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PM and EU official tour village damaged during floods
PM and EU official tour village damaged during floods
ŠID -- PM Aleksandar Vučić and head of the EU delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport visited on Thursday the village of Jamena, in northwest Serbia.
They toured the post-flood repair works in the municipality of Šid funded by the European Union with EUR 620,000.
Gov't reaches decision concerning privatization of Zelezara
Serbia's government reached a decision Thursday concerning launching an initiative to privatize the Zelezara Smederevo steelworks.
The country's Privatization Agency will Friday invite all interested investors to submit their expressions of interest for participating in the privatization of Zelezara Smederevo, says a statement from today's government meeting.
Greece drops Samaras for Euro 2016 qualifier
Greece coach Claudio Ranieri has dropped striker Georgios Samaras from the national team after a dismal start to European Championship qualifying.
Samaras, who plays for West Bromwich Albion, is one of Greeces best-known players following his six-year spell at Celtic and after helping the national team reach the second round at the World Cup in Brazil.
Dacic: Rama's message more important than visit programme
BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated that the real issue lies in the nature of the messages Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama would send during his forthcoming visit to Serbia and not in the answer to the question as to whether or not he should go to Presevo, municipality in southern Serbia which is home to majority ethnic Albanian pop
Approval for opening Embassy of Qatar in Belgrade
BELGRADE - Serbia's government has given approval to Qatar to open its embassy in Serbia, with headquarters in Belgrade, according to the latest issue of the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia.
The Serbian Foreign Ministry will inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar about this decision through diplomatic channels.
Swiss-Serbian economic ties strengthening
BELGRADE - Swiss-Serbian bilateral and economic cooperation has been successful for many years, and the two countries will work towards strengthening those ties further in the time that lies ahead, the participants of a conference on Swiss-Serbian bilateral relations said on Thursday.
Ministers Udovicic, Rahimov discuss improving cooperation
BAKU - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic and his Azerbaijani counterpart Azad Rahimov met in Baku Thursday and stressed the need for realizing the objectives of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries and for establishing cooperation in the field of sports infrastructure.
Djuric: Urgent review of EULEX activities necessary
BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric called Thursday for an urgent revision of EULEX activities in Kosovo-Metohija and also for judicial authorities to investigate allegations made by Belgrade-based daily Politika, which had accused a prosecutor of that mission of falsifying evidence in the case against the leader of the Citizens' Initiat
Vucic: IMF loan needed to attract investments
NEW YORK - Serbia is aiming to reach an agreement on a loan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by the end of the year to improve the country's image with potential investors, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said during his visit to London, New York news agency Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
Serbia, Turkey connected by deep-rooted ties, solid future
BELGRADE - Turkey's Ambassador to Serbia Mehmet Kemal Bozay has hosted a reception to mark the Turkish national holiday, Republic Day, and said that Serbian-Turkish ties have deep roots and a promising, solid future.
The ties are developing in all areas and are beneficial to not only Serbia and Turkey, but the broader region as well, he said at late Wednesday's ceremony.