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BELGRADE - Germany is willing to take part and assist in important infrastructure projects in Serbia, German Ambassador in Belgrade Heinz Wilhelm said in a meeting with Zorana Mihajlovic, Serbia's deputy prime minister and minister of construction, transport and infrastructure.

BELGRADE - Direct damage and losses caused by the catastrophic floods that hit Serbia in May total around EUR 1.5 billion, states the first official report adopted by the Serbian government, which will be presented at a donor conference in Brussels on July 16.

The report puts direct damage at EUR 810.1 million and losses at EUR 661.9 million, Tanjug reports.

BELGRADE - Serbian citizens filed 22,500 asylum requests in the countries of the EU in 2013, but the visa-free travel arrangement with the EU is not under threat because of it, Serbia's Assistant Commissioner for Refugees and Migrations Ivan Gerginov said on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Head of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) office in Belgrade Henri Bohnet said that the visit of the German parliamentary delegation led by Andreas Schockenhoff to Serbia can be viewed as a sign of encouragement and support to reforms of the Serbian government in the context of EU integration.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said Tuesday that the visit of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to Moscow shows that Serbia pays special attention to its relations with Russia, not only in terms of foreign policy, but also bilateral economic ties.

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MOSCOW -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić on Tuesday continues his two-day working visit to Moscow where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

As announced by the Kremlin, Vučić and Putin will discuss a range of issues related to bilateral relations and economic cooperation.

MOSCOW - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic continues his two-day visit to Moscow where he will confer with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

Putin and Vucic will discuss the prospects of further strengthening of the political dialogue between Russia and Serbia, the Kremlin stated in a release.

BELGRADE - The first official data put the damage caused by the severe floods that hit Serbia in May at EUR 1.5 billion, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic stated on Monday.

The Serbian government adopted today a report which had been done on the ground together with international organizations and special teams.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic is in New York, attending a two-day meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), where he met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark on Monday.

BELGRADE - The drop of the Serbian dinar to its record low against the euro this year is not dramatic and exporters can derive benefits from the lower dinar value, economists told Tanjug on Monday.