1 Iraqi Dinar = 0.0911 Serbian Dinar

1 Cayman Islands Dollar = 130.1112 Serbian Dinar

1 Swiss Franc = 111.6962 Serbian Dinar

1 CFA Franc BCEAO = 0.1793 Serbian Dinar

1 Vietnamese Dong = 0.0046 Serbian Dinar

1 Macedonian Denar = 1.9085 Serbian Dinar

1 Zambian Kwacha = 0.0209 Serbian Dinar

1 South Korean Won = 0.0889 Serbian Dinar

1 Jordanian Dinar = 152.8603 Serbian Dinar

1 Lebanese Pound = 0.0717 Serbian Dinar

1 Bahraini Dinar = 286.7822 Serbian Dinar

1 Chilean Peso = 0.1313 Serbian Dinar

1 Maldivian Rufiyaa = 6.9954 Serbian Dinar

1 Malaysian Ringgit = 25.024 Serbian Dinar

1 Nicaraguan Cordoba Oro = 3.1524 Serbian Dinar

1 Netherlands Antillean Guilder = 60.4139 Serbian Dinar

1 Estonian Kroon = 7.6042 Serbian Dinar

1 Danish Krone = 15.7617 Serbian Dinar

1 Fiji Dollar = 48.1372 Serbian Dinar

1 New Zealand Dollar = 66.5695 Serbian Dinar

1 Croatian Kuna = 15.6307 Serbian Dinar

1 Peruvian Nuevo Sol = 31.9075 Serbian Dinar

1 Dominican Peso = 1.9705 Serbian Dinar

1 Papua New Guinean Kina = 31.616 Serbian Dinar

1 Brunei Dollar = 76.741 Serbian Dinar

Research by fDi Intelligence reveals which countries receive more than their ‘expected share’ of FDI. 

Serbia’s minister of finance, Siniša Mali, explains why the country is one of Europe's economic stars, and how its FDI levels have risen on the back of this.

Foreign investment into Serbia is growing at a healthy pace thanks to its attractive automotive manufacturing industry and highly regarded free zones.

Serbia’s technology cluster is gaining momentum and attracting FDI, for both its software and hardware expertise.

Serbia’s 15 free zones are driving forward an ongoing flurry of foreign investment in the country’s buoyant manufacturing scene, especially in automotives.

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Glass containers in which Arora has collected soil from different parts of Aarey. PICS/ABIGAIL D’Souza 

A conversation with artist Vikram Arora throws up a vital piece of insight into the issue of deforestation at Aarey Colony. Arora, along with four artists from Hong Kong and a Serbian national based in Mumbai, is spending a few days living with locals in the city’s jeopardised green cover, and he tells us, “The tribals here have a family that doesn’t include only the people they live with. It includes the trees they planted, the animals and birds that depend on those trees, the leopards around them and so on. So everything is inter-dependent, and the fallout [of deforestation] is ecological in nature, because the birds don’t have those trees any more. And the leopards will confront humans because their habitat has been taken away.”

This is the issue that forms the backbone of a project called Forest Tales: Mysteries Hidden in Concrete. It involves the six people creating individual works of art based on their experience of living in the heart of Aarey Colony, immersing themselves in the local culture by tilling the soil that nurtures the food that their hosts cook for them.

Chim Chi Ho tilling soil

Arora tells us that one of his projects, for instance, requires him to collect 33 types of soil from different parts of Aarey, symbolic of the 33 hectares of land in the area that is lost to the demands of construction work for the disputed Metro project. “I will put these bits of soil into 33 different containers on which I will draw Warli art, a traditional tribal style. The idea is to archive the memory of the soil in case that land is also taken away in the future. I will present the different glass containers as an installation to show how, if we proceed without long-term planning, we will end up building a fragile future for ourselves,” he says.

The other project he has embarked on is called Cut Me a Slice of That. For it, he will bake a pie inspired by savelya, a local sweet dish made with coconut and jaggery, which his host taught him to make. He will then serve that pie cut into different pieces when the various works of art are showcased to the public at an event later this week. “It’s meant to reflect the sentiment of how the land grab is taking place, piece by piece. For example, every time there is an emergency in the city, the NSG commandos are given a space in Aarey. A veterinary college is also given space here if they want it. Now the Metro wants its chunk too for the car shed. So, they keep taking this land away piece by piece, through rampant deforestation,” he explains.

(From left) Michael Leung, Vikram Arora, Gum Cheng, Yip Kai Chun and Chim Chi Ho, the artists living in Aarey. Katarina Rasic is not in the photo

Arora adds, however, that not everyone in the local community is against displacement. A few padas (settlement clusters), he says, are happy because they think they will get a house in a tower, though they eventually might never get to reach this carrot being dangled before them. “They are driven by economic sensibilities, thinking they will be moving into high society when, and if, they get those houses. But the whole idea is not only about them shifting base. Instead, it’s about the trees that are being cut to facilitate that process,” he says, pointing out how unless this urbanisation challenge is managed in a sensitive manner, ecological concerns are bound to be sacrificed at the altar of rampant concretisation.

