they are absolutely right i am a nationalist but i'm a democrat as well and as far as european values go we will respect them because of our constitution the constitution the tadic cost to meet certain i wrote together i respect it sincerely i'd like to bring order to serbia the way that germany is organized probably a lot of time will pass until the western press accept me and treats me fairly as for many years they've written about me negatively now it's difficult to change that but after achieving victory in unacceptable conditions during an incredibly dirty media campaign it's more probable that the media will change their opinion too moreover i showed that i want to be the president of all the citizens of serbia i've resigned the position as head of the party that i found it only three years ago and i took it to the top of the serbian political scene i left it as if it was a child when now my objective is to make serbia a developed and successful country and for that i need the support of all citizens not only members of the progressive party of serbia. aren't you afraid you'll lose

the support of your traditional day to save your european stone their voices or thaw i'm not afraid because europe is a very attractive partner for serbia and our country should meet almost all the conditions that the e.u. imposes this process should stop only if they ask us to renounce part of our territory i'm referring to kosovo and we're talking here until now i've been open and sincere with the citizens of serbia and i'm going to continue cooperating with the people of the moment they impose such conditions i told people immediately i think that's why i won't lose my popularity you know in our country the dismissal of a president is almost impossible nevertheless my term will last five years only if the citizens allow it if they no longer want to see me in this position i will walk away right now i'm convinced that the politics that i've been representing are the only good politics for serbia. that in your first statement after the elections you said that serbia will not turn away from the european path and at the same time

you've promised to hold a referendum on whether citizens will have to decide if they want to join the e.u. or not we keep this promise. business of orders of the referendum is going to happen we agreed with the democrats that when all the conditions are fulfilled for serbia's entry to the e.u. we will go to the people with the question do you want to be in the e.u. and they will decide that's how they did it in croatia only a few months ago but only after they had fulfilled all the conditions and when the e.u. had accepted croatia then they organized the referendum i think it's necessary to cooperate with citizens a lot more than in the past but that doesn't mean that i'm resigned to the european way my only fear is that they'll impose conditions that i personally wouldn't accept but probably the citizens would say that's fulfill it too because we want to be in the e.u. i won with fifty percent of votes and i know that the other half didn't support my ideas that's why i believe that i should ask them to do it. as is and come to

power tonight when serbia is in a difficult economic situation when the country's unemployment rate exceeds twenty four percent on the other side europe also has its problems and it's becoming poorer day by day so you why do so still want to become members of the here aren't you afraid that the greek scenario could be repeated in your country a lot over to you know greece is another thing greece is a member of the e.u. which was spending more money than it could afford because then one day it came out that it didn't have anything left to give it took advantage of the e.u. which is not a state but a union of states the trust one another one that serbia is far behind any of the e.u. member countries who have had a meeting with the foreign affairs minister of slovakia who told me with much concern that unemployment in his country is ten percent i told him that we almost reach twenty five percent and that our debt by the end of the year will probably surpass sixty five percent of g.d.p. which would be a catastrophe for the state or most likely is not that debt at large but the g.d.p.

of a state that is too low that serbia should go on trying to form part of the e.u. which means much more than simply belonging to a union a well organized judicial system of human rights for. them of expression of the struggle against organized crime bribery and corruption of minority rights all these are achievements of the e.u. will serbia enter the e.u. i don't know that first of all they have a crisis of expansion today it's clear that we won't be in the e.u. during the next ten years at the same time they have the existential crisis the euro is a currency that's turning weaker by the day on the other hand it's a big question how long is germany going to help members of the union that's to say how long should german taxpayer support the countries in crisis i promise to guide serbia to a path where no one could say that we don't want to enter the e.u. but the truth is that the world is a lot bigger is a bit of my victory is a victory of the ideology of both the e.u. and russia and not the e.u. or russia. doesn't that that's interesting you don't see that sebi i will have to

