Serbia

Police seize 8 kilos of heroin, arrest 2 suspects

BELGRADE -- The Serbian police (MUP) have arrested two persons on suspicion that they tried to smuggle eight kilograms of heroin into the country.

The drugs were found in an Audi passenger car at the Preševo border crossing between Serbia and Macedonia.

BUJANOVAC - A total of RSD 51 million has been granted to representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja municipalities for economic development and boosting employment under a programme of the government of the Republic of Serbia.

BELGRADE - The reform program agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is difficult, but it provides a basis for the creation of new jobs and investment, Serbian Finance Minister Dusan Vujovic has said.

United States "fully engaged" in Balkans

WASHINGTON -- U.S. State Department Office for South Central European Affairs Director Thomas Yazdgerdi says his country is "fully engaged in the Balkans."

This especially applies to "resolving the remaining key issues," he said.

EU commissioner: What I heard was promising

BELGRADE -- EU's Johannes Hahn has said that Serbia is on the right track and that he wants to support its efforts to promote its economy and economic development.

Serbia-Hungary trade at EUR 1.1bn, expected to grow

BELGRADE -- The volume of trade between Serbia and Hungary hit a record high of EUR 1.1bn in 2013, participants of the Serbian-Hungary Business Forum said on Thursday.

This number is expected to grow even higher this year, the gathering heard.

A senior Russian official has accused the EU of putting undue pressure on Serbia to join Western sanctions on Russia, related to the Ukraine crisis.

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BELGRADE - Serbian documentary entitled "Serbia and Branicevo in the Great War 1914-1918" has been awarded at the Sergey Bondarchuk Festival in Russia, the Cultural Center in Pozarevac released in a statement.

The film won the best director award at the 11th international military-patriotic film festival Sergey Bondarchuk in the town of Volokolamsk.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Defence and the NATO Support Agency have signed in Luxemburg the Tier 2 certificate of Serbia's full capability in the NATO codification system for tasks of codifying arms and military equipment.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki has met with a delegation from Germany, led by Christiane Bogemann-Hagedorn of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, to discuss ways to improve cooperation between the two countries.