December 29 (SeeNews) - Following are some of the main stories in the online versions of Serbian media on Tuesday morning. SeeNews has not verified these reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy
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- Italy’s Fiat is expected to disburse a 100 million euro investment in the bank account of its joint automotive venture with Serbia, Fiat Automobili Srbija (FAS) on Tuesday.
- Serbia’s troubled mine and copper smelter RTB Bor will turn to profit in 2010 thanks to a $33 million investment that is in the pipeline for upgrades, the company’s General Director Blagoje Spaskovski said.
- Serbia’s public company City Markets will post more than 2.0 million euro in 2009 net profit after it cut spending by 10% and raised revenues by 15%, the broadcaster reported quoting company officials as saying.
- The government in Belgrade will start to lay off public sector employees in February as part of a comprehensive reform of the public sector under its 3.0 billion euro aid deal with the International Monetary Fund, Finance Minister Diana Dragutinovic said. The reform envisages cutting the number of public employees by about 12%.
- Serbian polypropylene homopolymer producer Hipol may construct a new factory worth between 20 and 30 million euro, which would hire between 200 and 300 people, Economy Minister Mladjan Dinkic said.
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- To register a worker an employer in Serbia must fill out 27 forms, complete 600 lines by hand and submit them to three different locations, government officials said, adding that a one stop registration may be introduced in the first half of 2010.
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