that's what it is mr president thank you very much for giving your time for 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 the 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 except me treats me fairly because 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 founded 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 well 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 value to save your european stone but your voice is that of 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 metohija 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. in your first statement after the elections you said that sebi a will not turn away from me a pm path and at the same time you promise to hold a referendum where the citizens will have to decide if they want to join the e.u. or not we keep this promise as a ward 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 coalition 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 it. as i was 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 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 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 then one day it came out that it didn't have anything left it took advantage of the e.u. which is not a state but a union of states to trust one another serbia is far behind any of the e.u. member countries i've had a meeting with the foreign affairs minister of live out here who told me much concern that unemployment in his country is ten percent least i told him that we almost reached twenty five percent. that our debt by the end of the a.b.a.

probably surpassed sixty five percent of g.d.p. which would be a catastrophe as a state most likely it's not the debt that is good for the g.d.p. of the state it is too low so they 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 freedom of expression with the struggle against organized crime bribery and corruption of the likud minority rights all these are achievements of early you also be an end to the e.u. i don't know the first of all they have a crisis of expansion with it today it's clear that we will 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 mentor you or 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 new the truth is that the world is a lot bigger my victory is a victory of the ideology of both the e.u.

and russia only and not the e.u. or russia because of the the dozen or that was interesting he didn't think that sebi a will have to she's between the e.u. and russia i think it's possible to keep the right balance between them. you have a call of the level that i prefer not to have to make the choice or that i'd like serbia to be a home with toodles 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 as tree customs language but we have complementary industries that 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 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's until two thousand and eight when russia signed with serbia and energy or even the

allowing our country to breathe more easily will also those who are already talking about the construction of south stream of large investments in hydro and gas power stations and we should have done it earlier because the they shouldn't think that it's our unique partner because this way it could impose really harsh conditions is the country should maintain its sovereignty and also have partners in other places and we shouldn't forget about the brics countries of the arab and african world to 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. it would be similar to the other the it seems like serbia is always having to meet new conditions to become million members the other candidates had to join nato that what if they wanted to join it to a. certain. value 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 yes as delicate vocoders as that i'm ready for dialogue but not with hashem tattoo because there are suspicions that he committed crimes against the serbian eighth he cannot negotiate until the investigation of his case finishes but i will speak with other representatives after the bombing of serbia in one thousand nine hundred ninety we left nato in the territories it's over we gave them civil and military power we have a ministration for communities in north and kosovo and the e.u.

has asked us to abolish these serbian institutions and we responded that we cannot do that because we have a university there are hospitals and schools and colleges oil i just follow the constitution and in serbia the president is its guarantor yours our constitution says that kosovo and metohija are parts of serbia that either leave that he's hopeful to divide possibly in this case what would happen if the said living on the territory acquired by the albanians not to so you're good at this moment and from the point of view of the constitutional it's not possible to and one of the citizens of serbia say yes in a referendum i don't know but the syrians who live outside these poor communities as north depend on pristina k. for when making a new lazies 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 of it and i will do my best over the serbs in kosovo can leave from their work without waiting for assistance and depending on the institutions of pristina of you know because this would start

the indirect recognition of loss of those independence of the us libya there was a little bit of those use. of all the cities that's in russia as well as in serbia you hear very often that the hague tried. do you plan to continue their cooperation with the tried be you know initiated by the democrats. been the team leader who defended voice left 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 have 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 process is legit and it will close in a fairly negative way for the global justice system of the former president of serbia died in any of the presidents of croatia and bosnia have not been convicted

discrimination of the serbian people began long ago and today nothing has changed and segregation continues obviously it's not fair that the serbian government adopted them nor on cooperation with the hague tribunal we have to respect that laurent stand by it like we've enjoyed many injustices in this world so what if there was that a. well thank you you. thank . wealthy british style. sometimes it's priceless. margetts why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports on our.

