Text of report by Serbian wide-circulation tabloid Vecernje novosti, on 19 August [Interview with Jovan Krkobabic, Serbian deputy prime minister and chairman of the United Pensioners Party of Serbia (PUPS), by Nenad Calukovic on 18 August; place not given: "Pensions or Breakup"] Pensions will be raised 10 per cent in September, Deputy Prime Minister Jovan Krkobabic said yesterday [18 August] in an interview with Vecernje Novosti, adding that on Thursday [ 21 August] the Serbian Government will enact a decree on an extraordinary pension increase.

Text of report by Serbian public broadcaster RTS TV satellite service, on 8 March Serbian public broadcast TV aired live coverage at 1502 gmt of Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's press conference at which he announced the dissolution of the government.

Microsoft to set up software development center in Belgrade BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- US software giant Microsoft said on Tuesday that it had decided to set up a software development center soon in Belgrade, the fifth of its kind throughout the world.