BELGRADE - With the aim of promoting the implementation of the Aarhus Convention principles, empowering the civil society and fostering the partnership between the civil sector and authorities, the OSCE Mission to Serbia supported the district Arhus Centre Kragujevac legal team in development of model legal acts for local self-government units that enable sustainable public involvement in environmental decision-making processes at local level, more transparent access to environmental information and charge-free provision of le...
BELGRADE - State Secretary of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning Ivica Radovic and Swedish Ambassador to Serbia Christer Asp today signed an agreement on assistance and support to infrastructure investment in the environmental protection sector, estimated at €2.75 million.
Following the signing, Radovic stressed that thanks to the Swedish government’s assistance, Serbia is able to continue with the project activities which it began earlier, such as the introduction of a waste management system at the regional land...
VRBAS - Head of the EU in Serbia Vincent Degert signed today with the mayors of Vrbas and Kula, Zeljko Vidovic and Svetozar Bukvic, a contract to build a central water treatment plant for the Grand Backa canal.
Deputy Prime Minister Verica Kalanovic said that the central plant will help 150,000 people who live in this area to have a better quality life.
She pointed out that the waste water of the Great Backa canal has been there for decades, noting that the problem was not solved due to lack of money and the lac...
BELGRADE - Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning Oliver Dulic said that at the Investment Forum "Serbia" held in Austria our country presented the project for a regional landfill, recycling centres and investment opportunities in the recycling industry.
Dulic said in a statement to the agency Tanjug that the meeting in Vienna, organised by chambers of commerce of Austria and Serbia, is an opportunity to present the investment in "green economy" and the possibilities for creating new jobs.
Our inte...
BELGRADE - Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning Oliver Dulic said today that the project "Establishment of the Centre for Environmental Management" is significant for Serbia's European integration.
Opening the conference as part of which the project was presented, Dulic explained that this project will enable companies in Serbia to adjust their manufacturing processes to new environmental standards.
The Minister explained that the objectives are reducing environmental pollution, providing to compan...
BELGRADE - Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning Oliver Dulic today marked the beginning of a project to collect used batteries in retail stores, symbolically placing a container for batteries in front of a Maxi store at Cvetni Trg.
Dulic said that the project was devised in cooperation with the Delta Maxi retail chain and battery distributor Axxon Trading.
The Minister observed that 7.8 million kilos of batteries are imported in Serbia every year and an average household has at least 20 batterie...
BELGRADE - Minister of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning Oliver Dulic stated today that the Serbian oil industry NIS has so far invested over €100 million in environmental protection projects through the modernisation of its plants.
Presenting the report on the realisation of a project of complex ecological revision of NIS facilities, Dulic stressed that the company has so far met all environmental requirements.
The Minister noted that thanks to investments in NIS, the situation in Pancevo has greatly imp...
BELGRADE - Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and Minister of Science and Technological Development Bozidar Djelic said today that the transport of irradiated nuclear fuel from the Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinca to Russia permanently removed Serbia from the list of potential nuclear terrorism targets.
Djelic said at a news conference that this was one of the largest deliveries of irradiated nuclear fuel in the history of the International Atomic Agency (IAEA) and lasted for over a month.
BELGRADE - Directors of state power utility services of Serbia Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and of Republika Srpska Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (EPRS) Dragomir Markovic and Branislava Milekic signed today at the Serbian government an agreement on cooperation in the preparation of technical documentation for construction of hydroelectric power plants on the middle reaches of the Drina River.
The agreement entails joint financing of the preparation of the feasibility and environmental impact study and represent...
BELGRADE - As part of the project "Investing in Serbia", the company Freja, Riv Bygg & Sanering AB from Sweden was presented today at the Ministry for Diaspora, which specialises in asbestos removal and installation of systems for solar energy, and which founded the company Norden Sanering d.o.o in Belgrade last year.
