Dušan Vujović

Minister: Serbia close to deal with IMF

Minister: Serbia close to deal with IMF

BELGRADE -- Minister of Finance Dušan Vujović said on Thursday that a draft budget for the next year will be put forward to the Serbian parliament by December 1.

He also announced that November 20 he will make public the result of the talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which he expects to be successful.

"12 public companies subject of talks with IMF"

"12 public companies subject of talks with IMF"

BELGRADE -- Finance Minister Dušan Vujović has said that Serbia is discussing with the IMF a program that for the first time includes 12 public companies.

"All criteria will be set that will have to be adhered to, one of them being salary cuts," he said of the companies in question.