Government of Serbia

President signed the decision on the elections and addressed the citizens in the Presidency.
According to the law, all election deadlines start from the moment of announcement.

The decision on the amount of the minimum wage in Serbia for next year will be made at the meeting of the Government of Serbia on September 14, and the government's proposal is to increase the minimum wage by 17.8 percent to 47,154 dinars, i.e. 401 euros, Minister of Finance Sinia Mali said today.

Out of 194 MPs, 149 MPs voted in favor for the election of Slavica Djuki Dejanovi, 40 were against, and five abstained. Djuki Dejanovi took the oath before the MPs after the vote.

Serbian Economy Minister Rade Basta, who has been actively calling for joining the sanctions against Russia, has been removed from his post after a vote by MPs in parliament, Serbian media reported.

Palma previously said that Basta is no longer a member of that party or a minister in the government.

BELGRADE - Serbia-Angola bilateral relations are extremely good and based on mutual respect, and there is readiness to advance them further by exchanging visits at high and the highest level, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said at a meeting with a delegation of the Angolan Ministry of External Relations on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday the situation in Kosovo-Metohija was "terribly difficult" but that Belgrade was trying to maintain peace almost at all costs and that he hoped the EU and the US would have sufficient strength to reason with Pristina's PM Albin Kurti.

BELGRADE - Serbia-Slovenia relations are very good but can still be much better, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said after a meeting with Slovenian counterpart Natasa Pirc Musar in Belgrade on Thursday.

Vucic said he was greatly honoured to have had the opportunity to welcome Pirc Musar.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic met with Algerian Ambassador to Belgrade Fatah Mahraz on Wednesday, and noted that Serbia highly appreciated the principled position of friendly Algeria with regards to non-recognition of the unilaterally declared independence of the so-called Kosovo.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday he had decided not to say a single word about his meeting with Quint representatives this morning as that was "better for everyone."