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Djuric: Unacceptable for Serbs to be alongside hatemongers

Published by Tanjug on Sat, 09/20/2014 - 13:43

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Participation of Serbs in the Kosovo government alongside those who are openly inciting hatred and a cessation of the talks with Belgrade is unacceptable, says the head of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric.

Dacic discusses standing issues with Croatian ambassador

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 19:49

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Friday with Croatian Ambassador to Serbia Gordan Markotic and discussed future political dialogue and better cooperation, especially in EU integration and economy.

Joksimovic: Significant progress in EU integration process

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 19:45

BELGRADE - Serbia has achieved considerable progress in the European integration process, Serbian Minister without portfolio in charge of European integration Jadranka Joksimovic said in the talks with Chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Countries of South East Europe Eduard Kukan on Friday.

Dacic confers with Serbian delegation from southern France

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 19:28

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic conferred with the delegation of the Assembly of Serbs from southern France and the first business forum of the diaspora and French businessmen from Lyon.

Vucic, Kukan want good cooperation in region

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 18:13

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and head of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Serbia Eduard Kukan agreed on Friday that regional cooperation and close relations between the countries of the Western Balkans were an important condition for Serbia's EU integration.

Civil society outfits must bring talks closer to people

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 16:59

BELGRADE - Over the course of further European integrations, it will be very important that civil society organisations bring the negotiation process closer to the people as clearly as possible, said the participants of the first meeting of the National EU Convent task force in Belgrade.

Dacic, Kukan on Serbia's relations with European Parliament

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 16:53

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Friday with head of a European Parliament delegation and committee for stabilisation and association Eduard Kukan to discuss Serbia's cooperationn with the European Parliament.

Kirby:Measures will enable sustainable growth if implemented

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 16:46

BELGRADE - US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby commended on Friday Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on making a difficult and brave decision to adopt the measures needed to stabilise the country's finances.

Petrovic: Measures are necessary, but insufficient

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 16:31

BELGRADE - The measures presented by Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic are necessary to halt the negative trend of growth of the budget deficit, but they are not enough, President of the Serbian Association of Managers (SAM) Milan Petrovic said on Friday.

Kurz: Austria supports reforms in Serbia

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 16:13

VIENNA - Austria supports Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksndar Vucic completely in his efforts to conduct comprehensive reforms in order to bring Serbia closer to the EU, Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said on Friday.

The present Serbian government has achieved notable results, he stated in comment to the new measures presented by Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.

Udovicic: Serbia to intensify fight against match fixing

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 15:49

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic said on Friday that the amendments to the Law on Sports would expand the mandate of the National Council for the Prevention of Violence and Misbehavior at Sport Events to cover the prevention of match fixing.

Gusenbauer: Measures prove Vucic's resolve

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 15:30

VIENNA - Former Austrian chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer said on Friday the new measures for the recovery of Serbia's economy clearly showed that Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was determined to walk the path of reforms and fix Serbia's economy and finances.

Dacic, Kuwaiti ambassador discuss bilateral cooperation

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 15:25

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, who is also foreign minister, met with Kuwaiti Ambassador to Serbia Yousef Ahmed Abdulsamad on Friday to discuss development of bilateral cooperation.

EU "welcomes efforts of Serbian government"

Published by B92 on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 15:20

EU "welcomes efforts of Serbian government"

BRUSSELS -- The EU welcomes the efforts of the Serbian government aimed at implementation of structural reforms in order to ensure growth and competitiveness.

This was announced by spokesman of the EU enlargement commissioner Peter Stano.

Frattini: Measures to encourage growth, heal economy

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/19/2014 - 14:09

ROME, BELGRADE - The measures announced by Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will spur economic growth and heal the Serbian economy in the next year or two, the president of the Italian Society for International Organisations Franco Frattini said on Friday.

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