Slobodan Milošević

BELGRADE - The steel company Zelezara Smederevo could get a strategic partner soon and revive its production, since the US based Esmark Steel Group is interested in a partnership, but the Serbian government will have the last say.

Lies by DB chiefs ground for investigation

BELGRADE - Dijana Vukomanovic, deputy president of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and president of the SPS caucus, called on Serbs to go to the polls in the early parliamentary elections in Kosovo and Metohija on Sunday and to stand united, adding that in the way they will institutionalize their voting and decision-making rights.

Prosecutors have finished investigating the 1999 assassination of prominent journalist and government opponent Slavko Curuvija, one of the most notorious crimes of the late Milosevic era.

Fado diva Mariza takes part in flood relief campaign

BELGRADE -- Serbian PM Aleksandar Vučić on Tuesday welcomed Portuguese fado diva Mariza in Belgrade, and discussed ways to help Serbia after the catastrophic floods.

BELGRADE - Serbia needs to carry out reforms and adopt legislation and by-laws that would accelerate them, Kori Udovicki, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State Administration and Local Self-Government, has said during a meeting with the head of the Council of Europe (CoE) mission to Serbia, adding that projects for implementing those reforms are welcome.

BELGRADE - The High Court in Belgrade has placed three people in 30-day custody on suspicion of spreading panic via social media networks during the recent state of emergency by posting false information about the number of fatalities caused by the floods.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic has said that there is no shortage of basic foodstuffs, except bottled water in some places, but this is being compensated for through humanitarian aid.

BELGRADE – The water levels on the Danube and Sava rivers in Belgrade are expected to reach their peak during the night between Saturday and Sunday, but there no risk of flooding in the Serbian capital’s central municipalities, Belgrade emergency directorate chief Rade Milosevic said Saturday.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic thanked all countries and the EU for the assistance they have provided so far in the fight against the unprecedented floods that hit Serbia over the past few days.