The Serbian parliament European Integration Committee plays a key role in the process of European integration, following parliament’s crucial role, Head of the EU Delegation in Serbia Michael Davenport said.
Under the motto “Rebuilding together”, the European Commission will host a donors’ conference in Brussels on 16 July to mobilise further support to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the aftermath of the recent floods. The aim of the conference will be to collect pledges from donors for the countries’ recovery. The conference will also contribute to stepping up co-operation over floods and natural disasters in the region, as well as operational coordination. The conference will be co-organised with France and Slovenia.
The EU Delegation to Serbia will grant National Library of Serbia (NBS) with five printed copies and one digital copy of each of the new books or brochures produced as part of the Delegation’s information and communication activities, so as to provide citizens with accurate and timely information regarding the European integration process. Funding permitting, the Delegation will grant the National Library of Serbia additional copies of publications that it will distribute to the libraries throughout Serbia.
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.
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.
Losses due to tax fraud and evasion are estimated at several hundred billion euro a year in the EU alone and improving tax compliance remain an extraordinary challenge to both EU members and beyond, Algirdas Šemeta, European Union Commissioner for Taxation, Customs, Anti-Fraud, Audit and Statistics said.
Algirdas Šemeta, Commissioner for Taxation, Customs, Anti-Fraud, Audit and Statistics is visiting Belgrade on 2nd and 3rd July.
President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso said EU would continue to assist Serbia with the floods recovery, not only in weeks and months, but in the years to come.
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