Tanjug

KOPAONIK – A visit should be paid to Serbia in May by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign minister and a UAE business delegation who want to explore opportunities for business cooperation, Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) President Zeljko Sertic told Tanjug.

“This is a good and quality way to go that could bring economic growth,” Sertic said.

BELGRADE - Over the past year and a half, Serbia has pursued a policy of being a reliable partner to investors, and it will continue to do so in the coming period, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said at a meeting with a delegation of construction materials maker Lafarge Serbia.

BELGRADE – An exhibition of thematic prints on the love magic practiced by the Warlpiri and Kukatja people of the Central and Western Deserts of Australia was opened at the Museum of Applied Arts (MPU) in Belgrade on Thursday.

BELGRADE - A giant sculpture of Ricky Rabbit by famous Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman was set up at the Nikola Pasic Square in Belgrade on Friday.

The rabbit is 14 m tall and will be at the square for three weeks as an announcement that the festival MAD in Belgrade will take place May 24-25 at the park outside the Museum of Modern Art in Belgrade.

KOPAONIK - Serbia investment conference will be held in Paris on May 23 and attended by representatives of 50 large French companies that are potential investors in Serbia, Chairman of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce Zeljko Sertic has announced.

BELGRADE - National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic said Friday that it is vital for the one-billion-dollar loan from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to be channeled into areas where it can be controlled and used most effectively.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic and representatives of the German company Stratic discussed on Thursday the company's intentions to start production in Backa Palanka and employ 600 workers in the next three years.

BELGRADE - Head of Zeleznice Srbije Dragoljub Simonovic and head of RZD International, a subsidiary of the Russian national railway company, Sergey Pavlov signed in Belgrade on Thursday a contract concerning a loan from Russia to reconstruct 6 sections of Corridor 10 with a total length of 112 km.

The government of Serbia approved unanimously the USD 1B loan from the United Arab Emirates late on Wednesday.

Owing to the loan, Serbia will save USD 40M annually, or approximately USD 400M over the period of ten years, Finance Minister Lazar Krstic pointed out, Serbian Tanjug reports.

KOPAONIK - The new Serbian government will have much to do, but its most important task is to seize the historic opportunity presented by the EU accession process and continue the initiated reforms, ambassadors of leading European countries said on Thursday.