you're watching larry just in time for a recap of our headlines you know observers in syria have suspended their activities or because of the escalating violence meanwhile moscow has denied the pentagon's claims that a russian military cargo ship is carrying weapons and troops just syria. the final round of egypt's presidential election is underway but many are left disenchanted by the choices before them the run up is between a muslim brotherhood candidate and alstad and leader hosni mubarak's last prime minister. and thousands of retired against cuts in rome while the euro his fate hangs in the balance with greece are set to go to the polls

to determine the future of the single currency it's feared a greek exit could split the euro zone apart and. serbia hopes to receive the e.u. approval later this year open sessions talks with the twenty seven nation bloc next archie speaks to the serbian ambassador to the u.k. who talks about the country's new president and relations with the e.u. both key to say views future coming up next. today i'm talking to the serbian ambassador to the u.k. day on popovich the victory of the new president and former nationalist opposition leader thomas love nicholas surprised many outside ambassador pop over its did it surprise you. to an extent yes it was actually the economy that was the topic the most important topic of the electoral campaign and

the perception of the. general population was actually such that they were not satisfied with the performances of the economy so. contrary to the perceptions of service some. more important quote unquote issues like he'll perspective so serbia or course a war were not in the focus of the complain the economy was and so what was the social factors that led up to his victory would you say the unemployment rate is as high as twenty five percent and this is the most important factor that actually. the majority of. voters so given the environment which is actually globally fair brought to the economic growth actual performances

of serbia's economy were perceived as unsatisfactory by the majority of voters and that's the outcome what does present promise to bring to the table under these circumstances. his or tory was concentrated on the economic issues d facilitation of foreign investments improving of the. investment climate in the country and reduction in the corruption. scale us namely there is a perception among the voters that the corruption still remains a major problem and this isn't by. and his supporters was at these issues so majority of voters did accept that and what about relationships with the outside world is it is the new

president's victory a rejection of tadic rapprochement with the west i wouldn't say so namely the most important difference between the pre two thousand and eight and two thousand and eight toric of mystery college is his move towards the pull you can send to him and the repositioning of his newly established serbian progressive party as a pro european the one we see across a movement towards the right wing and mr nicol it is traditionally a right wing politician is this part of that movement the thing turn extent yes although the clear cut distinctions between a right and left in serbia us political arena are meant i wrote these really made namely varies a lot of left wing populists the rhetorically and some right oriented political

parties and vice versa but generally after four years of predominantly left oriented to government led by two social democratic parties like the democratic party and social this party of serbia. we are having a majority which is explaining itself it's something differently and does that make serbia sort of psychologically a part of europe in that it's subject to the same social trend i don't see so yes. there are trends that can be followed throughout the region not just in serbia and i'm content because of these the. it's a. policy shift do you expect to see in president micheletti government when we speak about the policy is i think their economy would be. in focus because

as i said that was the only important topic on the elections very tough decisions have to be made by the new government. in depth and this is now high it exceeded forty five percent of the g.d.p. which is said to limit established by the law so there is very small room for additional. independence on the other hand the deficit is running high between four and five percent of g.d.p. and the. rate of growth which is actually just above the zero rate we do not have much room for more nervous but to into a very strict. domain of of the measures to be implemented during the months to come so in fact it seems as if the

rest of europe if you like is moving away slightly from us tara see electing governments who don't support austerity where it's moving towards where you see how the new government would formulate its policies we also have to see the newly elected french government after the elections in june this year. change the course of of the economy it is easy to talk against austerity but to implement an alternative scenarios something different we've talked a lot about europe but mr nicol it is first visit as president elect was made to russia what should we read into that is. it's my understanding that mr nikolay in his capacity as the then president of serbian progress who party was invited to the congress of united russia party. or his party's sister party in russia

