Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government

BELGRADE - The economy and economic development will be the priorities for the new Serbian government, too, PM-designate and outgoing Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Ana Brnabic said on Thursday.

On Thursday, 4th of April 2017 at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences (FOS) in Belgrade was officially opened global business case study competition, Belgrade Business International Case Competition (BBICC) which gathers 16 teams from prestigious universities and business schools.

Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Ana Brnabic on Tuesday announced for 2017 a wave of job cuts in public enterprises.

The now have around 147,000 employees.

Serbia must catch up with Europe in the innovation and the IT sectors, Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Ana Brnabic said Thursday,

The government was ready to work on this, with support from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia and startups, she added.

Kori Udovicki has said that she encountered "the biggest problem with the Ministry of Finance, that is looking to hire more people."

Udovicki is one of deputy prime ministers in the Serbian government, also in charge of the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government.

It has been established that the Serbian public administration has a surplus of around 9,000 employees, Kori Udovicki said on Monday.

The minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government added that they should "leave" by the end of this year.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Kori Udovicki and Director of the European Commission Directorate General for health and Food Safety Miko Ladislav conferred in Brussels on the reform of inspection services in Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Tuesday that the talks on government reshuffle will continue, adding that all four options are still on the table.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki has met with a delegation from Germany, led by Christiane Bogemann-Hagedorn of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, to discuss ways to improve cooperation between the two countries.

BELGRADE - Serbia needs to save up five percent of costs for public sector salaries in 2015 as was previously agreed in the talks with the mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said on Wednesday.