Serbia and Bosnia

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti on Thursday declared that his government would partially lift the 100-per-cent tariff imposed on imports from Serbia and Bosnia on 15 March, provoking a storm reaction from his predecessor, Ramush Haradinaj, who accused him of deception.

The IMF has lowered its prediction of growth in Montenegrin GDP from 2.8 per cent to 2.3 per cent amid concerns of the impact of the eurozone crisis and sluggish demand for goods and services.

SABAC - Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, who is paying an official visit to Serbia on Wednesday, toured flooded households in Sabac, and underlined that it is good to see that funds and donations from Austria are well used.

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, paints a gloomy picture of the economic prospects of Balkan countries in 2014.

In its flagship half-yearly World Economic Outlook, the IMF said countries in Southeast Europe in particular are likely to experience slower growth in 2014 partly because of the severe floods that struck Serbia and Bosnia in May.

BELGRADE- Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz congratulated Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday over the report of the European Commission (EC) on Serbia's progress which, as he said, has a positive score primarily in the implementation of reforms in the economy sector.

Serbian and Bosnian FMs meet in Belgrade

BELGRADE -- Relations between Serbia and Bosnia "are greatly improving and there is a joint desire to continue this way," the two countries' foreign ministers have said.

Ivica Dačić and Zlatko Lagumžija met in Belgrade on Wednesday and made the remarks during a news conference.

Russian president to visit Serbia on October 20

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Belgrade on October 20.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said that the donors' conference in Brussels was successful, adding that it showed that Serbia has friends around the world and that the world trusts Serbia, which is also good news for investors.

BELGRADE - The French Embassy in Belgrade voiced satisfaction over the great success of the Donors' Conference organized to help repair the damage caused by the May floods in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, which raised a total of EUR 1.846 billion for the two countries, adding that France will pay an additional EUR 1 million in emergency financial aid to Serbia.

Minister urges "caution with donation figures"

BRUSSELS -- The figure of EUR 1.7bn pledged as assistance for Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina at the donors’ conference in Brussels is impressive, says Jadranka Joksimović.