• GDP contraction slowed down to -0.8% yoy in Q2-2012 compared to -2.5% yoy in Q1-2012 driven by improved manufacturing and retail trade sectors performance • The government tapped successfully international markets in early October• The NBS hiked interest rates by 25bps to 10.75% for the fourth time since June 2012 • EU Commission decided to postpone the date of Serbia’s EU accession negotiations on insufficient progress on the Kosovo issue