IN OVER LOCATIONS IN THE CITY 4HE CENTRAL TOPICS OF THIS YEARiS #ONFERENCE ARE jFEMALE CREA TIVITY m TO BE PRESENTED BY THE WORKS OF FEMALE STARS IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ARCHITECTURE AND BUSINESS m AND jINNOVATIVE PUBLISHINGk m TO BE EXPLORED BY "$7iS GUESTS PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS OF THE LEADING DESIGN AND LIFESTYLE MAGAZINES IN THE WORLD &RAME $OMUS AND #REATIVE 2EVIEW 3PECIAL ATTENTION WILL CERTAINLY BE GIVEN TO THE PRESENTATION OF PARTNER COUNTRY THE .ETHERLANDS m A COUNTRY THAT CAN CERTAINLY OFFER THE VAST EXPERIENCE OF ITS LONG CULTURE OF DESIGNING TRADITION DEVEL OPED DESIGN STAGE AND ACCESSORY INDUSTRIES !MONGST OTHER "$7 GUESTS WILL BE :AHA (ADID 7INKA $UBBELDAM -ATALI #RASSET (ELLA *ONGERIUS AND 0ATRICIA 5RQUIOLA
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-.%-/39).% #%.42% 7).3 %5 !7!2$ 4HE %UROPEAN 5NION !WARD IN THE FIELD OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AWARDED BY THE ORGANISATION %UROPA .OSTRA WAS OFFICIALLY PRESENTED ON TH !PRIL TO THE "ELGRADE #ENTRE FOR 0RESERVATION OF (ERITAGE OF +OSOVO AND -ETOHIJA -NEMOSYNE FOR THE 3TUDY ON %NDANGERED (ERITAGE OF +OSOVO 4HE AWARD WAS FORMALLY HANDED OVER IN THE !TRIUM OF THE .ATIONAL -USEUM IN "ELGRADE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE )NTERNATIONAL $AY OF -ONUMENTS AND -ONUMENTAL 7HOLES 6ICE 0RESIDENT OF %UROPA .OSTRA $ENIS DE +ERGORLAY POINTED OUT THAT THE PROBLEMS OF PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE ARE NOT SUFFICIENTLY RECOGNISED IN PUBLIC ADDING THAT MANY CONSIDER THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS WHERE ONE SHOULDNiT INVEST ANY MORE (E ALSO NOTED THAT CULTURAL HERITAGE IS FACING MANY THREATS m BOTH IN TIMES OF WAR AND DURING PEACETIME #HAIRLADY OF -NEMOSYINE #ENTRE -IRJANA -ENKOVIÌ EXPRESSED HER GRATITUDE FOR THE AWARD BEFORE VOICING HER CONCERN OVER THE STALLED RENEWAL OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF +OSOVO AND -ETOHIJA 4HE -NEMOSYNE #ENTREiS 3TUDY ON (ERITAGE IN +OSOVO AND -ETOHIJA HAS BEEN COMPILED IN CO OPERATION BETWEEN 3ERBIAN AND )TALIAN EXPERTS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE 3ERBIAN /RTHODOX #HURCH 0ATRONS OF THE AWARD CEREMONY WERE THE -INISTRY OF #ULTURE OF 3ERBIA AND THE #ULTURE 3ECRETARIAT OF THE #ITY OF "ELGRADE -53%5- .)'(4 .IGHT OF -USEUMS IS A CONCEPT PRACTICED IN A LARGE NUMBER OF THE %UROPEAN CITIES AND IT HAS BEEN A MUST DO ACTIVITY IN "ELGRADE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS 4HIS YEARiS -USEUM .IGHT TO BE HELD ON TH -AY WILL INCLUDE HAPPENINGS EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS IN LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY m ALLOWING VISITORS TO AVOID THE CROWDS BY VISITING MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES FAR AND WIDE ACROSS "ELGRADE 3PECIAL TOURS ARE ALSO TO BE ORGANISED 4HESE INCLUDE THE (ISTORICAL 4OUR AND THE #ONTEMPORARY !RT 4OUR "ELGRADEiS #ITY 4RANSPORT WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THIS MANIFESTA TION &ROM PM TO AM ON THE NIGHT OF TH TH -AY ALL OF "ELGRADE MUSEUMS LARGE NUMBER OF GALLERIES AND FOREIGN CULTURE CENTRES WILL BE OPEN TO VISITORS ! NUMBER OF EXHIBITIONS ARE TO HAVE THEIR OFFICIAL OPENINGS DUR ING -USEUM .IGHT
