If politicians took part in abuses of state money at the Kolubara mines, then they should be held to account “politically and criminally”. This was the reaction of Energy Minister Petar Å kundrić to revelations that Serbia’s state-owned power company EPS determined that the Kolubara Coal Mine company management conducted “unscrupulous business practices”.
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Kosovo minister calls for speedy start to investigation
February 1st, 2011 |
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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says an investigation into the Kosovo organ trafficking allegations should start as soon as possible. He also called for the forming of an independent commission in connection to the case.
Minister wants state secretary punished
February 1st, 2011 |
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Economy Minister MlaÄ‘an Dinkić says he will ask the PM to “severely penalize” Finance Ministry State Secretary Slobodan Ilić.
Dinkić believes that this should come because of Ilić’s recent statements regarding Dinkić’s ministry’s decision to grant higher subsidies to Slovenia’s Gorenje company if it chose to build its plant in ZajeÄar, eastern Serbia, rather than as originally planned in Valjevo, western Serbia.
Minister scrutinized over pricey website
January 31st, 2011 |
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An NGO set up to monitor public finances has asked the prosecution to start criminal proceedings against Environment Minister Oliver Dulić. The Coalition for Supervision of Public Finances says the minister from the ranks of the ruling Democrats (DS), and his associates, mislead the public when they spoke about the cost of putting up the ocistimosrbiju.rs portal.
“Resignation not attempt to topple govt.â€
January 29th, 2011 |
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Outgoing Health Minister Tomica Milosavljević says that his resignation is not an attempt of G17 Plus leader Mlađan Dinkić to topple the government. “That certainly was not the reason for my resignation. Departure of one minister, in regards to a large number of ministers, is a relatively easy problem: you replace him,†he told daily Politika.
Minister: Budget revenue to exceed plans
January 29th, 2011 |
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Serbian Finance Minister Diana Dragutinović said Friday that she expected the total budget revenue in 2011 to exceed earlier forecasts by about RSD 10bn.
“Based on these two months – December of last and January of this year – I can accurately predict the revenue in 2011,” she said, adding that she was almost certain it would be “at least RSD 10bn higher than planned.”
Threat call to Zardari post-26/11 was mischief of a Pakistani: Mukherjee
January 29th, 2011 |
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The hoax caller who threatened Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari after the 26/11 attack pretending to be the Indian foreign minister was in fact a Pakistani, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Friday. “It was a big mischief done by a Pakistani. That person made the call pretending to be me. It created a lot of [...]
Health minister resigns for “personal reasons”
January 28th, 2011 |
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Serbian Health Minister Tomica Milosavljević has resigned, saying the decision came “for deeply personal reasons”.
Reporters who attended his news conference in Belgrade today were not allowed to ask any questions.
Justice minister on witness protection
January 28th, 2011 |
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Justice Minister Snežana Malović says an impartial and thorough Kosovo organ trafficking probe cannot be take place without offering full security to witnesses. “Witnesses have to be fully protected, all cases involving murder and threatening of witnesses have to be thoroughly investigated, and those responsible have to be sanctioned,†Malović said in an interview with the Banja Luka daily Glas Srpske.
Serbia gets new road company
January 26th, 2011 |
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Minister of Infrastructure Milutin Mrkonjić said on Wednesday that a motorway company called Koridori Srbije (Corridors of Serbia) had been established. It would be in charge of the construction of Corridor 10 and the highway from Belgrade to Montenegro, he explained.
Minister announces defense deal with EU
January 24th, 2011 |
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Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac stated late on Sunday that Serbia will soon sign a security agreement with the EU. It wold allow the country’s officers will be recruited into the EU peacekeeping missions for the first time in history, he told B92 in Belgrade.
Defense minister on weapons export
January 23rd, 2011 |
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Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac says that Serbia has exported weapons and military equipment worth USD 750mn since 2007.
He told daily Politika that the value of export had been USD 75mn in 2007 but that it had reached USD 247mn last year.
Minister: Main problem mixed priorities
January 22nd, 2011 |
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Serbia’s Labor Minister Rasim Ljajić thinks the country’s main problem are mixed priorities.
“Instead of improving the standard of living, everyone is talking about changing the voting system, reshuffling the government and reducing the size of the parliament,†he said.
Three new ministers in Manmohan team
January 19th, 2011 |
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday inducted three new faces in his team of ministers. They are Beni Prasad Verma, who has been made minister of state for steel (Independent Charge); K.C. Venugopal, minister of state for power; and Ashwani Kumar, who has been made minister of state for planning and parliamentary affairs and science and [...]
Finance minister requests EU stand on excise tax
January 15th, 2011 |
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Serbian Finance Minister Diana Dragutinović has asked the EU Delegation in Serbia to come out with an official stance on the amendments to the Excise Tax Law.
She asked whether the amendments to the Excise Tax Law violated the directives of the EU and Serbia’s Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA).
Singapore, Malaysia lead cuts in mobile roaming fees : Update
January 14th, 2011 |
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Southeast Asian ministers will study ways of lowering roaming mobile phone and text messaging charges across the region starting with Singapore and Malaysia, a minister said.
The neighbors will kick off with new telecommunications rates between their countries to be announced in two months, Rais Yatim, Malaysia’s minister of information, communications and culture told reporters in Kuala Lumpur. A letter of undertaking from Malaysian companies agreeing to the new roaming charges will be presented to Singapore next week, he said.
Justice minister on extradition of war crimes suspect
January 13th, 2011 |
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If Croatia does not request extradition of Tihomir Purda in the next ten days Serbia will, Serbian Justice Minister Snežana Malović told B92.
She said that documentation on Purda, who is suspected of war crimes against the Serbs in Vukovar, would be submitted to the Croatian judiciary today or tomorrow.
Turkish organ case decision criticized
January 13th, 2011 |
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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says the Turskish decision to release Yusuf Sonmez was a bad message to all those who had committed crimes. Sonmez is a surgeon suspected of involvement in illegal human organ trafficking in Kosovo.
Tunisian president sacks interior minister
January 12th, 2011 |
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Tunisia’s interior minister has been fired after a deadly wave of violence not seen in decades.
Protests against unemployment and corruption have swept the country and have also reached the capital Tunis.
Singapore earns $420m from two casinos in 7 months to Nov
January 11th, 2011 |
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Casino operators Las Vegas Sand (LVS.N) and Genting Singapore paid the Singapore government $420 million in levies and taxes in the seven months to end-November 2010, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday.
“While the IRs have brought in new revenues, collections from other gaming activities such as lotteries, horse and sports betting and fruit machines operated by clubs have fallen,” Second Minister for Finance Lim Hwee Hua told Parliament.