Labour

BELGRADE - Labour Minister Aleksandar Vulin has said after a meeting with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and leaders of trade unions that he cannot guarantee an agreement on the labour law will be achieved to everyone's satisfaction, but that they are closer to a solution.

The Serbian Labour Ministry has called for the Social-Economic Council, which is made up of representatives of employers, unions and government, to meet next week in order to discuss the draft labour law, a ministry source told BIRN. 

This will come instead of a public discussion on the long-awaited legislation before it can be sent for adoption by parliament in July.

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Monday evening began an official visit to Israel.

BELGRADE - The proposed amendments to the labour law announced by Labour Minister Aleksandar Vulin are unacceptable to the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia (SSSS), SSSS President Ljubisav Orbovic has said.

EASTERN SARAJEVO - Serbs from Republika Srpska (RS) commemorated on Saturday the death of 42 soldiers of the former Yugoslav Army (JNA) who were killed in the Dobrovoljacka street in Sarajevo 22 years ago, and at the same time, former members of the so called Green Berets gathered at the same location, but they dispersed without incident.

Romania's Labour Minister, Rovana Plumb, encountered both jeers and cheers in Brussels last week when she told a Roma summit that the "integration of Roma people is a longstanding and steady commitment of Romanian government.

"We have achieved some results in combating poverty and offering jobs to people,” she maintained.

BELGRADE - The Special Court of Belgrade placed on Friday head of the Labour Ministry Labour Inspection Dragoljub Peruaca in 30-day custody on suspicion of taking a EUR 15,000 bribe.

Peruaca was placed in custody at prosecution's request out of fear that he might influence witnesses during the investigation or repeat the crime, court spokesperson Dusica Ristic told Tanjug.