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Contract with A-Tec terminated in order to preserve Serbia’s credibility
Belgrade,
10 April 2008
Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Milan Markovic stated today that the Serbian government decided to terminate the RTB Bor sale contract with A-Tec in order to preserve the state’s credibility in further privatisation processes.
Milan Markovic
At a press conference following the government session, Markovic explained that the government cannot engage in further talks if previous agreements are not fulfilled.
If we made an exception now, we would discredit the entire privatisation process and participants in future processes would think that they do not have to honour the contract, stressed the Minister and noted that no talks have been held with the second-ranked SMR.
He also emphasised that Serbia’s state bodies are capable of organising local elections in Kosovo-Metohija but that the government has yet to decide on this issue, given that UNMIK today stated that Serbia cannot organise local elections in the province because that would violate UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
The Minister underlined that technical preparations for the elections in the province are underway and that they are in line with the directions which the government adopted earlier.
Bearing in mind the latest information regarding UNMIK’s stance, which we will contemplate, and decide whether to continue with the process or whether we need to redefine some things, explained Markovic. According to Markovic, the Serbian government will most likely hold a telephone session tomorrow to adopt the decision on lump sum payments and salary increases for public sector employees.
He said that a few more technical details need to be settled, which should be done by tomorrow so that the decision may be implemented by the end of April.
Markovic said that the Serbian government will make all efforts to meet the demands of Magnohrom employees and army reservists who are staging protests.
If we made an exception now, we would discredit the entire privatisation process and participants in future processes would think that they do not have to honour the contract, stressed the Minister and noted that no talks have been held with the second-ranked SMR.
He also emphasised that Serbia’s state bodies are capable of organising local elections in Kosovo-Metohija but that the government has yet to decide on this issue, given that UNMIK today stated that Serbia cannot organise local elections in the province because that would violate UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
The Minister underlined that technical preparations for the elections in the province are underway and that they are in line with the directions which the government adopted earlier.
Bearing in mind the latest information regarding UNMIK’s stance, which we will contemplate, and decide whether to continue with the process or whether we need to redefine some things, explained Markovic. According to Markovic, the Serbian government will most likely hold a telephone session tomorrow to adopt the decision on lump sum payments and salary increases for public sector employees.
He said that a few more technical details need to be settled, which should be done by tomorrow so that the decision may be implemented by the end of April.
Markovic said that the Serbian government will make all efforts to meet the demands of Magnohrom employees and army reservists who are staging protests.
Snezana Samardzic-Markovic
Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Snezana Samardzic-Markovic said that the Serbian government made a decision to award national recognition for special contribution to the development of sport.
She explained that recognition will be awarded to sportspeople who are Serbian citizens and have won medals at the Olympic and the Paralympic Games, the Chess Olympiad, international and European championships, as well as to world record holders in Olympic sports.
Traditionally, it is on February 15 that the new cycle of handing out awards or monetary tokens begins, she said, and added that this is an excellent mechanism for achieving top results in sport.
The Minister said that monetary rewards will be paid out from February 15, and this was planned in advance under the Law on the Budget.
She explained that recognition will be awarded to sportspeople who are Serbian citizens and have won medals at the Olympic and the Paralympic Games, the Chess Olympiad, international and European championships, as well as to world record holders in Olympic sports.
Traditionally, it is on February 15 that the new cycle of handing out awards or monetary tokens begins, she said, and added that this is an excellent mechanism for achieving top results in sport.
The Minister said that monetary rewards will be paid out from February 15, and this was planned in advance under the Law on the Budget.
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