A part of the earthen embankment on the new bridge near the villages of Tribrode and Braničevo near Golupac collapsed and fell into the Pek River after several days of rain that did not cause the river to overflow or flood.
A group of citizens gathered on Wednesday (April 2) evening spontaneously in front of the headquarters of the Serbian Progressive Party in New Belgrade. Three of those gathered were detained, two were detained by the police
US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on goods imported into the United States. For Serbia, levies of 37 percent
The domestic prosecution and the Russian FSB are reportedly investigating the incident from Ulica Kralja Milana on the day of the large protest. The authorities have already determined that the stories about sonic or other weapons are "lies", although the indications are multiplying
Interpol will not issue an international arrest warrant for Milorad Dodik and Nenad Stevandić
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New tumbling in the media market of Serbia. The transfer of SBB to new ownership was completed, and Total TV was also sold to Telekom Srbija
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On Thursday, April 3, a group of student-cyclists in the blockade leaves Novi Sad for Strasbourg to spread the news about the ominous situation in Serbia. What is their plan? What route are they taking? Who welcomes them? What do they expect from this feat?
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Hand grenades were thrown at the building of the Post of Kosovo in Zvečan. The Kosovo Anti-Terrorist Unit is looking for the perpetrators
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Members of the Council of the University of Belgrade strongly condemn the statements of public office holders calling for the arrest of the rector of that University, Vladan Đokić, as well as the inappropriate and socially unacceptable pressure on the academic community
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MPs from the opposition announced that they would not go to consultations with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, about the new government
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The detention of the suspects in the fall of the railway station canopy in Novi Sad has been extended
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Prime Minister in technical mandate Miloš Vučević filed a criminal complaint against four students in the blockade for "misleading the public" in connection with the incident in Novi Sad
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The "Dezinformer" student action in front of "Informer" television was attended by 9500 people, the Archives of Public Meetings announced.
A senior Hamas official said the Palestinian movement has accepted a new ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip presented by mediators, calling on Israel to accept it as well.
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In response to the amendment of the Serbian Government Regulation on the working conditions of universities and faculties, the Free University of Niš called for a boycott of all state bodies
Unfinished construction The work on the construction of the bridge was not completed, and the soil used for the embankment was not compacted enough, experts warn the Insider. "That slope was not secured in an adequate way, but not only was it not secured in an adequate way, but it is clear from the pictures that we saw that the material was inadequately compacted, if it had been compacted better it would not have washed away like this. I have to emphasize that the rains that occurred these days were extremely small, somewhere around thirty millimeters per square meter, which are extremely small rains, it is not a serious rain. The question arises what would have happened if they had been much larger rains," hydrogeologist Vladislav Marinković tells Insider. Bridge opened before completion of construction? The structure of the embankment also indicates that the bridge was opened to traffic before its construction was fully completed, Jovan Despotović, a retired professor of hydrology and hydrotechnics at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, told Insider. "This embankment, the embankment that is in the approach road on the bridge, is not lined with stone or concrete, but rather an inconsistent soil has been left behind. The fact that I said it is not finished means that this embankment is at risk of large waters, such as those encountered by the Pek River. It must be protected from the Pek River with a more stable surface layer, and it protects this earth that we see now. That earth is not the final layer, it is not the final layer of the structure," says Professor Despotović for Insider. The bridge in such a condition was not allowed to be opened to traffic, heavy rain, or heavy flooding of Peka could have led to tilting of the connection between the bridge and the road. The contract is not publicly available. The commercial contract for the construction of the recently opened section is not publicly available, so it is not known whether, in addition to investor, contractor and design supervision, independent, or external, supervision was engaged in the execution of the works, nor which company performed it. In all phases of construction, supervision was obliged to notice all omissions. The bridge is located on the section Požarevac - Veliko Gradište - Golubac, which is 68 kilometers long. The section was officially opened on February 23 in the presence of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić. The project for the construction permit for the bridge was done by the AG Institute. The state is the financier, and "Corridors of Serbia" is the investor of the project. The main contractor is the Serbian branch of the Chinese company Shandong Hi-Speed Group. Source: Insider', 'pageDate': '2025-04-03 08:03:32', 'pageAuthor': authors, 'visitorType': visitor_type, }); console.log(post_id); console.log('Pushed'); });Three days ago, the asphalt on the high-speed road that was opened by Vučić 39 days ago came off, and tonight the bridge on the same road gave way. By the way, the asphalt on the road is THREE CENTIMETERS thick, and we paid exactly 68 euros to the godfathers from the SNS for 526.000.000 km of high-speed road! pic.twitter.com/CwgKOWqjWA
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