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NOVI SAD - The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad on Friday requested custody for three people suspected of calling for a violent overthrowing of authorities.

Eight polling stations opened on Tuesday morning in Kraljevo, Vrsac, Vrbas, Topola, Zrenjanin, Backa Palanka, and Belgrade's Zvezdara municipality.

A total of 9,851 voters are eligible to vote in the repeat elections on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian national election commission (RIK) on Wednesday ordered repeat presidential elections at eight polling stations where it had annulled the voting.

The repeat elections are scheduled to take place on April 11 at polling stations in Kraljevo, Pancevo, Vrsac, Vrbas, Topola, Zrenjanin, Backa Palanka and the Belgrade municipality of Zvezdara.

The Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) on Wednesday ordered repeat presidential election at eight polling stations where it had annulled the voting.

The repeat elections are scheduled to take place on April 11 at polling stations in Kraljevo, Pancevo, Vrsac, Vrbas, Topola, Zrenjanin, Backa Palanka and the Belgrade municipality of Zvezdara.

Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic on Monday announced that over a ton of skunk - a type of marijuana - worth four million euros, had been seized overnight.

Stefanovic said the narcotics had been found - "thanks to the serious and hard work" of the criminal investigations police - in the area between Novi Sad and Backa Palanka, in northern Serbia.

BACKA PALANKA - Minister of Labor Aleksandar Vulin stated in Backa Palanka on Friday that, thanks to good results of the Serbian government and efforts of the entire society, better times for the country are coming sooner than expected.

Minister promises "better times," unions protest

BACKA PALANKA, BELGRADE -- Movement of Socialists leader and cabinet minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Friday that "better times" are coming in Serbia "faster than expected."

According to him, this result has been achieved "thanks to the good results of the Serbian government and the efforts of the whole society."

BELGRADE - Forum entitled 'Arguments' concerning the ways to encourage exports and research and major net exporters in Serbia, organised by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Foundation and the Business Info Group, will take place in Tanjug's press centre in Belgrade on Tuesday.

NOVI SAD - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic said Wednesday in Backa Palanka that the cooperation within the EU Danube Strategy is a valuable experience for Serbia and a strong boost to European integration as the top foreign policy priority.

Although the vast majority of state-owned companies in Serbia are debt-makers, Deloitte's latest report showed that in terms of the most successful companies in the country, firms in which the state holds a stake are ahead of private businesses.