Serbia first announced its plans to privatise NIS back in 2005, but made little progress in that direction until May of this year, when its new government said it would sell the company by the end of 2007.
Srbija je prvi put najavila da planira privatizaciju NIS-a 2005. godine, ali je postigla mali napredak u tom pravcu do maja ove godine, kada je vlada saopštila da će prodati kompaniju do kraja 2007.