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Vucevic: Defence ministry staying in safe hands
BELGRADE - Handing over the duty of defence minister to his successor Bratislav Gasic, Serbia's new PM Milos Vucevic said he believed the Ministry of Defence was staying in safe hands.
"It was a great honour to be in charge of the defence ministry and serve our greatest ideal: a free and independent Serbia," Vucevic wrote in a post on the social media network X.
Dacic takes over as Serbia's new interior minister
BELGRADE - Serbia's new Interior Minister Ivica Dacic took over from his predecessor Bratislav Gasic at a ceremony on Tuesday.
Dacic, who is also deputy PM, wished the citizens that they have as little to do with the police as possible and said his goal was for the Interior Ministry to be the government's best ministry.
Brnabic: Xi's visit historic, a great honour to Serbia
BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said on Tuesday Chinese President Xi Jinping's two-day state visit to Serbia would be historic and a great honour to the country.
North Macedonia citizens no longer see Greece as threat, survey finds
The citizens of North Macedonia no longer consider Greece as a threat to their country but they remain concerned about Bulgaria and Russia, a survey of five Balkan countries has found.
The opinion poll, conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the US-based International Republican Institute (IRI), also found that Albanians consider Greece a serious threat to their country.
Xi: China, Serbia to remain true friends, good partners
BELGRADE - In an article published by Belgrade-based Politika daily, Chinese President Xi Jinping says he looks forward to meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and other Serbian officials and friends, noting that his second state visit to Serbia will inject new vitality into the iron-clad Sino-Serbian friendship.
Xi visits Europe, seeking strategic opportunity
PARIS - On his first visit to Europe in five years, Chinese President Xi Jinping appears intent on seizing opportunities to loosen the continent's bonds with the United States and forge a world freed of American dominance.
Chinese President Xi to arrive in Belgrade on Tuesday
BELGRADE - Chinese President Xi Jinping will begin a two-day official visit to Serbia on Tuesday.
Security measures for the visit will be high, with Xi's 400-member delegation to be secured by 3,400 police officers, Tanjug learns.
Serbia's January-March external trade at 16.3 bln euros
BELGRADE - Serbia's external goods trade in January-March totalled 16.3 bln euros, which is a 2.6 pct decrease y-o-y, according to figures released by the national statistical office.
Goods exports were worth 7.179 bln euros, dropping by 1.6 pct y-o-y, while imports totalled 9.126 bln euros, declining by 3.3 pct y-o-y.
The deficit was 1.946 bln euros, down by 9.1 pct y-o-y.
Mesarovic takes over as minister of economy
BELGRADE - Serbia's new Minister of Economy Adrijana Mesarovic officially took over from former Minister Slobodan Cvetkovic on Monday.
They signed the records of handover of duty and exchanged views on current economic affairs.
Vucic, Tokayev discuss strategic partnership
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke by phone with Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev on Monday to discuss strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries and Tokayev's upcoming visit to Serbia.
Djokovic seeded in Rome Masters first round
ROME - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, will be seeded in the first round of the Rome Masters tournament and was on Monday drawn to face the winner of the tie between Russian Roman Safiullin and a qualifier in the second round.
Djokovic is the top seed at the tournament.
Djuric: New Serbian government looking to future
BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Monday the new Serbian government was a government of the future and one that was looking to the future.
Speaking to Pink TV, Djuric said PM Milos Vucevic's cabinet was not projecting Serbia's policy for the next four years but the next four decades.
Vucic: China best partner for Serbia to achieve its national goals
BELGRADE - China is the best partner for Serbia to achieve its national goals, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told Chinese television station CCTV ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Belgrade.
In an interview, Vucic said he had high hopes and expectations from Xi's visit despite the difficult situation Serbia was in.
Vucic meets with Chinese ambassador ahead of Xi's visit
BELGRADE - At a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Belgrade Li Ming, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia was proud of its steely partnership with China and impatiently awaited a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
153,155 foreign tourists visit Serbia in March
BELGRADE - A total 153,155 foreign tourists, mostly Bulgarians (14,278) and Russians (14,122), visited Serbia in March, which was a 9.7 pct increase y-o-y.
Tourists from the region - Bosnia and Herzegovina (12,983), Croatia (11,486) and North Macedonia (10,188) follow, the national statistical office said.