Global politics

Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA) Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher holds the Global Humanitarian Overwiew 2025 report during a press conference in Geneva on Dec. 3, 2024

In international relations, the term "power" is categorized in three forms: hard, soft and smart. Smart power refers mainly to the use of soft means of influence, such as diplomacy, combined with the exercise of hard, military power.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday revised upwards its forecast for the Greek economy this year to 2.6% from its autumn forecast of 1.8% in October 2022, and said the Greek economy was expected to grow by 1.5% in 2024 from 1.4%.

Beijing has asked the United States, Japan and the Netherlands to confirm the existence of an alleged agreement between the three countries to curb semiconductor exports to China, state media reported yesterday.

Beijing's representatives issued the request during a regular meeting this week at the World Trade Organization (WTO), according to a state television broadcast.

BELGRADE - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission completed on Wednesday the first review under the current 24-month stand-by arrangement with Serbia, in place since December 2022, the Serbian Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.

In a statement, it said all objectives to date had been accomplished and that the IMF Board of Governors was due to approve the first review in June.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with an International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation on Tuesday, noting that it had assessed the situation in Serbia as stable and commended the high level of foreign investment in the country.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met on Monday with an IMF Mission headed by Donal McGettigan as part of the first review under Serbia's current standby arrangement with the IMF, agreed in December 2022.

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) executive board has announced a $5.4 billion disbursement to Argentina, part of a $44 billion loan program as the South American nation faces a severe economic panorama.

Argentina is the target of the largest assistance program currently under IMF implementation.

Namely, the Russian embassy in Sweden announced on its website that the Scandinavian country will become a legitimate target of Russian retaliatory measures if it joins NATO.

BELGRADE - Serbia has met all its commitments from an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but public enterprises - above all, the power company EPS - pose the highest risk to reforms, says Milojko Arsic, editor of the economic publication Kvartalni monitor.