Kopaonik

KOPAONIK - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said at the Kopaonik Business Forum on Tuesday Serbia's lithium reserves were the third-largest in Europe and that the country could supply as much as 20 pct of a market comprised of the EU, the UK and Norway, helping to produce around a million electric vehicles a year.

KOPAONIK - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said at the Kopaonik Business Forum (KBF) on Monday evening Serbia had succeeded in maintaining economic growth despite multiple crises and extremely difficult global circumstances.

KOPAONIK - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said at the Kopaonik Business Forum (KBF) on Monday evening Serbia had succeeded in maintaining economic growth despite multiple crises and extremely difficult global circumstances.

KOPAONIK - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Monday Serbia's goal was to achieve 3.5 pct GDP growth this year and return to a high-growth zone of 6 to 7 pct by 2027.

Speaking at the Kopaonik Business Forum, Mali noted that Serbia had had 6 pct GDP growth in 2019, just before the outbreak of the coronavirus.

MT KOPAONIK - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Wednesday a FTA with China was due by the end of the year.

"I believe we will reach a FTA with China and hopefully negotiate it and sign it by the end of this year, and that we will become even stronger in that regard," Brnabic said at the Kopaonik Business Forum.

MT KOPAONIK - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Wednesday a reform of Serbia's energy sector and the national power company EPS would begin immediately.

MT KOPAONIK - When it comes to relations between big powers, Serbia should not be "the grass under fighting elephants," PM Ana Brnabic said on Wednesday, noting that Serbia was being targeted by objections over Chinese investments in the country even though China had invested more in Western Europe than it had in Serbia and the Western Balkans.

MT KOPAONIK - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Wednesday the challenges facing the Serbian and the global economy had never been greater but that the Serbian government had already demonstrated it knew how to handle the crisis and save the economy and jobs, and added that the present economic policy would be continued.

MT KOPAONIK - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Wednesday the policy being pursued by Serbia at this time was the best but also the most difficult for the country.

MT KOPAONIK - Putting an end to the lithium story is one of the biggest mistakes of the previous Serbian government, Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic said on Monday, noting that the previous cabinet - himself included - had failed to demonstrate the maturity needed to bring the story to completion as it was a natural opportunity for Serbia.