September 14 (SeeNews) - Following are some of the main stories in the online versions of Serbian media over the weekend and on Monday morning. SeeNews has not verified these reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
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- Slovenia’s largest food retailer, Mercator, plans to invest 30 million euro in its Serbian operations this year, the head of the Serbia arm, Stanka Curovic, said.
- Serbia’s ministries must hand over to the Finance Ministry by September 18 clearly defined plans for curbing public spending next year, Finance Minister Diana Dragutinovic said. The government in Belgrade will use these plans during negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in October when the third review of the country’s performance under its 3.0 billion euro stand-by deal with the lender is scheduled, Dragutinovic said. She added that Serbia, in line with commitments to the IMF, plans to lay off 14,000 public sector workers.
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- For every 100 employed people in Serbia, there are 85 retired and 45 unemployed, experts say. The number of employed versus retired persons could reach parity by next spring as a result of increasing lay-offs.
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- The global financial crisis has halted investments in Serbia totalling a combined 500 million euro, Dragan Pejcic, a marketing consultant at the Serbian Investment and Exporting Promotion Agency, said, giving no timeframe.
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