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New building of Belgrade's Prokop train station ceremonially opens

BELGRADE - The new building of the Belgrade Center train station at Prokop was opened on Friday at a ceremony also attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

The building - as well as the station itself, whose construction began almost five decades ago - was opened on October 20, the day of Belgrade's liberation from Nazi occupation in WWII.

Vucic to meet with NATO's Munsch in Belgrade Wednesday

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with the commander of the NATO Joint Force Command in Naples, Adm Stuart Munsch, in Belgrade on Wednesday.

The meeting in the building of the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic is scheduled for 9 am, the presidential press office said in a statement.

Tourist visits in Serbia up by 4.3 pct y-o-y in August

BELGRADE - Serbia registered 4.3 pct more tourist visits in August 2023 relative to the same month of last year and the number of overnight stays was down by 6.2 pct, according to figures released by the national statistical office.

Overnight stays generated by Serbian tourists were down by 13.9 pct y-o-y, while those generated by foreign tourists were up by 9.1 pct y-o-y.

EBRD approves 25 mln euro loan to Srbija Voz for railway depots

BELGRADE - Serbia will further upgrade its railway infrastructure thanks to a 25 mln euro loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

"Srbija Voz, Serbia's national rail passenger operator, will use the loan to build a new regional depot in Nis and rehabilitate two existing ones in Zemun and Sombor," the EBRD said in a statement.

Vucic meets with ambassadors of Quint states, EU delegation head

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the ambassadors of Quint states - the US, the UK, France, Italy and Germany - and the head of the EU Delegation to Belgrade on Tuesday.

The meeting, held in the Presidency building in central Belgrade, was also attended by the director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic.

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