Tanjug

BELGRADE - Commenting on the Serbian government's first hundred days in office, FM Marko Djuric said on Monday the cabinet continued to transform the country with enormous vigour when it comes to the economy, defence and institutions.

The government is achieving good results, Djuric told Tanjug.

PARIS - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics after a 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-2) victory over Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in the men's singles final on Sunday afternoon.

Djokovic, who won the match after two hours and 52 minutes of play, is now 4-3 head-to-head against Alcaraz.

BACKA TOPOLA - Serbian football club Vojvodina Novi Sad lost 3-1 to Ajax Amsterdam in the second leg of the two teams' UEFA Europa League qualifying tie in Backa Topola, northern Serbia, on Thursday evening.

Josip Sutalo (53 min), Jorrel Hato (85 min) and Bertrand Traore (90+2 min) provided the goal for Ajax, while Lazar Nikolic netted for Vojvodina in the 59th minute.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received a farewell visit from Israeli Ambassador to Belgrade Yahel Vilan on Thursday.

Vucic noted that, more than ever before, all countries of the world must invest maximum efforts to find solutions for achieving sustainable peace to the benefit of all people who looked to the future with great concern.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko on Monday.

The two sides agreed to jointly commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory over fascism and the WWII liberation of Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received a farewell visit from Canadian Ambassador to Belgrade Giles Norman on Wednesday and said he was pleased to see an increase in Canadian investments in Serbia, urging Canadian businesses to also invests in sectors other than mining and energy.

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.