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present hootin has rejected calls for military intervention in syria which rating that the u.n. peace plan is the only way to prevent a full scale civil war comments made this week during his first foreign toward his new. leaders of germany france and going to roots in russia new summit in st petersburg. if rebels and government forces in syria trade could name each other for the massacre which at least one hundred eight people including many children died u.n. owners investigation one culprit comes as clashes between syrian government supporters and opponents in neighboring lebanon eight people dead and big protests in egypt as ousted former president hosni mubarak begins a large sentence for his fault in the deaths of hundreds of protesters during last year's revolution thousands rotted in horror but many are angry that he's not to be

executed and that's always running out for judas songs we're going to of left to his legal team part of the last ditch appeal to britain supremes court ordered his extradition to sweden on to sexual assault accusations supports of spirit could eventually lead to him being handed over to the u.s. to face espionage charges of the week north american diplomatic cables. with all sports news and the one that you pee in the powerhouse in particular really is looking back on for months ahead of next week you are twenty twelve at a certain are the netherlands are whom we are speaking about setting northern ireland for six on saturday night kerry spain germany england all the rest they better be aware because they around me are a team in form or not coming up in just a sec.

thanks for joining us this is indeed sports today plenty ahead including the stories in brief. court date maria sharapova eases into the last sixteen of the french open courtesy of a straight sets win over china's pang. time running out the chances dwindle for double amputee oscar pistorius to make the london olympics after finishing last on the gold in me. on hardwood hopes his basketball team are also seeking a spot of this summer's olympic games podium finish out a qualifying tournament in venezuela next month will achieve. first tennis where not a single russian man has made it through to the second week of the french open the country's last hope and losing his third round match to dublin for in straight sets on saturday evening spotted for a court specialist simply too strong for the twenty seventh seed from start to finish dropping only four games on way to

a comfortable six love six two six two victory so disappointed with his display at one stage used this to scratch the word sorry. elsewhere a fourth seed on the murray showed no signs of this recent back injury as he claimed a no nonsense win over colombia santiago heraldo to reach the last sixteen. to the fourth row and is a man seeking historic seven the chrono ruling across rafael nadal downing edwardo also in st. today the. you know i stop a little bit play. as good as i did during the break used to. stop a little bit my legs and they had to break and i think if so they were with my with my so but in journalism for them to go for me straight says. good feelings over in the women's game goes further heartbreak for russian players on the day with two of the three an auction exiting the prison internment maria sharapova the

sole winner from the trio the siberian native dominating china's paying six two six one me to drop by drop the first week of action the french open is the only major the twenty five easier to win. over is the on seeded russian who are pushing wimbledon champion petra to think about all the way for third round match by taking the second set of the old defeat of a six two four six six games they won the finals. on say a public kobe's also at the russian going down in two sets of the czech republic stories i apologise to not face to shore up of a while defending champion leading us through to the last sixteen for a three set win over american christina mchale. brings us to international football where the netherlands are shaping up very nicely indeed ahead of next week's european championships they overran me going to town on northern ireland in a friendly on saturday evening the first goal coming eleven minutes in

a well we're corner finished off by robin van persie the packed up saddam arena then golf to see another brilliant set piece four minutes later mom of the match wesley schneider the scorer son percy would never from a spot kick before the dutch went on to make a four before the break fell a finishing off a great team move. the same man would get a second six minutes after the break but the right wasn't completed until it doesn't minutes from time wrong the floor of the player nodding home from the corner kick six still not the biggest defeat for northern aren't russia's opening world cup qualifying group opponents in over half a century. double amputee sprinter oscar pistorius is facing further bumps in the road to his historic elim pick dream the four hundred meter specialist finishing the last of the diamond league meet in order. over the weekend the south african running on prosthetic legs finishing with a time of forty six point eight seconds below the olympic

