EMG :: Business news from Serbia 2010

Serbia receives second tranche of IMF loan

22:21 | 0 | EMportal

Governor of the National Bank of Serbia Radovan Jelasic stated that Serbia will receive today the second tranche of a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), amounting to €349.6 million. The total amount of funds received will then stand at €1.13 billion.

Ljajic to resign from Action Team

09:01 | 0 | Beta

Rasim Ljajic, the coordinator of the Action Team for locating and arresting the remaining Hague fugitives, will submit his resignation to the Serbian prime minister on Dec. 29.

Education ministry to hold press conference

09:07 | 0 | EMportal

Minister of Education Zarko Obradovic and Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Wei Jinghua will talk about China and Serbia’s cooperation in the education domain.

Milosavljevic to visit Institute for Gynaecology and Obstetrics at KCS

09:07 | 0 | EMportal

Serbian Health Minister Tomica Milosavljevic will visit the Institute for Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the Clinical Centre of Serbia (KCS) today

Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hold press conference

09:09 | 0 | EMportal

Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic will hold the annual press conference today at the government press room

Serbian government session

09:10 | 0 | EMportal

The Serbian government will hold a session today

"Serbia will take 5 to 7 years to get to EU"

09:11 | 0 | Tanjug

European Commission Vice President Jacques Barrot said that it would take Serbia five to seven years to reach all the required standards and prepare for its EU membership.

Parliament Speaker: Serbian Parliament to improve its monitoring role

09:15 | 0 | Tanjug

Parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic announced that the Parliament would work on improving its monitoring role in 2010, together with continuing its efficient legislative activity.

Tadic: There were no pressures in judiciary

09:18 | 0 | Tanjug

President Boris Tadic said that there were no political pressures in the recent election of judges and prosecutors. Reform of the judiciary sector is crucial for fighting organized crime and corruption, he said.

US Senate confirms appointment of Mary Warlick

09:19 | 0 | Tanjug

The appointment of Warlick and nine other ambassadors was approved at the last Senate session before the Christmas hilidays. US Embassy Press Attache Brian Stimmler told recently that Mary Warlick is expected to come to Serbia in mid-January.

Mrkonjic receives medal for good cooperation with Russia

09:21 | 0 | Tanjug

Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandar Konuzin gave a medal to Minister for Infrastructure Milutin Mrkonjic, as an award for the active cooperation of Russia and Serbia in the field of infrastructure.

Shoigu: Projects in Serbia to be realized in 2010

09:23 | 0 | Tanjug

Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu stated that during the next year his ministry will realize the projects in Serbia. Shoigu told that the construction of a joint center for emergency situations reaction in Serbia is underway.

Brush: Belgrade and Pristina should find practical solutions

09:26 | 0 | Tanjug

U.S. Embassy in Serbia Charge d'Affaires Jennifer Brush said she did not believe that new status negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina were possible regardless of the decision by the ICJ.

Miletic: Situation peaceful, but unstable

09:27 | 0 | EMportal

Chief of the Serbian Army General Staff Miloje Miletic assessed that the security situation along the administrative line between Kosmet and other parts of Serbia is peaceful, but unstable.

Postal vehicle car-jacked in Kosmet, one Serb injured

09:30 | 0 | EMportal

Serb Gojko Djuric has received injuries in the village of Breznik, near Gorazdevac in western Kosmet, when armed attackers stopped and car-jacked a postal vehicle with Serbian register plates.

Trial to KLA member delayed due to his absence

09:31 | 0 | EMportal

The repeated trial to a former member of the “Orahovac group” of the self-proclaimed KLA, Sinan Morina, charged with war crime against Serb civilians in southern Kosmet in July 1998, has been delayed due to defendant’s absence.

Another incident in northern Kosovska Mitrovica

09:35 | 0 | EMportal

Unidentified persons have shot this morning on the facilities of the Kosmet Chamber of Commerce, located in the multi-ethnic settlement Bosnjacka Mahala in northern Kosovska Mitrovica.

Vukcevic: big progress in investigation of organs trade

09:36 | 0 | EMportal

Serbian War Crime Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic has states that big qualitative progress has been made in the investigation on the trade in organs of kidnapped Serbs from Kosmet.

Dragutinovic calls on MPs to support 2009 budget revision bill

09:37 | 0 | EMportal

Serbian Finance Minister Diana Dragutinovic called on members of parliament today to support the 2009 budget revision, according to which revenues stand at RSD 614.9 billion and expenditure at RSD 719.85 billion.

Serbian courts to introduce shift work from Jan 1

09:39 | 0 | EMportal

Minister of Justice Snezana Malovic announced that as of January 1, 2010, courts in Serbia will start working in two shifts, which means that court clerks will be available for citizens until 8 pm.

Dragutinovic: Lay-offs in public sector as of February

09:40 | 0 | Beta

Finance Minister Diana Dragutinovic on Dec. 28 stated that as of next February there would be fewer staff in the public sector.

News Corp transfers founding rights of Fox TV to Greek company

11:49 12:59 | 0 | EMportal

The New York-based News Corporation stated that it had reached an agreement with the Athens-based Antenna Group on the transfer of 49 per cent of its foundation rights in Belgrade-based Fox Television, but the conditions of the transfer were not revealed. Greek Prime Minister George

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