News archive of September 2023

BRUSSELS - A bilateral meeting of EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell and the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak with a Belgrade delegation headed by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic concluded in Brussels slightly after 10 am on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.1976 dinars for one euro on Thursday, which is a slight change from Wednesday, the National Bank of Serbia said.

The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m and up by 0.1 pct y-o-y and relative to the beginning of the year.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will be on a one-day visit to Belgium on Thursday.

Vucic will meet with EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell and the EU's special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak in Brussels and take part in the EU-facilitated dialogue, the presidential press office said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with the German government's special Western Balkans envoy Manuel Sarrazin on Wednesday to discuss Serbia-Germany bilateral relations and the situation in the region.

BELGRADE - At a meeting with Serbian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Orlic, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov voiced concerns over the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and noted that OSCE advocated peace and continued dialogue.

BELGRADE - At a meeting with the German government's special Western Balkans envoy Manuel Sarrazin, Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic noted the significance of a soonest possible establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija.

VALJEVO - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic opened the third Hisense Europe plant in Valjevo on Wednesday, noting that the investment would create 1,020 jobs over the next three years.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday received the credentials of the newly-appointed ambassadors of Norway, Finland and Cambodia.

BELGRADE - Serbian y-o-y inflation has slowed down further, amounting to 11.5 pct in August, in line with National Bank of Serbia (NBS) expectations, though the August reading is somewhat lower than the projection from the Inflation Report, the central bank said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday he had had an excellent meeting with Italian Minister for Business and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso earlier in the day to discuss numerous topics of mutual interest to Belgrade and Rome and, in particular, critical resources.