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BIRN Attack 'Part of Balkan Democratic Crisis'
The orchestrated campaign against BIRN in Aleksandar Vucic's Serbia was a prime example of the new authoritarianism sweeping the Balkans, which is the rolling back the democratic gains of the 1990s, Balkan expert Florian Bieber said in London on Tuesday.
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Turkey's AKP aimed to create rich class close to itself after 2007, prominent scholar says
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) aimed to create a rich class close to the government after 2007, at the expense of rational long-term economic decision-making, renowned economic historian Professor Şevket Pamuk has said.
Hankering after a primitive past
President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄanâs penchant for controversy has no bounds. He is now on record arguing that it is unnatural to consider men and women as equals. He provides hackneyed arguments about the âweaker sexâ to prove his point, and maintains that Islam prescribes motherhood for women.
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Local ceasefires best way to ease Syrians' suffering: researchers
Local ceasefires in Syria may be the best way to ease the suffering of civilians in the absence of a political solution to the three-and-a-half year conflict, researchers from the London School of Economics said on Monday.
Agrobanka shareholders insist on compensation
Agrobanka shareholders insist on compensation
BELGRADE -- Foreign shareholders of the former Agrobanka said in a statement that their issue was "among the most important" when Aleksandar Vučić was recently interviewed.
They specified this happened after the Serbian prime minister's lecture given at the London School of Economics on October 27.
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PM: Government resolved to privatize Telekom
PM: Government resolved to privatize Telekom
LONDON -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said that the Serbian government is resolved to privatize the public telecommunications company Telekom Serbia.
As for the public company Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS), the government is "ready to sell a minority package of shares."
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Vucic: Gov't resolved to privatize Telekom Srbija
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said that the Serbian government is resolved to privatize the public company Telekom Serbia, while in the case of the public company Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) it is ready to sell the minority package of shares.
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PM invites British counterpart to visit Serbia
PM invites British counterpart to visit Serbia
LONDON -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić met with British Foreign Secretery Philip Hammond in London on Wednesday.
The British official "congratulated Vučić on successful implementation of economic reforms and progress in meeting the European standards," said a Serbian government statement.
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Hammond congratulates Vucic on implementation of reforms
LONDON - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met with British Minister of Foreign Affairs Philip Hammond in London on Wednesday, who congratulated him on successful implementation of economic reforms and progress in meeting the European standards.
Vucic, Hague discuss economic situation in Serbia and region
LONDON - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met in London with House of Commons Leader William Hague to discuss the political and economic situation in Serbia and the region and economic reforms carried out by the Serbian government.
"I want to use the economy as a nexus for regional connections," said Vucic.