she's between the e.u. and russia you think it's possible to keep the right balance between then. you have a call of the level i prefer not to have to make the choice i'd like serbia to be a home with two dogs one to the west and the other to the east serbia simply belongs to the east as well as to the west we have a traditional and deep relationship with russia not only in terms of origin but also in religion with the history customs language we have complimentary industries that we've had exceptional economic relations since the second world war unfortunately we ruined our industry with senseless privatization which led to people losing their jobs never the less we have the education we have the will the power and natural resources to collaborate once again with the russian federation at a much higher level since two thousand serbia has moved away from russia until two thousand and eight when russia signed with serbia and energy grids allowing our country to breathe more easily we're already talking about the construction of

south stream of large investments in hydro and gas power stations we should have done it earlier because the e.u. shouldn't think that it's our unique partner because this way they could impose really hard. missions of the country should maintain its sovereignty and also have partners in other places and we shouldn't forget about the brics countries or the arab and african world that cooperate very well with serbia so when we open the doors of serbia to the world we do so for a prosperous future that's why i'll never choose between russia and the e.u. i know where my heart is and everybody in serbia knows that but i also think that we can be a good bridge between europe and russia and the best partner of russia in the e.u. because of the other the. it seems like serbia is always having to meet new conditions to become e.u. mendis the other candidates have to join nato what if they want me to join a team. that is serbia will never enter nato as this is the will of the majority of the serbian people and the e.u.

will never impose this condition because serbia doesn't have any reason to enter i don't see any sense in its existence but if nato becomes an organization which together with the collective security treaty organization would fight against organized crime in the world then we would have participated serbia is a small country surrounded by nato members there's no one serbia would start a war with we don't need nato to defend us we are militarily neutral and it will stay like that forever are you ready to maintain a dialogue with pristina and with its leader touchy just as they were at the voters is that i'm ready for dialogue but not with hashem tattoo because there are suspicions that he committed crimes against the serbian people he cannot negotiate until the investigation of his case finishes but i will speak with other representatives who were after the bombing of serbia in one thousand nine hundred nine we left nato in the territory of consular we gave them civil and military power we have our administration for communities in northern kosovo and the e.u. has asked us to abolish the serbian institutions we responded that we cannot do

that because we have a university that hospitals schools and colleges i just follow the constitution and in serbia the president is guarantors. our constitution says that kosovo and metohija are parts of serbia that. do you believe that it is possible to divide cos of the way in this case what would happen to the serbs living on the territory acquired by the albanians not the so southern city of this moment and from the point of view of the constitution it's not possible and one of the citizens of serbia say yes in a referendum but i don't know but the serbians who live outside these four communities in the north depend on pristina k. for when making a new legacy international society especially the united nations should guarantee its absolute security and serbia should guarantee a good life and that's something that serbia avoided a bit and i will do my best over the serbs in kosovo can live from their work without waiting for assistance and depending on the institutions of pristina

because this would start the indirect recognition of kosovo's independence of the. soul. of the cities in russia as well as in serbia you hear very often that the hague tribunal is unfair to the serbs do you plan to continue the cooperation with the chinese be you know initiated by the democrats. i have been the team leader who defended voice shell and i struggled against carla del ponte a for many years even personally in strasbourg we had a very difficult conversation in the presence of many parliamentarians of the european council the hague tribunal will exist until the situation in the world changes people have been convicted their people are dying there but the tribunals has the support of all countries and so far no one has launched a process to stop it anyway it will be closed soon because there are only a few processes left and it will close in a fairly negative way for the global justice system as the former president of serbia died in the hague with the presidents of croatia and bosnia have not been

convicted of discrimination of the serbian people began long ago and today nothing has changed in segregation continues obviously it's not fair but the serbian government adopted a neuron cooperation with the hague tribunal we have to respect that laurent stand by it like we've enjoyed many injustices in this world. well thank you thank you. wealthy british style sun. spot on. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy

