Subotica

A new plant of German car part maker Continental was opened in Subotica, northern Serbia, on Tuesday.

The Serbian police have seized 653,450 packets of cigarettes worth RSD 120 million, it was announced on Friday.

The raids were carried out simultaneously in Belgrade, Kraljevo, Subotica, and Novi Pazar, and also resulted in the arrest of five suspects.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic on Monday announced he would enter his candidacy for president when the presidential elections are called.

He said he would be the citizens' candidate.

Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic says he will become a presidential candidate "when elections are called, but not before."

BELGRADE - Serbian company over whose chocolates started "Chocolate Balkan War" decided to advertise in Croatia.

Subotica based company "Pionir" placed several advertising billboards for "Mony", chocolates given by Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic to children in Dubrovnik.

Two boys, aged five and eight, and a 45-year-old man lost their lives early on Friday in a traffic accident on the Novi Sad-Subotica highway.

The website 021.rs is reporting that the crash happened at around 01:30 CET, and that the victims died on the spot.

Aleksandar Vucic

BELGRADE - A dozen journalists from several media have left out of protest regional media conference in Belgrade, during the speech of the Prime Minister of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic.

BELGRADE - A group of migrants who yesterday went on foot from Belgrade towards Hungarian border, was returned to the capital of Serbia. Buses with about 150 migrants arrived just before 3pm to Belgrade, writes Serbian daily "Kurir".

Migrants have arrived to Indjija, from where they were returned to Belgrade.

SUBOTICA - Two Pakistani nationals, settled in the Reception Centre in Subotica, attacked on Monday an underage girl and tried to rape her.

At that moment a man was passing by and prevented the rape.

The Basic Court in Subotica has ordered two Pakistani citizens held in detention for up to 30 days.

They were arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting an underage girl in this northern Serbian town.