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Vojislav Kostunica - Biography President Vojislav Kostunica addresses the federal parliament on Oct. 7, 2000, in Belgrade. Kostunica speaks English, German, and French, and translated the Federalist Papers into Serbo-Croatian. As Yugoslavia disintegrated in the early 1990s, Kostunica maintained that Serbian national identity was a paramount issue. www.infoplease.com /spot/kostunica1.html   (416 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) He described the purpose of Kostunica's visit as "the establishment of constructive bilateral relations that will satisfy the needs of the peoples of both states and enable them to join the European family of nations." Kostunica, meanwhile, assessed the visit as paving the war for "normalisation" and the re-establishment of diplomatic relations. Kostunica replied ambiguously that he was not a politician who would "with hollow words, promises and apologies, neglect the complexity of our relations." He admitted that crimes had been committed, but by all sides. When Kostunica recently met Mirko Sarovic, Dodik's challenger in the presidential elections in RS, the latter was quick to announce that his SDS would cooperate with Kostunica's party, the Democratic party of Serbia. www.iwpr.net /archive/bcr/bcr_20001024_1_eng.txt   (778 words)

CNN.com - Vojislav Kostunica: Tough intellectual - October 6, 2000 Kostunica has shown no sign that he would cooperate with demands that Serbian war criminals, including Milosevic, be delivered to the Hague. Kostunica was a reluctant candidate, agreeing to stand for election only after polls showed more recognisable figures, such as Vuk Draskovic and Zoran Djindjic, stood no chance of beating Milosevic. Kostunica appealed to voters with his common touch -- he campaigned door-to-door in five cities a day -- but also because he is unsullied by association with Milosevic, the West or the former communist regime. edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/10/05/etime.kostunica   (604 words)

Vojislav Kostunica interview for Associated Press Vojislav Kostunica, who played a key role in toppling President Slobodan Milosevic in 2000, said new elections would put a stop to government infighting and help bring stability to Serbia's shaky politics. Kostunica ran twice in attempts to elect a Serbian president last year, coming in first with the majority of votes both times. Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia severed ties with the ruling coalition two years ago and is now the main opposition group. www.invest-in-serbia.com /archive/2003/2003_05/2003_05_29_06.htm   (547 words)

Vojislav Koštunica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia dr Vojislav Koštunica listen [▶] [pronounced voy-ees-lahf kosh-TOON-ee-tsa] (born March 24, 1944) is the Prime Minister in the Government of Serbia and a lawyer from Serbia. Following the bad showing of the government candidate Dragan Maršićanin in the Serbian presidential elections, 2004, Koštunica announced that fresh parliamentary elections should be expected by the end of the year just following the adoption of a new Constitution for Serbia. Since then the minority government of Vojislav Koštunica has maintained a frail coalition government and most importantly by being tolerated by the Democratic Party of President Boris Tadić. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vojislav_Kostunica   (439 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Kostunica's "Middle Way" Vuk Draskovic's decision to put up a rival candidate has taken the shine off Vojislav Kostunica's nomination as presidential candidate for the united opposition. Kostunica left the Democratic Party to form the DSS on the eve of elections in 1992, partly because the party's leader Zoran Djindic refused to join the Depos opposition coalition and partly over differences on national matters. Kostunica's campaign motto is, "Neither war, nor capitulation." His basic pre-election message is "Survival of the state." But his policy also recognises that finding a way back into the international community is a pre-requisite of survival. www.iwpr.net /archive/bcr/bcr_20000810_1_eng.txt   (838 words)

BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Kostunica: Man of conviction Anti-communism and nationalism were combined in Mr Kostunica's thinking as far back as 1974 when, as a young academic, he criticised Tito's reshaping of the Yugoslav constitution along the lines of a loose-knit federation. Mr Kostunica was among the founding members of the Democratic Party but he left in 1992 because he considered it was not sufficiently nationalist. Mr Kostunica might still have remained in comparative obscurity - at least in terms of international attention - had not President Milosevic decided in July to combine constitutional amendments to allow him a second term, with changing the method of election from a vote in parliament to a nationwide ballot. news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/europe/newsid_931000/931778.stm   (897 words)

Vojislav Kostunica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Vojislav Koštunica (born March 24, 1944) is the Prime Minister in the Government of Serbia and a lawyer from Serbia. A law graduate from the University of Belgrade, he lost his job in 1974 after criticizing Tito's Communist government. bg:Воислав Кощуница de:Vojislav Koštunica et:Vojislav Koštunica ja:ヴォイスラヴ・コシュトニツァ nl:Vojislav Kostunica sr:Војислав Коштуница wikipedia.lotsofinformation.com /wiki/index.php/Vojislav_Kostunica   (296 words)

