Serbia

Dozens of migrants found on highways traveling on foot

BELGRADE -- 39 foreign nationals with no personal documents have been discovered in the region of Serbia's eastern town of Negotin on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic has said after a meeting with his counterpart from Montenegro Vladimir Kavaric that Montenegrin companies are interested in taking part in privatisation in Serbia.

VIENNA/BELGRADE - OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Ivica Dacic, who is also Serbia's foreign minister, and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier on Monday condemned the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, urging a swift and thorough investigation.

"I offer my deepest condolences to his family," Dacic said.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Monday with heads of the diplomatic missions of the Asia-Pacific region in Belgrade to discuss intensifying of the political dialogue and promoting the economic cooperation.

Dacic: "Comprehensive relations" with Albania

BELGRADE -- Serbia is willing, "despite the existing differences," to develop "comprehensive relations" with Albania as a neighboring country, Ivica Dacic has said.

BELGRADE - The Smederevo police found on motorway E75 on Monday 22 Iraqi citizens without personal documents, who requested asylum in Serbia, the Interior Ministry has said.

The group was moving along the motorway towards Belgrade on foot, the statement says.

BELGRADE - Serbia is willing, despite the existing differences, to develop comprehensive relations with Albania as a neighboring country, to the benefit of both sides, Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in a meeting with Albanian Ambassador to Serbia Ilir Bocka on Monday.

BELGRADE - Retail trade turnover in Serbia was 3.6 percent up in January from the same month of 2014, declining by 14.2 percent compared to last year's average, the national statistical office said on Monday.

Compared to last December, retail trade turnover was down by 23.7 percent in January.

BELGRADE - One of important objectives in the work of the Serbian parliament is gender equality and strengthening the role of women in society, Serbian parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic said at a conference on the role of women in Southeast European politics on Monday.

EU-funded project for Roma employment unveiled

BELGRADE -- Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali and head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport on Monday unveiled an EU support project for Roma employment.

Under it, 100 unemployed Roma who wish to start their own businesses will receive training.