Tutin

BELGRADE - The head of Serbia's national electoral commission Vladimir Dimitrijevic said that, by 6 pm, around 22,000 voters from Kosovo-Metohija had voted at 51 polling stations in the south of central Serbia in Sunday's parliamentary elections.

At a press conference, Dimitrijevic said the voters from Kosovo-Metohija had cast their ballots in Vranje, Raska, Tutin and Kursumlija.

On Thursday at midnight, the election silence comes into force and ends on Sunday at 20:00 with the closing of the polling stations.
On Sunday, December 17, 6,500,165 registered voters will be able to exercise their right to vote at one of a total of 8,273 polling stations.

In Montenegro, heavy rain in the towns of Pljevlja, Mojkovac and Rozaje blocked roads due to rising water levels and landslides. The Interior Ministry said its Protection and Rescue Office was in constant communication with local authorities, adding that the army is on standby if the situation worsens.

On the occasion of the leap in the number of newly infected with the COVID-19 virus, Kon added for "Blic" that even if there is another wave, he believes that there will be no need to introduce a state of emergency.

Commenting on the slight leap in the number of new patients in the previous days, Kon said that hotspots had appeared in Novi Pazar and Tutin.
"The appearance of new cases on respirators does not confirm the assumption that the virus has weakened. If it attacked someone who is chronically ill, it would be very dangerous," Kon said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Novi Pazar, where he said that "Turkey and the Sandzak region" have special relations.

"Novi Pazar is my native land. Your happiness is our happiness, your pain is our pain," Erdogan said.