Sabac

Rain and snow cause flooding, damage power lines

BELGRADE -- The area around the town of Sabac was most at danger from flooding during the night, MUP Emergency Situations Sector chief Predrag Maric has said.

He also told the public broadcaster RTS that 27 persons had to be evacuated from their homes in Koceljeva, also in western Serbia.

SABAC - The poverty risk rate in Serbia amounted to 24.6 percent in 2013, which means that one in four citizens faced the risk of poverty, it has been said at the presentation of a publication on incomes and living conditions in Serbia in 2013, based on figures from the Serbian national statistical office (RZS).

Farmakom MB owner arrested on corruption charges

BELGRADE -- Farmakom MB owner Miroslav Bogićević was arrested on Monday, the police have confirmed.

The arrest of the well-known businessman from the town of Šabac comes amid the media focus on him, Goran Perčević, and Željko Žunić, over allegations of financial fraud involving loans worth millions of euros.

SABAC - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has decorated Indonesian Ambassador to Serbia Semuel Samson with the Order of the Serbian Flag, Second Class, reads the latest edition of the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia.

SABAC - Serbian Minister of Trade and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic told Tanjug that construction of a diary in Sabac has been agreed with Turkish company Itimat, adding that the production is expected to start in April.

SABAC - Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, who is paying an official visit to Serbia on Wednesday, toured flooded households in Sabac, and underlined that it is good to see that funds and donations from Austria are well used.

Maternity ward receives donation from B92-led campaign

BELGRADE -- The B92 Fund and Komercijalna Bank humanitarian campaign "Together for the Babies" continued on Friday when new equipment was donated to a Belgrade hospital.

SABAC - Members of the Interior Ministry's Emergency situation sector destroyed the 18 leftover artillery grenades from World War II in the village of Bela Reka near Sabac on Tuesday.

“Everything was completed without any difficulties and the team returned to Belgrade,” head of the local Emergency situation sector Aleksandar Stojkovic told Tanjug.

Top officials to gather at Battle of Cer memorial

BELGRADE -- The 100th anniversary of the Battle of Cer will be marked on Tuesday at the memorial complex in Tekeriš near Loznica, western Serbia.

A state delegation at the central ceremony, organized by the government, will be led by Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić.

BELGRADE - Serbia marks on Monday the 209th anniversary of the famous Battle of Ivankovac, the first full-scale confrontation between Serbian revolutionaries and the regular forces of the Ottoman Empire in which Serbian rebels drew a glorious victory, after the early fights with dahis.