http://www.emg.rs/en/news/index.html EMG - Product of Ekonomist Media Group en Copyright 1999 - 2012, EMG.rs rss@emg.rs (RSS Admin) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:27:58 +0000 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:27:58 +0000 Business and Economy http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.emg.rs/img/emportal-rss.png http://www.emg.rs/en/news/index.html 144 38 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174177.html U.S. Steel Serbia had filed an urgent request that the local government allow it to use Smederevo in its name. The Smederevo city assembly agreed on Monday to allow the use of the city's name in the steel mill's new name. 174177[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174179.html Situation in area of Srebrenica municipality remains the same. All local roads are still impassable so villages in hill-mountain area of this municipality are blocked, due to great snow-drifts. 174179[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:35:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/world/174135.html The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 75 million agreement with Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi A.S for financing climate action related investments carried out by small businesses and midcap companies throughout Turkey. 174135[at]emg.rs News - WorldNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:05:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174168.html Former Slovenian foreign minister Samuel Zbogar will assume the office of the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) in Kosovo on Monday, the Slovenian press agency STA reported. 174168[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174163.html A group of about 30 unidentified people armed with stones attacked the private home of Greek President Karolos Papoulias on Asklipiou Street in central Athens late on Saturday night. 174163[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:07:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174164.html First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic last night stated that five snow clear machines will be sent to each of the municipalities where emergency situation had already been declared and the number of people participating in rescue activities increased. 174164[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:10:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174162.html One person drowned in flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Ileia prefecture throughout the night, while the local hospital was being evacuated on Sunday and a state of emergency has been declared in the towns of Pyrgos and Ancient Olympia. 174162[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:06:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174153.html The official talks between representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Serbian government kicked off with a plenary meeting at the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) on Monday. 174153[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:22:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174161.html Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday announced he is stepping down, after weeks of political turmoil and social unrest. The current Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu has been named interim Prime Minister . 174161[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:01:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174152.html The Serbian dinar is down 48 paras or 0.5 percent against the euro on Monday, setting the official middle exchange rate at RSD 105.9984 per euro, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) has said in a release. 174152[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:20:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174134.html A code orange inclement weather warning will come into effect on Sunday, 6 pm for the southern and south-eastern part of the country, according to the National Weather Service. 174134[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:05:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174126.html Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic stated on Sunday that it would be good to find a strategic partner for the Smederevo steel mill as soon as possible, adding that the government will start recovering the plant's losses as of March. 174126[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:38:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174133.html There is a ground for Macedonia to expect further boosting of the cooperation with Russia in the agricultural sphere, Minister Ljupco Dimoski says in an interview with the ITAR-TASS News Agency ahead of his visit to Moscow in mid-February. 174133[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:02:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174125.html Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic pointed out in Munich on Sunday that Germany still has not decided what their stance with respect to Serbia's candidate status would be at the next meeting of EU foreign ministers. 174125[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:36:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174132.html Presentations of Macedonia's business opportunities abroad will boost the inflow of foreign investments in the country, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski told reporters on Sunday. 174132[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:01:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174124.html First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic will visit on 6 February at 12.00 the district and municipal centres for emergency situations in Sjenica, the municipal building, and after that fire and rescue units in this place. 174124[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174131.html A programme to distribute early-morning snacks to school pupils who are unable to afford them due to the economic crisis will begin in Thessaloniki schools on February 6. 174131[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:59:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174123.html Minister of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management Dusan Petrovic and Ambassador of the EU Delegation in Serbia Vincent Degert will address the conference on the occasion of presenting the project "Study of mapping flood zones in Serbia" on 6 February at 11.00, at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Spanskih Boraca 74. 174123[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:32:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174130.html Schools in Split-Dalmatia County will remain closed on Monday because of the heavy snow that hit the area over the past three days, the local emergency management centre said on Sunday. 174130[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:57:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174122.html Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Milutin Mrkonjic announced that the construction of the section of Corridor 11 motorway from Ljig to Preljina, 40.2 kilometres long, should start in one month in cooperation with partners from Azerbaijan. 174122[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:29:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174129.html Hillary Clinton praised Bulgaria"s transition period, law enforcement sector, taxes, partnership in NATO and Roma integration. Shale gas exploration and production was one of the issues under discussion, but Clinton"s visit will not bring cancelation of the moratorium, until it is proven that the method is safe for the environment. 174129[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:42:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174121.html Minister of Religion and the Diaspora Srdjan Sreckovic met during his visit to the United States with representatives of St. Luke Serbian Orthodox Church in Washington, Serbian Unity Congress and Serbian-American Medical Association. 174121[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:23:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174128.html Code orange will be in force in Western Bulgaria on Monday. For the rest of the country code yellow will be issued, Bulgarian Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova said at a press conference, FOCUS News Agency reported. 174128[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:41:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174120.html The authorities believe that 70,000 homes have been snowed in while 5,000 kilometers of roads are impassable. Around 3,000 rescue workers are currently engaged in operations nationwide. 174120[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:20:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174127.html Management of ''Agrokomerc" will issue measures for minimum running of production in two factories in the next 15 days, that was one of the conclusions adopted yesterday at the meeting of Federal Minister of Energy, Mining and Industry Erdal Trhulj and representatives of federal, cantonal and municipal authority, held in "Agrokomerc". 174127[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:39:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174119.html The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission and the Serbian government will launch Monday in Belgrade a new round of talks on implementation of the 2012 budget, agreed fiscal policy measures and adherence to fiscal rules. 174119[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:18:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174118.html Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic stated on Sunday that the country will not have difficulties with the public debt servicing in 2012, and added that the government will not increase value added tax (VAT) by the end of its mandate. 174118[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:14:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174101.html The high-tech equipment will be promoted with the projection of documentary "Pina" by Wim Wenders. The film is a tribute to famous choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director Pina Bausch (1940-2009). 174101[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:32:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/region/174100.html The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, supported by the Red Cross, set up a temporary shelter for homeless, which will work each day from 20-23.00h as long as the temperatures are below -5C. During the same period mobile teams will visit gathering locations of homeless, offering them hot tea, soup and blankets. 174100[at]emg.rs News - RegionNews Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:30:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174115.html The Serbian government has declared this evening an emergency situation in the territory of entire Serbia because by regular means it is not possible to solve multiple problems caused by heavy snowfall and cold weather - from cleaning roads to supplying food, medicines and electricity. 174115[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:17:00 +0000