Serbian media

BELGRADE -Sasa Mirkovic, state secretary at the ministry of culture and information, said on Wednesday that he does not agree with the assessment set out by the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) that journalists' standing has deteriorated in 2014, and noted that the report of that organization shows that there is less fear and distrust.

BELGRADE - Partizan Belgrade and Greece's Asteras played to a goalless draw in Belgrade late Thursday in the last, 6th round of the UEFA Europa League Group C.

The match marked the end of both clubs' European campaigns as Tottenham Hotspur and Besiktas had already secured their spots in the next stage of the competition.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government has decided to establish a national investment committee, tasked with coordinating and preparing investment projects from the field of infrastructure, planning investments and ensuring the compliance of sources of financing.

Serbian government's EU integration policy "impressive"

BELGRADE -- Trilateral Commission's Jean-Claude Trichet says the Serbian government policy of progressive EU integration is "clear, impressive and convincing."

BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted on Saturday the national flood recovery program for those living in housing facilities that were damaged or destroyed as a result of the floods and landslides, which envisages grants-in-aid for 2,000 families that did not exercise the right up to this point.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government will discuss the draft law on budget review and decisions that envisage cuts in salaries and pensions in the public sector at Wednesday's session, Tanjug was told in the Serbian government.

The government's Committee on Finance will declare its stance on these decisions on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - A few thousand lawyers rallied in front of the Serbian government's building in central Belgrade on Monday demanding their requests be met.

The Bar Association of Serbia said that around 4,000 lawyers from across Serbia gathered in Belgrade on Monday marking a month since they went on strike.

BELGRADE - The British company Mineco will build four mini hydropower plants in Serbia, Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic announced on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government's Office for Human and Minority Rights Suzana Paunovic said Wednesday that the European Commission (EC) progress report expresses a positive assessment of Serbia's progress in the promotion of human rights and freedoms.

Two chapters "could be opened by end of year"

BELGRADE -- As early as this year, Belgrade could open one or two chapters in its EU accession talks, says Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz.