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Ambassador Pribicevic presents credentials to Queen Elizabet
LONDON - The newly-appointed Ambassador of Serbia to Great Britain Ognjen Pribicevic presented his credentials to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, by which his term in office has officially begun.
Pribicevic was appointed as Ambassador of Serbia to Great Britain in August 2013 by a decree of Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic.
Kopaonik Business Forum-Changing Serbia in a Changing Europe
BELGRADE - "Changing Serbia in a Changing Europe" will be the central topic of the 21st Kopaonik Business Forum, with around 500 participants, which will be held from March 4-6, President of the Serbian Association of Economists (SES) Aleksandar Vlahovic announced on Tuesday.
Macroeconomic situation in Serbia "difficult"
Macroeconomic situation in Serbia "difficult"
BELGRADE -- Director of the Center for Advanced Economic Studies Kori Udovički has said that the macroeconomic situation in Serbia is "very difficult."
Kurz in Belgrade with message of encouragement to reforms
VIENNA - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz will visit Belgrade on Wednesday with, as announced, a message of encouragement for the continuation of the reform process.
Kurz will have separate meetings with Serbia's President Tomislav Nikolic, First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, and Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic.
Udovicki: Macroeconomic situation is difficult
BELGRADE - Director of the Center for Advanced Economic Studies Kori Udovicki said Tuesday that the macroeconomic situation in Serbia is very difficult, adding that a delegations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is visiting our country to determine how urgent are measures that will have to be taken by Serbia’s new government.
Croatia did not exhume 400 known gravesites
BELGRADE - Coordination of the Serbian Associations of Families of Missing Persons from the territory of former Yugoslavia stated on Tuesday that the Zagreb government's insistence on resolution of the issue of missing persons in the past war is “insincere and hypocritical”, having in mind that the remains of 400 Serb victims have still not been exhumed from known gravesites in Croatia.
Parties have three more days to submit their lists
BELGRADE - Parties, coalitions and citizens' groups that want to participate in Serbia’s early parliamentary elections on March 16 have three more days to submit their candidate lists, until February 28 at midnight.
"Dialogue has to be continued, results implemented"
"Dialogue has to be continued, results implemented"
BELGRADE -- After elections on March 16, "Serbia must continue reforms and the dialogue with Priština with renewed vigor and implement the results of the dialogue."
This is what Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has told the Belgrade-daily Danas in an interview ahead of his visit here on Wednesday.
Contracts signed on road projects in southern Serbia
PIROT - Minister of Regional Development and Local Self-Government Igor Mirovic signed on Tuesday with representatives of nine municipalities in southern Serbia contracts on the allocation of funds for infrastructure projects.
Zimonjic and Nestor reach quarterfinals in Dubai
DUBAI - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Canada's Daniel Nestor have reached the quarterfinals in the men's doubles category of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
They beat Omar Awadhy and Hamad Abbas Janahi from the United Arab Emirates 6-4 6-0 on Tuesday.
The prize fund for the tournament is USD 2.3 million.
Photo Tanjug/M. Jelesijevic
Dacic, Vucic meet ETUC delegation
BELGRADE - A delegation of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) headed by General Secretary Bernadette Segol visited Belgrade on Tuesday and conferred with Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.
NBS releases data on bank interest rates
BELGRADE - Erste Bank has the highest unauthorized overdraft interest rate, 81.56 percent, of all the Banks in Serbia, while Dunav banka has the lowest, 16.34 percent, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) has said.
German and Austrian businessmen express interest in Serbia
VIENNA - Businessmen in Austria and Germany are interested to enter Serbian market and the opportunity is to be used to Serbia's advantage, Ivan Gros, chairman of the Managing Board of the Serbian Economic Senate, said Tuesday.
IMF in Belgrade on Wednesday on precautionary arrangement?
BELGRADE - A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is coming to Serbia on Wednesday, Tanjug learnt at the IMF office in Belgrade, and according to a previous announcement, the topics to be discussed will include a potential precautionary arrangement with Serbia.
Air Serbia moves to new check-in system
Air Serbia moves to new check-in system
BELGRADE -- Air Serbia is on Tuesday move from its existing, Gaetan check-in system at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport to a new one, called SabreSonic Check-In.