News archive of January 2019

This is according to Zoran Martinovic, director of the National Employment Service (NSZ).

The unemployment rate in the EU countries, according to the latest data, is about 6.7 percent.

According to Martinovic, Serbia can approach the EU average, as the current rate of 11.3 percent is encouraging.

Bucharest, Jan 1 /Agerpres/ - Romania holds the mandate of President of the Council of the European Union for the next six months.

For the first time since joining the EU on January 1, 2007, Romania has taken over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The prime minister of the provisional Pristina institutions also told his annual news conference that Serbia is "little Russia in the Balkans."

Azeri energy firm SOCAR is in advanced talks to acquire the energy business of Germany's EWE in Turkey by the first quarter of 2019, an official for SOCAR and two sources familiar with the deal have said.

The countdown for Turkey's local polls - set to be held on March 31 - kicked off on Jan. 1, according to an electoral calendar released by the Supreme Election Council.

Turkey's banking sector's net profit climbed 12 percent annually in the January-November period, according to the country's banking watchdog on Dec. 31.

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Almost 2,400 terrorists neutralized in 147 major counterterrorism operations in 2018, Turkish defense minister said on Jan 1.

According to Popovic, "Belgrade is a city that lives from tourism, too."

"The revenue we achieve is important for this city. By October 2018, we did better than in 2017, which was also record-breaking in terms of revenue in tourism," he told RTS.

In November most foreign tourists visiting Belgrade came from Turkey, followed by those from China.

Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic told this to daily Blic, adding that the country could in this way also boost its own energy security, Tanjug is reporting.

"Right now, it seems that things are going in a good direction - one that will ensure another supply route and energy security to Serbia, as well as profits brought by the transit fees themselves," he said.