Latest News from Serbia
Joksimovic: We expect EU support for agriculture
NOVI SAD - Serbian Minister without portfolio in charge of European integration Jadranka Joksimovic stated on Sunday that direct EU support to Serbian farmers is expected to arrive in 2015 as well, and underscored that Serbia maintains the most responsible attitude in the handling of EU funds.
Blagojevic: Critical sites have been repaired
BELGRADE - Director of the Government Office for Reconstruction and Flood Relief Marko Blagojevic stated on Sunday that critical locations damaged in the May floods in Serbia have been repaired and that the safety of facilities in water management has been brought to the level before the floods.
Third Serbia: Request for release of Serb youths
NOVI SAD - Third Serbia called on Croatia on Sunday, requesting release for young Serbs arrested in Vukovar, and appealed the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a request for it to react adequately and address to the EU and UN institutions and ask them to try and exert influence on Croatia.
Josipovic: We will support Serbia on its EU path
ZAGREB - We will support Serbia on its EU path, but it needs to fulfil all the conditions Croatia fulfilled in the process, Croatian President and presidential candidate Ivo Josipovic said on Sunday.
Serbia PM Slams EU, Alleging BIRN 'Lies'
Vucic on Saturday slammed European Commission criticism of his allegations that BIRN is being funded by Brussels to spread lies to destablise his administration.
The Serbian premier accused Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for the European Commission for neighbourhood policy and enlargement negotiations, of trying to muzzle him.
Bishop Irinej sends condolences over terror attack in Paris
BELGRADE - Bishop Irinej of Backa sent a letter of condolences to the families of individuals killed in the terrorist attack in Paris.
Dacic: Double standards of West toward Serbia and Albania
BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated on Saturday that the West continues to implement the policy of double standards toward Serbia ad Albania.
Tadic: Govt asked me to assist with my credibility
BELGRADE - Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDS) Boris Tadic said that several major steps important for the future of the country were made in 2014, primarily in terms of macroeconomic policy, but he also said that the atmosphere in the society is difficult and is not stimulating for business and economic development.
Serbian dinar weakens to over 122 for one euro
BELGRADE - Serbia's dinar dropped 0.3 percent against the euro on Friday, despite the National Bank Serbia (NBS) selling EUR 30 million in the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market (IFEM) on teh day before, and set the official exchange rate at RSD 122.6603 per one euro, the NBS said in a release.
Vucic: We need level-headed approach
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic believes that a level-headed approach, not a hot-hearted attitude, is needed with regard to the Kosovo issue and all other relevant matters.
Vucic says Serbia condemns terrorist attack in Paris
BELGRADE - Serbia condemns the terrorist attack and terrible crime that occurred in Paris, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday in comment to the recent attack on the French weekly Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 dead.
Dodik: RS will not give consent for recognition of Kosovo
BANJALUKA - President of Republika Srpska (RS) Milorad Dodik underscored on Friday that RS will never give its consent for Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) to recognise Kosovo's independence unilaterally declared by ethnic Albanians in the southern Serbian province.
Aleksandra Joksimovic: Region needs maximum vigilance
BELGRADE - Director of the Centre for Foreign Policy Aleksandra Joksimovic stated on Friday that the Western Balkans and Serbia as part of the region are not currently target of radical Islamism but there is potential danger that they may be in jeopardy at some point.
Nikolic sends greetings to Dodik for RS Republic Day
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic sent greetings to Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik for Republic Day.
Nikolic sent sincere greetings and wished luck and prosperity to all the people of Republika Srpska on behalf of himself and the people of Serbia, the Serbian presidential press service has stated.
Esmark to Buy Troubled Serbian Steel Mill
Bojan Bojkovic, director of Steel Mill Smederevo, said Esmark's European subsidiary was the only one to file a valid bid - one of the three bids in all.