Timočka Krajina

Serbian police has arrested a Bulgarian national who illegally transported 44 Aghan refugees across the border with Serbia in a minivan, Tanjug news agency reported on Saturday.

Ice-bound Majdanpek still without electricity (PHOTOS)

MAJDANPEK -- Power has not yet been restored to the the town of Majdanpek in eastern Serbia, four days after high winds and thick layers of ice disrupted the grid.

Ice-bound eastern town 3 days without electricity

MAJDANPEK -- The town of Majdanpek in eastern Serbia has been left without electricity and other basic infrastructure for three days now due to severe winter weather.

BELGRADE - Serbia has 17.44 tons of gold according to the data of the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) and no one is thinking of selling it, Berlgrade daily Politika reads on Wednesday.

With this amount, Serbia ranks 62nd in the world according to the preliminary data for November released by the World Gold Council.

AGERPRES special correspondent Florian Copcea reports: A Romanian Cultural Centre came into being in the Serbian town of Kladovo, intended for the Romanian national minority in the Techia-Prahovo cross-border region.

KLADOVO - Serbia's Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic opened in Kladovo on Saturday the largest solar power plant in Serbia, owned by a Serbian commpany that invested EUR 3 million in it.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian Government Office for Reconstruction and Flood Relief Marko Blagojevic and Algerian Ambassador to Serbia Abdelkader Mesdoua on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding under which the Algerian government will donate USD 500,000 for post-flood reconstruction and recovery in the water management sector.

New copper smelter "to boost GDP"

BOR -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić visited on Wednesday the copper mining and smelting complex RTB in Bor, eastern Serbia.

The construction of a new copper smelter is underway there, with dry runs scheduled to begin by the end of the year.

BOR - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic visited on Wednesday the copper mining and smelting complex RTB in Bor, eastern Serbia, where the construction of a new copper smelter is underway, with dry runs scheduled to begin by the end of the year.

BELGRADE - The governments of Algeria, Indonesia, Albania and Bulgaria have approved funds totalling around RSD 79 million for projects aimed at reconstructing the water management facilities in Serbia in the wake of the May floods.