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SABAC - The 208th anniversary of the Battle of Misar was marked on Wednesday with wreaths laid and tributes paid in the village of Misar, near Sabac.

BELGRADE - The Battle of Misar was one of the most important victories of the Serbian insurgents over Ottoman troops.

The battle - or its crucial part - took place on August 13, 1806 according to the Gregorian calendar.

In an attempt to crush an uprising led by Kardjordje Petrovic, the Ottoman Porte sent troops from Bosnia under the command of Suleiman Pasha Skopljak.

Villages devastated by tornado-like storms (photos)

BELGRADE -- The village of Šopići near Lazarevac was hit by a storm described as a tornado late on Wednesday, and a similar disaster affected another, in central Serbia.

26 persons were injured within ten minutes during the storm in Šopići, southwest of Belgrade.

SABAC - The emergency headquarters in the city of Sabac, western Serbia, said in a release Saturday that they will continue with activities to preserve the defense walls on the Sava River and clean up areas where flood waters have receded.

SABAC - The situation at the flood defense walls along the River Sava in the city of Sabac, western Serbia, is under control, and the sandbag walls are being reinforced by placing geotextile and ballast at their base, the Serbian Defense Ministry said in a release Thursday.

Situation stable, some flood evacuees to return home

BELGRADE -- The situation in the regions affected by the floods is stable this morning; some of the more than 30,000 evacuated residents expected to return to their homes.

BELGRADE - The floods that have hit Serbia have a devastating effect on the environment, but major environmental accidents in the form of industrial pollution have been avoided, Environmental Protection Agency Director Filip Radovic said on Wednesday.

SABAC – Russian Federation Ambasador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin and Serbian Armed Forces (VS) Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Ljubisa Dikovic, visited the western Serbian city of Sabac and a special team sent by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations to help flood defense efforts in the country.

Workers of the Nikola Tesla A power plant have gathered with volunteers and colleagues from the state power giant EPS in Obrenovac, southwest of Belgrade, to build an additional bulwark around the plant and protect it from potential flooding.

"We are not tired and we will work as long as necessary," one of the workers said.

BELGRADE - The rescue teams have evacuated 31,873 people from flood-hit areas in Serbia so far, while 2,260 buildings have been flooded and another 1,763 are in danger of the same fate, the Interior Ministry of Serbia said on Wednesday.

The relief efforts have included 3,564 firefighters, 847 vehicles, 429 pumps and 141 boats.