Aleksandar Vučić

Daily: Russia cuts gas deliveries over unpaid debt

BELGRADE -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to cut gas deliveries to Serbia by 28 percent, writes the Belgrade-based daily Danas.

"World Shadow Government" group meets in Belgrade

BELGRADE -- The Trilateral Commission is holding a regional meeting of its European group in Belgrade from Friday until Sunday.

In it report, Tanjug noted that the group is "frequently referred to as 'World Shadow Government'."

BELGRADE - The upcoming meeting of the European branch of the Trilateral Commission, set to open in Belgrade on Friday, will bring together participants from all European countries, who will discuss the progress of the entire region on the path towards EU accession, says Tahir Hasanovic, president of the organising committee of the European Trilateral Conference in Belgrade.

Public call for privatization of Smederevo steel mill

BELGRADE -- Serbia's Privatization Agency has invited all interested parties to submit letters of interest for the privatization of Železara Smederevo steel mill.

The decision to announce the public call was made by the Serbian government on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic is paying an official visit to Prague, where he will meet with Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Bohuslav Sobotka.

According to the Czech government's website, the talks will focus on cooperation in the fields of railway infrastructure, health care, water management, defense and security, and the process of Serbia's EU accession.

Vučić thanked for "support in battle against ISIL"

BELGRADE -- U.S. President Barack Obama has thanked Aleksandar Vučić "for Serbia's support to the international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant."

This is what U.S.State Secretary John Kerry informed Vučić on Thursday, said a statement.

BELGRADE - US President Barack Obama has thanked Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic for Serbia's support to the international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), US State Secretary John Kerry informed Vucic on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will pay an official visit to Prague on Friday and meet with Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Bohuslav Sobotka.

According to the Czech government's website, the talks will focus on cooperation in the fields of railway infrastructure, health care, water management, defense and security, and the process of Serbia's EU accession.

PM and EU official tour village damaged during floods

ŠID -- PM Aleksandar Vučić and head of the EU delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport visited on Thursday the village of Jamena, in northwest Serbia.

They toured the post-flood repair works in the municipality of Šid funded by the European Union with EUR 620,000.

Serbia's government reached a decision Thursday concerning launching an initiative to privatize the Zelezara Smederevo steelworks.

The country's Privatization Agency will Friday invite all interested investors to submit their expressions of interest for participating in the privatization of Zelezara Smederevo, says a statement from today's government meeting.