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BELGRADE - By 2027, Serbia will invest 17.8 bln euros in 323 projects across the country, Finance Minister Sinisa Mali announced on Wednesday.

In an Instagram post, Mali wrote that, contrary to opposition claims, the investments would reach all parts of Serbia and go to infrastructure, energy, science and education projects.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the PM of the Commonwealth of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit in Belgrade on Thursday to discuss development of bilateral relations in all areas of mutual interest, economic cooperation and geopolitical and regional affairs.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said Wednesday's meeting between the ruling coalition and the opposition on electoral conditions had been the best yet but that no agreement had been reached because the discussions had come down to the date of the upcoming Belgrade local elections, called for June 2.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao in Belgrade on Wednesday to discuss strategic aspects of bilateral and economic relations as well as concrete projects that will strongly accelerate Serbia's growth.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic said on Wednesday no country in the region or Europe maintained the same level of cooperation and mutual trust with China that Serbia did, and noted that China was Serbia's second-largest economic partner behind Germany.

BELGRADE - Works on implementing the Leap Into the Future - Serbia 2027 programme will be completed by December 2026 and the cost of constructing new fair grounds, an expo site and a residential district for EXPO 2027 is estimated at 2.5 bln euros, Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic said on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbia registered 9.2 pct more tourist visits in February 2024 relative to the same month of last year and the number of overnight stays was up by 1.7 pct y-o-y, according to figures released by the national statistical office.

Overnight stays generated by Serbian tourists were up by 2.1 pct y-o-y, while those generated by foreign tourists were up by 1.2 pct y-o-y.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with the ambassadors of Quint states - the US, the UK, France, Italy and Germany - in Belgrade on Wednesday.

The meeting will also be attended by the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, the Presidency of Serbia announced in a statement.

BELGRADE - National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic met on Wednesday with a delegation of international investors visiting the Western Balkans.

The meeting was organised by the Bank of America (BOA).

BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Wednesday Serbia's public debt was at a decade-low of 48.3 pct of GDP.

In a Facebook post, Mali wrote that Serbia had been seeing a continuous trend of declining public debt in the past four years.