Sandžak

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday opened a medical diagnostic center in Novi Pazar, southwestern Serbia.

It is one of three facilities built as a result of the city's good cooperation with the Serbian government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Assembly of the Municipality of Bijelo Polje in northeastern Montenegro has rejected a proposal to make Aleksandar Vucic an honorary citizen.

Media in Podgorica are reporting that councilors from the Democratic Party of Socialists, the Social-Democratic Party, and Demos voted against.

Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic has denied that his party, the ruling Serb Progressives (SNS), was working on forming "a branch" in Montenegro.

The churchyard gate a Serbian Orthodox church in Novi Pazar, sioutwestern Serbia, was sprayed with the symbol of crescent moon and star by unknown perpetrators.

The incident at the Church of St. Nicholas (Sv. Nikola) "most likely on Monday to Tuesday night," Tanjug said.

Three persons have died while two were seriously injured in a car crash on the Novi-Pazar-Ribarice road, the Novi Pazar police have announced.

Sto Plus Radio was told that two vehicles were involved in the crash that took place around 23:00 ours CET on Sunday.

Together with donors and the people of good will, B92 Fund had won the first victory within the new campaign entitled “Battle for Schools”.

At the start of new school year, newly restored outpost of the Elementary School “Saint Sava” situated at hamlet Vrbnica near Sjenica was opened.

General Hospital in Novi Pazar received today necessary medical equipment worth EUR 90,000, that was needed for the optimal performance of this institution

A Montenegrin police officer has been killed near Bijelo Polje, while on duty regulating traffic.

The driver of a car that he attempted to stop hit him and then fled the scene without helping the victim, the Montenegrin police said.

The municipality of Berane in northern Montenegro has unanimously decided to declare Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic its honorary citizen.

The Podgorica-based daily Vijesti is reporting about this, noting that the initiative met with the support of all 35 councilors from the "Zdravo Berane" SNP-DF coalition, and those from the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS).

A Montenegrin daily is reporting that "initiators of a petition to set up a cross-border region of Sandzak" will address Serbian and Montenegrin governments.

Sandzak was a historical region in the present-day territories of Serbia and Montenegro. In Serbia, the name "Sandzak" is used informally for the southwestern Raska District.