Nebojša Stefanović

BELGRADE/BARIC - Evacuation of citizens from the Baric settlement in the vicinity of the Belgrade municipality of Obrenovac began on Saturday some time around 1 p.m. after the area was hit by severe floods two days ago.

OBRENOVAC - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Friday visited the Belgrade municipality of Obrenovac, the hardest hit by the floods in Serbia.

"The situation is catastrophic and the entire town will have to be evacuated," Vucic said after inspecting the situation from a boat. Obrenovac was flooded at dawn after embankments caved in.

Prime minister: Whole town may have to be evacuated

BELGRADE -- PM Aleksandar Vučić was in the Belgrade municipality of Obrenovac on Friday where he said that the whole flood-stricken town will have to be evacuated.

Obrenovac is currently the most endangered location in Serbia, which has been affected by floods caused by record rainfall this week.

BELGRADE - The situation with floods in the Belgrade area is the worst in the municipality of Obrenovac, because the river Kulubara flooded the centre of the city on Thursday night, so 80 percent of it is now under water.

BELGRADE – Serbian parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic postponed a parliament meeting to discuss the draft statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina for Monday, the Serbian parliament said in a release on Thursday.

NOVI SAD - Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said that the police arrested on Wednesday morning 10 persons suspected of smuggling over 100 illegal migrants from January by mid-May.

Ten arrested on suspicion of human trafficking

BELGRADE -- The Serbian police have arrested ten people on suspicion that their organized crime group illegally crossed state borders and engaged in human trafficking.

This criminal activity took place between January and mid-May this year, the MUP said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Nebojsa Stefanovic, Serbian Minister of the Interior who up until recently held office as the Serbian parliament speaker, won the recognition Najevropljanin 2013 (Best European of the Year) for politics.

BELGRADE - The Counter-Terrorist Unit (CTU) on Wednesday marked its day with demonstration exercises also attended by Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic.

"Serbs and Russians always on side of justice"

BELGRADE -- The Russian embassy in Belgrade organized a reception late on Monday to mark May 9, Victory Day, hosted by Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin.