http://www.wikio.com/search=Boris Tadic Wikio - Boris Tadic http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=63125676 After a marathon session on Friday night, the Serbian parliament passed a law paving the way for a new cabinet headed by economist Mirko Cvetkovic. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:54:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=63125676 2008-07-05T15:54:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=63090616 Belgrade - After a marathon session on Friday night, the Serbian parliament passed a law paving the way for a new cabinet headed by economist Mirko Cvetkovic. Parliament, in a sitting filibustered by the opposition, also passed a law on 24 ministries... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:50:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=63090616 2008-07-05T06:50:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=63046584 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=63046584 2008-07-04T16:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=63025533 Belgrade - Serbia paved the way for a new government on Friday after pro European Democratic party (DS) led by president Boris Tadic, and late strongman Slobodan Milosevic's Socialists signed a coalition agreement. The agreement states principles an... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:49:03 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=63025533 2008-07-04T14:49:03Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62878759 Belgrade/The Hague - Serbian parties on Thursday reacted angrily to the overturning of the 2006 conviction of a Bosnian Muslim warlord Naser Oric for war crimes against Serbs in the 1992-1995 war. The decision by the Appeals Chamber of The Hague-base... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:46:01 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62878759 2008-07-03T12:46:01Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62662235 LAGONISSI (Greece), July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Serbia's new cabinet could be formed by July 4, President Boris Tadic said on Tuesday. Addressing reporters at the Socialist International congress in... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:02:25 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62662235 2008-07-01T20:02:25Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62565712 Anybody who’s interested in Kosovo has long since bookmarked this incredibly useful page. Scroll down a bit and you’ll see that it lists every country that has recognized Kosovo (current tally: 43) plus the official statements of almost every country that hasn’t. That’s plenty of fun reading by itself, but it gets even more interesting [...] Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:42:20 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62565712 2008-07-01T07:42:20Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62380132 The nominee, Mirko Cvetkovic, is expected to focus on Serbia's drive to enter the European Union while trying to improve its economy. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:42:42 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62380132 2008-06-29T17:42:42Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62294153 Mirko Cvetkovic is expected to focus on Serbia's drive to enter the European Union while trying to improve its economy. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:09:47 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62294153 2008-06-28T13:09:47Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62255844 President Boris Tadic picked outgoing finance minister Mirko Cvetkovic to lead the new Serbian government composed of members from the liberal Democratic Party and the Socialist Party. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:53:12 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62255844 2008-06-28T00:53:12Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62230912 Belgrade - President Boris Tadic on Friday designated outgoing finance minister Mirko Cvetkovic to head the new Serbian government, with the priority task of reviving the troubled country's ties with the European Union. Cvetkovic, 58, would run a cab... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:56:01 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62230912 2008-06-27T19:56:01Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62218573 Belgrade - President Boris Tadic on Friday designated the outgoing finance minister Mirko Cvetkovic to head the new Serbian government, with the priority task of reviving the troubled country's ties with the European Union. Cvetkovic, 58, would run a... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:42:01 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62218573 2008-06-27T17:42:01Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62176010 This article of mine appears in The Morning Star . Since it was written, the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) has, as predicted, announced that it would enter into a coalition with Boris Tadic's DS. As a keen horse-racing fan I've enjoyed attending many big race meetings around the world. But by far my most politically instructive day at the races occurred in Belgrade back in the 1990s, when I was lucky enough to attend the Yugoslav Derby. About midway through the afternoon my Serbian friend pointed out a figure in a private box at the top of the stands. It was a middle-aged man wearing an immaculate suit, surrounded by three beautiful women. The champagne was flowing and the man was puffing on an enormous cigar. "That's Zoran Djindjic". my friend informed me. "He's an opposition politician and probably the biggest critic of President Milosevic", he went on. Later that afternoon we saw Djindjic- and his female admirers - leave the racecourse in a luxurious car. Whenever I hear western politicians or journalists describe Slobodan Milosevic (pictured above) as a 'dictator' I always think of that day at the races and the first time I saw Zoran Djindjic. For an opposition leader and critic of the government in a 'dictatorship', Djindjic certainly didn't seem to be having too bad a time of things. Of course, the description of Yugoslavia under Milosevic as a 'dictatorship' was pure hogwash. A vibrant multi-party democracy was in operation- but the only thing wrong with the system from the west's viewpoint was that the wrong party- i.e. Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) kept winning the elections. Unlike other Socialist parties in the region, who by this time had morphed into pro-globalist New Labour style parties, the Serbian Socialists didn't ditch socialism. Under Milosevic around 70% of the economy remained in social ownership. The government's policies put the interests of ordinary people- and not global capital- first. Faux-leftist critics of Milosevic in the west routinely point to the privatisation of Serb Telecom- and the role played by former British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd in brokering the sale for the Nat West Bank as evidence that Milosevic's government wasn't really 'socialist' But they usually neglect to mention that only a minority stake in Serb Telecom was sold and the sale only came about as an emergency measure to raise money for state coffers to counter the impact of western sanctions- the most draconian sanctions ever imposed on a European state. The fact was that the government in Belgrade refused to adopt the neoliberal policies the west- and its agencies such as the World Bank and the IMF insist upon. And for their refusal to 'liberalise' the Yugoslav economy, both Milosevic and his party, were to pay a heavy price. Having been toppled in a coup d'etat, organised, choreographed and financed (to the tune of $70m) by the US State Department, Milosevic then had to suffer the ignominy of being illegally kidnapped, and bundled into a RAF aeroplane to stand trial at The Hague-to answer politically motivated