The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Belgrade - New Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic assumed office from predecessor Vojislav Kostunica Tuesday, a day after promising to return the country to its European path, along with economic prosperity and stability. Cvetkovic, 58, was inaug...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Mirko Cvetkovic, a member of Tadic's party and a former finance minister, will succeed Vojislav Kostunica as prime minister. Kostunica, a nationalist, helped lead the revolution that overthrew Milosevic in 2000 but has since embraced an anti-Western position.Ivica Dacic, the leader of the Socialist Party, will become Cvetkovic's deputy as well as the new interior minister, putting...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Cvetkovic, a member of Tadic's party and a former finance minister, will succeed Vojislav Kostunica as prime minister. Kostunica, a nationalist, helped lead the revolution that overthrew Milosevic in 2000, but has since embraced an anti-Western position.Ivica Dacic, the leader of the Socialist Party, will become Cvetkovic's deputy as well as the new interior minister, putting the...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... a member of Tadic's party, who was previously finance minister, is expected to succeed Vojislav Kostunica as prime minister. Kostunica, a nationalist, helped lead the revolution that overthrew Milosevic in 2000, but has since adopted trenchant anti-Western rhetoric.Ivica Dacic, leader of the Socialist Party, is poised to become Cvetkovic's deputy as well as the new interior minister,...
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Boris Tadic has appointed economist Cvetkovic prime minister of the new administration, whose formation ends five months of political deadlock triggered by Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.The outgoing coalition, a shaky union of Tadic's pro-Europeans and the nationalists of Vojislav Kostunica, collapsed in March over a dispute about a preparatory agreement for EU accession.That...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
... outgoing coalition, a shaky union of Tadic's pro-Europeans and the nationalists of Vojislav Kostunica, collapsed in March over a dispute about a preparatory agreement for EU accession.That came after most EU nations recognised Kosovo's independence, a move rejected by Serbia which has pledged to keep its former province within its borders."I pledge allegiance to the Republic of Serbia and...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... the May 11 snap parliamentary poll, which was forced when the cabinet of his predecessor, Vojislav Kostunica, fell in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence. The coalition of Democrats and Socialists averted the prospect of an ultra-nationalist government, which could have turned Serbia away from its pro-European course. The nationalist camp of two parties has 108 seats in opposition....
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... previous government collapsed early in March when nationalist Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said he refused to govern alongside the Democratic Party after it insisted on pursuing EU membership, despite the majority of EU states' having recognized Kosovo's independence.The Democrats emerged as the largest party in the May 11 elections, but failed to achieve a majority in parliament. They...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
... unbelievably scandalous," said Milos Aligrudic, a top official in outgoing Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia. "The acquittal of a proven war criminal is scandalous, to say the least," said Suzana Grubjesic of the G17 Plus party, a member of President Boris Tadic's pro-European coalition. A spokesman for Tadic's Democratic Party said the ruling "undermines" the...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
... with the increasingly nationalistic Democratic Party of Serbia of outgoing Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica. The two parties have 78 and 30 seats respectively.The government may have the support of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), with 13 votes, when it tables laws which would accelerate Serbia's stalled progress toward European Union membership.There are three minority representatives...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
... with the increasingly nationalistic Democratic Party of Serbia of outgoing Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica. The two parties have 78 and 30 seats respectively. The government may have the support of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), with 13 votes, when it tables laws which would accelerate Serbia's stalled progress toward European Union membership. There are three minority representatives...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
... expert little known to the broad public until his promotion to finance minister in Vojislav Kostunica's outgoing cabinet in May 2007. The pro-European bloc behind Tadic's DS, plus late strongman Slobodan Milosevic's Socialists and four representatives of the Hungarian minority have combined for 126 seats, the minimum majority in the assembly of 250. The coalition may have the support of...
