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Saturday, 20.03.2010.

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Western Balkans conference ends early

The regional conference on the European future of the Western Balkans in Slovenia ended 45 minutes earlier than was announced.

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Ataman

pre 14 godina

-- I'll drink to that.
(Mike, 21 March 2010 17:43)

Sure, but on the side note: no matter how much water or ice you add to Serbian Rakija or Albanian Raki Rrushi - it never will turn "milky" because they don't put anise into it, it's just pure spirit made from grapes or plums or other fruit.

Turkish "Raki" is like "Ouzo", with anise. Anise does dilute in spirit - but it does crystalize out in water, hence the "milky" appearance of the Greek or Turkish version. Bulgarian Mastika is similar.

I was referring to the Turkish/Greek/Bulgarian version - it's what we got few days ago.

Sandro

pre 14 godina

Mircea what are you on have they started putting fluoride in your water.
(Lenard, 20 March 2010 19:34)

Better: buy Raki or if you have sweet tooth Sambuca. Take one glass. Pour Raki or Sambuca in the glass. Add some water or ice cubes, but no fluoride. Watch the whole bloody thing turning milky. Get some olives, cheese, salami to eat. That tongue from "METRO" is fine, too. Forget the politics. Live longer.
(Ataman, 21 March 2010 10:38)

Rakija*

Together we will drink for peace and political stability in the Balkans.

Ataman

pre 14 godina

Mircea what are you on have they started putting fluoride in your water.
(Lenard, 20 March 2010 19:34)

Better: buy Raki or if you have sweet tooth Sambuca. Take one glass. Pour Raki or Sambuca in the glass. Add some water or ice cubes, but no fluoride. Watch the whole bloody thing turning milky. Get some olives, cheese, salami to eat. That tongue from "METRO" is fine, too. Forget the politics. Live longer.

UK

pre 14 godina

I have to say that I admire Tadic's resolve on this issue. He has asked for nothing more than the law to be obeyed here and has had the strength of character to stick to his principles. It is a shame that the UK press have decided to report this in such an anti Serb way. A shame but not altogether a surprise. I wonder how the UK govt would act if a conference was held and an Argentinian contingent turned up under the name of Malvinas? Well done Tadic.

benzo

pre 14 godina

why is croatia a part of hosting a EU meeting ? do they see themselves as "too good" to be with the other "applicant status" participants?

serbia not attending this circus was best thing boris tadic has done so far this year ..

sj

pre 14 godina

After this maybe Serbia will be the last WB country to enter EU...but probably it will never enter because Clooney & C will loose election and we all know what Nikolic,Kostucica & C thinks about EU..
(Luigi)

Out of your mouth into God’s ears.

trudsaam

pre 14 godina

"Thaci said that Kosovo’s vision is cooperation, and not boycotts, adding that other countries will understand that cooperation is in their best interest"
-
What does KosovoUMNIK have? The West is now seeing how now he can be of no use anymore. His free-money bag is starting to run dry and needs help. Thaci is now pleading for support, ... :)

trudsaam

pre 14 godina

After this maybe Serbia will be the last WB country to enter EU...but probably it will never enter because Clooney & C will loose election and we all know what Nikolic,Kostucica & C thinks about EU..
(Luigi)
-
And God bless them for it .... :)

Gjergj Fishta

pre 14 godina

Serbia 1 : Balkan wannabe's 0
Oy wey!
(TITO, 20 March 2010 13:09)

And how you got that result only you know and your make believe football team!
Tell me Tito when did Serbia score?
As far as I can see, the “little” Balkan countries taught Serbia a valuable lesson.
That lesson sir is that Serbia does not count a lot these days.
I would say that the result was more like 2:0 for Balkan countries.
You can say as much as you want that it was a waste of the time and etc.
What counts is that when it came to choose Kosovo or Serbia, the Balkan countries chose Kosovo.
More of this is to come.
Get used to that or keep missing. One thing is for sure.... you will not be missed.

Zoran

pre 14 godina

EU representative leaves early, FYROM representative follows, BiH representative leaves when criminal from fake entity stands. Conference ends early and the whole thing ends up as sterile as the photo in this article.

So much for regional co-operation. It doesn't exist without Serbia. At least we could all sit down and talk prior to the illegal UDI. Now we are ten years behind due of misguided US/EU policy. In fact, I would say the EU/US does not deserve the Balkans and have only made the situation worse.

Lenard

pre 14 godina

All Western Balkans countries should join the EU. Otherwise, they will have no future.