Vikram Arora

ON May 20 AT Keltipada, Adivasi Pada, Unit no 18, Aarey Milk Colony, Goregaon East.
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The OECD on September 2, 2019, announced that Ecuador and Serbia have ratified the multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.

Today, Serbia deposited its instrument of ratification for the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (multilateral convention or MLI) with the OECD’s Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, therewith underlining its strong commitment to prevent the abuse of tax treaties and base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) by multinational enterprises.

Today, at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, Slavica Savicic, State Secretary for Finance of the Republic of Serbia, signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (the Convention) in the presence of the OECD Deputy Secretary-General Jeffrey Schlagenhauf. Serbia is the 129th jurisdiction to join the Convention.

Ecuador and Serbia have deposited their instruments of ratification for the multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters therewith underlining their strong commitment to join international efforts against tax evasion and avoidance. The Convention will enter into force on 1 December 2019 for Ecuador and Serbia.

The work on BEPS Action 14 continues with today's publication of the eighth round of stage 1 peer review reports. Each report assesses a country's efforts to implement the Action 14 minimum standard as agreed to under the OECD/G20 BEPS Project.

The BELEX 15 decreased 137 points or 17.11% since the beginning of 2020, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks this benchmark index from Serbia. Historically, the Serbia Stock Market (BELEX15) reached an all time high of 3335.20 in May of 2007. The Belgrade BELEX15 Index is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of 15 biggest companies listed on the Belgrade Stock Exchange in Serbia. It is a free-float, capitalization-weighted index. The BELEX15 Index has a base value of 1000 as of October 1, 2005.

IP Addresses in Serbia decreased to 1302521 IP in the first quarter of 2017 from 1307324 IP in the fourth quarter of 2016. IP Addresses in Serbia averaged 925879.10 IP from 2007 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 1389840 IP in the first quarter of 2015 and a record low of 152042 IP in the third quarter of 2007. This page includes a chart with historical data for SerbiaIP Addresses.

Temperature in Serbia increased to 23.08 celsius in August from 22.04 celsius in July of 2013. Temperature in Serbia averaged 9.99 celsius from 1743 until 2013, reaching an all time high of 24.45 celsius in July of 2012 and a record low of -8.43 celsius in January of 1942. This page includes a chart with historical data for Serbia Temperature.

Retirement Age Women in Serbia increased to 62 in 2018 from 61.50 in 2017. Retirement Age Women in Serbia averaged 59.60 from 2004 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 62 in 2018 and a record low of 58 in 2005. This page provides - Serbia Retirement Age Women - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Retirement Age Men in Serbia remained unchanged at 65 in 2018 from 65 in 2017. Retirement Age Men in Serbia averaged 64.27 from 2004 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 65 in 2011 and a record low of 63 in 2005. This page provides - Serbia Retirement Age Men - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Weapons Sales in Serbia decreased to 2 USD Million in 2017 from 23 USD Million in 2016. Weapons Sales in Serbia averaged 14.60 USD Million from 1996 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 45 USD Million in 2008 and a record low of 1 USD Million in 2009. Weapons Sales are presented as a Trend-Indicator Value based on the known unit production costs of a core set of weapons such as aircraft, air defence systems, anti-submarine warfare weapons, armoured vehicles, artillery, engines, missiles, sensors, satellites, ships and others. The indicator aims to represent the transfer value of military resources rather than the financial value of the transfer.

Military Expenditure in Serbia increased to 813 USD Million in 2018 from 802 USD Million in 2017. Military Expenditure in Serbia averaged 925.22 USD Million from 1996 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 1369 USD Million in 2000 and a record low of 747 USD Million in 2016.

The Corporate Tax Rate in Serbia stands at 15 percent. Corporate Tax Rate in Serbia averaged 12.43 percent from 2003 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 15 percent in 2013 and a record low of 10 percent in 2005. In Serbia, the Corporate Income tax rate is a tax collected from companies. Its amount is based on the net income companies obtain while exercising their business activity, normally during one business year. The benchmark we use refers to the highest rate for Corporate Income. Revenues from the Corporate Tax Rate are an important source of income for the government of Serbia. This page provides - Serbia Corporate Tax Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The Gross Domestic Product per capita in Serbia was last recorded at 6880.50 US dollars in 2018. The GDP per Capita in Serbia is equivalent to 54 percent of the world's average. GDP per capita in Serbia averaged 4923.40 USD from 1995 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 6880.50 USD in 2018 and a record low of 3150.46 USD in 1999. The GDP per capita is obtained by dividing the country’s gross domestic product, adjusted by inflation, by the total population. This page provides the latest reported value for - Serbia GDP per capita - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.