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Charge for plastic bags to be introduced next month
In a bid to reduce waste the country produces, a 0.05- to 0.1-euro charge for disposable plastic bags will be introduced at supermarkets next month, the Environment Ministry has announced.
Vucic: Defence industry, tourism could boost economic cooperation with Slovenia
BELGRADE - Military economic cooperation and tourism are offering a good opportunity for boosting Serbia's economic relations with Slovenia, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said Monday.
Nikolic: Serbia, Slovenia have never had poor relationship
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic told Slovenian PM Miro Cerar Monday his visit to Serbia had given a new dimension to the relations between their countries, in particular in the economy.
"Serbia and Slovenia have never had a poor relationship, and particularly today, there is no reason for that," a statement from the presidential press office quoted Nikolic as saying.
Serbia, Slovenia maintaining good defense cooperation
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Defense Zoran Djordjevic and his Slovenian counterpart Andreja Katic on Monday noted the significance of further development of military-economic cooperation between the two countries.
Stefanovic, Vulin, Znidar discuss migrant crisis
BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and Minister of Interior Nebojsa Stefanovic and Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Aleksandar Vulin discussed the migrant crisis with Slovenian Minister of Interior Vesna Gyorkos Znidar in Belgrade Monday.
Digital doesn't transform anything. You can only choose to be transformed using digital technologies
He is lecturing in Slovenia on November 11 on the occasion of Annual Presidents' Forum at IEDC-Bled School of Management. Joe Peppard is a Professor at ESMT, Germany, where he designs, directs and teaches on customized executive development and intervention programs for customers such as ThyssenKrupp, Bosch, E.ON, and Munich-Re.
Vucic: No open issues between Serbia, Slovenia
BELGRADE - Serbia's relations with Slovenia are improving all the time - economic cooperation is on an upward trajectory and there are almost no open issues between the two countries, with the exception of some segments of succession, PM Aleksandar Vucic said Monday.
Slovenian PM Cerar ceremonially welcomed in Belgrade
BELGRADE - Slovenian PM Miro Cerar, who is scheduled to meet with Serbian top officials later in the day, was ceremonially welcomed outside the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade Monday.
Cerar, who is heading a Slovenian government delegation, was greeted by his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic.
European Funds Contribute to 4% Increase of Bulgaria's GDP for 2015
Romania is doing worse in terms of utilising European funds than Bulgaria, stated Vittoria Alliata di Villafranca who is heading a team at General Directorate Regional Policy of the European Commission and is responsible for Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia.
Dr Taleb D. Rifai, Secretary-General of the UNWTO: "The new tourism strategy will definitely make Slovenia a five star destination"
Additionally he pointed out that the country Slovenia improve its tourism records because of hard work, not because some other locations are temporarily affected by crises of different nature. Moreover, Dr Taleb emphasizes, that tourism can have a transformative power to foster peace and reconciliation.
Slovenian paradox: Alpine over-achiever held back by under-achieving tendencies
Would it be the astonishing natural beauty of a country where you can take a dip in the Adriatic in the morning and hit Alpine slopes after lunch? Or perhaps the environmental abundance where the waters are among the world's cleanest and brown bears roam free in one of Europe's most forested lands?
Nikolic: EU Sets Humiliating Conditions For Membership
Tomislav Nikolic - Photo: Predsednik.rs
BELGRADE - Serbia's president has accused the European Union of establishing humiliating conditions for the Balkan country's membership, RFE/RL reports.
"We never had poor relationship with Slovenia"
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic told Slovenian PM Miro Cerar that his visit to Serbia had given a new dimension to the relations between their countries.
This concerns in particular in the economy, Tanjug reported him as saying late on Monday.
Slovenia's Border Fence Alarms Migrant Experts in Croatia
Slovenia's decision to erect metal panels and other barriers on its border with Croatia, to tackle a potential surge in refugees, will increase people-smuggling and could lead to violence, Croatian experts have said.
Nikolic: Serbia wants to be in the EU
BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic told Slovenian PM Miro Cerar Monday his visit to Serbia had given a new dimension to the relations between their countries, in particular in the economy.
"Serbia and Slovenia have never had a poor relationship, and particularly today, there is no reason for that," a statement from the presidential press office quoted Nikolic as saying.