New Belgrade

NOVI SAD/BELGRADE - At the invitation of opposition parties and some civic initiatives, groups of people gathered in Belgrade, Novi Sad and other Serbian cities on Friday to block the streets for 15 minutes in tributes to the victims of the Novi Sad railway station accident, but this resulted in several incidents involving people disgruntled with traffic halts.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said on Wednesday his government and President Aleksandar Vucic were safeguarding national interests, rather than the interests of private companies and other countries, and noted that, above all, he saw natural resources as an opportunity for economic strengthening and a guarantee of Serbia's independence.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic attended a Gendarmerie Day ceremony at the Diving Unit Base in New Belgrade on Thursday.

Dacic said the Gendarmerie had convinced the people it would not back down in the fight against crime and all challenges that could potentially threaten national security.

The cause of the fire at the Chinese mall is still unknown, with huge black smoke and flames billowing from the mall.
Ministry of the Internal Affairs received a report about the fire at 6:57 a.m. A total of 46 firefighters-rescuers, with 13 vehicles, were sent to the scene from New Belgrade, Zemun, Koutnjak, Vodovac, and Zvezdara.

He met with the Minister of Finance Sinisa Mali and said in his address: "Today is January 5 and Sinisa returned from Kopaonik after a long vacation, determined to continue looking for non-working days..."

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Friday new investment plans for the country would be unveiled around January 20 and that they also included wages and pensions.

As they report, an investigation is underway, and an investigation has been launched, during which expert reports will be conducted, witnesses will be questioned and video surveillance footage will be taken, if it did not disappear under water.

Today in Serbia, elections are being held for members of the Assembly of Serbia and the Assembly of Vojvodina, as well as local elections in 65 municipalities and cities, including Belgrade.
Vladimir Dimitrijevi said tonight that according to the law, the preliminary voting results will be announced within 24 hours from the closing of the polling stations.

As a result of the storm, parts of Vojvodina and Belgrade were left without electricity.
Due to the storm, the Belgrade airport "Nikola Tesla" was temporarily closed yesterday, and there were also difficulties in the functioning of railway traffic.

Serbia won all four rounds of voting at the General Assembly of the International Bureau of Exhibitions (BIE) in which it had the largest number of votes, and in the last round the only opponent was Spain.
On this occasion, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, spoke.