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  She's young, beautiful and Serbia's new leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Natasa Micic stepped into the job Dec. 31 after two presidential elections failed to draw the required number of the republic's voters to the polls.
Although Micic is viewed by pundits and Western diplomats as a caretaker until a president is elected, they acknowledge that she could be in the job for a while.
Micic is a member of the Civic Alliance, the smallest -- and one of the most liberal -- of the 18 parties in the coalition that supports Djindjic.
www.balkanpeace.org /hed/archive/jan03/hed5437.shtml   (695 words)

  
 Natasa Micic calls for court ruling on disputed vote
BELGRADE, September 11, 2003 - Serbian Parliament Speaker Natasa Micic said today that she has consulted National Bank Governor Kori Udovicki and Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic about the allegations of vote manipulation in the parliament.
Micic told Radio B92 that she had decided to act after certain political parties claimed that the new officials of the National Bank had been appointed by a sitting of the parliament which had no quorum.
The speaker said that the parliament was unable to resolve the issue itself because the vote had not been challenged within the time prescribed by the standing rules.
www.invest-in-serbia.com /archive/2003/2003_09/2003_09_11_05.htm   (318 words)

  
 RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
Micic, who is also speaker of parliament, had previously said she would call the election only after Serbia adopted a new constitution to replace the text dating from the times of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.
Micic yesterday said she is convinced that presidential elections are a necessary test of the popular will.
Micic said an elected president "could influence the adoption of the new constitution more than an acting one." Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic said no one can deny Serbian citizens their right to elect a president.
www.rferl.org /features/2003/09/18092003164457.asp   (986 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
BELGRADE, July 16 (Tanjug) - Serbian parliament speaker Natasa Micic on Wednesday met with a Macedonian delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva, the office of the Serbian parliament speaker said in a statement on Wednesday.
It was said that the two states were bound by traditionally good neighborly relations and both sides voiced their readiness for and commitment to continuing efforts aimed at enhancing and promoting ties.
Micic and Mitreva focused on organized crime, terrorism and human trafficking in the region, stressing that these could not cause any major consequences to security and stability in the region and that all states should join efforts and eliminate these forms of crime, the statement said.
www.mfa.gov.yu /Policy/Bilaterala/Macedonia/activities_e/170703_2_e.html   (134 words)

  
 Hopes fade it will be third time lucky in Serbian presidential poll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Micic, who is also parliamentary speaker, has served as temporary head of state since last autumn, when two presidential races to choose the successor to Milan Milutinovic were declared void because not enough voters turned out -- at least 50 per cent are required to do so for the result to be valid
Last February Micic announced that she would wait for Serbia to adopt a new constitution before calling for a fresh vote.
Micic said she opted to call the vote because an "elected president could influence adoption of a new constitution more than an acting one."
quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/ap/Qserbia-vote.R7io_DSH.html   (601 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Micic told reporters at the Belgrade Airport that Austria is interested in promoting bilateral relations, particularly in the economic field.
Natasa Micic, who headed the Serbian Parliament delegation, met in Vienna with Federal Assembly President Andreas Khol, Austrian President Thomas Klestil, Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel, Austria's Chamber of Commerce President Christoph Leitl and President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Peter Schieder.
Micic said that Austria will take part in the donors meeting scheduled to be held in Belgrade in September.
www.mfa.gov.yu /Policy/Bilaterala/Austria/activities_e/020503_e.html   (191 words)

  
 Madam President - Natasa Micic
During the anti-Milosevic riots in October 2000, Micic and a female friend taunted the police by cruising Belgrade demonstrations in a car with "Thelma and Louise" inscribed on the hood.
As a member of the Civic Alliance, one of the smallest parties within Serbia's 18-member ruling coalition, Micic was virtually unknown in Belgrade until she became a deputy speaker of parliament in late 2000.
Her opponents dismiss her as a political lightweight — Kostunica has said that having Micic as President would be "a joke." "Not a very appropriate thing to say," she comments with a wry smile.
www.invest-in-serbia.com /tws/presidential_election_2002/2002_12_16_1.htm   (830 words)

