http://www.emg.rs/en/news/serbia/index.html EMG - Product of Ekonomist Media Group en Copyright 1999 - 2012, EMG.rs rss@emg.rs (RSS Admin) Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:47:19 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:47:19 +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/serbia/index.html 144 38 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174438.html "There are no disagreements with the IMF, as it is misinterpreted in the public. We have reached an agreement on realizing the first review of the arrangement after the setting up of the new government and the adoption of the budget review. At the same time, the status of the arrangement with IMF remains unchanged," the prime minister said in an interview for Friday's edition of Vecernje Novosti. 174438[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:13:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174458.html An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission headed by Zuzana Murgasova visited Serbia during February 2-9, 2012 for discussions on the status of the precautionary Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Serbia. Ms. Murgasova issued the following statement today in Belgrade: 174458[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:58:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174437.html The Serbian president will in Nova Varos talk with representatives of the emergency headquarters of the municipalities of Nova Varos and Prijepolje, after which he will visit workers engaged in clearing snow, the president's press service released. 174437[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:12:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174436.html Decision on Serbia's candidacy for the presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be taken in Vienna on Friday, OSCE has confirmed to Tanjug. 174436[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:11:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174407.html First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic will open the ceremony marking the 112 European Day, a system for responding to emergencies, on 10 February, at 14.00, the Palace of Serbia, Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 2, hall "Beograd", east entrance. 174407[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:13:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174406.html Serbia's balance of payments deficit in the period from January to November 2011 totaled USD 3.44 billion which is 39 percent more than in the respective period in 2010, reads the magazine Conjuncture Trends of Serbia, published by the Serbian Chamber of Commerce. 174406[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:11:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174405.html The precautionary arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has not been terminated nor has it collapsed -it is still in effect, but its review has been postponed until the middle of the year, economic advisor to the Serbian prime minister Jurij Bajec told Tanjug on Thursday. 174405[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:09:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174404.html The dinar will continue to slide for the fifth consecutive day on Friday, despite an intervention by the central bank which sold EUR 68.5 million on the foreign exchange market, hitting a record low official middle exchange rate of RSD 109.1794 for one euro, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) has announced. 174404[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:08:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174403.html Representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated at Thursday's meeting with Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic that the first review of the arrangement with this financial institution will take place after the adoption of the budget revision. 174403[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:06:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174402.html Until recently a high official of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Vesna Pesic, has stated that she is leaving politics and that she will not be on any election list at the next parliamentary elections. 174402[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:05:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174401.html Serbian President Boris Tadic stated in the municipality Mali Zvorink in western Serbia on Thursday that Serbia offered the best possible response to the difficulties caused by the latest wave of low temperatures and heavy snowfall. 174401[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:03:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174400.html Serbian Police Director Milorad Veljovic visited a part of the Gendarmerie unit in the Ground Safety Zone on the administrative line with Kosovo-Metohija, and commended its members on their successful performance of exceptionally difficult tasks. 174400[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:01:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174399.html The goal of the agreement is to improve production and processing in underdeveloped parts of Serbia, increase export of fresh fruits and fruit products, garner larger income for the local population and create new jobs. 174399[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:54:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174398.html Assistant Minister of the Interior and Head of the Sector for Emergency Situations Predrag Maric stated today that 190 persons have so far been rescued and evacuated from snow-struck areas, including a 20-day old baby. 174398[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:58:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174397.html Minister of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management Dusan Petrovic said today that Serbia could achieve a good cooperation in agriculture and food industry with African and Middle Eastern countries. 174397[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:52:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174396.html Deputy Prime Minister for Economy and Regional Development Verica Kalanovic presented today in Svrljig agreements on encouraging investments for the companies DIV, Kameleon and Niska Mlekara dairy, which will hire 412 new workers in Svrljig. 174396[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:50:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174395.html The director of the government's media office, Milivoje Mihajlovic, said on Feb. 9 that electricity will be switched off in around 2,000 companies in Serbia which are not of vital interest, with the aim of protecting the national electric power system. 174395[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:48:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174394.html The Serbian government has formed a working group that will define projects for the building of the national broadband network, as published in the Official Gazette.The group's task is to define a detailed plan for the development of the national broadband network, and the role of the state telecommunication infrastructure in the functioning of this network. 174394[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:43:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174393.html United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met on Feb. 9 with Vuk Jeremic, Foreign Minister of Serbia.The Secretary-General expressed satisfaction with the recent reduction of tensions and the progress made in the restoration of freedom of movement in northern Kosovo. 174393[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:42:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174391.html Ivica Dacic will visit the dispatching centre of the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS), Vojvode Stepe 412, on 9 February at 21.00. 174391[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174377.html Year-on-year inflation continues down, driven primarily by the weakening of the cost-push pressure on food prices and low aggregate demand. The drop in year-on-year inflation rates will proceed over the coming months, due chiefly to the base effect of high monthly inflation rates recorded in early 2011. 174377[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174376.html IMF representatives stated that the first revision of this arrangement will be implemented after the adoption of the budget revision. IMF representatives will visit Belgrade again in the middle of this year. 174376[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:12:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174353.html Serbia's external debt at the end of November, 2011, totaled EUR 23.84 billion, which is up by EUR 69 million compared to October, reads the magazine Conjuncture Trends of Serbia, published by the Serbian Chamber of Commerce. 174353[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:27:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174352.html Brazil is ready to invest EUR 300 million through its Development Bank in infrastructural projects in Serbia, it was announced at the meeting between Brazil's economic delegation and Serbian Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Milutin Mrkonjic, held in Belgrade. 174352[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:26:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174350.html Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac stated in Kragujevac (central Serbia) late Tuesday that the weapons factory Zastava Arms will this year sign contracts worth almost USD 330 million, which is nearly nine times more than in 2011. 174350[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:23:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174348.html The Serbian parliament has opened on Wednesday its first extraordinary session in 2012, at which MPs will debate appointments in the domain of judiciary. 174348[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:21:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174347.html Leader of the Party of Democratic Action and Serbian MP Riza Haljimi stated on Wednesday that Serbs and ethnic Albanians should find a compromise solution to the change in the name of six streets in Bujanovac (southern Serbia), underlining that the coalition in the municipality has not broken up. 174347[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:20:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174346.html The Sretensky Monastery in Moscow has launched an action aimed at helping Serbian orthodox monasteries and churches in Kosovo-Metohija, the Ras-Prizren Diocese stated on Tuesday evening. 174346[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:18:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174345.html Two new political parties have been registered, the Movement for Serbia's Development and the Roma Union of Serbia, the Official Gazette has stated. 174345[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:17:00 +0000 http://www.ekonomist.rs/en/news/serbia/174344.html Icy weather and heavy snowfall has reduced the incidence of crime in Serbia by as much as 40 percent, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday. 174344[at]emg.rs News - SerbiaNews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:15:00 +0000