Belgrade

BELGRADE - The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) sold EUR 40 million on the foreign exchange market on Thursday, keeping the exchange rate at RSD 115.9574 for EUR 1 for the fifteenth day in a row tomorrow.

Including the Thursday's intervention, the NBS has sold a total of EUR 820 million since the beginning of the year.

MEDVEDJA - Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Thursday that the statutory formation of a community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo-Metohija is yet to be addressed during the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Brussels.

BELGRADE – The Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) has launched an internal reform and stepped up activities to support businesses and improve the competitiveness of the economy, PKS President Zeljko Sertic said on the occasion of the PKS' 157th anniversary.

BELGRADE - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan will visit Serbia on Friday where he will have separate meetings with Serbian top officials.

UAE foreign ministers will confer with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Mrkic.

BELGRADE - Exchange between Serbia and Russia totalled slightly over USD 3 billion in 2013 which is by 11.6 percent more than in 2012, officials stated at the gathering entitled 'Serbia-Russia: Exports without borders.'

BERLIN/BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met in Germany Thursday with the country's former chancellor Helmut Kohl to discuss Serbia's European integration and economic recovery, and Kohl said he appreciates Serbia's role in maintaining the political stability of the region.

BELGRADE - The Anti-Corruption Agency and the Tax Administration of the Serbian Ministry of Finance inked an agreement on Thursday on business-technical cooperation which will facilitate and accelerate the exchange of data and activities in the domain of prevention of corruption and money laundering.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Thursday that Serbia sees both Ukraine and Russia as friendly countries, and expressed hope that Ukraine's problems will get a political solution.

We regret the latest developments and I hope that a political solution will be found for these problems, Dacic told reporters.

11th Belgrade Dance Festival announced

BELGRADE -- The 11th Belgrade Dance Festival (BDF), taking place from March 30 to April 14, will feature artists at the forefront of the global dance scene.

This was announced by BDF Director Aja Jung, Tanjug is reporting.

BELGRADE - This year's 44th international Music Youth piano contest will be held in Belgrade from March 21 to 29, organisers told a press conference on Thursday.