  
 DPI - Foreign Media Monitoring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Mrs Micic told Serbian Radio that she had declared the state of emergency "with the aim of safeguarding the security of people and property, and engaging in a determined showdown...
Under the constitution, acting Serbian President Natasa Micic must nominate a successor to be approved by a majority vote of the Serbian parliament.
Natasa Micic, the chairman of Serbia's parliament and the republic's acting president, called the assassination an "attack on constitutional order".
www.unmikonline.org /press/2003/wire/mar/imm130303AM.htm   (8450 words)

  
 Toying With Elections, Again   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
BELGRADE, Serbia and Montenegro—When Serbia's acting President Natasa Micic called presidential elections for 16 November, analysts immediately predicted their failure due to voter turnout requirements and an announced boycott by the popular reformist opposition.
Micic, who is also speaker of parliament, previously vowed to call presidential elections after the adoption of a new Serbian constitution to replace the one that has existed since the rule of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who was ousted in October 2000.
During a 17 September press conference, Micic said that enough is enough and the public deserves a president.
www.tol.cz /look/BRR/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=9&NrIssue=1&NrSection=1&NrArticle=10703   (1132 words)

  
 BLIC Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Judging by statements that leaders of the parties that Micic talked with, the Serbian Parliament Speaker is not going to have easier job at all in solving the dilemma - whether to call presidential elections again or to wait for new constitution of Serbia to be passed.
Chief of Democratic Alternative deputy club Nada Kolundzija said to have informed Natasa Micic about DA stance that presidential elections should be called so that Serbia would get a democratic president.
Micic has to call elections until February 6 at the latest and they have to be held within 60 days', Seselj said.
www.blic.co.yu /arhiva/2003-01-24/E-Index.htm   (1477 words)

  
 SERBIAN OPPOSITION LISTS REASONS FOR SPEAKER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Belgrade, 16 October: In a debate on a motion for the replacement of Serbian parliament Speaker Natasa Micic, opposition MPs on Thursday (16 October) made a series of accusations, including that she was responsible for undermining parliament's reputation, abuse of office and violation of the Constitution and laws.
Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) whip at the Serbian parliament Dejan Mihajlov said that Micic was merely a representative of a policy that had turned parliament into a "circus", because she had tolerated the theft of mandates, votes and manipulation with voting cards.
On behalf of the Socialist Party of Serbia, Zarko Obradovic joined the calls for Micic's replacement, stressing that she had not done her job well, that she was not up to exercising her duties and that she had not observed the parliament policy, but that of the ruling DOS (Democratic Opposition of Serbia) coalition.
emperors-clothes.com /reports/news/tanjug101603.htm   (325 words)

  
 ZNet Commentary: Post-Yugoslavia After the State of Emergency
So, Ms Natasa Micic, who was the acting President of Serbia in violation to the constitution, was given the opportunity to declare the state of emergency, again contrary to constitutional norms.
Natasa Micic selected constitutional and other legal provisions on the state of emergency and state of war that best suited the government and fused them in what she (and the government) called the "state of emergency".
Some of these rights should not have been suspended even if a state of war was declared, according to the Serbian Constitution.
www.zmag.org /sustainers/content/2003-08/25grubacic.cfm   (1694 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | Serb president's extradition begins
The speaker of parliament, Natasa Micic, has taken over as acting president, following the failure of two attempts to elect a successor because of low voter turnout.
She is the first woman to occupy the president's office, and, at the age of 37, the youngest.
Ms Micic, has been nicknamed the Nicole Kidman of Serbian politics because of her flaming red hair.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/2615663.stm   (440 words)

  
 The Flat Hat: News
Police, unsure of whether they had the gunmen, cast a wide net for the assassins, setting up roadblocks in Belgrade and halting bus, rail and plane traffic from the capital.
The government asked acting Serbian President Natasa Micic to consider imposing a "nationwide" state of emergency that would give the military the same powers as police to detain suspects and investigate.
CURRENT SITUATION: Acting President Micic is considering declaring a national state of emergency and the nation is in three days of mourning.
flathat.wm.edu /March142003/newsworldbeat.shtml   (717 words)

