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IMF official: Government agreed to hike electricity price
IMF official: Government agreed to hike electricity price
KOPAONIK -- Serbia's new precautionary arrangement with the IMF means that the country has agreed to raise the electricity price by 15 percent on April 1.
This was announced by IMF's Resident Representative for Serbia Daehaeng Kim.
Electricity price will rise by 15 percent on April 1
KOPAONIK - IMF's Resident Representative for Serbia Daehaeng Kim said on Wednesday the new precautionary arrangement the IMF had signed with Serbia meant that Serbia had agreed to raise the electricity price by 15 percent on April 1.
EU to give Serbia EUR 175 million for agriculture
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Boskovic-Bogosavljevic said Wednesday that Serbia would be provided with EUR 175 million by 2020 under the European Union (EU) program for rural development.
Nikolic on new platform on Kosovo-Metohija
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said that while formulating a new platform on Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), he is taking into account the reality.
In an interview to Radio Television of Serbia, Nikolic said that Serbia should have a new platform for talks "because saying that we will never recognize and accept KiM's independence is no longer enough".
Nikolic receives credentials of new ambassadors
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Wednesday received the credentials of newly-appointed Indonesian Ambassador to Serbia Harry Richard James Kandou.
Firearms amnesty and legalization campaign starts
Firearms amnesty and legalization campaign starts
BELGRADE -- A campaign aimed at encouraging citizens to hand in illegal firearms, referred to as "legal legalization", has kicked off in Serbia.
The Ministry of the Interior (MUP) announced on Wednesday that the campaign started on March 4 and will last three months.
I've done facelift and hair transplantation for Gadaffi
Plastic surgeon dr Antoan Dajoub for "Blic" I've done facelift and hair transplantation for Gadaffi
Professor dr Antoan Dajoub, respected plastic surgeon who came to live in Novi Sad in Serbia because of the ongoing war in Syria, was a member of the medical team who done facelift and hair transplantation procedure for Muamar Gadaffi.
Sertic: 3,047 enterprises privatized, proceeds at EUR 3.7 bn
KOPAONIK - A total of 3,047 enterprises have been privatized in Serbia until 2015, the proceeds from them totalling EUR 3.7 billion, Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic said on Wednesday.
Divac appointed Sacramento Kings vice-president
SACRAMENTO - Vlade Divac, Serbian legendary basketball player and president of the Olympic Committee of Serbia, was named Sacramento Kings vice president of basketball and franchise operations, reads the club's website.
Divac will remain in office in the Olympic Committee of Serbia by the end of the next Olympic cycle, which ends after the Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
President again criticizes war crimes prosecutor
President again criticizes war crimes prosecutor
BELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolic has said that Serbia's war crimes prosecutor, while autonomous in his work, is not independent from the state.
Serbia, Bulgaria example of good neighborly relations, amb.
BELGRADE - Bulgarian Ambassador in Belgrade Angel Dimitrov has hosted a reception to mark the country's Liberation Day, voicing belief that Serbia and Bulgaria will be of use to one another and pointing out they can serve as an example of good neighborly relations.
No deal on vehicle insurance with Kosovo authorities
KOPAONIK - The Serbian Association of Car Insurers could not sign a vehicle insurance agreement with Kosovo's authorities even after three years of negotiations, although it has offered a considerable price cut, the association's secretary general Vladan Manic has said.
"NATO respects Serbia's military neutrality"
"NATO respects Serbia's military neutrality"
BELGRADE -- "We cannot change what happened in the past, but I believe that the relations between Serbia and NATO have improved," says U.S. Admiral Mark Ferguson.
"Today I can say that we are working together and moving forward," the commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa added.
Ferguson: NATO respects Serbia's military neutrality
BELGRADE - We cannot change what happened in the past, but I believe that the relations between Serbia and NATO have improved, and today I can say that we are working together and moving forward, said Admiral Mark Ferguson, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa commander.
Probe into 2008 torching of embassies completed
Probe into 2008 torching of embassies completed
BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has said that the investigation in connection with setting fire to the embassies in Belgrade in 2008 has been completed.
It showed that not all possible measures were taken to prevent the incidents, he said.