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TypeDaily newspaper FormatTabloid OwnerRadisav Rodiæ EditorAntonije Kovaèeviæ FoundedMay 6, 2003 Political allegiance- HeadquartersVlajkoviæeva 8, 11000 Beograd, Serbia Website: www.kurir-info.co.yu Kurir is a high-circulation daily tabloid published in Belgrade. Its first issue appeared at the news stands on May 6, 2003. Kurir's tone is abrasive, direct and irreverent. It runs sensationalist stories, often not properly verified, the other serious publications won't touch. Although the paper heavily relies on celebrity gossip it also achieved considerable political influence. [edit] History While Kurirs history is relatively short, it is also a checkered one. It goes back to the state of emergency declared following the assassination of Serbia's Prime Minister Zoran Ðinðiæ, when another daily tabloid named Nacional was shut down. Using its broad powers under the state of emergency act, Serbian government's Ministry of Culture and Information headed by Branislav Leèiæ issued a temporary ban on publication of Nacional daily on March 18, 2003 for "publishing a number of articles relating to the state of emergency and for questioning the reasons behind the state of emergency".[1] Then on April 1, 2003, the Belgrade city commercial court started liquidation proceedings against Nacional's publisher in Belgrade, Info Orfej. Despite an appeal, the company's equipment, including 118 computers, was seized on April 21, 2003, two days before the state of emergency ended. Many of the former Nacional staffers found employment in newly formed Kurir, including Dragan J. Vuèiæeviæ, ex Nacional deputy-editor-in-chief who took the same post at Kurir. New paper bore an uncanny resemblance to the old one, both in tone and layout. This led many critics to conclude that Kurir continued right where Nacional left off. In addition to Kurir, another similar daily tabloid Balkan attempted to move into the void left by Nacional's ban. Even the original Nacional sort of reappered - under the same financial backing, new staff, and a new name Internacional. However, neither publication could keep up commercially. Balkan folded in early 2005 while Internacional changed its name to Srpski nacional along with a format makeover. Many credit Kurir for providing the final nudge to Prime Minister Zoran ®ivkoviæ's shaky government, in effect forcing it to call early elections for December 28, 2003. Throughout fall of 2003, Kurir ran stories of dodgy voting practices in Serbian parliament and blasted the ruling coalition (DOS) MP Neda Arneric for misusing her parliamentary voting rights. They also wrote to no end about Minister of the Interior Dusan Mihajlovic's alleged shady deals done through his own Lutra company. Sources that supplied Kurir with all this insider info appear to be members of G17 Plus which led some observers to accuse this party's leadership of deliberate character-assassination by feeding information to a tabloid they knew would publish anything. Kurir, for their part quickly turned on G17 too, as soon as they came into power. Tabloid wrote about their party's president (and since March 2004 deputy PM) Miroljub Labus' conflict of interest in arranging for his daughter to get a scholarship through Ericsson company while later taking part in negotiations between that corporation with state-owned Telekom Srbija.[2] Later, they turned on National Bank of Serbia governor Radovan Jela¹iæ (also from G17 plus). The issue was his plush villa in the elite Belgrade suburb of Dedinje that governor said he bought for 350,000 euros. Kurir on the other hand claimed it could not have cost under million and a half and finally even found a buyer who offered Jelasic a million for the house. Thiss buyer was, it turned out, business tycoon Bogoljub Karic which was strong opponent of G17 plus policies, and during this period Kurir was heavily influenced by Bogoljub Karic. On December 8, 2005 it was announced that 90% of Kurir's staff and all but one member of its editorial board left Kurir and established new daily newspaper, Press. Among this group were editor-in-chief Ðoko Kesiæ and his deputy Dragan J. Vuèiæeviæ, meaning that last issue under their supervision appeared on December 7, 2005.