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BELGRADE - Due to the complexity of privatisations in the electric power sector, a strategic partnership is an option the Serbian government could consider for the national electric power company EPS, says World Bank (WB) Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen.

BELGRADE - What is most important to the World Bank (WB) is for the Serbian government to respect the deadline and remove the protection from creditors' claims against the remaining 10 enterprises in restructuring by May 31, World Bank Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen said in Belgrade Thursday.
    

The privatization of Zelezara Smederevo will have a positive effect on Serbia's GDP growth, World Bank Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen has said.

A World Bank entrepreneurship survey has shown that Serbian citizens believe it is too risky to start a business.

World Bank Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen said this on Monday, advising that the government continues making effort to simplify administrative procedures and make starting a business easier for people.

World Bank Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen stated on Thursday that Serbia Wneeds deeper reforms to achieve a higher growth."

According to him, the 2016 budget is "an opportunity for the government to send a signal that a step has been made in the right direction."

The World Bank does not agree with the government's intention to raise public sector salaries and pensions, says WB Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen.

According to Tanjug, Verheijen "agrees that there are public sector employees who are underpaid."

KOPAONIK - World Bank (WB) Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen has said that the fiscal consolidation will not yield results in Serbia just by itself, if not followed by an economic growth.

At the Kopaonik Business Forum, Verheijen said that the fiscal consolidation is not a goal unto itself, but rather a means for achieving the real objective-economic growth.

BELGRADE - A World Bank (WB) loan to support Serbia's budget could be granted in February or March 2015, and it will be discussed after the country's economy minister comes out with a plan for the 502 enterprises on the privatization list, World Bank Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen has said.

BELGRADE - World Bank (WB) Country Manager for Serbia Tony Verheijen said Monday that Serbia was well prepared for negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Verheijen told reporters at the Belgrade City Assembly that the IMF mission was arriving in Belgrade on Tuesday for talks with representatives of the Serbian government and the National Bank of Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin met on Tuesday with a delegation of the World Bank, who expressed satisfaction with the course of reforms being carried out in Serbia.