Serbian government

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic said on Tuesday regional economic integration was one of his government's main goals and added that CEFTA states were Serbia's top external trade partners behind the EU.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with the Director-General of the EU Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Gert-Jan Koopman on Monday to discuss Serbia's European path and economic progress, as well as relations in the region.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with Austrian federal Minister for the EU and the Constitution Karoline Edtstadler on Monday to discuss Serbia's EU integration and bilateral and economic cooperation.

Two days later, a 21-year-old man went on a shooting spree in the Belgrade suburb of Mladenovac, killing eight and wounding 13.

Thousands of Serbs have since taken to the streets to protest what they say is a culture of violence in Serbian society fed by irresponsible politicians and tabloid media.

BELGRADE - Commenting on a recent New York Times article that accused him and the Serbian government of ties with the Belivuk crime clan, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday he understood the message and who it came from.

Serbia has frozen plans to issue passports to Russians and other foreign nationals who have lived in the country for just one year after the EU warned it could end visa-free travel to the Balkan country, writes the "Financial Times".

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic on Monday attended a session of a council set up to coordinate measures and activities aimed at GDP growth.

The council said Serbian Q1 GDP was up by a higher-than-expected 0.7 pct, the Serbian government said in a statement.

Brnabic said industry and agriculture were the sectors to be credited for the GDP growth.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government on Friday adopted measures announced by President Aleksandar Vucic earlier in the day following Thursday night's shooting spree in Mladenovac that left eight people dead.

BELGRADE - Speaking to reporters after last night's shooting spree in Mladenovac that left eight people dead, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced that the level of intelligence and counter-intelligence protection across the country would be stepped up.

He noted that Serbian authorities would start implementing a set of measures adopted by the government two days ago.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government on Thursday adopted new decisions following Wednesday's massacre in a primary school in downtown Belgrade.

Under the decisions, the government proposed a two-year moratorium on issuance of licences for possession and carrying of small firearms.