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Foreign remittances to Kosovo grew to 571.4 million euro ($652.14 million) in the five months through May, from 530.98 million euro in the same period of last year, the central bank said, quoting preliminary data.

Serbia's president Aleksandar Vucic could announce as early as the end of July whether he will be a candidate for prime minister at the snap parliamentary elections, he said, adding the vote would be held in the next three to four months.

The average net monthly wage in Montenegro remained unchanged in real terms month-on-month in May after falling by a real 1.2% the month before, the statistical office said on Tuesday.

The average net monthly wage in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Serb Republic was 1,682 marka ($975.3/859.9 euro) in May, up 2.7% year-on-year in real terms, the entity's statistical office said.

Serbia's average net monthly wage rose by a real 8.6% on the year to 121,805 dinars ($1,177/1,038 euro) in April, after increasing by an annual 9.6% in March, the statistical office said on Thursday.