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This legislation will allow citizens to, among other things, sell each other digital goods in foreign currency, which will eliminate the mandatory use of seals in business operations.

The government also adopted the decision on granting Serbian citizenship to a five-member family of a minor migrant artist from Afghanistan.

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has said that his country maintains the position not to recognize the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo.

Kvirikashvili also urged Serbian businesspeople to take advantage of Tbilisi's incentives offered to foreign investors.

Romania's ruling Social Democrat-led coalition faces its second government crisis in four months after Prime Minister Mihai Tudose announced that he plans to fire cabinet ministers being investigated for graft, instigating a small-scale Cabinet reshuffle. He told media that there has been recent friction between him and Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea.

''There will be changes in the state administration, "Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev told Nova TV, quoted by BGNES.

He did not exclude the dismissal of civil servants in order to optimize the administrative services.

This year's Pride March in Belgrade kicks off on Sunday at the city's Cvetni Trg [square], from where it will end at Republic Square with an entertainment program.

Nine organisations are reported to be participating in the march, and the organizers have announced that, for the first time ever, the Prime Minister, an open lesbian, will attend as well.

The far-right Serbian League says Serbia's northern city of Novi Sad should become the capital of the country, instead of Belgrade.

Serbian League head Aleksandar Djurdjev, told BIRN that his movement sought the the "decentralization of Serbia.

Branko Ruzic says the indebtedness of local governments is "not as alarming as it might seem in the Fiscal Council's report."

The minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government also said that the government would provide "a clear answer on this occasion."

Two Serbian ministries have signed an agreement to establish electronic records about Serbian citizens.

The agreement on technical and business cooperation was signed by Minister of Internal Affairs Nebojsa Stefanovic and Minister of State Administration Branko Ruzic.

In an unexpected move, President Tayyip Erdoğan slammed Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) on Aug. 5. He said it had been late in detecting black holes and loops in the system, thus letting "others" sneak in "especially in the east and southeast of the country."

BELGRADE - Digitisation of the state administration and providing services the citizens will be able to use quickly and simply is one of my priorities, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said after the government decided on Thursday to set up an IT and e-government office.