The tenth anniversary of the forming of the first democratic Serbian government after October 5 changes, which was headed by Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić, is marked today. ÄinÄ‘ić, who was at the helm of the Democratic Party (DS), at the time told MPs that, after the ousting of Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević and his regime, Serbia “has once again took its faith into its own hands,” and that his government “obtained a mandate for changes from the people on the streets of Serbia.”
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“ÄinÄ‘ić cabinet planned Kosovo’s partition”
Former high-ranking member of the Democratic Party (DS) and former Serbian PM Zoran Živković says there were plans in the early 2000s to partition Kosovo. In an interview for Belgrade’s Vreme weekly, Živković said the first post-MiloÅ¡ević era government “would’ve fallen anyway, even if Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić had not been killed”.
Political background of ÄinÄ‘ić murder to be probed?
An ex-ÄinÄ‘ić family lawyer says no “aggravated circumstances” stand in the way of launching an investigation into the political background of the assassination.
Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić was shot and killed in March 2003 while serving as Serbia’s prime minister. Members of a disbanded security services unit, JSO, and a crime gang known as the Zemun Clan have been tried and found guilty in the case.
Political background of ÄinÄ‘ić murder to be probed?
An ex-ÄinÄ‘ić family lawyer says no “aggravated circumstances” stand in the way of launching an investigation into the political background of the assassination.
Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić was shot and killed in March 2003 while serving as Serbia’s prime minister. Members of a disbanded security services unit, JSO, and a crime gang known as the Zemun Clan have been tried and found guilty in the case.
ÄinÄ‘ić murder conspirator found wounded
Sretko Kalinić, one of the Zemun Clan gangsters guilty of the murder of Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić still at large, was found in suburban Zagreb, Croatia. Reports said that he was shot twice on Tuesday around noon, and according to Serbian police (MUP) Director Milorad Veljović, he is now in a Zagreb hospital, in a stable condition.
“ÄinÄ‘ić wanted Serbia reconciled with West and East”
Serbia’s first democratic prime minister and reformer Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić marked Serbia’s path leading to the EU. He strongly believed that it was his generation that was given the task to reconcile the isolated and devastated Serbia with the rest of the world, both with the West and the East, Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković said on Friday.
Tribute paid at ÄinÄ‘ić grave
Family members and state officials paid their respects to late Prime Minister Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić laying wreaths and flowers at his grave in Belgrade. ÄinÄ‘ić’s widow Ružica and his son Luka arrived to the cemetery with President Boris Tadić, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković, Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Äelić, and Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac.
“State gave ÄinÄ‘ić killer apartment”
The man who fired the bullet that killed Prime Minister Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić was three years prior to the assassination given an apartment by the state. From 1997 until 2007, 2,166 state-owned apartments were “given out”, one of them – a 60 sq meter two-bedroom place – to Zvezdan Jovanović.
B92 editor-in-chief, ÄinÄ‘ić widow get top French accolade
Ružica ÄinÄ‘ić, who heads the Dr. Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić Fund, and B92′s Editor-in-Chief Veran Matić are among the recipients of this year’s Legion of Honor. The explanation of the decision to award them the highest French order, presented by that country’s president, says that Matić is recognized in order to honor “the fight for the freedom of the media he has led at the helm of B92″.



