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TIRANA - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said on Friday he had had a "difficult but fair" meeting with German FM Annalena Baerbock in Tirana and that he had pointed out that double standards must be avoided in a resolution of the Kosovo-Metohija issue, as well as that the latest escalation in the Serbian province was a result of failure to implement the provisions of the Brussels Agr

National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis visited Tirana on Tuesday to take part in the Berlin Process meeting of economy ministers on the topic "Common Regional Market - A step toward the EU single market."

TIRANA - Serbian Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic said on Tuesday in Tirana regional cooperation was extremely important to Serbia and that this was indicated by the fact Serbia had seen a 1.7 bln euro trade surplus with countries in the region in the first seven months of this year alone.

NIS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he was concerned over the fact the West was ignoring the statements made by Pristina's PM Albin Kurti in Brussels after the most recent round of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue on Thursday.

Speaking to reporters, Kurti said Kosovo-Metohija Serbs and Srpska lista must "suffer and pay".

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with the German government's special Western Balkans envoy Manuel Sarrazin on Wednesday to discuss Serbia-Germany bilateral relations and the situation in the region.

Berlin's Tacheles art squat, a symbol of the anything-goes vibe of the city after the fall of the Wall, is completing a disputed transformation into offices, shops and luxury flats.

An outlet of the Fotografiska museum chain is set to open inside the hulking, battle-scarred edifice on September 14 and the first residents of newly built homes will move in this autumn.

MANILA - Serbia lost to Italy 78-76 (23-19, 17-23, 19-20, 19-14) in the first game of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 second phase in Manila on Friday.

Bogdan Bogdanovic led Serbia with 18 points, three rebounds and four assists and Nikola Milutinov added 14 points and 12 rebounds.

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All the fun of the Oktoberfest, without the hangover: Germans are swapping traditional beer for non-alcoholic brews, driven by health concerns and the increasing quality of booze-free options.

Beers containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol - the legal limit to be classed as non-alcoholic - are no longer an uncommon sight in the country's famous beer gardens.

Following serving as advisor responsible for European and Turkish relations of French President Emmanuel Macron for three years, Isabelle Dumont, newly appointed ambassador to Türkiye, will begin her mission in the capital Ankara this week.