September 8 (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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- Serbia’s economy will shrink by between 4.0% and 5.0% of the projected gross domestic product (GDP) this year with an improvement expected in 2010, Jurij Bajec, an advisor to Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, said. The country should boost its annual exports to the equivalent of 50% of the projected GDP from current 29% and slash public spending from current 40% of GDP, Bajec added.
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- Serbia could save about 2.7 million tonnes of crude oil by producing energy from biomass, Energy Minister Petar Skundric said without elaborating. Biomass accounts for about 60% of renewable energy resources in Serbia, he added.
- The government in Belgrade and local banks have provided around 23.2 million euro in soft loans to Serbian farmers since March to help them cope with the crisis, the Agriculture Ministry said.
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