VIENNA - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said in Vienna on Tuesday that he had agreed with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei that the Agency give its full support to Serbia's efforts to relocate from Serbia the remaining spent nuclear fuel from the Nuclear Institute "Vinca" (photo). It will require funds worth $25 million.
Speaking to the press in Vienna where he is taking part in the 52nd International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, Djelic...
BELGRADE - Minister of Environmental Protection and Spatial Planning Oliver Dulic announced today that the government will start several campaigns aimed at raising citizens’ awareness on climate change and global warming.
During a visit to the Climate Change Caravan set up at Trg Nikole Pasica in Belgrade, Dulic stressed that the state must stimulate production of energy from renewable sources through subsidies.
Serbia is not an economic power and does not emit a lot of carbon-dioxide and other harmful gases...
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BELGRADE - Oliver Dulic has supported the nomination of Djavolja Varos to become one of the seven wonders of the natural world.
The Environment Ministry has sent an official letter of support to Djavolja Varos (Devil’s Town) in its bid to be voted one of the seven natural wonders.
The environment minister said that it was one of the efforts being taken to improve Serbia’s image in the world, and to make the country’s assets become renowned worldwide. Djavolja Varos is currently ranked 14th on the list.
BELGRADE - In Serbia, only 15% of waste is recycled, putting the country at the foot of the European table, writes daily "Vecernje novosti".
With the adoption of two key laws governing this area - the Law on Waste Management and the Law on Packaging Waste - the Environment and Spatial Planning Ministry plans to form a brand new economic sector in Serbia which, via the collection and separation of waste, its recycling and return to production, will not only create a large number of new jobs but generate a significa...
BELGRADE - Half the overall energy supply could be made out of renewable energy sources. Serbia can provide half of its overall energy capacity from renewable energy sources, which is currently 18%.
The biggest share might belong to biomass that can provide 1/4 of total energy supply in Serbia, but large quantity of energy may come from hydro energy, the sun, and the wind.
Accordingly to data from Ministry for Coal and Energy, Serbia can produce 4,89 million tonnes of equivalent oil (ten) per year, from renew...
BELGRADE - The Head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, said today he supported the efforts of the authorities of the City of Belgrade to identify alternative accommodation for families of the Roma settlement under the Gazela bridge.
"I have been closely following the relocation planning process, and believe that the implementation of the relocation plan is a potential win-win situation for everyone concerned. It is shocking to see famili...
BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and Minister of Science and Technological Development Bozidar Djelic said that the national sustainable development strategy recommends that by 2014 funds for environmental protection should be 1.5% of GDP.
Djelic, who is also president of the Council for Sustainable Development, said in an interview for the American Chamber of Commerce magazine Perspective that according to the strategy, in 2017 funds for environmental protection should be 2.5% of GDP, ...
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NOVI SAD - The Green Network of Vojvodina said on Wednesday that the construction of a nuclear power plant in Erdut, Croatia, near the border with Serbia, was unacceptable.
The organization invited the public in Serbia to oppose the construction of this nuclear plant.
The Green Network of Vojvodina reminded the Serbian government that the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment, which Serbia ratified last year and Croatia two years ago, had to be observed when it came to construction of such plants in the b...
BELGRADE - Serbian Assistant Minister of Environmental Protection Dusan Pajkic said today that the purpose of celebrating Danube Day on June 29 is to draw public attention to the necessity of taking care of nature and natural resources.
Speaking at a press conference held to present the project “Danube Day 2008”, Pajkic said that marking the day is very important for Serbia also because the country is presiding over the International Committee for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) this year.
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BELGRADE - Today, June 5, is World Environment Day, the slogan of which this year is “Carbon Dioxide Emission-How to Change Habits.”
World Environment Day was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1972, and represents one of the main channels through which the UN stimulates discussion on the importance of increasing activities to protect the environment.
