WAZ had , namely , waited years for a tender to be issued for shares of Vecernje novosti , but the Serbian national leadership of the time , i. e. Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica , were allegedly very much opposed to the idea that the German company take over the newspaper , and when they realised that the country 's leadership was opposed to their purchase , the top people at WAZ contacted Stanko Subotic , and through him businessman Miroslav Miskovic and former Milosevic privatisation minister Milan Beko .
WAZ je , naime , godinama čekao da se raspiše natječaj za dionice Večernjih novosti , no tadašnji vrh Srbije , odnosno premijer Vojislav Koštunica , navodno su se jako protivili ideji da njemačka kompanija preuzme te novine , pa kad su shvatili da se vrh države protivi njihovoj kupnji , vodeći ljudi WAZ- a stupili su u kontakt sa Stankom Subotićem , a preko njega i s poduzetnikom Miroslavom Miškovićem i nekadašnjim Miloševićevim ministrom privatizacije Milanom Bekom .