Serbia

PARIS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with European and international officials at an Elysee Palace reception in Paris on Friday.

"We all share the same desire - that our national teams achieve the best possible results. I believe in Serbia," Vucic wrote in a post on his buducnostsrbijeav Instagram account.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic met with North Macedonian Interior Minister Panco Toskovski in Belgrade on Friday to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation on security and in other fields of importance to the citizens of the two states, the PM's office said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Information and Telecommunications Dejan Ristic met with UK Ambassador to Belgrade Edward Ferguson on Friday.

Ristic informed the ambassador of his ministry's work and ongoing years-long capital projects in the telecommunications sector, as well as of this year's successfully completed competitions in the public information sector.

BELGRADE - The head coach of the Serbia men's national basketball team Svetislav Pesic said on Friday his players were not "thinking about the Americans too much" ahead of Sunday's Olympic clash with the USA.

BELGRADE - Serbian Culture Minister Nikola Selakovic, who also co-chairs a Serbia-Azerbaijan inter-governmental commission on trade and economic cooperation, met with Azerbaijani PM Ali Asadov in Baku, where the commission met on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said on Friday Serbia was a safe country and that its authorities were watching developments in the country, the region and worldwide.

PARIS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced he would have a brief meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday.

"I expect him to visit Belgrade within the next fifty days at the latest, and I believe we could reach important agreements at that time," Vucic told reporters.

AMSTERDAM - Serbian football club Vojvodina Novi Sad suffered a 1-0 away defeat to Dutch giants Ajax in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League second qualifying round tie at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam on Thursday evening.

In the first half, Ajax missed a handful of opportunities to score as Vojvodina goalkeeper Lazar Carevic produced several excellent saves.

PARIS - Olympic Committee of Serbia President Bozidar Maljkovic said on Thursday in Paris the Serbia Olympic team had high ambitions and that he expected Serbian athletes to win more medals at the upcoming summer Olympics compared to the Tokyo Games.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said in the parliament on Thursday no decision to start lithium mining had been adopted in Serbia, but only a government directive on a spatial plan for a special-purpose area.