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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03BELGRADE278 |
"YUGOSLAVIA" OFFICIALLY DISAPPEARS, GIVES WAY [...] ON FEBRUARY 4, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER AND IMPLEMENTATION LAW, THE YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENT OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED THE END OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA AND THE BEGINNING OF THE STATE UNION OF "SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO." THIRTY FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS IMMEDIATELY CEAS [...] |
2003-02-04 18:47:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PBTS MW SR YI |
| 03BELGRADE287 |
SERBIA AND MONTNEGRO: FEDERAL TRANSITION [...] WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER AND THE CHARTER IMPLEMENTATION LAW, "YUGOSLAVIA" CEASES TO EXIST AND THE NEW STATE OF "SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO" IS ESTABLISHED (SEE REFTEL). HOWEVER, THERE IS FULL CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE OLD STATE AND THE NEW STATE. THEREFORE, INSTITUTIONS AND OF [...] |
2003-02-05 17:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SR YI |
| 06BELGADE856 |
KOSOVO: ELGRADE PRESENTS NEGOTIATING PLATFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-30 13:55:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | REL PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE1001 |
2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] Below is the Serbia and Montenegro submission for the 2006 report on investment disputes and expropriation claims. As requested in reftel, we have sent tracked edits to the Serbia and Montenegro portion of the final 2006 report via e-mail to EB/IFD/OIA James Roseli. One of the two investment [...] |
2006-06-22 07:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KIDE EINV EFIN CASC PREL SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE101 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM NOTES: PARTIES [...] (U) Summary: The beginning of talks on the rules for the referendum was postponed until at least January 23, as previewed reftel. The parties instead debated the actions of the new police chief in a December 29 local by-election, with the opposition calling to oust the police and intelligenc [...] |
2006-01-23 10:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE1013 |
GOS TO PURSUE PHASED PRIVATIZATION OF OIL COMPANY [...] The GOS will move forward on a draft privatization strategy for state-owned oil and gas company Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) submitted by adviser Merrill Lynch, according to the head of the privatization steering group. In a recent meeting, Slobodan Sokolovic, Assistant Minister of Energy a [...] |
2006-06-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG ECON EINV SR |
| 06BELGRADE1015 |
DISSOLUTION OF STATE UNION OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - [...] (U) Introduction: The Republics of Serbia and of Montenegro will need to take a series of steps to implement the dissolution of the State Union. Belgrade and Podgorica posts are reporting periodically on the actions being taken by the republics and by the USG to ensure the peaceful and, to th [...] |
2006-06-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE1030 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW DPM [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's June 23 meeting with newly-appointed Deputy PM Ivana Dulic-Markovic revealed the new DPM as a deeply idealistic technocrat eager for positive change but uncertain of how to use her new position to effect it. The Ambassador encouraged Dulic- Markovic to speak [...] |
2006-06-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL INRB SR |
| 06BELGRADE1043 |
DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM AND LIFTING THE BUDGET CAP [...] (U) Emboffs conveyed ref demarche points and draft resolution to Katarina Lalic, head of the UN Directorate in the Serbian MFA on June 27. Ms. Lalic said she expected Serbia to vote with the consensus EU position on the issue. She promised to contact us immediately if GoS intentions changed. [...] |
2006-06-29 09:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EU AMGT AORC PREL UNGA |
| 06BELGRADE1058 |
MOF Presents Candidate for Radio [...] (U) On June 15, 2006, the Embassy received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a request to support the re-election of Momcilo Simic, Assistant Minister for Capital Investments of the Republic of Serbia, to the Radio Regulations Board of the Council of the International Telecommunications Un [...] |
2006-07-04 08:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE106 |
Serbia and Montenegro Reaction to Rugova Death [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-24 13:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE1063 |
KOSOVO: GOS ASKS FOR OUR SUPPORT WITH UNESCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serbian Presidential advisor Ambassador Dusan Batakovic requested UNMIK and Contact Group support for the GOS effort to name three Serbian Orthodox religious sites in Kosovo as UNESCO protected buildings during the bodyQs July 8 Q 16 meeting in Vilnius. Batakovic expressed his h [...] |
2006-07-05 08:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE1078 |
Djindjic Trial Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the accused assassins of former Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic is still on track to conclude this fall. The Embassy's RLA continues to closely monitor the trial and further enhance the capacity of these special institutions. While observers continue to believe that [...] |
2006-07-06 09:32:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KJUS KCRM SR |
| 06BELGRADE1092 |
SERBIAN REACTION TO ORIC VERDICT/SENTENCING [...] (u) Summary: The recent verdict of the Hague Tribunal (ICTY) against wartime commander of Muslim forces in Srebrenica, Naser Oric, has enraged the Serbian leadership and public and received widespread negative coverage in local media. To many here, the Tribunal's decisions - coming on the h [...] |
2006-07-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY KCRM PHUM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1103 |
KOSOVO and ICTY: KOSTUNICA BRIEFS HIS PUBLIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 3, Prime Minister Kostunica was interviewed by editors of four major Serbia news outlets (Vecernje Novosti, BETA, Danas, Standard) on national television (RTS) in which he explained his position on Kosovo and ICTY. Prime Minister Kostunica said categorically that he will ne [...] |
2006-07-10 10:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE1107 |
TADIC SENDS CONGRATULATORY LETTER FOR JULY 4TH [...] (u) On July 6, the Embassy received a letter from President Boris Tadic to the President to offer congratulations on the occasion of our national holiday. Text of letter below. Original has been forwarded to the department via pouch. 2. (u) Begin text of letter: July 4, 2006 Dear [...] |
2006-07-10 11:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL PGOV SR |
| 06BELGRADE1113 |
KOSOVO: FM DRASKOVIC LETTER TO THE SECRETARY AND CONTACT [...] (U) On July 6, the Embassy received a letter from Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic to the Secretary and the Contact Group Foreign Ministers outlining redlines and urging a compromise solution for Kosovo's final status. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: REPUBLIC OF SERBIA MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFF [...] |
2006-07-10 15:25:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL PGOV YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE1117 |
Successful Step in Improving Military Cooperation [...] (U) Summary: The visit of two USAF F-16s on June 22 and 23 marked a new high point in the military relationship between the US and Serbia. The extensive and overwhelmingly positive media coverage made the operation a success and demonstrates the effect that military cooperation can have on [...] |
2006-07-11 15:18:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR MASS SR |
| 06BELGRADE1123 |
KOSOVO: BELGRADE WORRIED ABOUT ELEPHANT ROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 11 meeting with Contact Group representatives, Kosovo status negotiator Leon Kojen conveyed a letter from PM Kostunica and President Tadic to UNOSEK Special Envoy Ahtisaari. Kojen signaled profound Belgrade concern that the upcoming high-level status meeting ("elephant [...] |
2006-07-12 13:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE1147 |
MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: JUNE 2006 [...] Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia, the current members of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), announced that they expect that Montenegro, together with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Macedonia, and Serbia, will join CEFTA by the end of the year. Draft Law on Optical Dis [...] |
2006-07-18 15:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW |
| 06BELGRADE1149 |
SERBIA TOUTS ICTY ACTION PLAN AS MAJOR SUCCESS [...] (c) SUMMARY: The Serbian government is portraying as a major success its presentation to the EU of its &Action Plan8 for completing cooperation with the Hague Tribunal (ICTY). Local media have fawnishly echoed this sentiment. Privately, EU and ICTY representatives in Belgrade have downplay [...] |
2006-07-18 17:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY PGOV PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1153 |
SERBIA - SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SERBIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The highest levels of the GOS continue to assure us that solving the 1999 murders of the three Amcit Bytyqi brothers remains one of their foremost law enforcement priorities. Nonetheless, five years after the discovery of the bodies, no indictments have been handed down. Int [...] |
2006-07-19 09:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM PINR PGOV KJUS PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1154 |
SERBIAN RESPONSE TO ATTENDANCE REQUEST [...] (U) On July 18, Poloffs met with representatives of the Serbian MFA regarding Serbia's official representation at the 61st UN General Assembly (UNGA) high-level events in September 2006, per reftel instructions. MFA said the government was just starting to arrange its delegation, but confirm [...] |
2006-07-19 09:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1157 |
Elections Timetable Speculations [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite previous pronouncements suggesting fall elections, many of our interlocutors believe that the current coalition will hold together until after a decision is made regarding Kosovo's final status, with new elections occurring about 45 to 90 days later. Although elections [...] |
2006-07-20 06:11:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1158 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Ambassador Clint Williamson and staff assistant Louis-Alexandre Berg to Belgrade July 25-28, 2006, to meet on war crimes issues. Transportation is arranged, including onward transportation to Banja Luka on July 28, an [...] |
2006-07-20 06:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SR |
| 06BELGRADE1160 |
SCENESETTER FOR JULY 25 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR WISNER TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-20 08:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE1162 |
Launch of the Serbian Social [...] Summary: The UNDP in Serbia organized a conference on July 18 to discuss the findings of the Social Vulnerability Report of Roma, Refugees, and IDPs. The conference brought together GOS, EU, and UNDP officials as well as NGO leaders to discuss how programs are/should be implemented to addr [...] |
2006-07-20 11:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1163 |
Launch of the Serbian Social Vulnerability Report [...] Summary: The UNDP in Serbia organized a conference on July 18 to discuss the findings of the Social Vulnerability Report of Roma, Refugees, and IDPs. The conference brought together GOS, EU, and UNDP officials as well as NGO leaders to discuss how programs are/should be implemented to addres [...] |
2006-07-20 11:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1172 |
INFO ON MLADIC'S PAST WHEREABOUTS PUBLICLY [...] SUMMARY: Influential, pro-government Belgrade daily Politika has for the past two days published front-page articles related to the locations where Ratko Mladic was hiding from June 2002 until January 2006. These articles are basically extracts from the indictment brought against ten individu [...] |
2006-07-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ICTY PGOV PINR PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1174 |
Election Outlook for Serbia -- Still [...] (U) Two June polls in Serbia indicate that the Radicals and Socialists continue to be within reach of together winning a majority in future elections -- particularly if turnout is low. A Kosovo outcome perceived as negative by the electorate could conceivable sap support for the democrats f [...] |
2006-07-21 14:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1202 |
SERBIA: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER IN BELGRADE -- [...] (C) Summary: PM Kostunica offered to visiting Special U.S. Envoy Ambassador Frank Wisner on 7/25 a dark and emotional reaction to the prospect of Kosovo independence, an outcome he seems to increasingly see as inevitable. It was a dramatic encounter with the PM who appeared to be visibly weig [...] |
2006-07-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SR YI MW |
| 06BELGRADE1207 |
SOUTHERN SERBIA: QUIET ON THE ABL, BUT POLITICALLY ADRIFT [...] (U) SUMMARY: With Kosovo negotiations in full swing, Southern Serbia is calm and without incidents of interethnic violence. Politically, however, hardline Albanians in the ethnically-mixed muncipality of Bujanoviac are trying to squeeze Serbs out of participation in the municipal government th [...] |
2006-07-31 12:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE1211 |
SWCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (c) S/WCI Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson told the senior GoS leadership that we are eager to see Serbia integrate into Euro-Atlantic institutions, but that we needed to see results on Mladic and ICTY cooperation first. Calling the GOS' Action Plan on ICTY a good [...] |
2006-08-01 08:55:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY GPGOV PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1212 |
BYTYQI UPDATE FROM WILLIAMSON VISIT [...] (sbu) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson pressed Serbian officials for results in the seven year old Bytyqi brothers murder case, during his July 25-28 visit to Belgrade (SEPTEL). Officials at all levels, including MININT Jocic, reiterated their commitment [...] |
2006-08-01 09:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY KCRM PHUM PGOV PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1236 |
KOSTUNICA AND TADIC CONSTRUCTIVE AT CONTACT GROUP DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kostunica and President Tadic were both cordial and constructive at a joint demarche by Contact Group (CG) Chiefs of Mission in Belgrade on August 4. Both stressed that the GOS is committed to UNOSEK talks and confirmed Belgrade will participate in August 7th and [...] |
2006-08-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE1242 |
