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Hungary is ready to erect another barrier on its borders to deter a flow of migrants, this time on the border with Romania, a senior official has said.

"We are ready and capable of setting up yet another border fence within a short period of time," Janos Lazar, chief of staff to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said at a news conference on Thursday, according to portfolio.hu

Hungary said on Tuesday will send several thousand police officers to its southern border with Serbia to deter migrant influx, international news outlets reported on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff, Janos Lazar, said the deployment of police was needed because of "increasingly aggressive migrants arriving with more resolute demands," according to AP.

Several high ranking officials of the Budva municipality, including Mayor Lazar Radjenovic and city manager Milena Marovic-Bogdanovic, have been arrested.

On the orders of Montenegro's Special Organized Crime Prosecution, adviser to the prime minister Aleksandar Ticic and former municipal leaders Rajko Kuljaca and Dragan Marovic have also been detained.

"Ban on zealot camp is up to prosecutor" - minister

BELGRADE -- Nebojsa Stefanovic said Monday that the police will ban "a zealot-ran youth camp" if the prosecutor's office establishes the existence of a criminal offense.

PM: We'll overcome crisis in two years

BELGRADE -- Serbia will overcome the crisis "in two years," and due past irresponsible behavior the country is on track to go bankrupt in six months, says Aleksandar Vučić.

KRUSEVAC - The marking of Vidovdan or St Vitus' Day, a religious and national holiday, began on Saturday morning in Krusevac, where Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic laid a wreath at the Memorial to Kosovo Heroes.

New Serbian government holds first session

BELGRADE -- The new government of Serbia held its first session on Monday in Belgrade, adopting a procedural decision to withdraw bills sent by the previous cabinet.

The ministers also adopted a conclusion to hold future regular government sessions on Thursdays at 13:00 CET.

ABU DHABI - The USD 1 billion loan that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) granted to Serbia is very favorable, but it is also a sign of trust in the Serbian economy, Serbian Minister of Finance Lazar Krstic has said.

BELGRADE - The Democratic Party (DS) said late on Wednesday that a loan to be given to Serbia by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is “yet another fraud by (First Deputy Prime Minister) Aleksandar Vucic and the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) which is taking Serbia a step closer to bankruptcy.”

BELGRADE - The official talks between the outgoing Serbian govenrment and the Mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concerning a new three-year arrangement with the IMF and ongoing economic developments in the country will begin in Belgrade on Monday.