Kelebija

BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted on Monday a bill confirming the agreement with the Macedonian government that should establish the border procedure for the rail crossing Presevo-Tabanovce.

"Illegal migration to be tackled through joint efforts"

KELEBIJA -- The problem of illegal migration facing Serbia and Hungary is also affecting several EU member states, "so they should join forces to solve it."

That is what Serbian Police Director Milorad Veljovic told reporters on Wednesday.

KELEBIJA - The problem of illegal migration facing Serbia and Hungary is also affecting several EU member states, so they should join forces to solve it, Serbian Police Director Milorad Veljovic said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The current wait times at border crossings are up to 30 minutes for passenger vehicles, and drivers across Serbia are warned about winter driving conditions, the border police directorate said.

BELGRADE - Two men tried to smuggle nine parrots and about two kilos of living worms for fishing via the border crossing from Hungary into Serbia at Kelebija twice on Sunday, but were prevented in doing so by Serbian customs officials, Serbia’s Customs Administration said in a release Monday.

BELGRADE - There is no major congestion at the border crossings Batrovci, Horgos, Sid, Kelebija, Jabuka, Gostun and Spiljani.

This information was released by the interior ministry's press office on Monday.

Long queues of vehicles that formed at border crossings over the weekend were largely ascribed to this being the last weekend in July, at the peak of the tourist season.

BELGRADE - The delays for passenger vehicles at border crossings on Sunday total around 30 minutes, except at Batrovci crossing on the border with Croatia where vehicles entering Serbia are delayed for around 2-2.5 hours, the Border Police Administration officials said.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Transport Zorana Mihajlovic reached an agreement with the Customs Administration and the Interior Ministry on Saturday to implement all the necessary measures in order to accelerate traffic pace and reduce delays for road vehicles on border crossings with Croatia and Hungary.

Couple from Serbia caught smuggling heroin

SUBOTICA -- Hungarian customs officers on Sunday found six kilograms of heroin in a car belonging to a married couple from Serbia, said reports.

The drugs were hidden in a spare tire and found at the Kelebija border crossing.