October 27 (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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- Russia and Serbia will negotiate details of the $1.0 billion loan to the Balkan country on October 29 and October 30, the assistant to Serbia’s Finance Minister, Zoran Cirovic, said. Russia has approved the loan to Serbia last week, including $200 million which the government in Belgrade will use to finance its budget deficit. The remainder will be used to fund infrastructure projects.
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- Serbia intends to tap into the 3.0 billion euro loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next year as the country’s foreign exchange reserves are strong and local currency dinar is stable, unnamed sources said after the Monday meeting attended by the IMF delegation and Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic. An IMF mission is in the capital Belgrade for the combined second and third review of Serbia’s performance under the funding arrangement clinched in March.
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