Tanjug

BELGRADE - The Serbia Davis Cup team defeated Greece 3-1 in Belgrade at the weekend to stay in the Davis Cup World Group.

On Saturday, Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic defeated Aristotelis Thanos 6-3, 6-3 and Novak Djokovic beat Ioannis Xilas 6-0, 6-1.

ZRENJANIN - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday a Linglong tyre factory in Zrenjanin, northeastern Serbia, was by far the largest-ever greenfield investment in the country and that 1,235 Serbian workers had been hired already in the first stage of the plant's operations.

XIAMEN - Serbia has made the most of the chance to present its potential and investment opportunities at the 24th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) in Xiamen, Serbian Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic told Tanjug on Thursday at the end of a working visit to China.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Azerbaijani Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev in Belgrade on Thursday, noting that Serbia was committed to sustainable development and initiatives that would help the global fight against climate change.

BELGRADE - Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who is on an official visit to Serbia on Wednesday, spoke with Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic in the National Assembly building in the afternoon.

After the meeting, Herzog and Brnabic toured the building and the Israeli president signed a guest book.

BRUSSELS - In a non-paper, the European Commission calls on Serbia to demonstrate additional engagement and political commitment to deepen reforms and tackle shortcomings to make progress on key rule-of-law chapters in its EU accession talks - Chapters 23 and 24 - to advance in the negotiating process.

MOSCOW - Serbian Deputy PM Aleksandar Vulin met with Sergei Shoygu, secretary of the Russian Federation's Security Council, in Moscow on Monday to discuss interests shared by Serbia and Russia and the current situation in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric condemned in the strongest terms a physical attack on Serbian Ambassador to Spain Irena Sarac, which took place in Madrid on Sunday afternoon.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received Iranian Ambassador to Belgrade Rashid Hassan Pour Baei on Tuesday to discuss all matters of interest to Serbia-Iran relations.

"Economic relations and concrete activities in strengthening trade were among the main topics of the discussion," Vucic wrote in an Instagram post.

DOBOJ - Serbia will continue to support Republika Srpska as much as it can, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at the ceremonial opening of a health centre in Stanari, near Doboj, Republika Srpska, on Monday.