http://www.tobacco.org/newsfeed/country/serbia.rss Latest top tobacco news headlines en-us http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2012&mm=01&dd=12&nav_id=78257 http://tobacco.org/news/331929.html Serbia's State Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac and Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Yury Chaika signed an agreement on cooperation. The agreement was signed in Moscow on Thursday between the two prosecutor's offices, Serbian State Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Tomo Zorić told Tanjug. . . . According to the Belgrade media, Dolovac and Chaika should also discuss the proceedings instituted in Serbia against the widow and son of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Miloševic, Mirjana Marković and Marko Miloševic, who were given a refugee status in Russia, and therefore could not have been extradited to Serbia. Mirjana Marković and Marko Miloševic are charged with heading the so-called Tobacco Mafia, and they are tried in absentia by the Special Court for Organized Crime. Radio B92 Russia Yugoslavia Serbia Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n268253 http://tobacco.org/news/331848.html Customs officers at Kalotina checkpoint found 664 boxes of illegal cigarettes in the international train from Serbia to Bulgaria during the weekend, the press office of the National Customs Agency announced. Focus English News Bulgaria Serbia Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n265963 http://tobacco.org/news/330320.html Kalotina. Bulgarian customs officers have seized 1,661 packets of illegal cigarettes in two international trains from Serbia to Bulgaria in a week, Bulgaria’s National Customs Agency announced. The illegal cigarettes were found hidden in roofs, seats, central heating, under basins, and in lamps. Focus English News Bulgaria Serbia Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/Security/Serbia-12-sentenced-to-up-to-six-years-for-cigarette-smuggling_312588573215.html http://tobacco.org/news/329187.html A Belgrade court on Friday sentenced twelve individuals to up to six years for cigarette smuggling in 1990s and for defrauding the state for 28 million euros and eight million US dollars. The ringleader of the group, Serbian businessman Stanko Subotic Cane, was sentenced to six years, his nephew Nikola Milosevic got four and a half years and former Serbia's customs director Mihalj Kertes got your years. Subotic and three others were sentenced in absentia and have been on the run while two alleged members of the group were acquitted. Adnkronos Security Serbia Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=10&dd=13&nav_id=76837 http://tobacco.org/news/327498.html The head of the local branch of the Socialist Party (SPS) in Vranje, southern Serbia, says he will launch an official campaign "to protect smokers". Zoran Antić told reporters on Thursday that he will submit his initiative to state organs, and stressed that the SPS branch in the town saw "everything that is being done today" as an "attack against smokers". But Antić promised the initiative and associated campaign "will steer toward not making non-smokers feel endangered or attacked at any point". Radio B92 Serbia Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/recently-released-market-study-smoking-r2846648.htm http://tobacco.org/news/327179.html Fast Market Research recommends "Smoking Tobacco in Serbia" from Euromonitor International, now available Pipe smoking in Serbia is not widely spread and is not very popular. Pipe tobacco is mostly smoked by certain groups of older consumers and it often represents a matter of fashion for these people. As far as water-pipe tobacco is considered, it can be said that nargila (or hookah) smoking is becoming more popular every year in Serbia. On the other hand, RYO tobacco is becoming more and more popular, especially amongst young people, because it is fairly cheaper than cigarettes. Euromonitor International's Smoking Tobacco in Serbia report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2006-2010, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be the new legislative, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2015 illustrate how the market is set to change. PR Insider Serbia Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=08&dd=04&nav_id=75764 http://tobacco.org/news/324691.html BELGRADE -- The Serbian police broke up a cigarette smuggling ring from Kosovo to Croatia, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić stated on Thursday. “About 500 cartons of cigarettes with Kosovo stamps intended for the Croatian market were seized in the border area of Vajska," he said. "Four persons have been arrested, including three citizens of Serbia and one of Croatia," stated Dačić after a press conference at which he awarded a Serbian passport to Red Star footballer Evandro Goebel, originally from Brazil. According to Dačić, this police operation was yet another proof that "crime knows no borders or administrative lines". Radio B92 Kosovo Serbia Croatia Thu, 04 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-17/japan-tobacco-urges-serbia-to-align-excise-taxes-with-eu-1-.html http://tobacco.org/news/322225.html Serbia and other nations in the Western Balkans should increase excise duties on cigarettes and other tobacco goods to bring them closer to European Union levels, said Cristian Cring, Adriatic representative for Japan Tobacco Inc. (2914) Excise duties in Serbia now are 28 euros ($39 dollar) per 1,000 cigarettes, compared with EU taxes of 90 euros. “That is the target which will be imposed for the countries of the region. That is a huge difference, even if Serbia becomes an EU member in 2020,” Cring said today at a conference in Becici, Montenegro. “We are not here to ask for an increase in taxes, but for an increase in predictable and stable way.” Bloomberg News gfilipovic@bloomberg.net (Gordana Filipovic) Europe Serbia Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://glassrbije.org/E/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14894&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=28 http://tobacco.org/news/322026.html Ever since the Law on the Protection of Population from Tobacco Smoke took effect on 11 November 2010, the number of smokers in Serbia, as well as smoking in public places, has dropped considerably, it was announced on the occasion of May 31, World No Tobacco Day. Exposure to tobacco smoke at work has been reduced by 10% and has dropped as much as 23% at schools and universities. The number of people allowing tobacco smoke in their homes has dropped, too. However, in the period from November through