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HE CELEBRATION OF THIS YEARiS ANNIVERSARY OF THE )NDEPENDENCE OF )SRAEL WILL PROVIDE THE OCCASION FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF CONCERTS IN "ELGRADE m INCLUDING THE CONCERT OF WORLD RENOWNED COUNTER TENOR $AVID $ /R ONE OF THE BEST ARTISTS OF )SRAEL AND A WELL KNOWN PERFORMER TO THE 3ERBIAN PUBLIC 4HE CONCERT WILL TAKE PLACE ON TH -AY IN 3AVA #ENTRE ORGANISED BY THE )SRAEL %MBASSY IN 3ERBIA 4HIS IMPORTANT EVENT IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE 3ERBIAN CAPITAL GAVE US REASON TO TALK TO ( % -RS 9AFFA "EN !RI !MBASSADOR OF )SRAEL IN 3ERBIA ABOUT THE CULTURAL CO OPERATION OF )SRAEL AND 3ERBIA ABOUT MOD ERN )SRAELI CULTURE THE AUTHENTIC CULTURE OF THE )SRAELI PEOPLE AND ABOUT OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO THIS TOPIC "ELGRADE STILL REMEMBERS THE CONCERT OF $AVID $ /R HELD THREE YEARS AGO 4HE SCOPE OF HIS VOICE OF FOUR OCTAVES PROGRAMME AND STAGE ARRANGEMENT LED TO AN INTENSE STANDING OVATION AND PROMPTED POSITIVE MEDIA CRITIQUES 4HIS TIME IN HONOUR OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE TH )NDEPENDENCE $AY OF )SRAEL THE CONCERT OF $AVID $ /R WILL CONSIST OF TWO PARTS )N THE FIRST PART HE SHALL PERFORM WITH THE "ELGRADE 0HILHARMONIC /RCHESTRA *APANESE SOPRANO SINGER 3EIKO ,EE AND THE /BILIÌ #HOIR 4OGETHER THEY WILL PLAY THE CANTATA FOR PEACE j(ALELAk DEDICATED TO TH *UBILEE OF 5NITED *ERUSALEM WHICH IS ALSO MARKED THIS YEAR j(ALELAk IS A COMPOSITION FOR SOLO SINGERS CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA INSPIRED BY PEACE GREETINGS IN #HRISTIANITY *UDAISM AND )SLAM j0EACE 3HALOM 3ALAAM !LEIKUMk 4HE #ONDUCTOR IS $AVID %ATON $IRECTOR OF THE .EW 9ORK 3YMPHONIC /RCHESTRA
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FOR OUR .ATIONAL $AY 4HIS YEAR WHEN -RS $ARINKA -ATIÌ -AROVIÌ THE #ONDUCTOR OF /BILIÌ #HOIR HEARD (ALELA SHE IMMEDIATELY AGREED TO PER FORM WITH $ /R AND m INSTEAD OF BRINGING THE MEMBERS OF HER CHORUS THAT WE HAD REQUESTED m SHE OFFERED ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE WHOLE CHOIR 3O WITH AROUND MUSICIANS OF THE "ELGRADE 0HILHARMONIC /RCHESTRA WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE OF THE 3AVA #ENTRE )N THE SECOND PART OF THE #ONCERT $ /R WILL SING GLOBAL HITS OPERA AND ARIAS FROM MUSICALS TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF HIS MUSIC GROUP $ /R HAS CLASSICAL EDUCATION (E GRADUATED FROM THE -USIC !CADEMY IN *ERUSALEM BUT IS VERY SUCCESSFUL ALSO IN POPULAR MUSIC HE HAS TWICE BEEN 3INGER OF THE YEAR IN )SRAEL AND HAS REPRESENTED HIS COUNTRY IN THE %UROVISION 3ONG #ONTEST $ /R HAS PREPARED A SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR THE "ELGRADE CONCERT AND WE ALSO EXPECT A SURPRISE IN THE FORM OF ONE SONG OF VERY POPULAR AND VERY FAMOUS 3ERBIAN POP SINGER WHICH SHALL BE SANG BY $ /R IN BOTH THE 3ERBIAN AND (EBREW LANGUAGES j)N THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE HAVE HELD A GALA CONCERT ON THE OCCASION OF )NDEPENDENCE $AY AND BESIDES ARTISTIC EVENTS FURTHERED CULTURAL CO PRODUCTION BETWEEN )SRAEL AND 3ERBIA 4HIS HAS ALREADY BECOME A