News archive of February 2023

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke by telephone on Sunday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to inform him of Belgrade's positions ahead of Monday's round of the Brussels dialogue with Pristina.

BELGRADE- The Presidency of the Republic of Serbia has received a letter jointly signed by French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, a source in the Presidency told Tanjug on Sunday.

The letter was sent to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic ahead of Monday's Brussels meeting of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

BELGRADE - Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic on Monday began his 378th week at the top of the ATP rankings, setting an absolute record in the category in both men's and women's tennis.

Djokovic surpassed Germany's Steffi Graf, who spent a total of 377 weeks in the world number one spot.

BELGRADE - There will be no capitulation or a return to the 1990s and Serbia will move forward, however difficult that might be, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday before heading to Brussels for the next round of the Brussels dialogue with Pristina.

BRUSSELS - In Monday's round of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, scheduled to begin at 3 pm, EU officials are first due to meet with Pristina's PM Albin Kurti and then also with Serbian President Aleksdandar Vucic at around 4.15 pm.

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.3309 dinars for one euro on Monday, which is a slight change from Friday, the National Bank of Serbia said.

The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m and up by 0.2 pct y-o-y.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Friday many citizens - and even politicians - were unaware of the difficulty of next Monday's Brussels meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pristina's PM Albin Kurti.

BELGRADE- The FMs of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ivica Dacic and Elmedin Konakovic, said on Friday Belgrade and Sarajevo wanted to have good, friendly relations and to ascertain mutual interests.

"We have the good will and we are ready to advance cooperation with Bosnia and Herzegovina," Dacic told a press conference with Konakovic after their first meeting to date.

BRUSSELS - A high-ranking EU official who wished to remain unnamed said a Brussels meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pristina's PM Albin Kurti next Monday would be the first to focus on an EU proposal on normalisation of relations that was a de facto recognition.

BELGRADE - Former Serbia captain Nemanja Vidic officially submitted his bid for president of the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) on Friday.