Latest News from Serbia
Serbia loses to Australia at Abu Dhabi basketball tournament
ABU DHABI - The Serbia men's national basketball team lost 84-73 to Australia at a pre-Olympic tournament in Abu Dhabi.
Patty Mills led Australia to victory with 28 points and Dante Exum added 15.
Filip Petrusev stood out for Serbia with 17 points, Nikola Jokic scored 14 points and 14 rebounds and Nikola Milutinov and Aleksa Avramovic each added 12 points.
Ragus meets with Spanish ambassador
BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Parliament Speaker Marina Ragus, who also heads the Committee on Foreign Affairs, met with the Spanish Ambassador to Belgrade Juan Jose Sanz Aparicio on Tuesday.
The parties agreed that advancement of parliamentary relations and cooperation at all levels was in the interest of both states.
Milicevic: Countries in region have never wanted open dialogue with Serbia
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister without portfolio Djordje Milicevic, who is in charge of coordinating activities and measures in the field of relations with the diaspora, said on Tuesday countries in the region had never wanted open dialogue with Serbia but had instead insisted on dialogue with a part of the "powerful international community."
Brnabic: I am not working for private company but in interest of Serbian citizens
BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said on Tuesday she was not working for a private company but in the interest of the citizens of Serbia and that she was not trying to get away from decisions she had made as PM in 2017 and 2022 regarding a lithium mining project in Serbia.
Vucic speaks with Meloni by phone
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke by phone with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni on Monday to discuss geopolitical circumstances, the situation in the region, bilateral cooperation and Serbia's EU path.
"We agreed for a summit of our two governments to be held in Belgrade by the end of the year," Vucic wrote in a post on his buducnostsrbijeav Instagram account.
Lajcak, Miscevic discuss Serbia's EU path in Brussels
BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues Miroslav Lajcak received Serbian Minister for European Integration Tanja Miscevic in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss Serbia's EU path.
Serbian industrial turnover up by 5.9 pct y-o-y in May
BELGRADE - Serbia's May 2024 industrial turnover was up by 5.9 pct relative to the same month of last year, according to figures released by the national statistical office RZS.
Relative to the 2023 average, it was up by 6.4 pct.
By sectors, the mining sector registered a 68.9 pct turnover increase y-o-y, while the manufacturing industry turnover rose by 3.5 pct.
Djuric: EU incomplete without Serbia
PRAGUE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met in Prague on Monday with Czech Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvorzak and noted that Serbia planned to complete its reform process - above all, legislative, economic and political reforms - within three years.
Djuric meets with Lipavsky in Prague
PRAGUE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric, who is on his first official visit to Czechia, met with the country's FM Jan Lipavsky in Prague on Monday, noting that the two economies were developing alongside each other and that Serbia was making progress on its EU path thanks to Czech support.
Vucic receives farewell visit from South Korean ambassador
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received on Monday a farewell visit from outgoing South Korean Ambassador to Belgrade Jaewoong Lee, with whom he agreed that stepping up bilateral political dialogue and strengthening economic ties needed to be continued.
Vucic decorates gendarme wounded in terrorist attack
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic awarded the Order of Merit for Defence and Security, 1st Class to a gendarme wounded in a recent terrorist attack outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade.
Vucic said gendarme Milos Jevremovic epitomised all the virtues expected from people protecting the country.
Vucic to travel to London for European Political Community meeting
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Monday he would travel to London on Wednesday for an European Political Community meeting and bilateral discussions with the presidents and PMs of the most significant European countries, including the president of France and the Dutch PM.
Vucevic: Serbia to keep investing in AI while taking ethical principles into account
NOVI SAD - Serbia will continue to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) while taking ethical principles into account, Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said at the opening of the Eastern European Machine Learning School (EEML) at the Novi Sad Science and Technology Park on Monday.
Vucevic said AI must not be misused and should be defined by law without obstruction to progress.
US, Serbian gov't sign amendments on further development aid to Serbia
BELGRADE - The US and the Serbian government signed on Friday two amendments to existing agreements, under which the US will provide an additional 18 mln dollars in development aid to Serbia through USAID.
FA gives full support to Serbia boss Stojkovic
BELGRADE - As announced on Thursday, the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) Executive Board extended full support to the head coach of the Serbia men's national football team, Dragan Stojkovic, on Friday.