TFLE01: Serbia's Response to the Lebanon Crisis [...] (sbu) President Tadic issued an official statement supporting an "immediate and sustainable end" to hostilities. The government of PM Kostunica has so far declined to take an official position on the Lebanon crisis. 2. (sbu) Belgrade daily Kurir reported a statement by Rasim Ljajic, lea [...] |
2006-08-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC SR |
| 06BELGRADE1257 |
GOS ADOPTS PRIVATIZATION STRATEGY FOR NIS [...] (U) On July 20, the Government of Serbia (GOS) approved the privatization strategy of state-owned oil company "Naftna Industrija Srbije" (NIS). The approved strategy was not the preferred option proposed by the privatization advisor consortium Merrill Lynch and Raiffeisen Investment. The appr [...] |
2006-08-09 11:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ECON EINV SR |
| 06BELGRADE1258 |
MOBI 63 SOLD FOR EUR 1.513 BILLION [...] On August 1, the largest Norwegian mobile operator Telenor signed the sales agreement with the Government of Serbia (GOS) to buy Serbian mobile operator Mobi 63 (former Mobtel) for EUR 1.513 billion. Telenor won the televised auction organized the day before, competing with Austrian Mobilkom [...] |
2006-08-09 11:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV BTIO KPRV SR |
| 06BELGRADE1274 |
LEBANON UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERY, SERBIA [...] (U) Emboff hand-delivered ref demarche and UNSCR text as requested reftel to FONMIN Draskovic at his home at 1300L. Draskovic accepted the points without substantive comment. 2. (U) We expect Serbia will fully support the letter and spirit of the UNSCR (their default position on most [...] |
2006-08-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE |
| 06BELGRADE1277 |
Serbian Parties Begin to Prepare for Elections [...] (SBU) Responding to perceptions that the international community will decide Kosovo independence in the near future, parties across the spectrum have begun to prepare for a tense political period and probable early elections in the aftermath. Across the board, democratic parties remain unpre [...] |
2006-08-14 09:22:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE128 |
EU Envoy Tempers Optimism on Montenegro [...] (SBU) Summary: Preparations for the Montenegrin referendum are slowly progressing, but the two sides remain far apart on key modalities. After a month of talks, little has been decided, but discussions will begin to quicken as pro-Independence and pro-Union forces hopefully resolve the less c [...] |
2006-01-27 13:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW |
| 06BELGRADE1285 |
MOU TO GIVE GAZPROM STRATEGIC FOOTHOLD IN SERBIA [...] (SBU) The scheduled signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Serbia (GOS), state-owned gas company Srbijagas and Russian Gazprom- Gazexport on August 8 was postponed by the Russians for technical reasons. This MOU, approved by the GOS on July 27, establishes [...] |
2006-08-15 07:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR |
| 06BELGRADE1294 |
SERBIA: PRESIDENT TADIC ON UPCOMING TRIP TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with President Tadic on 9 August to discuss preparations for his upcoming visit to the U.S., scheduled for the first week of September. Tadic returned to the usual broad themes ) the need for elections before the end-game on Kosovo; the need to work closely with Ko [...] |
2006-08-16 08:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SR YI MW |
| 06BELGRADE1308 |
ARMS CONTROL DEMARCHES DELIVERED RE SYRIA AND [...] (s) We delivered reftel demarches in separate meetings with Assistant DEFMIN for Material Resources COL Markovic, MFA Chief of the Directorate for Arms Control Branka Latinovic, and YugoImport Director Stevan Nikcevic August 15-17. In each meeting, we impressed upon our interlocutors the se [...] |
2006-08-18 08:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | PARM BEXP PREL SR SY VE |
| 06BELGRADE1323 |
ICTY ACTION PLAN UPDATE NUMBER 1: AUGUST 4, 2006 [...] (c) Emboffs met August 4 (at USG request) with Rasim Ljajic to try to jump-start the weekly updates the GoS had proposed as part of the implementation of the Action Plan (AP). Initial indications are not inspiring, as most of the effort has been on bureaucracy building. There have been a f [...] |
2006-08-22 09:50:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY PREL PGOV PHUM SR |
| 06BELGRADE1324 |
ICTY ACTION PLAN UPDATE NUMBER 2: AUGUST 11, 2006 [...] (c) Our second meeting with Action Plan coordinator Rasim Ljajic (and an earlier meeting with operational coordinator Vladimir Vukcevic) revealed modest progress in setting up the infrastructure for the Action Plan, but not a great deal more action. The media side of the plan is still woefu [...] |
2006-08-22 09:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY PREL PGOV PHUM SR |
| 06BELGRADE1325 |
ICTY ACTION PLAN UPDATE NUMBER 3: AUGUST 18, 2006 [...] (c) One month into the announcement of the Action Plan (AP), there is still no sign of a sustained and public senior-level effort to prepare the ground for a Mladic handover. Visiting ICTY officials shared our disappointment at the pace of work on the action plan, and agreed that the ultima [...] |
2006-08-22 10:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | ICTY PREL PGOV PHUM SR |
| 06BELGRADE1329 |
Bishop Artemije Reviews Trip/Repeats Jihad [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian Orthodox Bishop Artemije (Gracanica) met with the Ambassador on August 7, one of several meetings Artemije held in Belgrade to "communicate the results of his recent trip to the U.S." Artemije expressed satisfaction with his trip, repeating unsubstantiated warnings abou [...] |
2006-08-23 05:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1371 |
ICTY ACTION PLAN UPDATE #4; AUGUST 25, 2006 [...] (c) This week saw the most action to date on the media campaign portion of the Action Plan. Kotunica made a public statement about Serbia's reolve to hand over Mladic to The Hague - if he isfound on the teritory of Serbia. While the PM' statements were welcome, we have continued to pus him [...] |
2006-08-30 07:49:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET//NOFORN | ICTY PREL PROG PHUM SR |
| 06BELGRADE1379 |
SERBIA UNDECIDED ON WEDGWOOD CANDIDACY [...] (U) On AUGUST 28, 2006, poloff met with representatives of the Serbian MFA regarding to request Serbian support for the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood per reftel request. Serbia is unable to give an answer at this time, but will consider Professor Wedgwood's candidacy very closely. An [...] |
2006-08-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1380 |
SERBIA UNDECIDED ON MATHESON CANDIDCY [...] (U) On AUGUST 28, 206, poloff met with representatives of the Serbin MFA regarding to request Serbian support for thecandidacy of Michael Matheson per reftel request Serbia is unable to give an answer at this time, but will consider Mr. Matheson's candidacy very closely. Any additional info [...] |
2006-08-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1381 |
SERBIA: PM KOSTUNICA NOT LETTING UP ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with PM Kostunica on August 29 to review priority issues after the Serbian government,s August recess. He acknowledged the PM,s recent personal address to the nation on Mladic (and several other positive developments) but pressed Kostunica to explicitly call f [...] |
2006-08-30 16:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SR YI MW |
| 06BELGRADE1382 |
SERBIA: EU/UNOSEK REP LEHNE VENTURES ON SLIPPING [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions in Belgrade with visiting EU officials attached to the UNOSEK negotiations suggest some openness in Brussels to extending the Kosovo end-game calendar well into 2007 in response to alleged reports of imminent Tadic-Kostunica agreement on a Serbian electoral time [...] |
2006-08-30 17:00:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SR YI MW |
| 06BELGRADE1407 |
TADIC AND KOSTUNICA [...] (U) As Tadic heads to Washington, we would like to share some additional observations about him, about how his views on key issues compare with Kostunica's, and why his visit represents an opportunity different from Kostunica's July visit. 2. (S) Tadic tends to take a more realist, pro-Wes [...] |
2006-09-01 12:00:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | PGOV PREL |
| 06BELGRADE1420 |
61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: SERBIAN HIGH LEVEL [...] (U) On AUGUST 28, 2006, poloff met with representatives of the Serbian MFA regarding Serbia's official representation at the 61st UN General Assembly (UNGA) high- level events in September 2006, per ref B instructions. The President and Foreign Minister plan to attend. Their information is as [...] |
2006-09-05 07:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1454 |
MONTENEGRO RETURNS RULING COALITION TO POWER [...] (U) Summary: Unofficial preliminary election results for the Sunday Republic-wide parliamentary elections show the ruling DPS/SDP coalition holding on to power with 41 of parliament's 81 seats, an absolute majority. Official results will be released on September 12. Former Leader of the Opposi [...] |
2006-09-11 12:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 06BELGRADE1460 |
MONTENEGRO ARRESTS 14, INCLUDING THREE U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: On the morning of Saturday, September 9, at about 10:00 local time, Montenegrin police raided dwellings in the locality of Tuzi, to the southeast of the capital Podgorica, in a largely ethnically Albanian community. Fourteen persons were taken into custody, including three U.S. [...] |
2006-09-11 14:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CASC PGOV PREL MW |
| 06BELGRADE1466 |
FINANCE MINISTER SEEKS MORE PARIS CLUB DEBT RELIEF [...] summary: Finance Minister Dinkic has proposed a major Paris Club debt reduction - unrelated to Kosovo - as one element of his so-called "packet plus," a supplement to the GOS action plan for cooperation with the Hague tribunal. This Dinkic initiative proposes bigger, meatier carrots for Serb [...] |
2006-09-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG SR |
| 06BELGRADE1469 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EMBASSY OFFICER NATHAN M. MARSHALL [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance for Nathan M. Marshall to visit Belgrade from September 13-16, 2006 for Embassy consultations and mission support. Transportation to/from the airport is arranged, and a room has been reserved at the Hyatt Hotel as requested reftel. Control officer is [...] |
2006-09-12 13:34:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SR |
| 06BELGRADE1472 |
MONTENEGRO: PARLIAMENT RESULTS OFFICIAL [...] (U) Summary: Official preliminary results for the September 10 parliamentary election were announced late on September 12. As reported earlier (ref), the ruling DPS/SDP coalition has an absolute majority, with 41 of 81 seats. End summary. 2. (U) Official preliminary results were announced [...] |
2006-09-13 10:04:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 06BELGRADE1475 |
CORRECTED COPY: MONTENEGRO: PARLIAMENT RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Official preliminary results for the September 10 parliamentary election were announced late on September 12. As reported earlier (ref), the ruling DPS/SDP coalition has an absolute majority, with 41 of 81 seats. End summary. 2. (U) Official preliminary results were announced [...] |
2006-09-13 14:18:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW |
| 06BELGRADE1492 |
SERBIAN REPSONSE TO U.S. VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (U) On September 12, 2006, poloff met with representatives of the Serbian MFA to deliver reftel points on USG views on UNSC Resolution 1695 on North Korea's missile programs. Serbia said that as a member of the U.N. they fully support this resolution and will fulfill their commitment. Any ad [...] |
2006-09-15 12:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
| 06BELGRADE1502 |
Serbia: New Poll Indicates Softening Support for Radical [...] SUMMARY: The latest poll (conducted in early September) by a well-respected electoral/political NGO in Serbia, records a significant softening in the popularity of the Radical Party and an improvement for PM Kostunica's DSS party. The results continue to show sky-high rates of abstention and [...] |
2006-09-16 12:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KPAO SR |
| 06BELGRADE1509 |
MONTENEGRO ASSURES COOPERATION ON WAR CRIMES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Williamson, Special Envoy for War Crimes Issues, met on September 14 with PM Djukanovic, President Vujanovic, the Chief State Prosecutor, the head of the security service, and a private lawyer handling claims for compensation of war crimes. The meetings went well, with [...] |
2006-09-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KAWC PGOV MW |
| 06BELGRADE1522 |
Scenesetter for the Secretary of Defense's Visit to [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the Montenegrins celebrate their newly regained independence following a successful referendum in May. Most recently, during the 10 September parliamentary elections the Montenegrin voters handed Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic's ruling coalition another mandate with 4 [...] |
2006-09-19 15:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW |
| 06BELGRADE1532 |
SERBIAN RESPONSE TO UNGA CD MINISTERIAL REQUEST [...] (U) On September 20, 2006, poloff met with representatives of the Serbian MFA to request information on Serbia's attendance at the UNGA CD Ministerial per reftel. MFA thought that Assistant Secretary for Foreign Affairs Sahovic would attend, but plans were SIPDIS not definite. Serbia full [...] |
2006-09-21 06:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL SR PGOV PHUM KDEM |
| 06BELGRADE1534 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S FRIED TO BELGRADE [...] (C) Dan, you arrive at a politically charged time in your old stomping grounds. No senior government official here has any illusions about where the International Community is generally heading in the Kosovo end-game but there is still a belief, particularly by the Prime Minister himself, tha [...] |
2006-09-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE1537 |
SERBIA: S/WCI WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO BELGRADE, SEPT [...] (C) Summary: During a September 12- 14 visit to Belgrade, Ambassador-At-Large for War Crimes Williamson noted lack of significant progress on ICTY Action Plan with Prime Minister Kostunica, President Tadic as well as with Action Plan Co-Coordinators Rasim Ljajic and Vladamir Vukcevic. Williams [...] |
2006-09-22 06:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SR YI MW |
| 06BELGRADE155 |
BELGRADE REACTION TO CG LONDON STATEMENT [...] (c) The CG London declaration was discussed within the negotiating team on February 01, and PM advisor Aleksander Simic delivered the official reaction to local media at the end of the day, with the reaction appearing in local press by February 02. The official statement highlighted the neg [...] |
2006-02-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS SR YI |
| 06BELGRADE1554 |
BELGRADE'S RESPONSE TO STATE 138362 (C-RE6-01248) [...] (U) The following is Embassy Belgrade's response to INR's questions in reftel. 2. (C) Response follows (reftel's questions in caps): A. (C) WHAT IS THE NATURE OF KOSTUNICA AND TADIC'S RELATIONSHIP? (C) The President and Prime Minister continue to balance their dislike for each othe [...] |
2006-09-26 10:40:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT PREL MW YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE1566 |
