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One Ambassador Belgrade-based recently told me he was also alarmed by the distinct lack of urgency among politicians. Serbian “The country is standstill at and a I don’t understand their logic. If they are so eager to progress towards the EU and en theycome how investors, courage go home at 5pm sharp and don’t work weekends?” overtime. little a warrant to enough US Embassy declares EDITOR’S WORD Predictability Political By Mark R. Pullen elections Serbian numerous enced rate ourselves as pundits when it comes to predicting election re sults and post-election moves. our experience of elections in Ser - - - - - - - - - - not over - ‘violent’ nightclubs off-limits for SerbiaNEWS despite American diplo- NEWS mats and military recovery “The situation in the party seems “Dacic will eventually side with Nikolic agreed: “The question is Fearing they might not cross the Pensioners leader, Jovan Krkoba The reported price is the post of In addition, the Socialists are bar Tadic has denied talk of horse- At the same time, Dacic seems re reach an agreement “If we don’t Source: Balkan Insight (www.balkaninsight.com) Balkan Insight (www.balkaninsight.com) Source: have been warned party over which way to turn. extremely complicated, as we try to convince the few remaining lag gards that we need to move out of one Socialist shadow,” Milosevic’s Party official complained. in a bid to guide his party into Tadic the European mainstream, but much of the membership and many offi cials may oppose that move.” will the party split or ‘old- back down,” he noted. timers’ threshold to enter parlia 5-per-cent ment, the Socialists teamed up with Association of Pensioners and the the led by business United Serbia Party, man Dragan Markovic “Palma”. bic, Palma and Dacic are all pushing for a deal with the Democrats. of deputy PM, with a brief in charge security for the Socialist leader. gaining for other ministries, includ ing capital investments, Kosovo and education, Belgrade media reported. trading with the Socialists, maintain ing that ministries would go only to those committed to working for the “strategic goal”. government’s negotiations with luctant to call off the nationalists. with the DSS and Radicals, par ty leadership will decide on future steps”, Dacic announced, following par new country’s of session first the liament on Wednesday. - - - - not to visit three Positive economic - trends and IMF Belgrade night- page 10 clubs where it says support leave foreigners are ‘tar- no room for geted’. complacency, as hile the football world watch es events unfold at the Euro However, a strong current also However, Mihajlo Markovic, a founder of Markovic, a prominent supporter Some younger Socialist officials Neighbourhood Matters faces extinction unless it changes. flows in the opposite direction, led by party veterans enraged the Tadic. prospect of a deal with recently warned of a crisis the party, if Dacic opts for the pro-European “nat bloc, abandoning the Socialists’ ural” ideological partners. of Milosevic during the 1990s, is seen as representative of the “old- timers” in the party who want to stay policies, true to the former regime’s even though these almost ruined the Socialists for good. have voiced frustration over the con tinuing impasse within their own Football Rebellion Football pean Championships in Austria and pean Championships in Switzerland, Bosnia is experiencing led by fans, play a soccer rebellion, enraged ers and former stars who are by what they see as corrupt leaders football association of the country’s leaders. budget-tightening W Issue No. 1 / Friday, June 13, 2008 Issue No. 1 / Friday, - - - - Saša DRAGOJLO and unpopular - he US Embassy has de- reforms are not page 5 clared three Belgrade nightclubs - Plastic and over for Serbia, Mr Stefan Braun and Šlep – off limits to US experts warn. officers, embassy staff and their families. T conomists are warning that pro over Serbia’s uncertainty longed “This year has been lost, from the “The US Embassy in Belgrade in- Stevan VELJOVIĆ After eight years of stagnation, the pro-European and nation With Nikolic believes the Socialists, led “The group of younger Socialists Business Insight Costs Mounting future could scare off investors, lead investors, lead future could scare off to higher inflation and jeopardise prosperity for years to come. says standpoint of economic policy,” Econom the of Stamenkovic Stojan ics Institute in Belgrade. to Serbia’s late president, Slobodan to Serbia’s Milosevic, and reformists who want the party to become a modern Euro pean social democrat organisation. the Socialists returned to centre stage after winning 20 of the 250 seats in elections. parliament in the May 11 alist blocs almost evenly matched, the Socialists now have the final say on the fate of country. by Ivica Dacic, will come over to if only out of a pragmatic de Tadic, sire to ensure their political survival. gathered around Dacic seems to be adding said, Nikolic majority”, the in that these reformists believe the party forms US citizens that as a safety pre- E - - - - caution due to violence targeting for- he IMF review of Serbia’s - eigners, the following splavs and clubs economic performance, have been declared ‘off-limits’ for US presented late in August, citizen officers, staff, and dependent showed that results in Friday • June 13 2008 family members who are under Chief some areas had surpassed of Mission Authority in Serbia,” the em- Texpectations. bassy wrote in an email on August 12th. Serbia’s “economic recovery exceed- ed expectations, supported by efforts THIS ISSUE OF Continued on page 5 Around 20 per cent of security staff at Belgrade clubs are working informally. Photo: Flickr/ Olle Svensson to strengthen public finances, advance Belgrade Insight IS SUPPORTED BY: IS SUPPORTED structural reforms and boost invest- on a new gov ense negotiations ernment have divided the ranks “It looks as if the Socialists will Simultaneous negotiations held This divides “old-timers” loyal Socialist leader Ivica Dacic remains the Serbian kingmaker Socialist leader Ivica Dacic remains Lure of Tadic Alliance Splits Socialists Tadic Lure of government, old pro-EU While younger Socialists support joining a new, over the prospect. revolt Milosevic loyalists threaten in Belgrade By Rade Maroevic ment confidence,” the executive board which holds of the Socialist Party, the balance of power between the blocs and has yet to announce main which side they will support. move towards a government led by the Democrats,” political analyst Mi lan Nikolic, of the independent Cen tre of Policy Studies, said. “But such a move might provoke deeper divi sions and even split the party.” with the pro-European and national ist blocs have drawn attention to a deep rift inside the Socialists. T of the International Monetary Fund wrote in a press release following the Macedonia’s ‘Gulenists’ fear combined fourth and fifth reviews of Serbia’s economic performance under a Stand-By Arrangement, completed on Turkey’s long arm August 31st. While better-than-expected results are mostly related to economic growth, Turkish word for noticeable place] for a Asked whether Macedonia would increased tax revenues and a lower- Publication of a Turkish black list, naming terrorist cell. indeed shut schools and other organi- than-planned budget deficit, the IMF several agencies, schools and companies in However, there is no humour in An- sations allegedly linked to Gulen, as warned that reforms to state-owned kara’s pressure on Macedonia to take Ankara demands, Macedonia’s For- companies, and the level of public debt, Macedonia as ‘Gulenist’, has left members of action against Gulen’s real or alleged eign Minister, Nikola Poposki, gave an remain concerning. followers. oblique response. Experts say that although fiscal con- those organisations deeply worried. Members of organisations linked to Macedonia supports the legitimately solidation has produced results and that the cleric in Macedonia now fear being elected Turkish authorities, he said in the economic recovery is better than This is how the company secretary connected to the failed coup and stig- Skopje on August 24th, without specify- expected, the era of austerity is not yet Vlado APOSTOLOV explained the location of a travel agen- matised. ing whether there would be shutdowns over. cy in the old part of Skopje that recently They also worry that the Macedo- or not. Some important reforms, such as the s soon as you found itself on Turkey’s black list of al- nian authorities may accede to the "We will cooperate with the gov- rationalisation of the public adminis- pass the de- leged “Gulenists”.