Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić is visiting Macedonia on January 28 and 29.
“Macedonian and Serbian citizens will soon be able to travel across the border with identity cards only, without passports,†he said Friday.
The Serbian Foreign Ministry and Jat Airways organized Sunday a flight that will bring home the Serbian citizens who want to return to Serbia.
Most Serbian tourists in Tunisia have said they want to return to Belgrade due to the riots which broke out in the African country, Tanjug was told at the Foreign Ministry.
Experts believe that the economic situation is the reason why Serbian citizens’ support for the EU integration is declining.
Next week will be very important for Serbia’s European integration since the European Parliament should adopt the resolution on Serbia and ratify the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA).
Over 100,000 more Serbian citizens were living below the poverty line in 2010 compared to 2009. This data was presented by Serbian president’s advisor for social issues Gordana Matković, who stated that the number of the poor has increased by about 20 percent during the crisis.
Justice Minister Snežana Malović stated on Monday that the ministry’s aim for 2011 is to restore the citizens’ trust in Serbia’s judiciary. “Everything we do is for the Serbian citizens and that cannot be improvisation, as the citizens will decide on whether we succeeded in it or not,” Malović said, pointing out that the ministry will persevere and work hard in the period to come.
Eligible Serbian citizens will this month receive one free share each, this time from the Belgrade International Airport Nikola Tesla.
The value of the share will be some RSD 600 (EUR 5.7). Along with five shares per citizen from the NIS privatization, this would bring the value of the package to just over EUR 30.
Serbian citizens will face another wave of price increases in early 2011, experts and analysts have warned. Serbian citizens will face another wave of price increases in early 2011, experts and analysts have warned.
Serbian President Boris Tadić wished the Serbian citizens a happy New Year, adding that this had been another difficult year.
“We are leaving another difficult year behind us, hit by the global recession, floods and earthquake. We cannot find comfort even in the fact that the economic crisis hit the whole world and that much more developed countries are facing great social turmoil and economic temptations,” his message reads.
Serbian President Boris Tadić wished the Serbian citizens a happy New Year, adding that this had been another difficult year.
“We are leaving another difficult year behind us, hit by the global recession, floods and earthquake. We cannot find comfort even in the fact that the economic crisis hit the whole world and that much more developed countries are facing great social turmoil and economic temptations,” his message reads.
Chinese Ambassador to Belgrade Wei Jinghua told daily Politika on Saturday that Beijing would not change its position on China-Serbia relations.
“China, as a principled country which values the feelings of the Serbian citizens and has never hurt them, will not change its position on the relations between the two countries,†the ambassador said, adding that he hoped that Belgrade would continue understanding and supporting China regarding issues of vital importance for the country.
Five Serbian citizens have been arrested for war crimes, said War Crimes Prosecution Spokesman Bruno Vekarić.
According to him, all suspects were arrested in Serbia and were taken to an investigative judge of the Special Court in Belgrade.
Serbian parliament speaker Slavica Äukić-Dejanović today in Belgrade met with a delegation of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA). She informed them that the government has support of over 70 percent of Serbian citizens in overcoming all obstacles on the road to the EU, but that there is insufficient support for joining NATO.
Most of the 700 or so Serbian citizens who have been deported from EU member-states this year are existentially threatened.
About 700 citizens have been deported from EU countries since the beginning of the year. Authorities say that accommodation is the biggest problem of these deported people.
Serbian Agriculture Minister SaÅ¡a Dragin stated that the Serbian citizens need not fear new shortages. “Citizens should not be afraid of new market shortages and food crises. We are doing everything in our power so that there is enough food and that no one blackmails farmers. In that fight, we are willing to declare war to cartels trying to dictate the prices and create artificial shortages,” Dragin told daily VeÄernje Novosti.
Four more persons, four Serbian citizens, have been arrested in the ongoing action in cutting off an international arms smuggling chain. The action is the result of an ongoing investigation between the Serbian Security Information Agency (BIA) and French security services.
A 19 year-old Serbian citizens died and four others were injured in a car accident that occurred on the Zagreb-Belgrade highway. The crash occurred when the driver of a minibus lost control and landed into a roadside sewer canal.
Chamber of Commerce President Miloš Bugarin said that it will be a difficult fall season economically for Serbian citizens. He said that food products and energy prices are expected to increase this season.
Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) official Marko Äurić said that SNS believes that the government is to blame for the ICJ’s negative opinion on Kosovo. “The government in Serbia has been acting independently in regards to Kosovo recently, there was little consultation with the opposition political parties and Serbian citizens, and the responsibility must be on those who took the responsibility on themselves to form policies without consulting all relevant political actors,†Äurić said.
Macedonian citizens are the only ones in the region that have smaller monthly earnings on average than Serbian citizens. The average net wage in Serbia in May was about EUR 320, which is realistically 5.5 percent and nominally 4.3 percent less than in April.
Average credit debt of Serbian citizens has reached EUR 560, while the delay in payment of loans is increasing every month by 0.1 percent. This is according to the data presented by General Secretary of the Association of Serbian Banks Veroljub Dugalić on Monday in Belgrade.
