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BELGRADE - Last year, the Energy Community earmarked Serbia as the energy leader primarily due to reforms it has launched in the sector as well as due to its decarbonisation process, Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received British Baroness Catherine Ashton, a former EU foreign policy and security chief, in Belgrade on Thursday to discuss issues related to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

Dacic and Ashton agreed continued dialogue was the only path that would lead to results, the Serbian MFA said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic met with US Ambassador to Belgrade Christopher Hill on Wednesday.

The parties met for the first time since Brnabic assumed her present post.

Brnabic and Hill said they were confident they would continue to have a good relationship and good cooperation in the future, the parliament's press office said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic met with Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) Secretary General Christophe Bernasconi in Belgrade on Thursday, underscoring Serbia's commitment to respect of international law as one of the postulates of its foreign policy and noting the HCCH's significant contribution to unification of the rules of private international law.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Sunday evening he had proposed that new local elections in Belgrade be held on June 2.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko on Monday to discuss the most significant topics of mutual interest as well as further cooperation in the international arena.

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BELGRADE - National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Governor Jorgovanka Tabakovic said on Wednesday the Serbian economy had registered cumulative growth of around 12 pct over the past four years despite reduced external demand and that this confirmed Serbia was in good shape economically.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic received Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko on Monday.

In a statement, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Botsan-Kharchenko had presented to Dacic a New Year and Christmas greeting card from Russian FM Sergey Lavrov.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko on Monday and informed him of last night's riots in Belgrade.

KRUSEVAC - President of Serbia and Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) member Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday evening he would protect Serbian national and state interests and the interests of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija to his last breath.