Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications

China Telecom is interested in buying Serbia's state-owned telecommunications company Telekom Srbija (Serbia).

The first meeting has been held with representatives of this Chinese company at the Serbian government, said Tatjana Matic, state secretary at the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications.

The Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications and Cisco, a leading networking equipment manufacturer, on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding.

The document "will make it possible to intensify the existing cooperation," according to Tanjug.

BELGRADE - Serbia has achieved a high level of alignment with EU regulations in the consumer protection sector in Serbia, Serbian State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications and head of the Negotiating Group 28 Vesna Kovac said on Thursday.

BELGRADE- Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic told Tanjug Friday that 2014 had seen a record USD 1.139 billion tourist inflow of foreign exchange in Serbia.

BELGRADE - Delegations of Serbia and China have signed 13 agreements and memorandums regarding infrastructure, transport, finances, agriculture and telecommunications.

The agreement on economic and technical cooperation between the two governments was signed on Wednesday by National Bank of Serbia Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic and China Development Bank head Hu Huaibang.

Conference warns about online dangers for children

BELGRADE -- This year saw the largest number of children discovered to have been victims of abuse over the internet, and many of the cases concern child pornography.

This was stated by head of the department for combating cyber crime at the Ministry of Internal Affairs Sasa Zivanovic.

BELGRADE - Telfor 2014, the region's biggest telecommunications conference, with over 1,000 applicants from 27 countries, opened in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Over the next three days, it will feature seminars, presentations of scientific papers and books, as well as debates and panels on current topics in the field.

BELGRADE - In collaboration with the Diplomatic Association of Serbia, the Culinary Federation of Serbia will organise the first Belgrade Gastro Fest on October 16-19 at the Belgrade Fair, the organisers announced on Thursday.

"The Balkan gastronomic spectacle" will feature 500 Serbian and international professionals in the field, they said in a statement.

OBEDSKA BARA - Serbia has great potential for eco-tourism, but only 6 percent of its territory is protected, while the standard in the EU is 11 percent of a country's territory, Eco-Dev project coordinator Sophie Kekic said on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications organised on Tuesday the first meeting with the national, regional and local broadcasters to discuss the transfer from the analog to the digital TV signal, which will happen in Serbia by June 2015.