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MOSTAR - PM Aleksandar Vucic presented a Serbian-made chocolate bar to Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenkovic during Tuesday's visit to the Serbian booth at the International Economic Fair in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

When asked by reporters if he would eat the Galeb chocolate bar, produced by Pionir Subotica, Plenkovic responded: "Without problems."

The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) on Wednesday ordered repeat presidential election at eight polling stations where it had annulled the voting.

The repeat elections are scheduled to take place on April 11 at polling stations in Kraljevo, Pancevo, Vrsac, Vrbas, Topola, Zrenjanin, Backa Palanka and the Belgrade municipality of Zvezdara.

Thousands of people gathered in Belgrade and Novi Sad on Wednesday evening to protest against the rule of President-Elect and current Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, which they describe as a "dictatorship".

More protesters are expected to join the demonstrations during the course of the evening.

Those dissatisfied with the results of the April 2 presidential elections protested several cities across Serbia on Tuesday for a second day.

The protesters, mostly young people and students, gathered in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Nis, Zrenjanin, Jagodina, and other places. They organized via social networks and did not display symbols of any party.

STARA PAZOVA - Serbia needs much better sports infrastructure, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said Friday, noting Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic had told him the government would assist the construction of a new national football stadium and help improve infrastructure conditions.

JASA TOMIC - Concluding his election campaign in his native village of Jasa Tomic, northeastern Serbia, presidential candidate Miroslav Parovic - the leader of the People's Freedom Movement - vowed to model Serbia after his parents' household.

Parovic said his parents had created all they had, and that they had taught him that one must fight and work hard every day.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Economy on Thursday issued an invitation for letters of interest for companies in the petrochemical complex - the Kikinda Methanol and Acetic Acid Complex and the Pancevo nitrogen and petrochemical plant.

The invitation was issued pursuant to the Privatisation Act, a conclusion of the government and decisions of the Srbijagas Supervisory Board.

The security company Intersec from Novi Sad is mounting a 24-hour guard over a prominent poster of Serbian Progressive Party leader and presidential candidate Aleksandar Vucic in the northern city of Novi Sad until polling day on April 2.

RUMA - A new production plant of French automotive hose maker Hutchinson opened in Ruma, northeastern Serbia, on Thursday at a ceremony also attended by Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic.

Hutchinson opened its 6,000 sq m factory in Ruma in 2016, hiring a 200-strong workforce.

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NOVI SAD - Serbian faculties of technical sciences will enrol 700 more students this year, PM Aleksandar Vucic announced Monday, noting the government would secure money for startups and support for the IT sector.