Long live the European Union!
(Mircea, 20 March 2010 12:34) Mircea what are you on have they started putting fluoride in your water.

ZMAJ

pre 14 godina

"Western Balkans conference ends early" B92

WHAT CONFERENCE?

Conference was finished two days ago in Belgrade!

There's no conference about Balkan integrations in EU without Serbia as a key country or EU representatives.

The most interesting thing what I'd like to know is- "what was on the menu"??- that's all. If we missed something- this was a lunch, nothing else.

Mikael C

pre 14 godina

"Western Balkans conference ends early"

But....How is this possible? I thought these "countries" had so much to talk about? So many unresolved questions?

And only one EU official!

This meeting must have been a success!

Mike

pre 14 godina

Seems to me there was more hype leading up to the conference than the conference itself. I bet the car engines were still warm as everyone was getting back in to drive home.

Tadic didn't seem to have missed much.

Logic

pre 14 godina

"...left the hall over and hour earlier than expected to attend a planned lunch together before heading home"
B92

Now I am totally confused!For what hour was the lunch planned? Was the lunch too early; if so, why? A poor organization, or the cook wanted to undermine the most important meeting in the world? Or the cook was in the bad mood? Angry? Why was the cook angry? Did the participants eat at all or they were sent home with chunk of bread and marmaljada? So many unanswered questions of a great importance for the peace and prosperity of the region?

Luigi

pre 14 godina

After this maybe Serbia will be the last WB country to enter EU...but probably it will never enter because Clooney & C will loose election and we all know what Nikolic,Kostucica & C thinks about EU..

Ataman

pre 14 godina

The news are from 13:22. Conferences never start before 8:00, usually it's rather 9:00 with 8:00-9:00 being reserved for registration, badge pick-up and little talk.

We can assume, everyone is left after max. 4 hours of meeting.

Ergo: this conference with or without Serbia was a waste of taxpayer's money. It is very unlikely, it did bring anything. Few speeches, probably no 1:1 meetings.

Much better conference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CLDk7ZiSe0

Tadic skipped somewhat what seem to be just a farce: only one specimen out there?

AdamSRB

pre 14 godina

The EU has done heaps for the other Eastern countries, Serbia doesn't need need to be controlled by Germany. The quality of life may not be the same as other western countries but it's a much happier life concentrated on family rather than material things. No EU for Serbia thanks Mircea!

Leonidas

pre 14 godina

Serbian officials will not be attending. Most EU officials who were invited will not attend the conference either.

B92

The Spanish goverment has to be congratulated for its decision not to preside in the conference-as the EU presidency-over the attempted coup by Slovenia to
provide legality to Thaci's illegal regime.

May i remind everyone what Spain's representative, Concepción Escobar Hernández,said at the ICJ hearings:
"the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo cannot be in accordance with international law because it violated the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia, which is engraved in UN security council resolution 1244" and that "1244 is still in power, and… the political process for seeking a solution is ongoing, until the security council passes a different decision.

I also applaud Tadic by deciding not to fall to Slovenia's trap.It was the right decision for the right reasons.

Leonidas

pre 14 godina

Serbian officials will not be attending. Most EU officials who were invited will not attend the conference either.

B92

The Spanish goverment has to be congratulated for its decision not to preside in the conference-as the EU presidency-over the attempted coup by Slovenia to
provide legality to Thaci's illegal regime.

May i remind everyone what Spain's representative, Concepción Escobar Hernández,said at the ICJ hearings:
"the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo cannot be in accordance with international law because it violated the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia, which is engraved in UN security council resolution 1244" and that "1244 is still in power, and… the political process for seeking a solution is ongoing, until the security council passes a different decision.

I also applaud Tadic by deciding not to fall to Slovenia's trap.It was the right decision for the right reasons.

AdamSRB

pre 14 godina

The EU has done heaps for the other Eastern countries, Serbia doesn't need need to be controlled by Germany. The quality of life may not be the same as other western countries but it's a much happier life concentrated on family rather than material things. No EU for Serbia thanks Mircea!

ZMAJ

pre 14 godina

"Western Balkans conference ends early" B92

WHAT CONFERENCE?

Conference was finished two days ago in Belgrade!

There's no conference about Balkan integrations in EU without Serbia as a key country or EU representatives.

The most interesting thing what I'd like to know is- "what was on the menu"??- that's all. If we missed something- this was a lunch, nothing else.

