The European Investment Bank and the Serbia Monday signed a $330 million credit agreement to assist the nation's small and medium firms, authorities said. Along with the credit agreement, the EIB agreed to open a regional office in Serbia -- the first one outside the European Union, the Belgrade B92

Text of report in English by Serbian pro-western Belgrade-based Radio B92 website, on 11 September Belgrade, 11 Sept -- Kosovo hackers have once again attacked the website of the Serbian parliament. The site was blocked for less than an hour.

Text of report in English by Serbian pro-western Belgrade-based Radio B92 website, on 8 September Belgrade, 8 September: Almost three in four Serbs believe that information presented by the media is controlled in some way.

Text of report in English by Serbian pro-western Belgrade-based Radio B92 website, on 29 July Belgrade, 29 July: A media association yesterday criticized a decision to allow the state unlimited access to private internet data.The Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM) strongly condemned the document, dubbed, "Technical conditions for sub- systems, equipment and installations of internet networks", adopted by the Management Board of the Republic Telecommunications Agency, RATEL, on 11 July, which went into effect on the following day."ANEM is of the opinion that the 'Technical Conditions' document that was adopted by RATEL will serve to enable serious and unlimited invasion into the basic human rights that are guaranteed by the Republic of Serbia Constitution and by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and especially the freedom to expression and privacy, that is, confidentiality of the means of communications," a statement issued in B

Text of report in English by Serbian pro-western Belgrade-based Radio B92 website, on 28 July Belgrade, 28 July: A state agency in charge of telecommunications will make ISPs submit their users' private data, it has emerged.