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BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali announced on Tuesday a closing meeting with an IMF mission led by Donal McGettigan had been held earlier in the day to complete a fourth - and final - review under Serbia's current standby arrangement with the IMF and that a new three-year, non-financial Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) had been agreed with the financial institution.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said at the weekend a decision by Standard & Poor's to revise upwards Serbia's credit rating to an investment-grade BBB- rating with a stable outlook opened a completely new chapter in Serbia's further accelerated economic development.

STRBSKE PLESO - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Friday he had presented Serbia's macroeconomic performance and the Leap Into The Future - Serbia 2027 programme at the Tatra Summit in Strbske Pleso, Slovakia, noting that Serbia was on a path of EU accession as well as accelerated economic growth.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Monday that, at 4.3 pct, Serbia's GDP growth in the first half of this year was the second-highest in Europe and that, slowly but surely, Serbia was becoming one of the fastest-growing economies in Europe.

Gunmen attacked a military police base early Tuesday in the Malian capital Bamako where gunfire and explosions were heard and the airport was closed, sources said.

"This morning armed men attacked at least one military police base in Bamako. They have not been formally identified," a police source told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Moo Deng, a baby hippo in Thailand who recently became an internet sensation, is drawing unexpectedly large crowds to the zoo where she lives, located two hours from the capital, Bangkok.

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex, reports an increase in illegal migration flows from Turkey to the Greek islands during the first eight months of 2024, with 37,163 people crossing the borders illegally.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali met with North Macedonian Deputy PMs Ivan Stoilkovic and Aleksandar Nikoloski in Belgrade on Thursday to discuss cooperation and advancement of bilateral economic ties, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

The military governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have reached out to the UN Security Council, urging it to condemn Ukraine for allegedly supporting rebel groups in the Sahel region, according to a letter obtained by Reuters.

BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Thursday that, according to the available figures for 2024, Serbia was Europe's best performer in terms of GDP growth.