Grocka

Dragoljub Simonovic, the former president of the Belgrade municipality of Grocka and a member of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, SNS, has been sentenced to five years in prison for inciting other persons to jeopardize the life of journalist Milan Jovanovic.

Matic, who is the chairman of the Commission Investigating Murder of Journalists, spoke for Prva TV in Belgrade on Monday morning.

Cenzolovka's editorial board supports the solidarity action with the Zig Info portal and colleagues Milan Jovanovic and Zeljko Matorcevic.

"As we are very familiar with this case, we will provide assistance to all colleagues and newsrooms interested in researching the topics that Jovanovic and Matorcevic have started," the website announced on Monday, adding:

Beta agency is citing the city's Beo Info website, to report Vesic as saying that these will not be the size of the new fountain in Slavija Square, but that they will be built in those places in Belgrade that previously had no fountains, and "look neglected."

Two foreign citizens died last night in a traffic accident on the Nis-Belgrade highway near Grocka when their passenger car collided with a truck.

B92 was told at the Grocka emergency medical service that two adults had died, while four children had been injured in the crash - two seriously.

Factory hall collapses, injuring two workers

BELGRADE -- Two people were injured on Monday when a 600-square meter factory hall collapsed in Grocka, near Belgrade.

The plant belonged to the former PKB company and was in the past used to process fruit.

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 Serbian government declared a state of emergency due to flashing floods caused by heavy rain throughout the country on Thursday.

The decision was made at the request by the Republic Emergency Management Headquarters, who said this is the biggest natural disaster caused by rain in Serbia's history.