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Koštunica snubbed in tower ceremony

Opposition DSS leader Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica was not invited to attend the opening of the renovated Avala Tower. Work on the restoration of the television transmitter began in 2005, at which time KoÅ¡tunica was prime minister. The transmitter and the surrounding structures were destroyed in NATO’s attacks on Serbia in 1999.

Koštunica: Kosovo first on agenda with SNS

Opposition DSS leader Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica said that his party’s cooperation with opposition SNS would be dominated by the issue of Kosovo. The first item of our possible program would have to be that Serbia can only join the EU together with its southern province, KoÅ¡tunica said commenting on the offer of SNS leader Tomislav Nikolić that SNS, DSS and New Serbia (NS) start writing a joint program for “the future government of Serbia”.

Koštunica: New policy needed for EU

DSS leader Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica said that the “EU has not alternative” policy should be replaced with normal policies that will keep the country together. “Life and the example of the conference in Slovenia confirms that it would have be good for Serbia to implement these thought-out state-preserving policies over the last two years instead of empty and superficial policies such as the current government’s ‘EU has no alternative’,” the former prime minister stated.

Koštunica: Kosovo will never be state

Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica stated that Kosovo “could never be a state, but only a temporary robbery and usurpation with the help of foreign powers.“ “Serbian people living in Kosovo and Metohija represent the Serbian state and they are the best living witnesses that there is no state of Kosovo. That’s why a pogrom was carried out on March 17 six years ago, with a goal to finish the ethnic cleansing of Serbs, and none of the crimes’ organizers have been punished,“ the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) president said.

Koštunica: Secret agreement with EULEX

Opposition DSS leader Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica has once again accused the government of signing a “secret agreement” with EULEX about “recognizing Kosovo”. “The current government has signed a secret agreement with EULEX about the recognition of Kosovo’s borders which is being secretly implemented, since it has not been published in the Official Gazette. It is clear that this agreement is anti-constitutional and that is why current authorities have been illegally implementing it,” the DSS leader stated.

Koštunica reelected DSS president

The assembly of the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) reelected Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica as the party’s president on Sunday evening. DSS spokesman Andreja Mladenović told Tanjug that DSS assembly elected Aleksandar Popović, Dragan Jočić, MiloÅ¡ Aligrudić, Slobodan Samardžić, Nened Popović, Miroslav Petković, Milica Radović and Milos Jovanović as vice-presidents.

Koštunica: Elections needed to end agony

Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) President Vojislav Koštunica said that early elections are the only way out of “the agony Serbia is currently in.” He said that strikes and poverty are spreading throughout Serbia and that the citizens are aware that the current government are the only ones to blame for the current situation.

Koštunica: Opposition wants new elections

Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) leader Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica said that all opposition parties need to work together to get new elections announced. He told daily Danas that not only the opposition wants to see changes in the country. KoÅ¡tunica said that all the citizens want to see changes, adding that “the situation in the country is very difficult and is getting worse every day.”

Koštunica: Only whole Serbia should join Europe

Leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica has held a number of meetings at the Congress of the European People’s Party (EPP). At the gathering, held in Bonn, Germany on December 9-10, Serbia’s former prime minister for two terms said he insisted that in the dialogue with Serbia’s European partners, the country should be treated as a whole.

Koštunica: Statute urges separatism

Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) leader Vojislav Koštunica said that the Vojvodina statute proposal is unconstitutional and urges separatism. He also said that the goal of the statute is to create “a state within a state.”

KoÅ¡tunica to form “new political block”

DSS leader Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica has announced the creation of a new political block bringing together the national opposition, NGOs and all who care about Serbia. “The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) cannot cooperate with those who lost the country’s southern province and are now calling into question its northern province, Vojvodina, through an anti-constitutional statute,” KoÅ¡tunica told Tanjug yesterday.

“KoÅ¡tunica expects early elections”

Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) leader Vojislav Koštunica expects early elections, after which the current opposition would take power. “Great pressure from aggrieved, impoverished and disenchanted citizens will force the authorities to call early parliamentary elections, and the opposition to unite and create a new, nationally responsible government,” Koštunica told daily Novosti.

Koštunica: Elections needed to end agony

Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) leader Vojislav Koštunica called on the government to announce emergency parliamentary elections. He said that the government is “holding the entire nation as a hostage to the relations within the ruling coalition.”