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BACKI BREG - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday he did not keep up to date with statements by politicians but was only interested in a soonest possible conclusion of the electoral process.

Speaking to reporters at Backi Breg near Sombor, northern Serbia, Vucic said politicians in Serbia became modern quickly but that that lasted for three, four or six months.

BELGRADE - Commenting on Sunday's attempt by a part of opposition parties to seize the City Hall through violence, head of the City of Belgrade Interim Authority Aleksandar Sapic said the damage sustained by the Old Palace was irreparable, and added that coming to power through anarchy meant the destruction of a state.

BELGRADE - A Serbia Against Violence member of the national electoral commission said on Friday the opposition coalition's legal team had determined that ghost voters accounted for 30 pct of ballots cast in the December 17 elections.

BELGRADE - In a letter to European institutions, the opposition Serbia Against Violence coalition has requested a "full international investigation into electoral irregularities" in Serbia and called on the institutions not to recognise the results of the parliamentary, provincial and, especially, local elections, until such an investigation was over.

BELGRADE - The head of the City of Belgrade Interim Authority Aleksandar Sapic said on Wednesday he had expected a good electoral result in the capital and noted that the opposition had underestimated him although he had not lost many elections in the past.

BELGRADE - Architectural contracts with future tenants of the BIO4 campus - a unique multidisciplinary project that will enable Belgrade to become one of Europe's recognised bioeconomic centres - were signed at the Serbian government on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Post of Serbia and the Slovak embassy in Belgrade on Tuesday unveiled commemorative postage stamps marking 30 years of Serbia-Slovakia diplomatic relations.

BELGRADE - Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) leader Ivica Dacic said Sunday's elections in Serbia were very important for the country's political stability and state unity.

In a statement to reporters after voting in Belgrade's Dedinje district, Dacic said he expected the elections to pass in a peaceful and democratic atmosphere.

NEW YORK - Since COVID-19, Serbia has been one of emerging Europe's better performers, according to Paul Gamble, senior director in the Sovereign Group at Fitch Ratings, who notes that the Serbian government had "rationalised spending, enabling it to reduce debt, which has been backed up by strong growth and investment."

BELGRADE - Serbia remains a global leader in foreign investments, which is best indicated by figures showing that it attracted over 30 bln euros of FDI between 2012 and end-2022, more than all other Western Balkan countries combined, Serbian Minister of Economy Slobodan Cvetkovic said on Wednesday.