strives for e.u. membership. that's what it is mr president thank you very much for giving your time to this interview the international media see you as a nationalist and a right wing however you based your election campaign on good relations with the european union. that is that 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 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 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 style your voice is of course for 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 to talk here until now i've been open and sincere with the citizens of serbia and i'm going to continue cooperating with the people at 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 me a pm path and at the same time you've promised to hold a referendum where the citizens will have to decide if they want to join the e.u. or not will you keep this promise. the sense of order 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 get. as us and come to britain i mean 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 not over twitter 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 over 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 i've had a meeting with the foreign affairs minister of slovakia's who told me with much concern that unemployment in his country is ten percent i told him that we almost reached twenty five percent and that our debt by the end of the abel probably surpassed sixty five percent of g.d.p. which would be a catastrophe for the state or most likely it's not the debt at large but the g.d.p. of a state that is too low 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 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 first of all they have a crisis of expansion today it's clear that we won't be in 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 is to say how long should german taxpayer support the countries in crisis i promised 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 because of it my victory is a victory of the ideology of both the e.u. and russia or not the e.u. or russia. doesn't know that that's interesting you don't see that serbia will have to she's between the e.u. and russia you think it's possible to keep the right balance between them. you have a call of the level i'd prefer not to have to make the choice i'd like serbia to be a home with two doors 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 complementary industries we've had exceptional economic relations since the second world war unfortunately we ruined our industry with senseless privatisation 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 it rewards 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 it could impose really harsh conditions for 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. but at the level of 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 become. as 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 attached just as there are at the very core of this 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 are after the bombing of serbia in one thousand nine hundred nine we left nato in the territory of kosovo we gave them civil and military power and we have a ministration in four 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 it's guarantor our constitution says that kosovo and metohija are parts of serbia that. do you believe that it is possible to divide costs of the way in this case what would happen to the serbs living on the territory acquired by the albanians not as others have at 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 i don't know but the serbians who live outside these four communities

in the north depend on pristina k. four will make a new legacies the 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. so. all the cities in russia as well as in serbia you hear very often that the hague tribunal is uncertain if serbs do you plan to continue their cooperation with the chinese be you know initiated by the democrats. i've been the team leader who defended voice live show and i struggled against carla del ponte say 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 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. thank you you thank .

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starts on t.v. dot com. the week's top stories haired octavia president vladimir putin has rejected calls for military intervention in syria reiterating that the u.n. peace plan is the only way to prevent full scale civil war speaking on his first foreign tour of his recent inauguration when he met the leaders of germany france and britain roosts and of the russian eve summit in st petersburg. as rebels and government forces in syria blame each other with a massacre in which at least one hundred eight died including many children the u.n. orders an investigation to find the culprits comes as clashes between syrian government supporters and opponents in neighboring lebanon eight people dead. big protests in egypt as are as to former president hosni mubarak begins a new life sentence for his part in the deaths of hundreds of protesters during last year's revolution thousands of right in cairo but many are angry that he's

wanted to be executed. and time is running out for julian assange with under a fortnight left for his legal team to follow a last ditch appeal of the written supremum court ordered his extradition to sweden to aunt's a sexual assault accusations in this spirit could eventually lead to him being handed over to the u.s. to face espionage charges of leaking over american diplomatic cables. for the sunday sports news now when you'd. thanks carrie it's sunday morning here indeed in central moscow on a busy weekend in sports are headlines right. russia's maria sharapova eases into the last sixteen of the french open courtesy of a straight sets win over china's hang. time running out the chances dwindle for

double amputee oscar pistorius to make the london olympics after finishing off the gold in the league. and hardwood hopes the ball team are also seeking a spot at this summer's olympic games a podium placing out a qualifying tournament in venezuela next month can achieve it. first tell us we're not a single russian man has made it through to the last sixteen of the french open this year the country's last hope mikhail youzhny losing his third round match to david for in straight sets spiny for a clay court specialist simply too strong for the twenty seventh seed from start to finish dropping only four games on the way to a comfortable six love six two six two victory was so disappointed with his display of one speech used his foot that struck the word sorry and. elsewhere a fourth seed andy murray showed no signs of his recent back injury as he claimed

a no nonsense win over colombia. to reach the last sixteen also into the fourth round is a man seeking a historic seventh. also in st. i still believe a bit. as good as i did during the previews to. little bit my legs had to break under the break i was so if so to do with my with my serve but in general these are the big good for me. good feelings. over in the women's game there was further heartbreak for russian players on saturday with two of the three an auction exiting the prison internment no problem for maria sharapova though the siberian native dominating china's playing six two six one meaning she will drop five struck the first week of action the french open is the only grand slam the twenty five year old is yet to win. a weight in the last

sixteen. however the on seeded russian pushing wimbledon champion put her feet of all the way her third round match overtaking the second set but it was then when her czech opponent turned on the gas six two four six six one the final. to see a public chunk of a is also i thought the russian going down in two sets to the czech republic zach apollo who as i mentioned now faces sharapova while defending champion lee nies through to the last sixteen after a three set win over america's pristine. princes all nicely to international football where the netherlands seem to be shaping up very good ahead of next week's european championships the overrun year going to town on northern ireland in a friendly on sunday evening the first call coming eleven minutes in a well we're corner finished off by robin van persie the packed arena faithful vein got to see another brilliant set piece four minutes later mom of the match wesley schneider the scorer from percy would net from