A/S FRIED'S SEPT 25 MEETINGS WITH SERBIAN LEADERS [...] (S/NF) Summary: In separate meetings on September 25 in Belgrade, Assistant Secretary Fried delivered to Prime Minister Kostunica, President Tadic and Foreign Minister Draskovic the following unambiguous messages: Kosovo will be independent, Serbs and Serbian culture in Kosovo will be protect [...] |
2006-09-28 08:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PBTS YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE1567 |
ICTY ACTION PLAN UPDATE #5; SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 [...] (U) This is the most recent in our weekly reports on GOS efforts on the Mladic Action Plan. Last week's report was included in reftel (a), the reporting cable of Ambassador Williamson's (S/WCI) visit to Belgrade 12-14 September and our subsequent discussion with Ljajic on the 15th. Prior rep [...] |
2006-09-28 08:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET//NOFORN | ICTY PREL PROG PHUM SR |
| 06BELGRADE1568 |
ICTY ACTION PLAN UPDATE #5; SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 [...] (U) This is the most recent in our weekly reports on GOS efforts on the Mladic Action Plan. Last week's report was included in reftel (a), the reporting cable of Ambassador Williamson's (S/WCI) visit to Belgrade 12-14 September and our subsequent discussion with Ljajic on the 15th. Prior rep [...] |
2006-09-28 08:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET//NOFORN | ICTY PREL PROG PHUM SR |
| 06BELGRADE1590 |
SERBIA: PARLIAMENT SET TO APPROVE CONSTITUTION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: It appears that all major political parties in Serbia are close to agreement on a package for approving the constitution in a national referendum (late October/early November) with follow up elections before the end of the year. President Tadic is supporting the referendum, despite [...] |
2006-09-29 15:49:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SR YI MW |
| 06BELGRADE1626 |
MONTENEGRO'S PM EXITS THE CENTER STAGE [...] (U) Summary: President Vujanovic announced October 3 that Milo Djukanovic has declined to accept a mandate to continue as Prime Minister. The announcement ends Djukanovic's 16 years at the center of the Montenegrin stage, as either Prime Minister or President. Djukanovic will remain as the h [...] |
2006-10-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MW |
| 06BELGRADE1644 |
DISAPPOINTING DEL PONTE VISIT TO BELGRADE (ICTY [...] (C) As foreshadowed by ICTY Action Plan Coordinator Ljajic late last week, the Serbian government presented lots of promises but reported little substantive progress in October 2-3 meetings with visiting ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte. At the end of her visit, CDP told us that her asse [...] |
2006-10-06 09:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1646 |
MONTENEGRO'S PM DESIGNATE: ZELJKO STURANOVIC [...] (U) Summary: Zeljko Sturanovic was confirmed on October 5 by the Main Board of the ruling Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) as the nominee for Prime Minister, succeeding Milo Djukanovic. Sturanovic's nomination quickly attracted favorable comment from opposition parties, who lauded his per [...] |
2006-10-06 10:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MW |
| 06BELGRADE1667 |
MONTENEGRO SUPPORTS U.S. ON NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-12 14:40:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KN PARM KNNP MW |
| 06BELGRADE168 |
PROGRESS NOTED IN FAA TECHNICAL REVIEW [...] A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) team completed its technical review of the Serbia and Montenegro Civil Aviation Directorate (CAD) on January 27 in Belgrade. The review results found significant progress in all areas of the CAD's oversight capabilities since the last technical review [...] |
2006-02-06 10:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SR MW KTIA ICTY |
| 06BELGRADE1681 |
ICTY ACTION PLAN SCORECARD, OCTOBER 2006 [...] (c) SUMMARY: In July, the USG provided the GoS with eleven recommendations designed to advance the hunt for Ratko Mladic. Due primarily to the resistance of PM Kostunica himself, the GoS has not carried out in full a single one of our recommendations (two have been, arguably, partially initiated). [...] |
2006-10-17 06:20:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM UNSC SR |
| 06BELGRADE1694 |
WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR FED UP, THREATENS TO QUIT [...] (c) War Crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic stunned local journalists and emboffs when he announced on Ocotber 17 that he was tendering his resignation as operational coordinator for the GoS's Action Plan for ICTY cooperation. Vukcevic cited to us his deep frustration over not having the aut [...] |
2006-10-17 14:09:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY PREL PGOV KCRM SR |
| 06BELGRADE1698 |
SERBIAN SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA IN UNSC VOTE [...] (U) DCM raised reftel points with Serbian Assistant Foreign Minister Sahovic, and Poloff conveyed substance of reftel points to representatives of the Serbian MFA as requested. MFA officials noted Serbia usually supports the EU consensus position. We expect they will continue to be sensitiv [...] |
2006-10-18 07:47:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC GT UN VE SR |
| 06BELGRADE170 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM NOTES: TALKS [...] (U) Summary: Expert-level talks opened January 31, and quickly reached agreement that the EU, COE, OSCE, and OSCE/ODHIR will be invited to monitor the referendum campaign and vote. The sides are still far apart on financing and rules for media coverage, and talks on those subjects will contin [...] |
2006-02-06 14:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE1719 |
EMBASSY BELGRADE'S GOTV CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade has launched a comprehensive "Get Out The Vote" (GOTV) campaign for the likely imminent Serbian parliamentary and presidential elections. This campaign -- which relies heavily on NDI, IRI, and local NGOs -- will seek to combat voter apathy and frustration in an effort t [...] |
2006-10-20 10:32:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM SR YI |
| 06BELGRADE1747 |
KOSOVO SERB DELEGATION ADVOCATES COOPERATION WITH [...] (U) Summary: In a 20 October meeting with the Ambassador, a delegation of four Kosovo Serbs led by the Belgrade-based NGO 'Fractal' outlined how they see the basic needs for Serbs living in the enclaves: (1) support for returns, (2) economic development, (3) improved media, and (4) infrastruct [...] |
2006-10-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO SR YI |
| 06BELGRADE1749 |
AMB POLT HOSTS 3RD ANNUAL IFTAAR DINNER [...] Celebrating the customs of Ramadan as well as cooperation between members of different religious traditions, the Ambassador played host to Embassy Belgrade's 3rd annual Iftaar dinner this week (10/19). Over a meal which included both traditional Arab dishes and American favorites such as pump [...] |
2006-10-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM SR YI KPAO |
| 06BELGRADE1752 |
SERBIA AND KOSOVO: WISNER VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (C) Frank, Serbian politics have gone into high gear since your last visit to Belgrade in late July, and every politician is now in election mode. Although Prime Minister Kostunica and President Tadic have both improved their poll numbers by appearing to work together, it is the Prime Ministe [...] |
2006-10-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE176 |
DEL PONTE CONFIDENT OF MLADIC HANDOVER [...] (c) Summary: Despite public criticism of SaM efforts to date on ICTY cooperation, del Ponte told assembled ambassadors she is convinced she will have Mladic in The Hague by the end of February - but only if the EU exerts maximum pressure on Kostunica by conditioning SAA talks on Mladic's be [...] |
2006-02-07 12:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR ICTY |
| 06BELGRADE1765 |
SERBIA OFFERS INCENTIVES TO FOREIGN INVESTORS [...] (U) Attracting foreign direct investment is increasingly becoming a priority for the Serbian government. The GOS is developing a range of incentives for investors, including cash grants to investments resulting in significant job creation, as well as tax incentives in the form of credits and [...] |
2006-10-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EINV ECON SR |
| 06BELGRADE1767 |
SERBIA CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Econoff met with authorities at the Civil Aviation Directorate (CAD) on October 20, 2006, to discuss the status of the Open Skies (OS) Agreement and progress on the new draft law on civil aviation. CAD's legal representative told Econoff that all ministries except the Ministry of Finance [...] |
2006-10-27 08:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SR MW YU KTIA |
| 06BELGRADE1774 |
MONTENEGRO: PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ON ADOPTION OF [...] (U) On October 26, the Parliament of Montenegro passed the law specifying the procedure by which the new Constitution will be adopted. The new constitution will first be put to a vote in parliament. If two-thirds of the MPs (54 of 81) vote affirmatively, the Constitution is adopted without ne [...] |
2006-10-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MW |
| 06BELGRADE1803 |
MONTENEGRO: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-01 15:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MW |
| 06BELGRADE1809 |
SERBIA: COALITION SCENARIOS COALESCING [...] (SBU) The current trend in polling data suggests that the three major parties (DS, DSS, and SRS) are currently the only parties that will definitively jump the 5 percent threshold for participation in the parliament. The Socialists are on the verge of threshold, and most pollsters agree that [...] |
2006-11-02 14:04:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1810 |
SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (c) Special Envoy Wisner's messages to government, church, and civil society leaders in Belgrade October 31 were exceptionally clear: the USG remains committed to a status decision by the end of 2006; contact group unity and support for Ahtisaari is and will remain solid; and Serbia's leader [...] |
2006-11-02 15:50:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV SR |
| 06BELGRADE1813 |
SERBIA'S ELECTRICITY OFFER TO KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The Working Group on Energy Cooperation met in Belgrade on October 26. As a result of the meeting, Serbia sent a formal proposal of an electricity donation for Kosovo on October 27 to Jolly Dixon, Chairman of the Working Group. The offer, considered to be a donation to avert a potential [...] |
2006-11-03 14:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON SR YI UNMIK |
| 06BELGRADE1814 |
SERBIA: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] The following information is in response to reftel A request for information on Embassy Belgrade's efforts to monitor agreements and respond to trade barrier complaints. 2. Background: Serbia is not currently a member of WTO or OECD, nor does it have a bilateral investment treaty or a free [...] |
2006-11-03 14:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON ETRD KIPR SR WTO |
| 06BELGRADE1824 |
BELGRADE - REQUEST FOR IMET FUNDING [...] (SBU) In the wake of the President's decision to waive ASPA conditionality from IMET eligibility for a number of countries, including Serbia, Embassy requests IMET funding in the amount of $500,000 for the current fiscal year. Such funding would support resident courses, Distinguished Orienta [...] |
2006-11-07 16:34:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1842 |
SERBIA'S SANDZAK -- DEMOCRATIC STANDARDS DROP AS [...] SUMMARY: A recent visit to the largest city in Serbia's Sandzak area, the home of Serbia's largest Bosniak minority community, shows the local political machine of Sulejman Ugljanin, a close ally of PM Kostunica, firmly in control. A murky election-day shoot-out during a Belgrade-backed recal [...] |
2006-11-13 06:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO KIRF PREL PHUM SR |
| 06BELGRADE1849 |
SERBIAN SUPPORT FOR EU'S DECISION TO VOTE AGAINST [...] On November 09, 2006, poloff met with a representative of the Serbian MFA to obtain additional information on Serbian (and EU) vote against ref B request on the amendment to the resolution on Cuba. Per ref A, Serbia said on 08 November 2006 that they would "constructively support" reftel requ [...] |
2006-11-13 13:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | UN UNGA PHUM KTIA SR |
| 06BELGRADE1850 |
NIS Democracy Roundtable Breathes Fresh Air into Local [...] (U) In the first of what Embassy Belgrade hopes to be a series of such events, poloff moderated a roundtable in Nis on November 4 designed to bring together Serbian democratic bloc parties to show our support for them and to help them encourage voter participation as part of our overall GOTV c [...] |
2006-11-13 13:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1852 |
SERBIAN ELECTIONS SET FOR JANUARY 21, 2007 [...] (SBU) Early on November 10, the Serbian Parliament adopted the constitutional law and set January 21 as the date for new parliamentary elections, with presidential elections mandated sometime before December 31, 2007. Parliament is disbanded and Prime Minister Kostunica's government continues [...] |
2006-11-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SR YI PREL |
| 06BELGRADE1854 |
SERBIAN ELECTIONS SET FOR JANUARY 21, 2007 [...] (SBU) Early on November 10, the Serbian Parliament adopted the constitutional law and set January 21 as the date for new parliamentary elections, with presidential elections mandated sometime before December 31, 2007. Parliament is disbanded and Prime Minister Kostunica's government continues [...] |
2006-11-13 15:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SR YI PREL |
| 06BELGRADE1870 |
SERBIA WILL VOTE "NO" ON BELORUSSIAN RETALIATORY [...] (U) On November 15, 2006, Ambassador Polt called Serbian Foreign Minister Draskovic to request Serbia's "No" vote on the Belarusian retaliatory resolutions tabled in response the U.S. initiated resolution in ref B. Draskovic agreed and contacted his ambassador at the UN, instructing him to v [...] |
2006-11-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN SR BO |
| 06BELGRADE1872 |
Belgrade Reaction to Status Decision [...] (SBU) UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Martti Ahtisaari's announcement on November 10 that he would postpone presenting his proposal for the status of Kosovo until after Serbian elections was met with mixed reactions in Belgrade. While President Tadic expressed some gratitude for the delay, he als [...] |
2006-11-17 15:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1873 |
Parliamentary Campaigns Begin In Serbia [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian parliamentary elections are scheduled for January 21, 2007. Parties have come out swinging: aggressively working on their party lists and possible coalitions and launching their opening salvos for campaign themes. Kosovo is the predicable headline but there are democra [...] |
2006-11-20 06:32:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SR YI PREL |
| 06BELGRADE1877 |
SERBIAN FISCAL EXPANSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Serbia's macroeconomic outlook appears strong as the country moves toward elections. GDP was up 6.7 percent in the first half of 2006, inflation likely will reach only 9 percent, and strong export growth continues, at 27 percent. Record inflows of foreign direct investment, mainl [...] |
