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BELGRADE - The 2014 international Fire and Rescue, Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition, also known as 112 Expo, opened in Belgrade on Tuesday with the message that investment in safety is not an expenditure, but something that could save lives.

BELGRADE - The expert group in charge of labour legislations held its first meeting on Thursday, during which they agreed that the preparation of the legislations in the sectors of labour and relations between social partners should be completed within a year.

BELGRADE - The members of the Social Economic Council of Serbia have not come to an agreement on the minimum price of labour for next year, Labour Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Sunday.

"It means that the government will decide on it at one of its upcoming meetings," he told reporters after a meeting of the council.

Prime Minister David Cameron on Sept. 9 announced a last-minute trip to Scotland to campaign against independence as supporters of the United Kingdom rallied to counter a surge in separatist support ahead of next week's referendum.
      

Prime Minister David Cameron on Sept. 9 announced a last-minute trip to Scotland to campaign against independence as supporters of the United Kingdom rallied to counter a surge in separatist support ahead of next week's referendum.
      

BELGRADE - Serbia's Labour Minister Aleksandar Vulin met with Macedonian Ambassador Vera Jovenska Tipko on Omnday to discuss improvements to the cooperation between the two countries, especially in social security and employment.

The two also discussed Serbia's activities regarding the anniversary of the start of World War One, the Labour Ministy stated.

BELGRADE - The 73rd anniversary of the death of five patriots, who were hanged by the German occupation forces at the Terazije square in Belgrade in 1941, was marked on Sunday by laying wreaths at the memorial dedicated to the victims.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday he believed it possible to find a solution for around 40 restructuring companies and save them from bankruptcy.

Serbia's government held a special session in the southern city of Nis on Monday to which they traveled by bus.

The cabinet was in Nis to mark the 100th anniversary of the declaration of outbreak of war between Austria-Hungary and the then Kingdom of Serbia in 1914, the event that touched off a four-year European conflagration.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Labour Minister Aleksandar Vulin has said the amendments to the labour law will make it easier to hire new people, and not lay off the existing employees.

"This is a reform law that has to be adopted, and it will be impossible to put our economy back on its feet without it.