Jagodina

The local assembly of the town of Jagodina has decided to sell armchairs used by local officials and donate the money raised for "humanitarian purposes."

Instead of their armchairs, these officials will have to use "ordinary, wooden chairs," Tanjug reported on Wednesday.

16 years after the murder of Milan Pantic, Vecernje Novosti's correspondent from Jagodina, the police probe has at long last been finished, says Veran Matic.

JAGODINA - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said Wednesday he was very satisfied with the US and NATO reactions to a proposal to form a Kosovo army, noting US officials had told him they were against such developments.

JAGODINA - Serbian Deputy PM Ivica Dacic on Friday denied claims that "someone in the West" was seeking a change in the format of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, reiterating Belgrade was expecting it to resume but that it would not consent to topics outside the framework of status neutrality.

JAGODINA - The Serbian government's new policy will be one of growth and incentives for investment and development, PM Aleksandar Vucic said in Jagodina, central Serbia, at a cornerstone-laying ceremony for a new plant of Italian auto parts maker Aunde.

BELGRADE - Serbia's central electoral commission RIK on Wednesday ordered a repeat vote at another eight polling stations - in Vranje, Nis, Jagodina, Backa Topola, Sremski Karlovci, Uzice, Kladovo and Belgrade - taking the total to 15 polling stations across the country.

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in Jagodina that "Serbia's place is in the EU - but it must also nurture friendly relations with Russia and China."

446 kilos of drugs incinerated at power plant

BELGRADE -- The Interior Ministry has incinerated about 446 kilograms of illegal narcotics and other psychoactive substances at the Nikola Tesla power plant in Obrenovac.

In a statement, the MUP said that the value of the drugs was around a billion Serbian dinars (RSD) - about EUR 8.3 million.

Gendarme jailed for 40 years in double murder case

KRALJEVO -- The Higher Court in Kraljevo has confirmed the 40-year prison sentence previously handed down to Aleksandar Krstic, who was charged with double murder.

Krstic, a resident of Kraljevo, was serving as a member of the Serbian police Gendarmerie unit at the time the crime was committed, in July 2013.

16 arrested in case involving theft of PM brother's identity

BELGRADE -- 16 persons have been arrested on charges of financial crime and theft of identity of several persons, including Andrej Vucic, the brother of the prime minister.