National Employment Service

Xhelili was arrested on Monday night after being shown on a local television station last week asking for sex from a 20-year-old woman who had recently been employed by the municipality.

A total of 739,073 unemployed persons were on the register of the National Employment Service (NZS) in July.

According to the data of the national stats office, the number of people out of work dropped by 6,937 or 0.93 percent when compared to the June figures.

A new study by the Association of Free and Independent Trade Unions shows only 15 per cent of private companies in Serbia are paying worker's salaries on time.

About 600,000 workers from the private sector receive their pay a month or two late, or more, while around 50,000 employees in companies are not receiving a salary at all.

This is the first study of this type in Serbia.

761,878 people were registered as unemployed at the National Employment Service (NZS) in April - down by 4,622 or 0.6 percent against the previous month.

BELGRADE - Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali and the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport on Monday unveiled an EU support project for Roma employment, which includes training for 100 unemployed Roma who want to start their own businesses.

BELGRADE - Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin said on Monday that last year saw a drop in Serbia's unemployment rate from 23 to 17.6 percent, and the government will strive to keep it at the same level and reduce it, if possible, primarily through youth employment schemes.

BELGRADE - This year's Serbian government program to deal with the issue of surplus employees in the enterprises that should be privatized in processes led by the Privatization Agency, including 188 of them that will file for bankruptcy, has entered into force, the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia has said.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran Care and Social Affairs Aleksandar Vulin conferred on Friday with Regional Director for South-East Europe Ellen Goldstein who headed the World Bank (WB) delegation.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment, Social Affairs and veteran Care Aleksandar Vulin stated on Wednesday that representatives of the World Bank (WB) expressed readiness to back programmes aimed at encouragement of employment in Serbia.

KRALJEVO - National Employment Service (NSZ) Director Zoran Martinovic presented in Kraljevo on Thursday the implementation of active employment policy measures and current trends on the Serbian labour market.

The latest survey, which covered the third quarter, shows that the unemployment rate has dropped to below 20 percent, which was the government's goal, Martinovic said.