Velimir Ilic

BELGRADE, April 29 (Tanjug) - After the election of a new government, new ministers took office from their predecessors in almost all departments on Monday.

Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic took over from Ivica Dacic.

Dacic took over from Ivan Mrkic as foreign minister.

State of emergency in parts of Serbia due to flooding

BELGRADE -- The West (Zapadna) Morava River overflowed its banks on Monday morning, the Interior Ministry's Sector for Emergency Situations has said.

BELGRADE - The new convocation of the Serbian parliament, whose constitution will start on Wednesday, will include presidents of 12 parties from seven slates who will take an oath of office.

BELGRADE - The works on the construction of the motorway through Western Serbia are being conducted at the planned tempo and the works on certain sections should be completed in 2016, while the entire motorway should be finished by the end of 2017, Serbian Minister of Construction and Urbanism Velimir Ilic told Tanjug on Friday.

PM, ministers ignore Anti-Corruption Agency's request

BELGRADE -- The Anti-Corruption Agency has asked all 21 members of the Serbian government to submit data on their activities during the recent election campaign.

11 cabinet members failed to comply, the agency announced on Tuesday.

"Parliament to have MPs from 7 lists, in 12 clubs"

BELGRADE -- Serbia's new parliament, elected on Sunday, will have MPs from seven electoral lists - and they plan to form 12 "deputy clubs."

Dačić "joins SNS celebrations," Dinkić "leaves politics"

BELGRADE -- SPS leader Ivica Dačić has joined celebrations organized by the Progressives (SNS) after their landslide election victory.

According to media crews at the SNS headquarters, Dačić and Vučić have been "engaged in conversation" for over an hour, but, said reporters, "they were not alone."

BELGRADE, Feb 19 (Tanjug) – The deadline for the submission of bids for the first stage of works to overhaul and modernize the Belgrade Central railway station has been extended to February 28 because of a large number of companies interested in tendering, Serbian Railways General Director Dragoljub Simonovic told Tanjug on Wednesday.