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president but the man has made his first foreign tore off his recent inauguration meeting europe's top heavyweights germany and from the head of the russia e.u. summit in st petersburg russia neither has again rejected calls for a true intervention in syria and reiterated his view that the u.n. peace plan is and the way to prevent full scale civil war. that's rebels and government forces in syria trade accusations of that who massacre in which at least one hundred eight people died the u.n. ordered. investigation to find out who is really responsible. rock bottom for ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak begins a life sentence handed down for his part in the killing of hundreds of protesters last year fierce rioting followers intolerantly crowds angry he's meant to be executed. time running out for julian assange less than two weeks left for his

legal team to follow the peel off the whistleblower loses his battle against extradition to sweden britain's supreme court. time for sports news now arundhati. hello and welcome to the world of sports is what we've got coming up. a progress russia's maria sharapova easy's into the last sixteen of the french open with a straight sets win over china's shway. the italian job russia it's only three nil in the final warm up game and if you are twenty twelve which begins next week. pacemaker showing when you say involved two eyes in london with two months to go before the olympics was his rivals he's getting better all the time. to the clay

courts of the french open tennis where not one russian male has made it through to the last sixteen after mikhail youzhny lost his round match to divert for a in straight sets the spaniard a clay court specialist was just too strong for the twenty seventh seeded russian from start to finish dropping only four games on his way to a comfortable six love six two six two victory usually was so disappointed with his display at one stage to scratch the world sorry into the brazilian play. meanwhile fourth seed andy murray showed no signs of his recent back injury as he claimed a straight sets win over colombia sunday argos rather i'll go to it's the last sixty eight seed young coaches out of a child no problems again julian bennett i've also securing a straight sets win over the frenchmen sprains nicolas almagro was equally as dominant as he beat argentina's leonardo mayer. in the women's event russia's maria

sharapova continued her fine form she's only dropped five games a week of the tournament after a six two six one win over china's poor french i couldn't be any grounds around twenty four hours ago yet to win in the last sixteen she faces qualify all of us. meanwhile nina brought out the unseated russian post wimbledon champion patrick a bit about all the way around march twenty sixth one second set for which the president turned on the gas in the side six two four six six one the final score was. well honest as a covert is also helps the russian one down in two sets to the czech republic's power as part of a now faces sharapova defending champion hours through to the last sixteen after a three set win over american christina taylor. now the failure of any russian men to reach the last sixteen in paris highlights the problems with russian tennis

right now with the recent glory days seeming like a distant memory which of importance examines whether upturn for change is jus whether it's game set and match for the foreseeable future. a lack of motivation and a lack of funding that's what's affecting russia's male tennis players according to davison fed cup campaign. with the likes of mikhail youzhny and nikolai debbie dingell in the twilight of their careers there's no new generation coming through to replace them. there aren't enough specialist tennis centers in russia at the moment if these centers are built things will certainly improve our juniors are performing well on the tour and if they will have access to top facilities in russia then i'm sure we will have no shortage of top players in the country who class figureheads like no i joke of age and rafael nadal don't grow on trees rusher been lucky over the last decade and a half but they've had a steady stream of plants such as marat safin a nickel i don't. but another member of my golden generation you've given caffeine

a curve so he's not too pessimistic about the future then is so was always been on the order of peace. obviously this was late ninety's early two thousand when the russian. players are winning majors they're winning gold medals but. the serious think about i know that they will come around the question is why and you know there are a lot of for young talents for you know forcibly roll over old world will be on the spotlight very slowly five years ago russia's davis cup team was one of the best in the world however the scientists from battle in recent times and faces a constant battle to stay in the top ranking world group have a cafe in the trophy in two thousand and two these are frustrating times we've been pouring that problem in the federation we're trying to do everything just to turn it around in there and i'm sure you know it's it's not. up to me you know i can go

