PRESIDENT VUČIĆ: IN MAY AND NOVEMBER, 30 EUROS TO EACH ADULT CITIZEN, AND ANOTHER 50 EUROS TO EACH PENSIONER

28. January 2021.

Belgarde - Yesterday, the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, announced the implementation of a package of economic measures worth 2.5 billion euros, among which are cash benefits for all adult citizens and minimum wages for the economy.

President Vučić said for the Radio and Television of Serbia (RTS) that all citizens would be able to sign up for 30 euros in May, as well as for the same amount in November, while pensioners would receive another 50 in addition to those 60 euros.

He said that micro, small and medium-sized enterprises would receive 50 percent of the amount of the minimum wage three times, and added that there was a dilemma whether to apply the same measure for large companies too.

He stated that the money would start to be paid on April 1.

President Vučić announced that the transport sector would on six occasions be paid 600 euros for each bus "so that they could survive and save their capital".

He announced that the state would "expand the guarantee scheme" by another 500 million euros, in order to preserve the solvency of the economic sector.

When asked where the money for those measures had come from, President Vučić answered that it was "Serbian money, from the Serbian treasury, from a serious Serbian state".

He pointed out that the state would not have any problems due to that economic package, and added that the public debt of Serbia would not exceed 6.1 percent.

"We keep everything under control, we will not leave any debts to our children, while everything depends on our growth," he said”.

Source: “Beta” news agency, “Danas” daily and Coordination Body