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Macedonia's opposition Social Democrats, SDSM, have accused the government of leaving prisons in a catastrophic condition, alleging that three inmates died of neglect in Macedonia's largest prison, Idrizovo, in the last two weeks alone.

We will put stop to embezzlement of state funds in Kosovo

BELGRADE -- ''The Government will put a stop to all embezzlements of state funds in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM)'', the Minister of Labour and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin said.

BELGRADE - Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic stated on Tuesday that she supports the staging of the Pride Parade in Belgrade on Sunday as a sign of appreciation of differences, and added that the government bodies are working on security assessments.

An investigative team from B92's television show Insajder has reported that Serbia paid about €634 million in 2012 and 2013 for different projects in Kosovo out of the state budget - about €867,000 per day.

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Opposition leader: Serbia is bankrupt

KRAGUJEVAC -- Opposition Democratic Party (DS) leader Bojan Pajtić says Serbia has already gone bankrupt, "but the government wants to cover it up"

BELGRADE - There is no danger of floods on major rivers, with the Danube, the Sava and the Morava rivers currently at medium or medium-to-high levels for this time of year, the director of the Srbijavode water management company Goran Puzovic said on Wednesday.

FM: We support alliance against terrorism

BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dačić has said that Serbia supports "the global alliance of the fight against terrorism."

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac has met with Australia's Minister of Environment Greg Hunt to discuss protection of natural and cultural heritage.

The floods are slowly receding in the Sisak area of central Croatia, where the river Sava is going down after water levels reached record heights.

Villages surrounding Sisak, such as Letovanic and Zazina, are still battling floods, however, and in some places riverbanks are continuing to overflow.

Danube power plants report problems, but maintain production

BELGRADE -- The Đerdap (Iron Gate) Hydroelectric Power Plants have exceeded production targets despite bad weather that caused them damage, the EPS said.

This cut production by 30 percent production at Đerdap 2 over the past 24 hours.