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BELGRADE - Serbia has fulfilled all 40 recommendations issued by the Council of Europe body on fighting financial crime and money laundering, Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Wednesday.

A recent EU survey by YouGov and Datapraxis conducted across six member states highlights contrasting opinions on potential expansions. Support for Ukraine's accession emerges, but skepticism looms over Turkey and the Western Balkans. The findings impact upcoming decisions at the European Council summit regarding EU enlargement and budget allocation.

The Survey's Key Insights:

PODGORICA - Serbian Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic said on Thursday Serbia would chair the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) association in 2024.

In the chess rankings for December, Nurgyul Salimova is in the top 5 for girls in classical chess and in blitz and rapid, and Nadya Toncheva is in the top 10 in rapid.

SKOPJE, Nov 30 (Tanjug) - The FMs of Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania signed on Thursday in Skopje a joint statement on the fight against corruption.

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel remarked that Bulgaria's decision to authorize the Russian Foreign Minister's aircraft passage over Bulgarian airspace en route to the OSCE Ministerial Council in Skopje was aligned with the European Union's directives.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told "Pink" television that "Bulgarians" resent Serbia because it is more popular in North Macedonia.

In the interview, Bulgaria was mentioned on a number of topics in the context of relations with its neighbors.

LESKOVAC - The Serbia men's national football team has secured a historic EURO berth by drawing 2-2 with Bulgaria in the last EURO 2024 Group G qualifying game in Leskovac, southern Serbia, on Sunday.

The national team will play at EURO 2024 in Germany for the first time under its present name and also for the first time since 2000.

Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovaevski, President of Montenegro Jakov Milatovi and President of the Italian Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, also took part in the ceremony.
"Everyone who makes wine in Montenegro has come," said the president in his conversation with Milatovi.

The female chess players from the Bulgarian national team defeated Serbia with 3:1 points in the fifth round of the European Team Championship in the Montenegro city of Budva.

The Bulgarian women, who still have no loss, played the match very correctly tactically and managed to take advantage on the second and third boards through Nurgyul Salimova and Viktoria Radeva.