2006-11-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN EIND PGOV SR |
| 06BELGRADE188 |
GOS DECLARES IMF VICTORY, LOOKS TO PARIS CLUB [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOS economic team jointly declared victory in completing the final review of its IMF program on February 6 and invited Paris Club action on implementing the final tranche of debt reduction before the next payment falls due. Finance Minister Dinkic also announced an ambitious [...] |
2006-02-09 10:25:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE1899 |
SERBIA: 2006-2007 INCSR SUBMISSION PART II - [...] As the result of a public referendum on May 21, 2006, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (SAM) was dissolved and Montenegro became an independent country. The Government of the Republic of Serbia (GOS) became the legacy member of the Council of Europe and the United Nations. As a result [...] |
2006-11-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE1916 |
Serbia: 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MW |
| 06BELGRADE1917 |
SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Almost all Albanian party leaders from southern Serbia have expressed support for a joint Albanian list in Serbia's upcoming Parliamentary elections. Party leaders hope to announce an agreement by November 28, but remain wary that one or more parties will reverse and mount a b [...] |
2006-11-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE1927 |
"Long Live Serbia" -- DSS Plumbing the Depths of [...] (SBU) Campaigning under the slogan "Long Live Serbia," PM Kostunica's DSS has made it abundantly clear that its election campaign will revolve around "patriotic" issues, especially Kosovo. Its coalition with populist mayors from central Serbia (including a close associate of assassinated war [...] |
2006-11-28 07:50:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SR YI PREL |
| 06BELGRADE1929 |
K1: MOVING SERBIA BEYOND KOSOVO - IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE [...] (c) As part of our Mission-wide K1 (Kosovo settlement and aftermath) strategy, we have laid out in reftel our recommendations on how to manage the endgame in the status process here in Serbia. This message focuses on the next step of K1: expectations and consequence management. This invol [...] |
2006-11-28 07:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL PHUM SR |
| 06BELGRADE193 |
KOSOVO- SERBS GO PUBLIC WITH PRIVATE MESSAGES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SR YI |
| 06BELGRADE1934 |
SERBIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON [...] (u) The USG has an overall excellent working relationship with Serbia on counter- terrorism issues. Both policy-level and operational-level interlocutors have been eager to cooperate with the USG on a wide range of issues including border security, information sharing, antiterrorism finan [...] |
2006-11-28 16:22:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO SR |
| 06BELGRADE1943 |
Serbian Reactions to PfP Invitation [...] (SBU) 1. (SBU) President Tadic has warmly welcomed NATO's decision to invite Serbia to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP). In a statement to the nation, Tadic claimed credit for his own efforts and pledged that the invitation did not absolve Serbia of its outstanding ICTY commitments. FON [...] |
2006-11-29 14:49:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NATO SR |
| 06BELGRADE1956 |
PFP REACTIONS UPDATE - GOS Private Reactions [...] (SBU) The Ambassador spoke on November 29 with President Tadic, FONMIN Draskovic, and DEFMIN Stankovic. PM Kostunica returned the Ambassador's call on November 30. The Ambassador congratulated his interlocutors, noting the Secretary's efforts to forge consensus on the issue. He said NATO a [...] |
2006-12-04 09:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NATO SR |
| 06BELGRADE1959 |
Engaging With Serbia's Leadership After Riga [...] (c) NATO's offer of PfP membership to Serbia creates an opportunity to move the ball forward on greater bilateral and multilateral defense cooperation. To fill this partnership with substance, we are already seeking a public and clear commitment to Euroatlantic integration from those democr [...] |
2006-12-04 16:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR PREL NATO SR |
| 06BELGRADE1960 |
Seselj's Hunger Strike Increasing Attention for [...] (SBU) The Serbian Radical party is keenly focusing its campaign for parliamentary elections in January on the continuing hunger strike of their leader, Vojislav Seselj, currently on trial in the Hague. As the campaign trail heats up, the Radicals will likely continue to exploit Seselj's latest [...] |
2006-12-05 06:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SR YI PREL |
| 06BELGRADE1964 |
SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS TO PARTICIPATE IN PARLIAMENTARY [...] After weeks of negotiation, the major Albanian parties in southern Serbia officially agreed on December 4 to participate in Serbia's January 21 parliamentary elections, ending a boycott of national elections by the Albanian minority. The parties publicly signed an agreement in Bujanovac to su [...] |
2006-12-05 14:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE1967 |
DS KICKS OFF FORWARD-LOOKING ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (U) Boris Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) officially launched its parliamentary campaign at a high energy, American style convention gathering on December 4 in Belgrade. Against a stage filled with the 250 delegates on its electoral list, speakers were brief but energizing with Tadic deliveri [...] |
2006-12-06 06:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1970 |
SERBIA FORMALLY SUPPORTS PSI [...] On December 5, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed emboff an official statement of support for the Proliferation Security Initiative and its principals under cover of diplomatic note number 34019. The statement, dated November 16, 2006, will be put on the Ministry's website in the [...] |
2006-12-06 09:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PGOV PREL MARR SR |
| 06BELGRADE1971 |
TERRORIST LISTS - SERBIA [...] In response to reftel, the Government of Serbia does not have its own national list of banned terrorist entities. It currently uses the United Nations 1267 Sanctions Committee Consolidated List when referencing banned terrorist entities. 2. However, a new draft law on anti-terrorism fina [...] |
2006-12-06 10:00:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER |
| 06BELGRADE1973 |
More Reaction from Democrats and NGOs on PfP [...] (SBU) NATO's invitation for Serbia's membership in PfP continues to dominate local media. President Tadic gave credit to his advisors for the invitation, a statement to which FONMIN took offense. The EU, meanwhile, has said publicly that NATO's relaxation on conditionality will not change its [...] |
2006-12-06 13:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NATO SR |
| 06BELGRADE1974 |
CEFTA - SERBIA SEEKS COMPROMISE ON CIGARETTES; [...] (SBU) In order to break an impasse on the initialing of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA), the Government of Serbia (GOS) has offered a concession to Croatia on cigarette duties. In a November 30 letter, Serbia's chief negotiator offered to lower the overall level of protectio [...] |
2006-12-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL HR SR |
| 06BELGRADE1986 |
SERBIA MINT ACCEPTS INVITATION FOR TRAINING AT [...] (U) The Ministry of Interior has accepted a joint US- Italian invitation to participate in training at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) located in Vicenza, Italy and proposed eight candidates for participation in the six week middle management course that is schedul [...] |
2006-12-11 05:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV IT NI SR |
| 06BELGRADE1994 |
ACTION REQUEST: MASSAGING SERBIA'S PFP [...] (sbu) Serbia has been working with NATO International Staff since March, 2006 on a Presentation Document in anticipation of an eventual invitation to join PfP. As a result, by the time of the Riga Summit, the Serbian MoD and MFA were already nearly finished with a fairly comprehensive, forw [...] |
2006-12-12 16:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO SR |
| 06BELGRADE1996 |
K+1: MOVING SERBIA BEYOND KOSOVO - IMMEDIATE [...] (c) As part of our Mission-wide K+1 (Kosovo settlement and aftermath) strategy, we have laid out in reftel our recommendations on how to manage the endgame in the status process here in Serbia. This message focuses on the next step of K+1: expectations and consequence management. This inv [...] |
2006-12-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE1998 |
ACTION REQUEST: MASSAGING SERBIA?S PRESENTATION [...] (sbu) Serbia has been working with NATO International Staff since March, 2006 on a Presentation Document in anticipation of an eventual invitation to join PfP. As a result, by the time of the Riga Summit, the Serbian MoD and MFA were already nearly finished with a fairly comprehensive, forw [...] |
2006-12-13 09:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE2004 |
MY YEAR-END MEETING WITH PM KOSTUNICA [...] (c) SUMMARY: I used my final meeting of the year with PM Kostunica to challenge him to do more to support our growing mil-mil relationship, to follow through on his government's commitments to key US investors and restitution claimants, and to urge him to provide reassurances of his commitm [...] |
2006-12-13 15:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PBTS SR |
| 06BELGRADE2007 |
ENGAGING SERBIA'S MUSLIMS [...] (sbu) The Republic of Serbia is a multiethnic, multi-religious state. There are two significant indigenous Muslim communities: Bosniak Muslims, who are ethnic Slavs and have extensive ties to the Bosniak community in Bosnia, and Albanian Muslims, who are ethnic Albanians and have extensive t [...] |
2006-12-14 14:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE2016 |
VETTING FOR PROPOSED PARTICIPANTS FOR [...] The following candidates from Serbia are presented as nominees for attendance in the January 2007 training course at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vincenza, Italy. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to Leahy Amendment Human Rights Vetting, these [...] |
2006-12-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS KCRM PREL IT SR |
| 06BELGRADE202 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM TALKS: [...] (SBU) Summary: The pro-Independence and pro-Union blocs have started to focus on a definition of the majority required in the vote for independence, but remain far apart. Ambassador Polt's visit to Montenegro February 7-8 underscored USG support for a free and fair referendum, consistent with [...] |
2006-02-10 14:34:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE2037 |
KOSOVO AND SERBIAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Kosovo status is playing a major role in all political parties' campaigns. This cable assesses their Kosovo platforms and campaign statements related to Kosovo in lead up to Serbian parliamentary elections on January 21. ------------ Democratic Party (DS), Leader: President Boris Tadic [...] |
2006-12-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE2039 |
SPS Confirms Milosevic Legacy [...] (SBU) Milosevic's once-dominant Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) will probably eke across the five percent threshold in Serbia's upcoming January 21 parliamentary elections. A party congress earlier this month revealed continued disarray, with "moderates" winning a tough fight for the leadership [...] |
2006-12-20 15:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE2061 |
BIG BLOC OF SERBIA'S DEMOCRATIC VOTERS [...] (SBU) Early election forecasts from Serbia's major polling agencies suggest that the ultranationalist Radical and Socialist parties have little chance of forming a government alone after the 21 January elections. Pollsters indicate that President Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) and PM Kostuni [...] |
2006-12-22 10:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR |
| 06BELGRADE2062 |
RUSSIA, SERBIA SIGN MOU ON PIPELINE [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government (GOS), state-owned gas company Srbijagas and Russian Gazprom-Gazexport signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Moscow on December 20 that establishes a framework for future cooperation and a possible agreement with Gazprom on extension of the Blue Stream gas p [...] |
2006-12-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR |
| 06BELGRADE2065 |
Religion and Politics in Serbia -- The [...] (C) Summary: The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) has played an important political role since the end of the Milosevic era, increasingly collaborating with conservative nationalists to promote a mutually beneficial agenda that encourages conservative values at home and school, discourages stro [...] |
2006-12-26 06:55:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KIRF SR |
| 06BELGRADE207 |
VIENNA DECENTRALIZATION TALKS: KEEPING THE SERBS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-10 17:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SR YI |
| 06BELGRADE210 |
MONTENEGRO: AFTER THE REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) Summary: It is increasingly likely that Montenegro will hold a referendum on independence in the spring of 2006. Whether or not the vote is for independence, Montenegro's relationships with Serbia, and, potentially, with the United States will change significantly. Regardless of the ou [...] |
2006-02-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR MW PNAT |
| 06BELGRADE2104 |
SOUTHERN SERBIA -- ALBANIAN COALITION CRUMBLES; MODERATES [...] SUMMARY: The tenuous coalition among Albanian parties in southern Serbia has crumbled, with the two more nationalist parties withdrawing under hard-line pressure. There is no guarantee that the two remaining participating parties will be able to obtain the votes needed to secure at least one s [...] |
2006-12-28 11:54:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE220 |
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB MW PGOV SR USTR |
| 06BELGRADE231 |
KOSOVO: SERBIAN POLS DISTANCE SELVES FROM RADICALS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-16 13:22:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR YI |
| 06BELGRADE232 |
Ensuring Stability in Southern Serbia [...] We are working to ensure that local political developments in the three Southern Serbia municipalities with ethnic Albanian populations (Presevo, Bujanovac, and Medvedja) do not undermine progress that has been made in stabilizing this sensitive area bordering Kosovo. Our strategy for the co [...] |
2006-02-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE237 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM TALKS: EU [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Envoy Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, after receiving the full support of EU member states and the EU Presidency, has proposed to the pro- and anti- independence camps specific criteria for the Montenegro referendum. The required majority would be 55 percent of valid votes cast, [...] |
2006-02-17 07:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE256 |
SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH PRINCIPLES FOR KOSOVO [...] In the process of resolving the future status of Kosovo and Metohija the Serbian Orthodox Church, her faithful and her Holy Shrines in the Province should be provided with adequate protection and a free life in accordance with basic principles of religious freedom and human rights generally ac [...] |
2006-02-21 06:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SR YI |
| 06BELGRADE257 |
SERBIA'S DEMOCRATS UNDER THREAT? [...] (SBU) Recent polls indicate that Serbia's anti-Western nationalists are within striking distance of capturing a parliamentary majority in new elections. Potentially traumatic issues later this year, such as Kosovo final status, could strengthen their hand even further. Early elections, perha [...] |
2006-02-21 09:25:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE264 |
VISIT TO U.S. BY MODERATE SERBIAN ORTHODOX [...] (U) An official Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) delegation of generally moderate bishops is planning to visit Washington in mid-March. The bishops have requested meetings at the State Department and the White House, mainly to discuss the future status of Kosovo and the fate of SOC patrimony the [...] |
2006-02-21 10:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI KIRF SR |
| 06BELGRADE275 |
2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) While generally agreeing with the description of IPR problems contained in the IIPA Special 301 submission, we do not recommend that Serbia and Montenegro be placed on the Watch List. The IPR environment in Serbia and Montenegro (SAM), although not yet satisfactory, is certainly moving i [...] |
2006-02-22 12:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL SR MW KIPR |
| 06BELGRADE277 |
MLADIC UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite rampant press speculation, the GoS continues to vehemently deny, both in private and in public, that it is any closer to apprehending Mladic. Nevertheless, the degree of scrutiny given to this most recent "Mladic sighting" indicates a shift in expectations in the Serbia [...] |
2006-02-22 13:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR ICTY |
| 06BELGRADE299 |
MONTENEGRO'S OPPOSITION, GOVERNMENT TO BACK EU [...] (C) Summary: The Montenegrin Parliament is expected to meet February 28 to adopt the question, date, and rules for the referendum -- the "EU package." The opposition was quicker to support the package than the GoM, which engaged in a last-minute campaign to persuade the EU to lower the thresho [...] |
2006-02-24 16:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE31 |
SAM: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM V2 [...] (u) General Assessment/Cooperation: The USG has an overall excellent working relationship with Serbia and Montenegro (SaM) on counter-terrorism issues. Both policy-level and operational-level interlocutors have been eager to cooperate with the USG on a wide range of issues including border [...] |
2006-01-11 12:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO SR |
| 06BELGRADE312 |
KOSOVO: BELGRADE EAGER TO DISCUSS STATUS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR YI |
| 06BELGRADE321 |
MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: FEBRUARY 2006 [...] (U) The Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) in Vienna projects the GDP growth in Montenegro will reach 5.0 percent. GDP growth was 4.0 percent in 2004 and 3.7 percent in 2005. WIIW expects unemployment to plateau at the current level, and inflation to rise slightly to 3.0 perc [...] |
2006-03-02 07:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE322 |
Montenegro Referendum: Rules of the Game Are [...] (SBU) The Montenegrin parliament has adopted the EU- proposed ground rules for the independence referendum, which will be held 21 May. Nonetheless, the pro- independence government strongly complained that the EU-recommended 55 percent super-majority is unfair and more stringent than existing [...] |
2006-03-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW |
| 06BELGRADE341 |
SERBIA: MIXED MESSAGES ON CEKU NOMINATION [...] (C) Summary: While the Serbian government declared publicly that Agim Ceku's nomination as Kosovo's prime minister is "unacceptable," in private conversations with poloffs, government officials have been much more practical and indicated a "wait-and-see" approach to gauge how the new premier w [...] |
2006-03-03 16:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SR YI |
| 06BELGRADE343 |
SERBIA ANNOUNCES FIRST CASE OF H5 AVIAN FLU [...] The Serbian Ministry of Agriculture announced on March, 2 that a case of Avian Influenza was found in a dead swan in a canal in the Backi Monostor area in Sombor (near the Hungarian border). Following lab tests conducted by the Veterinary Scientific Institute in Novi Sad and the Veterinary In [...] |
2006-03-03 16:18:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED AMGT TBIO ASEC CASC ETRD EAGR EAID KFLU RO WHO |
| 06BELGRADE366 |
SERBIA-KOSOVO: LACK OF PREPARATION FOR POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Commissioner for Refugees of the Republic of Serbia Dragisa Dabetic told our REFCOORD March 2 that he was not prepared to receive an outflow of ethnic Serbs and other minorities from Kosovo. He said, however, that if Kosovo became independent, there would be a large outflow. Formulating [...] |
2006-03-09 05:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF SR |
| 06BELGRADE395 |
REACTIONS, PLANS AFTER MILOSEVIC'S DEATH [...] (c) The Belgrade body politic is just in the initial throes of reacting to Milosevic,s death. Current debate swirls around his funeral arrangements and increasing speculation that the former dictator was at best medically neglected, at worst actively poisoned during his incarceration in The [...] |
2006-03-13 12:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR ICTY |
| 06BELGRADE400 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: With the rules/law, date, and question adopted last week (reftel), the campaign proper for independence or union began. Solana met with MN PM Djukanovic and SaM President Marovic this week. Both blocs are reaching out beyond their core supporters -- the independence bloc to the [...] |
2006-03-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE401 |
FINANCE MINISTER ON INVESTMENT ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Polt met with Finance Minister Mladjan Dinkic on March 7 to raise several issues involving U.S. investors and economic policy. Dinkic pledged to be helpful in resolving issues related to U.S. Steel and the gas shortages that are affecting production at the company. H [...] |
2006-03-14 11:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ECPS ENRG EINV KIPR SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE404 |
NATURAL GAS CRISIS IN SERBIA HIGHLIGHTS PROBLEMS [...] (U) The recent gas shortage in Serbia highlights both deficiencies in its infrastructure and the perils of relying solely on Russian gas delivered through the Ukrainian pipeline. Both domestic and foreign companies that rely on natural gas supplies were negatively affected, and continued reliab [...] |
2006-03-14 14:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE406 |
Serbia: The Democratic Party's Future Challenge [...] (SBU) A recent Democratic Party (DS) Party Congress in Belgrade provided further evidence that the DS is not doing enough to strengthen its party machinery for the next parliamentary elections. Polling data suggests that the party has lost support over the last year because of cautious and o [...] |
2006-03-15 13:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE41 |
Serbia's "Work Ethic" and Social [...] Summary: The concept of a "work ethic" in Serbia is hard to define, but there is noticeable pessimism among Serbia's work force that is a result of a few different factors. First, ethics in general, and work ethics in particular, are affected by the transitional nature of the economy and so [...] |
2006-01-12 16:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PHUM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE425 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: ELECTORAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE427 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Both blocs began quiet door-to-door campaigns, unmarked by the death of Milosevic. The Parliament selected members of the Referendum (electoral) Commissions at all levels, the last legal step needed. OSCE has recommended that 20 long-term observers be deployed from early April, [...] |
2006-03-17 15:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE434 |
SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 23-24 VISIT OF CODEL [...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a critical moment for Serbia in this difficult year of big decisions on Kosovo, the future of the State Union and European integration. The death and burial of Slobodan Milosevic last week provided insights into a country that is exhausted and frustrated with the pol [...] |
2006-03-20 13:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV SR |
| 06BELGRADE478 |
Montenegrin Referendum: Invitations to U.S. [...] Please pass the following message from President of Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro to President of the United States Senate Richard Cheney and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Dennis Hastert. Originals will follow via diplomatic pouch. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Dear S [...] |
2006-03-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE480 |
Serbia: Karic/PSS Fading Fast -- Turn to [...] (U) Summary: Force of Serbia Movement (PSS) President Bogoljub Karic has returned to his ultra-nationalist roots in order to save his business empire, as Prime Minister Kostunica remains steadfast against allowing him to return to Serbia without being prosecuted. He is gambling that a Social [...] |
2006-03-27 15:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE489 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: VOTE BUYING [...] (SBU) Summary: A video purportedly showing DPS (pro- Independence) activists attempting to buy the vote of a pro-Union voter received wide coverage, in Montenegro and Serbia, on March 24. Both blocs have accused the other of being behind the video. The parties have formalized their blocs, a [...] |
2006-03-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE499 |
SAM: Special Envoy Lajcak Emphasizes Unity [...] (SBU) The Montenegrin referendum campaign has begun to heat up and all signs indicate a no-holds barred campaign with both sides willing to exploit existing tensions to get their preferred outcome. We are coordinating closely with EU Special Envoy Lajcak in the run up to the May 21 vote. Th [...] |
2006-03-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW |
| 06BELGRADE515 |
SERBIA: DEL PONTE NOT SATISFIED W ICTY COOPERATION [...] (c) SUMMARY: ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte,s March 29 visit to Belgrade reinforced previous trends ) she will continue to push the EU to maintain a hard line on Mladic conditionality for SAA talks, and she continues to be unimpressed by Belgrade,s lack of effort to bring the PIFWC i [...] |
2006-03-31 15:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SR YI ICTY |
| 06BELGRADE517 |
Senator Voinovich in Belgrade: Turn Over Mladic [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Voinovich drew on his long record of personal involvement with Serbia's democratic transition in urging the Serbian government to make more progress on cooperation with ICTY and Kosovo. In separate meetings with PM Kostunica, FM Draskvoic, MoD Stankovic and in a longer [...] |
2006-03-31 15:25:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL SR XI |
| 06BELGRADE521 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: MINORITY LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bosniac-Muslim and most Albanian parties have joined the pro-Independence bloc (ref). The ethnic groups represent 15 percent and 7 percent of the population respectively. In poloff's meetings with the Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA), the Bosniak Party (BP), and the Demo [...] |
2006-04-03 10:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE522 |
SERBIAN POWER STILL A TURNOFF FOR KOSOVO [...] (U) Econoffs met with Assistant Minister of Energy Aleksandar Vlajcic and Head of the International Cooperation Unit Miroslav Kukobat at the Ministry of Energy on March 1 to discuss the recent energy crisis in Kosovo and the problems associated with Serbia's offer to export electricity. explai [...] |
2006-04-03 10:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON SR MW YI UNMIK |
| 06BELGRADE530 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: LARGE EX-PAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Up to 70 percent of Montenegro's 20,000 ex patria voters are expected to return for the referendum vote, with twice as many supporting independence as union. The "Zeta film" of alleged vote buying by the GoM is fading from attention, despite opposition efforts to keep it in the [...] |
2006-04-05 06:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE54 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM NOTES: EU ENVOY [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Envoy Lajcak has widely circulated "Key Principles" for the referendum process, which have even appeared in the press (text below). Lajcak told Consulate January 12 that he is focused on "parliamentary and systemic" solutions, rejecting opposition proposals for a national u [...] |
2006-01-17 08:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE547 |
SAM SIGNS WMD AGREEMENT [...] (u) SaM Defense Minister Zoran Stankovic and the Ambassador signed reftel WMD text on April 5, 2006. Signed original was faxed to the treaty office and transmitted to L/T per reftel instructions on April 5. POLT [...] |
2006-04-07 10:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PARM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE568 |
MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: MARCH 2006 [...] (U) Public debt rose 4.5 percent in 2005, to Euros 704.4 million. As a share of GDP, public declined from 45.7 percent in 2004 to 42.7 percent. Seventy-seven percent of the debt was inherited from the former Yugoslavia. For 2006, the Finance Ministry plans to repay Euros 151.6 million of the [...] |
2006-04-12 09:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE572 |
LDP Working Hard to be a Contender [...] (U) Summary: The nascent Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), although still with much work to do before being ready for a nationwide election, has been buoyed by better-than-expected results in recent by-elections and a successful party congress. The party still faces a significant challenge in [...] |
2006-04-13 05:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE575 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM: BLOC LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Djukanovic stated he would resign and call early parliamentary elections if independence gets fewer votes than continued union. Union bloc leader Bulatovic replied he would leave politics if the union is dissolved. Nascent political party Group for Changes (GZP) leader Medoj [...] |
2006-04-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE581 |
PIFWC ASSET FREEZE LAW PASSES [...] (U) On June 15, 2005 the Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro (SaM) introduced to the SAM parliament a draft law that would freeze the assets of persons indicted by The Hague Tribunal (PIFWCs) who are at large. Almost a year later, on April 7, 2006, the parliament finally adopted th [...] |
2006-04-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ICTY PREL EFIN SR |
