Dušan Vujović

BELGRADE - There is great investor interest in the privatisation of Serbia's state-owned companies, Serbian Minister of Finance Dusan Vujovic said on Thursday.

"The Privatisation Agency has received many letters of interest, and as many as 60 percent of them are credible," Vujovic told a regional conference on free zones, held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia.

BELGRADE - Free zones in Serbia, which generated a turnover of nearly EUR 5 billion last year, can count on full support from the government to help them attract as many foreign investors as possible, a regional conference on free zones, held at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PKS), was told on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbia should reduce its budget deficit from EUR 2.5 billion to EUR 1 billion by 2017, Serbian Finance Minister Dusan Vujovic said and announced that the 2014 budget review with key savings measures would be presented on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said during a meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Serbia Deheng Kim Monday that Serbia had to continue structural reforms and expressed the expectation of Serbia and the IMF signing an agreement.

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 - Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic talked in Belgrade on Sunday with representatives of trade unions and the Serbian Association of Employers about the restoration of socio-economic dialogue.

Vucic initiated the meeting, in which he called for understanding from social partners, President of the Serbian Association of Employers Nebojsa Atanackovic told Tanjug.

BERLIN – The Conference of Western Balkans States, featuring the participation of senior officials from the region, including Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic at the head of a Serbian delegation, started in Berlin on Thursday.

Germany hosts conference dedicated to W. Balkans

BERLIN -- A conference focusing on the Western Balkans is held in Berlin on Thursday under German Chancellor Angela Merkel's patronage.

It will see participation of prime ministers, foreign ministers and ministers of economy from the region.

BERLIN - A conference focusing on the Western Balkans will be held in Berlin on Thursday under German Chancellor Angela Merkel's patronage and it will include the prime ministers, foreign ministers and ministers of economy from the region.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will go to Berlin on Wednesday, a day before a conference on the Western Balkans, and meet with Germany's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Sigmar Gabriel, the daily Kurir has reported.