Belgrade

BELGRADE - Serbian retail trade turnover in November 2024 was up by 4.1 pct y-o-y in current prices and by 1.4 pct y-o-y in constant prices, according to figures released by the national statistical office RZS.

Year-on-year, the January-November 2024 retail trade turnover was up by 9.6 pct in current prices and by 5.8 pct in constant prices, the RZS said.

BELGRADE - Serbia's external goods trade in January-November totalled 62.38 bln euros, which is a 3.9 pct increase y-o-y, according to figures released by the national statistical office.

Goods exports were worth 26,885.5 bln euros, rising by 1.7 pct y-o-y, while imports totalled 35,499.4 bln euros, growing by 5.7 pct y-o-y.

BELGRADE - Serbia's November 2024 industrial turnover was up by 1 pct relative to the same month of the previous year, according to figures released by the national statistical office.

Relative to the 2023 average, it was up by 7.2 pct.

In the period between January and November 2024, industrial turnover was up by 3.2 pct relative to the same period of 2023.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Information and Telecommunications Dejan Ristic said on Friday 2024 had been a record year for the Serbian ICT sector, with an export surplus of over 4 bln euros.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic says the first army recruits are due to go to compulsory military service in September and that the parliament is first due to adopt a law on compulsory military service by the spring.

BELGRADE - There has been enough time to measure the performance of every government minister and assess whether they deserve a "pass" or PM Milos Vucevic's team needs to be "refreshed", says Serbian Minister for Public Investments Darko Glisic, who also heads the Executive Committee of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).

BELGRADE - After a discussion with US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment Jose Fernandez on Thursday evening, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said there were no nice news for Serbians but that the country would preserve its stability and energy security.

BELGRADE - The Serbian dinar's official median exchange rate against the euro is 117.1155 dinars for one euro on Friday, which is a 0.1 pct decline relative to Tuesday, the National Bank of Serbia said.

The dinar is down by 0.1 pct against the euro m-o-m, up by 0.1 pct y-o-y and down by 0.1 pct relative to the beginning of the year.

BELGRADE - Serbia demonstrated resilience to various challenges in 2024 as well, preserving macroeconomic and financial stability and, by the year's end, its GDP increased by over 18 pct compared to the pre-pandemic level, the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) has said, quoting figures from a flash estimate of 2024 macroeconomic trends published by the national statistical office RZS.

BELGRADE - The simultaneous sparking of crises in Kosovo-Metohija and Republika Srpska, followed by efforts to weaken Serbia internally to render it unable to protect Serbs living outside of Serbia and maintain stability within itself, is a part of a hybrid war against Serbia, Deputy PM Aleksandar Vulin said in an interview for Vecernje novosti.