Belgrade

BELGRADE - In its latest forecast, the World Bank said Serbia's 2023 GDP growth would be around 2 pct despite an anticipated acceleration of economic activity in the second half of the year.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with new Finnish Ambassador to Belgrade Niklas Lindqvist on Friday.

Brnabic said bilateral relations were good but that there was ample space to advance them further, especially when it comes to exchanging high-level visits.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received Chinese Ambassador to Belgrade Li Ming on Friday and said he hoped Serbia-China cooperation would become even stronger in the period to come.

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.

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.

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.

BELGRADE - Belgrade Mayor Aleksandar Sapic formally resigned on Friday to initiate the creation of legal conditions for December 17 early elections in the city, to be held simultaneously with parliamentary and provincial elections in Serbia.

Türkiye's largest metropolis Istanbul has emerged as one of the most afforable and preferred cities by Russians who left their country following the onset of the Ukraine war in February last year, a Russian daily has reported.

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.

BELGRADE - The Partner 2023 international arms fair opened in Belgrade on Monday, featuring 154 exhibitors from around the world.

"I believe that, in the days to come, we will be able to announce major contracts for our country and Serbia's defence industry," Defence Minister Milos Vucevic said at the opening of the fair.