Mikael C

pre 14 godina

"Western Balkans conference ends early"

But....How is this possible? I thought these "countries" had so much to talk about? So many unresolved questions?

And only one EU official!

This meeting must have been a success!

Mike

pre 14 godina

Seems to me there was more hype leading up to the conference than the conference itself. I bet the car engines were still warm as everyone was getting back in to drive home.

Tadic didn't seem to have missed much.

Zoran

pre 14 godina

EU representative leaves early, FYROM representative follows, BiH representative leaves when criminal from fake entity stands. Conference ends early and the whole thing ends up as sterile as the photo in this article.

So much for regional co-operation. It doesn't exist without Serbia. At least we could all sit down and talk prior to the illegal UDI. Now we are ten years behind due of misguided US/EU policy. In fact, I would say the EU/US does not deserve the Balkans and have only made the situation worse.

Ataman

pre 14 godina

The news are from 13:22. Conferences never start before 8:00, usually it's rather 9:00 with 8:00-9:00 being reserved for registration, badge pick-up and little talk.

We can assume, everyone is left after max. 4 hours of meeting.

Ergo: this conference with or without Serbia was a waste of taxpayer's money. It is very unlikely, it did bring anything. Few speeches, probably no 1:1 meetings.

Much better conference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CLDk7ZiSe0

Tadic skipped somewhat what seem to be just a farce: only one specimen out there?

trudsaam

pre 14 godina

After this maybe Serbia will be the last WB country to enter EU...but probably it will never enter because Clooney & C will loose election and we all know what Nikolic,Kostucica & C thinks about EU..
(Luigi)
-
And God bless them for it .... :)

Logic

pre 14 godina

"...left the hall over and hour earlier than expected to attend a planned lunch together before heading home"
B92

Now I am totally confused!For what hour was the lunch planned? Was the lunch too early; if so, why? A poor organization, or the cook wanted to undermine the most important meeting in the world? Or the cook was in the bad mood? Angry? Why was the cook angry? Did the participants eat at all or they were sent home with chunk of bread and marmaljada? So many unanswered questions of a great importance for the peace and prosperity of the region?

Luigi

pre 14 godina

After this maybe Serbia will be the last WB country to enter EU...but probably it will never enter because Clooney & C will loose election and we all know what Nikolic,Kostucica & C thinks about EU..

Gjergj Fishta

pre 14 godina

Serbia 1 : Balkan wannabe's 0
Oy wey!
(TITO, 20 March 2010 13:09)

And how you got that result only you know and your make believe football team!
Tell me Tito when did Serbia score?
As far as I can see, the “little” Balkan countries taught Serbia a valuable lesson.
That lesson sir is that Serbia does not count a lot these days.
I would say that the result was more like 2:0 for Balkan countries.
You can say as much as you want that it was a waste of the time and etc.
What counts is that when it came to choose Kosovo or Serbia, the Balkan countries chose Kosovo.
More of this is to come.
Get used to that or keep missing. One thing is for sure.... you will not be missed.

Lenard

pre 14 godina

All Western Balkans countries should join the EU. Otherwise, they will have no future.

Long live the European Union!
(Mircea, 20 March 2010 12:34) Mircea what are you on have they started putting fluoride in your water.

UK

pre 14 godina

I have to say that I admire Tadic's resolve on this issue. He has asked for nothing more than the law to be obeyed here and has had the strength of character to stick to his principles. It is a shame that the UK press have decided to report this in such an anti Serb way. A shame but not altogether a surprise. I wonder how the UK govt would act if a conference was held and an Argentinian contingent turned up under the name of Malvinas? Well done Tadic.

trudsaam

pre 14 godina

"Thaci said that Kosovo’s vision is cooperation, and not boycotts, adding that other countries will understand that cooperation is in their best interest"
-
What does KosovoUMNIK have? The West is now seeing how now he can be of no use anymore. His free-money bag is starting to run dry and needs help. Thaci is now pleading for support, ... :)

benzo

pre 14 godina

why is croatia a part of hosting a EU meeting ? do they see themselves as "too good" to be with the other "applicant status" participants?

serbia not attending this circus was best thing boris tadic has done so far this year ..

