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	SEE SUMMIT ON CULTURAL HERITAGE TAKES PLACE IN BUCHAREST If our common vision is Southeast Europe being full-fledged member of the united Euro-Atlantic community, then we will agree that the borders of our countries have not only a territorial dimension, stressed Macedonian President Branko Crvankovski in his address at the summit of SEE countries entitled "Cultural Diversity - A Bridge Between Cultural Heritage and The Culture of Future", which is being held in Bucharest, MIA correspondent reports. - Our region is part of the modern global tendencies, where the key civilizational responsibility is to overcome the old prejudices and stereotypes that fail to contribute to development and prosperity, said President Crvenkovski. He underlined that the foundations on which the Republic of Macedonia was laid and build in the past and even more today, were made up of the joint experience of various nationalities and mutual respect. Similar summits dedicated to cultural heritage are being held since 2003, when the Regional Forum on Dialogue among Civilisations was organised for the first time in Ohrid. Other summits followed in Tirana, Varna and Opatija. UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura estimated that the traditional meetings were positive, since they contributed to developing and enhancing the cooperation among the SEE countries. Croatian President Stipe Mesic said the culture might reflect a more humane moment at the EU integrations, implying to the remarks that Europe was tired from integration and that Europeans were frightened of loosing their economic comfortableness. - By improving education, science and culture, we are able to present us and not to get lost, said Mesic. Serb President Boris Tadic condemned the demolition of over 150 monasteries and churches in Kosovo since 1999 to present day. Addressing the summit, Tadic suggested establishing a Danube Cultural Corridor, because Danube was a symbol of independence and joint destinies. After the summit's first part was completed, President Crvenkovski held a bilateral meeting with UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura, expressing gratitude for UNESCO's support for Macedonia. Matsuura highlighted that the territory of Macedonia was of an exceptional importance and announced the establishment of special UNESCO center in Southeast Europe, which would aim at preservation of cultural values and heritage. He is due to outline the declaration, which will be adopted at the end of the summit. Macedonian President Crvenkovski is set to meet his Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu on Thursday afternoon at the summit's sidelines. ELEM: SYSTEM IS STABLE DESPITE REK BITOLA BLOCK'S DEFECT The director of production within AD "Elektrani", Dimitar Tanurkov denied Thursday that a damage occurred in one of the blocks of Thermal Power Station REK "Bitola", which was recently cutoff, revealing that it was technical defect, which is due to be repaired. Currently, only one block out of the three in the station works with full capacity. The other is subjected to regular reparation (due to be completed in June 15). The block, which was recently cutoff due to the defect, will be put into function right after its overhaul will be completed, Tanurkov told journalists. He said there was no need to amplify the block's defect, because everything was under control. - The system is stable and will remain so in the future. There will be electricity for the citizens. It is not a damage at all, only hydrogen leaked into the cooling system of the generator, said Tanurkov. He said technical problems were expected to occur, given the fact that repairs of the mechanisms weren't done in two years. When asked why the public wasn't informed about the technical defect, Tanurkov said that the technical issues were being solved within the company. According to the planned production outcome, 5,200 gigawatt hours of electricity are to be produced in 2007 through domestic capacities. Including June 6, out of the total electricity which is being used in Macedonia, 42% are provided via ELEM's production capacities, while the remaining 57% are provided by MEPSO with import. Moreover, 37% of electricity are produced by hydro power stations and 63% by thermal stations.

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	GOVERNMENT WINS CONFIDENCE VOTE IN PARLIAMENT Macedonian Government, led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, won the confidence vote in the Parliament late Thursday. The majority of MPs rejected the no-confidence vote, proposed by SDSM MP group. A total of 65 MPs voted in favor of the Government's confidence, while 43 were against. There were no abstentions. Prior to the voting, PM Gruevski addressed before the Parliament, pledging to resume his ongoing activities by accomplishing the given promises and without subjecting to blackmails. He emphasised that the submission of the motion on vote of no-confidence to the Government was a legitimate and democratic step, however the timing wasn't suitable. Thursday's interpellation was estimated as illogical attempt to setback the democracy. - SDSM leader Sekerinska's recent address, in which she said the objective wasn't to topple the Government, demonstrates that the sole objective is to obstruct the reforms, said Gruevski. He said the Government was doing everything in its power to realise the necessary laws on EU-NATO accession and to enable economic development. - We are not giving false promises and statements, like the previous government. We are implementing tangible projects for employment and economic development. We've promised and have realised major projects, said PM Gruevski. Earlier, SDSM leader Radmila Sekerinska in her address before the MPs stressed that the no-confidence vote was not intended to topple the Government, but to show that its policy in the past nine months was toppling. According to her, the interpellation was submitted at this moment, because VMRO-DPMNE had now decided to quarrel with its coalition partners and block judicial reforms by failing to elect the rest of the Judicial Council members. Sekerinska rejected Government's claims that the motion of no-confidence vote showed that SDSM had no feeling of state interest. She noted that talks for EU accession were non-existent, although PM Gruevski stressed that Macedonia would get a date for such talks during the German EU Presidency. "Despite its promises, the Government does not carry out an efficient fight against organized crime, but employs spectacular arrests of people who do not share its opinions", underlined Sekerinska. The 24-hour parliament debate was started by SDSM vice president and MP Igor Ivanovski, elaborating that the reason for the SDSM motion on vote of no-confidence to the Government was the unstable political situation in Macedonia, the aggravated international image and the economic stagnation. The opposition MPs, in the debates, presented remarks to the Government for set-backing Macedonia, jeopardizing the NATO-EU integration processes, practicing populism as means to keep the power, not creating conditions for better life and new jobs - not considering the employments obtained with party's membership, thus halting the reforms and worsening the internal and international position of Macedonia. The ruling MPs defended the Government, emphasising that in the last nine months it accomplished more than the previous government in terms of improving the economic situation in Macedonia and its international image. They accused SDSM of working against the state interest by submitting the motion on no-confidence vote, given the fact that it took place in the wake of US President George Bush's tour in the region, when Macedonia was expected to be invited for NATO membership. In accordance with the Macedonian Constitution and Parliament's Rules of Procedure, a motion of Government's confidence may not be submitted in a period of 90 days, unless requested differently by the majority of MPs.