Pekka Orpana

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic - Boskovic met on Friday with a delegation from Finland to discuss the country's experiences in the sectors of bioeconomy and forestry, the ministry said in a release.

Finland to donate hydrological measuring equipment

BELGRADE -- The Finnish government will help the Serbian hydrological services recover from flood-caused damage with a donation of hydrological equipment worth EUR 100,000

BELGRADE - The Finnish government will help the Serbian hydrological services recover from flood-caused damage with a donation of hydrological equipment worth EUR 100,000, said the participants of Friday's initial meeting on a project for rehabilitation and modernisation of hydrological and meteorological observation systems and data exchange procedures in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

HELSINKI - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic began a one-day visit to Finland on Monday by taking part in a business forum organised by the Finnish national agency Finpro, which represents 550 Finnish companies.

Belgrade-Priština dialogue "needs to continue"

BELGRADE -- Government Office for Kosovo Director Marko Đurić and Finnish Ambassador Pekka Orpana agreed Wednesday the Belgrade-Priština dialogue "needs to continue"

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic conferred on Monday with Finnish Ambassador to Serbia Pekka Orpana, Serbian Foreign Ministry said in a release.

Ambassador Orpana extended to Dacic the official invitation by Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja to visit Finland.

SMEDEREVO - The construction of a new, 19,200-square-metre production plant for the Finnish PKC Group, which makes cable harnesses for commercial vehicles, began on Friday in Smederevo, a city in north-eastern Serbia situated on the banks of the Danube River.

PRIBOJ - The Serbian government and the Finnish SISU company on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding under which Priboj-based heavy commercial vehicles maker FAP should start producing trucks in September, with a contract to be signed by late August.