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This is Where Serbian PM Will Relax This Summer

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić will spend his vacation with his kids for a weekend in hotel “Jezero“ in Bor.

Vučić still hasn't decided if he will travel this or some other weekend, but as „Blic“ learns, he will pay the costs of accommodation with his own money.

Parliament elects new finance minister

BELGRADE -- The Serbian parliament on Monday elected Dušan Vujović to the position of the new finance minister with 175 votes in favor and nine against.

The new finance minister was sworn in during the same session.

Sasa Vukasinovic, a deputy for the Progressive Party in the local assembly of Sabac, in western Serbia, has embarrassed the ruling party by saying he had now left after it failed to offer his son a job.

Vukasinovic, who was formerly a member of another political party, the United Regions of Serbia, URS, switched to the Progressives after the party took power in 2012.

PM: Contract with Fiat will remain secret

BELGRADE -- PM Aleksandar Vučić was in parliament on Thursday where he answered deputies' questions, and revealed that the Fiat contract would not be made public.

Regarding the contract "with NIS," reports quoted Vučić as saying that he "made remarks personally to Russian President Vladimir Putin."

Milan Beko New Director Of Serbian Railways

Businessman Milan Beko accepted the offer of the Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić to become the new director of „Serbian railways“. It is expected of the Government to make the final decision next week.

Businessman Milan Beko on Thursday said he had accepted an offer from Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to become director of the state-owned enterprise Serbian Railways.

“As someone who has often pointed out the problems that Serbian society and economy face, it would be extremely unfair of me to refuse such an offer,” Beko told the daily Blic newspaper on Thursday.

Government sacks heads of public enterprises

NIŠ -- The Serbian government met in Niš on Monday and decided to dismiss directors of seven public enterprises and institutions.

Vučić, Mogherini: Close and friendly bilateral relations

BELGRADE -- Serbian PM Aleksandar Vučić and Italian Foreing Minister Federica Mogherini agreed on Monday that the two countries maintain very close and friendly relations.

Serbia is once again "little Russia" - analyst

BELGRADE -- Analyst and former ambassador in France Predrag Simić says that when it comes to the Ukraine crisis, "Serbia has for now avoided serious consequences."

But he noted that this was true "except in one case which refers to the South Stream project."

FM denies Serbia has candidate for top UN job

BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has responded to reports that Vuk Jeremić is a nominee for the top UN job by saying Serbia has not yet nominated anyone.

"States put forward candidates. Serbia has not put forward its candidate yet," Dačić said.