Lazarevac

BELGRADE - The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected an appeal filed by Serbian football club Kolubara against a Football Association of Serbia (FSS) decision to strip it of its licence and relegate it to the Serbian third division, it has been confirmed to Tanjug.

LAZAREVAC - Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Commissioner for Belgrade Ana Brnabic said on Monday Serbia's national power company EPS would not be sold or privatised and that the objective was to strengthen it.

Brnabic said this during a visit to the SNS municipal committee in Lazarevac, a suburban municipality of Belgrade where EPS has 14,000 employees.

The situation is the hardest in Vozdovac, with 159 people infected, followed by Zvezdara and New Belgrade with 147 and 143 cases respectively.

A few months ago, Serbian officials announced that Serbia would build a stadium with a capacity of around 60,000 seats, that would meet the conditions for hosting the biggest football competitions, such as the finals of the Champions League and Europa League, but also European and world championships.

Mihailo Gajic, Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) coordinator and head of local administration in the Belgrade municipality of Lazarevac has been arrested.

Gajic was detained on charges of violent behavior and destruction of election materials.

Villages devastated by tornado-like storms (photos)

BELGRADE -- The village of Šopići near Lazarevac was hit by a storm described as a tornado late on Wednesday, and a similar disaster affected another, in central Serbia.

26 persons were injured within ten minutes during the storm in Šopići, southwest of Belgrade.

Village near Belgrade "hit by tornado"

BELGRADE -- Extreme weather is continuing in Serbia this summer, with a new round of storms hitting many areas of the country late on Wednesday.

A tornado-like storm was reported in a village near the town of Lazarevac.

BELGRADE - Goran Vesic, manager of the City of Belgrade, said Sunday that the number of relief centers in Belgrade will be reduced next week, adding that peak water levels in the capital are dropping today and the banks of the Sava and Danube Rivers are safe.

BELGRADE - The 10th Nordic Panorama Film Festival will be held in Belgrade and several other cities in Serbia from February 21 to 25.

The Nordic Panorama is an international film festival presenting the annual production of best short, documentary and animated films from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland.