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BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Friday new investment plans for the country would be unveiled around January 20 and that they also included wages and pensions.

BELGRADE - The head of the City of Belgrade Interim Authority Aleksandar Sapic said on Wednesday New Year's Eve celebrations in Belgrade had demonstrated the city was one of the safest capitals in Europe.

"We need to start appreciating the fact we can move in the streets freely even though we live in a metropolis that is developing at tremendous speed," Sapic told Happy TV.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Information and Telecommunications Mihailo Jovanovic says Serbian IT sector exports exceeded 3.5 bln euros in 2023.

"Reporter N1 reports the following from the protest of Djilas students, who block the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Belgrade during the holiday rush: 'There will be music, songs, a DJ has been announced, a kettle will be boiled, most likely beans will be on the menu!'", it was posted on the "Lie Detector" profile on the "X" social network.

BACKI BREG - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday he did not keep up to date with statements by politicians but was only interested in a soonest possible conclusion of the electoral process.

Speaking to reporters at Backi Breg near Sombor, northern Serbia, Vucic said politicians in Serbia became modern quickly but that that lasted for three, four or six months.

JAGODINA - A cornerstone for a factory to be built by German advanced drug containment solutions provider Schott Pharma was ceremonially laid in Jagodina on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The head of the City of Belgrade Interim Authority Aleksandar Sapic said on Wednesday he had expected a good electoral result in the capital and noted that the opposition had underestimated him although he had not lost many elections in the past.

BELGRADE - Architectural contracts with future tenants of the BIO4 campus - a unique multidisciplinary project that will enable Belgrade to become one of Europe's recognised bioeconomic centres - were signed at the Serbian government on Wednesday.

NEW YORK - Since COVID-19, Serbia has been one of emerging Europe's better performers, according to Paul Gamble, senior director in the Sovereign Group at Fitch Ratings, who notes that the Serbian government had "rationalised spending, enabling it to reduce debt, which has been backed up by strong growth and investment."

Serbian President Aleksandar Vui will also speak at the meeting.
Vui was greeted with great applause as he went on stage, with shouts of "Aco, Serb".