The day promotes the view that the community is the basis for changes in behavior towards man’s immediate surroundings, and the headquarters of the UN Environmen...
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Environmental Protection Sasa Dragin stated today that Serbia has the best system for tracking nuclear accidents in Europe so citizens could be informed on time on any possible nuclear danger.
Dragin told Radio Television of Serbia that the system in Serbia is currently the most state-of-the-art in Europe and that the only country that can be compared with us is France, which gets reports every two hours whereas in Serbia reports come in every half an hour.
He noted that there are te...
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BELGRADE - Minister of Environmental Protection Sasa Dragin signed today with representatives of the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Science the Agreement on takeover, transport and storage of radioactive waste material detected in metal waste in the collection process.
Under this agreement, Vinca assumes responsibility that the collection, handling, safe transport and storage of radioactive waste material is performed only by proper technical and health institutions and that they should be available non-stop, 24 hours a da...
NEW YORK - As part of the regular annual session of the UN Division for Sustainable Development, Serbia’s sustainable development strategy has been presented today.
As part of the discussion, the Serbian government received support and appraisal, for the efficient and transparent process in drafting the strategy and its adoption on May 9 at the proposal of Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic, from over 20 countries who attended the presentation.
Aside from Montenegro, Serbia is the first country in the region wit...
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BELGRADE - State Secretary at the Serbian Ministry of Science Uranija Kozmidis-Luburic said today the ministry will submit a proposal to the government to make a decision at its next session to form a committee for finding a permanent nuclear waste disposal site in Serbia.
Speaking at a press conference regarding the take over, transport and storage of Radium-226 to the Vinca Institute and the design of a programme for the disposal of radioactive waste in Serbia, Kozmidis-Luburic said that if no technical obstacles ar...
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Environmental Production Sasa Dragin said today that the ministry and the Belgrade Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy have completed the draft strategy for introducing clean production in Serbia. The draft has been forwarded to the Serbian government for adoption.
Speaking at a press conference, Dragin said that the strategy will guide the industry towards using clean technology, contribute to environmental protection and make the market more competitive.
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Environmental Protection Sasa Dragin and Head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Serbia Hans Ola Urstad signed today in Belgrade a memorandum of understanding on environmental protection.
Within the framework of the memorandum the ministry and OSCE will cooperate on a project titled, “Strategic support by the Ministry of Environmental Protection for institutional capacity building”.
The basic aim of the project is that the OSCE, as an organ...
BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Environmental Protection stated today that through a public competition it chose a label to mark environmentally friendly products, which was designed by Miroslav Vujovic from Belgrade.
The statement adds that out of 26 submitted designs, the committee elected the one which in its opinion best represents the environment in Serbia.
The label will be a part of the rulebook on granting the right to use the eco-friendly label on environmentally friendly products.
BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic announced today that from now on the EU will set aside €16 million for cross-border cooperation projects from the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA).
Djelic told a press conference that in the past four years the EU financed 125 projects with around €11 million and added that it has decided to increase the funds since the previous ones were well-spent.
Having recalled that cross-border cooperation is very demanding, he announced that Serbia will ...
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Milan Markovic and German Ambassador to Belgrade Wolfram Maas began today the implementation of a German government programme titled “Assistance to medium-sized Serbian municipalities in water supply and waste water management”.
Markovic told a press conference that the programme includes financial assistance intended to revive the water supply and waste water management systems in Kraljevo, Loznica, Pancevo, Sabac, Smederevo, Sombor, Sr...
BELGRADE - Pancevo, on the outskirts of Belgrade, is Europe’s most polluted town.
Belgrade itself, where traffic is the main pollutant, is in a very bad condition, as is the town of Bor, home to a copper mine.
Experts at an environmental safety and protection conference have warned that other places most affected are those in the vicinity of power stations with ash filters, and metal and chemical factories.
The air, land and water in Serbia are full of ammonia, iron, manganese, methane, carbons and carb...
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