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Presence of women increasing in Balkan militaries

BELGRADE - One in eleven members of the Serbian Armed Forces are women, shows a study on the position of women in the armed forces in the Western Balkans, whose results were presented at the Dom Vojske Srbije on Tuesday.

Mihajlovic: Full gender equality is among priorities

BELGRADE - Accomplishing full gender equality is one of the priorities of the Serbian government and the work on that will involve all the ministries, Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Tuesday.

Full gender equality among govt. priorities

Full gender equality among govt. priorities

b -- Accomplishing full gender equality is one of the priorities of the Serbian government and the work on that will involve all ministries, Zorana Mihajlović says.

Serbia sets up joint teams for Ebola prevention

Serbia sets up joint teams for Ebola prevention

NOVI PAZAR -- Minister of Health Zlatibor Lončar announced on Monday that all preventive measures have been implemented to stop the Ebola virus from spreading to Serbia.

Joint expert teams have also been set up to this end, he explained.

Pajtic, Burkhard discuss improvements in minority rights

NOVI SAD - Vojvodina is a part of Serbia that is committed to improving the rights and position of members of national minorities, it was concluded in talks between head of the provincial government Bojan Pajtic and Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Peter Burkhard.

Loncar: Joint teams in Ebola virus prevention

NOVI PAZAR - Serbian Minister of Health Zlatibor Loncar announced on Monday that all preventive measures have been implemented to stop the Ebola virus from spreading to Serbia and added that joint expert teams have also been set up to this end.

Serbia is committed to fighting violence against women

GENEVA - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic attended the session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) dedicated to gender equality in Geneva on Monday and said that Serbia is committed to the promotion of gender equality and the elimination of violence against women.

Djuric: Task force on return of displaced persons to Kosovo

BELGRADE - Head of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said Monday that a task force composed of representatives of relevant local and international institutions would be set up to deal with the issue of returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to Serbia's southern province.

Women's Parliamentary Network officials attend WB conference

BELGRADE - Women MPs Dubravka Filipovski and Marija Obradovic have presented the activities, results and plans of the Serbian Women's Parliamentary Network at a World Bank (WB) panel titled Women In Parliament, the Serbian parliament said in a statement on Monday.

No time to delay reforms

BELGRADE - There is no time to delay reforms and the 2015 budget needs to be set on reform basis in order to achieve stability of the Serbian dinar, President of the Council of the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Nebojsa Savic said.

Benedict: EC commends Serbian govt on economic steps

ARANDJELOVAC - Deputy Head of the EU Delegation in Belgrade Oscar Benedict stated that the European Commission (EC) commended the government's economic steps in its latest annual report on Serbia's progress on its EU path, but it also noted that more courageous moves need to be implemented.

Belgrade has largest homeless population in Serbia

Belgrade has largest homeless population in Serbia

BELGRADE -- Belgrade has the largest population of homeless people in Serbia, a news conference heard on Firday during the presentation of "The Homeless" publication.

The homeless are mostly men aged 55 to 59 with little education, who are either jobless or do low-paid jobs that require no qualifications.

Call on minorities to take part in elections for councils

BELGRADE - Members of the Serbian parliament Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality and representatives of the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) called on representatives of national minorities in Serbia on Thursday to register in special electoral rolls and vote in the elections for national minority councils on October 26.

Anti-Corruption Agency needs resources, says EC

BELGRADE - Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency Tatjana Babic said Thursday that it is very important that the European Commission's latest progress report on Serbia underlines the need to provide the Agency with adequate tools, capacities and resources, and to follow up its recommendations.

Positive assessment for promotion of human rights

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government's Office for Human and Minority Rights Suzana Paunovic said Wednesday that the European Commission (EC) progress report expresses a positive assessment of Serbia's progress in the promotion of human rights and freedoms.

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