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BELGRADE - Serbia has made certain progress in the area of freedom of access to information of public importance, but the fact that the office of the commissioner for information of public importance and personal data protection continues to receive a large number of complaints shows that a considerable number of problems still remains, Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Pers

Savings of EUR 700mn needed in 2015 - PM

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić says it is necessary to make savings of EUR 700 million to ensure financial consolidation in the year to come.

Vučić spoke during a Serbian government meeting held on Sunday.

BELGRADE - The loss recorded with public enterprises is 2.2 times higher than that recorded with the rest of the economy in 2013 and it added up to RSD 51 billion, as against the RSD 23 billion recorded with other companies, Nova Ekonomija weekly published on Wednesday.

Slovenia has announced it is re-launching the privatization of 15 state-owned enterprises before the new government assumes office.

The plan was temporarily frozen due to the parliamentary elections, according to reports of the BGNES news agency.

Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin explained on Monday that the Russian state company is not only interested in Greek service operator Trainose, but also in the country’s rail infrastructure.

Yakunin said the creation of a new rail gateway for cargo to Europe could constitute a productive investment.

"Such a project would be of great interest to us,» he added.

Representatives of independent regulatory bodies in Serbia walked out of the Serbian parliament on Wednesday after the Commissioner for Public Information, Rodoljub Sabic, was not allowed to speak.

The session had been due was to hear reports filed by independent regulatory bodies detailing their work in 2013.