Latest News from Serbia
Ljajic: Serbia should position tourism in economic agenda
BELGRADE - The state must position tourism in Serbia's economic agenda as an industry that not only achieves continuous growth, but also has the most positive effect on other sectors- agriculture, trade, transport and telecommunications, environment and other fields, Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic said on Wednesday.
Corruption Hinders Balkans Energy Sector Progress
The report published by SEE Change Net on Wednesday says that tens of millions of euro have been lost by south-eastern European countries due to high-level corruption in the energy sector.
ICTY sets conditions for Seselj's release,gov't not informed
BELGRADE - Despite the fact that the trial chamber in the Vojislav Seselj case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has called on the Netherlands (as the host country of the ICTY) and the Serbian government to declare their positions on guarantees for a possible provisional release of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader, Serbian government officials say
Dacic, Henshaw discuss refugee issue, housing programme
BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Simon Henshaw agreed that the two countries maintain good cooperation in the search for solutions to the issue of long-term displacement in Serbia.
Jankovic: There is no torture in Serbia, but there is abuse
BELGRADE – Using the occasion of the UN International Day in Support of Torture, June 26, Serbian Protector of Citizens Sasa Jankovic has said that there is no torture as systematically organized phenomena in Serbia, but there are individual cases of abuse that competent authorities have tolerated.
Delegation of Belgrade, Yokohama discuss cooperation
BELGRADE - The delegations of the City of Belgrade and the Japanese City of Yokohama discussed mutual cooperation on Wednesday, especially in the areas of infrastructure, culture and tourism.
Survey: Serbians "prefer" sedatives to narcotics
Survey: Serbians "prefer" sedatives to narcotics
BELGRADE -- 8 percent of Serbian aged 18-64 have used narcotics at least once in their life, while 22.4 percent used hypnotic and sedative medications in the past year.
This was revealed in the latest national lifestyle survey conducted by the Dr. Milan Jovanović Batut Institute for Public Health.
Minister Tasovac in Macedonia
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac will meet Macedonia's Minister of Culture Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska on his first official visit to this country on Thursday.
Constitutional Court holds public debate on Brussels deal
Constitutional Court holds public debate on Brussels deal
BELGRADE -- Nikola Selaković says the Constitutional Court should declare itself incompetent to rule whether the Brussels agreement is in line with the Constitution.
Eight percent of Serbia's population have used drugs
BELGRADE - Eight percent of Serbia's population aged between 18 and 64 have used drugs at least once in their lifetimes, while 22.4 percent used sedatives and hypnotic drugs in the past year, shows the latest national lifestyle survey conducted by the Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut Institute of Public Health.
EBRD: EUR 500 million for region's flood recovery
LONDON - In a move designed to boost long-term lending to local businesses and private borrowers in the Western Balkans and Croatia, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending up to EUR 500 million for on-lending to partner banks.
EC president to visit Serbia on Sunday
EC president to visit Serbia on Sunday
BRUSSELS -- European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso will visit Serbia on Sunday, the EC said on Wednesday.
Barroso will meet with senior officials in the Serbian government, a statement said.
EC President Barroso to visit Serbia on Sunday
BRUSSELS - European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso will visit Serbia on Sunday, The EC said in a release Wednesday.
Barroso will meet with senior officials in the Serbian government, the EC said.
Serbian government adopts amendments to BIA law
BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted on Wednesday a set of amendments to the law on the Security Information Agency (BIA), the government office for media relations has stated.
The amendments refer to a number of provisions within the law that the Constitutional Court deemed were not in line with the Constitution.
SRS: Denying Seselj's wish would be direct attack on him
BELGRADE - The Serbian Radical Party (SRS) stated on Wednesday that SRS leader Vojislav Sesslj has already stated the conditions under which he would accept possible provisional release, and if the Serbian government denied his wishes that would constitute a direct attack on him.