September 21 (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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- Serbia’s inflation will be under 10% this year, Trade Minister Slobodan Milosavljevic said.
- Serbian diaspora is expected to play a major role in the country’s economic development once the economic crisis subsides, Diaspora Minister Srdjan Sreckovic said, adding that the ministry will publish a business guide for Serbs working abroad and eying investments in the Balkan country.
DANAS
- Serbia’s troubled flag carrier JAT Airways transported about 760,000 passengers during the first eight months of 2009, which is a 22% drop on the year, JAT Director General Srdjan Radovanovic said. Flights to neighbouring Montenegro recorded the biggest drop, declining by some 48%. The carrier is expected to transport 1.1 million passengers by the end of the year, Radovanovic also said.
- Serbia’s public spending is 20% bigger than the capacity of the country’s commerce, the head of the country’s Chamber of Commerce, Milos Bugarin, said. The operations of some 62,000 Serbian companies have been blocked due to a combined unpaid debt of 260 billion dinars, Bugarin also said.
- Local meat producer Juhor will start exporting to the European Union by the end of the year, Director General Nebojsa Petrovic said.
VECERNJE NOVOSTI
- The traffic at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla airport will record its biggest growth next year after low-cost air carriers will start flying in following the liberalisation of the visa regime with the European Union, expected in January, Velimir Radosavljevic, assistant to the company’s director general, said.
(1 euro=93.4005 Serbian dinars)