Serbia

NIS - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday 1,050 people will find jobs at the Johnson Electric factory in Nis by July 2016.

KRAGUJEVAC - Kragujevac marked on Friday 99 years since the death of Dr Elizabeth Ross and other members of the British medical missions who lost their life while aiding the Serbian people in World War I.

BELGRADE - Republika Srpska (RS) is stable and its political leaders will not allow any pressures or trade-offs no matter where they may come from, President of the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Milorad Dodik has said.

BELGRADE - Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik sent his greetings to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Friday for Serbia's Statehood Day, saying that Serbia had strengthened its position domestically and internationally by moving forward with its EU integration.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic stated on Friday that the future government will file the new draft laws on labour, bankruptcy and privatisation to the parliament for adoption.

BELGRADE - Serbia has great potential in the field of innovative technologies, and by aiding this sector it can achieve the fastest progress towards the EU, European Union and World Bank officials agreed in Belgrade on Friday at a ceremony staged to announce 12 projects to be funded with EUR 8.4 million as part of efforts to help innovation in Serbia.

BELGRADE - The value of construction works performed by Serbian contractors declined by 8.5 percent in the fourth quarter of last year against the same period in 2012, states a release issued by the Statistical Office.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will deliver medals to deserving individuals and institutions on Saturday, to mark the Statehood Day, including professor Itsuko Teruoka from Japan who will receive a gold medal for her exceptional engagement in humanitarian activities and Stella Jatras of the U.S.

BELGRADE - The World Bank (WB) is likely to grant two loans to Serbia on February 25, USD 200 million for strengthening the Deposit Insurance Agency and USD 40 million for the Serbian healthcare system, WB Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen said on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic opened an exhibition at the National Library of Serbia on Friday titled ‘Bequests and gifts: Legacies as cultural resources of great significance’, saying that in the coming decades we should work “not only to strengthen the state and find a new place on the world map, but also to enlighten (ourselves) as there can be no progress without this.”