Politicians

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will make a public address at 8 pm on Monday.

According to a statement released by the presidential press office, Vucic will make the public address in the building of the General Secretariat of the President of the Republic.

Experts question the wisdom of a promise by Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic to expand the army's special units.

New Zealand's incoming prime minister Chris Hipkins criticised the "abhorrent" treatment endured by Jacinda Ardern and vowed on Sunday to shield his own family, three days after her shock resignation.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said tensions with China had eased, but expressed concern about Beijing's intentions on Taiwan.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized in a joint article in the German publication "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" that they strive for quick and concrete progress in the EU enlargement process, DPA reported.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand's next prime minister after he was the only candidate to enter the contest Saturday to replace Jacinda Ardern.

Hipkins, 44, must still garner an endorsement Sunday from his Labour Party colleagues, but that is just a formality now. An official transfer of power will come in the days to follow.

The decision by the prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, to step down from office does not just signal a rare moment of humanity in politics, it is also a paradigm of democratic culture.

By making the decision she made, Jacinda Ardern showed that the relationship of political representatives with their office should never be allowed to become anything more than a "job."

After the meeting, they addressed the public.
"Today, we had a very difficult conversation," Vui said at the beginning of his speech.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with five special envoys from the EU, US, Germany, France and Italy in Belgrade on Friday afternoon.

The meeting is being held at Vila Mir.

BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Friday Serbia had raised 1.75 bln dollars in a London Stock Exchange bond issue and that the funds would be invested in infrastructure.