Serbia

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.

135,000 homes without electricity

BELGRADE -- Severe weather conditions, torrential rain and floods left 135,000 homes across Serbia without electricity, the power company EPS has announced.

The most difficult situation is in Lazarevac, Obrenovac, Valjevo, Paraćin and Smederevska Palanka.

SABAC - Minister of Energy Aleksandar Antic visited Sabac, western Serbia, on Thursday, the city where the river Sava will reach the highest water level, and announced that the crisis headquarters would create a plan to protect the city from the flood.

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.

Donors urged to help flood victims in Serbia

BELGRADE -- All those who wish to help the citizens affected by the flooding in Serbia can do so by donating food, water, clothes and blankets.

BELGRADE - More than 1,000 members of the Serbian Armed Forces (VS) utilizing combat and motorized equipment are taking part in operations to rescue the country's flood-endangered population, Serbian Defense Minister Branislav Gasic said Friday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) will donate RSD 10 million as aid for the areas worst hit by the floods and establish a special fund for donations to help repair the damage, Bishop of Backa Irinej has said.

The SPC assembly was informed on Friday about the extent of the disaster that has hit Serbia, Republika Srpska and the entire region, he stated.

Amendments to municipal statutes adopted

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- ouncilors of the Northern Mitrovica City Assembly unanimously adopted on Thursday the amendments to the municipal statute at a closed session.

Red Star supporters group leader killed in Belgrade

BELGRADE -- The police in Belgrade have announced that a man was killed on Friday morning near the Asteriks cafe, and identified him with his initials as V.D.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Kosovo Minister of Administration and Local Self-Government Slobodan Petrovic told Tanjug on Friday that the Ministry will most likely approve the amendments to the statutes of the Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo.