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Aleksandar Vučić

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, pointed out today that Priština is choosing the moment whether and when it will invade Valač, and he begs them not to do that.

When asked about the fact that he warned that on November 6, the Pristina authorities could invade the north of Kosovo and Metohija and take Valac, he explained that he said that from November 6, that could happen due to the attitude towards KOST.

– They will look for reasons in charging for electricity in the north. This very complicated thing. They will try to use it at some point to achieve some other political goals that have nothing to do with energy – he said.

Vučić emphasized that they choose when and whether they will do that.

– I beg them not to do that – he repeated his earlier appeals to the Pristina authorities.

Surprising change in leadership in Belgrade when veteran of the Milosevic era Tomislav Nikolic defeats the EU-friendly incumbent Boris Tadic.

The experienced nationalist Tomislav Nikolic is well on the way to narrowly defeating incumbent Boris Tadic in the runoff election for the presidency in Serbia, which surprised many analysts in the Balkan nation.

Official results are due to be released on Monday, but Tadic admitted defeat and congratulated his opponent on Sunday night as preliminary results showed Nikolic is on his way to gaining around 50 percent of the vote.

“I congratulate him [Nikolic] This victory was a fair and well-deserved victory, and I wish him the best of luck, ”said Tadic, a pro-Western leader who has been in power since 2004, who urged supporters to end the isolation of Serbia and bring the country closer together attributed to the European Union.

The Serbian Center for Free Elections and Democracy, an independent polling group, said Nikolic received 49.7 percent of the vote, while Tadic received 47 percent. According to the officials, the turnout was 47 percent.

Speaking to supporters in Belgrade, Nikolic said: “This is the high point of my political career and the happiest day of my life.”

Nikolic, a former staunch nationalist who once served in the government of Serbian war leader Slobodan Milosevic, has in recent years tempered his opposition to European integration, saying the country will “not deviate from the European path”.

“I want to assure you that Serbia can be a modern, normal country,” he said.

But Nikolic said he would not forsake the Serbs in Kosovo, Albania’s breakaway province, which declared independence from Belgrade in 2008, considering his membership status.

In a statement, the two top officials in the European Union congratulated Nikolic, saying the election result gave him a strong mandate to drive further European integration.

“Serbia will have to continuously demonstrate its commitment to the spirit of cooperation and reconciliation in the region,” said Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council and Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission.

“It will be crucial to continue the reform dynamic in order to confirm that Serbia sufficiently fulfills the political criteria and makes further progress in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina with a view to a visible and sustainable improvement in relations.”

“Election Earthquake”

The result took Serbian analysts by surprise, as most opinion polls suggest that Tadic, who was ahead of Nikolic in the first round and defeated him in the previous 2004 and 2008 presidential elections, would have returned a comfortable lead for a third term.

“This was an electoral tremor, a completely unexpected result,” said political scientist Slobodan Antonic on Serbian state television RTS.

Nikolics victory marks the climax of a political renaming in which he broke away from the hardliner Radical Party in 2008 in order to found the less strongly nationalist Progressive Party.

Tadic had focused his campaign on further EU integration and economic development and promised that Belgrade would start the EU accession talks before the end of the year if the voters give him a third mandate.

However, given the financial crisis in Europe and beyond, which slowed much-needed foreign investment, Tadic’s government has seen massive job losses and declining living standards.

Nikolic was well received by voters, who valued his criticism of widespread social injustice and corruption in Serbia, as well as promises of jobs, financial security and billions in foreign investments.

The first job of the new president will be to appoint a prime minister to form a new government.

While the Progressive Party won the most seats in parliamentary elections earlier this month, Tadic’s Democratic Party and the third-placed Socialists, who ruled together in the previous parliament, agreed on a majority coalition.

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Melisa vargas

Although the initial information was that the Cuban volleyball player Melissa Vargas would play for the Serbian national team, she still decided for Turkey.

At the end of last year, information appeared in the media that Vargasova, who made her debut for Cuba at the age of only 13, could become a member of the Serbian national team.

The girl, born in 1999, moved to Fenerbahce, Turkey, in 2018, where she still performs today.

The information that she wants to wear the Serbian jersey became important when it was taken into account that her coach in Fenerbahce was the Serbian coach Zoran Terzić, and her teammates were the successful national team players Bianka Buša and Brankica Mihajlović.

Terzic then confirmed that Vargas had become a Serb a year earlier, as well as that all the necessary paperwork had been submitted so that she could wear the jersey of our country.

However, during the first half of 2021, Melissa Vargas made a decision that will mark her future, and it does not concern Serbia, since she chose to play for Turkey. The new Turk was officially introduced by the President of the state, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the volleyball player borrowed the number five jersey.

Big win for our Women’s Volleyball National Team.
I hope he plays for many years without injury. # MelissaVargas pic.twitter.com/bIlOtPCnAB

– Metin Paçarız (@MetinPacar) April 10, 2021

The infamous denouement with her homeland came about because the Volleyball Federation of Cuba suspended her in 2017 because she violated very strange and strict rules there. Namely, Cuban volleyball players cannot play for the national team of that country if they decide to continue their club career in another country.

Since the then 15-year-old Vargas decided to move to Prostejov in the Czech Republic in 2015, a one-year suspension in 2017 followed, which was subsequently confirmed and extended for another four years.

This was followed by a shoulder injury that required surgery at the end of 2016, and was treated at home at the request of the parents, although Cuban rules stipulate that young players must be accommodated in the National Volleyball School.

Melissa plays as a corrector and receiver, she is 193 centimeters tall and represents a great hope of world volleyball, which was of interest to several national teams.