a standard of forty five point three olympic champion the shawn merits run down reigning world champion ronnie james to win in the time the forty four point nine one seconds behind his native crisp rondo moved in the second dr james his appeal for a full start was dismissed on the run or the smaller fight until taylor was third space stories will not look to do better next weekend in new york on the african championships later this. fall strong winds assisted luzhin winning the one hundred ten meter hurdles in oregon but also took a bite out of this world record aspirations the two thousand and four olympic gold medalist equaling dion robles to. a mark of twelve point eight seven seconds but a strong breeze notified that feat another athens gold medal winner justin gatlin he won on the day a strong start never got less forte but the thirty year old again made up for a sluggish beginning to finish strongly a time of nine point nine zero so. the reigning fastest man in the world wasn't

in the beaver state meanwhile instead you st paul two was marching down the catwalk in london the twenty five year old stopping by in this summer's olympic host city the shoe off to make his kit for the games gold recently failed to break the ten second barrier whilst competing in the one hundred meters of the diamond league meets in the czech republic giving his rivals hope but even bond's back to talk the season's fastest time in rome a week later. it was one of the things i came to get in the first and it was a. very dramatic experience as you should for every experience so. far as we're. aware of the tour i'm just i think james strong golf for special a vein looks fine. to be in prime position to claim his first tournament win on the p.g.a. tour the twenty seven year old holding a one stroke lead heading into the final round of 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 lead over the field overnight leader done a spot finishing second on seven under the south african shot on the eleventh hole his sole birdie on the back nine rickie fowler is a further two shots back while tiger woods is right behind him four shots off the lead the spikes carving an impressive four on the back. on the n.b.a. hardwood kevin durant's has once again staked his claim for m.v.p. award honors this year at the twenty three role scoring eighteen of us thirty six points in the fourth quarter the thunder tied their western conference final series against the spurs a two to three time lead scoring champion knocking sixteen points the rule in the final quarter after watching his oklahoma city seven fifteen point lead windell to for his main sidekick russell westbrook was limited to just seven points but serge

ibaka put in a career high twenty six to make up for the bank cards off night the series now heads back to sun and for game five on the evening. twenty seven assists you know just moving the ball and making the right plays and. doing it the first three quarters kind open for me in the fourth or i was able to make some you know russell said great screens change made great passes it was a shot do my job finish staying on the hardwood finally were team russia have their i said firmly on a place of the twenty twelve olympic games the bowlers last chance of picking their birth will occur next month a qualification tournament in venice with gregorian sticks up 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 but andrei kirilenko and his team mates finished 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 if. the first three teams will secure their place in london and head coach david blood is confident his men can achieve their aim 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 writes of 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 lithuania and great britain lot will have a squad of seventeen players at his disposal however to play securely in her upper will join this chord later is the dual were given time off after a long club season while russia's experience guard sergei because i will miss the tournament after picking up any injury sergei he played

a big role in all of the major competitions in the last seven years so his losses is a problem force 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 river and save each is another day out 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 fulfil the task and book a place for london games it's great you know people happy to be here you know something of a training camp so we're excited will still for us i guess you could say just excited to go to so russia's first. bowman's and qualification will be south korea followed by the dominican republic while the final game so scheduled for july is eight and with the women's team already qualified for the olympics the men will certainly try to do their best to make found. only aryans party moscow.

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comb. brushes off the notion of military intervention in syria saying the u.n. peace. conference major european tour of which he met with leaders of germany france and got a ruse. as rebels and government forces in syria trade accusations of the massacre which at least one hundred eight people died the u.n. investigation to find out who's really responsible. to egyptian president hosni mubarak he begins a life sentence handed down for his part in the killing of hundreds of protesters last year demonstrations for the car of the crowds angry he's not to be executed. on time running out with less than two weeks left for his legal team to file an

appeal. his battle against extradition to sweden in britain's supreme court. where you're watching ati's weekly news review on the kerry johnston welcome to the program the russian e.u. summit kicks off later today but. 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. and ongoing violence in syria. has the details now. wasn't putting his first stop was in school which many saw as an indication that russia's foreign policy now will focus more on its closest neighbors and the c.i.s. countries many observers also saw this visit.