Political Complications Impede Telekom Srbija Privatisation

摘要

The First Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic willnattempt to orchestrate the sale of state-owned telecoms companynTelekom Srbija. The potential sale of the mobile and fixed linenprovider has been an ongoing saga since 2010, and has become antopic of discussion again most recently in April 2013, when statensecretary at the ministry of finance indicated it was still exploringnits options. BMI is not convinced that this development will amountnto anything concrete, unless the government lowers its asking pricenand the process becomes less politicised.