Lazar Krstic

New government to continue EU integration, economic reforms

BELGRADE - The new government of Serbia will continue to pursue the policy of the EU integration, accelerated financial consolidation and economic development, Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday in the talks with members of the delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Zoran Djindjic's commemoration

BELGRADE - Serbian government officials laid in the centre of Belgrade on Wednesday a wreath at the commemorative plaque dedicated to Serbia's assassinated Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, with members of Djindjic's government, citizens and party associates also there to pay their respects.

Djogovic: UAE loan should be used to cut debt

BELGRADE - Serbia should use the USD 1 billion loan granted by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to pay back expensive loans and launch reforms, economist Sasa Djogovic of the Belgrade Institute for Market Research (IZIT) stated on Thursday.

We received a loan from UAE on more favourable terms than currently available on the market, Djogovic told a news conference.

Serbia signs agreement on UAE loan

BELGRADE/ABU DHABI - Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Finance Hamad Al Hurr Al Suwaidi and Serbian Finance Minister Lazar Krstic signed in Abu Dhabi on Thursday an agreement on the USD 1 billion loan from the United Arab Emirates to the Serbian budget.

Krstic said that the loan agreement reflects a considerable strengthening of the two countries' ties.

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