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 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 because of it because my victory is a victory of the ideology of both the e.u. and russia and not the e.u. or russia. doesn't know that that's interesting you don't see that serbia will have to seize between the e.u. and russia you think it's possible to keep the right balance between them. you have a whole other 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

it seems like serbia is always having to make conditions to become e.u. mendis the other candidates have to join nato what if they want you to join a team with you. believe serbia will never enter nato as this is the will of the majority of the serbian period 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 of the world then we would have participated in serbia is a small country surrounded by nato members there's no one serbia would start a war with us we don't need nato to defend it we are militarily neutral and it will stay like that forever so. as all this it takes in russia as well as in serbia you hear very often that the hague tribunal is uncertain do you plan to continue the 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 p

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 support if you are traditional very to save your european stone but your voices are 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 the 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

base in the south of serbia and also in bosnia -- practically divided -- and under serbia control. they say we put a referendum about anywnato if it's necessar and, also, we want to see what belgrade is saying about nato membership. please your comment. thank you, sir. >> serbia has an evolving relationship with nato. it's a relationship where we now have an individual partnership plan, signed and negotiated with serbia. serbia has not indicated once it became a member of nato. as i said, this is a decision individual countries will have to reach themselves. for now serbia has focused primarily on moving towards the eu and gained candidacy status a few months ago which was important. there was an important election. there were many important elections on sunday, another one in serbia, which -- and we will see the second round next week. but the forces that want to continue the process of integration in serbia remain strong which is good for serbia and it's good for europe. how and when and whether that integration will have a nato angle, there's something for serbia to decide. we a

serbia's opposition party has declared that its candidate has won the presidential runoff exit polls suggest that the nationalist thomas la nicolas is winning by a narrow margin over approach either candidate boris tadic who's already served two terms in office the election is key for e.u. membership plans and will determine its policy towards reconciliation with its balkan neighbors including kosovo war torn by political expert marco gets seek for more and he's joining us live in london interesting isn't it nicholas of course recognizes being pro russian even involved with the had links with the pro russian radical party now we're hearing him saying that he's in favor of the as he in effect sold out to those who would put such faith in his nationalistic policies. i think recognize the kind of reality of the serbian voting population i mean the problem for voters is that they're surrounded by nato countries their media is owned by nato countries whether directly or indirectly and all the strings so far have been called by if you like the pro nato lobby so any politician who wants to

serbia has a mission to nato. they have an ambassador at nato whose job is to have an interaction with nato. we will find whatever partnership activity and partnership relationship belgrade wants. we are willing to support it. with respect to bosnia, nato membership remains one of the few areas in which there is large agreement across the entire country. bosnia has may soon begin steps in recent weeks and months on meeting some of the key requirements with respect to defense property registration that will enable them to have a new relationship with nato in the weeks and months ahead, demonstrating that the ability to become a member of nato remains one of those things that helps political consensus in the country and to make the type of difficult decisions necessary to move forward. we hope bosnia will continue down that path that enables it to move closer to nato membership and make the reforms necessary. >> can hear you. can you speak up a little bit? >> the republic of chechnya. they are going to have it refer

almost serbia. and. the problems in serbia will not be sold or not sold with his extradition to this was a force that will have an actual i'm going to ask you a question and if you can try to answer me with a there yes or no do you think your father will get a fair trial i hope to he will get a fair trial but. you see we have different experience we. united nations envoys during the war i. hope that they will live up to this time the. claiming they came but. i would like to remind you that through simply mr powell's. interview in which he said i think you have been given see in the war the intermediate is to be are going to the serbs looking the other way for prince and helping the muslims so if this is the finish of the impartiality. i fear. that this kind of impartiality would not lead to a fair trial. try to move on through with us of the dark a lavish sign of thanks a lot for being with us today thank you. my grandmother did not buy with because. he was afraid. and she was very good. she felt. i was

membership do you feel like your father was sort of a pawn in serbia's political game and no i don't think that he was upon he was probably. some kind of tool for pressure. and. the problems in serbia will not be sold on or not sold with his extradition this was of course don lemon actually i'm going to ask you a question and if you can try to answer me with a there yes or no do you think your father will get a fair trial i hope to humiliate the third trial but. you see we have different experience. united nations envoys during the war i. hope to live up to this time the. claiming they came but. i would like to remind you that through simply mr powell's. interview in which he said i think you have been given. you know war the intermediate is to be are going to the serbs looking the other way for parents and helping the muslims. if this is. a challenge. i fear or. discouraged with impartiality would not lead to a third trial. i came upon some. dark a lot each song of rock and largest thanks a lot for being with us today thank you. i was. the german chancellor and the new french leader

