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Serbia battles floods, more than 7,600 evacuated

BELGRADE -- More than 7,618 people have been evacuated in Serbia in the past two days as the country battles severe flooding, the Interior Ministry has announced.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic visited the Belgrade municipality of Obrenovac on Friday where he said that the whole flood-stricken town will have to be evacuated.

"The situation is catastrophic and will get worse. Obviously the whole town will have to be evacuated," Vucic said.

"This hell will last for the next three months," he added.

Government set to declare state of emergency

BELGRADE -- PM Aleksandar Vučić announced on Thursday morning that the government will during the day declare a state of emergency in the entire territory of the republic.

Vučić sends condolences to Turkish PM

BELGRADE -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić has sent a telegram of condolences to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the tragedy at a coal mine.

Vucic's austerity plan for Serbia calls for sacrifice

A smaller public sector workforce and salary cuts are in the works to get Serbia's economy back on track.

"I ask that in the coming period you understand well how much we need these difficult measures," Serbia Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said recently of proposed budget cuts.

SARAJEVO - Serbian Prime Minister (PM) Aleksandar Vucic has said he is very pleased about the results of his Tuesday's visit to Sarajevo, stressing that the talks saw far less political statements than some earlier meetings and dealt more with concrete topics.

Serbian PM satisfied with visit to Sarajevo

SARAJEVO -- Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić has said he was very pleased about the results of his visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Tuesday.

He stressed that the talks saw "far fewer political statements than some earlier meetings and dealt more with concrete topics."

PM visits Bosnia, calls for "trust and cooperation"

SARAJEVO -- Aleksandar Vučić said he was in Sarajevo as a friend and a representative of a country that respects the territorial integrity of Bosnia and of the RS.

The Serbian prime minister said on Tuesday that his was a country "that wants to build trust and incomparably better relations."

SARAJEVO - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday that he is visiting Sarajevo as a friend, a representative of a country that respects the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as Republika Srpska - and a country that wants to build trust and incomparably better relations.

BELGRADE – Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Sarajevo on Tuesday, his first visit abroad after taking office as prime minister, with a desire to establish the best possible relationship with Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH).

Before the visit, Vucic said he is coming with hands extended in a message of friendship and a desire to establish truly good relations.