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BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Friday new investment plans for the country would be unveiled around January 20 and that they also included wages and pensions.

BELGRADE - In a New Year message to Serbians, President Aleksandar Vucic said 2023 had been a difficult and challenging year, not only for Serbia but for the entire world as well.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Orlic, who is also a Serbian Progressive Party deputy president, says the opposition Serbia Against Violence coalition was talking about alleged electoral irregularities beforehand and that this indicates it was preparing riots.

The authorities will not allow a repeat of the October 5 scenario, Orlic told Tanjug.

In Belgrade's city center, a multitude of Serbs gathered in a protest against the government, urging the cancellation of parliamentary and local elections. Earlier, President Aleksandar Vucic had disregarded the opposition's request to recount the votes, as reported by Reuters.

BELGRADE - Supporters of the opposition Serbia Against Violence coalition staged another protest over electoral results outside the building of the national electoral commission in central Belgrade on Tuesday evening.

The protest was initially peaceful but dozens of eggs were pelted at the building from the crowd towards the end of the gathering.

Claudia Tenney, who is also the co-chair of the Serbian caucus in the US Congress, submitted a bill that would suspend all aid to Pristina until it fulfills its obligations.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) electoral list in Sunday's local polls in Belgrade, named Belgrade Must Not Stop, won 39.34 pct of votes, or 49 seats, in the city assembly.

According to preliminary results based on 92.54 pct of votes counted, the Serbia Against Violence list garnered 32.17 pct of votes, or 42 seats, the city electoral commission said on Monday.