| 06BELGRADE590 |
TRANSFORMING MONTENEGRO THROUGH ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: Supporting Montenegro's aspirations to become an open-market, Western democracy underlies all USG assistance to the Republic and its people. We are convinced that a strong economy is the best support for a strong democracy, and we therefore have increased our activities for developmen [...] |
2006-04-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE610 |
SANDZAK SCUFFLE LAST STRAW FOR LJAJIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Serbian government decision to dissolve the democratically-elected assembly in Novi Pazar, the de facto capital of the primarily Bosniac area of Serbian Sandzak, has sparked low level violence in the city. The move was a blow to the progressive Human and Minority Rights Mini [...] |
2006-04-19 09:04:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL KPAO KIRF SCUL PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE611 |
Defense Agreements with SaM - Next Steps [...] (sbu) The visits of Senator Voinovich on March 23-24 and General Wald on March 27-28 provided excellent opportunities to push the GoSaM and GoS to do more on our defense agreements. With the WMD now signed and awaiting parliamentary ratification in SaM, the MoD here is keen to push through [...] |
2006-04-19 09:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE612 |
Radicals Test the Waters of Popular [...] (U) Summary: The underwhelming public responses to recent Serbian Radical Party (SRS) demonstrations in Belgrade protesting the government's policies on Kosovo and The Hague has led some observers to suggest a growing weariness with nationalist hyperbole among a frustrated Serbian electorate [...] |
2006-04-19 10:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE615 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: The past week saw the referendum campaigns begin in earnest, with billboards, TV spots, and - for the pro-Union bloc - a large public rally. The pro- Union bloc continued its focus on alleged improprieties by the GoM (and media). The GoM published a Declaration on Independence, [...] |
2006-04-19 12:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE623 |
Bulatovic Threatens Boycott [...] (SBU) Summary: Predrag Bulatovic, leader of the Socialist People's Party (SNP), has leveled accusations of impropriety and voter fraud against Montenegrin Prime Minister Djukanovic in the run-up to the independence referendum on May 21. He added that he is concerned over the international co [...] |
2006-04-20 14:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW |
| 06BELGRADE632 |
TOUGH MESSAGE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE AND BELGRADE [...] (c) Summary: In meetings with U.S. Special Envoy Frank Wisner in Belgrade on April 17, PM Kostunica, President Tadic, and FM Draskovic reiterated strong GoS opposition to an independence outcome in Kosovo status talks, but sought to reassure that Belgrade was not seeking a "permanent carve-o [...] |
2006-04-25 15:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SR |
| 06BELGRADE641 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and a hard copy of Secretary Rice's letter as instructed to Katarina Lalic-Smajevic, Deputy Director for the Directorate of the United Nations, Serbia and Montenegro (SAM) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on April 13. The Ambassador also conveyed [...] |
2006-04-26 07:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA SR |
| 06BELGRADE651 |
Amb. Wisner Outbriefs Contact Group Members in [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Frank Wisner briefed Contact Group representatives in Belgrade April 18 on his recent meetings with the Kosovo negotiating teams and their leadership. He offered a positive assessment of the new leadership in Pristina, noting that Prime Minister Ceku and President Se [...] |
2006-04-26 12:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE654 |
CENTRAL BANK FIGHTS TO LIMIT CREDIT GROWTH [...] Summary: THE NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA IS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CONFLICTING GOALS: PREVENTING DINAR APPRECIATION, WHICH IT PURSUES BY SELLING DINAR TO BUY UP FOREIGN CURRENCY, AND CURBING THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURE IT CREATES IN THE FIRST STEP. THIS BALANCING ACT HAS PROVED DIFFICULT, AS IT HAS [...] |
2006-04-26 14:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE655 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: BLACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Missteps and misstatements dogged the pro-Union campaign last week. On April 24, police arrested one of eight pro-Union members of the Republic Referendum Commission on suspicion of falsifying voter registrations. Prosecution was approved by the State Prosecutor. No pro- Union m [...] |
2006-04-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE67 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SAM PRESIDENT MAROVIC [...] (c) Summary: The Ambassador met January 17 with SaM President Marovic at the latter,s request primarily to discuss modalities of the Montenegro referendum. Marovic highlighted his desire to find a compromise approach that would mollify both pro-independence and opposition leaders, ensuring [...] |
2006-01-17 16:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS SR |
| 06BELGRADE673 |
SERBIAN TELECOMS REGULATOR OFF TO A ROCKY START [...] Two years after the passage of the Serbian Law on Telecommunications, the Republic Telecommunications Agency was established and finally became operational on December 19, 2005. Shortly after its inception, however, the Government of Serbia (GOS) suspended the Agency's license- monitoring fu [...] |
2006-05-03 08:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS PGOV EFIN BTIO KPRV KCOR SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE675 |
MONTENEGRO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MORE [...] On April 20, the Superior Court of Bijelo Polje sentenced Rajko S. Djukovic from Pljevlja to three years in prison, and Branislav M. Brasnjo (also from Pljevlja) to two years and eight months and Elvir S. Kalac from Rozaje to two years and six months on charges of human trafficking, pursuant t [...] |
2006-05-03 08:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW |
| 06BELGRADE678 |
TADIC SIGNS DISCRIMINATORY LAW ON RELIGION [...] (U) Summary: President Tadic signed a problematic Law on Religion on April 27, despite uproar from smaller religious communities and pressure from the international community to veto the bill. The law, passed hastily through Parliament without public debate, discriminates against religious g [...] |
2006-05-03 08:49:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE679 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Political tensions relaxed after both blocs realized that they had "gone too far" in the past week. In the wake of the heavily publicized opposition trip to Washington, strong public and private statements by Ambassador Polt and the Consulate cautioned politicians against effor [...] |
2006-05-03 08:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE711 |
MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: APRIL 2006 [...] Montenegro's public debt at the end of 2005 amounted to Euros 700 million or 43 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), which according to the Ministry of Finance is below the maximum allowed level in the EU. In 2002, public debt was 88 percent of GDP. According to Maastricht criteria, the to [...] |
2006-05-08 07:11:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE739 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: AFTER MAY 21 [...] (SBU) On Sunday May 21, Montenegro will hold a referendum on independence (or "state status"). A clear referendum result above the 55 percent threshold will lead directly to a GoM declaration of independence and a GoM request for recognition - although many expect that the ceremonial GOM indep [...] |
2006-05-11 06:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE741 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM: RALLIES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Djukanovic showed calm confidence in independence as the outcome of the referendum. He did remind of potential "complications" if the EU 55 percent was not reached, showing his remaining unhappiness with the EU-imposed bar [...] |
2006-05-12 06:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE745 |
PRESIDENT TADIC COMPLAINS ABOUT, BUT HIDES BEHIND, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Polt met with Serbian President Boris Tadic on May 10 to gauge his mood on the political scene, prospects for Kosovo and the five issues offered one day earlier to the PM: (1) public statements calling for capture of Mladic, (2) sign our SOFA, (3) review the recently p [...] |
2006-05-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EINV PHUM KIRF PGOV AMGT YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE75 |
SETTLEMENT REACHED IN VALEANT INVESTMENT DISPUTE [...] (SBU) On December 14, 2005, the GOS and U.S. company Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (formerly ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc.) reached an agreement to settle on an outstanding investment dispute. The history of the case, which is an ownership dispute, is provided in Reftel A. The GOS agreed t [...] |
2006-01-18 13:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIDE EINV EFIN CASC PGOV SR MW OPIC |
| 06BELGRADE750 |
BETTER RHETORIC, LITTLE PROGRESS ON MLADIC HUNT [...] (c) Summary: Since the EU's May 3 decision to halt SAA talks with SaM over the government's failure to hand over Mladic to The Hague, the GoS' rhetoric against Mladic has intensified, more Mladic supporters have been detained, and police have staged more publicized raids of Mladic's family's [...] |
2006-05-12 15:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR ICTY |
| 06BELGRADE768 |
CENTRAL BANK TIGHTENS - AGAIN [...] SUMMARY: THE NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA REACTED TO APRIL'S HIGHER INFLATION BY FURTHER TIGHTENING MONETARY POLICY. THE CENTRAL BANK NOT ONLY RAISED THE RESERVE REQUIREMENT ON OVERSEAS BORROWING BY BANKS, BUT IT ALSO FORMALLY IMPOSE LIMITS ON BANKS' RETAIL LENDING, TIED TO THEIR BA [...] |
2006-05-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE787 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM: THE FINAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With less than a week to the referendum vote on May 21, both campaigns continue with rallies, debates, and marketing -- but surprisingly little fervor. The voters' list has been finalized with a record 484,718 names, and no disputes. OSCE/ODIHR confirmed to post that the atmosph [...] |
2006-05-18 06:47:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE797 |
AMB DISCUSSES NEW RELIGION LAW WITH LEADERS OF [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met Friday, May 12, with leaders of several minority religious communities of Serbia to discuss the new Law on Religion. The leaders expressed concern that the law is both discriminatory and invasive, requiring all but the seven "traditional" religious communities [...] |
2006-05-18 16:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE805 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM: CAMPAIGNS END [...] (U) Summary: The blocs concluded their campaigns late on Thursday May 18, just ahead of the media blackout. Pro- Union leader Bulatovic has called for unity in Montenegro on May 22, no matter the outcome. Police suspect three pro-Union activists of laundering campaign donations. The Republi [...] |
2006-05-19 11:35:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE808 |
Trial of Djindjic Assassins in Final [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the suspected assassins of former Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic and their co-conspirators is nearing its final stage. While obstacles could still arise which may delay a final verdict, a ruling is expected around October. Although the case is not done, observers [...] |
2006-05-19 12:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KJUS SR |
| 06BELGRADE813 |
AFTER THE MONTENEGRIN REFERENDUM: CALM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-19 15:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE814 |
AFTER THE MONTENEGRIN REFERENDUM: CALM [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a blanket refusal by the GOS until now to discuss the practicalities of future inter-republic relations if Montenegrins vote for independence, several senior GOS and GOM officials have indicated they anticipate a calm, but complicated transition after the referendum. A [...] |
2006-05-19 16:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE825 |
MONTENEGRIN REFERENDUM: INDEPENDENCE, ACCORDING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Republic Referendum Commission announced at 8:30 a.m. Monday May 23, the official preliminary results in the May 21 independence referendum: 55.5 percent for independence. While official, these results are "preliminary," pending possible complaints that could be lodged by t [...] |
2006-05-23 15:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE842 |
SCENESETTER FOR MAY 27 VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Your visit comes at a time when the future of Serbia and Montenegro (SaM) is at a critical crossroads. Serbia will face difficult decisions in the weeks and months ahead on such key issues as: Kosovo final status, the dissolution of the SaM State Union, full ICTY compliance (re [...] |
2006-05-26 16:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL |
| 06BELGRADE856 |
KOSOVO: BELGRADE PRESENTS NEGOTIATING PLATFORM [...] (U) Summary and Recommendation: As expected, on May 30 senior negotiators Leon Kojen and Slobodan Samardzic presented the GOS' "Platform on the Future Status of Kosovo and Metohija" to COM/DCMs of the Contact Group missions in Belgrade. The platform defines the GOS' position on status of "mor [...] |
2006-05-30 13:55:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE860 |
MONTENEGRIN REFERENDUM: STEPS TOWARD INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: One week after the vote, the positions of the Governments of Montenegro and Serbia are converging around the inevitability of a divorce. While neither government has presented a concrete and definitive plan, both have indicated to us they anticipate swift dissolution of the Sta [...] |
2006-05-31 06:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE861 |
RESPONSE TO STATE 80071: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-31 06:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | PINR PBTS PGOV PNAT PREL YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE862 |
Draskovic: To Be Foreign Minister or Not to Be [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-31 08:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE865 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE: FINAL RESULTS ANNOUNCED [...] The Republic Referendum Commission (RRK) announced the final results of the May 21 independence referendum at 1400 May 31. Turnout was 86.5 percent. "Yes" - independence - received 230,661 votes, or 55.5 percent; "no" - union -- received 185,002 votes, or 44.5 percent. With the requirement f [...] |
2006-05-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE866 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE: FINAL RESULTS ANNOUNCED [...] The Republic Referendum Commission (RRK) announced the final results of the May 21 independence referendum at 1400 May 31. Turnout was 86.5 percent. "Yes" - independence - received 230,661 votes, or 55.5 percent; "no" - union -- received 185002 votes, or 44.5 percent. With the requirement fo [...] |
