Bavaria Markus Söder

BELGRADE - Minister-President of the German State of Bavaria Markus Soder said in Belgrade on Friday Serbian economic indicators were on a strong upward trajectory and announced that cooperation with Serbia would be stepped up and that Bavarian companies would take part in EXPO 2027, to be hosted by Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday the world faced two scenarios: a conflict of global powers that would result in a WWIII, or a long-term truce in Ukraine if lasting peace is not possible.

BELGRADE - It is very important that Serbia becomes an EU member state, Minister-President of the German state of Bavaria Markus Soder said in Belgrade on Friday, adding that Serbia would have Bavaria's support on the EU accession path.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said after meeting with Minister-President of the German state of Bavaria Markus Soder on Friday that cooperation with Bavaria was very important for Serbia as Bavarian companies alone employed 25,000 people in Serbia.

BELGRADE - Minister-President of the German state of Bavaria Markus Soder, who is on a working visit to Serbia, thanked Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic for Friday's welcome at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade and noted that Serbia was a key state for stability in the Western Balkans as well as an important and stable partner for Bavaria.

Bulgaria and Romania should not be admitted to Schengen. This was stated by the future prime minister of the German province of Bavaria Markus Söder.

"We need constant border control, and I hope you will forgive me, we do not want enlargement of the Schengen area and the inclusion of Bulgaria and Romania, this is the wrong signal," said Markus Söder, quoted by bTV.