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BELGRADE - The Serbian government on Friday adopted measures announced by President Aleksandar Vucic earlier in the day following Thursday night's shooting spree in Mladenovac that left eight people dead.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government on Thursday adopted new decisions following Wednesday's massacre in a primary school in downtown Belgrade.

Under the decisions, the government proposed a two-year moratorium on issuance of licences for possession and carrying of small firearms.

Alexandria Vera a Texas teacher who admitted to repeatedly having sex with a 13 year old student and getting pregnant by the boy was sentenced to 10 years prison.

A Protestant pastor and his wife, who have been living in Turkey for 20 years, are due to be deported over alleged missionary activities said to be “against national security.”

BELGRADE - In two weeks since the Serbian Interior Ministry started its project to legalise firearms, the citizens have turned over only 83 weapons, the daily Danas from Belgrade reports.

According to data from the ministry the newspaper had access to, most of those weapons are air guns, handguns and hunting rifles, along with 5,112 pieces of ammunition of different calibre.

Firearms amnesty and legalization campaign starts

BELGRADE -- A campaign aimed at encouraging citizens to hand in illegal firearms, referred to as "legal legalization", has kicked off in Serbia.

The Ministry of the Interior (MUP) announced on Wednesday that the campaign started on March 4 and will last three months.