Aleksandar Vučić

IMF decides on deal on Feb. 23, public debt "under control"

BELGRADE -- Dusan Vujovic said on Friday that the Board of Executive Directors of the IMF would decide on the new precautionary arrangement with Serbia on February 23.

BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Dusan Vujovic said on Friday that the Board of Executive Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would decide on the new precautionary arrangement with Serbia in Washington on February 23.

BERLIN - Peter Friedrich, Baden-Wuerttemberg's minister for the Bundesrat, Europe and International Affairs in the Bundesrat (Federal Council), has said that Serbia plays a crucial role in stabilization of the Balkans, adding that Belgrade has to work at full speed on normalization of relations with Pristina.

WASHINGTON - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated that the dismissal of Serb minister in the Kosovo government Aleksandar Jablanovic would have a negative impact on the continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, but he added that the talks in Brussels need to continue in a level-headed manner.

Croatia's Prime Minister has warned that Zagreb may block Serbia’s EU negotiation procees if a law Serbia adopted on war crimes in 2003 is not withdrawn.

Vucic to attend Munich Security Conference

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Munich on February 6 and 7 and attend the Munich Security Conference.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet with Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn in Brussels on February 9.

Vucic and Hahn agreed to meet in a phone call on Thursday.

The officials also agreed to intensify their contacts.

Germany "not hindering Serbia on its EU path"

BRUSSELS -- Germany "is not hindering Serbia on its European integration path but it still insists on respect of fundamental enlargement process principles."

This is according to German politician and European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister.

BELGRADE - Over 100 companies based in Baden-Wuerttemberg have good experience of doing business in Serbia, and many others are interested in investing in the country, President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) Marko Cadez said on Wednesday.

Serbia pitched as gateway to "billion-people market"

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was in Stuttgart, Germany on Wednesday where took part in a business conference dubbed, "Think New Opportunities, Think Serbia."

Vuci met with met with representatives of German companies interested in investing in Serbia during his one-day working visit.