The EU welcomes the institute of independent Enforcement Agents and supports its further strengthening, with the aim of reducing the backlog of cases and rendering the Serbian Judiciary more efficient, Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport said at the European Legal Policy Forum.
In a joint Twitter chat with citizens, organised on the occasion of Italian presidency of the European Union, Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport and Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Manzo said the EU acknowledged Serbia’s commitment to pursue reforms.
On 1 January 2014, the population of the EU28 was estimated at 507.4 million, compared with 505.7 million on 1 January 2013, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. As a long-term trend, the population of the countries making up the EU28 has increased by around 100 million since 1960 (from 407 million to 507 million).
The Serbian Innovation Fund has, on the occasion of the National Science Day in Serbia, organized an event: “Where Science and Innovative Entrepreneurship Meet”. Results of some of the projects financed under the EU-funded Innovation Serbia Project were presented at the event supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Development.
Serbia has to find its own way to fight youth unemployment, but the European Union and its Member States will share their experience so to help it along the way, participants of the Workshop on Youth Employment Initiatives were told as they gathered to discuss how to combat the youth unemployement in Serbia that has already exceeded 50 percent.
EU High Representative for Foreign policy Catherine Ashton has called for Friday, July 11, a meeting of Belgrade and Pristina representatives to discuss the situation related to the Mitrovica north bridge, her spokesperson said in a statement.
Marking the start of the Italian presidency of the Council of the European Union, Italian embassy in Belgrade, EU delegation to Serbia and its information center are organizing Twitter chat with ambassadors Giuseppe Manzo and Michael Davenport as well as EU Open Day at Italian Embassy.
The European Union (EU), its 28 Member states as well as other donor countries – the United States, Canada, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, international financial organisations such as EBRD, EIB, IMF, WB and civil society held a coordination meeting on the international support to Ukraine.
Low-skilled workers encounter increasing difficulties to find a job, face lower job stability and are out-competed by medium-skilled workers even in elementary occupations. In contrast, job opportunities are growing in some high-skilled professions. These are the main findings of the recently published European Vacancy and Recruitment Report 2014.
The European Delegation to Serbia supported the project “Jointly for political and economic empowerment of persons with disabilities”, implemented in 2013/2014 by Centre for independent living of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in cooperation with National organisation of persons with disabilities of Serbia.