membership do you feel like your father was sort of a pawn in serbia's political game and no i don't think that he was upon he was probably. some kind of tool for pressure. and. the problems in serbia will not be sold on or not sold with his extradition to this was of course i don't have an actual i'm going to ask you a question and if you can try to answer me with if there are yes or no do you think your father will get a fair trial i hope to he will get a fair trial but. you see we have different experience we. united nations envoys during the war i. hope that they will live up to this time that is. claiming they him but. i would like to remind you that through simply mr powell's. view in which he said i think you have been given see in the war the intermediate is to be are going to the serbs looking the other way for parents and helping the muslims. if this is. to share with you. i fear. that this kind of impartiality would not lead to a fair trial. point try to move on to. darken lot of thanks a lot for being with us today thank you. pants. if. he. says. it down. sing act at the

this yr ten months after the arrest european council granted serbia official candidate status for you membership do you feel like your father was sort of a pawn in serbia's political game and no i don't think that he was upon he was probably. some kind of tool for. almost. and. the problems in serbia will not be sold not sold with his extradition this was of course i don't have an actual i'm going to ask you a question and if you can try to answer me what if there are yes or no do you think your father will get a fair trial i hope to humiliate a fair trial but. you see we have different experience. united nations envoys during the war i. hope to live up to this time that is. claiming they came but. i would like to remind you that through simply mr rules give an interview in which he said i think i have been given see in the war the intermediate is to be are going to the serbs looking the other way for parents and helping the muslims . if this is. impartiality. i fear. this kind of impartiality would not lead to a fair trial. point i came upon sort of. dark a lot each song of largest t

new york in about five or six minutes it will be katie with the business for now though serbia's newly elected president has been criticized in the west for his nationalistic viewers still though he wants to join the e.u. that remains is a top priority during an interview with us here at odds he said that he intends to balance this goal with his convictions and you can watch the full interview in about fifteen minutes time for now though a quick preview. yes and 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 target and 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 but now it's difficult to change that but after achieving victory in an acceptable conditions during an incredibly dirty media campaign it's more probable that the media will change their opinion to moreover i showed that i want

serbia's newly elected president has confirmed joining the e.u.emains his top priority and whether he told r.t. there are things he won't give up for the sake of membership you can see his interview in full in a little over ten minutes from now but before that here's a brief preview for you. europe is a very attractive partner for serbia and our country should meet almost all the conditions that the e.u. imposes or 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 will serbia enter the e.u. i don't know first of all they have the crisis of expansion 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 as a currency the 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. and that interview in full coming your way in about ten minutes from now the u.s. mainstream

capital city of serbia. less than two miles from the city center, serbia's largest and most infamous prison. centrale socmore. known locally as cz. >> my parents are from belgrade so there was a bit more emotion going to a prison in serbia than say other prisons around the world. cz has an ominous reputation for serbs. it's where inmates went in, and then you'd never see them again. >> cz opened its doors in 1950 and has housed countless political prisoners, including opponents of the late serbian president slobodan milosevic. many were still there when milosevic himself was incarcerated here in 2001, while awaiting trial for corruption and war crimes. today it houses some of the nation's most dangerous criminals. including the assassin of a former serbian prime minister. >> translator: they have committed all kinds of criminal offenses. basically every criminal offense on the books. these include organized crimes, war crime and other serious criminal offenses such as homicide. >> like american prisons, cz f

it does not change our approach to the balkans or serbia. we want to see the serbians pursue the european path. we think that requires coming to terms with coast of help. >> -- koscovo. thinkinge join me in th our guests for this great discussion we have had. thank you again, phil. we will move seamlessly to the next panel. if you want to take a one or two bennett -- we will start the next panel in two minutes. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> president obama pays tribute to those who lost their lives serving the united states. she outlines the republican plan for job creation and economic growth. >> this weekend folks across the country are opening up the pool, firing up the grill and taking a moment to relax. memorial day is more than a three day weekend. in town squares and national cemeteries, and public services and moments of reflection, we will honor those who love their country enough to sacrifice their own lives for it. this memorial day, m

change their opinion too moreover i showed that i want to be the president of all the citizens of serbia but i've resigned the position as head of the party that i found it really three years ago and i took it to the top of the serbian political scene i left it as if it was a child and now my objective is to make serbia a developed and successful country and for that i need the support of all citizens . thanks for joining us on r.t. today university student federation has confirmed it will return to negotiations with a prevention law thora to use on monday the talks over to wish and fiji stalled over a month ago sparking a wave of ongoing mass protests in montreal but government treatment of protesters indicates the sides are nowhere near a compromise as artie's guy in a church can reports. is that just about any more even many of those. so didn't care much about the problems facing students in keg have now joined the ranks of protesters. it is something that we should and have to do in this region but that's not yet and we have to be there and we have to make noise he does it's the end

and 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 and 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 but i've resigned the position as head of the party that i found it really three years ago and i took it to the top of the serbian political scene i left it as if it was a child and now my objective is to make serbia a developed and successful country and for that i need the support of all citizens . kubrick's university student federation has confirmed it will return negotiations with provincial authorities on monday that talks over two asian feeders stalled over a month ago sparking a wave of ongoing mass protests in montreal the government treatment of protesters in