2006-05-31 13:50:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE868 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE: PM DJUKANOVIC MEETS WITH [...] (U) Serbian President Tadic met in Podgorica with Montenegrin PM Djukanovic, President Vujanovic, and opposition leader Bulatovic on May 27. Tadic stated that the GOS, including Prime Minister Kostunica, would recognize the final results of the referendum. Tadic and Vujanovic agreed that rel [...] |
2006-06-01 05:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE874 |
MONTENEGRO: OPPOSITION LEADER BULATOVIC BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Predrag Bulatovic, leader of the civic-oriented opposition Socialist People's Party (SNP), told Consulate June 1 that if he was compelled to participate in the June 3 parliamentary adoption of the referendum results and Declaration of Independence, his party would disintegrate. As a resu [...] |
2006-06-01 14:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE875 |
SERBIA ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-01 14:49:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV |
| 06BELGRADE879 |
SERBIA: STATE AND CHURCH REMAIN IN LOCKSTEP ON [...] (C) Summary: Despite the impression of improved atmospherics following the May 23 Vienna talks on religious issues, Prime Minister Kostunica continues to work with more conservative elders in the Church to derail efforts by moderate elements to define a balanced and independent SOC position on [...] |
2006-06-02 08:11:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF YI SR |
| 06BELGRADE880 |
Senator Inhofe's Visit to Serbia [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator James M. Inhofe's visit to Belgrade 27 May occurred in the aftermath of Montenegro?s referendum and the conclusion of the fifth round of Vienna talks on Kosovo status issues. In meetings with President Tadic, FONMIN Draskovic, DEFMIN Stankovic, and Deputy Chief of the [...] |
2006-06-02 13:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL SR |
| 06BELGRADE894 |
MONTENEGRO REQUESTS USG RECOGNITION OF [...] At OOB June 5, Embassy, with copy to Consulate, received from the Government of Montengro its request that the Government of the United States of America recognize the independence of the Republic of Montenegro, as decided by the public referendum on May 21 and declared by the Parliament on Ju [...] |
2006-06-05 13:54:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MW |
| 06BELGRADE897 |
AMEMBASSY BELGRADE'S ROLLING POLICY AGENDA [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Belgrade's interagency process - the "Rolling Policy Agenda" (RPA) - is the way we develop policy, the mechanism by which we oversee foreign assistance, and the vehicle by which we implement the Mission Performance Plan (MPP). Centered on seven interagency teams, each wit [...] |
2006-06-06 08:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KSPR SR |
| 06BELGRADE898 |
MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE: DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoM is moving quickly to establish itself as an independent state, following the June 3 Declaration of Independence. The GoM on June 4 requested international recognition from the USG (ref), and other members of the UN Perm-5 as well as neighboring states. Quint Ambassadors [...] |
2006-06-06 08:59:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MW SR |
| 06BELGRADE904 |
MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: MAY 2006 [...] On June 3, the Parliament of Montenegro adopted a Declaration of Independence, following the May 21 referendum on independence from Serbia. The two economies were already distinct, stemming from Montenegro's adoption of the deutsche mark in 1999, and later the Euro. The distinction is reflecte [...] |
2006-06-07 08:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW |
| 06BELGRADE907 |
MISSION BELGRADE'S ROLLING POLICY AGENDA [...] (U) Summary: Mission Belgrade's interagency process - the "Rolling Policy Agenda" (RPA) - is the way we develop policy recommendations and implementation, the mechanism by which we oversee foreign assistance, and the vehicle by which we implement the Mission Performance Plan (MPP). Centered on [...] |
2006-06-07 11:54:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID KSPR SR |
| 06BELGRADE940 |
MONTENEGRIN MINORITIES LAW TO BE CAMPAIGN ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Montenegro's new Law on Minorities, passed in the heat of the referendum campaign on May 10, will be an issue in the run-up to the fall parliamentary campaign. The law expanded the number of minority MP set- aside seats from four (of 75) to nine (of 80), to add Bosniak, Muslim [...] |
2006-06-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MW |
| 06BELGRADE941 |
USG RECOGNIZES MONTENEGRO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-12 15:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL YI SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE950 |
VOJVODINA LEADERSHIP EYES GREATER [...] (U) Summary: Leaders in Vojvodina report that interethnic relations among the national communities living in the province are currently peaceful, noting that there has been no violence among ethnic groups in recent months. Local leaders are more concerned with pressuring the Serbian governm [...] |
2006-06-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SR HU |
| 06BELGRADE957 |
DISSOLUTION OF STATE UNION OF SERBIA AND [...] (U) Introduction: The Republics of Serbia and of Montenegro will need to take a series of steps to finally dissolve the State Union. We will report periodically on actions being taken by the republics and by us to encourage a successful transition. End introduction. Upcoming Travel to U.S. [...] |
2006-06-15 06:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE962 |
KOSOVO: CCK SAYS RETURNS CONTINGENT ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-16 07:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE964 |
KOSOVO: GETTING REAL WITH SERBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COMs of Contact Group countries and the UN told influential Serbian opinion makers that the GOS must do more to prepare its citizens for the likely outcome of Kosovo's final status. The UN and Contact Group stand ready to assist Serbia to get through the Kosovo settlement and [...] |
2006-06-16 14:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI |
| 06BELGRADE966 |
MONTENEGRO: SERB OPPOSITION PREPARING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Andrija Mandic of the Serb People's Party (SNS) outlined his plans to solidify support among ethnic Serb voters in advance of the fall parliamentary elections, on a platform of decentralizing government to the local level. He readily acknowledged Montenegro's independ [...] |
2006-06-19 10:55:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MW |
| 06BELGRADE967 |
Serbian Political Roundup - Crumbling Coalition? [...] (SBU) In a June 1 press conference, Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica officially responded to the final tally of the Montenegrin referendum, and addressed several key issues facing his governent: the formal dissolution of the State Union, he upcoming cabinet reshuffle, and a new constittion. W [...] |
2006-06-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PBTS PNAT SR MW |
| 06BELGRADE97 |
Serbia - No Participation in Status Talks [...] (SBU) Key Serbian negotiators on Kosovo again told Contact Group (CG) representatives that the GOS would likely withdraw from status talks if independence was "presumed" at the outset. The GOS presented a non-paper detailing their objections to CG draft position papers (text below), which t [...] |
2006-01-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT |
| 06BELGRADE977 |
LDP - THE LITTLE PARTY THAT COULD [...] (sbu) SUMMARY: Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidate Milivoj Vrebalov won in rerun elections for the mayor of Novi Becej municipality by beating his SRS opponent with only 250 votes. Despite public support for SRS by all political parties except DS, this is the first municipality where a ca [...] |
2006-06-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
| 07BELGRADE100 |
SERBIAN ELECTIONS - ALBANIANS MAKE IT [...] SUMMARY: The Presevo Valley Albanian coalition received enough votes to get one seat in parliament, according to Serbia's Republican Election Commission (RIK). Local contacts report that USG efforts in particular were "difference makers" in helping get the Albanians into parliament for the f [...] |
2007-01-23 16:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SR MW YI |
| 07BELGRADE1000 |
SERBIA UNDECIDED ON SWING CANDIDACY [...] (U) On July 09, 2007, poloff met with representatives of the Serbian MFA to request Serbian support for the candidacy of Ambassador William Lacy Swing for the position of IOM Director General, per reftel request. Serbia is unable to give an answer at this time, but will carefully consider Sw [...] |
2007-07-16 10:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG PRM |
| 07BELGRADE101 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA K. SHOEMAKER [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Melissa K. Shoemaker, Political officer from 01/27/07 to 03/25/07. Control Officer for this visit will be POLMIL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. The Embassy's offices are located [...] |
2007-01-24 08:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC CMGT SR |
| 07BELGRADE1012 |
EMBASSY BELGRADE SUPPORTS ODC 1206 PROPOSAL FOR REGIONAL [...] (U) The Ambassador supports the Office of Defense Cooperation Section 1206 proposal for the Regional Air Surveillance Coordination Center. The center will provide important opportunities for our continued mil-mil engagement with Serbian armed forces, as well as promoting regional mil-mil coo [...] |
2007-07-18 09:40:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR SR |
| 07BELGRADE1018 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS ENERGY MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador Polt met with new Minister of Energy Aleksandar Popovic on July 11 to review his plans for addressing Serbia's energy security. The minister, a vice president in Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), said Serbia has no alternative to sourcing gas from th [...] |
2007-07-19 06:58:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SR |
| 07BELGRADE1029 |
Serbian Kosovo Position Continues to Harden: Kosovo Weekly [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of July 16. 2. (sbu) Summary: Kosovo was not as much in the public eye as last week, as there were no visits comparable to A/S Fried and FM Kouchner to report on. The GoS showed private signs of increasing rigidity on rel [...] |
2007-07-20 13:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV SR |
| 07BELGRADE103 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA K. SHOEMAKER [...] Embassy Belgrade grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Melissa K. Shoemaker, Political officer from 01/27/07 to 03/25/07. Control Officer for this visit will be POLMIL officer Ian Campbell, Office tel. 381-11-306-4687, Mobile tel. 381-63-325-356. 2. The Embassy's offices are located [...] |
2007-01-24 09:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC CMGT SR |
| 07BELGRADE1050 |
SERBIA ADOPTS NEW KOSOVO RESOLUTION, PM DECLARES VICTORY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Serbia's parliament approved a resolution on July 24 which empowers the GOS to negotiate on Kosovo status as long as Kosovo remains within Serbia. The document requires the GOS to "react vigorously" to any foreign government's recognition of Kosovo but does not prescribe any spec [...] |
2007-07-26 06:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PREL SR |
| 07BELGRADE1061 |
SERBIAN GOVERNMENT SPENDING RAISES MEDIUM TERM RISK [...] (U) Adoption of the 2007 budget on June 23, along with issuance of a memorandum of economic policies for 2008-2010, makes it clear that fiscal tightening will take place, at best, only in the medium term. The GOS outlook assumes a further increase in wages, which will fuel the growing trade a [...] |
2007-07-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KPRV SR |
| 07BELGRADE1065 |
VISAS DONKEY CORRUPTION 212 (F) SRM (MISKOVIC, Miroslav) [...] (s) Summary: Miroslav Miskovic, dpob: 5 July 1945, Serbia, is the richest man in Serbia and, according to the most recent Forbes ranking, one of the richest in the world, with over $1 billion in wealth. He dominates banking, insurance, and consumer goods in Serbia after obtaining massive we [...] |
2007-07-27 15:59:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | CVIS KCOR KCRM ASEC PGOV PREL ECON KFRD SR |
| 07BELGRADE1066 |
KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: BELGRADE READIES ITSELF FOR NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the last week before the typical August lull, Serbian leaders made sure to line up all possible political unity on Kosovo through a parliamentary resolution in order to be ready for the international community's next steps on Kosovo status resolution. The Serbian Foreign Min [...] |
2007-07-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV SR |
| 07BELGRADE1078 |
SERBIAN PLANS FOR HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 62ND UN GENERAL [...] (U) On July 31, 2007, poloff met with representative of the Serbian MFA to request information on Serbia's planned high-level attendance at the UNGA in fall 2007, per reftel. MFA said that President Boris Tadic and FonMin Vuk Jeremic will attend, but they have no additional travel details at [...] |
2007-07-31 11:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL PGOV ITRA KSEP OVIP |
| 07BELGRADE1079 |
SERBIA UNDECIDED ON CARR CANDIDACY [...] (U) On July 31, 2007, poloff met with representatives of the Serbian MFA to request Serbian support for the candidacy of Steve Carr to the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, per reftel request. Serbia is unable to give an answer at this time, but wi [...] |
2007-07-31 11:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL PRM PHUM ICRC |
| 07BELGRADE1085 |
CODEL BEAN'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] Summary: CODEL Bean visited Serbia July 20-22, seeking to learn more about the challenges facing the country's future and the prospects for investment and economic cooperation moving forward. The CODEL's meetings with GOS officials on July 20 focused largely on Kosovo status and the impact of [...] |
2007-07-31 16:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PBTS OREP BEAN SR YI |
| 07BELGRADE1086 |
NATIONWIDE MEDIA APPEARANCES IN SERBIA BY [...] Summary: From July 17-26 outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael C. Polt conducted a series of interviews with a broad spectrum of Serbian media in which he forcefully conveyed messages on U.S. ambitions for Kosovo, Serbia and the region. The Ambassador reiterated that the U.S. supports [...] |
2007-08-01 07:11:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PGOV KPAO SCUL SR MW YI |
| 07BELGRADE1098 |
Kosovo Weekly Report (July 30 - Aug. 3, 2007) [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of July 30. 2. (sbu) Summary: This week was marked by an anticipatory pause - most of the GoS was on vacation, with only Foreign Minister Jeremic making waves in the media. GoS reactions to the UNSYG announcement of a new n [...] |
2007-08-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV SR KV |