to return to the congress of that political group so that was something which was prearranged before the election results and the whole show was the relevant to mr nicolle each is giving it to a different way so. i would like to. get through with russia they are already excellent relations and i think that there is another additional room for for improving these relations as a diplomat do you think it's possible as president necklet wishes to be a country with two duals one looking to the east and one into the west well yes i have a lot of examples. with such policies some very good friends of russia for instance bulgaria or creation. are members or are

becoming members of the u. i don't see why shouldn't serbia. become a member of the european union provided all the conditional disarm at. the same time keep its relations with major economic partner as russia is anyhow you with russia are part of the us not the force there are stumbling blocks they want material. being a fully fledged member of the e.u. one of them is possibly nato membership which president nicholas said that he would never take on and the other is the recognition of course of a. mistake and it has already made it clear that if serbia has to choose between recognizing cost of a on the e.u. then it can forget about the e.u. there is nothing new in the foreign relations you cited namely the same formulation as were made by former president serbia's national assembly had adopted

five six years ago. declaring the military neutrality of serbia. within the present constellation is politically determined not to become the member of nato. constitution plame costs as a part of the country so no politician. disobey the basic principle is as stated in the constitution of the country he's already wrote the votes as well hasn't he there were deep sort of undone some of the work that was done to restore relations with serbia's neighbors the leaders of croatia slovenia and both they have said they won't come to the inauguration. and it's denied that genocide dic occurred in. the lawyer as i told you in my previous life i was professor of all so. judgments off a court particular bearing in mind the international court of justice something

that top. per definition. the facts that are established i think at the. national parliament adopted two years ago the declaration condemning the crime that happened in srebrenica and that was committed against the most young muslims living as it was defined by the international court of justice judgement as president nicholas now rejected that there is that what we should see in that you will have to talk to him. what the things are now developing but. what i know is that the president also condemned the tragic and serious crime enormous crime committed and we had this that as a research and of the national assembly of serbia. what do you think. given the

debt crisis going on in your country but also the crisis going on inside the european union the e.u. has now twenty seven member states and twenty eighth is preparing to enter the year two thousand and thirteen do not know of any that is trying to leave the european union so there are some values that are inherited in the european union. are exceeding the present day problems the problem solve the recession the crisis in the eurozone within three or four years will have another set of problems send them the recession which is behind us so things are always changing but geographically politically culturally. as all other countries in the region does belong

to this neighborhood the neighborhood that's integrated the european union we're speaking about the world for all we are speaking about the economic. environment that could be. providing incentives for fourteen direct investments. aimed at increasing employment in serbia and solving the most important history of these two off on a moment of thought or dimension that if push came to shove which would be the more important relationship to separate want the one with the e.u. or the one with russia well i would again try not to. explain these relations as being contradictory to the contrary i think that they represent a comp complimentary value for the country like. aimed

. towards having the best possible relations with russia while keeping its european path oh put. president told president putin. recently paid research door to more school. thank you very much you. know.

you went observers in syria have suspended the exhibit is because of the escalating violence meanwhile moscow has denied the pentagon's claims that a russian military cargo ship is carrying weapons and it's just syria. the final round of egypt's presidential election is underway but many are left to disenchanted by the choice before them the run up is between a muslim brotherhood candidate and also the the husband mubarak's last prime minister. and thousands of italians are march against cuts in gray while the euros fade to hangs in the balance with greeks said to go to the polls to determine the future of the single currency it's here the greek exit could split apart. sports update with entry next he's got more on russia's massive game with greece at the euros.

