Serbian Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration Božidar Äelić and French Minister for Immigration Eric Besson signed an agreement on youth mobility. The agreement, signed in Belgrade this Wednesday, will enable young people from Serbia to study, do internships and look for jobs in France.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Technological Development Božidar Äelić opened on Tuesday evening Microsoft Sinergija 09. The event is being describes as the biggest IT conference in the region.
Graffiti reading “Kosovo Liberation Army†has appeared on several buildings in the mix community of BoÅ¡njaÄka Mahala in northern Kosovska Mitrovica. Kosovo police, KPS, officials are investigating the vandalism case.
Željko BoÅ¡ković, aka Vuk, 42, from the Bosnian town of FoÄa, was shot on Tuesday after committing armed robbery. He is suspected of stealing 50,000 convertible marks from a post office in the town of Brod na Drini.
Deputy PM in charge of EU integration Božidar Äelić on Wednesday in Belgrade promoted a book which reports said he “conceived”. Äelić – who is also minister of science in the Cvetković cabinet – presented the book, entitled, “Sustainable Development – Our Common Future” to the vistors and reporters at the 54th International Book Fair.
Member of the Serbian parliament and Judicial High Council Boško Ristić stated that he had received a threatening letter. However, he did not wish to discuss the details.
Serbian and Slovak deputy PMs Božidar Äelić and DuÅ¡an ÄŒaploviÄ met on Saturday in KovaÄica, Vojvodina. According to Äelić’s statement after the meeting, Serbia has Slovakia’s full support for EU visa liberalization, which could come into force on January 1, 2010.
The Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) is marking the 10th anniversary since the Ibarska road murder of four of its members. Veselin BoÅ¡ković, Zvonko Osmajlić, Dragan VuÅ¡urović and VuÄko RakoÄević were also remembered in church and cemetery ceremonies in Belgrade this Saturday.
The financial services unit of Indian engineer Larsen & Toubro (LART.BO) said yesterday it has signed an memorandum of understanding to buy DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Ltd for 450 million rupees ($13.3 million) adjusted for cash and current assets.
DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management is an unit of Cholamandalam DBS Finance (CHLA.BO), a joint venture between India’s diversified Murugappa group and Singapore’s DBS (DBSM.SI).
DBS Chola managed 28.93 billion rupees as at end August, a statement from L&T said, valuing the firm at about 1.6% of its average assets managed.
Thomson Reuters had in early September reported L&T was in talks to buy the fund firm.
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Residents of the Croatian village of Vrhovina have launched a petition against Dr. Esad Mujkanović, who refused to treat a patient because he was a Serb. The Serb in question is one Boško Radić, who lost the sight of one eye last week and whose condition is steadily deteriorating.
The trial of 3 men accused of attacking B92 cameraman Boško Branković has been adjourned till Oct 29 after two witnesses failed to appear at today’s hearing. Milan Savatović, identified as the chief suspect, Stefan Milićević and Nikola Lazić are accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Branković during a protest against the arrest of Radovan Karadžić on July 24 last year.
The financial services unit of India’s Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (LART.BO) is in talks to buy Cholamandalam DBS Finance’s (CHLA.BO) domestic mutual fund operation, two sources familiar with the matter said.
“We are working on their behalf,” one source said, referring to L&T Finance, a wholly owned unit of L&T. “We can’t share details at the moment. Let’s wait for the transaction.”
Officials at Cholamandalam DBS, a joint venture between India’s Murugappa Group and Singapore’s DBS Bank (DBSM.SI) that run DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management, could not be immediately reached for comment.
The financial services unit of India’s Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (LART.BO) is in talks to buy Cholamandalam DBS Finance’s (CHLA.BO) domestic mutual fund operation, two sources familiar with the matter said.
“We are working on their behalf,” one source said, referring to L&T Finance, a wholly owned unit of L&T. “We can’t share details at the moment. Let’s wait for the transaction.”
Officials at Cholamandalam DBS, a joint venture between India’s Murugappa Group and Singapore’s DBS Bank (DBSM.SI) that run DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management, could not be immediately reached for comment.
Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO) and MTN Group (MTNJ.J) are likely to update the market on Monday on exclusive talks aimed at merging their operations, two sources with direct knowledge of the development said.
The exclusive talks over the deal, which would see each firm pay cash and stock for a stake in the other, were due to lapse today. Last week, sources told Thomson Reuters the talks were likely to be extended by at least two to three weeks.
America’s First Family is going to holiday next month on the luxurious Martha’’s Vineyard, which has a basketball court for President Barack Obama.
The buzz on the island off Massachusetts was that Obamas have rented the 20 million dollar, 28-acre Blue Heron Farm in the Chilmark section for the last two weeks in August.
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