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BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Information and Telecommunications Mihailo Jovanovic said on Wednesday 99 pct of Serbian households would have high-speed landline Internet access by the end of 2025.

Opening the Technobank conference in Belgrade, Jovanovic also said he expected the value of Serbia's IT exports to rise from the present 2.7 bln euros to 10 bln euros by 2030.

BUDAPEST - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic met with the president of the Western Balkans committee of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Attila Galambos, in Budapest on Wednesday.

They discussed a bilateral agreement under which Hungary has secured 80 mln euros for projects in Serbia.

The Slovenian community in the Austrian province of Carinthia continues to shrink, according to a study presented by the Austrian public opinion polling institute OGM on 28 March. The use of Slovenian in everyday life is in decline and it is still mainly used at home and in church.

One of the leading news from Ukrainian media today is that Bulgaria will provide massive military aid to Kyiv against the Russian invaders.

BUDAPEST - Serbian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Orlic met with Hungarian PM Viktor Orban in Budapest on Monday to discuss continued cooperation in all areas, as well as all crucial issues for the region and Europe.

BUDAPEST - Serbian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Orlic and Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto welcomed on Monday in Budapest the announced establishment of a Serbia-Hungary strategic council.

Orlic is on an official visit to Hungary.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has issued the following statement on the occasion of Greece's Independence Day:

"On behalf of the Government and people of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Greece and Greeks around the world as you celebrate the 202nd anniversary of the founding of the Hellenic Republic.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has sent a letter to his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias, expressing his best wishes for the March 25 national day.

Greece celebrates the 202nd anniversary from the start of the War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire (1821 - 29).

On March 25, we will turn off the lights for an hour to support the planet, but at the same time we are shining a light on the problem of the limited habitats of wild animals in Bulgaria.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with new Hungarian Ambassador Jozsef Zoltan Magyar on Friday, cordially welcoming him to Serbia and wishing him a successful tenure in Belgrade.

Brnabic and Magyar agreed the relations between their countries were at a historical high point and the foundation for building future cooperation, the Serbian government said in a statement.