Latest News from Serbia
Successful fight against oil smuggling
BELGRADE - Serbia's budget revenues coming from excise taxes on oil derivatives will rise by around RSD 17 billion this year, while revenues from excise taxes on tobacco products will drop by RSD 24 billion, according to the latest estimates by the Fiscal Council.
Strip mine field, shut down by floods, resumes production
Strip mine field, shut down by floods, resumes production
BELGRADE -- Coal production resumed on Thursday in the Veliki Crljeni coal seam of the Kolubara mining basin, which was heavily affected by the May flooding.
Third coal seam in Kolubara opens after May floods
LAZAREVAC - Coal production resumed Thursday in Veliki Crljeni coal seam at the Kolubara mining basin, which was heavily affected by the May flooding, and Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic announced that the first quantities of coal will be sent to the Obrenovac thermal power plant Nikola Tesla (TENT) this weekend.
Money from IPA funds to be used for rebuilding houses
BELGRADE - The EUR 80 million due from the IPA funds can also be used to rebuild flooded houses, while the money from the Solidarity Fund will be used for infrastructural projects, Serbian Minister without portfolio for European Integrations Jadranka Joksimovic said on Thursday.
Djuric: Pristina not realising Brussels agreement adequately
BELGRADE - The Serbian side has fully respected the Brussels agreement but Pristina is not implementing it adequately, Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said.
IEP: Serbia is safe country
IEP: Serbia is safe country
NEW YORK -- Serbia ranks 52nd in the Global Peace Index (GPI), produced by the New York-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
This index ranks it among the top 30 percent of the safest countries in the world.
Djokovic: Tragedy buried the hatchet
SARAJEVO - World No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic said he was happy for having the privilege during the May flooding to start a wave of support for flood relief efforts from around the world that had soon turned into concrete aid and had “buried the hatchet” in the region.
Teenager was hit by killer's car before she was murdered
Teenager was hit by killer's car before she was murdered
BELGRADE -- The suspect in the murder of a 15-year-old girl is Dragan Đurić - a 34 year-old Belgrader who lives in the suburb of Surčin, the interior minister has said.
The victim, Tijana Jurić, was reported missing on July 26 from the town of Bajmok in Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina.
IEP: Serbia is a safe country
NEW YORK - Serbia ranks 52nd in the Global Peace Index (GPI), produced by the New York-based Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), and is in the top 30 percent of the safest countries in the world.
Bajatovic: South Stream project still on schedule
BELGRADE - Srbijagas director Dusan Bajatovic says that the first 30 kilometers of the South Stream pipeline section through Serbia will be laid by the end of 2014, and the route will change in Vojvodina, as it will not go to Italy but to Baumgarten in Austria.
Freak Floods Wreak More Havoc in Balkans
Heavy rain is again causing turmoil in the Western Balkan region, causing floods and damage in Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia.
In Bosnia, homes have been buried underground due to landslides while others are flooded. In the northwestern town of Banja Luka a state of emergency has been proclaimed and around a hundred buildings are underwater.
10th International Folklore Festival begins in Pirot
PIROT - The 10th International Folklore Festival began in Pirot, south-west Serbia late on Wednesday.
In addition to representatives of the host city, this year's festival programme will gather folk dance groups from Bulgaria, Georgia, Spain and Republika Srpska (Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina).
Ukraine will not seek Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia
BELGRADE - Ukraine cannot ask Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia due to the fact that it is not a member of the EU, says Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of Ukraine in Serbia Oleksandr Kirichenko.
Savage Murder of Teen Shocks Serbia
Serbia's Interior Minister said he regretted that the country had abolished the death penalty following the discovery of the body of a teenage girl who had apparently been murdered in a particularly brutal fashion.
Serbian police on Wednesday arrested Dragan Djuric, a 34-year-old butcher from the Belgrade neighbourhood of Surcin, for the murder of Tijana Juric.
Serbia to build first 30km of South Stream by end of year
Serbia to build first 30km of South Stream by end of year
BELGRADE -- By the end of 2014 the first 30 kilometers of the South Stream gas pipeline will be built in Serbia, Dušan Bajatović has announced.
The head of the country's public natural gas enterprise, Srbijagas, also said the pipeline route would be changed in the northern province of Vojvodina.