The Director of the Investment Development Bank of the Republic of Srpska, Dražen Vrhovac, said that the Serbian-Russian forum, to be held in Banja Luka in the spring, was a great opportunity for businessmen from the Republic of Srpska, which had identified Russia as a key market. – We are on the Russian Federation’s friendly countries list, we enjoy certain benefits on the Russian market, where
The President of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik, spoke in Banja Luka with the Director of the Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region, Arnaud Gouillon. The meeting discussed the position of Serbs in the region, current situation in Kosovo and Metohija, and other current topics in BiH and the region. Dodik expressed his gratitude to Gouillon for the commitment and
Starting from next year, more than 1,500 beneficiaries of the Pension and Disability Insurance Fund /PIO/ of the Republic of Srpska living in Austria and about 7,500 beneficiaries of the Austrian Pension Fund living in Srpska will need not submit life certificates directly at the end of the year in order to continue receiving regular pension payments, foresees the agreement between these two funds
Assistant Minister for Cooperation with the Diaspora, Helena Krnetić, participated in the training of managers responsible for cooperation with the diaspora, which was organized by the Department for European Integration and International Cooperation of the Brčko District Government on 23 and 24 November 2022. In the introductory part, the assistant minister for cooperation with the diaspora presented previous experiences and activities of the institutions of the Republic
Next year’s budget of the Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region intended for Serbs in the region has been tripled and amounts to EUR 1.5 million, says the director of the Directorate, Arnaud Gouillon, and adds that these larger funds will make it possible to better help our people in the region, who need it the most, because
Last night (17 November 2022), the organizers of the International Children’s Folklore Festival Licider Heart presented certificates of appreciation and plaques to those who had supported and enabled successful holding of this event. The recipients included the Representative Office of the Republic of Srpska, which had been a co-organizer for many years. The Vice President of the Organizing Committee of the Licider Heart festival, Ivana Cvetković, said that the strong support of co-organizers and
The Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region within the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was allocated a three times larger budget for supporting the Serbs in the region and diaspora, said the director of the Directorate, Arnaud Gouillon. Gouillon said that the budget was increased at the proposal of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and that this showed the motherland’s great care for
Yesterday, the Agrarian Fund of the city of Trebinje concluded an agreement with the city of Belgrade on the lease of premises for the opening of Herzeg House in the capital of Serbia. The director of the Trebinje Agrarian Fund, Veselin Dutina, who had signed the agreement, said that it was the first Herzeg House facility to open in Serbia already at the beginning of next year. Dutina said
The conference on Serbia and Serbs in the Region was held on 25 October 2022 in Matica Srpska in Novi Sad, gathering over 30 representatives of organizations and institutions from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Romania, North Macedonia and Montenegro. The goal of the conference was to strengthen mutual ties and improve cooperation between institutions from Serbia and Serbs
The Serb member of the BiH Presidency, Milorad Dodik, said that Serbs should be gathered and that integration of the Serbian national identity had to be strengthened. Dodik said that Serbia played the primary role in this, but also that the Republic of Srpska was not without potential. – Serbs should be gathered. We must be gathered around our states, Serbia and
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