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In his annual Christmas epistle, Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Porfirije spoke of the tragedy that befell Novi Sad l...
06/01/2025

In his annual Christmas epistle, Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Porfirije spoke of the tragedy that befell Novi Sad late last year, when a concrete overhang at the city’s central railway station collapsed killing 15 people and leaving two critically injured.

Serbian

Former Belgrade University dean and one of the founders of the ProGlas (ProVote) initiative Ivanka Popovic said on Jan. ...
06/01/2025

Former Belgrade University dean and one of the founders of the ProGlas (ProVote) initiative Ivanka Popovic said on Jan. 6 that the current university student movement in Serbia will enter the country’s history books as a significant social and political event.

ProVote

Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic will preside over the new Coordinating Body, whose purpose is to secure the needed ...
05/01/2025

Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic will preside over the new Coordinating Body, whose purpose is to secure the needed petroleum and natural gas supply to cover market needs due to the possibility that the U.S. will impose sanctions on NIS.

Serbian

According to Vucic, the U.S. document regarding the sanctions against NIS was expected to arrive on Jan. 10 or Jan. 13, ...
05/01/2025

According to Vucic, the U.S. document regarding the sanctions against NIS was expected to arrive on Jan. 10 or Jan. 13, but that it would not create a crisis.

Vucic:

I’ll be able to disclose the full details within a few days,” Vucic stated, adding that “there is certainly not much goo...
03/01/2025

I’ll be able to disclose the full details within a few days,” Vucic stated, adding that “there is certainly not much good news for the people of Serbia, but that the country “will maintain its stability and the security of its power supply.”

Vucic

Commenting on the possibility of a snap election, which certain media have been mentioning as of late, Novakovic stated ...
03/01/2025

Commenting on the possibility of a snap election, which certain media have been mentioning as of late, Novakovic stated that “elections are not the place where criminal responsibility is determined,” which is exactly what “the people in the streets and blockading [state institutions] are demanding.”

Opposition

Serbian actor Petar Bencina on Dec. 31 said that standing by students was a matter of being human, adding that students’...
31/12/2024

Serbian actor Petar Bencina on Dec. 31 said that standing by students was a matter of being human, adding that students’ strength and maturity had become a common denominator that all citizens now shared.

Actor

With traditional New Year’s Eve street parties scheduled to be held across Serbia in the evening on Dec. 31, students in...
31/12/2024

With traditional New Year’s Eve street parties scheduled to be held across Serbia in the evening on Dec. 31, students in Belgrade, Novi Sad and Nis have said they will gather in these cities and hold 15 minutes of silence in honor of 15 victims of the tragedy at the Novi Sad Railway Station, when a concrete canopy collapsed.

Students

"All persons reported for any protest-related crime whose victim is a student or teacher at any university school in Ser...
30/12/2024

"All persons reported for any protest-related crime whose victim is a student or teacher at any university school in Serbia are being criminally prosecuted by public prosecutor's offices, those proceedings are ongoing and the public will be informed about them regularly," the statement added.

Dolovac:

The boy's father was sentenced to 14 years and six months in prison, while his mother was sentenced to three years.
30/12/2024

The boy's father was sentenced to 14 years and six months in prison, while his mother was sentenced to three years.

Court

Representatives of right-wing parties and organizations, some of which have been banned or are in the process of being b...
30/12/2024

Representatives of right-wing parties and organizations, some of which have been banned or are in the process of being banned, announced on Dec. 30 that they planned to form a new Party of Serb Nationalists by the summer of 2025. The party aims to fight for Serbian national interests and unite all organizations sharing their ideological views.

Vacic,

The U.S. ambassador to Belgrade, Christopher Hill, said on Dec. 30 that Russia was taking "increasingly desperate" measu...
30/12/2024

The U.S. ambassador to Belgrade, Christopher Hill, said on Dec. 30 that Russia was taking "increasingly desperate" measures to spread propaganda and misinformation in the Balkans, confident that Moscow will not succeed in disrupting Serbia's integration into the European Union (EU).

Hill

Croatia’s outgoing president and the presidential candidate of the oppositional Social Democratic Party, Zoran Milanovic...
30/12/2024

Croatia’s outgoing president and the presidential candidate of the oppositional Social Democratic Party, Zoran Milanovic, said on Dec. 29 that he will fight to ensure his country has its own opinions and protects its own interests.

President

On Dec. 30, Novi Sad’s High Public Prosecutor’s Office indicted 13 people suspected of responsibility for the Nov. 1 col...
30/12/2024

On Dec. 30, Novi Sad’s High Public Prosecutor’s Office indicted 13 people suspected of responsibility for the Nov. 1 collapse of a concrete overhang at the city’s newly-renovated central railway station, which left 15 people dead and two more critically injured.

Thirteen

Sociologist and researcher Srecko Mihailovic has said that participants in the ongoing protests in Serbia need to unders...
27/12/2024

Sociologist and researcher Srecko Mihailovic has said that participants in the ongoing protests in Serbia need to understand that they need the opposition political parties to "finish the job."

Sociologist:

"I do not think [the U.S. policy on Kosovo] will change much, but I hope it will change. I believe that will be possible...
27/12/2024

"I do not think [the U.S. policy on Kosovo] will change much, but I hope it will change. I believe that will be possible," Vucic told public broadcaster RTS.

Vucic:

The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina said in a press release on Dec. 26 that Nenad Nesic, Bosnian minister ...
26/12/2024

The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina said in a press release on Dec. 26 that Nenad Nesic, Bosnian minister of security and Milan Dakic, director of the Republika Srpska Roads public utility, had been arrested on suspicion of corruption.

Bosnian

Students and other citizens in a number of Serbian cities on Dec. 26 again held silent 15-minute demonstrations to honor...
26/12/2024

Students and other citizens in a number of Serbian cities on Dec. 26 again held silent 15-minute demonstrations to honor the 15 people who died after the collapse of a part of the main railway station structure in Novi Sad on Nov. 1.

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