Report on the implementation of the amended National Program for Serbia’s EU Integration (NPI) shows that the country fulfilled 81 percent of the program.
Recent EU reports about Serbia's progress were a lot less positive. Where it really matters - creating a business friendly climate without too much red tape and corruption - progress is lacking.
"In retrospect I really regret, I never went to the supermarket to take pictures of goodies like Cuban rum and the AL mussels - prices included. Today these pictures would be priceless.
(Ataman, 23 January 2011 17:37) "
If you come across some forgotten photos of Soviet stores, you can send them here: http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/12/09/challenging-stereotypes-soviet-abundance/
There's a movie that's supposed to be going into production soon, about Russian girls who married Albanian men in Stalin's time and moved to Albania when relations were broken off, and how as modern, "Western" women they fared in traditional Albanian society. It's going to be directed by a Russian - "Frightened Deer" is it's name in English. It should show the Soviet Union of most of the pictures here. Maybe it'll come out on DVD someday.
"Why do Serbs think being in the EU will make things better"
Approaching the EU will make thing better in Serbia in ways that most Serbs don't understand.
Right now, in the EU, they are standardizing emergency dialling (#122) to get the same help from your mobile wherever you are in Europe.
In Serbia, when you call emergency services (at least per my personal experience living in Belgrade for the last 2 years), you tend to get "to nije nas posao, nije moj sektor, *click*.
Serbs are not capable of fixing these kind of problems. Serbs are not stupid. If they could fix this sort of thing, it would already be fixed.
I know this goes against your sensibilities, Ida, but it is unfortunately true. Serbs need some kind of outside road-map to fix these sorts of endemic problems.
So, EU membership wont, in and of itself, fix all of Serbia's problems. The road to EU membership (whether or not Serbia actually joins the EU), will help Serbia in ways that Serbia (due to prolonged isolation), didn't know it needed help.
Notice Serbia hasn't improved - economy and social-wise, etc. - since it has this "pro-western" government and has enacted all these EU laws and rules.
Why do Serbs think being in the EU will make things better when most EU countries don't give a dam about trampling on Serbs' rights and stealing from them, supporter their enemies and generally having an anti-Serb attitude.
What about independence and doing what is right for its own people? Why be under the dictates of Brussels?
What happened to the good old days, when plans were fulfilled and overfulfilled? 81% - bah.
(Amer, 23 January 2011 00:05)
That was in Soviet Union. In Yugoslavia the life was always more difficult than in Soviet Union. The plans were only barely fulfilled, not over-fulfilled. Also the voting was less, than 98.5% in favor of KPSS. And the Adidas-shirt -wearing Serbs were busy to chew on capitalist originated bananas, not like us who had the choice between Albanian mussels and Cuban rum (and only before Christmas, of course).
Later these two nearly disappeared, being "replaced" by Spanish mussels and Bacardi. Of course I would not call the "price x 10" solution a fair replacement, but let's say the "glass is 50% full" like "to 81% fulfilled".
In retrospect I really regret, I never went to the supermarket to take pictures of goodies like Cuban rum and the AL mussels - prices included. Today these pictures would be priceless.
Zoran whilst the first part of your post may be accurate I'd say that the second part won't happen, even under radicals.
The only chance treason charges would be brought would likely be either a fascist or communist government. I say this in all seriousness.
Bringing up political, criminal charges against the previous government for policies one doesn't agree with is no way to run a country.
I mean lets face it, what could be more treasonous than inviting foreign troops into one's country leading to a decleration of indepdence by said part - as Milosevic did when he signed Kumanovo?
Would get me wanting him tried for treason, or shouting 'off with his head' for that matter. And both of those statements belong in the same era too...
Zoran whilst the first part of your post may be accurate I'd say that the second part won't happen, even under radicals.
The only chance treason charges would be brought would likely be either a fascist or communist government. I say this in all seriousness.
Bringing up political, criminal charges against the previous government for policies one doesn't agree with is no way to run a country.
I mean lets face it, what could be more treasonous than inviting foreign troops into one's country leading to a decleration of indepdence by said part - as Milosevic did when he signed Kumanovo?
Would get me wanting him tried for treason, or shouting 'off with his head' for that matter. And both of those statements belong in the same era too...
What happened to the good old days, when plans were fulfilled and overfulfilled? 81% - bah.
(Amer, 23 January 2011 00:05)
That was in Soviet Union. In Yugoslavia the life was always more difficult than in Soviet Union. The plans were only barely fulfilled, not over-fulfilled. Also the voting was less, than 98.5% in favor of KPSS. And the Adidas-shirt -wearing Serbs were busy to chew on capitalist originated bananas, not like us who had the choice between Albanian mussels and Cuban rum (and only before Christmas, of course).
Later these two nearly disappeared, being "replaced" by Spanish mussels and Bacardi. Of course I would not call the "price x 10" solution a fair replacement, but let's say the "glass is 50% full" like "to 81% fulfilled".
In retrospect I really regret, I never went to the supermarket to take pictures of goodies like Cuban rum and the AL mussels - prices included. Today these pictures would be priceless.
"Why do Serbs think being in the EU will make things better"
Approaching the EU will make thing better in Serbia in ways that most Serbs don't understand.
Right now, in the EU, they are standardizing emergency dialling (#122) to get the same help from your mobile wherever you are in Europe.
