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Vucic launches podcast, says it will avoid politics

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic launched a podcast featuring basketball coach Miroslav Muta Nikolic as its first guest.
  • Vucic said the programme would focus on people, sports, culture and history rather than politics.
  • The launch came amid political tensions and preparations for early parliamentary elections that Vucic said would take place in the second half of October.

Aleksandar Vucic opened his new podkAVst with a conversation about basketball, not politics. The Serbian president hosted coach Miroslav Muta Nikolic for the first episode on Friday.

During the hour-long programme, Vucic discussed his childhood interest in basketball and his time training in the Partizan junior system, even though he supported rival club Red Star.

Vucic said the podcast would cover people, sports, culture, history and other subjects. Its debut came as Serbia faces political tensions and prepares for early parliamentary elections, which Vucic previously said would be held in the second half of October.

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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.