Tanjug

BELGRADE - The Serbian police are still intensively working on the case of Pescanik website takedown, Police Director Milorad Veljovic told Tanjug on Tuesday.

Veljovic explained that the investigation is being conducted in close cooperation with the Prosecutor's Office for Hi-Tech Crime.

BELGRADE - The oppositional Democratic Party (DS) has leveled criticism on Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic who said, commenting on alleged censorship of the media and a statement by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, that many from the international community are conducting a campaign against him and his family.

BELGRADE - The steel company Zelezara Smederevo could get a strategic partner soon and revive its production, since the US based Esmark Steel Group is interested in a partnership, but the Serbian government will have the last say.

NINGBO – The state secretary at the Serbian Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Stevan Nikcevic has met with Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng to discuss a project aimed at modernising the rail line from Belgrade to Budapest that could be worth over EUR 1 billion, the Serbian ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

BELGRADE - The Slavko Curuvija Foundation welcomed the decision of the Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office to press charges against the suspects for the murder of journalist Slavko Curuvija and supported the work of the Commission for investigating murders of journalists, the Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office and the other competent institutions in this field.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister without Portfolio responsible for EU integration Jadranka Joksimovic said Thursday that preparations are underway for application to the EU Solidarity Fund and for redirecting unused IPA funds to urgent repair projects in Serbia.

BELGRADE - The regulations in Serbia are at 41.8 percent of the desired standard, which is 10 percent higher than last year, but implementation of laws and breached deadlines in the implementation of by-laws is still the biggest issue, according to what was said at the presentation of the second annual Regulatory Index of Serbia (RIS) on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The flood damage to the first and second category roads in Serbia has been estimated at EUR 40 million, Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said on Thursday, noting that there are still no complete data on the damage inflicted to local roads.

BELGRADE - An Office for quick answers, to facilitate communication with citizens and ensure faster handling of their
requests, has been opened at the Serbian Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy, the ministry said in a release on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic and senior vice-president of sports infrastructure development company AECOM Riad Nashif signed a protocol of cooperation in the field of public private partnership.

The UAE-based AECOM expressed interest in cooperation with Serbia, Udovicic said Monday.