Serbia

BUJANOVAC- A draft law regulating the number of employees in the state administration and local self-government authorities should be adopted in April, Serbian Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said on Tuesday.

KOPAONIK - The Serbian government will probably decide on ?anging the electricity prices in the period between Mar? 15 and 20, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said at a pre? conference on Mt. Kopaonik on Tuesday.

KOPAONIK - The Serbian government will probably decide on ?anging the electricity prices in the period between Mar? 15 and 20, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said at a pre? conference on Mt. Kopaonik on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Serbia could be an ecological state in the true sense of the word and a leader in the region when it comes to healthy environment, Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic-Boskovic said in the Serbian parliament on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - A decision on extending the mandate of the OSCE mission in Ukraine will be adopted soon, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic announced on Tuesday.

"State doesn't take Interpol warrants lightly"

BELGRADE -- The state "does not take lightly" the Interpol arrest warrant for a national assembly member from the ruling SNS, says Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic.

The warrant for the arrest of MP Momir Stojanovic is based on a war crimes indictment raised in Kosovo.

BELGRADE - Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) MP Aleksandar Cotric said on Tuesday that he has tabled to the Serbian parliament a proposed declaration condemning the crimes committed by the totalitarian Communist regime after September 12, 1944.

"Kosovo army" would be "unacceptable and harmful" - MPs

BELGRADE -- Serbia finds the announced formation of armed forces in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija unacceptable, says Milovan Drecun.

The ruling SNS party MP and chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kosovo added that such a development would represent "a destabilizing factor."

KOPAONIK - The Serbian economy is very vulnerable and kick-starting the industry in sectors where Serbia has advantages, such as energy, infrastructure and agriculture, should be the way out of the difficult situation, says Dragan Djuricin, the selector of Kopaonik Business Forum 2015.

KOPAONIK - National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic said on Tuesday that for the NBS, finance ministry and banks, this is the year to solve the issue of the high number of non-performing loans (NPLs).