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  Serbia and Montenegro - Search View - MSN Encarta
Serbia and Montenegro are bounded on the north by Hungary, on the east by Romania and Bulgaria, on the south by Albania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), and on the west by Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Serbia and Montenegro was absorbed in the wars that gripped the Balkan Peninsula in the early 1990s, and environmental issues were largely ignored.
Serbia and Montenegro’s energy policy was centered on an ambitious program to convert the entire country to natural gas, exploiting small deposits of natural gas in the Vojvodina region of Serbia and access to Russian natural gas pipelines.
encarta.msn.com /text_761579562__1/Serbia_and_Montenegro.html   (9023 words)

  
  President of Serbia and Montenegro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The President of Serbia and Montenegro and the chairman of Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro was elected at the proposal of the President and Vice President of the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro for a four year term.
The former president was Svetozar Marović of Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro.
The President of Serbia and Montenegro is a member of the Supreme Defence Council together with President of Serbia and President of Montenegro.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro   (191 words)

  
 Harvard Gazette: Serbian president calls for economic development
A stable, economically prosperous Serbia and Montenegro would be a political and military anchor for the region, he said, and make the nation better able to fight the organized crime he cited as one of the region's biggest problems.
Serbia and Montenegro, along with Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia, made up the nation of Yugoslavia until its breakup in 1991, when four of the six Yugoslav republics declared independence.
Though the former Yugoslav republics of Serbia and Montenegro remain united, there is an independence movement in Montenegro that Tadic warned would be harmful for the goals of political stability and economic growth.
www.hno.harvard.edu /gazette/2005/09.22/13-serb.html   (733 words)

  
 President - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Under the French Third and the Fourth Republics, the "President of the Council" (of ministers) was the head of government, with the President of the Republic a largely symbolic figurehead.
A common presidential symbol are the presidential sashes as worn by Latin American presidents as a symbol of the presidency's continuity, and presenting the sash to the new president is a key part of the inauguration ceremony.
President can also by the title of the chief executive at a lower administrative level, such as the parish presidents of the parishes of the U.S. state of Louisiana or the municipal presidents of Mexico's municipalities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President   (2344 words)

  
 President of Serbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The President of Serbia is the head of state of the Republic of Serbia.
The current President of Serbia is Boris Tadić, who won a majority of votes in the Serbian presidential elections, 2004.
The President is a member of Supreme Defence Council of Serbia and Montenegro, which is headed by the President of Serbia and Montenegro.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_Serbia   (156 words)

  
 Serbia Profile @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia and Albania to the south; and Montenegro, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina to the west.
Serbia is located in the Balkans (a historically and geographically distinct region of southeastern Europe) and in the Pannonian Plain (a region of central Europe).
The monasteries of Serbia, built largely in the Middle Ages, are one of the most valuable and visible traces of mediaeval Serbia's association with the Byzantium.
www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Serbia   (1885 words)

  
 . : SERBIA and MONTENEGRO [Welcome to the Official Internet presentation of SCG] : .
The length of the borders of Serbia and Montenegro is 2,585.894 km and the length of the coastline is 294 km.
Serbia and Montenegro borders on Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania and Macedonia.
The President of Serbia and Montenegro is elected by the SCG Assembly.
www.gov.yu /start.php?je=e&id=6   (910 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The large Albanian population was chiefly concentrated in Kosovo, with smaller populations in the Preševo and Bujanovac municipalities in Central Serbia, and in the south-east of Montenegro (Ulcinj municipality).
Serbia, and in particular the valley of the Morava is often described as "the crossroads between the East and the West" - one of the primary reasons for its turbulent history.
Serbia and Montenegro were represented by a single football team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament, despite having formally split just days prior to its start.
en.wikigadugi.org /index.php?title=Serbia_and_Montenegro&printable=yes   (1683 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro - HighBeam Encyclopedia
Serbia and Montenegro Country statisticsarea:102,173sq km (39,449sq mi)population:10,633,000capital (population):Belgrade (1,168,454)government:Federal multi-party republicethnic groups:Serb 63%, Kosovar-Albanian 18%, Montenegrin 5%, Hungarian 3%, Croat languages:Serbian 95%, Albanian 5% (both official)religions:Serbian Orthodox 80%, Muslim 10%, Roman Catholic 6%, Protestant 1%currency:Yugoslav new dinar = 100 parasBalkan republic in se Europe, formerly known as Yugoslavia.
Serbia is dominated by the fertile lowland plains of the Danube, on whose banks lie the capital Belgrade and the n city of Novi Sad.
Montenegro chooses: on May 21st, Montenegrins are being asked, in a long-delayed referendum, if they want to end their union with Serbia.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1O142-SerbiaandMontenegro.html   (1212 words)

