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Journalist Stefan Cvetkovic has been found guilty and sentenced to a total of 27 months in prison in a first instance ruling.

He was sued privately by three officials of the ruling Serb Progressive Party (SNS) in Serbia's northern province of Vojvodina.

Croatia ends blockade of cargo traffic on border with Serbia

Trucks were once again moving across the Batrovci border crossings between Serbia and Croatia on Tuesday afternoon.

SID, - The 70th anniversary of the breaking of the Syrmian Front was marked within the memorial complex in Adasevci near Sid on Saturday.

404 Russian and Serbian troops take part in exercise

NIKINCI -- More than 400 members of Serbian and Russian armed forces on Friday took part in a joint tactical exercise dubbed SREM-2014.

PM and EU official tour village damaged during floods

ŠID -- PM Aleksandar Vučić and head of the EU delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport visited on Thursday the village of Jamena, in northwest Serbia.

They toured the post-flood repair works in the municipality of Šid funded by the European Union with EUR 620,000.

Wait time for trucks at Batrovci crossing 17 hours

BELGRADE -- Trucks are on Thursday waiting up to 17 hours to leave Serbia on the Batrovci border crossing with Croatia, the Interior Ministry (MUP) has said.

Also today, trucks wait approximately two hours at the Šid border crossing.

Freight vehicles wait 3 hours at one crossing

BELGRADE -- Freight vehicles leaving Serbia on the Batrovci border crossing had to wait around three hours on Monday morning, the police said.

No major congestion has been reported from the crossings of Šid, Horgoš, Bački Vinogradi, Bajmok, Gostun, Jabuka, Špiljani, and Kotroman.

Water levels receding; 22 now confirmed dead

BELGRADE -- The flood-stricken areas of Serbia had a quiet night as the Sava River water levels are receding, and no critical locations have been identified.

Official death toll now stands at 22, 14 of whom died in the town of Obrenovac.

Anniversary of Syrmian Front breakthrough

ŠID -- The 69th anniversary of the breakthrough of the Axis line on the Syrmian Front and final battles for liberation from the Nazi occupation has been marked.

BELGRADE - The 69th anniversary of the breakthrough of the Axis lines on the Syrmian Front and the final battles for Yugoslavia's liberation from Nazi occupation in World War II was marked in Adasevci near Sid, northwestern Serbia.

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic laid a wreath on the behalf of the government at the Syrmian Front memorial and paid tribute to the victims.