Smederevo

Dozens of migrants found on highways traveling on foot

BELGRADE -- 39 foreign nationals with no personal documents have been discovered in the region of Serbia's eastern town of Negotin on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The Smederevo police found on motorway E75 on Monday 22 Iraqi citizens without personal documents, who requested asylum in Serbia, the Interior Ministry has said.

The group was moving along the motorway towards Belgrade on foot, the statement says.

Police find another group of illegal migrants

BELGRADE -- The Serbian police have discovered a group of 15 foreign nationals who carried no personal documents on a highway near the town of Velika Plana.

The daily Blic writes that they are citizens of Syria, who told the officers that they avoided border crossings and crossed to Serbia from Macedonia on foot.

Zelezara publishes call for new management

BELGRADE -- Zelezara Smederevo issued a public call in Belgrade-based daily Politika on Friday for a new management open until March 6.

Until that date Zelezara will maintain the current monthly production capacities at 30,000 tons of steel, Tanjug reported.

BELGRADE - Zelezara Smederevo issued a public call in Belgrade-based daily Politika on Friday for a new management, and until the closure of the public call on March 6, Zelezara will keep the current production capacities at 30,000 tons of steel monthly.

The deadline for the submission of proposals for cooperation and concluding of the agreement is March 6, reads the public call.

Privatization Agency refutes Esmark owner's statement

BELGRADE -- The Privatization Agency has refuted a statement made on Wednesday by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Esmark Europe BV James Bouchard.

BELGRADE - The Privatisation Agency refuted the allegations voiced on Wednesday by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Esmark Europe BV James Bouchard who said that the negotiations on the takeover of Zelezara Smederevo steel mill failed because the Serbian side in the talks changed the previously agreed financial provisions.

EU: Serbian steel mill "must not receive govt. assistance"

BRUSSELS -- The EU is ready to talk with the Serbian government concerning the restructuring of Zelezara Smederevo steel mill, Tanjug said it learned from a spokesperson.

"Good management will keep Zelezara running"

BELGRADE -- With good will and good management, we will keep Zelezara Smederevo running for years, Serbian Economy Minister Zeljko Sertic said.

The negotiations on the sale of Zelezara were led by state interests and the concern for people's jobs, Sertic said for Radio and Television of Serbia late on Tuesday.

PITTSBURGH - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Esmark Europe BV James Bouchard expressed disappointment on Wednesday over the failure of the negotiations on takeover of Zelezara Smederevo Steel Works and attributed it to a change in previously agreed conditions.