  
 GlobaLex - Guide to Legal Research in the Federal Republic of Serbia and Montenegro
The President of Serbia and Montenegro is elected by the
According to Serbia and Montenegro sources of law, the Anglo-Saxon system of Case Law is not competitive, although the universities from this scientific discipline explore the theory and the practice of the Case Law (in the frame of the legal, political and economic sciences).
The main objective of Serbia and Montenegro’s transition is, first of all, to approach the standards of the European continental law and to accept the norms of the European Union, which Serbia and Montenegro intends to join.
www.nyulawglobal.org /globalex/Serbia_Montenegro.htm   (4508 words)

  
 YUGOSLAVIA
The Accord on Principles in relations between Serbia and Montenegro was signed by participants in the talks: the Yugoslav President, Yugoslav deputy Prime Minister, Montenegrin President, Montenegrin and Serbian Prime Ministers and the EU foreign policy chief as mediator.
The elements of independence of Serbia and Montenegro, which arise from the current state of affairs and historic rights of the two member-states, are thus satisfied.
Laws on appointment of deputies in the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro are brought by the member-states in accordance with principles established by the Constitutional Charter.
www.sangam.org /ANALYSIS_ARCHIVES/SerbiaMontenegro_03_02.htm   (1082 words)

  
 Proceeding Points for the Restructuring of Relations Between Serbia and Montenegro: Serbia and Montenegro: Peace ...
Institutions of Serbia and Montenegro: the Parliament, the President, the Council of Ministers and the Court.
The Laws on the Election of Representatives to the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro shall be adopted by the member states, in compliance with the principles defined by the Constitutional Charter.
President of Serbia and Montenegro: The President, elected by the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro, shall propose the composition of the Council of Ministers and direct its work.
www.usip.org /library/pa/serbia_montenegro/serbia_montenegro_03142002.html   (1077 words)

  
 BBC News | EUROPE | Text of Serbia-Montenegro agreement
Laws on the election of deputies to the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro shall be enacted by the member-states in accordance with the principles established in the Constitutional Charter.
After adoption of the Constitutional Charter in accordance with the provided procedure, elections shall be held and the Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro shall be constituted, and the president of Serbia and Montenegro, the members of the Council of Ministers, and the judges of the Court of Serbia and Montenegro shall be elected.
The President of the Republic of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/1874523.stm   (1025 words)

  
 NATO Speech: Lord Robertson, President & MFA Serbia & Montenegro - 22 July 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina are the two remaining states and there is a genuine willingness that we should complete the Balkan jigsaw and have those two countries in and secondly, they should be very much part of that community of safe and secure nations.
Svetozar Marovic:Well, we represent the state union of Serbia and Montenegro and we are as representatives of Serbia and Montenegro.
We actually want to join our efforts and actions so that Serbia and Montenegro do not deserve to be a hostage of this problem, of this issue any longer and we want to show to the entire international community that we want all the indictees on the Hague tribunal to end up before the court.
www.nato.int /docu/speech/2003/s030722a.htm   (1524 words)

  
 Serbia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
It borders Croatia on the northwest, Hungary on the north, Romania on the northeast, Bulgaria on the east, Macedonia on the south, and Albania, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the west.
Serbia was one of six republics that made up the country of Yugoslavia, which broke up in the 1990s.
Tito became president in 1953 and president-for-life under a revised constitution adopted in 1963.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108157.html   (1747 words)

  
 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The state union of 'Serbia and Montenegro' is made up of two member states, the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro, which share external borders with Hungary to the north, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia to the west and north-west; Romania to the north-east; Bulgaria to the south-east; and Albania and Macedonia to the south.
Serbia and Montenegro's co-operation with the ICTY during 2004 was poor.
Serbia and Montenegro's relations with her neighbours are complicated by the legacy of the past ten years.
www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019745010237   (6984 words)

  
 Senate Resolution Welcomes Serbian, Croatian Leaders' Apologies, November 21, 2003
Serbia and Montenegro's President Svetozar Marovic and Croatia's President Stjepan Mesic exchanged the apologies during Mesic's visit to Belgrade September 10 -- the first visit to that city by a Croatian president since the Croats declared themselves independent from Yugoslavia in 1991.
Welcoming the public apologies issued by the President of Serbia and Montenegro and the President of the Republic of Croatia and urging other leaders in the region to perform similar concrete acts of reconciliation.
Whereas the President of Serbia and Montenegro and the President of the Republic of Croatia each issued on September 10, 2003, a public statement of apology for the crimes committed by citizens of each country against citizens of the other country; and
belgrade.usembassy.gov /policy/regional/031124.html   (520 words)