TRADITION k SAYS !MBASSADOR "EN !RI j3UCH CONCERTS SHOW HOW MUCH WE ARE COMPATIBLE TEACH US THAT ALTHOUGH WE ARE DIFFERENT WE CAN BE HAPPY TOGETHER AND INVITE US TO RESPECT MUTUAL DIFFERENCES AND TO ENJOY IN THEM -EANING OUR CONCERTS ARE NOT ONLY ENJOYABLE ARTISTIC EVENTS BUT THEY ALSO SEND UNBIASED MESSAGE ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF )SRAEL AND 3ERBIA 4HEREFORE WE ARE VERY SATISFIED THAT 2ADIO 4ELEVISION 3ERBIA 243 HAS BEEN RECORDING OUR CELEBRATORY CONCERT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS IN ORDER TO TRANSFER THAT MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT PRESENT AT THE CONCERT 4HE ART REACHES THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE MUCH BETTER THAN WORDS OF ANY !MBASSADOR AND THAT IS ITS BEAUTY IT CARRIES THE BEAUTY OF ONE CULTURE TOWARDS THE OTHER )N THE %MBASSY OF )SRAEL THEY STRIVE TO PRESENT "ELGRADERS WITH ONE
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3ALAAM !LEIKUM OF THEIR BEST ARTISTS EACH YEAR !FTER $AVID $ /R WHO MADE HIS FIRST GUEST PERFORMANCE IN "ELGRADE IN 3HLOMIT !HARON AND 9EVGENI 3HAPOVALOV PRESENTED THEMSELVES IN AND LAST YEAR FAMOUS 2ITA THE REAL LADY OF )SRAELI MUSIC GRACED THE "ELGRADE STAGE 3HE PRESENTED HERSELF WITH A DIFFERENT REPERTOIRE TO THE ONE SHE USUALLY SINGS WITH POPULAR CLASSICAL MUSIC ARIAS AND SHE SUCCEEDED IN TOUCHING THE SOULS OF THE AUDIENCE 4HE ANNUAL CONCERTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO LIFE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE )SRAELI BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN "ELGRADE jWHILE THEY SUPPORT THE CELEBRATION OF THEIR )NDEPENDENCE $AY THEY ALSO SUPPORT CULTURAL CO OPERATION WITH THE 3ERBIAN SOCIETY )N THAT WAY THE MEMBERS OF OUR "USINESS &ORUM GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ARE EARNING THEIR PROFITS !ND ) AM VERY PROUD BECAUSE OF THATk SAYS -RS "EN !RI $URING THE COMPILING OF THIS ARTICLE THE j"ELGRADE $ANCE &ESTIVALk IS BEING HELD ACROSS THE CITY 4HERE 4ALIA 0AZ m )SRAELiS PRIMA BALLERINA m IS PARTICIPATING PROVIDING A DIRECT EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN TWO STATES IN THE FIELD OF PERFORMANCE ART 4ALIA 0AZ WAS -ANAGER OF THE /PERA "ALLET IN 4EL !VIV UNTIL RECENTLY AND BEFORE THAT SHE WAS EDU CATED IN )SRAEL GRADUATED FROM 2OYAL #ONSERVATORIUM IN 4HE (AGUE
PORTED BY THE -INISTRY OF &OREIGN !FFAIRS OF )SRAEL j4HIS IS LIKE SELLING ICE TO %SKIMOS BECAUSE YOUR CINEMATOGRAPHY IS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN IN THE WORLD k SAYS -RS "EN !RI IN JEST j9OUR $IRECTOR %MIR +USTURICA IS EXTREMELY POPULAR IN )SRAEL (E OPENED THE *ERUSALEM &ILM &ESTIVAL WITH HIS FILM »IVOT JE ÍUDO ,IFEiS A MIRACLE AND HAS PLAYED WITH HIS BAND IN 4EL !VIV (IS FILMS SHOW THAT WE ARE VERY CLOSE 4HE )SRAELI FILM "ALLOON PRESENTED AT THE LAST &EST HAS A SIMILAR CONCEPT TO THE FILM »IVOT JE ÍUDO /R FOR INSTANCE FILM 3KRENI LEVO NA KRAJU SVETA 4URN LEFT AT THE END OF THE WORLD WHICH WE USED TO OPEN THE 7EEK OF )SRAELI FILM TWO YEARS AGO IS A STORY ABOUT EMIGRANTS THAT DEEPLY MOVED THE "ELGRADE AUDIENCE j.ATURALLY WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS WE SHARE THE SAME PROBLEMS AND BY SHARING THEM WE LEARN