Zlatibor Lončar

BELGRADE - Serbian Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar condemned in the strongest terms death threats to Tanjug journalists emailed to the news agency earlier this week.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday evening there were three candidates for the new Security Information Agency director and announced that the agency's next chief would be named after the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Serbian Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar said its country accepted the "serious responsibility" it was being given after the WHO on Wednesday approved Serbia to produce RNA vaccines, which include Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna vaccines, but also vaccines made for other illnesses besides COVID-19.

Just to reiterate, a session of the Crisis Staff was held on Tuesday, almost a month after the previous one, but no new measures were introduced afterwards. Instead, everyone states that vaccination is the only solution. The situation is no better in the region, but also in many other countries worldwide.

Serbian leaders, the Chinese ambassador to Serbia and representatives of Chinese and UAE companies on Thursday laid the foundations of a Sinopharm vaccines factory in a suburb of Belgrade - a joint investment of Serbia, China and the United Arab Emirates worth 30 million euros.

Early next year, there will be local elections in Belgrade, an election for president and, most likely, parliamentary elections too.

Vucic and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party, SNS, are faring worst in the capital, where the Progressive administration is accused of corruption and mismanagement.

Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar and Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Chen Bo welcomed a new contingent of vaccines.
Ambassador Chen Bo congratulated Serbia on the results achieved in vaccination.

As meetings of city and municipal committees of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, SNS, begin throughout Serbia, some SNS boards have voted to dismiss Defence Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic, until recently one of the closest allies of Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic.

Serbian citizens will be exempted from paying road tolls in North Macedonia during the summer holiday season from 15 June to 15 August as a sign of gratitude for the vaccines Serbia has procured, North Macedonian Health Minister Venko Filipče announced on Tuesday.

A session of the Crisis Staff for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic, at which new measures are expected to be adopted, has been announced for today.