Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic

LONDON - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic signed on Monday in London two documents on cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) regarding support for investment in renewable energy sources in Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic met with EU Ambassador to Serbia Emanuele Giaufret, European Commission (EC) representatives and delegations of several international financial institutions on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic says Serbia's lithium reserves in the Jadar valley are a "gift from God" and that the Serbian government is working and making decisions about the Jadar lithium mining project in a responsible manner and based on documentation that has passed public scrutiny.

BELGRADE - Amendments to an agreement to build a wind park in Kostolac, eastern Serbia, were signed in the Serbian government on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic signed on Friday a MoU with China's Shanghai Fengling Renewables Co Ltd and Serbia Zijin Copper doo Bor on investments in renewable energy sources.

BELGRADE - Lithium is a strategic mineral resource that is increasingly in demand in the EU and worldwide due to the energy transition and growing electrification of transport, Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Thursday.

BELGRADE - At a meeting with Japanese Ambassador to Belgrade Akira Imamura, Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said a feasibility study for the Bistrica reversible hydropower plant project had been completed and that the costs of building the facility were estimated at over 1 bln euros.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic says there will be sufficient energy supplies for small consumers and businesses in 2024 and that there are no plans for electricity and gas price increases this year, and notes that reforms at the national electric power company EPS will be continued and that there is no talk of its privatisation.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic met with Chinese Vice Minister of Natural Resources Zhuang Shaoqin on Thursday to discuss cooperation and projects in mining, renewable energy sources and ties between educational and scientific institutions of the two countries.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Tuesday her ministry had been informed by Bulgaria that the country would lift its new tax on transit of Russian natural gas to Serbia and Hungary.