Vojislav Kostunica has restored relations with the West   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Mr Kostunica is joining the heads of European Union member states, as well as the leaders of Albania, Bosnia, Croatia and Macedonia, for a summit in Zagreb, Croatia. The omens are good: Mr Kostunica has moved fast to re-establish the links with key Western countries that were broken off during the Kosovo war last year, and he is committed to the creation of a market economy. President Kostunica of Yugoslavia is already discovering that, although he has been welcomed as a regional partner, he is still expected to compete with his neighbours from a position of inferiority. www.balkanpeace.org /rs/archive/nov00/rs108.shtml   (887 words)

TIME Europe | Yugoslavia: The Rumpled Nationalist | 10/09/2000 Kostunica has shown no sign that he would cooperate with demands that Serbian war criminals, including Milosevic, be delivered to the Hague; he believes the U.N. tribunal is a tool for American meddling. Kostunica was a reluctant candidate, agreeing to stand for election only after polls showed more recognizable figures, such as Vuk Draskovic and Zoran Djindjic, stood no chance of beating Milosevic. Kostunica appealed to voters with his common touch — he campaigned door-to-door in five cities a day — but also because he is unsullied by association with Milosevic, the West or the former communist regime. www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2000/1009/kostunica.html   (657 words)

CNN.com - Vojislav Kostunica: A Modest Giant-Killer - September 29, 2000 But Kostunica has always been a staunch Serb nationalist and has consistently criticised Yugoslavian leaders for compromising the rights of the Serb minorities in the neighbouring republics. Kostunica was fired from his teaching job at the University of Belgrade in 1974 after publicly criticising Tito's decision to give greater constitutional autonomy to Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia and Kosovo on the grounds that this undermined the position of the Serb minorities in those territories. But if Kostunica isn't exactly NATO's dream candidate, his commitment to democracy and to a European Serbia give the Western alliance plenty of grounds for confidence that it could find political solutions to any disagreements with the chosen leader of the Serbs. archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/europe/09/29/kostunica.tm   (684 words)

[news] VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA, THE PRESIDENT-IN-WAITING by Srdja Trifkovic Kostunica has already won an election for Serbian president, only to be denied the post last fall by a Milosevic-era law requiring more than 50 percent of the electorate to vote in order for the result to stand. Kostunica regards his absence from top office as a temporary and not unwelcome break in what has been and promises to continue being a remarkable political career. As for the internal situation in Serbia, Kostunica sees the biggest problem in corruption and organized crime that have jointly established control over Serbia's government: It is not only a specific relationship and a marriage between the government, the organized crime and corruption in Serbia. www.mail-archive.com /news@antic.org/msg05122.html   (1476 words)

Christian Century: Mixed blessings for faiths in Kosovo - new president Vojislav Kostunica member of Serbian Orthodox ... The dramatic rise of Vojislav Kostunica to the Yugoslav presidency and more recent election results in Kosovo are mixed blessings for some of the breakaway region's faiths, local religious leaders and analysts say. Unlike his atheist predecessor, Slobodan Milosevic, Kostunica belongs to the Serbian Orthodox Church, Yugoslavia's dominant religious body and one that is viewed warily by Kosovo's Muslims. Kostunica is quite public about his faith, telling Belgrade crowds in a victory speech, "I am proud to be a citizen of Serbia. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_33_117/ai_67872862   (839 words)

Serbia Info News / Vojislav Kostunica: Kosovo issue - the gravest issue in Europe Vienna, November 27 (Tanjug) - Addressing the participants of the 8th ministerial conference of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica said that the Kosovo issue was the gravest and the most important issue in Europe today. Kostunica warned that the new phase in the Kosovo developments had to be particularly connected to OSCE which had organized local elections there. In terms of the return of the FRY to OSCE, Kostunica said that meant the return of Yugoslavia to Europe and the world. www.serbia-info.com /news/2000-11/28/21351.html   (626 words)

Time for Kids | Specials | PERSON OF THE YEAR Although he was reluctant at first, Kostunica traveled all over the country to introduce himself and his ideas for change. Kostunica, with the support of most of the world, refused and demanded Milosevic accept the results. Kostunica is now the President of Yugoslavia, and a symbol of the power of people to control their own country's destiny. www.timeforkids.com /TFK/specials/poy/0,12405,89371,00.html   (302 words)

Pravda.RU:Vojislav Kostunica calls Montenegro to a dialogue on Yugoslavia’s reorganisation Kostunica said that the federal state of Serbia and Montenegro should be defined as a minimal, but at the same time efficient federation, with a wide scope for the statehood and autonomy of its federal units, Radio Jugoslavija reports. The President of FR Yugoslavia, Vojislav Kostunica, has stated that everything in the Yugoslav federation can be the subject discussion except for one thing - a joint state, with one seat in the United Nations. President Kostunica told Belgrade’s NIN weekly that persons from Serbia and Montenegro could rotate on federal positions according to an arranged mechanism. english.pravda.ru /main/2001/04/26/4239_.html   (220 words)

