Business & Economy
Employment rate in Serbia 37.4 percent
Saturday 18.05.2013 | 13:27 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Employment rate in Serbia is 37.4 percent and is higher among men (44.9 percent) than among women (30.5 percent) according to the results of the 2011 census.
Yesterday's news Friday, 17 May 2013
"Implementation plan necessary for EU date"
Friday 17.05.2013 | 18:00 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić has said that an agreement on a plan for the implementation of the Brussels deal will be needed for Serbia to get a date for the start of EU talks.
First deputy PM expects “neither good nor bad news”
Friday 17.05.2013 | 16:52 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Serbia’s First Deputy PM Aleksandar Vučić says that German FM Guido Westerwelle could say during his visit that he expects the implementation plan to be signed.
We won’t give Kosovo away, president says
Friday 17.05.2013 | 10:54 | Source: Mondo | Comments: (50) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Germany should understand that it is no use trying to blackmail us into slitting our wrists or committing suicide, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić says.
Two sides stands' converge, no agreement yet
Friday 17.05.2013 | 18:45 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send commentBRUSSELS -- The meeting of working groups of Belgrade and Priština on issues connected to energy and telecommunications ended on Friday without an agreement.
Nikolić hails "new chapter" in Serbia-Belarus relations
Friday 17.05.2013 | 21:20 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (3) | Send commentBELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolić said on Friday in Belgrade that a new chapter has been opened in relations between Serbia and Belarus.
Two DSS MPs fined for heckling PM
Friday 17.05.2013 | 13:38 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (9) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Serbian parliament's Administrative Committee has fined two MPs of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) who were issued warnings at a debate on April 26.
PM: Strategic cooperation with U.S. is possible
Friday 17.05.2013 | 09:38 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (4) | Send commentWASHINGTON -- Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić has said he had good talks on economic and political topics during his visit to the U.S.
Contract on north Kosovo mine signed with U.S. consortium
Friday 17.05.2013 | 16:50 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (23) | Send commentBELGRADE -- The Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Combine Trepča and U.S. consortium New Generation Power (NGP) have signed a contract on technical business cooperation.
Chinese visit Serbia to discuss Belgrade-Thessaloniki canal
Friday 17.05.2013 | 15:50 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send commentBELGRADE -- A Chinese delegation will visit Belgrade on Friday concerning the creation of a feasibility study for the Danube-Morava-Vardar ship canal.
“If Priština obstructs talks, we will turn to UN”
Friday 17.05.2013 | 11:52 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send commentBELGRADE -- If the talks on Kosovo fail because of Pristina's obstructions, other exit strategies should be considered, even returning the talks under the UN auspices.
PM: There will be no pay and pension freeze
Friday 17.05.2013 | 16:13 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Prime Minister Ivica Dačić said on Friday that the government's economic policy is aimed improving the living standard.
MUP employee guilty in presidential convoy case
Friday 17.05.2013 | 19:38 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- The First Basic Court in Belgrade has sentenced MUP driver Saša Pejović to eight months imprisonment, suspended for two years.
Rainbow Picnic against homophobia and transphobia
Friday 17.05.2013 | 21:15 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- LGBT rights organizations staged an action in a park in central Belgrade Friday to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, May 17.
"Mr. President", Beta news agency's photo of year
Friday 17.05.2013 | 13:44 | Source: Beta | Comments: (3) | Send commentBELGRADE -- The winner of Beta's 10th Photo of the Year contest is Belgrade weekly NIN's photojournalist Andrej Isaković, for his photograph entitled, "Mr. President."
German FM's visit to start with working dinner with Vučić
Friday 17.05.2013 | 12:52 | Source: Blic, Tanjug | Comments: (7) | Send commentBELGRADE -- German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will start a visit to Belgrade on Sunday, with a working dinner with Serbia's First DeputyPM Aleksandar Vučić.
Germany to make "last minute decision”
Friday 17.05.2013 | 11:51 | Source: Večernje novosti | Comments: (3) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Germany’s Bundestag will decide on a date for the start of Serbia’s EU accession talks at the last minute, daily Večernje novosti has reported.
Meeting of technical teams ends without agreement
Friday 17.05.2013 | 16:21 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBRUSSELS -- The talks between teams of Belgrade and Pristina on telecommunications and energy ended in Brussels without an agreement after more than four hours.
SNS: City of Belgrade needs "better" ruling majority
Friday 17.05.2013 | 09:17 | Source: Danas, Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Belgrade deserves a better ruling majority, not arrogant spenders and I believe this will change, Serb Progressive Party official Zorana Mihajlović says.
Metropolitan on rally controversy: I could not do otherwise
Friday 17.05.2013 | 20:47 | Source: Tanjug, Blic, RTRS, RTCG | Comments: (9) | Send commentBANJA LUKA, PODGORICA -- SPC Metropolitan Amfilohije has commented on his address during a recent rally in Belgrade, to say that he "could not have done otherwise."
“Blood rain” hits Bosnia-Herzegovina
Friday 17.05.2013 | 14:13 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentSARAJEVO -- Last night’s rain in Bosnia-Herzegovina was mixed with the Saharan sand and it was yellow, causing dust stains on vehicles and houses.
UNGA chair says world organization "must change"
Friday 17.05.2013 | 14:30 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (12) | Send commentBOSTON -- President of the UN General Assembly Vuk Jeremić has said that the United Nations "must change."
Russia “sends sophisticated weapons” to Syria
Friday 17.05.2013 | 14:54 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (16) | Send commentNEW YORK -- Russia has sent sophisticated anti-ship missiles to Syria, U.S. media have reported, quoting unnamed U.S. officials.
Opinions & Analyses
For American foreign policy, no good options
10.05.2013. | Comments: 2
"One feels sympathy for U.S. President Barack Obama. Whatever he does in Syria, he is doomed. Had he intervened a year ago, as many pundits demanded, he might presently be in the midst of a quagmire..."
B92 TV
Vučić discusses Kosovo deal, implementation, deadlines
2.05.2013. | Comments: 3
"We did not reach an agreement and it is obvious that there is no will to hold the referendum, because, I think it is clear to everyone how the people and the citizens would declare themselves..."
Reports
Joint report on Serbia's progress
23.04.2013. | Comments: 0
Joint report to the European Parliament and the Council, submitted by the European Commission and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.