MONTENEGRO RECEIVED RECOGNITION FROM THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION FOR HAVING CONDUCTED DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: DANGEROUS ABSTINENCE
Podgorica - Montenegro received recognition from the U.S. administration for having organized peaceful and democratic presidential elections. The U.S. administration at the same time expressed concern about the abstinence of the larger part of the Montenegrin electorate. The U.S. Government joins the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe (CoE) in inviting the citizens of Montenegro to use their right and vote in repeated presidential elections - said Deputy Spokesman of the Department of State Philip T. Reeker. The American national radio warned that the series of the electoral failures in Serbia and Montenegro were a sign of a serious political crisis which was unfavorably reflecting on the domestic economy and the stability in the region. THE EUROPEAN UNION ANNOUNCED THE CONTINUATION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT: EUR 30 MILLION TO MONTENEGRO Podgorica - Advisor of the European Commission in Belgrade Ian William Blankert announced the delivery of the first part of the financial support to Montenegro and Serbia (around 30 million euros) in twenty days at the most. Blankert said that it was up to the representatives of Montenegro and Serbia to decide about the money allocation, i.e. they are supposed to decide whether in that case Montenegro would get 10% of the donation, which is some 3 million euros. THE CONSTITUTIONAL SUBCOMMISSION STILL WITH NO CONCLUSIONS TOO MANY CONTENTIOUS ISSUES Podgorica - Not even yesterday did the Subcommission for drafting the Law on the Constitutional charter implementation finish its work. The members of the Subcommission were not able to reach an agreement about several issues regarding the transformation of the National Bank of Yugoslavia (NBJ) into the National Bank of Serbia, as well as regarding the representation of member states Montenegro and Serbia in the international financial institutions. It is necessary to take all the advantage of the coming day in order to solve the contentious issues - said the Montenegrin representative in the Subcommission, Igor Luksic. He also announced that the session would be resumed today. IN PODGORICA TODAY: MEETING OF ECONOMIC TEAMS OF MONTENEGRO AND SERBIA Podgorica - Expert delegations of the Montenegrin and Serbian governments are expected to meet in Podgorica today and talk about defining of economic relations between the two members of the future joint state. One of the subjects of their talk will be the decision about the common fiscal agent and depositary in the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Also, they are expected to discuss about their future representative in other international organizations, as well as about the question whether the IMF would establish its office in Podgorica - reports Podgorica daily newspaper "Pobjeda". IN MONTENEGRIN AMERICKA ADMINISTRACIJA ODALA PRIZNANJE CRNOJ GORI ZA SPROVODJENJE DEMOKRATSKIH PREDSJEDNICKIH IZBORA: OPASNA APSTINENCIJA Podgorica - Americka administracija odala je priznanje nadleznima u Crnoj Gori na sprovodjenju mirnih i demokratskih predsjednickih izbora, ali je izrazila zabrinutost zbog apstinencije velikog dijela crnogorskog birackog tijela. Americka Vlada se pridruzuje Organizaciji za evropsku bezbjednost i saradnju (OEBS) i Savjetu Evrope (SE) u pozivu biracima Crne Gore da u iskorista svoje pravo i glasaju na ponovnim izborima za predsjednika Crne Gore - rekao je predstavnik za stampu Stejt departmenta Filip Riker. Americki nacionalni radio upozorio je da serija izbornih promasaja u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori govori o ozbiljnoj politickoj krizi koja se nepovoljno odrazava na domacu ekonomiju i stabilnost regiona. EVROPSKA UNIJA NAJAVILA NASTAVAK FINANSIJSKE PODRSKE : CRNOJ GORI OKO TRI MILIONA EURA Podgorica - Savjetnik Evropske komisije u Beogradu Jan Vilijem Blankert najavio je isporuku prvog paketa finansijske podrske Crnoj Gori i Srbiji, koji iznosi oko 30 miliona eura, za najkasnije dvadeset dana. Blankert je rekao da je na predstavnicima Crne Gore i Srbije da odluce o distribuciji te sume, odnosno da se dogovore da li ce u tom slucaju Crnoj Gori pripasti deset odsto donacije, tj. oko tri miliona eura. Rijec je o realizaciji programa pomoci bilansu placanja drzavnim institucijama u okviru kojeg ce u 2003. godini budzeti Crne Gore i Srbije biti uvecani za oko 130 miliona eura. USTAVNA POTKOMISIJA NI JUCE NIJE ZAVRSILA POSAO: ZAPELO OKO SPORNIH PITANJA Podgorica - Potkomisije za izradu teksta zakona za sprovodjenje Ustavne povelje nije ni juce zavrsila rad na izradi ovog dokumenta. Clanovi potkomisije nijesu postigli dogovor oko niza pitanja vezanih za transformaciju Narodne banke Jugioslavije(NBJ) u Narodnu banku Srbije i predstavljanju clanica drzavne zajednice Crne Gore i Srbije u medjunarodnim finansijskim institucijama. Neophodno je da se naredni dan iskoristi kako bi se rijesila sporna pitanja - rekao je crnogorski predstavnik u Potkomisiji Igor Luksic i najavio nastavak sjednice za danas. DANAS U PODGORICI: RAZGOVORI EKONOMSKIH TIMOVA CRNE GORE I SRBIJE Podgorica - Delegacija eksperata vlada Crne Gore i Srbije razgovarace danas u Podgorici o definisanju ekonomskih odnosa clanica buduce drzavne zajednice. Jedna od tema tog razgovora bice odluka o zajednickom fiskalnom agentu i depozitaru u Medjunarodnom monetarnom fondu (MMF). Na sastanku ce biti rijeci i o buducem predstavniku u drugim medjunarodnim organizacijama, kao i o tome da li ce MMF otvoriti kancelariju u Podgorici - javlja podgoricka "Pobjeda". CRNOGORSKI MINISTAR FINANSIJA MIROSLAV IVANISEVIC: NAS CILJ JE DA ZASTITIMO INTERESE CRNE GORE Podgorica - Povodom razlicitih najava o buducem zastupanju zajednice Crne Gore i Srbije u medjunarodnim finansijskim institucijama, neophodno je detaljno objasniti specifi?nu situaciju Crne Gore - kazao je za podgoricke "Vijesti crnogorski ministar finansija Miroslav Ivanisevic, uoci danasnjeg sastanka eksperata vlada Crne Gore i Srbije o ekonomskim pitanjima. Postoje dva razlicita ekonomska sistema, koja se tokom tri godine harmonizuju sa standardima Evropske unije (EU), a postojanje dvije centralne banke i dvije valute namecu i pronalazenje specifi?nih rjesenja u odnosima sa medjunarodnim institucijama - ocjena je Ivanisevica. Nas cilj je da zastitimo interese Crne Gore, tako sto cemo u pregovorima da postignemo maksimalno priznanje na medjunarodnom planu - kazao je Ivanisevic. VLADE CRNE GORE I SRBIJE POTPISALE SPORAZUM O STATUSU AERODROMA U PODGORICI I TIVTU AERODROMI KONACNO U VLASNISTVU CRNE GORE Podgorica - U Beogradu je juce potpisan sporazum o regulisanju statusa aerodroma u Podgorici i Tivtu, prema kojem te dvije vazdusne luke postaju vlasnistvo Crne Gore. Tim sporazumom okoncani su visegodisnji pregovori i narednih dana uslijedice i konkretan ugovor u skladu sa kojim ce se preduzeti aktivnosti oko faktickog preuzimanja aerodroma - izjavio je direktor Javnog preduzeca "Aerodromi Crne Gore" Miodrag Djurickovic. Serbian News Network - SNN [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.antic.org/