into his court and play myself i wish i wish i could but anyway they could have which is which is the most important thing and i'm sure a lot of this will have or you know grandstand and if you go right in this situation on the inside is slightly better with maria sharapova always among the favorites to win grand slam titles however i'm inside it seems both things will get worse before they get better especially with the likes of usually end up being too likely to hang up their racket so next couple of years is richmond bulkeley don't see. meanwhile in football russia will enter next week's european championships in the most confident of moves not off today because men have been out of sorts italy in their final friendly before euro two thousand and twelve it's simply a team in disarray right now the country gulf to one much fixing scandal which led to players being dropped from the squad including sending something to the men

according to tell me that for misty's tonight alex has a cough open the scoring enjoy it right on the hour mark a defensive mix up with result goal number two another as any man or woman shook off mopping up the mess in the italian box i threw up. second on russia then put the icing on the cake a minute from time pal reflection of the side that won the world cup and to see russia on the other hand will travel to power for a high in confidence. italy are far from an amateur team and created plenty of chances against us they kept up the tempo by making timely substitutions throughout the game while it was physically tough for us to close out the match and we didn't play nearly as well as the final score indicates and everyone in the changing room realizes that. meanwhile over in england premier league side aston villa have confirmed paul lambert is their new manager lambert pictured here whilst

working for his former club in norwich city has signed a three year deal of villa park and guided the canaries to a respectable twelve place in the top flight last season after consecutive promotions resigned after being refused permission to speak to the former european champions the forty two year old replaces fellow scot alex mcleish they were sucked after villa finished just two points above the relegation is now in the n.b.a. boston have four in the eastern conference final series with miami the celtics winning game three and now trail two one in their best of seven series kevin garnett notching twenty four points on the eleven rebounds. i also added. ten points when the turning point coming when the celtics outscored miami fifteen zero in the second quarter turning a six point deficit into a nine point lead for take place on sunday night also in boston. i just thought our digits are very good our rebound was terrific and stretches. back

to the slips to the basket in the rose to the basket like they did in game two in the second half and so it was in a lot of ways for their. shots but it was i so contested that's all we had to do. now with three months to go until the start of the olympics jamaican sprinter usain bolt is gearing up nicely the twenty five year old has stopped off in london to promote jamaica's kids for the games he recently failed to break the ten second barrier was competing in the one hundred meters i think i'm in league meeting in czech republic but practical the season's past this time of nine point seven six seconds in rome a week later and the triple in pick champion says it's hoping to peak in time for the showpiece of. the first. experience as you should.

just try. and finally boxer floyd mayweather jr has begun his ninety day jail sentence for domestic battery the undefeated five division champion turned himself in on friday in las vegas pretty boy as he's known was given me three months after pleading guilty in december to attacking the mother of three of his children back in two thousand and ten he could be released for good behavior after two months as a high profile inmate is told he'll be kept away from other prisoners is to. put in further doubt the chance of the much anticipated super fight with welterweight champion manny pacquiao. well that is all the sport for now but it's plenty more here on r.t. . you

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you start on t.v. dot com. president vladimir putin has made his first foreign tour after his recent inauguration meeting europe's top heavyweights germany and france ahead of the russia east summit in st petersburg. as rebels and government forces in syria trade accusations over who massacre benefit least one hundred eight people died the u.n. orders an investigation to find out who's really responsible. rock bottom for ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak as he begins and sentence handed down to his party killing of hundreds of protesters last year the demonstrations followed the court verdict in cairo with crowds angry he's not to be executed. and time running out for sons with less than two weeks left his legal team to follow in the peel off the whistleblower loses his battle against extradition to sweden britain's

supreme court. there you're watching ati's weekly news review welcome to the program carrie johnston the russian e.u. summit kicks off later today in st petersburg putin has already met some of europe's main players this week on a trip taking in germany and france he talked tough on nato expansion u.s. missile defense shield plans moscow stance on the ongoing violence in syria. has the details. it was in minsk which many saw as an indication that that russia's foreign policy now will focus more on the closest neighbors and the c.i.s. countries many observers also saw this visit as the beginning of the suppose.