  
 Southeast Europe Serbian President Dissolves Parliament
Acting Serbian President and parliament Speaker Natasa Micic has dissolved the parliament at a government proposal and called early parliamentary elections for December 28.
According to Micic, the present parliament make-up has used up its democratic potential and reformist capacities after three years of work, and is no longer capable of adopting reform legislation or reshuffling the government.
Accusing opposition parties of blocking the work of lawmakers and trading in parliamentary seats, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic said he expects citizens to confirm the choices they made in the 2000 elections and re-elect his cabinet in the same or slightly changed make-up so that reforms and EU integration efforts can be resumed.
www.templetonthorp.com /de/news468   (190 words)

  
 CPJ Protests: 2003
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is concerned about your government's enforcement of media restrictions under a state of emergency that has been in effect since the March 12 assassination of Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic.
Natasa Micic, president of the Serbian National Assembly and currently acting president of Serbia, declared a state of emergency on the afternoon of March 12 after a sniper fatally shot Djindjic in the center of Serbia's capital, Belgrade.
According to local press reports, Deputy Prime Minister Zarko Korac and several other senior government officials met with the editors-in-chief of Belgrade-based media outlets on the evening of March 12 to provide recommendations on how news should be reported during the state of emergency.
www.cpj.org /protests/03ltrs/Serbia21mar03pl.html   (1088 words)

  
 Micic stands in as president   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Serbian parliamentary speaker Natasa Micic said yesterday she had assumed the role of acting president after the term of the incumbent Milan Milutinovic, an alleged war criminal, expired.
If confirmed, Micic will be the first woman and the youngest president in Serbia, the largest republic in the Yugoslav federation.
The state-run Tajug news agency quoted Micic, 37, as saying she would work in the interests of democracy for as long as it took until a replacement for Milutinovic could be in place.
www.balkanpeace.org /hed/archive/jan03/hed5402.shtml   (245 words)

  
 Civic Alliance Of Serbia
CAS President, Natasa Micic, Vice-Presidents, Miroslav Filipovic, Ivan Andric, Ljubisa Kesic and Political Advisor, Zoran Ostojic, have today met Filip Vujanovic.
Given the fact that the status of State Union must be solved through negotiations, Civic Alliance of Serbia, a party of state and political realism, proved its readiness to discuss this issue with DPS representatives.
Natasa Micic, CAS President stated that both State Union members need to adopt the legislation on the election of members for the State Union Parliament and the same form of elections.
www.gradjanskisavez.org.yu /eng/vest.php?id=14   (329 words)

  
 BLIC Online in English   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
At the very beginning of her letter she reminds Labus that the Parliament is functioning in accordance with the Constitution, Law and Book of Rules.
According to all information that I had on July 22, 2003 at the moment of voting for the new Governor of the National Bank of Serbia there was sufficient number of deputies present for valid voting.
She knew that at parliament session held on July 22, 2003 at least one deputy, Neda Arneric was not in the hall at the moment of voting', Ksenija Milivojevic, G17 Plus spokesperson said yesterday.
www.blic.co.yu /arhiva/2003-09-06/E-Index.htm   (1359 words)

  
 Europe and Central Asia Cases 2003
Church officials at both the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy in Vranjske and the Serbian Orthodox Patriarchy in Belgrade refused to comment on the criminal libel charges against Obradovic and Antic, or on the death threats against Antic, Obradovic, his family, and Novine Vranjske staff.
Natasa Micic, president of the Serbian National Assembly and then acting president of Serbia, declared a state of emergency after Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic was fatally shot by a sniper in the center of Serbia's capital, Belgrade, placing restrictions on the media.
On March 12, Natasa Micic, president of the Serbian National Assembly and then acting president of Serbia, had declared a state of emergency after a sniper fatally shot Djindjic in the center of Belgrade.
www.cpj.org /cases03/europe_cases03/serbia.html   (2359 words)

