Subotica

Foreign investors "can count on support"

SUBOTICA -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has told foreign investors they can "count on support from the central and local governments."

Speaking on Wednesday as he toured Swarovski and Siemens plants in the northern town of Subotica, Vucic added that he "expects foreign investors will create more jobs."

BELGRADE - Representatives of the media from Romania and Bulgaria will be on a visit to Serbia from April 19 to 25 so as to learn first-hand about the tourism offer of Novi Sad, Subotica, Sremski Karlovci, Belgrade, Arandjelovac and Topola.

SUBOTICA - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) leader Istvan Pastor have discussed "economic and spatial development plans" prepared by SVM experts.

SUBOTICA - There are no new requirements for Serbia to move forward with its EU integration, and the opening of the frist chapters of the accession talks could be expected this year, Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport has said.

SUBOTICA - The relations between Serbia and Hungary have never been as harmonious as they are now and that benefits the Vojvodina Hungarians the most , President of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) Istvan Pastor has said.

SUBOTICA - Subotica will host the General Assembly of the Reseau Art Nouveau Network, which includes around 20 cities of Europe whose architecture is characterised by this style, from September 10 to 13.

SUBOTICA - Serbia has prolonged the Decade of Roma Inclusion by another 10 years, and a strategy for the improvement of the position and inclusion of the Roma people in Serbia is expected to be drafted soon, Nenad Ivanisevic, president of the government's Council for the Improvement of the Position of Roma, said in Subotica on Friday.

Local Bar Association rejects former justice minister

SUBOTICA -- The Subotica branch of the Bar Association of Vojvodina has voted against accepting former Justice Minister Snezana Malovic's application.

Malovic applied for membership because she intends to open a law firm in Subotica.

Serbian and Hungarian PMs in informal meeting

BUDAPEST -- The prime ministers of Serbia and Hungary, Aleksandar Vucic and Viktor Orban, held an informal meeting late on Monday in the town of Subotica, northern Serbia.

According to the press service of the Hungarian premier, Vucic and Orban discussed "strengthening the cooperation between the two countries."

Hundreds of Albanians detained at Serbia-Hungary border

BELGRADE -- 290 persons, mostly Albanians from Kosovo, have been arrested in the past 48 hours as they were attempting to illegally cross from Serbia to Hungary.

This was announced by Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic during a news conference in Belgrade on Friday.