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Human trafficking victims double this year

BELGRADE -- The number of registered victims of human trafficking has nearly doubled compared on last year, Sanja Kljajević has said.

Ice covers fields 20 hours after hail storm

BLACE -- A storm that produced hailstones the size of hazelnuts hit the villages of Kaševar and Trbunje in the Blace municipality late on Sunday.

EU enlargement in Balkans "strategically important"

BRUSSELS -- Three current and future EU presiding countries say they will "work on the further progress of negotiations on the membership of the Western Balkan countries."

Police come under fire in Albanian drug village

TIRANA -- A clash between the police and "cannabis growers" in the village of Lazarat in Albania has resulted in six arrests and the wounding of one policeman.

The Albanian media report that the police "are not giving up and continue the operation in Lazarat," which began on Sunday night.

Serbia "respects Russia, but wants to join EU"

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić has told German and Swiss newspapers that Serbia "respects Russia as a great power and a partner, but that its goal is to join the EU."

Commissioner barred from speaking "by mistake"

BELGRADE -- Representatives of independent regulatory bodies walked out of a parliament session late on Wednesday after Rodoljub Šabić was not allowed to speak.

Pundits interpret Vulin's "great powers" comment

BELGRADE -- Political analyst Đorđe Vukadinović says Aleksandar Vulin's statement about "great powers not wanting a prime minister with large support" is "exaggerated."

The labor minister suggested earlier that PM Aleksandar Vučić was the target of criticism for that reason.

No Serbian citizens in eastern Ukraine - MFA

BELGRADE -- The Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday that according to the available data, there are no Serbian citizens in eastern Ukraine.

All Serbian citizens who reported to the Serbian embassy in Kiev have left the unsafe zone and traveled to Serbia via Kiev, a statement added.

Remains of 17 people exhumed in Rudnica

BELGRADE -- The remains of 17 people and a number of skeletal remains have been exhumed to date from a mass grave at the Rudnica quarry in the municipality of Raška.

This was announced on Tuesday by the Serbian Government Commission for Missing Persons.

Predrag Maric, head of police emergency sector, said on Sunday that the situation in all critical areas is stable and there is no risk of new flooding.

“There are no new critical point in terms of what we had over the past 12 days," Maric told Beta news agency.

The government did its job