Sandro

pre 14 godina

Mircea what are you on have they started putting fluoride in your water.
(Lenard, 20 March 2010 19:34)

Better: buy Raki or if you have sweet tooth Sambuca. Take one glass. Pour Raki or Sambuca in the glass. Add some water or ice cubes, but no fluoride. Watch the whole bloody thing turning milky. Get some olives, cheese, salami to eat. That tongue from "METRO" is fine, too. Forget the politics. Live longer.
(Ataman, 21 March 2010 10:38)

Rakija*

Together we will drink for peace and political stability in the Balkans.

sj

pre 14 godina

After this maybe Serbia will be the last WB country to enter EU...but probably it will never enter because Clooney & C will loose election and we all know what Nikolic,Kostucica & C thinks about EU..
(Luigi)

Out of your mouth into God’s ears.

Ataman

pre 14 godina

Mircea what are you on have they started putting fluoride in your water.
(Lenard, 20 March 2010 19:34)

Better: buy Raki or if you have sweet tooth Sambuca. Take one glass. Pour Raki or Sambuca in the glass. Add some water or ice cubes, but no fluoride. Watch the whole bloody thing turning milky. Get some olives, cheese, salami to eat. That tongue from "METRO" is fine, too. Forget the politics. Live longer.

Ataman

pre 14 godina

-- I'll drink to that.
(Mike, 21 March 2010 17:43)

Sure, but on the side note: no matter how much water or ice you add to Serbian Rakija or Albanian Raki Rrushi - it never will turn "milky" because they don't put anise into it, it's just pure spirit made from grapes or plums or other fruit.

Turkish "Raki" is like "Ouzo", with anise. Anise does dilute in spirit - but it does crystalize out in water, hence the "milky" appearance of the Greek or Turkish version. Bulgarian Mastika is similar.

I was referring to the Turkish/Greek/Bulgarian version - it's what we got few days ago.

Luigi

pre 14 godina

After this maybe Serbia will be the last WB country to enter EU...but probably it will never enter because Clooney & C will loose election and we all know what Nikolic,Kostucica & C thinks about EU..

Gjergj Fishta

pre 14 godina

Serbia 1 : Balkan wannabe's 0
Oy wey!
(TITO, 20 March 2010 13:09)

And how you got that result only you know and your make believe football team!
Tell me Tito when did Serbia score?
As far as I can see, the “little” Balkan countries taught Serbia a valuable lesson.
That lesson sir is that Serbia does not count a lot these days.
I would say that the result was more like 2:0 for Balkan countries.
You can say as much as you want that it was a waste of the time and etc.
What counts is that when it came to choose Kosovo or Serbia, the Balkan countries chose Kosovo.
More of this is to come.
Get used to that or keep missing. One thing is for sure.... you will not be missed.

Leonidas

pre 14 godina

Serbian officials will not be attending. Most EU officials who were invited will not attend the conference either.

B92

The Spanish goverment has to be congratulated for its decision not to preside in the conference-as the EU presidency-over the attempted coup by Slovenia to
provide legality to Thaci's illegal regime.

May i remind everyone what Spain's representative, Concepción Escobar Hernández,said at the ICJ hearings:
"the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo cannot be in accordance with international law because it violated the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia, which is engraved in UN security council resolution 1244" and that "1244 is still in power, and… the political process for seeking a solution is ongoing, until the security council passes a different decision.

I also applaud Tadic by deciding not to fall to Slovenia's trap.It was the right decision for the right reasons.

Ataman

pre 14 godina

The news are from 13:22. Conferences never start before 8:00, usually it's rather 9:00 with 8:00-9:00 being reserved for registration, badge pick-up and little talk.

We can assume, everyone is left after max. 4 hours of meeting.

Ergo: this conference with or without Serbia was a waste of taxpayer's money. It is very unlikely, it did bring anything. Few speeches, probably no 1:1 meetings.

Much better conference:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CLDk7ZiSe0

Tadic skipped somewhat what seem to be just a farce: only one specimen out there?

AdamSRB

pre 14 godina

The EU has done heaps for the other Eastern countries, Serbia doesn't need need to be controlled by Germany. The quality of life may not be the same as other western countries but it's a much happier life concentrated on family rather than material things. No EU for Serbia thanks Mircea!

Mike

pre 14 godina

Seems to me there was more hype leading up to the conference than the conference itself. I bet the car engines were still warm as everyone was getting back in to drive home.

Tadic didn't seem to have missed much.

ZMAJ

pre 14 godina

"Western Balkans conference ends early" B92

WHAT CONFERENCE?

Conference was finished two days ago in Belgrade!

There's no conference about Balkan integrations in EU without Serbia as a key country or EU representatives.

The most interesting thing what I'd like to know is- "what was on the menu"??- that's all. If we missed something- this was a lunch, nothing else.

