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MPs close debate on employment of foreigners
MPs close debate on employment of foreigners
BELGRADE -- MPs completed on Monday a debate on a bill on the employment of foreigners after two hours, to which all parliamentary parties signaled support.
Seven amendments have been submitted to the bill on the employment of foreigners.
Danube enhances co-operation between Croatia, Serbia
Danube enhances co-operation between Croatia, Serbia
Dacic: SPS congress will be congress of changes
BELGRADE - The regular congress of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), to be held on December 14, will not be a congress of conflicts, division and disintegration of the party, but a congress of changes, SPS leader Ivica Dacic said on Sunday.
The goals of the party will remain the same, and we will change so that we would not be replaced, Dacic told Belgrade-based TV Pink.
Kirby: Serbian government made progress in economy
BELGRADE - US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby said on Friday the Serbian government had taken many steps in a good direction when came to improving the business environment, adding that the expected adoption of the new laws on planning and construction and on inspections would continue this trend.
Police seize 8 kilos of heroin, arrest 2 suspects
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.
Selakovic and Hahn discuss progress in Serbia's judiciary
BELGRADE - EU Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn has met with Serbia's Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic and stressed that economic recovery and progress have to be among the top priorities for Serbia in the coming years of accession talks.
Ivanovic: Keeping me in prison will cost EULEX dearly
BELGRADE - EULEX wants me behind bars no matter what, regardless of the fact that the Serbian government has repeatedly provided strong guarantees so I could be released pending trial, says Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Citizens' Initiative ‘Freedom, Democracy, Justice' (GI SDP), who has been in remand custody in Kosovo for 10 months now for allegedly committing war crimes during the NATO aggr
Gov't adopts bill on commodities exchanges
BELGRADE - The Serbian government on Thursday adopted a bill on commodities exchanges, which introduces a legal framework for the development of commodities exchanges.
The proposed bill regulates the commodities exchange market, eliminates business risks and improves the level of legal certainty, the Serbian government's press office said in a statement.
Roma inclusion can be improved through cooperation
BELGRADE - The cooperation of local self-government authorities and civil society organisations in implementing the policies of Roma inclusion is already producing results but there is still room to improve this cooperation, said the participants of a conference on the topic on Wednesday.
"Serbia ready for chapter on Kosovo"
"Serbia ready for chapter on Kosovo"
BELGRADE -- Serbia is ready for Chapter 35 of the EU accession talks, which refers to Kosovo, chief Serbian negotiator in EU membership talks Tanja Miščević has said.
She added that the decision on whether to open the chapter will be up to the EU member states.
Miscevic: Serbia ready for chapters on Kosovo
BELGRADE - Serbia is ready for Chapter 35 of the accession talks with the EU, which refers to Kosovo, and the decision on whether to open the chapter will be up to the EU member states, head of the Serbian team for the talks Tanja Miscevic has said.
"Dialogue with Pristina is a requirement and we are ready for that and for Chapter 35," she told the daily Danas from Belgrade.
Miscevic: Serbia ready for chapter on Kosovo
BELGRADE - Serbia is ready for Chapter 35 of the accession talks with the EU, which refers to Kosovo, and the decision on whether to open the chapter will be up to the EU member states, head of the Serbian team for the talks Tanja Miscevic has said.
"Dialogue with Pristina is a requirement and we are ready for that and for Chapter 35," she told the daily Danas from Belgrade.
Number of Illegal Immigrants Entering Bulgaria Via Greece Increases
The number of illegal immigrants entering Bulgaria through the border with Greece, continues to rise, Interior Ministry sources tell Dnevnik.bg.
The information was confirmed by the Refugee Agency.
According to its data, the number of persons, apprehended at the border with Greece was 291 since the beginning of the year. For comparison, in 2013 the number was 31.
Serbia-Germany Forum holds meeting in Belgrade
BELGRADE - The Serbia-Germany Forum organized a working meeting in Belgrade Monday between Serbian government officials and businessmen and a German delegation who are on a visit to the capital of Serbia together with the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Sigmar Gabriel.
It was not Seselj’s, but Tudjman’s politics to blame for war
BELGRADE - The Coalition of Refugee Associations in Serbia said Monday that they did not agree with a recently expressed view by Croatian President Ivo Josipovic that the politics pursued by Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Seselj had caused the war and suffering in Croatia in the 1990s, and argued instead that the primary responsibility for the war on the Croatian territory rested w