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Slovakia will on Saturday hold the first round of a presidential election that is a battle between the Central European country's Russia-leaning ruling camp and a pro-Ukraine opposition-backed candidate.

Parliament speaker Peter Pellegrini and liberal ex-foreign minister Ivan Korcok are the clear frontrunners among nine contenders.

In a decisive victory, the Serbian Progressive Party (SPP) led by President Aleksandar Vucic triumphed in the early parliamentary elections. The CESID/IPSOS reported that the SPP clinched 46.3 percent of the votes, solidifying their lead.

Former US head of state Donald Trump maintains his dominant position in the race for the Republican presidential nomination for the 2024 election, attracting the support of more than half of the party's voters, Reuters reported.

Slovak police have accused the intelligence chief and other senior security officials of creating a criminal group and conspiring to abuse power in a case just weeks before early elections, Reuters reported.

Elsewhere, the Polish government announced this week it would ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the European Games, taking place this June and July in Krakow and surrounding areas.

Slovakia signed an intergovernmental agreement on the provision of military equipment, effectively jets, with Ukraine on March 17, despite threats from Russia.

BELGRADE - According to the results of an Ipsos survey, the Serbian financial sector expects one-year ahead inflation (in January 2024) to be 8 pct, unchanged for a fourth consecutive month, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) has said.

According to the February Bloomberg survey, one-year ahead inflation expectations are lower, at 7.0 pct, the central bank said in a statement.

Greece clearly stands out in the study on European drivers and their behavior.

The survey of 12,400 Europeans on behalf of the French organization Vinci Autoroutes, which manages the French motorways, was conducted by the company
Ipsos polls.

For the first time, a poll shows that a significant majority of Serbian citizens are against the country's membership in the European Union (EU), BGNES reported.

The results of Serbia's presidential and parliamentary elections show that Aleksandar Vucic and his Serbian Progressive Party (SPP) have won convincing victories.

In a joint forecast, election observer CeSID and the sociological organization Ipsos predict that Vucic will win a second five-year term as president, receiving almost 60% of the vote.