The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expanded asset purchase programme. Aimed at fulfilling the ECB’s price stability mandate, this programme will see the ECB add the purchase of sovereign bonds to its existing private sector asset purchase programmes in order to address the risks of a too prolonged period of low inflation.
As many as 43 families – 27 in Bela Palanka and 16 in Kladovo – will soon move into new homes thanks to the EU-funded project “European Union Support for Improving the Living Conditions of Forced Migrants” that is a part of a more comprehensive programme aimed at improving living conditions of forced migrants titled “For a Better Life”, worth a total of EUR14.2 million.
Fifty-four houses in Obrenovac, Krupanj, Svilajnac, Varvarin, Paraćin, Gornji Milanovac, Bajina Bašta, Šid, Smederevo and Mionica have been constructed, while 682 flood affected homes have been rehablitated in Obrenovac, Krupanj, Kraljevo, Lazarevac, Svilajnac, Trstenik, Varvarin, Valjevo, Mali Zvornik, Ljubovija, Šabac, Bajina Bašta, Šid, Loznica, Smederevska Palanka, Velika Plana, Čačak, Ub, Koceljeva, Jagodina and Paraćin.
Time is running out in Eastern Ukraine where the escalation of fighting has caused far too many civilian as well as military casualties.
A talk with Mr. Michael Davenport, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia, published in the bulletin through ACCESSION towards JUSTICE.
The EU Rural Development Programme for Serbia (IPARD) was adopted by the European Commission on 20 January 2015, forming the basis for EU support to the rural sector in Serbia for the next six years.
Technical faculty in Bor was given new equipment for chemical and metallurgical analysis, worth 600,000 euros, that would enable students to conduct experiments and apply learned theory in practice. The equipment will improve the quality of teaching and will also be used for preparation of better quality scientific theses.
Six women from Cicevac municipality have been trained to provide social care for people with mental disability and mental health disorders within the EU-funded project „Development of comprehensive Independent Living Support system in Central Serbia.” The project is aimed to establish a sustainable and high quality service of “home care” to persons with intellectual and mental disabilities with the provision of new jobs to social protection.
The Council of the EU has appointed Mr Lars-Gunnar Wigemark as EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He will also take over the role of the Head of the European Union’s Delegation in Sarajevo.
Terrorism threat and relations with Russia were the main issues the Foreign Affairs Council discussed at its first 2015 meeting on January19, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security issues Federica Mogherini said after the meeting. The EU ministers decided to have a stronger coordination within the EU, but also cooperation with other countries regarding fight against terrorism. EU is united on policy towards Russia: there is no change of it until commitments taken in Minsk are implemented, Mogherini said. The Council noted that Bosnia has begun moving in the right direction, she said.
