Belgrade

BELGRADE - Serbian Customs Administration prevented the trafficking of nearly 1.62 tons of various illegal drugs, mostly marijuana, in the course of 2013, Customs Administration Director Milos Tomic stated on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The Customs Administration collected a total of RSD 356 billion or EUR 3 billion in revenues in 2013, which reflects a year-on-year rise of 3.33 percent, Customs Administration Director Milos Tomic said on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The exhibition titled "Vuk Karadzic - Life and Work” will open on Friday, February 28, at the Museum of Vuk and Dositej in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Belgrade citizens' support to Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) at this point totals 42.5 percent while the Democratic Party (DS) can count on the votes of 17.4 percent of people, shows the latest survey carried out by FAKTOR PLUS agency.

BELGRADE - The police arrested three foreigners in Kraljevo, central Serbia, within the action aimed at provision of international legal assistance to Great Britain authorities, Serbian Prosecutor for Organised Crime Miljko Radisavljevic said.

The action was conducted in several countries against an international organised criminal ring involved in frauds, Radisavljevic told Tanjug.

BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister in the technical government Lazar Krstic has said that the new Serbian government, which will be formed after the forthcoming parliamentary elections, will be negotiating a new three-year arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

BELGRADE - Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz stated on Wednesday that Austria is interested in reforms in Serbia so that the country could become a member of the EU as soon as possible.

After the talks with officials in Belgrade, Kurz told Tanjug that Serbia's EU accession will depend on the pace of the reforms.

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic and his Austrian counterpart Sebastian Kurz conferred in Belgrade on Wednesday over the strengthening of the two countries' political dialogue and economic cooperation.

BELGRADE - Social dialogue is one of the most important segments to ensure sustainability of any planned reforms and economic and societal progress, European Trade Union Confederation Secretary General (ETUC) Bernadette Segol said in Belgrade Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic talked on Wednesday with Wang Hongwei, deputy general manager of the Export-Import Bank of China, who said that Serbia has a special place in China's program for South-East Europe (SEE).