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BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Environmental Protection Irena Vujovic said on Tuesday lithium and the Jadar project were an opportunity Serbia should not miss and that all environmental standards would be complied with to preserve the environment.

BELGRADE  - The Serbia men's national basketball team outclassed Japan 119-100 in a pre-Olympic friendly game at the Belgrade Arena on Sunday evening.

Nikola Jokic led Serbia to victory with 18 points and six assists, Filip Petrusev scored 17 points, captain Bogdan Bogdanovic had 15 points and eight assists and Ognjen Dobric and Vasilije Micic added 14 and 12 points, respectively.

BELGRADE - Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic received on Friday a farewell visit from US defence envoy to Belgrade Col Corey Shea, who is leaving the post after a three-year tenure in Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Friday a man who had killed one police officer and wounded another in Loznica, western Serbia, on Thursday had been shot dead by police.

"Police officers have liquidated the killer of the policeman in the vicinity of Loznica," Dacic said in an Interior Ministry statement before heading to the city.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted on Thursday a decision on adopting a Declaration on Protection of National and Political Rights and the Joint Future of Serbs, tabling it to the parliament for adoption.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said on Wednesday foreign services had politicised the Jadar lithium mining project in 2022 to slow down Serbia's development.

Speaking at a press conference in the parliament building, Brnabic said what had happened in 2022 was a result of "games" by foreign services.

BELGRADE - Dragan Pixie Stojkovic will remain head coach of the Serbia men's national football team despite the Eagles' failure to qualify for the knockout stage at EURO 2024.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said on Tuesday he had chaired a session of a government council coordinating activities and measures aimed at GDP growth, also attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic spoke with Chinese Ambassador to Belgrade Li Ming on Tuesday, noting the significance of Serbia-China cooperation in security and the fight against crime.

Dacic noted his ministry's readiness to continue to strengthen cooperation in the field.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic presented on Monday a plaque to gendarme Milos Jevremovic for the courage demonstrated in a June 29 terrorist attack outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade.

In the attack, Jevremovic was wounded in the neck by a crossbow arrow.