Society
Digitalization process may slow down, daily warns
Friday 24.05.2013 | 11:46 | Source: Danas | Comments: (1) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Despite a stance that frequency of former Avala TV is necessary for digitalization, a public invitation for its allocation has been published.
Yesterday's news Thursday, 23 May 2013
“Govt. to decide on implementation plan by week’s end”
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 16:13 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (8) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Serbia’s PM Ivica Dačić says the government will tomorrow or the day after decide on a draft text of a plan for the implementation of the Brussels agreement.
PM says his party "not to blame" in corruption case
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 20:04 | Source: Tanjug, Novi magazin | Comments: (1) | Send commentBELGRADE -- The problems is the state-owned Galenika pharmaceuticals did not start with the SPS - the party's leader and Serbian PM Ivica Dačić has said.
Serbian, Russian defense ministers discuss cooperation
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 16:52 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (16) | Send commentMOSCOW -- Serbia’s First Deputy PM and Defense Minister Aleksandar Vučić met with Russian Defense Minister Segei Shoigu in Moscow on Thursday morning.
Kosovo Serbs against implementation of agreement
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 13:09 | Source: Beta | Comments: (5) | Send commentZVEČAN -- Kosovska Mitrovica District Head Radenko Nedeljković says that political representatives of northern Kosovo Serbs have not accepted the Brussels agreement.
Ambassador: Declaration is expression of joint goals
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 18:31 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Serbia and Russia will sign the declaration on strategic partnership as an expression of their ambitions to develop future cooperation in key areas.
Two more suspects arrested in RBV case
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 11:03 | Source: B92 | Comments: (1) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Two more persons were arrested in the continuation of the investigation in the Development Bank of Vojvodina (RBV) case on Thursday, B92 has learned.
Credit contract on modernizing Serbian Railways
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 19:47 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send commentBELGRADE -- An umbrella contract to modernize Serbian Railways was signed at the Serbian government headquarters on Thursday and involves an USD 800 million Russian loan.
Fiscal Council: Budget revision is necessary
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 11:56 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- The situation with public finances in Serbia is very bad and a budget revision is needed immediately, the Fiscal Council has stated.
SPC pleads for release of Bishop Jovan
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 17:11 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (5) | Send commentBELGRADE -- The Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church has appealed to all democratic institutions in Serbia and abroad to help free Bishop of Ohrid Jovan.
Etihad "likely" to take over Jat Airways in July
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 16:02 | Source: Politika, Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- United Arab Emirates national carrier Etihad Airways should make an offer to the Serbian government at the end of next week to buy a 49% stake in Jat Airways.
Parliament approves sending army personnel to Mali
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 13:23 | Source: Beta | Comments: (2) | Send commentBELGRADE -- The Serbian parliament on Wednesday approved sending Serbian Army to Mali as part of an EU mission in the African country.
Ambassadors hail agreement between Dačić, Thaci
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 12:49 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentBELGRADE -- British and Dutch Ambassadors to Serbia Michael Davenport and Loren Stokvis have welcomed a deal on the implementation of the Brussels agreement.
5 arrested in Kosovo on war crimes charges
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 14:11 | Source: Beta, Tanjug | Comments: (6) | Send commentPRIŠTINA -- The EULEX police in coordination with the Kosovo police unit ROSU on Thursday arrested five persons suspected of committing war crimes.
B92 Fund’s campaign wins international award
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 17:10 | Source: B92 | Comments: (0) | Send commentPRAGUE -- A campaign dubbed, “A photo a day in the worst year of my life” has won a bronze award at PIAF Festival in Prague.
Russian ambassador: Decision on Kosovo shouldn’t be rushed
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 09:15 | Source: B92, Danas | Comments: (2) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Russia consistently advocates stances of the international law which means protection of Serbia s well, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Chepurin says.
Serbian MPs visit Kosovo
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 11:42 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (2) | Send commentBELGRADE -- Serbian MPs are visiting Kosovo today and tomorrow. The visit is organized by the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo.
Storm in Romanian capital leaves 17 injured
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 21:07 | Source: Beta | Comments: (0) | Send commentBUCHAREST -- A storm hit the Romanian capital of Bucharest on Thursday afternoon, with 70 km per our winds ripping out roofs and trees, and injuring 17 persons.
Bulgaria: Ex-PM unable to form government
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 15:28 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (0) | Send commentSOFIA -- Former Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov has said that his party, which won a majority of votes in the recent elections, was unable to form a ruling coalition.
Croat football hooligans tear down Serbian flag
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 13:55 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (6) | Send commentZAGREB -- A group of Croat football fans have vandalized a municipal headquarters in the town of Krnjak and took down a Serbian flag.
Mosques attacked after killing of soldier
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 18:04 | Source: B92 | Comments: (30) | Send commentLONDON -- Over 100 members of Britain's ultra right-wing group EDL gathered last night near the spot where a British soldier was brutally murdered in London.
Islamists attack uranium mine, kill dozens
Thursday 23.05.2013 | 16:37 | Source: Tanjug | Comments: (1) | Send commentNIAMEY -- Islamist militants staged twin car bomb attacks on an army base in Agadez and French nuclear giant Areva’s uranium mine in northern Niger on Thursday.
Opinions & Analyses
IT companies lead when it really counts
21.05.2013. | Izvor: AmCham Perspective Magazine | Comments: 0
Faced with a growing crisis in the care of newborn babies, Serbia’s Information Technology leaders and individuals rose to the challenge and revolutionized the country’s maternity wards through record-breaking donations
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
Concluding statement of IMF mission
23.05.2013. | Izvor: IMF | Comments: 0
"Serbia's faces significant economic challenges, including a weak economy and large internal and external imbalances."