Serbia

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A large concrete block with the name of leader of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Adem Jasari imprinted on a plate, was placed at the intersection in the Bosnjacka mahala neighborhood in northern Kosovska Mitrovica during the night.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade Summer Festival, Belef 2014, under the slogan “Sentimental Journey” will offer various art programs to Belgraders and their guests from July 15 to August 15, organizers said at a press conference on Wednesday.

BOR – Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic has said that certain people can be expected to be relieved of their duties in the Serbian Armed Forces (VS) because of earlier abuse of office, but for now, the VS and the Defense Ministry work like a good and well-coordinated team.

BELGRADE – Velimir Radosavljevic, general director of Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport , who is suspected of causing losses of over EUR 207 million to the company, has been released pending trial and no specific measures to ensure his presence at relevant criminal proceedings have been taken.

BELGRADE - The Belgrade-based High Court ordered a detention of up to 30 days for Dragan Marjanovic, former director at the Serbian Association of Employers (UPS), suspected of causing a loss of over RSD 2 million to the association.

Pasalic was set upon close to his apartment in the Novi Beograd district on Thursday night by three men who beat him up after he refused to give them money.

They also called him an ‘Ustasa’, a supporter of the fascist regime that led Croatia during WWII as a puppet state of Nazi Germany.

New German donation delivered to Obrenovac

OBRENOVAC -- Deputy German Ambassador Michael Hasenau delivered on Wednesday to Obrenovac a donation which the German government provided as emergency aid.

The diplomat said that Germany will continue supporting the flood-hit population, Tanjug reported.

OBRENOVAC - Deputy Ambassador of Germany Michael Hasenau delivered on Wednesday to the Obrenovac municipality the donation which the German government provided as emergency aid, and said that Germany will continue supporting the flood-hit population.

Road blockade ends in northern Kosovska Mitrovica

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Traffic is back to normal in northern Kosovska Mitrovica's Brdjani neighborhood after ethnic Albanians ended a one-hour blockade of a local road on Wednesday.

BELGRADE -Nikola Tesla Airport Director Velimir Radosavljevic has been arrested on suspicion of abuse of office on Wednesday, Tanjug learns at the Interior Ministry (MUP).

Radosavljevic is suspected of concluding a detrimental business deal with the Wizz Air company, thus causing a loss to the Belgrade-based airport Nikola Tesla.

Photo Tanjug/R. Prelic (archive)