a spot kick before the dutch went on to make it four before the break fell a finishing off a great team move here. he would get a second seven minutes after the break but the right wasn't completed until a dozen minutes from time lower not being home six nil netherlands the biggest defeat for northern ireland russia's opening world cup qualifying group opponents in over half a century. meanwhile over in england premier league side aston villa have confirmed paul lambert as their new manager lambert pictured here whilst working for his former club city. sunny a three year deal of villa park he got the canaries to respectful twelve place in the top five last season after a back to park promotions but resigned after being refused permission to speak to the forty two year old replaces former scot alex mcleish who is sacked after the villains finish just two points above the relegation zone. athletics were double

amputee sprinter oscar pistorius is facing more bumps in the road to its historic elim pick aspirations the four hundred meter specialist finishing last a diamond league meet in oregon with two time beijing games gold medalist to show on merit taking top honors the south african running on prosthetic legs finishing with a time of forty six point eight seconds below the olympic a standard of forty three point three meanwhile run time reigning world champ running james to win it in the time of forty four point nine one seconds behind as david crisp rondo moved into second after james's appeal for a false start was dismissed on the runner disqualified angelo taylor was third while pistorius will now look to prove himself next weekend in new york the african championship because. while strong winds this is the new young and winning one hundred ten metre hurdles but also took a bite out of his world record aspirations the two thousand and four olympic gold medalist equally rubbles two thousand and eight more of twelve point eight seven seconds but a strong breeze notified the feat another athens gold winner just also taking

victory on the day a strong start never got wins forte but the thirty year old again made up for a sluggish beginning to finish strongly in a time of nine point nine zero. the reigning fastest now in the world wasn't in oregon meanwhile instead you saying bolter was marching down the catwalk in london the twenty five year old stopping by in this summer's olympic host city the shoe off jamaica skate for the games bolt recently failed to break the ten second barrier whilst competing in the one hundred meters at a diamond league meet in the czech republic giving his rival some hope but in. to top the season's fastest time of nine point seven six seconds in rome a week later. came to get the first. experience as you should for every experience so. as were. the two were.

just. let's talk all for spencer levine is finally in prime position to win his first tournament on the p.g.a. tour the twenty seven year old holding a one stroke lead heading into the final round up the memorial levine moving up from second place thanks to efforts like this eagle on the fifth hole three bogeys whoever kept the american from increasing his gap over the fields overnight leader rory seventeen went on a spot the south african finishing second on seven under his shot on the eleventh hole his only birdie on the back nine rickie fowler he's a further two shots back well tiger woods is right behind tiger and i four shots off the lead despite carting four bogeys on the bok. moving on to the hardwood finally we're team russia half there i said firmly place out those are live big games the polish can book their birth next month the other qualification tournaments in venice will arch and gregorian sticks out the story.

russia's national basketball team needed to become first or second at the last year's european championship to get a straight ticket to the olympics at andrei kirilenko and his team mates finish the tournament just to play slower than their quiet clinching bromance against macedonia this means russia now has to take part in the qualifying event which starts on july the second even israel is the first three teams will secure their place in london and head coach david block is confident his men can achieve their reign i think we have a good team and i think we've proven that over the years. you know three teams out of twelve make it so i'm not a mathematician but that's twenty five percent chance right so. hopefully will hopefully will make those chances a little bit better than that while preparing for the qualification event russia will play friendly games against macedonia greece leave for any and great britain lot will have a squad of seventeen players at his disposal however to play securely and can

happen will join discord later as the dual were given time off after a long club season while russia's experience guard sergei because we'll miss the tournament after picking up any injury sergei played a big role in all of the major competitions in the last seven years so his losses is a problem forced. but we have other talented players and other guys that have stepped in. to fill the position and hopefully they can they can do the job and drive there and save each is another day after he was taken to hospital with a spine injury earlier this week but despite these problems the team speirs a high and everybody feels passionate to fulfill the task and book a place for london games is great you know people happen to be here you know some you know starting camp so we're excited will still for us i guess you could say i just decided to go to them so russia's first opponents in qualification will be

south korea followed by the dominican republic while the final games for july at eight and with the women's team already qualified for the olympics the man will certainly try to do their best to make them. artsy moscow. a busy sporting summer awaits all round i'm not sure sport whether it's next.

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president putin brushes off the notion of military intervention in syria saying the u.n. peace plan is the only way forward comments major in a european tour on which he met the leaders of france germany and other groups. as rebels and government forces in syria trade accusations over the mass killing which at least one hundred eight people died the u.n. investigation to find out who's really responsible. rock bottom to the gyptian president hosni mubarak as an ins and life sentence handed down for his part in the killing of hundreds of protesters last year the demonstrations follow the court verdict. crowds angry he's not to be executed. for time running out for june in the sun for less than two weeks left for his legal team to follow in the heel of the whistleblower loses his battle against extradition to sweden in

britain supreme court. this is artie's weekly needs review well. into the program carrie johnston. the russia e.u. summit kicks off later today in st petersburg but putin has already met some of europe's main players this week on a trip taking in germany and france he talked tough on their two expansion u.s. missile defense shield plans. and the ongoing violence in syria ortiz has the details. but they're putting his first stop was in minsk which many saw as an indication that russia's foreign policy now will focus more on it closest neighbors in the c.i.s. countries many observers also saw this visit as the beginning of the supposedly plan of economic.