Serbian media

Serbia offered for sale its national news agency Tanjug without setting a minimum price on Friday as part of a privatization drive aimed at cutting budget deficit.

Several other loss-making state-owned media outlets, including radio stations and press centres were also put up for sale. 

BELGRADE - The EU expects Serbia to slowly join its positions, says Ernst Reichel, the German Foreign Office Special Envoy for South-Eastern Europe, Turkey and the EFTA States.

BELGRADE - President of the Belgrade Forum for Political Excellence Sonja Liht said on Wednesday the past should be fought with joint effort, adding that she was pleased there was room for optimism.

BELGRADE - Five police unions went on strike throughout Serbia on Friday, the Autonomous Police Union (NSP), who organised the strike, has stated.

BELGRADE - Serbian Economy Minister Zeljko Sertic met on Wednesday with the representatives of Japan Business Federation 'Keidanren' and discussed the promotion of Serbian-Japanese economic cooperation.

BRUSSELS - The European Commission's (EC) annual report on Serbia notes significant or moderate progress in most fields related to the EU integration process, but criticism concerning human rights, primarily those of the LGBT population, and the pace of reforms, Tanjug learns.

BELGRADE - The fiscal consolidation measures that the Serbian government intends to adopt are very significant, says British Ambassador to Serbia Denis Keefe.

BELGRADE - The 55th October Salon opened at a packed Belgrade City Museum late Friday, featuring works by 32 Serbian and international artists.

Disappearing Things, the concept of this year's Salon - proposed by curators Nikolaus Schaffhausen and Vanessa Joan Miller - is inspired by the phenomenon of Internet social networks, in particular, the Snapchat application.

BELGRADE - US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby commended on Friday Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on making a difficult and brave decision to adopt the measures needed to stabilise the country's finances.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met with UAE Sheikh Moammed bin Zayed on Thursday and said afterwards the two of them had analysed the results of cooperation on the Belgrade Waterfront project.

It will constitute a great success if the upcoming busines results of Air Serbia show profit, Vucic ststed.