[3] Kurir named Antonije Kovaèeviæ as acting editor-in-chief until permanent replacement is found. Since May 6, 2006 there is a special issue of Kurir for the western European countries. [edit] External links Kurir official website ----- Original Message ---- From: ANTIC.org-SNN <[Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА]> To: [Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА]; [Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА]; SIM <[Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА]>; Sorabia <[email protected]>; Srpska Informativna Mreza <[Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА]> Cc: [Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА]; [Е-ПОШТА ЗАШТИЋЕНА] Sent: Monday, August 6, 2007 10:46:15 AM Subject: [sorabia] ÐINÐIÆ - NI SVETAC, NI KRIMINALAC ÐINÐIÆ - NI SVETAC, NI KRIMINALAC Izvor: Press, 04.08.2007; Strana: 5 Dragan Vuèiæeviæ: Dosta zloèina! Histerièno, bolj¹evièko preterivanje u velièanju Ðinðiæevog lika, s jedne, i svakodnevna zloupotreba Ðinðiæa u prizemnim dnevnopolitièkim obraèunima, s druge strane, neæe doneti ni¹ta dobro uspomeni na ubijenog premijera. Od Ðinðiæa ni sluèajno ne treba praviti Tita upravo zato da na kraju ne bi zavr¹io kao Tito - odbaèen, ispljuvan i zaboravljen Kada onaj ¾utobradi ®arko Koraæ slo¾i facu "evo me, samo ¹to nisam zaplakao" i po televizijama krene da prièa bajke o ubijenom premijeru, on svesno ili nesvesno, sasvim svejedno, radi direktno u korist ¹tete pokojnog Ðinðiæa. Kada ona anga¾ovana prsata novinarka B92 ganutim glasom poène da èita Veranov dru¹tveno-politièki referat o "Zoranovom besmrtnom liku i delu koji su ugraðeni u svaki deliæ modernog Beograda", onda ona efektnije od svih radikala radi na ru¹enju "ðinðizma" u Srbiji. Kada onaj policijski pozornik prekvalifikovan u novinara najnetira¾nijeg srpskog nedeljnika krene da obja¹njava da su svi oko Ðinðiæa, osim naravno Èede i Bebe, bili mafija¹i i saradnici mafija¹a, onda on na najkonkretniji moguæi naèin ru¹i mit o Zoranu i njegovoj stra¹noj ¾rtvi. Kada ona histerièna odgajivaèica matorih, zalizanih beba stane da se naokolo neovla¹æeno predstavlja kao Zoranova advokatica, ona svesno mrtvog Ðinðiæa baca u blato dnevne politike samo zarad liènog profita. Kada one ¹ifrovane novine predla¾u da se na Trgu Republike podigne veliki Ðinðiæev mauzolej, onda one zapravo teraju sprdnju sa pokojnim premijerom! ©ta je pisac hteo da ka¾e? Pa, samo to da histerièno, bolj¹evièko preterivanje u velièanju Ðinðiæevog lika, s jedne, i svakodnevna zloupotreba Ðinðiæa u prizemnim dnevnopolitièkim obraèunima, s druge strane, neæe doneti ni¹ta dobro uspomeni na ubijenog premijera. Samo to da od Ðinðiæa ni sluèajno ne treba praviti Tita upravo zato da na kraju ne bi zavr¹io kao Tito - odbaèen, ispljuvan i zaboravljen. Samo to da Ðinðiæa treba prepustiti jedinom pravednom i nepogre¹ivom sudu - sudu istorije. Treba, dakle, hladne glave sagledati sve ono dobro ¹to je Zoran uradio za Srbiju. Njegovo delo ne treba ni potcenjivati, ni precenjivati. Jer, ba¹ kao ¹to je od Ðinðiæa nemoguæe naèiniti sveca, jednako tako je neizvodljivo proizvesti ga u kriminalca. Zbog toga treba jasno i glasno osuditi sve one koji svoje mafija¹ke prljave ruke peru skrivajuæi se iza mrtvog Zorana. Nedopustivo je, bre, da svaki drugi politkriminalac svoj banditizam i svoje lopovluke pravda "premijerovim nalozima". Ali, isto tako treba obuzdati i one sve prisutnije profesionalne "ðinðiste" koji polako, ali sigurno od uspomene na njega prave kimilsungovsku karikaturu. Da se razumemo, preduslov normalnog, istorijskog odnosa prema Ðinðiæu i njegovoj Srbiji jeste utvrðivanje pune istine o pozadini atentata. Tek kada saznamo ko je sve, kako i za¹to uèestvovao u 12. martu i svemu onome ¹to mu je prethodilo, moæi æemo na pravi naèin da se odredimo prema mrtvom Zoranu. Tek kada vidimo ko je sve od Ðinðiæevih najbli¾ih saradnika bio neoprostivo blizak sa ubicama, moæi æemo da spoznamo punu i pravu velièinu ubijenog premijera. Tek kada se uverimo da je Zoran Ðinðiæ zapravo bio ¾rtva mafija¹kih ¹egrta koji su ga okru¾ivali sa svih strana, moæi æemo sve da shvatimo i skoro sve da razumemo. I zato je neobièno va¾no da Specijalno tu¾ila¹tvo zavr¹i zapoèetu istragu. Zato je vrhovni interes srpske demokratije raskrinkavanje nitkova iz vrha onda¹nje dr¾ave i politike koji su omoguæili streljanje Zorana Ðinðiæa. Rade Terziæ mora biti samo prvi! Ni sluèajno jedini. Ljudi moji, ili smo spremni da idemo do kraja i da se suoèimo sa svim neprijatnim istinama, ili æemo morati svi zajedno da kapituliramo pred sve glasnijim moralnim skotovima i besprizornim licemerima. Autor: DRAGAN J. VUÈIÆEVIÆ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! 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