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Emergency aid collections for Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina flood victims
Skai media group and its charity leg Oloi Mazi Boroume are organizing collections of emergency aid material for victims of floods in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The charity efforts are being organization in association with the Athens Archdiocese and the Apostoli charity and the Serbian Embassy in Athens.
Suspects arrested for causing panic released from custody
BELGRADE - The criminal pre-trial chamber of the High Court in Belgrade released from custody on Thursday three persons suspected of spreading false information on social networks about the number of persons killed in the floods that hit Serbia last week.
Krstic: New contribution rates to come into effect August 1
BELGRADE - Finance Minister Lazar Krstic said Wednesday that the government of Serbia passed an amendment to postpone the implementation of the amended rates for pension and disability insurance contributions by one month, to August 1.
India, FIBA, Austrian region help flood victims
India, FIBA, Austrian region help flood victims
BELGRADE -- The government of India has sent USD 100,000 of financial assistance as immediate aid to the people of Serbia, which has been hit by catastrophic floods.
This was announced by the Indian embassy in Belgrade.
India's government donates USD 100,000 for people of Serbia
BELGRADE - The government of India has sent USD 100,000 of financial assistance as immediate aid to the people of Serbia, which has been hit by catastrophic floods, the Indian embassy in Belgrade has said in a statement.
OSCE Worried by Serbia Government Online Censorship
Mijatovic urged the Serbian authorities to nurture uncensored debate on issues of public interest, especially in times of crisis, such as the current situation with flooding in the region.
Selakovic, Frattini on Chapter 23
BELGRADE - Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic and special advisor to the government of Serbia Franco Frattini conferred Tuesday on the results achieved by the Justice Ministry so far and on preparations for the start of negotiations on Chapter 23, relating to judiciary and fundamental rights, the Ministry stated in a release.
Employer who employs 10 people will get tax benefits
Employer who employs 10 people will get tax benefits
The law on citizens’ income tax, the debate on changes of which began in the Parliament yesterday, shall be in force as of June 2016. Employers who until then employ up to nine people shall be exempt from payment of 65 percent of the tax.
Unions and employers without agreement on minimum wage
BELGRADE - Serbia's trade unions and employers failed to reach an agreement on the amount of the minimum wage at Monday’s meeting of the working group on amendments to the Labor Law, Vice President of the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia (SSSS) Zoran Mihajlovic told Tanjug.
Fiscal Council sceptical about tax breaks for employers
Fiscal Council sceptical about tax breaks for employers
BELGRADE -- The proposed tax incentives will not help resolve the issue of unemployment or deliver a major blow to the gray economy, the Fiscal Council has said.
Flood Relief Solidarity Trumps Ethnic Divisions
From sportsmen from Bosnia and Serbia who raised money together to volunteers who went from one part of the country to another to help people, Bosnia’s recent floods have prompted many to put solidarity ahead of ethnic divisions.
Fiscal Council: Proposed tax relief for employers no good
BELGRADE - The proposed changes stipulating that employers will be temporarily exempt from paying a part of the income tax and contributions for newly hired people will not help resolve the issue of unemployment or deliver a major blow to the grey economy.
Vekic: Health situation in Serbia is stable
BELGRADE - The health situaton is stable in the flooded areas of Serbia where people are beginning to return, State Secretary for Health Berislav Vekic said on Monday, stressing that the shelters for those who had been evacuated were under constant monitoring.
First works by population on cleaning effects of disastrous flooding with partisan iconography
First works by population on cleaning effects of disastrous flooding with partisan iconography
This weekend flags with red star were flaunting and songs from the Peoples-Liberation War were been singing in destroyed Krupanj.
Assembly of Vojvodina adopts provincial statute
NOVI SAD - The Assembly of Vojvodina on Thursday adopted the top legal act of Serbia's northern province - its Statute.
Ninety-one out of the 113 assembly members attending voted for the amended Statute, seven voted against it, while the others did not take part in the vote.
The provincial assembly has 120 seats, with a two-thirds majority required to adopt the Statute.