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Vucic: Within 3 to 4 days, the decision on a 24-hour curfew
"If I said I feel good, I wouldn't be completely honest, if I said I feel bad, I wouldn't motivate people", he answered at the beginning of the show when asked how he felt.
"I am happy if I sometimes bring discomfort, in a situation like this, it is my job," the President said, explaining that he had been given a role of "a bad cop."
Vucic to be hosted tonight on TV Prva special show "Theme"
In the fourth special show, in which we will find out all about the measures taken by the Government of Serbia to combat the pandemic, the guest of the editor and host Jovana Joksimovic will be the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic.
Nearly 110,000 Bulgarians Returned to their Home Country since Beginning of Quarantine
According to data of the Bulgarian Border Police, nearly 110,000 Bulgarians returned from abroad from the first day of quarantine until March 23. 36,000 people returned to Bulgaria by plane. Over 26,000 Bulgarians entered this country from Romania, nearly 2,000 from Greece. 3,000 Bulgarian nationals entered this country from North Macedonia and 4,000 people entered Bulgaria from Serbia.
Loncar: Two deaths, curfew to be extended on weekends VIDEO
There are 659 coronavirus patients in Serbia, and two deaths have been reported.
"Today we have two dead, that's a total of 10," said Health Minister Zlatibor Loncar.
Loncar said the woman from the Clinic for Infectious Disesase and a man from Nis had died.
Admission of patients to the Belgrade Fair begins PHOTO
As of today, only patients and healthcare professionals will be able to enter the facility, and the public and journalists are not allowed access, as the whole space is disinfected and ready for treatment of the sick.
Croatia Frees Serbian War Criminal ‘Captain Dragan’
Former Serbian paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic, alias Captain Dragan, who was convicted of committing war crimes against Croatian civilians and prisoners of war in 1991, was released from Lepoglava prison in northern Croatia on Saturday morning after serving his 13-and-a-half-year sentence.
"Everything bad that could have hit us - did hit us" VIDEO
The total number of hospitalizations is 302, and 42 people have recovered from coronavirus, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said.
At the beginning of his address, Vucic cited the number of people who died in Europe today, with particular emphasis on Italy, in which 969 people died in the last 24 hours.
"Epidemic can easily get out of hand" VIDEO
Total number of persons tested in Serbia is 1715, while total number of confirmed cases is 528.
"Since the last address, there has been another death that can be linked to the coronavirus, so the total number of casualties is eight," says Darija Kisic Tepavcevic, Deputy Director of the Batut Institute.
New coronavirus victim in Serbia
This news was confirmed by Acting Director of the Public Health Institute in Sabac Branko Vujkovic at a media conference.
According to him, the patient also had other health problems, including obesity, hypertension and diabetes.
So far, eight people have died from coronavirus in Serbia, and according to the latest information, 457 cases have been confirmed.
US Dismisses Kurti’s Claims About Secret Land Swap Talks
The US Special Envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Richard Grenell, the US Ambassador to Kosovo, Philip Kosnett, and the US Special Representative for the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer, have dismissed claims made by outgoing Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti that the Presidents of Kosovo and Serbia had reached a secret agreement on a land swap with their knowledge as part of a final deal on
Kosovo’s Ousted Government, Secret Deals and War Crimes Charges
In this endeavour, Thaci is believed to have secured support US President Donald Trump's envoy for Serbia-Kosovo peace negotiations, Richard Grenell. A man of many titles - he is also the acting Director of National Intelligence and the US ambassador to Germany - Grenell has denied that the partition of Kosovo has been discussed in secret as part of the rumoured peace deal.
10,000 Bulgarians were in Italy Last Month
10,000 Bulgarians traveled to Europe's most affected country by a coronavirus - Italy, last month. This is shown by the data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI).
Kon on "iron discipline": Next week's biggest acceleration in the spread of the virus
He said that thanks to the introduced measures, we were able to slow down the virus and its expected acceleration in 6, 7 days.
Kon said at the "Here we are" web conference that we need iron discipline and that we could track the situation so far, that is, to know exactly who was infected.
Foreign nationals allowed to remain in Serbia until the end of the state of emergency
At the proposal of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy, the Government of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Decision on the Status of Foreign Nationals in the Republic of Serbia during the State of Emergency.
Kurti’s Downfall Leaves Kosovo Politics in Turmoil
The latter option would mirror previous practice established after successful no-confidence votes in 2010, 2014 and 2017. However, one obstacle to this is the coronavirus pandemic.