HOW TO OVERCOME THEM !ND THAT IS IMPORTANT 4HEN FOR INSTANCE FILM (OD PO VODI 7ALK ON WATER SHOWS HOW TODAYiS GENERATIONS DEAL WITH .AZISM PEOPLE WHO CARRY IN THEIR HEART THE TRAGEDY OF THE PAST ARE STILL ALIVE TO THIS DAY )SRAEL IS FACING THOSE ATROCITIES NOT ONLY THAT WE WEEP OVER THEM BUT WE ALSO FACE THEM AND CONTINUE ON OUR WAY k $EFINING AUTHENTIC )SRAELI CULTURE IN HER OWN WORDS !MBASSADOR "EN !RI TELLS #OR$ j)SRAEL IS NOT ONLY THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE HISTORY OF
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OUR PEOPLE LASTING MORE THAN YEARS m FROM WHICH WE HAVE BEEN IN EXILE FOR YEARS BUT IT ALSO REPRESENTS THE CULTURE WE HAVE ABSORBED AND BROUGHT FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD 4ODAY IN )SRAEL THERE ARE AROUND SIX MILLION *EWS AND WE ARE PROUD OF OUR HISTORY AND ORIGIN BUT ALSO OF THE HISTORY OF *EWISH EXISTENCE IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE WE WERE GUESTS AND FROM WHICH WE HAVE RETURNED TO OUR COUNTRY &ROM THOSE COUNTRIES WE HAVE TAKEN PARTS OF THEIR CULTURES AND FROM THOSE PARTS WE HAVE CREATED OUR NEW )SRAELI CULTURE 4HIS IS A UNIQUE CREATION j)F YOU ARE OPEN TOWARDS INFLUENCES OF THE CULTURE OF ANOTHER COUN TRY YOU ENABLE YOUR IMAGINATION TO HAVE GREATER SCOPE AND YOU ADD MORE SKILLS TO YOUR HANDS SO YOU BECOME CREATIVE )F YOU ARE CLOSED IN YOUR ANGLE IF YOU ARE NOT EXPOSED TO THE INFLUENCE OF THE WORLD YOU ARE CONFINED 7HEN YOU ARE IN CONTACT WITH DIFFERENCES YOU ARE MORE CREA TIVE !DAPTING TO THE DIFFERENCES IS DIFFICULT BUT IS INTERESTING IT LEAVES YOU NO MOMENT OF BOREDOM $IFFERENCES REPRESENT CHALLENGE k 3HE CONCLUDES jIN THE END YOU SHOULD COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF #OME TO THE CONCERT OF THE MIRACULOUS $AVID $ /R AS THIS IS A FIRST HAND OPPORTUNITY TO SEE k CorD \ -AY
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HEN THE NIGHT COVERS THE CITY AND ALL EARLY BIRDS TURN OFF THE LIGHTS IN THEIR HOMES SOME DIFFERENT PEOPLE START TO COME OUT STRONGER MULTI COLOURED LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON AND BENEATH THEM STARTS A PARALLEL LIFE m NIGHTLIFE A WORLD EQUALLY AS FAST PACED AUTHENTIC AND FASCINATING AS ITS DAYLIGHT FUELLED hTWINi %TERNAL ARTISTIC INSPIRATION NIGHT LIFE IN .EW 9ORK ALSO ATTRACTED PHOTOGRAPHER ,ORENCE &ERICH WHO CAPTURED SOME OF THE MOST DAZ ZLING AND INTRIGUING MOMENTS OF THE "IG !PPLE TRYING TO REPRESENT THE SPIRIT OF THE CITY IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY )N FRONT OF HIS CAMERA HAVE APPEARED !NDY 7ARHOL ONLY A FEW MONTHS BEFORE DYING /RSON 7ELLES 'RACE *ONES "OY 'EORGE AND MANY MORE WELL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN .EW 9ORKERS SINCE THE FAMOUS j3TUDIO k PERIOD UNTIL TODAY j) AM ALL ABOUT .EW 9ORKiS NIGHT LIFE BECAUSE ) AM FASCINATED BY PEOPLE IN THAT TIME OF DAY AND ) DO NOT THINK THAT ) COULD FIND PEOPLE SO ORIGINAL AND EASYGOING ANYWHERE ELSE )F ) HAD LIVED IN 4RANSYLVANIA ) WOULD PROBABLY HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED COUNT $RACULA OR SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS ACTIVE BY NIGHT -AYBE THE BAKERS COPS PROSTITUTES m PEOPLE WHO DO THEIR JOB WHEN THE DAY ENDS .EW 9ORKiS NIGHTLIFE IS AMAZING
