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Mali: Serbia receiving international confirmation it is on right track

BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Monday a conclusion by the Council of Europe money laundering watchdog MONEYVAL that Serbia had made progress on development of an anti-money laundering and terror financing system confirmed the country was on the right track.

The conclusion is included in the latest MONEYVAL report, published earlier in the day.

Vucic: They did not listen carefully - no surrender of Kosovo-Metohija

INDJIJA - In a reaction to a report by Sarajevo-based Slobodna Bosna that he has surrendered Kosovo-Metohija, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday that "they did not listen carefully" to what he had said.

Vucic said this was "superficial" reporting by "extremists".

Vucic: JFE Shoji to bring new Japanese investors to Serbia

INDJIJA - The cornerstone for a factory of the Japanese company JFE Shoji was ceremonially laid in Indjija, northwestern Serbia, on Monday.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said the plant would be manufacturing motor cores for a wide range of applications.

Serbia boss Stojkovic agrees contract extension with FSS

STARA PAZOVA - The head coach of the Serbia men's national football team Dragan Stojkovic said on Monday he had agreed a contract extension with the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) and would soon put pen to paper on a deal that would see him remain in his current post until July 2026.

Vucic, Lajcak meet in Belgrade

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak at the Presidency of Serbia in central Belgrade shortly after 6 pm on Friday.

The meeting is also attended by the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic.

Brnabic meets with OSCE, US ambassadors

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with the head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Jan Braathu and US Ambassador Christopher Hill on Friday, noting the significance of cooperation in the past years.

Brnabic said she hoped the successful cooperation would be continued in the future as well, with the next Serbian government and with her personally.

Soder: Serbia's economic indicators going strongly up, we will support EXPO 2027

BELGRADE - Minister-President of the German State of Bavaria Markus Soder said in Belgrade on Friday Serbian economic indicators were on a strong upward trajectory and announced that cooperation with Serbia would be stepped up and that Bavarian companies would take part in EXPO 2027, to be hosted by Belgrade.

Soder: We want Serbia in EU, it needs to be strong partner

BELGRADE - It is very important that Serbia becomes an EU member state, Minister-President of the German state of Bavaria Markus Soder said in Belgrade on Friday, adding that Serbia would have Bavaria's support on the EU accession path.

Soder: Serbia key state for W Balkan stability, important partner for Bavaria

BELGRADE - Minister-President of the German state of Bavaria Markus Soder, who is on a working visit to Serbia, thanked Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic for Friday's welcome at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade and noted that Serbia was a key state for stability in the Western Balkans as well as an important and stable partner for Bavaria.

Serbia's January external trade at 4.81 bln euros

BELGRADE - Serbia's external goods trade in January totalled 4.81 bln euros, which is a 4.9 pct decline y-o-y, according to figures released by the national statistical office.

Goods exports were worth 2,142.3 mln euros, declining by 1.6 pct y-o-y.

Goods imports totalled 2,675.0 mln euros, declining by 7.5 pct y-o-y.

Vucic welcomes Bavarian minister-president at Nikola Tesla Airport

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic welcomed Markus Soder, Minister-President of the German state of Bavaria, at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport on Friday.

Soder is on a working visit to Serbia.

In a post on his buducnostsrbijeav Instagram account, Vucic wrote that he was greatly honoured to host one of the most influential people in Bavaria and Germany.

Serbian LGBTQ+ couples hope Greek marriage law kick-starts change

Stefana Budimirovic and Radica Stevanov share a home and dreams of starting a family, but the lesbian couple's relationship does not exist in the eyes of the law in Serbia - one of more than a dozen European nations yet to recognize same-sex unions.

Dacic meets with HCCH secretary general

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic met with Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) Secretary General Christophe Bernasconi in Belgrade on Thursday, underscoring Serbia's commitment to respect of international law as one of the postulates of its foreign policy and noting the HCCH's significant contribution to unification of the rules of private international law.

Orlic: New Serbian parliament to have six deputy speakers

BELGRADE - The deputy president of the Head Committee of Serbia's ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Vladimir Orlic said on Thursday consultations between political groups in the new national parliament had been completed successfully and that nine groups that had accepted an invitation to consultations would propose that the parliament have six deputy speakers.

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