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Why Germany struggles to understand the issues at heart of Brexit?

3rd April 2019

Britain's stubborn, uncompromising political culture favours small victories over compromise. In Germany, where coalition-building is the norm, Brexit bewilderment remains strong. Throughout the whole sorry...

Ambassador of Serbia in London Aleksandra Joksimović presented Letters of Credence...

26th March 2019

Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the United Kingdom Aleksandra Joksimović presented Letters of Credence to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 26...

British Based Companies move to Netherlands

3rd March 2019

More than 40 British companies last year moved, or said they would move, their operations from Britain to the Netherlands in response to Brexit...

Ms Sian MacLeod OBE appointed as new British Ambassador to Serbia

15th January 2019

Ms Sian MacLeod OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia in succession to H.E. Mr Denis Keefe CMG. Ms MacLeod...

British American Tobacco

BAT Serbia mark five consecutive years of business without injury at...

24th September 2018

British American Tobacco (BAT), the most significant British investor in Serbia, marked five consecutive years of business without injury and professional illnesses, and the...

British Government Supports Serbia’s Digital Transformation

28th August 2018

Mihailo Jovanović (Associate Professor, PhD), director of the Office for Information Technologies and e-Government and H.E. Denis Keefe, British Ambassador to Serbia, presented today...

British Embassy Celebrates Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday

14th June 2018

The British Embassy, headed by the Ambassador H.E. Denis Keefe, held a reception marking the Queen Elizabeth II's 92nd birthday. This year's celebration held at...

British Mineco Opens The First Metal Mine In BiH For 30...

11th May 2018

The British company MINECO officially opened the lead mine at Olovo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the first new metal mine in BiH...

Chelsea Flower Show

9th May 2018

The importance of gardening and growing plants to help tackle some of the biggest issues facing us today will be key themes at this year’s Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show (22nd May – Saturday 26th May)

The Brexit Transition

What’s On The Negotiating Table?

28th February 2018

By Michael Dougan

British Prime Minister Theresa May formally requested a transitional deal with the European Union after Brexit during her speech in Florence in September 2017. However, it was only after EU leaders agreed to move on to the next stage of the negotiations in December, that the path was cleared for talks on the transition to begin in earnest

Improvement Of Business Environment In Serbia

20th February 2018

Prime Minister Ana Brnabić and Vice President of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Georgina Baker signed today an Agreement on Cooperation between the Serbian...

H.E. Denis Keefe, UK Ambassador To Serbia

UK Supports Serbia’s Digitisation

31st January 2018

British Embassy support in this area, through the Good Governance Fund, will be crucial, while digital will be a key area of focus for the Western Balkans Summit, which the UK is hosting next year

Ambassador Kate Keefe Hosts British Entrepreneurs Active in Serbia 2018

Ambassador Keefe Hosts British Entrepreneurs Active in Serbia

24th January 2018

British Ambassador H.E. Denis Keefe and Mrs Kate Keefe hosted the British Business Reception, intended for representatives of British companies operating in Serbia, at...

“Zajedno/Come Together” Exhibition

18th October 2017

Marking 180th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Serbia and the United Kingdom

Range Rover Velar Presented in Belgrade

19th September 2017

Serbia among the first countries where the Velar has gone on sale

Queen Elisabeth’s Birthday And 180 Years Of Diplomatic Relations

15th June 2017

H.E. Denis Keefe was host to government officials, the diplomatic corps, religious leaders and many guests from public life

180 Years Of UK And Serbia Diplomatic Relations Marked In Kragujevac

12th June 2017

Mayor of the city of Kragujevac was host for the marking of 180 years of diplomatic relations between United Kingdom and Republic of Serbia

Stamp Released Commemorating The Anniversary Of Cooperation Between Serbia And Great...

