September 11 (SeeNews) - Following are some of the main stories in the online versions of Serbian media on Friday morning. SeeNews has not verified these reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
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- The new management of Serbia’s troubled flag carrier JAT Airways is expected to table the company’s new business plan to the government in Belgrade over the next week, Infrastructure Minister Milutin Mrkonjic said. The company posted a 2008 net loss of 29 million euro.
BLIC
- Six Serbian firms have landed on international audit and consultancy firm Deloitte’s list of the 500 companies in central Europe with the highest revenue in 2008. Oil monopoly NIS, which posted 3.72 billion euro in revenue last year, is ranked 28th. Power utility Elektroprivreda Srbija is at the 96th place while retailer Delta Maxi took the no. 101 spot. State-owned postal service operator PTT Srbija was 125th, the local unit of U.S. Steel Corp. placed 183rd while gas monopoly Srbijagas landed at no. 287.
DANAS
- Employment in Serbian companies will continue to fall in the period ahead but the Balkan country’s production and exports are expected to improve, the National Development Bureau’s July business climate survey showed. Economy Minister Mladjan Dinkic said in May that the country's unemployment rate of 15% is expected to remain unchanged throughout the year.
POLITIKA
- Bulgarian electricity producer Brikel said it will invest 6.8 million euro in Serbian tyre maker Trayal Corp by the end of September, fulfilling requirements set by Serbia's Privatisation Agency. The agency said earlier it will cancel the sale contract if the Bulgarian owner failed to deliver on investment pledges and pay its workers under the terms set by the agency. Brikel, owned by Bulgarian businessman Hristo Kovachki, bought 76.9% of Trayal for some 12 million euro in 2006, vowing to invest 25 million euro in the Serbian company.
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