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“No Kosovo-style cleansing in Londonâ€
October 30th, 2010 |
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London Mayor Boris Johnson has raised dust with his statement that he “will not allow Kosovo-style social cleansing of Londonâ€.
Johnson reacted to government’s proposal to cut housing benefits.
Russian president fires Moscow mayor
September 28th, 2010 |
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The Kremlin said Tuesday that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree firing Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov. According to the decree, Luzhkov, mayor since 1992, was removed because he “lost the Russian Federation president’s confidence.”
Memorial plaque for Taton
September 18th, 2010 |
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Belgrade Mayor Dragan Äilas and French Ambassador to Serbia Jean Francois Terral unveiled on Friday a memorial plaque to the French football fan Brice Taton. He died after being brutally beaten up in Belgrade in September 2009.
Levi Johnston Running For Mayor Of Wasilla As Part Of Reality Show!
August 10th, 2010 |
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Life after Bristol’s looking pretty sweet for Levi Johnston. The strapping Alaskan has landed a new reality TV series that will shadow his attempt to follow in Sarah Palin’s footsteps as the next mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Variety tattled Monday. It’s all for his new non-scripted series, Loving Levi: The Road to the Mayor’s Office. Oh brother…..The [...]
Speaker, Podgorica mayor meet
July 3rd, 2010 |
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Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Äukić-Dejanović met Friday with Podgorica Mayor Miomir MugoÅ¡a, who is on an official visit to Belgrade. “I am convinced that we will soon have more of these kinds of meetings between Serbian and Montenegrin officials, which will benefit both our people,” said Äukić-Dejanović.
Former Belgrade mayor, intellectual dies
June 19th, 2010 |
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Former Belgrade mayor Dr. Bogdan Bogdanović died at the age of 87, according to his family. Bogdanović serves as Belgrade mayor from 1982 to 1986 and passed away in Vienna, where he had lived for the past decade.
Belgrade mayor meets with Serbs in Kosovo
May 26th, 2010 |
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Belgrade Mayor Dragan Äilas visited Serbs returnees in village of Novake near Prizren on Tuesday. He presented them with a van for transporting people and goods, donated by the city.
Belgrade mayor to visit Kosovo
May 25th, 2010 |
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Belgrade Mayor Dragan Äilas will visit Kosovo this Tuesday and present humanitarian aid to Serb residents of several villages. This is according to a Belgrade city administration announcement, carried by Tanjug news agency.
Mayor wants massacre commemoration banned
April 28th, 2010 |
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Sarajevo Mayor Alija Behmen has requested that a planned commemoration of the DobrovoljaÄka Street massacre be prohibited. The mayor sent an urgent request to the Interior Ministry of the Sarajevo Canton, demanding a ban of the gathering which has been announced by a subcommittee set up to mark the anniversary
Belgrade mayor opens new Avala Tower
April 22nd, 2010 |
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The new Avala Tower, one of the symbols of Belgrade destroyed in the 1999 NATO bombing, opened on April 21. The structure was rebuilt in the same spot on the Avala Hill outside of Belgrade.
DSS wants mayor sacked over trees
March 19th, 2010 |
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Councilors from the opposition DSS- NS coalition in the Belgrade City Assembly have submitted a motion to dismiss Mayor Dragan Äilas. They said that the move came because of Äilas’ responsibility for material damage worth EUR 3mn, incurred by the felling of hundreds of plane trees from the city’s Kralja Aleksandra Blvd.
Mayor: Poverty drives asylum seekers
March 11th, 2010 |
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Bujanovac Municipal President Saip Kamberi stated that economic underdevelopment of that part of Serbia caused a large number of citizens to go to EU countries. “It is certain that all those who left after the visa liberalization will come back,†Kamberi said and repeated that visa-free travel to the EU did not mean an opportunity to get political asylum.
Disgraced mayor becomes SNS official
February 8th, 2010 |
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Former Zrenjanin Mayor and Democratic Party (DS) official Goran Knežević is the new Serb Progressive Party’s (SNS) commissioner for the Central Banat District. Knežević, who has recently become a member of SNS, told a news conference today that his new party was “young and new”, and had the “strength and people to make changes“.
“No price hikes for communal services”
February 7th, 2010 |
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Belgrade Mayor Dragan Äilas said that there will be no other increases in prices for communal services in Belgrade other than for heating. “We have no plan to increase the prices of other communal services. Recently, we even decreased the price of water and garbage removal,†Äilas said.
Mayor: EBRD loan conditions unacceptable
February 2nd, 2010 |
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Belgrade Mayor Dragan Äilas said that the Belgrade might not take a loan from the EBRD for the reconstruction of the Gazela Bridge. He said that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) must change its condition related to the dislocation of a makeshift Roma community from under the bridge, in order for Belgrade to agree to the loan conditions.
“Ex-DS mayor to join opposition partyâ€
January 25th, 2010 |
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Former Mayor of Zrenjanin Goran Knežević will soon become a member of Serb Progressive Party (SNS), Belgrade daily VeÄernje Novosti writes. Knežević is accused of defrauding the town’s budget of RSD 150mn.
“Croatia, Serbia have potential for EU future”
January 4th, 2010 |
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Zagreb Mayor and candidate in Croatia’s presidential race Milan Bandić says open issues between Croatia and Serbia should be resolved. Croatia and Serbia have potential for a bright European future and cooperation if they resolve their open issues, he told Tanjug.
Defiant former mayor “not through with politicsâ€
November 24th, 2009 |
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Former Zrenjanin Mayor Goran Knežević says his further engagement in the ruling Democrats (DS) would be “torture”, but that he is “not through with politics”. The former mayor of the Vojvodina town was indicted for fraud and was recently released from prison pending the end of his trial.
12 dead including mayor in Pakistan suicide bombing
November 8th, 2009 |
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Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber struck a crowded market Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing an anti-Taliban mayor. At least 11 other people were killed in the blast and dozens were wounded.