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NBS keeps key policy rate at 9.5 percent

BELGRADE - The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Executive Board decided on Thursday to keep the key policy rate at the same level - 9.5 percent.

Government will not stop caring for its people in Kosovo

STARA PAZOVA - Serbia's Minister Without Portfolio in Charge of Kosovo Aleksandar Vulin visited on Thursday young players of the football clubs Gracanica and Mokra Gora from Zubin Potok who were at the sport centre of the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) in Stara Pazova.

Vucic:Solidarity tax to remain in place even after elections

LAZAREVAC - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday that the solidarity tax will remain in place for all those working in the public sector.

I do not want to make any promises and say that the tax will be abolished straight after the (early parliamentary) elections, Vucic told reporters while touring the Kolubara mining basin.

Viminacium presented in London

BELGRADE - An exhibition presenting the Archeological Park Viminacium and the project Itinerarium Romanum Serbiae, or Roman Emperors' Route, has been opened at the Serbian House in London.

Serbia climbs one position in FIFA world ranking table

ZURICH - The Serbian national football team has climbed one position in the latest International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) world ranking table, and is now ranked 29th, with 775 points.

There are no changes at the top - Spain is still number one with 1,506 points, and is followed by Germany (1,318 points) and Argentina (1,255 points).

Radnicki beats Khimik to stay in race for eighthfinals

KRAGUJEVAC - Basketball team Radnicki won their Round 5 game in Group N of the Eurocup second stage, outscoring the Ukrainian Khimik Yuzhne 86-68 (25-14, 26-15, 20-22, 15-17) late on Wednesday in Kragujevac.

This was Radnicki's second victory in the group, which keeps them in the race for the next round of competition, with the same total score as the Ukrainian squad (2-3).

DS-led electoral list submitted to RIK

BELGRADE - Representatives of the electoral list named With the Democratic Party for a Democratic Serbia have submitted to the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) a list of candidates for the March 16 early parliamentary elections.

Tabakovic: Dinar, inflation and banking system are stable

BELGRADE - The banking system in Serbia is stable and the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) will do everything to keep the dinar and inflation stable as well, NBS Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic said on Thursday.

Mrkic, Schnarrenberger discuss role of CoE

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic and Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, candidate of the Federal Republic of Germany for the office of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, conferred in Belgrade on the organization's role in strengthening the rule of law.

Forty years since death of Petar Lubarda

BELGRADE - Serbian painter Petar Lubarda died in Belgrade forty years ago, on February 13, 1974.

He was born in Ljubotinj, near Cetinje, on July 27, 1907. He got enrolled in the Art School in Belgrade in 1925, only to leave for Paris the following year, where he spent the next six years in a difficult financial situation.

EU's neutral view on Kosovo's status is temporary

SARAJEVO - European Parliament's special rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin said on Wednesday the EU's current neutral position on Kosovo's status was a temporary compromise, but he refused to speculate on what the ultimate solution would be and when it would come about.