Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic

BELGRADE - Charge d'Affaires of the Spanish Embassy in Serbia Inigo Ramirez de Haro Valdes informed Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic that Spanish companies are ready to invest in cattle breeding and water management in Serbia.

VIENNA - Stronger regional cooperation is needed in the field of sustainable energy supplies, and investments pay off quickly, Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic said in Vienna on Thursday at a Central European Initiative (CEI) ministerial conference on sustainable energy supplies.

MOSCOW - The Russian side has pledged to do its utmost to ensure that Belarus and Kazakhstan - Russia's partners in the Eurasian Customs Union - expedite the procedures of granting export permits to Serbian meat and milk producers, Serbian Minister of Agriculture Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic said in a statement to Tanjug on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbia and the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg have reached agreement on the realization of a number of projects aimed to increase efficiency of Serbia's agriculture and food industry, implementation of European environmental protection standards, and cooperation between institutions of higher education.

BELGRADE - Improvements in the field of the environment will cost around USD 10.6 billion, with USD 5.5 billion to be invested into solving the issues of waste water and water supply, Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW - Serbia will increase its cheese export to Russia in two weeks, Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolay Fyodorov said after the meeting with his Serbian counterpart Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic in Moscow on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government and the Ministry of Agriculture are committed to providing complete compensation to farmers for damage caused by the May floods, but it can not be compensated in full immediately, Serbian Agriculture Minister Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic said on Sunday.

BELGRADE - The damages to the environment caused by the catastrophic floods in May have been estimated at around EUR 42 million, and Serbia is yet to face some of the consequences, Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic stated on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbia will implement the project aimed at development of the sustainable biomass energy market to the total value of EUR 8 million in the next three years, in cooperation with the German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ) and with the support by German partners.

BELGRADE - Serbian minister of agriculture Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic said Wednesday that the funds earmarked for the construction and maintenance of flood defense systems from 2006 to 2013 were at a record low of EUR 100,000 to 800,000, despite expert assessments that EUR 30 million were required.