Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic

GENEVA - Serbia remains committed to the high standards of representative democracy, rule of law, human rights and gender equality, as well as peace, security and peaceful coexistence with Balkan and European neighbors, Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic, who heads the Serbian delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), said Monday.

Farmers' organisations from the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina and several political parties are asking for the withdrawal of the new legislation because they claim it creates the conditions for corruption and is unfair to small farmers.

"For the first time in history, Serbia will offer the owners of small farms of up to 30 hectares to buy a part of the state-owned agricultural land."

Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic made this statement on Friday.

ZASAVICA - The Suva Planina, Rtanj and Belanica will be declared as areas of national importance in 2015, and the Serbian government has allocated special funds to the amount of RSD 210 million as assistance to the functioning of protected areas and areas of special importance, Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic stated on Friday.

BRUSSELS - The European Commission (EC) backs Serbia's agricultural producers, but it is not particularly happy over the introduction of protection measures for meat and milk and hopes that they will be only temporary, Serbia's Minister of Agriculture Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic has said.

BRUSSELS - Serbia and Baden-Wurttemberg will work together on drafting a project of a bio-energy village that will use biomass to produce electricity, Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic told Tanjug on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic on Monday discussed plans for investments in Serbia with US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby and representatives of the US company CLOVER, as well as possibilities for cooperation.

BELGRADE - The total material damage caused by extreme climate and weather conditions in Serbia since 2000 is estimated at over EUR 5 billion, Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic said on Monday.

PANCEVO - Serbian Minister of Agriculture Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic said on Wednesday that she expects the implementation of a project related to development of sheep breeding and exports of Serbian lamb meat to China to start very soon.

BELGRADE - Minister of Agriculture Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic presented on Tuesday the Strategy of Agriculture and Rural Development of Serbia from 2014 to 2024.