| 07BELGRADE1100 |
GOS' "RULES" FOR KOSOVO TALKS [...] The Government of Serbia passed the following letter (translated from Serbian) from Kosovo Minister Samardzic to the Chiefs of Mission of Contact Group countries in Belgrade. 2. Begin text of letter: Your Excellency, As Ambassador of a Contact Group country, we submit to you the propos [...] |
2007-08-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV |
| 07BELGRADE111 |
K+1: ROLLING OUT THE SERBIAN BENEFITS PACKAGE [...] (C) As we approach the endgame in the Kosovo status process, this Mission is preparing to activate the third phase of our K 1 strategy, the rollout of the Serbian benefits package, to demonstrate the continued U.S. commitment to Serbia's future beyond Kosovo. This rollout would involve the in [...] |
2007-01-24 16:35:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
| 07BELGRADE1113 |
SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR WISNER'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Wisner, Serbia's leaders, led by Prime Minister Kostunica, have prepared for the new round of Kosovo talks and the first visit of the negotiating troika by affirming their unity on Kosovo policy and by submitting their "rules" for the format and substance of the talks. In sh [...] |
2007-08-07 07:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV |
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HIGHWAYMEN CLASH WITH POLICE IN SOUTHERN SERBIA, ONE DEAD [...] (sbu) Summary: A spate of recent shootings in the Presevo valley have led to knee-jerk conspiracy theories among local analysts and media. While the incidents themselves are clearly not political, they do tend to highlight the fragility of the security situation in the valley as the Kosovo [...] |
2007-08-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV |
| 07BELGRADE1126 |
SERBIA UNDECIDED ON COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE [...] (u) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (u) On August 8, emboff delivered diplomatic note and reftel points to Vanja Radonjic-Rakic, Counsellor in the Serbian Ministry for Foreign Affairs' Directorate for United Nations. Radonjic-Rakic was receptive to the talking points and consid [...] |
2007-08-09 14:58:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA |
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SERBIA UNDECIDED ON COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-09 15:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA |
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Kosovo Weekly Report (August 6 - 10, 2007) [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of August 6. 2. (sbu) Summary: This week was dominated by the Serbian government's preparation for the visit of the mediating Troika to Belgrade - the GoS's adoption of proposed rules for the talks, the forming of a new ne [...] |
2007-08-10 10:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV SR KV |
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PRIVATIZATION COMPLETION STRATEGY IN SERBIA [...] Mladjan Dinkic, Minister for Economy and Regional Development, and Vesna Dzinic, new director of the Agency for Privatization, on July 18 presented their strategy for completing privatization of socially-owned companies in Serbia. The current law on privatization required that privatization i [...] |
2007-08-14 11:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPRV SR |
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GOS RECEIVES TROIKA'S MESSAGE [...] On August 14, the Charge, along with the Russian and Portuguese (EU President) Ambassadors and German Charge, orally delivered the Troika's points in ref to the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With the Foreign Minister on vacation, the delegation was received by State Secretary Radojko Bog [...] |
2007-08-14 17:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV |
| 07BELGRADE1160 |
KOSOVO WEEKLY: KOSTUNICA TARGETS NATO [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian leaders generally termed the Kosovo Troika's first visit to Belgrade as positive and a new start -- leaving behind the Ahtisaari's proposal. The DSS quickly dismissed partition of Kosovo as unacceptable and instead made pronouncements alleging that NATO is trying to for [...] |
2007-08-17 17:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR |
| 07BELGRADE1181 |
KOSOVO MINISTRY PREVIEWS BELGRADE'S TROIKA APPROACH [...] (SBU) Summary: Dusan Prorokovic, State Secretary of Serbia's Kosovo Ministry, told us that Kosovo Minister Slobodan Samardzic and Foreign Minister Jeremic will participate in August 30 discussions with the Kosovo Troika in Vienna and that the GOS will announce the names of the others in the del [...] |
2007-08-24 08:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV |
| 07BELGRADE1223 |
KOSOVO WEEKLY: RHETORIC OUTSHINES TROIKA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-NATO rhetoric and talk of inflicting "injury" in response to a Kosovo unilateral declaration of independence (UDI), in Serbia, eclipsed the first week of talks in Vienna. Tadic and his Democratic Party (DS) remain silent, while Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia ( [...] |
2007-08-31 16:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR |
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KOSOVO WEEKLY: DS HITS BACK AT DSS RHETORIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Party (DS) responded to the Democratic Party of Serbia's (DSS) NATO-bashing and inflammatory comments about Serbian "use of force" or "severe measures" in Kosovo. Serbian media covered the U.S. and EU's reactions to the latest DSS rhetoric, which included a Kosovo [...] |
2007-09-07 18:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR |
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KOSOVO WEEKLY: GOS COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. THREAT; ADVISES [...] (SBU) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) protested throughout the week, through the media and to the UNSC, the perceived USG "threat" to Serbia's territorial integrity. Kostunica traveled to Brussels, in an attempt to organize EU opposition to an [...] |
2007-09-14 19:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR |
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KOSOVO WEEKLY: GOS COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. THREAT; ADVISES [...] (SBU) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) protested throughout the week, through the media and to the UNSC, the perceived USG "threat" to Serbia's territorial integrity. Kostunica traveled to Brussels, in an attempt to organize EU opposition to an [...] |
2007-09-14 19:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR |
| 07BELGRADE1302 |
KOSOVO WEEKLY: MORE OF THE SAME FROM BELGRADE [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and Kosovo Minister Slobodan Samardzic attended Troika-led discussions in London, bringing little new to the table or to the discussion back at home. The President and Prime Minister announced their participation in the next round of discussions to take place [...] |
2007-09-24 07:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR |
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SERBIA: TADIC LAUNCHES COALITION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Official consultations on the formation of a new Serbian government began on January 29. Ironically, the election returns proved most disappointing for the three most likely partners in Serbia's next government--the DS, DSS, and G17--while the Radicals, Socialists, and LDP are generally [...] |
2007-01-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR |
| 07BELGRADE1323 |
ECONOMIC TRAIN NOT (YET) DERAILED BY KOSOVO [...] (U) During introductory meetings with Serbian government leaders and the U.S. business community the Ambassador heard positive messages that economic reform activity is moving forward. Despite the fact that economic issues are pushed off the front page by Kosovo, there are areas of progress a [...] |
2007-09-28 12:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV KIDE KPRV SR |
| 07BELGRADE1329 |
Serb Rhetoric on Kosovo Status Stronger than Resolve [...] (SBU) Serbia's leaders, in New York for the UNGA and Troika-led Kosovo talks, continue to call on the international community to play by UN rules on Kosovo. At home, government officials echo that Serbia will do everything short of sending in the troops to hold on to Kosovo, while quietly sugg [...] |
2007-09-28 17:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV |
| 07BELGRADE133 |
UPDATE ON ENERGY ISSUES FROM SERBIA [...] (SBU)Several major energy issues are still on the front burner as Serbia's democratic parties work to assemble a new government. Srbijagas's general director recently announced that Gazprom is likely to be Srbijagas's strategic partner in providing natural gas for the underground storage facil [...] |
2007-01-29 15:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR |
| 07BELGRADE1348 |
Just Say When: Scheduling Serbia's Presidential Elections [...] (SBU) Exploiting ambiguities in the law, Serbia's political parties are wrangling over the election schedule, with the presidency, government of Vojvodina province, and key mayoral races potentially at stake. The key consideration scheduling elections is not the law, however, but rather specu [...] |
2007-10-03 15:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SR |
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SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS CRITICIZE BELGRADE [...] (SBU) All ethnic Albanian parties from southern Serbia's Presevo Valley signed a declaration, September 29, criticizing the Government of Serbia for "delaying" political progress in the region. The parties alleged that the GOS was militarizing the region, failing to follow through on promised [...] |
2007-10-05 17:43:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV |
| 07BELGRADE1360 |
Reservists Protest Back Wages in South Serbia [...] (U) Military reservists in south Serbia continue protests, seeking additional payments for their prior military service during the Kosovo conflict. The protests grab headlines and inconvenience regional travel, but pose no significant threat to order or stability, and protesters will likely ha [...] |
2007-10-05 18:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV |
| 07BELGRADE1362 |
NAZIS AND VOJVODINA [...] (SBU) Leaders from Serbia's Vojvodina told the Ambassador that the appearance of a Nazi Movement in the province was a reflection of the changes in the delicate balance of the multi-ethnic, autonomous province as a result of the population migrations in the 1990's. Demographic changes enabled [...] |
2007-10-05 22:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV |
| 07BELGRADE1363 |
BELGRADE FEIGNS OPTIMISIM AFTER DIRECT TALKS [...] (SBU) Serbian leaders returned from the September 28 Kosovo talks in New York boasting confidence in Serbia's Kosovo strategy and hopeful that the talks could produce an agreement. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador privately on October 1 that he believed the Troika was receptive to Pres [...] |
2007-10-05 22:40:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV |
| 07BELGRADE1364 |
NAZIS AND VOJVODINA [...] (SBU) Leaders from Serbia's Vojvodina told the Ambassador that the appearance Of a Nazi Movement in the province was a reflection of the changes in the delicate balance of the multi-ethnic, autonomous province as a result of the population migrations in the 1990s. Demographic changes enabled [...] |
2007-10-05 22:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV |
| 07BELGRADE1376 |
ENERGY MINISTER POPOVIC TELLS AMBASSADOR SERBIA NEEDS MORE [...] (U) Serbian Energy Minister Popovic told the Ambassador on October 4 that Serbia's single source of gas from Hungary, and domestic electricity production could not meet peak demand during winter cold snaps. Popovic compared Serbia's energy relationship with Russia as "business, not friends." [...] |
2007-10-10 07:34:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SR |
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SERBIA TO SEND DELEGATION TO BRUSSELS EMPTY-HANDED [...] (SBU) Serbia will bring no new ideas or proposals to the next round of Kosovo talks, Slobodan Samardzic, Serbia's Kosovo Minister and lead negotiator, told Ambassador. Resident European diplomats and a Government advisor echoed this message in conversations with the DCM and, further, conveyed [...] |
2007-10-10 17:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS KV SR |
| 07BELGRADE1384 |
SERBIA: CORRUPTION ARRESTS TARGET FORMER GENEX EXECS [...] Police arrested five former Genex (one of the biggest companies in the former Yugoslvia) executives, and a former Privatization Agency official on October 3. The group is suspected of conspiring to sell Genex land holdings without a public tender and abusing their positions. The police inves [...] |
2007-10-11 13:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SR |
| 07BELGRADE1392 |
Violence within Serbia's Muslim Community in Sandzak [...] (SBU) Serbia's non-Albanian Islamic community in the Sandzak, split along political and party lines, dramatically and repeatedly clashed in Novi Pazar, the week of October 1. The series of disturbances began with Belgrade's attempt to oust Serbia's chief Islamic religious leader, followed with [...] |
2007-10-11 17:54:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV BK |
| 07BELGRADE1394 |
SERBIA - DUELING MUFTIS OVERSHADOW IFTAR [...] (SBU) In the midst of a bitter contest between Islamic leaders that reaches deep into the politics, economics, and financial aspirations of Serbia's Sandzak region (septel), the Ambassador went to Novi Pazar to host an Iftar and to deliver a message about reconciliation. Building on this theme [...] |
2007-10-11 18:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR |
| 07BELGRADE1396 |
C MARKET - TYPICAL TYCOON PRIVATIZATION [...] Rival Serbian Tycoons Beko and Miskovic, agreed in August 2005, reportedly at Prime Minister Kostunica's initiative, to jointly take over C-Market, the largest retail chain in Serbia. The agreement was used to chase out other bidders via back-room advice, an official ruling of the Securities [...] |
2007-10-12 10:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV SR MW |
| 07BELGRADE1400 |
SERBIA: ANTI-FASCISTS CLASH WITH NEO-NAZIS [...] (U) An unauthorized neo-Nazi rally on October 7 in Novi Sad, Serbia, ended with police arrests, after fighting broke out with counter-demonstrators. Parliament took up the battle in overheated debate. The rally was relatively well-contained and not likely indicative of rising Serbian extremis [...] |
2007-10-12 19:47:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV |
| 07BELGRADE1411 |
SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA AND [...] (C) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and President Boris Tadic dislike each other. This has the fortunate benefit of keeping the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and Democratic Party (DS) coalition together. Both men's political bases are equally based on exploiting differences bet [...] |
2007-10-16 11:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR |
| 07BELGRADE1433 |
GAZPROM IN SERBIA - BUYING UP THE WORKS? [...] (U) Russia's Gazprom is making a push to control Serbia's key energy companies and infrastructure. During an October 9 visit, Gazprom CEO, Alexei Miller linked three major energy projects in Serbia -- a new gas pipeline, a gas storage facility and perhaps a deal involving 51% ownershi | ||||