Tanjug

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with Armenian Deputy FM Paruyr Hovhannisyan in Belgrade on Wednesday.

The parties expressed interest in further development of bilateral relations, based on the traditional friendship and close cultural and historical ties between the two states and peoples, the Serbian MFA said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday he had had an open and substantial discussion with US Ambassador to Belgrade Christopher Hill.

KRAGUJEVAC - The Fiat Chrysler plant in Kragujevac, central Serbia, has produced the initial test units of the first-ever electric car to be manufactured in Serbia, Tanjug learns.

They are undergoing crash tests and other testing inside the factory complex.

BRUSSELS - EU spokesperson Peter Stano said on Tuesday Pristina must urgently deliver on its commitment to form a Community of Serb Municipalities.

BELGRADE - A Collegium meeting called by Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic to discuss further ODIHR recommendations for improving the electoral conditions concluded in the Serbian parliament on Monday afternoon.

It was attended by the whips of the political groups of both the ruling coalition and the opposition.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic received a group of 30 Stanford University students and professors on Monday.

Brnabic said their visit was an exciting opportunity for her to hear their opinions about the region and Serbia.

BELGRADE - Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) leader Ivica Dacic said on Monday new local elections in Belgrade could be called in a day or two and that parties that had gathered around the SPS and the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) for the previous polls in the capital could run together with the Serbian Oathkeepers Party.

This article was produced by Tanjug in collaboration with European news agencies as part of the European Newsroom (ENR) project.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian Directorate for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region Arnaud Gouillon met with Bundestag member Zaklin Nastic in Belgrade on Thursday to discuss the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and present the latest developments in Serbia's southern province and Belgrade's views on the issue.

PIROT - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday Serbia would get more EU funds - around 430 mln euros - for a project to reconstruct and modernise a Nis-Dimitrovgrad rail line and build a railway bypass around Nis.

Vucic was inspecting works on the Pirot-Sukovo section of the route.