Aleksandar Vučić

PM to meet with EU official, Russian ambassador

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will on Thursday in Belgrade hold a meeting EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos.

Later during the day, the prime minister will receive the ambassador of the Russian Federation, Aleksandr Chepurin.

IMF official: Government agreed to hike electricity price

KOPAONIK -- Serbia's new precautionary arrangement with the IMF means that the country has agreed to raise the electricity price by 15 percent on April 1.

This was announced by IMF's Resident Representative for Serbia Daehaeng Kim.

President again criticizes war crimes prosecutor

BELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolic has said that Serbia's war crimes prosecutor, while autonomous in his work, is not independent from the state.

PM: There are "irregularities" in big football clubs

KOPAONIK -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday admitted there had been "thievery and irregularities" in the business dealings of Serbia's largest football clubs.

His comments came after B92 TV on Monday broadcast the first episode of its new investigative series, Reporter, dedicated to these issues.

KOPAONIK - Over the last year, Serbia made progress in the filed of public finance, but it is still facing the lack of initiative, entrepreneurial spirit and domestic investments, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Tuesday.

KOPAONIK - The 22nd Kopaonik Business Forum kicked off Tuesday in Serbia's largest ski resort, with over 600 participants to discuss over the next three days the most significant economic problems and economic reforms in the country.

Kopaonik Business Forum starts

KOPAONIK -- The 22nd Kopaonik Business Forum kicked off Tuesday in Serbia's largest ski resort, with over 600 participants taking part over the next three days.

According to announcements, they will be discussing "the most significant economic problems and economic reforms in the country."

Aleksandar Vucic, the Serbian Prime Minister, was due to open the 22nd annual Kopaonik Business Forum, held at Mt Kopaonik from March 3 to 5.

The gathering will must a record number of 600 participants, including businessmen, government officials, economic experts and representatives of banks and international financial organisations.

BELGRADE - The 22th Kopaonik Business Forum titled "Serbia 2015-2030: New Vision for Industrialization of the Economy and Modernization of the Society" will begin on Tuesday, bringing together a record number of 600 participants.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Iraqi Ambassador Falah Abdulhasan Abdulsada agreed on Monday that there are many possibilities for improving the relations between the two countries, in particular in the economy.