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BELGRADE - Serbian Energy Minister Zorana Mihajlovic signed on Tuesday on behalf of the Serbian government the Memorandum of Understanding with officials of the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) and the Swiss company Alpiq Central Europe, which will assist EPS in electricity trade on the European power market.

Serbia beginning effort to reduce discrimination

A recent survey shows that discrimination is widespread, and even tolerated, in Serbia.

Protection for Equality Commissioner Nevena Petrusic (centre) holds a press conference on the survey results on February 28th. [Vesna Andic/RFE/RL]

BELGRADE - Experts from four countries, members of the Visegrad Group, shared their experience on direct payment and the link between the national and the European agricultural market with their colleagues from the Serbian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management in the seminar on EU's Common Agricultural Policy held on Monday in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - The Serbian legislation has mostly been harmonized with the EU acquis, as shown by the first screenings concerning Chapters 2 and 19 which deal with the freedom of movement for workers, social policy and employment, with some fine adjustments pending, heads of the groups tasked with leading the negotiations on these chapters told reporters on Monday.

Croatia and Serbia will look to the future, officials say

BELGRADE – The Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Sunday expressed deep concern and protest over the inhuman treatment to which Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Citizens’ Initiative ‘Serbia, Democracy, Justice’ is subjected to in a Pristina prison.

BELGRADE - German Ambassador to Serbia Heinz Wilhelm has said that Mercedes-Benz’ cooperation with Serbian companies is a good signal to other large German companies to invest in Serbia.

CACAK – Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said Saturday that the Brussels-based talks with Pristina will resume after Serbia’s March elections.

He told a press conference in Cacak, central Serbia, that the recent arrest of Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Citizens’ Initiative ‘Serbia, Democracy, Justice’ is harmful to Belgrade-Pristina relations.

BELGRADE - In the context of reforms and European integration process, improving the position of women in Serbia is closely connected with the necessity to use all development potential of society, women involved in Serbia’s European integration process told Tanjug on the occasion of the 2014 International Women's Day.

BRUSSELS - The next round of the talks concerning the normalization of the relations between Belgrade and Pristina has not been scheduled yet and it is unknown when it will be held, Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson of the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, told reporters on Friday.