gktoday current affairs book

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reaction to the convulsive and blood-spattered disintegration of the
federation. But it is also a rejection of Vojvodinas exploitation by the other
provinces. Like Scotland and Flanders northern Italy and Quebec and the Shiite
and Kurd regions of Iraq Vojvodina would like to retain a larger share of its
resources for local consumption and investment. In a Europe of regions and a
world of disintegrating nation-states this was to be expected. In August 2002
the Committee for International Cooperation and Relations with Euroregions of
the Vojvodina parliament voted to join the Assembly of European Regions (AER).
Vojvodina still faces the outcomes of a decade of Western economic sanctions
and NATO military action. Sanctions-busting smuggling operations during
Milosevics rule criminalized some parts of the economy. Novi Sads water natural
gas the railway to Budapest river cargo transport and telecommunications
infrastructure were rendered idle by the decimation of its bridges. The
reconstruction of the first largest bridge Sloboda (or Liberty) was completed
in 2004 and cost 34 million euro in EU funds according to Balkan Times. Two
temporary crossovers cater to the needs of Novi Sads population - but they are
poor substitutes. Rail links to the rest of Europe for instance have yet to be
restored. The expensive and intricate clearing of the Danube of unexploded
ordnance has been completed only recently. Vojvodina strives to become a
regional commercial hub. HINA the Croat news agency reports that the Serb
province and the neighboring Vukovar-Srijem county in Croatia have agreed to
rebuild bridges in both the literal and the figurative senses. Vojvodina vowed
to help Vukovar secure the return of art expropriated by the Serbs during the
internecine war demine its environs and find the whereabouts of missing Croat
soldiers and civilians. Vojvodinas parties are members of the ruling
Western-orientated formerly Djindjic-led coalition in Belgrade. The Vojvodina
Reformists who backed Kostunica in the recent bout of elections once have
teamed with a DOS breakaway faction to form a new left of center political
force. Vojvodina plays a crucial role in Serb politics. Even the leader of the
Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians Jozsef Kasza admitted to the Yugoslav daily Dnevnik
that the status of the Hungarian minority is improving step by step though
Hungarians are still not adequately represented in the judiciary prosecutions
in leading positions in the economy. He elaborated During the Milosevic era
they wouldnt let us have our schools media they banned the official use of the
language. The situation has now improved the Law on national communities has
been passed which needs to continue its implementation more and more. In an
inversion of the traditional roles the Beta news agency reported that
Vojvodinas then secretary for culture and education Zoltan Bunjik announced a
series of assistance programs targeted at the Serb minority in Hungary
including a Serb history and culture curriculum. gktoday
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gktoday current affairs book