charges before a tribunal staffed and financed by the very powers who had waged an illegal and brutal war against his country only two years earlier. And the Serbian politician responsible for Milosevic being handed over to his country's enemies was- you've guessed it -Zoran Djindjic-who had become Prime Minister following the anti-socialist coup. While Djindjic lived the life of Riley as an opposition leader in the years of Milosevic's 'dictatorship'; there was to be no days at the races for Milosevic, sipping champagne and smoking cigars, when the men's roles were reversed. But the West- and their agents in Serbia- didn't just need to remove Milosevic from the political scene- they needed to neutralise the Socialist Party of Serbia. In the aftermath of the 2000 coup, SPS offices were raided and destroyed and officers of the party were attacked and beaten. The party was marginalised and denied access to the state media, now in the hands of the opposition. Many members of the SPS left the party to join the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) which began to adopt more left-wing policies. But after seven years of seeing its fortunes decline, the Socialist Party is once again a factor in Serbian politics. In May's general election, the party was left holding the balance of power. From being the pariahs of Serbian politics, the SPS is now the party that everyone wants to be friends with. And that includes the fanatically pro-EU 'Democratic' Party (DS)-the party of the late Zoran Djindjic. The DS's current leader, the Serbian President, Boris Tadic, having spent most of his career attacking the policies of the Milosevic era, is now sounding rather more conciliatory as he attempt to entice the SPS into a 'pro European coalition'."I'm convinced that the SPS is prepared for permanent reforms and finding a way out into the future," Tadic told a meeting of his party last week- urging them to "join hands with those you fought against during the Nineties". Sadly, it seems increasingly likely that the SPS leader, Ivica Dacic will accept Tadic's offer. The pressure is coming not just from Tadic, but from western powers desperate to prevent the SPS from joining the SRS and the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) in a 'patriotic' coalition that would defend Serbia's national interests. The Dutch daily Handelsblad, has quoted an unnamed Western diplomat in Belgrade as saying that the American and British ambassadors "are in the cockpit of forming the new Serbian government". While not denying that he has met with Dacic, the British Ambassador says he doesn't' feel as if he is "directing people" but "discussing the situation with them, explaining how would Europe see certain issues." If Dacic does do what the US and Britain want -and take his party into a DP led- coalition, he will be ignoring the opinions of the vast majority of his party's supporters, who loathe the DP and its neoliberal allies. Serbia's leading philosopher Mihajlo Markovic, who is also one of the founders of the SPS, has warned that Dacic joining a DS-led coalition would be a death blow to both the SPS and to Serbia. "Already this year there is a shortage of the money received from privatization in the state budget. How shall we fill the budget in the future, when the plunder and the wholesale of everything this society has created in the past five decades soon comes to its end?" Markovic said. In an attempt to assuage concern among the party's supporters, SPS Vice-President Slavica Dukić-Dejanović has pledged that the party would never disown the legacy of Slobodan Milosevic. "We didn't do that even when we were at our lowest ebb, and when they wanted to pull us apart. He was the founder of the party and a historical personality, and we have to move towards reinforcing an ideological and reformist spirit". But it is difficult to see how entering a coalition with the party whose former leader was responsible for sending Milosevic to The Hague- and signing up to a pro-privatisation, neoliberal 'reformist' economic agenda can be seen as anything other than disowning the legacy of the former Yugoslav President. It seems that the upper ranks of the SPS would like the party to go the way of all the other Socialist Parties in the region-in other words, to ditch socialism and do exactly what the west tells it to do. Let's hope the party's members can yet save the day. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=62176010 2008-06-27T11:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61962494 Belgrade - Serbia came a step closer to a new, pro-European government Wednesday when Parliament broke through obstruction by the opposition to elect a new speaker. The appointment of Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, a high-ranking official of the late Slob... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:11:09 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61962494 2008-06-25T21:11:09Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61893262 Source: Reuters By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA, June 25 (Reuters) - Kosovo's new U.N. governor said on Wednesday he would launch "shuttle diplomacy" between Pristina and Serbia, in a bid to address the Serb ... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:57:21 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61893262 2008-06-25T11:57:21Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61869811 It looks like Boris Tadic’s Democrats have hammered out a coalition with the small but crucial-for-a-majority Socialists. They tried to convene Parliament a couple of days ago, but the soon-to-be-opposition parties disrupted it. They’re trying again today. If they do form a government, it would be after a mere 44 days of negotiation. [...] Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:40:28 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61869811 2008-06-25T08:40:28Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61857509 Serbian President Boris Tadic has wiped a huge slate clean by taking the late strongman Slobodan Milosevic's Socialists (SPS) as coalition partners of his Democratic Party (DS). Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:51:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61857509 2008-06-25T05:51:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61807935 Main committee of Socialist Party of Serbia decided to form a government with coalition gathered around Democratic Party. This means Serbia will continue on its way towards European Union integration. On this issue, all other political options had similar goals. The only difference was policy on southern Serbian province Kosovo, which recently declared illegal independence. Many bloggers reacted to this news as if Slobodan Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia is about to come to power, again after silent revolution that occurred in 2000. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:54:03 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61807935 2008-06-24T18:54:03Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61780505 Belgrade - Serbia moved Tuesday toward forming a new governing coalition as politicians said they expect to present a cabinet within days and scheduled a crucial vote for the assembly speaker. Pro-European President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party (DS... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:48:02 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61780505 2008-06-24T15:48:02Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61783867 Serbia's pro-European camp looks set to from an unlikely coalition government with the Socialists of the late Slobodan Milosevic, ending months of political deadlock after the government collapsed in the wake of Kosovo's independence. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:15:48 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Boris+Tadic?rinfoid=61783867 2008-06-24T15:15:48Z