Zorana Mihajlovic

Serbia's Transport Minister Zorana Mihajlovic has said that Serbian Railways will shed 6,100 jobs in the next five years.

Deputy Prime Minister and high-ranking SNS party official Zorana Mihajlovic says SPS party officials have been "saying many lies" in the past days and months.

The Progressives (SNS), led by Aleksandar Vucic, and the Socialists (SPS), led by Ivica Dacic, are coalition partners in the current Serbian government.

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Addressing reporters ahead of his meeting with a Serbian delegation in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin talked the most about economic topics.

He stressed that he was aware that the global economy is in bad shape, but that regardless, economic cooperation with Serbia was good.

The dynamics of Chinese investments in infrastructure projects in Serbia "is proceeding as planned."

The Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure is doing everything to expedite implementation further to avoid delays, it was said during a meeting between Minister Zorana Mihajlovic and Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Manchang, according to Tanjug.

Zorana Mihajlovic stated on Tuesday that direct flights from Serbia to the U.S. could be introduced in late 2015 or the first quarter of 2016.

The road constructors' plan to cut down the 600-year-old oak in the village of Savinac in western Serbia to allow the continued construction of the Corridor 11 highway to Montenegro has provoked protests from local residents and environmental organisations in the area.

Minister Zorana Mihajlovic supported a draft resolution on Srebrenica during a cabinet meeting last week, writes a paper.

According to the Belgrade-based Danas, Jadranka Joksimovic did the same, "but then withdrew her vote and abstained."

Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said Tuesday that Serbia should turn to all sources that could provide it with energy stability.

It is vital to have the project to build the pipeline connection between Nis and Dimitrovgrad realized as soon as possible, she said.

Serbia and Albania will sign a protocol for the construction of a EUR 1 B motorway that will link Nis with the Adriatic port of Durres, Serbia's Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said on Saturday.

A protocol on cooperation towards implementing the Women in the Private Sector program has been signed in Belgrade on Tuesday.

The signatories are Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia President Marko Cadez, and Association of Serbian Businesswomen President Sanja Popovic-Pantic.