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BELGRADE - Serbian Finance Minister Sinisa Mali said on Thursday that, according to the available figures for 2024, Serbia was Europe's best performer in terms of GDP growth.

The 12th Hania Chamber Music Festival will take place at the Minoa Palace Resort and the Ancient Theater of Aptera from August 26 to September 4. Each of the six concerts will juxtapose works from the German Classical and Romantic traditions with works from Russia, Poland, Armenia and the Czech Republic, all of them written in the 19th and 20th centuries.

VRANJE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday he was confident Serbia and North Macedonia would develop the closest possible ties and build them carefully and with mutual respect.

Vucic was speaking after a meeting with North Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova at the St Prohor Pcinjski monastery near Vranje, southern Serbia.

BELGRADE - North Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova will on Friday pay a working visit to Serbia during which she will visit the Prohor Pcinjski monastery in southern Serbia and meet with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

ROME - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Wednesday in Rome Serbia would remain a pillar of peace and stability in the region but that, on the other hand, support from the international community was needed at the highest level when it comes to normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations and implementation of agreements reached in the Brussels dialogue.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic received Italian Chief of Defence Staff Adm Giuseppe Cavo Dragone in Belgrade on Thursday, noting that Serbia remained fully committed to promoting peace and dialogue and preservation of stability in the region.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has called for a unified alphabet among Turkic states to strengthen regional cooperation.

"In order to prevent global power rivalry from spilling over into our geography, we must tighten our ranks and use our capabilities for our common prosperity," Fidan said at an Organization of Turkic States (OTS) summit in Azerbaijan's Susha city on July 6.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday he dreamed of a successful and economically advanced Serbia that would be by far the most developed country in its part of Europe, but noted that he was very proud of the national defence industry and that the Serbian Armed Forces would keep receiving arms in order to be a deterrent.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Wednesday Pristina was killing the dialogue with Belgrade and that Pristina's chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi had refused to discuss all topics during Tuesday's round of dialogue in Brussels.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Friday in Belgrade with German special Western Balkans envoy Manuel Sarrazin to discuss the situation in the region, unfulfilled agreements from the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue - above all, those related to the safety of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities - the continuation of Serbia's EU path