Latest News from Serbia

Good cooperation between ICTY and Serbia

BELGRADE - International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz has described the cooperation with the Serbian authorities as good and said he is pleased with the results of his three-day visit to Belgrade.

Bar Association seeks referendum on notaries

BELGRADE - The Bar Association of Serbia (AKS) has decided to file a motion for a referendum on the Law on Public Notaries and issues that have spurred a two-month strike of lawyers.

The AKS announced in a statement on Wednesday that it will also file a lawsuit to annul the registration of the Lawyers' Society of Serbia, a new association of lawyers registered on November 17.

"Serbia must honor commitments, impose sanctions"

"Serbia must honor commitments, impose sanctions"

BELGRADE -- Johannes Hahn says Serbia needs to honor its commitments and impose sanctions on Russia, as this is a legal commitment in the framework of EU accession talks.

Hahn in Belgrade

BRUSSELS - Johannes Hahn, European commissioner for neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations, will arrive in Belgrade on Thursday to get informed about Serbia's progress in the EU integration process and encourage reforms and accession negotiations.

Hungarian foreign minister visits Serbia

BELGRADE - Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto will meet with senior state officials of Serbia during his visit to Belgrade on Thursday.

Szijjarto will meet with Serbia's President Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, the office of the President and the government of Serbia said in a release.

Minister: IMF arrangement almost certain

Minister: IMF arrangement almost certain

BELGRADE -- Serbian Finance Minister Dušan Vujović said on Wednesday that a new arrangement with the IMF is "almost 100 percent" certain.

He added that the spending cuts are set to amount to 4.25 percent of GDP, or approximately EUR 1.3 billion, in the next three years.

South Stream 'No Longer A Priority' for Italy

Italy's Economic Development Minister Federica Guidi has said the South Stream gas pipeline project is no longer a priority for her country.

"This is useful infrastructure, but is maybe not on the list of our priorities," Guidi told reporters on Wednesday.

Serbian woman entrepreneur- first IWEC awardee from Balkans

BELGRADE - Biljana Jovanovic, the owner and director of the Luna fashion company, is the first woman to receive the prestigious International Women's Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) award for development of international business in the Balkans.

Udovicic: Kosovo's IOC membership sets precedent

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic said Thursday in Kosovska Mitrovica, commenting on the announcements that Kosovo will be granted full membership in the International Olympic Committee (IOC), that this would set a precedent in international sport, considering that Kosovo is not a member of the United Nations.

SEDA: Major interest for Serbian dairy products

BELGRADE - The Serbian Dairies Association (SEDA) presented the national diary industry at the international forum in Krasnogorsk, Moscow region.

During the forum which ended on Wednesday, representatives of the European and Serbian milk processing industries conferred with officials of the Russian Federation, SEDA released.

Three teachers from Serbia become Microsoft expert educators

BELGRADE - Three teachers from Serbia have become global Microsoft Innovative Expert Educators and they will be engaging students and their peers in innovative ways to positively impact learning and transform education through the use of Microsoft technologies in 2015, the company said in a release Wednesday.

Vujovic: IMF arrangement almost certain

BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Dusan Vujovic said Wednesday that the arrangement with the IMF is almost 100 percent certain, adding that the spending cuts are set to amount to 4.25 percent of GDP, or approximately EUR 1.3 billion, in the next three years.

Medicaments will cost 100 dinars

Medicaments will cost 100 dinars

"In 2015 all prescription medicines will be without additional payment, but with participation in ammount of 100 dinars", says Director of Republic Fund for Healht Insurance Momčilo Babić, exclusively for "Blic."

Serbia "step away" from arrangement with IMF

Aleksandar Vučić has said that the talks with a visiting IMF delegation will finish on Thursday.

Serbia is only a step away from reaching a three-year precautionary arrangement with that international financial institution, the prime minister said.

NBS: GDP drop to total two percent in 2014

BELGRADE - In the course of 2014, GDP in Serbia is expected to drop by two percent and the GDP drop in 2015 should total 0.5 percent, while the return of inflation to the allowed limits of deviation from the target rate which totals 4 percent plus or minus 1.5 percent is expected in mid-2015, officials of the national Bank of Serbia (NBS) said on Wednesday and added that exit from recession and

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