Serbia

BELGRADE - European Commission Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Maros Sefcovic said agreements signed in Belgrade on Friday would further underline the EU-Serbia partnership and open the door to the "largest FDI in Serbian history."

BELGRADE - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday in Belgrade the Jadar lithium mining project was good for Serbia and the prospects of economic development across the region, and noted that the highest environmental protection standards would be observed in the process.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday he was proud of what had begun in Serbia with the signing of a MoU on strategic partnership with the EU on sustainable raw materials and added that it signalled a major turning point and change and that nothing would be hidden from the people.

BELGRADE - A MoU on strategic partnership on sustainable raw materials, battery value chains and electric vehicles was signed by Serbia and the EU in Belgrade on Friday at a ceremony also attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday lithium production in Serbia would enable the country to take a quantum leap to the future and that it should be a dependable partner to Europe, Germany and the whole world in the overall lithium production chain, where full environmental protection would be ensured.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with Japanese FM Yoko Kamikawa in Belgrade on Thursday.

The parties agreed on the start of talks on an agreement on investments that would create an exceptional opportunity to strengthen economic ties with Japan and lend an impetus to development of the Serbian economy.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic received Japanese FM Yoko Kamikawa in Belgrade on Thursday.

LONDON - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday in London he had had many good and important meetings at the European Political Community (EPC) summit and noted that he had addressed with Emmanuel Macron the French president's visit to Serbia that would most likely take place in late August or early September.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted on Thursday a decision on adopting a Declaration on Protection of National and Political Rights and the Joint Future of Serbs, tabling it to the parliament for adoption.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic received Italian Chief of Defence Staff Adm Giuseppe Cavo Dragone in Belgrade on Thursday, noting that Serbia remained fully committed to promoting peace and dialogue and preservation of stability in the region.