Belgrade Faculty of Economics

BELGRADE - In spite of short-term uncertainty, stronger economic recovery is expected in 2023 and 2024, and economic growth in the Western Balkans will exceed that of Western European economies, says Intesa Sampaolo Chairman Gian Maria Gros-Pietro.

BELGRADE - Serbia's creative industries sector registered a 5.8-6.3 pct share in the national GDP between 2016 and 2023, with jobs in the sector rising by 37 pct and overall exports up by as much as 81 pct, the Office for IT and eGovernment said in a statement.

"Serbia will reach Bulgarian salaries in 10 years at the earliest". This is stated in an extensive analysis of the Belgrade edition of "Danas", BGNES reported.

BELGRADE - In the eyes of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), restructuring of Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) is more important than an electricity price increase, whi? is only part of the reorganization of this public enterprise, IMF Resident Representative for Serbia Daehaeng Kim stated on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - A team of students enrolled on courses at the Tourism and Hotel Management Department of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics won the second Adria Student Innovation Contest (ASIC), an annual international competition held in Zagreb, the Faculty of Economics has said in a release.

Serbia's new Finance Minister, Dusan Vujovic, has presented a plan for the country's economic revival, based on stricter control of public spending, the fight against the "grey" economy, better rates of tax collection and reducing the costs of public companies.

Vucic's austerity plan for Serbia calls for sacrifice

A smaller public sector workforce and salary cuts are in the works to get Serbia's economy back on track.

"I ask that in the coming period you understand well how much we need these difficult measures," Serbia Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said recently of proposed budget cuts.