The Serbian delegation visiting Brussels, headed by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković, will confer with EU Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding. On Monday, Cvetković presented the answers to the EC questionnaire to the EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule.
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PM delivers answers to EC’s questionnaire
Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković has delivered the answers Serbia made to the questionnaire of the European Commission (EC) today in Brussels.
SNS: PM’s statement hypocritical
The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) says that PM’s statement that teachers’ requests would jeopardize economic stability is a “pinnacle of hypocrisyâ€.
SNS official Marko Äurić said that Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković’s statement was hypocritical because the ruling parties “embezzle more than a billion of euros†a year through public procurement.
PM to submit answers to questionnaire on Monday
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković will hand the answers to the European Commission (EC) questionnaire to EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule on Monday.
The EC is going to prepare an opinion on Serbia’s request for European Union membership based on the answers to the questionnaire.
Govt. adopts answers to questionnaire
The Serbian government adopted the ministries’ answers to the European Commission (EC) questionnaire today.
Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković will hand over the answers to the questionnaire to EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule on January 31, which will be another Serbia’s step toward the EU membership.
“Government spreading false optimism”
The current Serbian government has taken to “spreading false optimism”, says the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS). Instead of tackling real economic problems, the cabinet of Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković has been diverting attention from them, DSS Vice-President Nenad Popović told a news conference in Belgrade on Monday.
President on govt. reshuffle, Kosovo talks
President Boris Tadić says “personnel changes” are possible in the Serbian government led by Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković. In an interview for the Belgrade-based daily Blic he said it was “most important to achieve the dynamic of all work started”, and that there were “more important issues” than changes in the current cabinet.
PM: Serbia will settle satellite debt in time
Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković says Serbia will pay before the deadline the satellite lease money it owes to an Israeli company.
There is money in the budget set aside for this purpose, Cvetković said in Belgrade on Tuesday.
PM: 2011 will be better
EU accession will be foreign policy priority next year, which will be better than this one, Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković told B92.
He added that 2011 would still be a difficult year and that everybody needed to work harder, which would bring better results.
Prime minister tours earthquake town
Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković visited on Tuesday the central Serbian town of Kraljevo, that was hit with a 5.4 earthquake in early November. The premier said that in the year to come, the construction of prefabricated houses should continue intensively, and promised that all the works in the city will be completed by October 1, 2011.
RS, Serbia on “success of parallel ties”
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković and Republic Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik met in Banja Luka, RS, on Tuesday. They said that the agreement on special and parallel ties in place between the Bosnian Serb entity Serbia is being successfully implemented.
PM in Banja Luka for Dodik meeting
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković will pay a visit to Banja Luka, RS, in Bosnia-Herzegovina this Tuesday. It was announced that he would confer with Republic of Srpska (RS) President Milorad Dodik.
Democrats shoot down PM speculation
Ruling Democratic Party (DS) spokesperson Jelena Trivan dismissed on Monday speculation that Serbia’s Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković would step down. “Both the Democratic Party and President (Boris) Tadić are satisfied with the work and results shown by Prime Minister Cvetković, who is doing his job conscientiously and responsibly in these difficult times, and he has our absolute support in this,†Trivan told Tanjug.
PM attends Brussels conference
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković is taking part in a conference on European integration of the Western Balkan states in Brussels today. Cvetković told the gathering that Belgrade is ready for the beginning of a dialogue with PriÅ¡tina, and warned that such issues ‘should not be pushed under the rug’.
Officials express gratitude to Uruguay
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković met on Tuesday in Belgrade with Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Luis Almagro.
They discussed in Kosovo and the possibilities for enhancing the two countries’ cooperation in several areas, particularly in the domain of economy.
PM on “best export results of century”
Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković said on Tuesday that Serbia’s export-import ratio reached 58 percent in 2010. This, said the premier, while still low, represents the country’s “best performance this century”.
Government allocates RSD 10mn for flood victims
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković visited Saturday the flooded areas and said that the government would allocate RSD 10mn aid to flood victims.
He visited the western Serbian town of Loznica and said that the government was doing everything to help, noting that more funds would be approved after commissions assessed the damage.
Plane trouble cancels PM’s Bulgaria visit
Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković’s visit to Bulgaria, planned for today, has been canceled due to technical problems with the aircraft. Reports said that the pilot of the government Learjet decided to return to Belgrade 15 minutes after his instrument panel signalized unspecified technical failure.
EIB helps make Serbia competitive – PM
The presence of the European Investment Bank (EIB) will help Serbia improve its companies’ competitiveness and facilitate its EU accession. This is according to Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković who spoke at a reception at the Belgrade City Hall on Monday.