some military base in the south of serbia, maybe, and also in bosnia, practically divided, under serbia control. they're saying we would put referendum about nato if it's necessary, just one part of the country, and also they want to see what is belgrade saying about nato membership. please, your comment. thank you, sir. >> serbia has a, an evolving relationship with nato. it's a relationship where we now have an individual partnership plan signed and negotiated with serbia. serbia has not indicated it wanted to become a member of nato. as i said, this is a decision individual countries will have to reach themselves. for now serbia has focused primarily on moving towards the e.u., and it gained candidacy status a few months ago which was important. there was an important election, there were many important elections on sunday. there was another one in serbia which, and we will see the second round next week. but the forces that want to continue the process of euro/application integration in serbia remain strong which is good for serbia, and it's good for europe. how and when and whether

candidate boris tadic in serbia's presidential vote serbia's previous government that's already served two terms under a tad it had been criticized for the country's economic downturn and job losses and corruption the election was widely seen as a vote on membership the winner of the poll nicolas has already confirmed the country won't stray from its european path political expert marco gas it says voters had simply run out of patience with the tactics government. think the serbs and realize that membership is not a panacea not a cure all for all evils in the system and there are many evils in the system i mean ex-president now is presided over eight years of poverty in which he's only got he have drawn all the financial benefits and that created a kind of replaced a kind of communism with a kind of corruption is that which has been very good for them and very bad for everybody else in the country and this really has been the problem for the population has been afraid of change but i also have been afraid of further poverty and despite promises of a new rose garden even the e.u. govern

of europe is a very attractive partner for serbia and our country should meet almost all the conditionshat the e.u. imposes this process should stop only if they ask us to renounce part of our territory i'm referring to kosovo when we talk it will serbia enter the e.u. i don't know first of all they have the crisis of expansion today it's clear that we will be in the e.u. during the next ten years at the same time they have the existential crisis the euro as a currency the 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 without a say how long should german taxpayer support the countries in crisis. live from moscow this is arts here now the u.s. mainstream media is rapidly losing its audience with the biggest networks suffering from sinking ratings are rising independent outlets and internet sources provide an alternative to corporate controlled news and as r.t. is more important i reports media giants are increasingly becoming obsolete. boy he's the most trusted fictional name in news the lead character of h.b.o.'s u

he evaded arrest for 15 years of the league was captured in serbia last may and brought to the hague. the prosecutors say ratko mladic was involved in implementing a plan to exterminate non-serbs in the former yugoslavia. >> civilians who were targeted for no other reason than they were in ethnicity other than serb. their land, their lives, their dignity coordinated in an attacarefully coordinated manne. it rose to the level of genocide. >> today he appeared to be focusing intently on the prosecution goes the opening statement. >> he assumed the mantle of realizing through military might the criminal goals of ethnically cleansing much of bosnia. the prosecution will present evidence that will show beyond a reasonable doubt the hand of ratko mladic in each of these crimes. >> he is accused of orchestrating the massacre of more than 7000 muslim men and boys at srebrenica in 1995. at the time, thethe united nations safe haven. he is also held responsible for the seizure of sarajevo. in a friend-of-the-court else today, mothers and other relatives of victims of ratko mladic staged a demon

they have briefed nato on the situation in serbia. they briefed nato in g-8 on what is going on in the region. they have not asked for formal confrontations. i do nothing that is on the agenda. we reiterated this in chicago. the united states is committed to a credible article 5. if a country's sovereignty or integrity is threatened, we have an obligation to treat that as an attack on ourselves. we take it very seriously. i think that is what turkish leaders suggested when they had referred to article 5 is simply sovereigntyo their and integrity is sacred. were it to be attacked in any way, that would be a very grave matter. >> thank you. we will just take two more questions. wait for the microphone. >> thank you. stephen help. china occupies this unique niche in being a unique power and also a developing nation. many things about china, when you look beneath the surface it is quite shaky. the idea of china as a failed state is too terrible to contemplate. it seems that the administration opposed the policies do not recognize the comp

people it is in the court of those who do not want to see these events stop it it's the insecurity in serbia the particularly those who are calling flaring every now and then for arming these armed have enough for all resources from smuggling of arms and weapons into this area of the trade from neighboring countries and also financially. and forcefully which is very helpful is distorting the picture of the reality of what is really happening in syria and hence comes to the if we say which is now the talk of the moment about the plan and on a plan calls for ending of violence which is true also for six zero point but again at the same time it calls for commitments by the neighboring countries by those who are supporting that from the part of the syrian government why are the violations of the peace plan still happening and there is actually what you have said is that this. supervision mission of the united nations especially the chairman of the president of the mission has clearly said that the syrian government and also it is have really cooperated with the mission. facilitated their entry a