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HIS MONTH #OR$ BRINGS YOU THE FIRST EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH -ILOp 3TOJANOVIÌ AUTHOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE NEW OUTSTAND ING DOCUMENTARY fABAN !S AN ADDED EXTRA BONUS #OR$ READERS WILL HAVE THE SPECIAL PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING AN EXCLUSIVE PRE PREMIERE SCREENING OF fABAN AT "ELGRADEiS :VEZDARA 4HEATRE THIS -AY TO BE ATTENDED BY -R 3TOJANOVIÌ AND fABAN HIMSELF 9OU ARE ONE OF "ELGRADEiS MOST INDUSTRIOUS THEATRE PER FORMERS HAVING APPEARED IN THE PLAY $OKTOR fUSTER ;$OCTOR #OBBLER= AND ,ARI 4OMSON TRAGEDIJA JEDNE MLADOSTI ;,ARRY 4HOMSON m 4RAGEDY OF /NE 9OUTH= AT THE :VEZDARA 4HEATRE OVER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY TIMES 7HAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON WHY THESE PLAYS HAVE RUN FOR SO LONG AND PROVED SO SUCCESSFUL 4HE THEATRICAL ART HAS VARIOUS LAYERS AND CONTAINS MANY ASPECTS 4HE PRINCIPAL FACTOR THOUGH IS TO FIND AN OUTSTANDING SCRIPT m BE IT FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC m AND UNITE IT WITH AN APPROPRIATE
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fABAN HAS THE REPUTATION OF BEING EXTREMELY EXTRAVAGANT AND PROBLEM ATIC (OW DID YOU PERSONALLY FIND IT TO WORK AND CO OPERATE WITH HIM ) ATTENTIVELY LISTENED TO HIS MUSIC AND REALISED THAT HE SINGS THE TRUTH 4RUTH WAS ALSO THE MOST IMPORTANT THINK ) COULD OFFER fABAN 4HIS IS HOW WE UNDERSTOOD AND ACKNOWLEDGED EACH OTHER 4HE DOCUMENTARY REVEALS A VERY HONEST PERSONAL AND IN DEPTH PIC TURE OF fABANiS LIFE (OW DID YOU SUCCEED IN GAINING SUCH RARE ACCESS TO THE REAL HIM AND HOW WERE YOU ACCEPTED BY HIS FAMILY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES &ROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE SHOOTING PROCESS ) WAS AWARE THAT fABAN IS SEVENTY YEARS OLD AS WELL AS THAT HE IS VERY SENSITIVE CONSIDERING HIS WAY OF LIVING AND EVERYTHING HE HAS BEEN THROUGH ) KNEW EXACTLY WHAT ) WANTED FROM HIM AND ) WAS VERY PLEASED WITH OUR WORK EVEN THROUGH THERE WERE MANY SURPRISES 4HE ATMOSPHERE BETWEEN ALL PEO PLE INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS FILM WAS BASED ON WARMTH SUPPORT AND TEAM WORK ) WAS OPEN TO ALL OF fABANiS SUGGESTIONS AND EVERYONE WAS RELAXED BECAUSE OF THIS UNDERSTANDING WE ALL HAD TOWARDS EACH OTHER 6ERY OFTEN BECAUSE OF THIS GOOD ATMOSPHERE THERE WAS NO DIVISION BETWEEN CAST AND CREW 4HIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN GAIN WITH MUTUAL TRUST
(OW DO YOU THINK THE AUDIENCE WILL ACCEPT THE DOCUMENTARY AND HOW IF AT ALL COULD THIS FILM HELP FURTHER DEMYS TIFY 3ERBIAiS 2OMA MUSIC SCENE /NLY TIME WILL TELL OF THE REACTION OF THE AUDIENCE TO OUR DOCUMENTARY ) HAVE TO STRESS THAT THOSE OF US WHO CREATED THIS FILM ATTEMPTED TO MUSICALLY AND VISUALLY PORTRAY THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE 4HIS FILM FRAMES SOME INFINITE THEMES SUCH AS FREEDOM AND LOVE WHERE FOOTBALL SINGING AND ALL OTHER THINGS IMPORTANT TO fABAN GET WEAVED INTO ONE ANOTHER SO COMPLEX YET SO SIM PLE 4HIS IS EXACTLY HOW 3ERBIAiS 2OMA MUSIC SCENE LOOKS
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