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Reconstruction of roads in Serbia under way

Serbian Minister of Transport and Telecommunications Marija Raseta-Vukosavljevic announced that Serbian roads would soon be up to the same level of quality as 10 years ago, thanks to foreign investments
Marija Raseta-Vukosavljevic
Marija Raseta-Vukosavljevic
Serbian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Dragan Veselinov and Chairman of the Israeli company Merhav Group Yosef Maiman signed a memorandum of understanding providing for investments in 20,000 ha of Vojvodina's irrigation system between 2001 and 2005 MORE

Serbian Finance Minister Bozidar Djelic stated on Friday, September 21 that he had launched an initiative for Yugoslavia's membership in the OECD during his talks with officials in Paris MORE

Czech and Serbian Prime Ministers Milos Zeman and Zoran Djindjic agreed in Prague to exert maximum stimulation of investment by Czech firms in Yugoslavia, and to encourage cooperation between private companies MORE

The Serbian government will protect Yugoslav Airlines as a national company until it recovers, and not allow it to go under, stated Serbian Minister of Transport and Telecommunications Marija Raseta - Vukosavljevic MORE

"We expect that we will become candidates for EU membership by 2004 and we have two years to meet the necessary conditions, some of which are difficult - creating political stability, and resolving the problems of our statehood and constitution. We need a strategic alternative and harmonization of relations if we want to receive full membership status in the EU by 2010", Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic said at the "Reform Strategy" round table meeting in the Sava Center; the round table was organized by the Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies and the World Bank MORE

Finance Minister Bozidar Djelic announced that a new managing board of Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS) will be appointed in a month, and that there are still no grounds for abolishing the decree freezing salaries in public companies MORE

Serbian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Dragan Veselinov said the Serbian government had to take responsibility for the purchase of sunflower, adding that government officials and representatives of sunflower producers and processors have agreed on sunflower purchase conditions and two optional prices MORE

There will be a sufficient supply of meat and meat products on the domestic market and retail prices will be reduced by 10-15%, it was agreed at a meeting between the Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic and the largest Serbian meat producers and manufacturers MORE

Yugoslav National Bank governor Mladjan Dinkic and Serbian Finance Minister Bozidar Djelic are considering the possibility of reducing or even abolishing taxes on financial transactions MORE

80% of taxpayers liable under the one-time extra income tax deny their obligation, while 20% agree to pay the full amount of some GDM16 million, said Republican Internal Revenue Service director Aleksandar Radovic on Wednesday, September 12 MORE

"The European Investment Bank will grant Serbia a €45 million credit for renovating road infrastructure", Serbian Minister of Transport and Telecommunications Marija Raseta-Vukosavljevic announced MORE

Serbian Economy and Privatisation Minister Aleksandar Vlahovic said on Wednesday that an announcement seeking financial advisors for the privatisation of 11 more Serbian companies would be published in the Financial Times next week MORE

Serbian Finance minister Bozidar Djelic said today that the tragedy that struck the US on Tuesday could adversely affect the global economy and therefore Yugoslavia as well, since the EU is Yugoslavia's biggest trade partner MORE

A presentation of the campaign "Turn to High Return", run by the Economy and Privatization Ministry to familiarize the general public with all aspects of privatization, was attended at Sava Centre on Monday by Economy and Privatization Minister Aleksandar Vlahovic, Serbian Prime Minister Dr Zoran Djindjic and His Excellency, Charles Crawford, British Ambassador to FRY MORE

Out of 29,951 workers on the payroll at Zastava in Kragujevac, around 14,000 are redundant, most of whom (8,904) have opted to join the Employment and Training Zastava Co. MORE

A return to normal functioning in economic relations between Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina calls for the urgent completion of the Interstate Free Trade Agreement, which is presently being examined by the Federal government, read a statement issued after a meeting between Serbian Minister of Trade and Tourism Slobodan Milosavljevic and representatives of the Bosnian economic delegation led by Federal Minister of Energy, Mining and Industry Hasan Becirovic MORE

"By the end of the year, Railway Transport Enterprise Belgrade will receive €113 million in two international reconstruction credits", Serbian Minister of Transport and Telecommunications Marija Raseta-Vukosavljevic announced MORE

"Turn to high return" is an educational campaign for presenting the goals of privatization to the public, initiated by Serbian Ministry of Economy and Privatisation on Friday, September 7 MORE

At the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe's Third Regional Environmental Reconstruction Program (REReP) Task Force meeting held in Sarajevo today, Yugoslavia was covered under eight REReP projects worth 4m euros MORE

Finance Minister Bozidar Djelic remarked that economic performance in the first half of the year had been favorable and that the country was leaving the years of turmoil behind and was heading for economic stability and growth MORE

The French government approved a lump sum FF50 million grant of assistance to the Yugoslav government for financing urgent budget in Serbia and Montenegro MORE

Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic announced that the price of electricity would probably increase by 10 to 15% in October, explaining that the move was necessary not only because of demands made by the Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS), but also as part of an arrangement with the International Monetary Fund MORE

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