november 2010
12 - Diplomacy
40 - tourism
ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK
6
A CURE FOR THE ECONOMY
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Vera Didanović, Editor
DECISIVENESS AGAINST CRIME
8
Snežana Malović, Serbian Minister of Justice
A TIME OF CHANGE
12
H.E. Stephen Wordsworth, the British Ambassador to Serbia
ENLARGEMENT AND OTHER CHALLENGES
14
H.E. Wolfram Maas, German Ambassador to Serbia
HISTORY IS NOT FAITH
20
Dubravka Stojanović, Historian
William S. Infante, UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia
UNITED REGIONAL RAILWAYS
28
Robert Vuga, the first Director of the Cargo 10 Company
RIVAL TO ROADS
30
Dragan Grujić, director of the Transport Directorate of the public company ‘Serbian Railways’
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Leaders
SWISS PRECISION – SINCE 1928!
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Goran Galić, Managing Director of Schindler Serbia
SUCCESSFUL RECAPITALISATION
36
Marinos Vathis, President of the Executive Board of Vojvođanska Banka a.d
INTRODUCING EUROPEAN STANDARDS
39
Euromoney Conference in Belgrade
TICKET FOR THE WORLD
NEW COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY
24
60 - Sport
40
Vili Mitova, general manager of regional branch office of the German tour-operator DERTOUR and owner of the chain of tourist agencies Travel House
RESPONSIBLE LOAN POLICY
43
KfW and ProCredit Arrangement
SILAJDŽIĆ’S DEFEAT
44
Bosnia and Herzegovina
A BELATED IDEA
46
Montenegro
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PARTNERSHIP OR BUSINESS RISK?
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Conference
FACES & PLACES
50
AFTER WORK
53
BUSINESS NEWS
54
THE REGION MEETS MEDIA PRESS SUMMIT 2010
58
THE STATE VS. HOOLIGANS
60
Sport
CULTURE NEWS & CALENDAR
62
A SERBIAN CORNERSTONE
68
Tradition
PRECIOUS TIME
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