Belgrade

BELGRADE - US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby commended on Friday Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on making a difficult and brave decision to adopt the measures needed to stabilise the country's finances.

BELGRADE - The measures presented by Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic are necessary to halt the negative trend of growth of the budget deficit, but they are not enough, President of the Serbian Association of Managers (SAM) Milan Petrovic said on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic said on Friday that the amendments to the Law on Sports would expand the mandate of the National Council for the Prevention of Violence and Misbehavior at Sport Events to cover the prevention of match fixing.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, who is also foreign minister, met with Kuwaiti Ambassador to Serbia Yousef Ahmed Abdulsamad on Friday to discuss development of bilateral cooperation.

ROME, BELGRADE - The measures announced by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will spur economic growth and heal the Serbian economy in the next year or two, the president of the Italian Society for International Organisations Franco Frattini said on Friday.

BELGRADE - Head of the Delegate Office of German Industry and Commerce for Serbia Martin Knapp said Friday that the austerity measures presented by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic are necessary for the country's economy, adding that state bankruptcy would be much worse than the agressive cuts, however difficult they may be for the citizens.

BELGRADE - Advisor of the Serbian minister for EU integration Vladimir Krulj stated on Friday that his first impression is that Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic demonstrated great determination and responsibility to the country when presenting the reform measures to the public, although some of these are likely to be interpreted as unpopular.

BELGRADE - Heavy machines and engineering units of the Serbian Armed Forces were deloyed in eastern Serbia on Friday to help repair the damage caused by floods and landslides.

The situation is still very difficult in the village of Grabovac, where the water from the local resoervoir is receding slowly, head of the Interior Ministry crisis sector Predrag Maric has stated.

BELGRADE - The measures presented by Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic had been expected and are a tough, but also the only solution that can enable citizens to live better from 2016, Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Aleksandar Vulin said on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said that elections "will soon be held in Vojvodina", so the citizens of this northern Serbian province could voice their opinion on the actions of local authorities.