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06/28/2004 Archived Entry: "Reformer wins Serb presidency"

Posted by steve @ 01:43 AM EST [Link]

CONGRATS TO SERBIA: With all the bad stuff happening in the homeland of my family in the last decade, it's nice to get some pleasant news for a change. On Sunday, Serbia-Montenegro elected Boris Tadic, a pro-Western reformer.

"From my point of view, this is a victory against the past," Tadic, 46, said in an interview with CNN International.

Tadic said he wanted to help bring his country into the European Union and work with the various parties in the Serbian parliament to develop a new new constitution for the country.

However, he admitted that his most daunting challenge was getting Serbia's economy back on track.

"We need more jobs to build new circumstances in Serbia," Tadic said.

It would be nice to see Serbia-Montenegro rejoin the European community and work to get past its recent problems. Things got so bad that Montenegro, under the direction of pro-Western/reformer politicians, has been threatening to secede from Serbia.

Read on.

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Too bad it doesn't look like the Canada will be getting a pro-Western reformer. The Tories appear to be making a disappointing showing.

Posted by W. James Antle III @ 06/28/2004 11:32 PM EST