Mikael C

pre 14 godina

"Western Balkans conference ends early"

But....How is this possible? I thought these "countries" had so much to talk about? So many unresolved questions?

And only one EU official!

This meeting must have been a success!

Lenard

pre 14 godina

All Western Balkans countries should join the EU. Otherwise, they will have no future.

Long live the European Union!
(Mircea, 20 March 2010 12:34) Mircea what are you on have they started putting fluoride in your water.

Zoran

pre 14 godina

EU representative leaves early, FYROM representative follows, BiH representative leaves when criminal from fake entity stands. Conference ends early and the whole thing ends up as sterile as the photo in this article.

So much for regional co-operation. It doesn't exist without Serbia. At least we could all sit down and talk prior to the illegal UDI. Now we are ten years behind due of misguided US/EU policy. In fact, I would say the EU/US does not deserve the Balkans and have only made the situation worse.

Logic

pre 14 godina

"...left the hall over and hour earlier than expected to attend a planned lunch together before heading home"
B92

Now I am totally confused!For what hour was the lunch planned? Was the lunch too early; if so, why? A poor organization, or the cook wanted to undermine the most important meeting in the world? Or the cook was in the bad mood? Angry? Why was the cook angry? Did the participants eat at all or they were sent home with chunk of bread and marmaljada? So many unanswered questions of a great importance for the peace and prosperity of the region?

trudsaam

pre 14 godina

After this maybe Serbia will be the last WB country to enter EU...but probably it will never enter because Clooney & C will loose election and we all know what Nikolic,Kostucica & C thinks about EU..
(Luigi)
-
And God bless them for it .... :)

UK

pre 14 godina

I have to say that I admire Tadic's resolve on this issue. He has asked for nothing more than the law to be obeyed here and has had the strength of character to stick to his principles. It is a shame that the UK press have decided to report this in such an anti Serb way. A shame but not altogether a surprise. I wonder how the UK govt would act if a conference was held and an Argentinian contingent turned up under the name of Malvinas? Well done Tadic.

Ataman

pre 14 godina

Mircea what are you on have they started putting fluoride in your water.
(Lenard, 20 March 2010 19:34)

Better: buy Raki or if you have sweet tooth Sambuca. Take one glass. Pour Raki or Sambuca in the glass. Add some water or ice cubes, but no fluoride. Watch the whole bloody thing turning milky. Get some olives, cheese, salami to eat. That tongue from "METRO" is fine, too. Forget the politics. Live longer.

trudsaam

pre 14 godina

"Thaci said that Kosovo’s vision is cooperation, and not boycotts, adding that other countries will understand that cooperation is in their best interest"
-
What does KosovoUMNIK have? The West is now seeing how now he can be of no use anymore. His free-money bag is starting to run dry and needs help. Thaci is now pleading for support, ... :)

benzo

pre 14 godina

why is croatia a part of hosting a EU meeting ? do they see themselves as "too good" to be with the other "applicant status" participants?

serbia not attending this circus was best thing boris tadic has done so far this year ..

Ataman

pre 14 godina

-- I'll drink to that.
(Mike, 21 March 2010 17:43)

Sure, but on the side note: no matter how much water or ice you add to Serbian Rakija or Albanian Raki Rrushi - it never will turn "milky" because they don't put anise into it, it's just pure spirit made from grapes or plums or other fruit.

Turkish "Raki" is like "Ouzo", with anise. Anise does dilute in spirit - but it does crystalize out in water, hence the "milky" appearance of the Greek or Turkish version. Bulgarian Mastika is similar.

I was referring to the Turkish/Greek/Bulgarian version - it's what we got few days ago.

sj

pre 14 godina

After this maybe Serbia will be the last WB country to enter EU...but probably it will never enter because Clooney & C will loose election and we all know what Nikolic,Kostucica & C thinks about EU..
(Luigi)

Out of your mouth into God’s ears.

Sandro

pre 14 godina

Mircea what are you on have they started putting fluoride in your water.
(Lenard, 20 March 2010 19:34)

Better: buy Raki or if you have sweet tooth Sambuca. Take one glass. Pour Raki or Sambuca in the glass. Add some water or ice cubes, but no fluoride. Watch the whole bloody thing turning milky. Get some olives, cheese, salami to eat. That tongue from "METRO" is fine, too. Forget the politics. Live longer.
(Ataman, 21 March 2010 10:38)

Rakija*

Together we will drink for peace and political stability in the Balkans.