In Serbia, when you call emergency services (at least per my personal experience living in Belgrade for the last 2 years), you tend to get "to nije nas posao, nije moj sektor, *click*.
Serbs are not capable of fixing these kind of problems. Serbs are not stupid. If they could fix this sort of thing, it would already be fixed.
I know this goes against your sensibilities, Ida, but it is unfortunately true. Serbs need some kind of outside road-map to fix these sorts of endemic problems.
So, EU membership wont, in and of itself, fix all of Serbia's problems. The road to EU membership (whether or not Serbia actually joins the EU), will help Serbia in ways that Serbia (due to prolonged isolation), didn't know it needed help.
Notice Serbia hasn't improved - economy and social-wise, etc. - since it has this "pro-western" government and has enacted all these EU laws and rules.
Why do Serbs think being in the EU will make things better when most EU countries don't give a dam about trampling on Serbs' rights and stealing from them, supporter their enemies and generally having an anti-Serb attitude.
What about independence and doing what is right for its own people? Why be under the dictates of Brussels?
"In retrospect I really regret, I never went to the supermarket to take pictures of goodies like Cuban rum and the AL mussels - prices included. Today these pictures would be priceless.
(Ataman, 23 January 2011 17:37) "
If you come across some forgotten photos of Soviet stores, you can send them here: http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/12/09/challenging-stereotypes-soviet-abundance/
There's a movie that's supposed to be going into production soon, about Russian girls who married Albanian men in Stalin's time and moved to Albania when relations were broken off, and how as modern, "Western" women they fared in traditional Albanian society. It's going to be directed by a Russian - "Frightened Deer" is it's name in English. It should show the Soviet Union of most of the pictures here. Maybe it'll come out on DVD someday.
Recent EU reports about Serbia's progress were a lot less positive. Where it really matters - creating a business friendly climate without too much red tape and corruption - progress is lacking.
Notice Serbia hasn't improved - economy and social-wise, etc. - since it has this "pro-western" government and has enacted all these EU laws and rules.
Why do Serbs think being in the EU will make things better when most EU countries don't give a dam about trampling on Serbs' rights and stealing from them, supporter their enemies and generally having an anti-Serb attitude.
What about independence and doing what is right for its own people? Why be under the dictates of Brussels?
Zoran whilst the first part of your post may be accurate I'd say that the second part won't happen, even under radicals.
The only chance treason charges would be brought would likely be either a fascist or communist government. I say this in all seriousness.
Bringing up political, criminal charges against the previous government for policies one doesn't agree with is no way to run a country.
I mean lets face it, what could be more treasonous than inviting foreign troops into one's country leading to a decleration of indepdence by said part - as Milosevic did when he signed Kumanovo?
Would get me wanting him tried for treason, or shouting 'off with his head' for that matter. And both of those statements belong in the same era too...
What happened to the good old days, when plans were fulfilled and overfulfilled? 81% - bah.
(Amer, 23 January 2011 00:05)
That was in Soviet Union. In Yugoslavia the life was always more difficult than in Soviet Union. The plans were only barely fulfilled, not over-fulfilled. Also the voting was less, than 98.5% in favor of KPSS. And the Adidas-shirt -wearing Serbs were busy to chew on capitalist originated bananas, not like us who had the choice between Albanian mussels and Cuban rum (and only before Christmas, of course).
Later these two nearly disappeared, being "replaced" by Spanish mussels and Bacardi. Of course I would not call the "price x 10" solution a fair replacement, but let's say the "glass is 50% full" like "to 81% fulfilled".
In retrospect I really regret, I never went to the supermarket to take pictures of goodies like Cuban rum and the AL mussels - prices included. Today these pictures would be priceless.
"Why do Serbs think being in the EU will make things better"
Approaching the EU will make thing better in Serbia in ways that most Serbs don't understand.
Right now, in the EU, they are standardizing emergency dialling (#122) to get the same help from your mobile wherever you are in Europe.
In Serbia, when you call emergency services (at least per my personal experience living in Belgrade for the last 2 years), you tend to get "to nije nas posao, nije moj sektor, *click*.
Serbs are not capable of fixing these kind of problems. Serbs are not stupid. If they could fix this sort of thing, it would already be fixed.
I know this goes against your sensibilities, Ida, but it is unfortunately true. Serbs need some kind of outside road-map to fix these sorts of endemic problems.
So, EU membership wont, in and of itself, fix all of Serbia's problems. The road to EU membership (whether or not Serbia actually joins the EU), will help Serbia in ways that Serbia (due to prolonged isolation), didn't know it needed help.
"In retrospect I really regret, I never went to the supermarket to take pictures of goodies like Cuban rum and the AL mussels - prices included. Today these pictures would be priceless.
(Ataman, 23 January 2011 17:37) "
If you come across some forgotten photos of Soviet stores, you can send them here: http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/12/09/challenging-stereotypes-soviet-abundance/
There's a movie that's supposed to be going into production soon, about Russian girls who married Albanian men in Stalin's time and moved to Albania when relations were broken off, and how as modern, "Western" women they fared in traditional Albanian society. It's going to be directed by a Russian - "Frightened Deer" is it's name in English. It should show the Soviet Union of most of the pictures here. Maybe it'll come out on DVD someday.
Recent EU reports about Serbia's progress were a lot less positive. Where it really matters - creating a business friendly climate without too much red tape and corruption - progress is lacking.
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