Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says America is ready to elect a gay president. And the 39th president predicts it will happen in ”near future”. “I think the entire population of America has come tremendous strides forward in dealing with the issue of gays,” the New York Daily News quoted him as telling the website [...]
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America is ready to elect a gay president: Jimmy Carter
December 17th, 2010 |
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President on government reshuffle
December 16th, 2010 |
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Ruling DS party leader and Serbian President Boris Tadić says there have been no talks about a government reshuffle in the past two weeks. Speaking in Belgrade late on Wednesday, he called on the media “not to spread rumors”.
President on Hague, and WikiLeaks
December 15th, 2010 |
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President Boris Tadić said on Tuesday in Belgrade that Serbia will complete cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. “The relevant state authorities will do everything to find and arrest fugitive Hague indictees Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić, he said.
President denies intention to sack FM
December 14th, 2010 |
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President Boris Tadić has today rejected media reports that Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić would be dismissed.
He also said Ivica DaÄić will not be Serbia’s new prime minister, as speculated on Monday.
Cables: President blames ex-PM over Mladić
December 10th, 2010 |
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One of the WikiLeaks cables describes a meeting in Belgrade between Boris Tadić and U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp. The U.S. diplomatic cable, sent from Belgrade in October 2009, was made public by the whistleblowing website.
Croat president RS daily’s “man of year”
December 6th, 2010 |
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A Banja Luka, RS, based newspaper has announced that Croatian President Ivo Josipović has been chosen as their Personality of the Year. Josipović told Nezavisne Novine, published in the Bosnian Serb entity’s largest town, that coexistence of the peoples living in neighboring countries had no alternative.
Tadić only candidate for DS president
December 5th, 2010 |
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The Democratic Party (DS) has determined a list of candidates for the 14th party elections.
The only candidate for president of the DS is Boris Tadić who was nominated by 164 municipal boards, the DS has announced.
French President Sarkozy arrives in India
December 4th, 2010 |
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is on a four-day state visit to India from December 5-8, reached Bangalore on Saturday morning. In his four-day visit to India, Sarkozy will be accompanied by his wife Carla Bruni, seven of his key ministers and a business delegation. Defence, nuclear power and sustainable development will dominate the agenda [...]
Jeremić runs for DS deputy president
December 4th, 2010 |
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Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić has confirmed that he officially submitted his candidacy for Democratic Party (DS) deputy president.
He did not want to give any statement to reporters Friday when they asked him what he expected of the upcoming elections in the DS.
President weighs in on Cablegate
December 2nd, 2010 |
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President Boris Tadić says that “nothing has changed in communication between politicians” after WikiLeaks started publishing secret diplomatic documents. However, Tadić said that, at this point, it is difficult to assess what consequences the publishing of a massive batch of U.S. diplomatic cables may have on the relations between states themselves.
Bush Visits Facebook for Book Promo Webcast
November 30th, 2010 |
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Former president has hourlong informal discussion with CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook Live and for a live audience of employees. – During his eight-year-long presidency, President George W. Bush paid not a single visit to the San Francisco Peninsula.
But he did manage to find a reason to visit Palo Alto on Nov. 29, 2010, nearly two years after he left office. That would be for an Webcast appearance with CEO Mark Zuckerberg a…
Zardari considers Saudi King an ‘elder brother’, claims Pak following WikiLeaks expose
November 30th, 2010 |
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Following the WikiLeaks report claiming that Saudi King Shah Abdullah considered the Pakistan president the greatest obstacle to Pakistan’s progress, Farhatullah Babar has said that President Asif Ali Zardari regards Shah Abdullah as an “elder brotherâ€. “The so-called leaks are no more than an attempt to create misperceptions between two important and brotherly Muslim countries,†[...]
RS president: Tadić, Josipović bring hope
November 28th, 2010 |
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Serbian and Croatian presidents have brought new optimism and new hope to the region, Republic of Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik told daily Politika.
He pointed out that good relations between Serbia and Croatia were a prerequisite for stability of the entire region, including Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Obama gets 12 stitches after being elbowed in basketball match
November 27th, 2010 |
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US President Barack Obama has received 12 stitches in the lip after being elbowed in a basketball match. And the man who is responsible is named Rey Decerega, the director of programs for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the White House said. “I learned today the president is both a tough competitor and a good [...]
Why Obama couldn’t even smile when his Christmas tree was delivered!
November 27th, 2010 |
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US President Barack Obama finally had his Christmas tree delivered to his doorstep today, but he was reluctant to smile about it. The President was injured in a basketball match, which left him with 12 stitches in his lip. So when the large Douglas fir pulled up in a horse-drawn carriage on the north side [...]
President Obama On “Mythbusters†[Sneak Peek]
November 26th, 2010 |
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Heads up, Science Lovers: President Obama’s coming to Mythbusters. Never one to shy away for a beer conference or a guest spot on late-night TV, Obama is now turning his efforts to a bid to promote science education. In this sneak peek clip, we get our first look at the Commander-in-Chief’s guest spot on the [...]
Foreign services help in Mladić hunt
November 25th, 2010 |
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The president of Serbia’s council for cooperation with the Hague Tribunal says foreing security services are taking active part in the search for Ratko Mladić. Rasim Ljajić specified that “London” was helping in this, along with other foreign services.
President mulls joint diplomatic offices
November 25th, 2010 |
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Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović says his Serbian counterpart’s proposal to open joint diplomatic representative offices “should be closely examined”.
Vujanović said that the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs will examine all matters that serve to increase the efficiency of diplomacy and good cooperation.
Ex-Croat president receiving Serbian pension
November 24th, 2010 |
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Stjepan Mesić has said that he has been receiving pension checks every month from Serbia. Mesić, who stepped down as Croatia’s president earlier this year, explained that he was getting EUR 39 per month for holding the office of the last president of the presidency of the former Yugoslavia (SFRJ).
Serbian president says he’s pro-Serbian
November 23rd, 2010 |
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President Boris Tadić told Russia Today in an interview that a compromise solution acceptable to Belgrade and PriÅ¡tina can be reached through dialogue only. “I think that dialogue is very important. Dialogue can bring some solutions. We have a confrontation between Serbs and Albanians, not between Serbia and Kosovo, because we don’t recognize Kosovo’s independence,†Tadić stated.