April, 134 reports against offenders were filed and two fines were pronounced - one to a legal person and the other to a person in charge. . . . In order to attend to our citizens’ health to full extent, we have selected as future priorities the printing of warnings as labels on tobacco product packages, the strengthening of health care and medical assistance to those who try to give up smoking, support to the NGO sector actively engaged in tobacco control and cooperation between various sectors in the application of the National Strategy and Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, says Stanković. International Radio Serbia Serbia Tue, 31 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hAGKPp8mzHIwTO7zCJl4f4rFJ6aQ?docId=7133477 http://tobacco.org/news/321520.html Prosecutors found 1,800 cartons of smuggled cigarettes on Monday in the car of an African diplomat's wife, who claimed diplomatic immunity and only left the vehicle when police smashed its windows. The woman and her husband, the second counsellor at the Congolese embassy in Belgrade, are suspected of working with a Serbian crime ring that smuggled tax-free cigarettes from Montenegro to Romania. Congolese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Patrick Mutombo said if the accusations are true, the counsellor and his wife will be recalled to the Congo to face disciplinary measures. After a two-hour standoff, officers smashed the windows and discovered the cigarettes stashed in the car, which had been specially altered to transport the contraband. Some cartons were stacked where the back seat had been and covered with a black cloth to avoid detection. There was no estimate of the value of the cigarettes. The woman, identified as Esther Pascaline, and her Serbian driver were detained. Two Serb citizens, who were in another car, were also detained. Eleven Romanians who are suspected of being part of the smuggling ring are currently being questioned, said Mircea Andres, a regional prosecutor responsible for combatting organized crime and terrorism by telephone. Canadian Press Serbia Romania Congo Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hwyWKQSa_oDIUnxa2ooGrzyjbOFw?docId=CNG.a34015f151eac7ebaca25718db2e28aa.c31 http://tobacco.org/news/321518.html The wife of a Congolese diplomat in Serbia has been detained in neighbouring Romania for alleged cigarette smuggling, prosecutors said Monday. Esther Pascaline Bombeto was arrested during the night soon after crossing the Serbian border. Police found some 18,500 cigarette packages concealed in her car. According to local media, the woman and her driver refused to leave the car or open the doors, arguing they benefited from diplomatic immunity. The police had to break the window in order to search the vehicle bearing diplomatic licence plates. The husband, Marc Marius Itela Elombola, second counselor of the Democratic Republic of Congo's embassy in Belgrade, has also been charged with smuggling. He is currently in Serbia. "The authorities did what they had to, detaining a person suspected of contraband," a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office told AFP. . . . Andres added that the Congolese couple had been monitored for three months. They used to cross into Romania once or twice a week, and, availing themselves of their diplomatic passports in order to avoid customs controls, smuggled large amounts of Albanian cigarettes into the country, he said. Agence France Presse Serbia Romania Congo Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://glassrbije.org/E/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14894&Itemid=28 http://tobacco.org/news/320864.html Ever since the Law on the Protection of Population from Tobacco Smoke took effect on 11 November 2010, the number of smokers in Serbia, as well as smoking in public places, has dropped considerably, it was announced on the occasion of May 31, World No Tobacco Day. Exposure to tobacco smoke at work has been reduced by 10% and has dropped as much as 23% at schools and universities. The number of people allowing tobacco smoke in their homes has dropped, too. However, in the period from November through April, 134 reports against offenders were filed and two fines were pronounced - one to a legal person and the other to a person in charge. More from Jelica Tapušković. International Radio Serbia radioju@sbb.rs Serbia Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT http://www.progressivenewsletter.com/view_news.do?id=29378 http://tobacco.org/news/313946.html British American Tobacco (BAT) cigarettes' prices will increase between 5 and 20 per package, according to the officials. Progressive Magazines Newsletter Serbia Fri, 21 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.pr-inside.com/cigars-serbia-new-research-report-r2329573.htm http://tobacco.org/news/313039.html Cigars have not traditionally been accepted among Serbian smokers as cigarettes have been by far the most popular tobacco product in the country for decades. Cigar smoking is, as a rule, linked with wealthy middle-aged men and younger people resident in the country's largest cities. The other important consumer group for cigars are those who purchase cigars as presents, although often the recipient of the gift is not a cigar smoker and it is possible that the cigar would never be smoked. Euromonitor International's Cigars in Serbia report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2005-2009, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be the new legislative, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2014 illustrate how the market is set to change. PR Insider Serbia Sat, 01 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.sofiaecho.com/2010/11/19/995879_choking-smokers-in-central-and-eastern-europe http://tobacco.org/news/311523.html Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia are among the latest countries in Central and Eastern Europe to announce or to step up public smoking bans. In Bulgaria, restrictions on smoking in public areas, which were introduced through amendments to the Health Act, will take effect at the beginning of 2011, according to a regulation on indoor smoking in public and working places approved by the Cabinet on November 3. . . . In Serbia, as of November 11, smoking is banned in all enclosed public spaces and at workplaces, as well as at all state institutions, although there is an exception for cafés. . . . In Macedonia, the beginning of November saw a ban on smoking on open-air terraces of cafés, after an exception was allowed this past summer. Sofia Echo Bulgaria Serbia Macedonia Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT