United Arab Emirates

A few Arab countries are ready to offer assistance in the air strikes carried out against the Sunni militants in Iraq and Syria, according to US officials.

The 10-day detention of two World Cup 2022-related labor rights researchers from Britain points to escalating hostilities between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates over Doha’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood

FX reserves EUR 10.9 billion at end-August

BELGRADE -- The foreign exchange (FX) reserves of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) amounted to EUR 10,949.2 million at the end of August.

This covered M1 by 304 percent and more than seven months of imports of goods and services.

BELGRADE - The foreign exchange (FX) reserves of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) amounted to EUR 10,949.2 million at the end of August, covering M1 by 304 percent and more than seven months of imports of goods and services.

The largest inflow to FX reserves, EUR 748.3 million, came from the disbursement of a loan from the United Arab Emirates, the NBS said in a release on Friday.

BELGRADE - Vladimir Todoric, a member of the presidency of the opposition Democratic Party (DS), submitted a motion to the Constitutional Court of Serbia on Friday for assessing the constitutionality of the law ratifying the agreement on cooperation between the governments of Serbia and the Unites Arab Emirates (UAE).

Turkey and the United States have launched talks to discuss potential ways of cooperating against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) following a proposal by Washington to form an anti-terror coalition against the rapidly expanding jihadists.

Unable to persuade Qatari leaders to drop their support for the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups, Saudi Arabia appears determined to deprive its tiny neighbor of its regional football supremacy.

BELGRADE - National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic has said that after having received a preliminary bank founding permit, Mirabank from the United Arab Emirates will now receive a final operating license and invest USD 5 billion in Serbia over the next three years.

Electricity price hike "won't increase inflation"

BELGRADE -- Central bank (NBS) Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic says the announced electricity price hike "will not result in an increase in inflation outside the target."

The target is four plus/minus 1.5 percent, she explained.

Both Qatar and the UAE have been in the firing line for human rights violations and eyes to imrove their image in the US with help of football Gulf States seeking to polish images tarnished by allegations of violations of human rights and their critics are employing football in an effort to shape American perceptions.