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FIRST TIME SINCE 2022: Gas Price in America Exceeds Four Dollars

Gas price in America exceeds four dollars

More ships in the Strait of Hormuz: traffic has been increasing for the third day

More ships are passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime intelligence firm Windward announced today.

Belgrade Stock Exchange: BELEXsentiment in stagnation zone, April value 100.3 points

BELEXsentiment for April stands at 100.3 points, indicating a stagnation zone in investor expectations, as announced on the Belgrade Stock Exchange website.

Arrest at Kolubara

Police arrested two groups, a total of seven workers from RB "Kolubara" and "ProTent", who for a long time stole high-voltage and low-voltage cables at the "Polje E" open-pit mine in the territory of Medoševac, Zeok, and Baroševac, and damaged EPS by tens of millions of dinars, EPS announced today.

Economy and culture connect Srpska and Serbia

Banjaluka – A delegation from the Republic of Serbia, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Adrijana Mesarović, visited Republika Srpska yesterday. Minister of Economy and Entrepreneurship of RS Radenko Bubić organized a reception for the Serbian delegation at the Government of Republika Srpska, after which they visited the municipality of Čelinac and inspected the city bridge "Serbia", jointly financed by the governments of Srpska and Serbia. Bubić and Mesarović also visited the business entity "Megamont" in Čelinac, as well as the pharmaceutical factory "Hemofarm" in Banja Luka.

Proposal to Introduce Tax on Extra Profits of Energy Companies

Finance ministers of five European Union countries have called for the introduction of a tax on the extraordinary profits of energy companies due to rising fuel prices caused by the war with Iran, according to a letter to the European Commission seen by Reuters.

Where the Market Ends, the State Begins

It was long believed that the market, if left enough space, would find its own equilibrium and ensure stable growth. Globalization further strengthened this belief – borders seemed to be disappearing, goods, capital, and technologies circulated without major obstacles, and competition itself solved most problems. Recent major crises have shown the limits of such a model – and brought the role of the state back to the forefront. For a period, such an approach yielded results. However, recent years have shown that things are not so simple. The pandemic, energy crisis, and disruptions in global supply chains have raised a question that is no longer theoretical: what happens when the global system ceases to function as intended?

There was a fair in Debeljača

Debeljača – The last weekend of March is reserved in Debeljača for a fair, and it has been like that, as they say here, since the beginning of time. This precisely means since 1873, when Emperor Franz Joseph himself gave permission for the organization of a large market, after the local judge Tot Samuel and resident Mezo Istvan went directly to Vienna. The approval arrived in Debeljača in three languages, and between the Reformed Hungarian and Serbian Orthodox churches in the center, a fair begins to live, initially twice a year.

Spring is slowly filling the market stalls

In the last week of Great Lent, many citizens who haven't watched what they eat in previous weeks decide to abstain from fatty foods. Therefore, fish markets are well-stocked, and vendors have provided a rich offer of seasonal vegetables. A kilogram of zander costs around 1,400 dinars, catfish steaks are 1,600, and carp is 1,250. For those who don't have time to clean fish, cleaned trout is 1,000 dinars, and sea bream and sea bass are 1,700 each. Hake, depending on the type, costs between 450 and 650 dinars per kilogram. Scorpionfish is 1,150 dinars, and salmon fillets are around 2,500. For a tasty fish soup, a fish mix is available for 650 dinars. The smell of fried fish has filled the markets in recent days. Fried hake is 1,350 dinars, and the same type of fish prepared on the grill is 1,420. Trout fillets are 2,450 dinars, while a whole one costs 1,750. Mackerel is also on sale – a kilogram of fillets is 1,850 dinars, grilled mackerel is around 1,500. Fried squid is, according to customers we encountered outside the fish markets that offer grilling services, only for the deepest pockets, as a kilogram costs as much as 4,500 dinars. Smoked carp costs 2,700 dinars. The rest of the market is changing colors – mostly green, orange, red... This indicates that spring has arrived on the stalls, along with greens, currently from greenhouses. A bunch of young cabbage is mostly 70 to 80 dinars, and vendors offer three for 200. The same offer applies to radishes. Green lettuce is around 100 dinars or two for 150, young onions are around 70, as is chard. Spinach costs 200 to 300 dinars, and a kilogram of zucchini will cost 300 to 400 dinars. Broccoli costs around 600 dinars, Brussels sprouts are 300 for a half-kilogram package. Cucumbers are available for 400 dinars per kilogram, and the same amount of tomatoes is around 600. The most attractive product at the markets are strawberries in half-kilogram baskets, costing from 200 to 350 dinars. Mandarins are still on offer for 250 to 350 dinars depending on the stall, while oranges are around 200, lemons 300, and apples, depending on the variety, are 200.

Gasoline stations in Europe will be empty by around April 20, warns Dmitriev

Gasoline stations in Europe could be out of fuel by around April 20, said Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and special presidential representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries.

Can corporate bonds save the stock exchange in Serbia: Buyers are known in advance, and the secondary market almost does not exist

Corporate bond issuances in Serbia are presented as a sign of capital market development, but practice shows that they often boil down to pre-arranged deals with a single buyer, without real market dynamics.