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Serbia Leads Rest of Balkans in FDI in 2011
Foreign investors appear to see Serbia as the best place to invest in the Balkans right now thanks to its cheap labour and tax exemptions.
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28 Aug 07 / 03:09:00
Serbian Central Bank Keeps Key Rate Unchanged
Belgrade _ Serbia's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 9.5 per cent in the belief that inflation may slow this month, the bank's governor said Friday.
23 Aug 07 / 03:10:00
Serbia's July Retail Prices Rise 0.6 Percent
Belgrade _ Retail prices of goods and services in July recorded a 0.6 percent increase on month, Serbia’s Statistics Office said Friday.
17 Aug 07 / 03:09:00
Serbia Opens Disputed Highway Deal to Scrutiny
BELGRADE _ Following five months of disputes, the Serbian media was granted an opportunity on Monday to briefly view the provisions of a controversial contract granting an Austrian-Spanish consortium a 1-billion-euro deal to develop a major highway.
01 Aug 07 / 03:09:00
Serbia Seeks Consultants For National Air Carrier's Sale
Belgrade _ With at least one potential buyer already expressing interest, the Serbian government is seeking bids from consultancies that could develop and implement a strategy for privatizing the national flag carrier, JAT Airways.
27 Jul 07 / 03:09:00
Serbian Central Bank To Increase Benchmark Interest Rate
Belgrade _ Serbia's central bank may increase its key benchmark interest rate to prevent lax public spending controls from leading to unacceptably high inflation, bank governor Radovan Jelasic said Thursday.
26 Jul 07 / 03:08:00
Deputy PM Says Serbia to Take World Bank Loans
Belgrade _ Serbia will borrow $192.5 million (140.2 million euros) from the World Bank for a range of development projects aimed at improving the economy after more than a decade of wars, isolation and mismanagement, a top government official announced on Thursday.
18 Jul 07 / 03:45:00
Serbian Zastava, GM to Assemble Opel cars
Belgrade _ Serbia’s Zastava automotive manufacturer and the General Motors Corp. have agreed to start the local production of Opel cars, a top Serbian development official said Wednesday.
17 Jul 07 / 03:08:00
Serbia Seeks 260 Million Euro Loan for Infrastructure
Belgrade _ Serbia is seeking a loan worth 260 million euros from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD, to invest in infrastructure and a bank, a statement said Tuesday.
05 Jul 07 / 03:08:00
Serbian Living Standards Poor, Researchers Say
Belgrade _ Serbs spend more on average on tobacco and alcohol than on health or recreation, according to a report by the Belgrade-based Marketing Research Institute IZIT.
03 Jul 07 / 15:54:00
Serbia Not Ready For EU, Bank Governor Warns
Belgrade _ The governor of Serbia’s Central Bank, Radovan Jelasic, has warned that the country is not ready to join the European Union and has urged politicians to draw up a plan aimed at guiding it towards membership.
26 Jun 07 / 03:08:00
Serbia's Bank Governor Predicts Larger Budget Gap
Belgrade _ Serbia will have a gap in its 2007 budget that is three times larger than had been expected, the media on Tuesday quoted the Central Bank governor, Radovan Jelasic, as saying.
25 Jun 07 / 03:07:00
Miners in Serbia Strike over Overdue Allowances
Belgrade _ About 30,000 miners in Serbia on Monday announced a one-hour warning strike over overdue allowances.
22 Jun 07 / 03:07:00
World Bank Loans Serbia 188 Million Dollars
Belgrade_The World Bank has approved 188 million dollars in International Development Association, IDA, credits and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, loans the bank said in a statement carried by Serbian media on Friday.
15 Jun 07 / 15:27:00
Serbian Government Proposes 2007 Draft Budget
Belgrade _ The Serbian government’s draft budget for 2007 envisions a spending gap of 13.7 billion dinars ($2.3 billion), or 0.5% of the Gross Domestic Product, Serbian media reported Friday.
06 Jun 07 / 14:15:00
Remittances Yield $3 Billion, Serbia's CB Governor Says
Belgrade _ Remittances, or the foreign currency annually sent home by people working abroad, have contributed to Serbia’s economy with around $3 billion, Central Bank Governor Radovan Jelasic said Tuesday.
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Serbia’s New Govt Faces Deficit Challenge
Promises of hundreds of new jobs made during the election campaign will soon be forgotten as reducing the deficit becomes a certain priority for the new team.
07 May 12 / 01:42:37
‘Hidden’ Taxes Hinder Investment in Serbia
20 Apr 12 / 09:20:44
Serbia Ducks Probes Into Tycoon Dodgy Takeovers
04 Apr 12 / 15:44:53
Serbian Businesses Scorn Aid Pledges as Poll Ploy
27 Mar 12 / 10:23:34
Belgrade Undaunted by Growing Debt Mountain
09 Mar 12 / 11:23:54
EU Candidacy Unlikely to Lure Investors to Serbia
27 Feb 12 / 11:53:49
Serbia’s IMF Standoff Rattles Investors
09 Feb 12 / 15:45:55
Serbia’s Nationalisations Push Debt to Limits
Politics and Society
Staff at Serbia's TV Avala on Strike Again
As the management of Serbian broadcaster TV Avala again refuse to pay wage arrears, the company's employees call on authorities to intervene.
24 May 12 / 15:41:18
Amnesty International: 2011 Was Turbulent
24 May 12 / 15:07:13
Football Wins Amid Political Row over Kosovo Status
24 May 12 / 12:32:27
Serbian Parties Hold Secret Talks on Government
23 May 12 / 12:51:18
UEFA Chief Reacts to FIFA's Kosovo Decision
Culture and Lifestyle
Mixer Attempts to Change the Face of Belgrade
The fourth edition of the art festival will bring more than 100 artists from 50 countries to Belgrade’s “Savamala,” with the motive of urban transformation.
23 May 12 / 11:39:26
Sarajevo Days Presents Bosnian Culture in Belgrade
23 May 12 / 10:45:55
Venerable Concert Hall Surmounts Old Age in Style
23 May 12 / 10:45:38
Serbians Ready to Pay for Perfect Summer Waistline
19 May 12 / 12:36:03
Igor Mandic: Serbs and Croats Belong Together