  
 Serbia's president accepts Montenegro's independence - Pravda.Ru
Serbia's President Boris Tadic on Tuesday recognized the results of Montenegro's independence vote, which will separate the tiny Adriatic republic from its union with Serbia.
Tadic also urged Montenegro's various blocs, divided on the independence issue, to "offer each other their hand of reconciliation," and pledged that he would personally "work so that there will never be any walls or barriers" between the two republic.
Montenegro's choice to split from Serbia also made the larger republic of the now defunct union independent, and Tadic used the opportunity to address Serbian citizens as well.
english.pravda.ru /news/world/23-05-2006/80835-Montenegro's-independence-0   (545 words)

  
 TRAVISA; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents - Serbia Page
Similarly to Serbia, Montenegro was under the rule of the Ottoman Turks for the duration of their reign in the Balkans.
In February 2003, the Constitutional Charter was ratified by the Republic of Serbia, Republic of Montenegro, and the Yugoslav Parliament.
The office of President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, held by Vojislav Kostunica, ceased to exist once Svetozar Marovic was elected President of Serbia and Montenegro.
www.travisa.com /Yugoslavia/yugoslaviaportal.html   (435 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro
The Law on the Coat-of-arms and the anthem of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro shall be passed by the end of the year 2003.
From Montenegro are Rajko Milovic, secretary of legislation, Branislav Radulovic, assistant minister of justice and Dr Vuk Minic, professor at Podgorica University.
However, the Montenegrin delegation (representing the Government of Montenegro) insisted that the coats of arms of Serbia and Montenegro should be shown on the flag of the State Union.
www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/cs.html   (2623 words)

  
 Embassy of the Republic of Serbia
On the recently proclaimed state union of Serbia and Montenegro, his Excellency said that, the new state, based on reformed relations between its constituent parts, Serbia and Montenegro would, as he strongly believed, contribute to the stabilization of the country and to arresting the process of further disintegration in the region.
Serbia and Montenegro is also looking forward to its upcoming membership in the Council of Europe, as just a first step towards full integration into the European family of nations.
The topics included relations between Serbia and Montenegro and the United States, the current crisis in Kosovo, and the political situation in the country, as well as the democratic and civil control of armed forces and their reform.
www.serbiaembusa.org /eng/media/news.php?show_cat=3   (6498 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Serbia-Montenegro to extradite war crimes suspects, president says
Serbia, the dominant partner in the two-republic union that replaced Yugoslavia, elected reformer Boris Tadic president in a runoff poll Sunday in which he faced a hard-line nationalist ally of former autocrat Slobodan Milosevic.
Marovic is the president for the country as a whole, while Tadic was elected to lead Serbia.
Marovic said that Mladic was no longer hiding in Serbia but indicated the authorities were ready to extradite four Serb generals who have been indicted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, for alleged atrocities committed by Serb-led troops in Kosovo in 1999.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040630-0654-serbia-warcrimes.html   (363 words)

  
 Director-General of UNESCO meets the President of Serbia and Montenegro, Svetozar Marovic: UNESCO
President Marović’s visit offered an occasion to discuss with Mr Matsuura some aspects of international and regional cooperation in general and review the various areas of cooperation between Serbia and Montenegro and UNESCO in particular.
The Director-General informed the President of the state of preparation of an international donor’s conference to be organized in the beginning of 2005 to raise funds for the reconstruction, rehabilitation and sustainable protection of the rich, multi-ethnic heritage in Kosovo.
In his address to the Permanent Delegates of UNESCO, President Marović highlighted the importance of strengthening regional cooperation in UNESCO’s fields of competence, as indicated by the Ministerial Conference entitled “Strengthening Cooperation in South-East Europe” organized at UNESCO Headquarters in April 2002.
portal.unesco.org /en/ev.php-URL_ID=23718&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html   (295 words)

  
 Serbia and Montenegro - Flag - Introduction - Background
The arrest of MILOSEVIC in 2001 allowed for his subsequent transfer to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague to be tried for crimes against humanity.
The Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro includes a provision that allows either republic to hold a referendum after three years that would allow for their independence from the state union.
In 2003 Svetozar MAROVIC was elected president of Serbia and Montenegro.
www.exxun.com /SerbiaandMontenegro/a_fg.html   (620 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Montenegro declares independence from Serbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The declaration says Montenegro's strategic national goal is integration into the European Union and NATO, and the new country will immediately apply for admission into the United Nations and other international organizations.
Serbia opposed previous declarations of independence by Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia, triggering nearly a decade of wars.
Montenegro was an independent kingdom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but it abandoned its statehood to join a new Serb-led Balkan union in 1918.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-06-03-montenegro_x.htm   (654 words)

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