  
 Election looms as Serbian government faces no confidence vote   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The debate against speaker Natasa Micic, who is also Serbia's interim president, was the first on the agenda and was expected to take up to 10 hours, so the country may have to wait until next week before the crisis is resolved.
The no-confidence motions were tabled by the Radical Party of nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj, who is facing war crimes charges at the United Nations tribunal at The Hague, and former Yugoslav president Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS).
Jovanovic, addressing the assembly during the debate against Micic, said the government was ready to seek a fresh mandate from the people.
quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/bh/Qserbia-politics.R-nF_DOG.html   (538 words)

  
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 Venice Commission to draft Serbia's new constitution
BELGRADE -- Sunday – A senior official of the Venice Commission of constitutional experts Thomas Markert said today that the Commission is ready to participate in the drafting of a new Serbian constitution.
Markert noted that this possibility has already been discussed with Serbian parliament speaker Natasa Micic.
We have established preliminary contacts explaining that we stand at their disposal in this matter, and it seems that Ms Micic is interested in the Venice Commission's offer to help, said Markert.
www.venice.coe.int /site/main/press/2003_02_17_Serbia_e.htm   (337 words)

  
 March 13   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Supreme Defense Council of Serbia and Montenegro tonight authorized the engaging of the Army of Serbia and Montenegro in the battle against terrorism and the removing of the cause of the state of emergency in Serbia, in coordination with the Ministry of the Interior.
The pro-reform, pro-Western leader was shot in the stomach and in the back outside government offices in Belgrade at about 1300 local time (1200 GMT), and died of his wounds in hospital.
Mrs Micic told Serbian Radio she declared the state of emergency "with the aim of safeguarding the security of people and property and engaging in a determined show-down of the state bodies with organized crime".
www.kosovo.com /erpkim13mar03.html   (1396 words)

  
 [ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
Parliamentary speaker and acting Serbian President Natasa Micic, acting on a proposal from the government, declared a state of emergency within hours of the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic on 12 March (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 12 March 2003), Tanjug and international news agencies reported.
Micic called the assassination "an attack on the country's constitutional order and the worst crime against security," according to RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service.
The government's official website published a telegram to Natasa Micic, the parliamentary speaker of the Serbian parliament, who also acts as Serbian president.
www.rferl.org /newsline/2003/03/4-SEE/see-130303.asp?po=y   (2197 words)

  
 CTV.ca - Serbia blames organized crime for PM's murder- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
Acting Serbian President Natasa Micic declared a state of emergency Wednesday after the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.
Djindjic, the man pivotal in the deposition and arrest of Slobodan Milosevic, was gunned down and killed Wednesday in what appears to have been a deliberate assassination by a Belgrade-based organized crime group.
Serbia's government held an urgent meeting and asked Micic to declare a state of emergency.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1047472640130_5?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory   (641 words)

  
 Serbia Info News / Bombs after a two months old baby
Zoran Gogic (age 14), Sanja Djuricic (age 21) and her two months old baby, Natasa Micic (age 19), Djordje Ilic, Sasa Micic, Mladen Mavric, Blagoje Ilic and Djordje Djuricic were injured by the bombs forbidden by the international convention.
The family houses of the Gogic, Djuricic and Micic families are not capable for living any more because they are destroyed in the detonations and fires which broke out afterwards.
Just to remind, this is the village with 13 churches dating from the XII, XIII and XIV century called by the historians and chronologists a little ''Sveta Gora'' (Holy Mt.) and is under the protection of UNESCO.
www.serbia-info.com /news/1999-04/10/10752.html   (176 words)

  
 CEELI - Serbia Significant Legal Developments - March 2003
Belgrade, March 2003 (CEELI-Belgrade) Following the assassination of Zoran Djindjic, acting Serbian President Natasa Micic proclaimed a state of emergency in Serbia and promulgated an order instituting special measures applicable during the state of emergency.
Belgrade, March 2003 (CEELI-Belgrade) The leader of the Democratic Party of Serbia caucus in the Serbian parliament, Dejan Mihajlov, has claimed that the decree of Acting President Natasa Micic on special measures in the judiciary is in violation of the constitution.
According to Mihajlov, the passing of this decree amounted to the suspension of the constitution.
www.abanet.org /ceeli/countries/serbia/mar2003.html   (2844 words)

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