MOL Group said on Wednesday that it had not signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Serbian oil company NIS, after caretaker Finance Minister Siniša Mali said on Tuesday that “an agreement had been reached between the Russian side, which is the majority owner of NIS, and Hungary’s MOL.” Mali told Bloomberg Adria that “the agreement has been signed” and that he expected both parties to submit applications for approval to the competition authorities in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina very soon.

Approximately RSD 10 billion was spent from Serbia’s national budget on construction of the National Football Stadium from the beginning of the year through the end of September, while around RSD 38.5 billion was spent on the construction of halls and facilities needed for EXPO 2027, according to Finance Ministry data on budget execution through the end of September, Forbes Serbia reported.

Serbia’s Supreme Public Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac has ordered all public prosecutor’s offices in the country to open a case within 24 hours of receiving each criminal complaint concerning offenses against electoral rights, Insajder reported.