Belgrade

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Chairperson Zeljka Cvijanovic in Belgrade on Friday to discuss opportunities for strengthening economic, infrastructure and cultural ties between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with North Macedonian PM Hristijan Mickoski in Belgrade on Friday to discuss strengthening of relations and common initiatives for a more stable future for citizens, as well as economic projects.

NOVI SAD/BELGRADE - At the invitation of opposition parties and some civic initiatives, groups of people gathered in Belgrade, Novi Sad and other Serbian cities on Friday to block the streets for 15 minutes in tributes to the victims of the Novi Sad railway station accident, but this resulted in several incidents involving people disgruntled with traffic halts.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic received Chinese Ambassador to Belgrade Li Ming on Friday to discuss the security situation in the region and worldwide as well as defence cooperation.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Friday Pristina's PM Albin Kurti was openly promoting a criminal Greater Albania, and noted that this was a direct threat to peace in the Western Balkans.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday evening he expected no KFOR reaction after a group of heavily armed members of the so-called Kosovo Police crossed the administrative line between central Serbia and the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija, but that he expected the US to react.

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 116.9977 dinars for one euro on Friday, which is a slight change from Thursday, 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.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with Tuvaluan PM Feleti Teo in Belgrade on Thursday, noting that he was pleased Teo's visit was the first bilateral visit to Serbia by a high-ranking Tuvaluan official.

Djuric said Serbia was committed to further strengthen political dialogue and overall cooperation with Tuvalu, the Serbian MFA said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic met with Slovak PM Robert Fico in Belgrade on Thursday and noted that Fico's visit was a signal the two countries continued to advance their bilateral relations.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday Serbia wanted to get Slovak businesses interested in coming to the country, and noted that Serbia was able to help investments with various stimuli.