AI for Serbia’s future: Serbia’s Office for IT and e-Governance chief Mihailo Jovanović says AI isn’t just tech, but a development priority, pointing to Serbia’s digitalisation push and a homegrown large language model for public services. EU-tech diplomacy: Foreign Minister Marko Đurić used the AIability 2026 conference to frame Serbia as aiming for responsible AI leadership, citing parks, BIO4 Campus, and a state data centre. Logistics tech upgrade: Post of Serbia plans a major logistics and warehouse complex at Constantine the Great Airport in Niš, with robotic support and faster delivery targets for southern Serbia and the Western Balkans. Space cooperation: UAE youth affairs minister and astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi met President Vučić to expand ties in youth, education, research, technology and space science. Industry expansion: Bankom completed a soybean processing expansion with advanced hexane extraction and a textured soy protein plant due to start commercial production in September. World Cup culture debate: Belgium coach Rudi Garcia’s comments about Senegal reignited scrutiny of racially coded football language. Governance & rights: UK prosecutors will add “unconscious bias” checks to charging guidance, as debate over fairness in the justice system intensifies.