Privatization Agency

A feasibility study with strategic guidelines for the development of Trepca has been presented to the Kosovo prime minister.

Sputnik is reporting this, adding that the study was handed over by representatives of the board of the Privatization Agency of Kosovo.

GRACANICA/PRIZREN - Kosovo's Constitutional Court ended 16 years of dispute in a property case with a ruling deciding it in favor of Visoki Decani Monastery, confirming its ownership rights to over 24 hectares (59 acres) of the disputed land, the The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Diocese of Raska and Prizren said in a release on Saturday.
    

Thousands protest in Belgrade against privatization of Telekom

Several thousand people protested in Belgrade in front of the government against the privatization of the state-owned telecommunications company Telekom Srbija.

Around 400 shareholders of the recently bankrupted Belgrade Beer Industry, BIP, protested on Thursday in front of the government, demanding the dismissal of Economy Minister Zeljko Sertic.

They accused Sertic for being responsible for the bankruptcy of the long established firm founded in 1963, as there were investors interested in buying it.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and World Bank Executive Director Joerg Frieden conferred on Tuesday about the WB's support to the process of privatization.

This concerns public enterprises listed in the Privatization Agency's portfolio.

The Privatization Agency has issued an invitation for non-binding offers for the purchase of Telekom Srbija's capital, the Agency stated.

Individuals interested in the purchase, who meet the requirements for participation in the procedure, can submit non-binding offers for the purchase of Telekom's capital by 3 p.m. (local time) on August 2, 2015, at the latest.

The Serbian government on Thursday adopted a decision on launching the initiative for privatization of the telecommunications company Telekom Srbija.

The government website said that the Ministry of Economy and the Privatization Agency have been tasked with implementing this decision.

Ivan Tasovac, Serbia's Minister of Culture and Information, said state-owned media must submit the necessary documentation for their sale immediately and the process of privatization ought to be completed in four months. Media outlets that fail to submit the requisite documents by June 19 risk being shut down.

Solution for 340 companies by July 1 - minister

BELGRADE -- The future of 340 companies planned for privatization will be known by July 1, Serbian Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic ha said. .

He informed the visiting IMF mission headed by Zuzana Murgasova of this in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Emil Karanikolov, head of the Privatization and Post-Privatization Control Agency, has said that the State Agency for National Security (DANS) will be consulted on the privatization of the Central Depository AD.