Zorana Mihajlovic

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic announced on Wednesday she would sign a protocol on reconstruction of the Belgrade-Zagreb rail line with her Croatian counterpart on March 5 and that the two countries would jointly apply for EU funds.

''We are starting work on signing agreements on water and rail transport with Serbia.'' This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski after the meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of Serbia Zorana Mihajlovic.

BELGRADE - A large number of Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) officials want early parliamentary elections to be called simultaneously with the Belgrade local elections, the Vecernje novosti daily reported ahead of an extraordinary SNS Presidency session scheduled for Wednesday.

This is according to a poll conducted by the Politika daily and the Faktor Plus pollster, published on Wednesday, and cited by Tanjug.

Respondents were also asked to rate prime minister Ana Brnabic and members of her cabinet, and gave Brnabic the second highest mark - 3.1.

BELGRADE - A working group tasked with improving Serbia's ranking in the World Bank's Doing Business list met Wednesday to discuss the country's achievements in this regard and plans for improvement of business conditions and progress in 2018.

Dragan Covic, Mladen Ivanic, and Bakir Izetbegovic were welcomed by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, in front of the Palace of Serbia in New Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM Zorana Mihajlovic and Tomislav Nikolic, president of the National Council for Cooperation with China and Russia, on Monday discussed infrastructure projects Serbia is undertaking with Chinese and Russian firms.

Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic says she sees the upcoming visit of President Aleksandar Vucic to Sarajevo as "a visit to the future".

Mihajlovic told RTS that Serbia is "the backbone to the countries in the region, as well as when it comes EU's support for this part of Europe."

After two years of drafting and an early withdrawal from procedure, Serbia should get a new law on gender equality this fall, Beta has reported.

One of its provisions will be 40-percent quotas for women in state bodies of administration and leadership, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic announced on August 23.

Serbian minister Zorana Mihajlovic met on Thursday in Belgrade President and CEO of South Korea's Incheon International Airport Joung Chung Il-young.