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BELGRADE - Serbia has 160 strategies that remain in force despite being mutually non-compliant and impossible to implement, Serbian Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said on Thursday, adding that the Secretariat for public policies has been established to help solve that problem.

BELGRADE - Introducing regulatory impact analysis as standard procedure would be very beneficial for the efficiency of the state administration and boosting the business environment in Serbia, US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby said on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government will on Monday start discussions with representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and social partners about a budget revision and austerity measures envisioning cuts in public sector salaries and pensions.

BELGRADE - Improvement of the investment climate and the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to making local-level enterprises more efficient were the main topics of Wednesday's meeting between Serbian Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki and Jean-Marc Peterschmitt, EBRD Managing Director for Central and South Eastern Europe

Temenuzhka Yankova has been appointed Deputy Executive Director of Bulgaria's National Revenue Agency (NRA) through an order of caretaker Finance Minister Rumen Porozhanov.

The income statement of the state budget was overestimated by about BGN 2 B back at the planning phase, Bulgaria's caretaker Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki said.

Bliznashki, who assumed office on August 6, warned that the budget approved by Plamen Oresharskí's government carried a risk of "a clear problem with the [National] Revenue Agency".

BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted on Tuesday a set of draft laws which should considerably improve the efficiency in the work of public administration.

The government adopted the bill of amendments to the Law on Civil Servants, the Serbian government Office for cooperation with the media released.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said on Friday in talks with a delegation of the Russian Federation that, just as Serbia and Russia have been bound together so far, continuous improvement in bilateral cooperation will ensure even closer ties in the future.

"EU to continue support to Serbia's accession"

BELGRADE -- The EU will continue its strong support to Serbia's European pathway to enable the country to become a full-fledged member as soon as possible.

This is according to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, who spoke in Belgrade on Sunday.

Public sector layoffs in 2015, privatization bill "in July"

BELGRADE -- Serbia's economy is facing a turning point and its biggest problems lie in the political practice, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Kori Udovički has stated.