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Tanjug is quoting a Ministry of Defense Statement issued on Thursday that said the arrest came after several months of evidence gathering.

The Military Police cooperated with the Military Security Agency (VBA) and the Interior Ministry (MUP) to question several persons on suspicion that they committed criminal acts of abuse of official position and trading in influence.

This is what Serbian President and leader of the ruling SNS party Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday.

Vucevic is an SNS official who currently serves as the mayor of Novi Sad. His reaction to the acquittal of Bubalo - who stood trial on corruption charges - is seen in some circles as pressure on the judiciary's independence.

Serbian Railways on December 10 introduced a new timetable, making Belgrade Center Prokop the capital's main station for almost all domestic traffic.

Only three pairs of trains traveling between Belgrade and Novi Sad will from now on use Belgrade Main Railway Station in Savski Square.

International trains will also continue to use this station.

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The far-right Serbian League says Serbia's northern city of Novi Sad should become the capital of the country, instead of Belgrade.

Serbian League head Aleksandar Djurdjev, told BIRN that his movement sought the the "decentralization of Serbia.

PM Ana Brnabic and Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Aleksandrovych on Friday "confirmed the readiness of the two countries to improve bilateral cooperation."

According to a government statement cited by Tanjug, they also assessed that there were "great opportunities to strengthening economic ties between Serbia and Ukraine, especially when it comes to cooperation between SMEs."

The town of Eleusis in west Attica has officially been named cultural capital of Europe for 2021. The announcement was made by the European Parliament, which approved the list of countries with 606 votes form, 54 against and 6 abstentions, that will host the cultural capitals from 2021 to 2023.

Dozens of far-right activists in the Serbian city of Novi Sad tried to stop the showing of a film about life in Kosovo, but police ousted them from the building after they forced their way in.

Thousands of people gathered in Belgrade and Novi Sad on Wednesday evening to protest against the rule of President-Elect and current Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, which they describe as a "dictatorship".

More protesters are expected to join the demonstrations during the course of the evening.

The security company Intersec from Novi Sad is mounting a 24-hour guard over a prominent poster of Serbian Progressive Party leader and presidential candidate Aleksandar Vucic in the northern city of Novi Sad until polling day on April 2.

A series of violent criminal attacks and incidents in Belgrade and Novi Sad in recent weeks have prompted experts to warn that criminals are using not only firearms but also bombs and shooting from passing cars in the course of ever-bolder attacks.