Zorana Mihajlovic

Serbia, RS sign MOC for construction industry

BANJA LUKA -- A Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) was signed on building a bridge over the Drina River between Ljubovija and Bratunac
next spring.

BELGRADE - Serbia's civil sector should become the government's partner in making decisions and included in the accession talks with the EU, according to what was said at a meeting on Monday, which was used to present a document entitled Guidelines for Including Civil Society Organisations in Decision Making.

SUBOTICA - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic opened a new production facility of 'Gordon', part of Italian 'Calzedonia Group', in Subotica on Thursday, stressing that Serbia will offer this company the best conditions in the region and noting that the company founder Sandro Veronesi should consider hiring 3,000 instead of the planned 2,000 new employees.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic stated that every day wasted stalling the procurement of fuel entails a higher risk of energy instability, higher import costs and fresh room for speculators and energy usurers.

LAJKOVAC - The Serbian government will make the decision on the extent of salary and pension cuts in the public sector within the next seven days, Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic announced on Monday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government has appointed Transport Minister Zorana Mihajlovic as chairwoman of the Serbian part of the intergovernmental committee for trade and economic cooperation with the People's Republic of China.

KLADOVO - Serbia should again become an exporter of electricity, for which it needs to build new energy capacities, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Saturday at a ceremony in Kladovo marking 50 years since the start of the construction of hydropower plant (HE) Djerdap on the Danube River.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic, who also serves as minister of construction, transport and infrastructure, met Wednesday with EBRD
Managing Director for Central and South Eastern Europe Jean-Marc Peterschmitt, who confirmed that part of funds from the previously approved EBRD railway loan can be redirected towards repair of flood-damaged railway lines.

NOVI SAD - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said Sunday that a new provincial government must be formed by the end of September in order to prevent further devastation of Vojvodina.

BELGRADE - The money for rebuilding the houses damaged in the May floods will be paid out this month, and the citizens affected by the damage will have their houses rebuilt by the start of the heating season, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic has said.