Smederevo

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic signed on Thursday a MoU between the Serbian government and the Chinese company Hunan Rich Photovoltaic Science and Technology on a project to build a solar panel factory in Paracin, central Serbia, and a 200 MW solar power plant.

Brnabi stated this in Beijing.
"It is a big deal for us, for our country and all our citizens. We have confirmed mutual partnership, support, friendship in the political and economic sense," Brnabi told reporters.
In the political sense, as she stated, China will never change its position on the issue of Kosovo and Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received a delegation of the Chinese HBIS Group on Tuesday to discuss the company's plans for further investments in Serbia.

Brnabic thanked China for the assistance that China provided to Serbia during the coronavirus pandemic in professional medical care, equipment and support in vaccination.
That, Brnabi added, only strengthened the iron friendship between the two countries, which is deepening with the project of building a factory for the production of vaccines by the Chinese company Sinopharm.

4.592 people were hospitalized throughout Serbia, of which 160 were on respirators.
In the last 24 hours, 8.168 people were tested.
Out of 1.374 new cases of coronavirus, which have been confirmed in Serbia in the last 24 hours, the highest number is in Belgrade, 347.
Less than 100 new infections were recorded in all other cities.

The minister welcomed the Chinese ambassador, who recently began her diplomatic mandate in the Republic of Serbia, and particularly emphasized excellent cooperation with the previous Ambassador of China Li Manchang, adding that he believes that successful cooperation will continue.

They see it in new roads, bridges, reconstruction and modernization of railways, energy projects, environmental protection and economic cooperation with Chinese companies, Brnabic said, according to the Serbian government.

The master plan should be adopted by the end of the year in the Assembly of the town od Smederevo, in order to start construction in 2019.

Brnabic pointed out that the zone should be completed by 2022, but that the first phase will create 2,300 new jobs.

Insajder reported on Monday that Serbia agreed to pay 340,000 euros a month, plus hefty bonuses, to the Dutch-based HPK Engineering BV, according to a contract that the government signed in March 2015 and has refused to disclose to the public ever since.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday a carmaking giant would come to central Serbia and hire more people than the Bor mining and smelting complex or the Smederevo steel mill had hired.