Southeastern European countries

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic on Tuesday chaired a session of a council coordinating activities and measures for boosting GDP growth.

The council reviewed local and global trends, economic growth projections for this year and possibilities for maintaining the country's financial stability.

The session was also attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - EU special representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Friday in Belgrade the "overdue implementation of the association of the community of Serbian-majority municipalities is a crucial element for stability."

The government plane "Falcon" with a team from the Military Academy on board will transport Hristiyan Pendikov, who was attacked in Ohrid, to Bulgaria, announced the press service of the Council of Ministers.

BELGRADE - The level of Serbia-Hungary military cooperation is extremely good, Serbian Deputy PM and Defence Minister Milos Vucevic and Hungarian Defence Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky agreed at a meeting in Belgrade on Friday.

Vui told RTS from Davos that the meeting had become a club of like-minded people.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (C), Prime Minister Ana Brnabic (L). Belgrade, Serbia, 24 September 2020. EPA-EFE/KOCA SULEJMANOVIC

No change expected on Russia sanctions

"Difficult times are ahead of us. The only thing they are interested in are sanctions, independent Kosovo. A decisive year is ahead of us, probably one of the most difficult," said Vui.
"Many challenges await us, it's not a noose around Vui's neck but our country. They can't blackmail me, it's an attack and a noose for our country," said Vui.

DAVOS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday that, politically and economically, one of the toughest years in Serbia's modern history was ahead of the country, announcing that he would meet with German, French, Italian, US and EU representatives on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vucevic said on Monday he was very pleased with the way Serbian Armed Forces personnel and reservists had performed all of their tasks during a recent state of heightened alert following an escalation in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said the UK's special Western Balkans envoy Stuart Peach would visit Belgrade on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters, Brnabic said that, after Peach's visit, international envoys for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue - informally referred to as the "big four" - would also come to Belgrade by January 20.