good evening on a big night of book ball coming up selection woes russia's influential midfielders ready and authors ruled out of tonight's crucial showdown with great at the european championships. while co-hosts poland prepare to face the czech republic in a winner takes all clash and brought stuff. and hello tiger woods grab to share of the lead at the u.s. open pre-tournament favorites luke donald a marine lacker roy go home early. and under two hours time russia kicked off against greece at the european championships knowing a draw would be enough to reach the quarter finals but there has been a late change to russia's midfield after constantine's that a on off was ruled out with a virus and to tell us more. now joins us from warsaw good evening richard let's start with the team usually on of the absence undoubtedly

a blow for russia but how do you think that will affect tonight's line up. perfectly on screen with very simple the new school surkov will come into a side replace circumstance in three of course it is a big blow that means they're on the spot actually very very well the storm and that is part of the triumvirate in midfield becomes rumors and it's in petersburg going on with denise of. moving very impressive so far and all the research on the principle of experience to the side it's been excellent for the both for the country recently and also here at your school the winner against the greeks in two thousand and eight when russia won one nil which helped to put their passage into the knockout stages because it's a more capable midfielder has really improved over last year or so with his club side like much of moscow he's a really box to box midfielder really likes to get forward. excellent shots on in the region score quite a few goals from from midfield from just outside the areas so he rusher won't i don't think. too much. just because of what can bring to the bassy.

russia do only need a draw date night but you think i will sit back against the greeks because not really a side who are known for their attacking fair are they. now a different oh well that's all russia they cannot sit back but russia's problems will start ever so i do actually try to sit back and defend russia's really mean weak points i say is part of the center of offense was a lack pace. of both half decent players but i just don't have the pace of the sides to be honest and russia's real strength really is of course going forward i mean a very dynamic infield of course everyone knows about the attacking trio of a shot in chester cult who i do think will start to spark a fire but he's failed to hit the targets in ten attempts so far up a storm and of course islands of glory of his been fantastic for scoring three goals in two games is really getting a lot of attention from around the world so yes i think russia certainly will look to attack because that's really the only way they can play. it sounds like we can

look forward to an exciting game but questions have been raised have my back to the state of russia's fitness and they fade a little bit towards the end of their game opponent and it does look pretty warm with you this evening. you know it's a very been a very very hot day here in warsaw by far the hottest day of a tournament so far with the temperature reaching around thirty degrees but this is props one of the biggest concerns i said was told by the defense last question but the other concern really is the age of the squad russia have the oldest quarter of the euro two thousand and twelve championships with an average age of twenty eight of course are going to fade especially playing such high impact games in such quick succession in russia did seem to fade in the second half against the poles poland really played out of a skins. they were really out of the game for obvious reasons to choose between the two countries and the rivalry i don't really think the greeks are in the same class as poland i mean poland did show in their first group game against greece and good they are going forward and really the key thing for russia it's nice if they can.

played a very high tempo like we did against the czech republic but i can't really see russia having too many problems just group winners for the knockout stages ok well we just looking at pictures while you were talking of fans arriving at the stadium there does seem to be a good atmosphere building there there has been problems we have talked about it during the last two games involving russian fans but what's it like there at the moment. loving of a stadium for the last couple of hours to walk around the stadium just outside the stadium and to be honest i mean the scenes of really really good atmosphere i mean a lot of fans. not too many greek fans but it's a lot of russian fans being sitting in the bars having a good time so i haven't seen any sign of trouble we're going to have been in the city center for the last couple of hours but i haven't had heard too many reports. on the internets or from colleagues about any trouble happening. hopefully it will stay this way i can guarantee you that so but i think a lot depends on what happens in the games this afternoon obviously evening russia

and poland can get both good results bay once then hopefully shouldn't be too much trouble but if one of the sides doesn't perhaps get resolved i think we could unfortunately have trouble in the evening explode and of course the really rich to beat the czech republic in order to progress russia's task obviously a little simpler they only need a draw but of course a veil be wanting to get that all important victory which make sure that they finish top of the group they say in warsaw and void a potential quarter final clash with germany. thanks very much for let us take your seat at the national stadium fingers crossed will be a great night for everyone. speaking from warsaw there now let's take a quick look at greece who are in the last chance saloon that have picked up just a point from their opening two games in the bottom of group pay but they still cling to hopes of staying in this tournament and even a one zero win for them over russia this evening could see them progress of poland in the czech republic draw in the other game in the group so that should make for a good game of football because they know they will have to attack. first of all

