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BELGRADE - The head of the City of Belgrade Interim Authority Aleksandar Sapic said on Wednesday he had expected a good electoral result in the capital and noted that the opposition had underestimated him although he had not lost many elections in the past.

BELGRADE - Architectural contracts with future tenants of the BIO4 campus - a unique multidisciplinary project that will enable Belgrade to become one of Europe's recognised bioeconomic centres - were signed at the Serbian government on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Post of Serbia and the Slovak embassy in Belgrade on Tuesday unveiled commemorative postage stamps marking 30 years of Serbia-Slovakia diplomatic relations.

BELGRADE - Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) leader Ivica Dacic said Sunday's elections in Serbia were very important for the country's political stability and state unity.

In a statement to reporters after voting in Belgrade's Dedinje district, Dacic said he expected the elections to pass in a peaceful and democratic atmosphere.

NEW YORK - Since COVID-19, Serbia has been one of emerging Europe's better performers, according to Paul Gamble, senior director in the Sovereign Group at Fitch Ratings, who notes that the Serbian government had "rationalised spending, enabling it to reduce debt, which has been backed up by strong growth and investment."

BELGRADE - Serbia remains a global leader in foreign investments, which is best indicated by figures showing that it attracted over 30 bln euros of FDI between 2012 and end-2022, more than all other Western Balkan countries combined, Serbian Minister of Economy Slobodan Cvetkovic said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian police said on Monday they had identified several Serbian nationals and one person located abroad as the perpetrators behind a series of false bomb alerts that have targeted Belgrade schools over the past weeks, unsettling pupils, parents and school employees.

BELGRADE - National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic and People's Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng signed a memorandum of understanding on establishment of a clearing arrangement and the designation of a clearing bank in Serbia for the Chinese yuan.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Economy Slobodan Cvetkovic met on Thursday with French Ambassador to Belgrade Pierre Cochard, who said Serbia was becoming increasingly attractive to companies from France and that bilateral trade between the two countries was up by 34 pct y-o-y, tripling since 2010.

The parties discussed bilateral political and economic cooperation.

BELGRADE, Dec 6 (Tanjug) - Serbia's First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with the head of the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) regional office for southeastern Europe Danilo Rizzi on Wednesday.