7th June 2017

180th anniversary of the establishing of formal diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Serbia

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CorD 5th May 2019

Comment by Nebojša Katić, Economist

Brexit No (Good) Exit

Comment 6th May 2019

When the UK formally initiated the process of leaving the EU by triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty two years ago, the British government promised the UK would leave the EU on 29th March 2019, with a new trade agreement combining the best of all worlds

Vladimir Kostić Ph.d. President of the Serbian Academy of Science and the Arts, SASA

Preserving Identity is Investing in Freedom

Interviews 6th May 2019

This time and its communication technologies are not favourable to small nations. Moreover, the seemingly unobtrusively drawn stance that we are closer to the shores of some global civilisation and cultural course, and that we’ll receive everything we need when we get there - is only enough for us to forget what has been and what we were. Blissful ignorance of the future! Although these words of mine will probably be understood as the mystification of identity, I consider its preservation as a prerequisite, a kind of deposit for free, straight and creative communication with the world - Vladimir Kostić

H.E. Chen Bo, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Serbia

Solid Steel Friendship

Interviews 6th May 2019

“Following the HBIS Group’s purchase of the steelworks and a number of reforms to production and management processes, the Smederevo Steelworks has become Serbia’s largest exporter and an employer of 5,000 workers. The problem of the quota [for the EU] represents a major challenge for the steelworks and has a negative impact on its work. We expect the quota problem to be resolved as soon as possible, in order to prevent it from having a negative impact on the healthy development of the steelworks” - Ambassador Chen Bo

James Ker-Lindsay, Analyst, Visiting Professor at LSE

The Importance of Not Representing a Precedent

Interviews 6th May 2019

I believe that it would be very dangerous to open discussions on the territorial integrity of Bosnia- Herzegovina or North Macedonia. However, I don’t believe that such debates are a necessary consequence of any agreement between Serbia and Kosovo. What is agreed between two sovereign states is not a precedent for others – James Ker-Lindsay

Focus

Do We Need a New Law to Determine the Origins of Assets?

Focus 6th May 2019

In a society where there is a belief that there are “selected taxpayers” with whom there is a discrepancy between reported revenues and acquired assets, there is a justified need for such cases to be investigated. The choice of the way we will do this tells us a lot about the social values we want to promote

International Women’s Club Belgrade

Honour, Job & Responsibility

Profile 6th May 2019

The life of a diplomatic spouse is anything but conventional. The spouse of diplomats must juggle a unique combination of family life, professional commitments, education, responsibilities and travel

Statement by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe

The New Japanese Era Name is “Reiwa”

Feature 6th May 2019

This was taken from wording appearing in the Manyoshu: “In this auspicious month of early spring, the weather is fine and the wind gentle. The plum blossoms open like powder before a mirror while the orchids give off the sweet scent of a sachet.” Moreover, this name “Reiwa” includes the meaning of culture coming into being and flourishing when people bring their hearts and minds together in a beautiful manner

Banking

Concerns Over European Bank Earnings

Business Dialogue 6th May 2019

Several analysts have raised concerns over earnings this quarter due to external risks such as low economic growth, uncertainty over U.S.-China trade deal, Brexit and a U-turn on major central bank policy towards more easing

Richard Branson

Simple Tricks – The Best Way for a Successful Business

Entrepreneurship 6th May 2019

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. One of the world’s wealthiest people, Richard Branson is worth an estimated $4.9 billion. This serial entrepreneur has built up eight billion-dollar companies and continues to innovate wherever possible

Vesna Todorčević, Ph.d., Associate Research Professor at the SASA Mathematical Institute; Associate Professor at the University of Belgrade’s Faculty Of Organisational Sciences

Maths and the Beauty of the World

Profile 6th May 2019

I’ve toured the world thanks to mathematics. Congresses and conferences in distant lands freed me of my old self, my authenticity flourished, returning me like winds and waves to my children and the people I love

Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art

Storytelling Pictures

Art 6th May 2019

Australian Aboriginal Art has been identified as the most exciting contemporary art form of the 20th Century

Bojana Nikitović, Costume designer

I Don’t Have Complexes About Being from Serbia

My Life 6th May 2019

She’s the most successful woman from this region in the film world. She was the first associate to costume designer Milena Canonero when she won the 2007 Oscar for Best Costume Design for the Sofia Copolla’s film Marie Antoinette. She has long since operated as an independent costume designer for numerous top-class film productions. Apart from all of that, she also works in the theatre, which is her first and greatest love, and four Sterija Prizes merely serve to prove that she also does so very successfully

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