Addressing the representatives of local self-governments and entrepreneurs from Sweden and Serbia, Assistant Minister for Diaspora Djordjo Prstojevic expressed his satisfaction with the fact that this...
BELGRADE - The Embassy of Canada in Serbia is issuing a call for submissions for Canada Fund funding.
The Canada Fund finances small projects which enhance the democratic, economic, cultural, and social life of the people of Serbia and of Montenegro.
Since 2006 the Canada Fund has given priority support to projects promoting:
- good governance in local institutions;
- sustained democratic development at all levels of society, and
- advocacy for full human rights of vulnerable groups.
BELGRADe - First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic and Minister of Public Administration and Local Self Government Milan Markovic signed an agreement on community police training today.
Speaking at a joint press conference after the signing, Dacic and Markovic highlighted the importance of the role of community police in maintaining peace and order, offering help to the public and decreasing the workload of uniformed police personnel.
Dacic said that the training of the first group of ...
BELGRADE - Deputy Prime Minister for EU integration Bozidar Djelic said today that Belgrade has the potential to become a central point in Europe as it is situated at a crossroads between Danube Corridor 7 and road and rail transport Corridor 10.
Opening a workshop on the subject of cooperation between Danube river ports, water supply and wastewater treatment, Djelic said that Belgrade has two airports and a river port which must be linked to other means of transport.
CAMBRIDGE (Massachusetts, USA) - A team of researchers at MIT has made significant progress on a technology that could lead to batteries with up to three times the energy density of any battery that currently exists.
Yang Shao-Horn, an MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering, says that many groups have been pursuing work on lithium-air batteries, a technology that has great potential for achieving great gains in energy density. But there has been a lack of understanding ...
BELGRADE - Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Oliver Dulic stated today that the Fund for Environmental Protection will issue €400,000 loans to those interested in investing in businesses related to environmental protection.
Speaking at the Green Serbia conference organised by Biznis Info Group, Dulic called upon those interested to find profitable ways of investing in waste processing and recycling.
The Fund has revenues of €100 million and these funds will be available solely for investment in enviro...
BELGRADE - A group of 17 young Americans arrived in Serbia on March 21, as part of the Serbia Youth Leadership Program (SYLP).
This program is part of the support by the U.S. Government to the educational and professional exchange programs between Serbia and the United States, and is implemented by World Learning in the U.S. and Civic Initiatives in Serbia. A central event of this stay will be an ecological clean-up in Obrenovac, on March 31.
U.S. teenagers will, together with the high school students and citiz...
BELGRADE - Deputy Prime Minister for EU integration Bozidar Djelic opened the second regional economic forum "Sustainable development - legacy for the future" at Rudjer Boskovic High School today.
Djelic said that six times less funds are set aside for sustainable development in Serbia than in EU countries and that it is necessary that Serbia, together with other Balkan countries, follows in Europe’s footsteps concerning projects and finances for sustainable development.
BELGRADE - Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Oliver Dulic said today that Serbia’s participation in the environmental conference being held in Bali will help attract further investment in the recycling industry.
In a statement to Tanjug news agency, Dulic said that he expects 10,000 more jobs to be created in Serbia’s recycling industry this year.
Opportunities are opening up for investing in the electronic and packaging waste recycling industries, said Dulic.
BUDAPEST - Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic said today that investments in energy infrastructure are investments for the future development of those countries in Europe that have to catch up with advanced economies, thereby providing citizens with a higher level of stability and standard of living.
Cvetkovic said in the Summit on Energy Security in Budapest, which brought together the premieres of countries from Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe, that the region is an important energy hub and transit rout...
Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning Oliver Dulic called on magistrates and public prosecutors today to raise citizens´ awareness with their own actions of the need to respect environmental protection regulations.
Speaking at a press conference, at which a manual for judges and prosecutors who are to conduct environmental protection proceedings was presented, Dulic said that those who pollute the environment must be rigorously punished.
Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos expr...
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