Ambassador Dragan Petrović met with Frode Daniels, Director of the Norwegian Directorate for Digital Affairs (DIGDIR), in Oslo on 21 October. During the meeting, experiences were exchanged regarding the introduction of new digital solutions and platforms to improve the functioning of public administration and governance, as well as the engagement of business and academic circles in this area. In particular, they discussed the steps that both sides are taking in terms of supporting projects for the development of artificial intelligence in the everyday lives of citizens, as well as international cooperation in this innovative field, to which Serbia is giving a significant stamp, including through the organization of the Annual Summit of the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence in December in Belgrade. Ambassador Petrović emphasized the importance and contribution of this initiative to further shaping the future of artificial intelligence on a global level, indicating that the participation of a Norwegian representative would be important and welcome, especially in the exchange of experiences and examples of good practice, given the level of technological development achieved and the wide application of concrete solutions in this area.

Ambassador Dragan Petrović spoke at the opening of the first Serbian-Norwegian literary gatherings on October 19 in the premises of the Serbian Cultural Center in Oslo.
Welcoming the attendees, Ambassador Petrović expressed his expectations that this gathering of literary creators in the Serbian language, who live in Scandinavia, as well as their Norwegian colleagues and guests from other parts of our diaspora, will grow into a regular annual gathering, pointing out the importance that the preservation of the written word has for the Serbian community and our culture in these areas.
He expressed the Embassy's readiness for further support and especially welcomed the inclusion of the youngest in the program, as well as, the cooperation with the Norwegian hosts, among whom the participation of the writer and historian Knut Flovik Turesen, otherwise the president of the "Culture of Remembrance of the Bloody Road" Foundation and the holder Gold medals for bravery "Miloš Obilić".
Branko Dimović Dimeski, president of the Association of Serbian Artists of Scandinavia, Håkon Vinje, representative of the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and head of the War Memorial Service, as well as, Sveta Lazić, president of the Association of Serbs in Sweden, also spoke at the opening.
Some musical motifs from Serbia and Norway were performed by Vladimir Puhalac, pianist, composer and director of the Serbian Cultural Center, and Peter Simonsen, soloist of the Norwegian National Opera.
In the working part of the event, panels were held entitled "Love in the age of aggression", "Contemporary Serbian writers in Scandinavia about Scandinavia", children's workshop "Dreams have no borders" and the lecture "Serbian-Scandinavian relations - past, present and future".
The participants, among whom, in addition to creators in the Serbian language from the Scandinavian region, there were also guests from Serbia, Malta, Romania and Switzerland, also presented a number of their works published in the past period, with a very good attendance of the gathering by representatives of the Serbian diaspora, as well as, the Serbian Orthodox Church in Norway.

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