Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said on Sunday that construction of the high-speed railway from Belgrade to Niš was progressing slowly, “like the Building of Skadar,” but that this was his mistake because he had wanted the project, which is being implemented in cooperation with the European Union, to cost Serbian citizens as little as possible, “but in the end they destroyed us with procedures.” During a visit to the municipality of Odžaci in Vojvodina, Vučić said construction of the roughly 20-kilometer Đunis-Stalać section of the Belgrade-Niš railway should begin in March next year.

The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) on Friday urged “institutions and media” not to arbitrarily interpret or misuse data in its possession.

Members of the Main Board of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) unanimously decided in Niš on Saturday to nominate Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić as the party’s candidate for prime minister and to name him as the lead candidate and first name on its “Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia” electoral list.