United Arab Emirates

UAE foreign minister arrives in Serbia

BELGRADE -- Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan has conferred with Serbian top officials on Friday.

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.

NOVI PAZAR – Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Aleksandar Vucic has said in the southwestern Serbian city of Novi Pazar that Serbia does not need inter-ethnic conflicts and tension and that religious affiliation should never be a reason to draw differences between people as people should be evaluated by how honest, hardworking and successful they are.

BIRN obtained five draft agreements made by UAE’s Etihad Airways, the Serbian government and Jat Airways, six days before the three parties signed contracts on a strategic partnership on August 1.

In November 2013, Air Serbia refused Transparency Serbia’s request to see the airline's contract with Etihad, stating commercial confidentiality.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade on Water project is the city's greatest development opportunity and the most significant infrastructure project in the country, the head of the Belgrade Interim Authority Sinisa Mali has said.

"The presentation of the project at the real estate fair in Cannes was an outstanding opportunity for us," the Belgrade city administration quoted Mali as saying.

BELGRADE - A USD 100 million loan from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be used for irrigation projects that are ready, Serbian Agriculture Minister Dragan Glamocic, announcing the arrival of an additional USD 100 million tranche loan for irrigation by the end of the year.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade on Water project kicked off Saturday with a removal of railway tracks on Platform West of the Belgrade railway station, and the first stage of the works should be completed in six to eight months from now.

KOPAONIK – A visit should be paid to Serbia in May by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign minister and a UAE business delegation who want to explore opportunities for business cooperation, Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) President Zeljko Sertic told Tanjug.

“This is a good and quality way to go that could bring economic growth,” Sertic said.

BELGRADE - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Aleksandar Vucic expects his party to win more than 40 percent of the votes in the upcoming elections, but says that the figure itself is not important.

What matters is what one can achieve after the elections, Vucic told the Belgrade daily Blic.

Minister praises "favorable loan"; opposition unconvinced

ABU DHABI, BELGRADE -- The USD 1 billion loan that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) granted to Serbia is very favorable, Serbian Minister of Finance Lazar Krstić has said.

It is also a sign of trust in the Serbian economy, according to him.