Yugoslavia´s President Vojislav Kostunica sees common ground with Israel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) BELGRADE - After changes at the head of government - the removal from power of Slobodan Milosevic and the election of Vojislav Kostunica - Yugoslavia has rapidly dealt with some key issues relating to its international and political status. Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica was invited earlier this month by Israeli Ambassador, Yoram Shani, on the occasion of presenting his credentials, to visit Israel as the first Yugoslav president to do so. Kostunica says that one must seek "nearly completely unconventional solutions, and that both Yugoslavia´s experience and Israel´s have elements of ´peace imposed´ from the outside, which cannot be long-standing. www.balkanpeace.org /hed/archive/nov00/hed2074.shtml   (1420 words)

THE TREASON OF VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA Therefore Kostunica's constant accusations have been lies that relied on and reinforced the evidence of rumor and smear spread by the Western media and the Yugoslav media controlled by Mr. Kostunica's claim that he is innocent of the final deed can be disproved through the exercise of common sense. Kostunica is the law officer in charge of protecting the Yugoslav constitution and defending the State. emperors-clothes.com /analysis/treas.htm   (1710 words)

Serbia and Montenegro Vojislav Kostunica, Serbia (2004); Milo Djukanovic, Montenegro (2002) In the Sept. 2000 federal elections, Vojislav Kostunica, a law professor and political outsider, won the presidency in spite of widespread reports of fraud and voter intimidation. But Kostunica was quick to assert himself as a true-believing Serb nationalist with no plans for becoming the darling of the West. www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108157.html   (1706 words)

CNN Transcript - World Today: Yugoslavia: Who is President-Elect Vojislav Kostunica? - October 6, 2000 JOIE CHEN, CNN ANCHOR: Vojislav Kostunica is expected to be sworn in as president of Yugoslavia as early as tomorrow. In the streets of Belgrade, a time of triumph, an entire city energized, while in a quiet TV studio, the focus of the festivities sat slouched, pronouncing himself on policy issues like the professor he once was: promising his country some calm. Kostunica has spent the last decade trying to build his party, the Democratic Party of Serbia, into a national force, but was largely ignored as other opposition figures, like Vuk Draskovic, caught the public eye. transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0010/06/wt.01.html   (1227 words)

Kosovo Flash News (September 14, 2000)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Kostunica said that in the upcoming elections Milosevic "will try to win with the help of Rugova's and Thaci's votes". Kostunica said that it was Milosevic who brought international army in Kosovo and Bosnia. Vojislav Kostunica and his associates, but journalists, as well, were kept for more than two hours by KFOR soldiers at the entrance to Kosovska Mitrovica yesterday. www.kosovo.com /sk/news/kfn00914.html   (1199 words)

Pravda.RU Vojislav Kostunica carries out consultations with military leaders of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) In present day’s situation President Kostunica needs to enlist support of the army, which has a great influence on society and which is the only federal structure supporting the President (the Republic’s militia is being controlled by Serbian Prime-Minister Zoran Djindjic). Yugoslavia's President Vojislav Kostunica on Monday began consultations on the formation of a new Yugoslav government. Vojislav Kostunica carries out consultations with military leaders of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. newsfromrussia.com /world/2001/07/02/9122.html   (1919 words)

Pravda.RU PORTUGALIAN PRESSA ABOUT RUSSIA: “PUBLICO” EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH VOJISLAV KOSTUNICA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Kostunica claims that he received more than 50% of votes in the first round of elections and for this reason, he will not accept a second round. Kostunica : “I must say that the USA is always mentioning the Hague Tribunal against Milosevic, which helps Milosevic because he can act more firmly, in a xenophobic discourse, and this is the last thing we need now at this moment of crisis”. If Kostunica “takes the post on the weekend,” sanctions against Yugoslavia could be lifted as soon as on Monday, he added. english.pravda.ru /main/2000/10/06/111.html   (1892 words)

Vojislav Kostunica, Milosevic initially refused to concede defeat, but stepped down after several hundred thousand Serbs took to the streets in nonviolent protest to demand the end of his 13 years of rule. Kostunica faces the task of organizing a broad, 18-party opposition. Vojislav Kostunica - Biography - Yugoslavia's new president is both a Western liberal and Serb nationalist by David Johnson... www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0876591.html   (178 words)

BBC NEWS | Europe | Kostunica to run for Serb presidency Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica has said he will run for the Serbian presidency in next month's election, ending months of speculation. On one side are Mr Kostunica's moderate nationalists, and on the other are pro-market liberals, whose candidate is Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus. Other prominent candidates are Vojislav Seselj, a right-wing ultranationalist of the Serbian Radical Party; Velimir-Bata Zivojinovic, a popular actor in communist-era Yugoslav films running for Milosevic's Socialist Party; opposition leader Vuk Draskovic, and Borislav Pelevic, a leader of the nationalistic Party of Serbian Unity. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/2212211.stm   (440 words)

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