As Serbia’s State Auditors finalise their account of the public debt for 2011, the Finance Minister has accused the former government of concealing its true size.Radoslav Sretenovic, head of the State Audit Institution, DRI, is to publish the final data on the public debt as it stood on December 31, …

The cash-strapped country has postponed the sale of the plastics manufacturer Oltchim.Romania on Monday again extended the deadline for receiving preliminary bids in the sale of its 55-per-cent stake in cthe hemical producer Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea to September 21. The economy ministry pushed back the deadline, responding to the fears …

Head of Serbia’s Office for Kosovo says that Belgrade wishes to restart negotiations with Pristina as long as there are no preconditions.Aleksandar Vulin, head of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo, said that Serbia was “ready for negotiations and wants to negotiate” with the breakway former province. “However, we do …