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The National Bank of Serbia left its key rate on hold at 9.5% as expected at its monetary policy meeting at the end of last week. Inflation is now very low (just 2.7% y-o-y in April) however it is expected to increase in the second half of the year. The agricultural season may be less favourable than last year's, there may be some pass-through from the weakening of the dinar so far this year...

Please see the attached summary of the Law on PPP, courtesy of Prica & Partners.  

On May 2nd 2012, PEXIM scholars studying at Cambridge University organised a dinner at Trinity College with the support of Sir Paul Judge, Chairman of the BSCC. The purpose of the event was to show enthusiasm and readiness to change the economic landscape of Serbia and build firmer ties with the UK on both the academic and business levels. The dinner also created a networking opportunity among...

The spring issue of Links Magazine has been published this week, with the e-version available today. With a hard copy distribution of over 6000 copies and e-distribution of over 15,000 across the world, Links Magazine, packed with fantastic features and information, is a high quality, carefully focussed valuable platform for businesses to increase brand profile and promote activities and...

The following interview was published in Politika, we enclose the English version below.  Politika: It's been two months since you were made the Chairman of the British-Serbian Chamber of Commerce.  Do you have any special strategy to improve foreign investment to Serbia?  Are British investors expressing more interest to invest in our country recently, and are any serious investors planning...

The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee held a debate and vote on a resolution on Serbia on 1 March in which the granting of candidate status to Serbia was supported. The lead MEP on EU-Serbia relations, Mr Jelko Kacin (Liberal, Slovenia) commented in the debate that candidate status for Serbia was justified by the progress it had made. He saw that the level of cooperation which...

The Board of Directors of the British-Serbian Chamber of Commerce is happy to announce that Sir Paul Judge has accepted the invitation to become the new Chairman of the BSCC.  Among his many roles, Sir Paul is currently Chairman of Greenhouse Investments Ltd and Schroder Income Growth Fund plc. He is also a Director of ENRC plc, the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, Standard Bank Group Ltd...

Please see attached the news release on occasion of the BSCC events in Belgrade on 25th and 26th October 2011.

Avram Balabanovic joined the BSCC Board of Directors in July 2011. We welcome Avram to the Board and look forward to working with him in the coming months. 

Darko Hajdukovic joined the Board in June 2011. We welcome Darko to the Board and look forward to working with him in the coming months.

Serbia buys Microsoft software license for scientists, US software giant mulls opening innovation center in Serbia. Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic and US software giant Microsoft Vice President Alain Crozier have signed an agreement under which Serbia will obtain a license for Microsoft's software for its scientific community, according to a statement on the government's website....

"Special attention was dedicated to the value of raspberries in fighting cancer. This was the main topic discussed at the conference, and this will serve as the basis for the export strategy," says Aleksandar Leposavic, researcher at the Cacak Fruit Research Institute. The conference was organized by the Serbia Enterprise Development Project (USAID-SEDP) and Serbia Export and Import Promotion...

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) rated Serbia exceptionally high in the majority of domains that influence generation of positive climate for foregin direct investments, announced the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development.The Ministry's State Secretary, Ms. Vesna Arsic, stated that Serbia rates at the highest level in several important domains, where it...