Belgrade

BELGRADE - Slovak PM Robert Fico will on Thursday be on an official visit to Serbia, during which he will meet with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - Serbian Railway Infrastructure Acting Director Jelena Tanaskovic resigned from her post on Wednesday over the November 1 tragedy at the Novi Sad railway station, Tanjug learns.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday police had arrested a man suspected of the criminal offence of publicly instigating terrorist acts.

The arrest took place in Novi Pazar, southwestern Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday the National Security Council had concluded the security situation in Serbia was stable but burdened by global geopolitical challenges and internal factors.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic resigned on Wednesday over the November 1 tragedy at the Novi Sad railway station, Tanjug learns.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who chaired a National Security Council session on Wednesday, said Serbian authorities would do everything in their power to safeguard the safety and security of the citizens amid a complex geopolitical situation in the world.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday he had had an excellent discussion with Republika Srpska Parliament Speaker Nenad Stevandic.

"Cooperation between Serbia and Srpska at all levels is a priority for the survival and progress of the Serbian nation," Vucic wrote in an Instagram post.

BELGRADE - The UK's Ambassador to Serbia Edward Ferguson said on Wednesday now was the right time to develop trade ties between the UK and the Western Balkans and that the volume of trade between the UK and the region had been on a constant increase in the past decade.

BELGRADE - Speaking at the opening of a regional conference on trade between the UK and the Western Balkans, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia wanted much greater economic cooperation with the UK and British companies and noted that the UK was also a very important political partner to Serbia.

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 116.9915 dinars for one euro on Wednesday, which is a slight change from Tuesday, the National Bank of Serbia said.

The dinar is steady against the euro m-o-m, up by 0.2 pct y-o-y and up by 0.2 pct relative to the beginning of the year.