Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz’s stand is that Serbian secret services did not do enough to arrest the fugitives, Deputy PM Božidar Äelić said.
“Without ascertainment of full cooperation with The Hague there will be no beginning of negotiations on Serbia’s EU membership,†he told daily Blic.
Deputy PM Božidar Äelić says the EU would not impose any additional requirements before Serbia regarding Kosovo and Metohija. They would also not condition the country “with any particular outcome” of the forthcoming Belgrade-PriÅ¡tina dialogue, according to him.
Deputy PM Božidar Äelić told Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland in Strasbourg that Serbia did not want to politicize Dick Marty’s report.
Serbia’s goal was to ensure justice for the innocent victims.
Deputy PM Božidar Äelić will address the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and present Belgrade’s plans for 2011 regarding the EU integration.
Äelić will inform the EP members that Serbia expects to get the EU candidate status in 2011, Tanjug learned in Äelić’s cabinet.
PriÅ¡tina-based daily Koha Ditore criticized Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Äelić over his statement about Serbia’s fight for Kosovo during his visit to Prizren.
Äelić visited Prizren on Christmas and spoke about Serbia’s “fight†for Kosovo and said that Belgrade would not renounce Kosovo.
Deputy PM Božidar Äelić says that blank resignation letters should be repealed by June.
He told daily Blic that transparency of financing of political parties would also be improved.
Serbia’s Deputy PM Božidar Äelić met on Tuesday in Belgrade with representatives of Hewlett-Packard (HP).
Äelić – who is also minister for technology and science in the current cabinet – and HP Personal Systems Group in EMEA General Manager Achim Kuttler discussed the possibilities of cooperation regarding scientific and technological development, said reports.
Quick and determined reshuffle of the government could contribute to European integrations, said Deputy PM Božidar Äelić, daily Danas reported.
“Quality reshuffle can contribute to government’s efficiency. On the other hand, frequent changes are not good for work,†he was quoted as saying.
Deputy PM Božidar Äelić said on Wednesday he expected Serbia to enter EU accession negotiations by the end of the current government’s mandate. After EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fuele presented Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković with the European Commission questionnaire, Äelić told Tanjug he believed the government and the people would now work towards EU membership just as hard as they did in order to be able to travel to the Schengen area without EU visas.
Deputy PM Božidar Äelić has said that the recommendations of the European Commission (EC) to Serbia have to be met by mid-2011. In an interview published by VeÄernje Novosti today, Äelić said that he would hand the Government 2011 Action Plan for the EU to European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele on November 24, when Fuele is scheduled to bring the EC questionnaire.
Deputy PM Božidar Äelić stated on Wednesday that he expects the government to discuss the new EC enlargement report. This would be followed by adoption of a 10-point action plan next week, explained he.
Serbia should be proud of its anti-Fascist past because it had the courage to take the right side during the 1930’s and 1940’s, Deputy PM Božidar Äelić said.
He pointed out that “Yugoslavia” sided with the Soviet Union and the United States, and together with them fought against “this plague of our civilizationâ€.
Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Äelić has stated that the issue of Kosovo-Metohija has to be solved previous to Serbia’ EU accession, which is not viable before 2015. The unanimous decision of the EU foreign ministers to forward Serbia’s EU candidacy application to the European Commission (EC) has been another step forward in our vision of the EU accession. It is clear that Serbia will not join the EU before 2015, Äelić said in an interview for the Vienna-based daily Die Presse.
Deputy PM Božidar Äelić says that it is very important for the process of EU integrations that media in Serbia report news truthfully.
He said that the media in modern democratic society were nobody’s instrument but participants in society.
Deputy PM Božidar Äelić says that it is very important for the process of EU integrations that media in Serbia report news truthfully.
He said that the media in modern democratic society were nobody’s instrument but participants in society.
Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Äelić will head a Serbian delegation at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual session in Washington. The meetings will take place October 7-10, the minister’s office has announced.
Deputy PM Božidar Äelić says the project of nuclear decommissioning of the VinÄa Nuclear Institute should be completed by the end of 2010. Äelić, who is heading Serbia’s delegation at the 54th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna today, said that this was the conclusion of his meeting with IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, but also with crucial Serbia’s partners – Europe, Russia and the U.S.
Serbian Deputy PM Božidar Äelić will head Serbia’s delegation at the 54th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna Monday. His cabinet said in a statement today in Belgrade that the minister will address the plenary session, after which he will meet with IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano.
Deputy PM Božidar Äelić expects that talks between Belgrade and PriÅ¡tina, under the auspices of European union, will include discussion on Kosovo’s status. “We are ready for the talks. I would like to remind that it was Belgrade, together with all 27 EU members, five of which have not recognized Kosovo, that suggested a dialog should be initiated”, he said.
Deputy PM Božidar Äelić has stated that Belgrade is taking into consideration all possible outcomes of the United Nation General Assembly Kosovo debate. Serbian has submitted its draft resolution, and, according to him, is trying to win over the majority of votes for the adoption of the resolution.