the players up to reach the maximum of the group of course is not a matter of who scores more than it is up to the team the whole team has to win so all the players have to be focused on our objectives which is to win let's have a look at the great pressure on top at the moment with four points but not home and dry yet every team. still has a chance of making the last eight for the quarter final place guarantee to the winner of the second game between co-host poland and the czech republic but poland have a whole host of injury worries ahead of the defender. along with midfielders that. polanski picked up injuries against russia so they'll be given a late fitness test but polanski made it quite clear to reporters what the team's intentions are in the middle to. the permutation of what could happen in the group are not good for us to be thinking about we're here to keep every team's backside i'm sorry for this expression but that is the really mindset of the tournament

people out on the pillow. now the czech republic are sweating over the availability of their midfield playmaker thomas was it scary the thirty one year old will have a late fitness test while there's better news for goalkeeper pena czech who is expected to start despite doing only light training yesterday coach mccall billick meanwhile to back the team after giving striker. some stick. i have been very happy with the turn mint condition so far in poland berge and the criticism he has been receiving for perhaps not playing as well as some expected does not concern us i hope our fans will support us as a team not as individuals remain a team. i want to go no further in the torn into sweden they were knocked out after losing three two to england in kiev last night they were for strike andy carroll had but even with a thumping first half head of it just after the break sweden levelled through a glen johnson own goal and then went in front thanked him all of mellberg however

super sub theo walcott then hit an equaliser from the edge of the box before crossing the danny welbeck when a rollercoaster ride then for the english that ended in delight for their fans. to his very best games are far toward one on the real. stuff to go. it is a very good result a very good game of football but england deserved to win three today. understood what it means three seasons are on four points along with france who lead the way after beating ukraine to nil on friday and watching that one force was cut partridge. ukraine milk comes to well a victory by teams in ukraine side by side with its resigned champions would have seen them guys through to the quarter finals on their european debut after coming back to beat sweden two one in game one but after four minutes the heavens opens to red show rain in donetsk tearing the entire stadium apart from

a few hardy souls for the best part of an hour and when the players did away a match it was a first off a few chances in the second half was a lot livelier than his money got to one hundred chip janko went on i'm a zero on the left hand side of ukraine but he fired over the bar that was the cue that for the french to show their cost and just why they're on the way to two matches some fantastic midfield play fantasy to very many on the right side he might make mistakes finding like pass the keeper on the left hand side managed to miss later on fifty five minutes the french made it to no similar build up by this time karim benzema with a lethal final pass on to you know why he made no mistakes to know that as i said it. make a mistake the integrity it's the post or what i want with. you right could find their way back to you know was how it finished france twenty three matches now winds well you right now three points in green day it's all looking very tight. and

finally away from the football tiger woods will start his penultimate round at the u.s. open in a three way tie for the lead he's joined at the top of the leaderboard at the moment by fellow americans jim furyk and david toms are the trio enjoy a two shot lead there and tiger will be i mean for more of the same club in san francisco the former world number one in the third hole during day two and although three straight bogeys from the fifth entities challenge massively the fourteen time major winner was able to recover hitting two more birdies on the back nine to card a par seventy a move into a joint two stroke lead with countryman jim furyk and david toms world number one luke donald and defending champions rory mcilroy will play no further part though after missing the cut. just couldn't get a feel for the greens to reduce the speed. and you know if i'd put a little bit better yes there you know it could have crowned score today in you know maybe been. somewhere decently place where we can but it wasn't to be and try

and learn from it and come back stronger next time you know what i'm just trying to see the positives you know. and i do see positives i see that i'm getting good shots and i'm giving myself chances and you know feel like i had some good parts it just didn't go in and. it's just a matter of stamping. you know play all of a sudden it all turn and you know. play a good tournaments or play a couple good rounds and that's all the sport we've got time for for the moment but the weather coming.

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