Savamala

Ombudsman Zoran Pasalic says the case of demolition of several buildings in Savamala is in the hands of the police, the prosecution and the court at this time.

Pasalic told the weekly Novi Magazin that he expects the police to carry them out on the complaints that have been filed in that case.

Belgrade will demolish the Old Sava Bridge over the Sava River in the Serbian capital, and build a new one in its stead.

City authorities on Thursday presented the architectural project to the public.

The Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that it had completed the investigation into the Savamala case, and sent a report to the prosecutor's office.

The police did not release any details of this report, because the case in the pre-trial stage, Tanjug has reported.

BELGRADE - The 9th Mikser Festival, held under the slogan Migration, kicked off on Thursday evening in the former Zitomlin grain silos in Belgrade's Lower Dorcol district, bringing together many top names in architecture, design, urban development and planning, as well as experts in new technologies, committed artists and musicians from the region and around the world.

An illegal mosque on the outskirts of Belgrade lay in ruins on Friday morning after the city authorities destroyed it overnight, despite protests by local Muslims. N1 television reported that police forces blocked the area until Friday morning.

The last group of migrants, about 400 people, has been relocated from the area around Belgrade's main bus station and nearby tents and sheds.

These will now be demolished in order to make way for the construction of the Belgrade Waterfront buildings.

Around 4,000 protesters led by the campaign group "Let's not drown Belgrade" marched on the Serbian government building and the Belgrade city assembly to mark the first anniversary of the controversial nocturnal demolitions in the city's Savamala district.

Campaign group Let's Not Drown Belgrade (Ne davimo Beograd) is organising a rally on Tuesday evening, starting on the street in the capital's Savamala district where the demolitions were carried out under cover of darkness a year ago.

Serbian reporter Milka Domanovic on Thursday accused the Mayor of Belgrade of "denial", after his office dismissed claims that he had pushed her away while she was trying to ask him some questions.

Sinisa Mali's office has denied the incident, saying it was clear that journalists from Istinomer and the investigative network KRIK were trying "to provoke the mayor and cause incidents".

The movement 'Let's Not Drown Belgrade', which has been campaigning against the huge government-backed Belgrade Waterfront complex for years, gathered between five and ten thousand people in the Serbian capital to demand that Mayor Sinisa Mali step down.