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Mihajlovic: Serbia wants good economic relations with Russia

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said Tuesday that the visit of Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to Moscow shows that Serbia pays special attention to its relations with Russia, not only in terms of foreign policy, but also bilateral economic ties.

FM attends UN Economic and Social Council meeting

NEW YORK -- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić is in New York where he is attending a two-day meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

He met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Development Program Administrator Helen Clark on Monday.

"Fundamental South Stream issues resolved" - PM

MOSCOW -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić on Tuesday continues his two-day working visit to Moscow where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

As announced by the Kremlin, Vučić and Putin will discuss a range of issues related to bilateral relations and economic cooperation.

Vucic to meet with Putin on Tuesday

MOSCOW - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic continues his two-day visit to Moscow where he will confer with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

Putin and Vucic will discuss the prospects of further strengthening of the political dialogue between Russia and Serbia, the Kremlin stated in a release.

First official data: Flood damage at EUR 1.5 billion

BELGRADE - The first official data put the damage caused by the severe floods that hit Serbia in May at EUR 1.5 billion, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic stated on Monday.

The Serbian government adopted today a report which had been done on the ground together with international organizations and special teams.

Dacic attending UN Economic and Social Council meeting

BELGRADE - Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic is in New York, attending a two-day meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), where he met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark on Monday.

Economists: Dinar drop is not dramatic

BELGRADE - The drop of the Serbian dinar to its record low against the euro this year is not dramatic and exporters can derive benefits from the lower dinar value, economists told Tanjug on Monday.

Serbia wants to join EU without damaging ties with Russia

MOSCOW - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said in Moscow on Monday that Serbia would like to become a member of the European Union, but underlined that the country does not want to damage relations with Russia in the process.

Odalovic: Search of Rudnica site will continue

BELGRADE - Excavations should continue next week at two slopes of a hill near the Rudnica quarry in southern Serbia, a site suspected of holding bodies of ethnic Albanians missing from the 1999 Kosovo-Metohija conflict.

Serbia wants "EU membership, ties with Russia"

MOSCOW -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said in Moscow on Monday that Serbia would like to become a member of the European Union.

He at the same time "underlined that the country does not want to damage relations with Russia in the process," Tanjug is reporting.

Ilic: People expect faster flood rehabilitation

VRNJACKA BANJA, KRALJEVO – Serbian government Minister without Portfolio responsible for emergency management Velimir Ilic has said that the rehabilitation following the May flooding in the country should be faster and more efficient and the people who have suffered damages and losses rightly expect it to be so.

Blast furnace at Smederevo steel mill relit

SMEDEREVO -- Blast furnace No. 2 at the Smederevo-based steel plant Železara was ignited on Monday, restoring the production after two months.

The first tons of liquid iron will be transported to the steel mill in the next two to three days, while other sections of the plant will be put into operation successively.

The prime ministers are meeting in Gorky, near Moscow, and will later be joined by their delegations.