News archive of May 2023

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with members of the German Bundestag's Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations, reform processes in Serbia and the situation in Kosovo-Metohija.

Theodoros Pangalos, a former Greek foreign minister known for his undiplomatic outbursts and on whose watch Greece suffered one of its most embarrassing foreign policy debacles in 1999, has died. He was 84.

Pangalos' family said on Twitter that he died on Wednesday "peacefully at home, surrounded by his family and close associates."

Bosnians gathered in central Prijedor on Wednesday for the annual 'White Ribbon Day' commemoration of the victims of wartime crimes against non-Serbs in the area, where some 3,000 people died including 102 children in a campaign of persecution that started in 1992.

"The situation in Kosovo is becoming tense, we are monitoring it carefully, we have organized round-the-clock duty in order to have timely received information and a reaction from our side that would be adequate to this situation. At the moment, there has been no request to the Bulgarian side to increase the Bulgarian contingent in KFOR".

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Jin Liqun and Vice President Konstantin Limitovskiy on Wednesday to discuss projects for future cooperation ranging from digitalisation and science to energy, infrastructure and environmental protection.

The Greek renewables market is seeing unprecedented business activity, with portfolios of hundreds of "green" megawatts changing hands.

BELGRADE - In a telephone call with Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic congratulated the Turkish leader on a recent election win and wished him success with leading his country on the path of development during his new presidential term.

BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali met with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Jin Liqun on Wednesday to inform him of Serbia's macroeconomic performance, noting that the country was the region's dominant economy.

Russia and France have unequivocally pointed to Kosovo as responsible for the tensions and clashes outside town halls in several predominantly Serb towns following Washington's crackdown on Pristina.