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President of the New Democratic Party of Serbia, Miloš Jovanović

Protests

Jovanovic: If it is blocked, let us block it

"It is crazy to enter the parliament and hold a session as if everything is fine, but nothing is fine. If it is blocked, let us block it. It is a matter of consistency and efficiency," says the leader of the New DSS, Miloš Jovanović

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Illustration: Turkish ambulance helicopter

An accident in Turkey

Turkey: Ambulance helicopter crashes into hospital, four dead

Four people have died after an ambulance helicopter crashed on the roof of a hospital in Turkey

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Traffic

Collision between a bus and a car near Kraljevo: Among the injured are four children

Four children and two adults were injured in a collision between a bus and a car in the town of Maglič. The bus was transporting children from Kosovo, who were returning from Zlatibor

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Student protest in Kralja Aleksandra Boulevard

Protests in Serbia

Students and citizens on the streets: Silence at the Wolf Monument, a support rally in Novi Sad

For the tenth day in a row, more than 250 students paid their respects to the victims of the accident in Novi Sad in silence on Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra. The rally called "I think, therefore I block" started at 11.52 in Novi Sad

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Austria withdrew its veto: Romania and Bulgaria are finally Schengen members

European Union

Bulgaria and Romania enter Schengen

From January 2025, Bulgaria and Romania will become part of the Schengen zone. Until now, the entry of these two countries into the Schengen area has been blocked by Austria

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One of the world's powerhouses: Rio Tinto

Mining of lithium

Rio Tinto: Multibillion-dollar investment in lithium

Following new investments in Argentina, Rio Tinto is on track to become the world's third largest lithium producer. The company is also counting on its Jadar project in Serbia to meet most of Europe's lithium needs

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The building of the National Theater in Belgrade

Protests in Serbia

The actors join the student protest

The Association of Dramatic Artists of Serbia supported the student protests and stated that if the students' demands are not met by December 21, they will invite their colleagues to take further steps

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Kosovo

After the explosion on the Ibar-Lepenac canal: KFOR increased security measures

The KFOR mission, led by the NATO alliance, has stepped up security measures to protect the infrastructure after the explosion on the Ibar-Lepenac canal. Previously, Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti asked KFOR for permission to send Kosovo Security Forces to the North, but the KFOR commander did not allow it.

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Awarded "Vremena" journalist

Nedim Sejdinović, one of the winners of the "Knight of the Call" award

One of this year's laureates of the "Knight of the Call" award is the journalist of the weekly "Vreme" Nedim Sejdinović. He found himself in the company of athlete Nemanja Vidić, academician Slobodan Vukosavić, Bishop Grigori, prosecutor Lidija Komlen Nikolić and MUP member Slobodan Milenković.

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The railway station in Novi Sad after the demolition of the canopy

The fall of the canopy in Novi Sad

Faculty of Civil Engineering: Attempt to transfer responsibility to engineers

A professor from the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Belgrade is "totally unjustifiably in custody" for collapsing a canopy in Novi Sad, the faculty's announcement reads. They state that it is an attempt to shift part of the responsibility for "long-term non-compliance with procedures and laws in construction by the authorities to the engineers"

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Political prisoners

Goran Ješić after his release from custody: A space unworthy of people in the 21st century

After two weeks of detention, former Vice President of the Government of Vojvodina Goran Ješić, student Relja Stanojević and city councilor in Novi Sad Miša Bačulov were released from custody on Friday.

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Politics

Dragan Marković Palma passed away

Dragan Marković Palma, president of United Serbia, died at the age of 65

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Conference "Financial inclusion of refugees in Serbia - importance, challenges and potential"

Refugee rights

UNHCR: Opening payment accounts is important for the economic survival of refugees in Serbia

UNHCR, the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia and the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality addressed financial institutions in order to enable and improve access to payment accounts for refugees and asylum seekers in Serbia

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The war in Ukraine

New Russian strikes in Ukraine: Targeting Kiev and Odessa

Five districts in Kyiv were targeted by Russian drone strikes, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko announced. Attacks were also carried out in Odessa, where a multi-story building was damaged

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Niš

Dragan Milić: I was expelled from the Faculty of Medicine

The leader of the Niš opposition, Dr. Dragan Milić, announced that he was not elected as a regular professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Niš

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Ministry of Construction

Goran Vesić resigned from the post of minister

The Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Goran Vesić, announced that he will officially resign tomorrow due to the accident in Novi Sad, when 14 people died and three were seriously injured in the collapse of the railway station canopy.

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Chief and responsible editor of Informer: Dragan J. Vučićević

Mediji

REM illegally granted Informer a broadcasting license in Belgrade

The Regulatory Body for Electronic Media (REM) illegally granted the Belgrade broadcasting license to TV Informer. The decision was made without a public discussion, which REM was obliged to do, and which Olivera Zekić had promised

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Serbia has one of the oldest fleets in Europe

Used cars

The average age of a car is 17 years: Serbia is still the home for European crints

Serbia is the only country in the region that has not banned the import of cars with Euro 3 and Euro 4 engines. Although the ban on the import of these engines has been announced for a long time, the decision remained only a dead letter, and the average age of cars in Serbia is 17 years.

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Education

The protest of educators in Belgrade has ended: "This lesson has not been learned, we have to do it again"

The protest of educators in front of the Government of Serbia has ended. Prime Minister Miloš Vučević told the teachers that "the strike is not taking them anywhere". Spokesperson for the Union of Education Workers of Serbia, Mirjana Gašić, said that it is for "Vreme" that they should continue with their union activities.

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Justice

Who is Milimir Lukić: The dismissed judge against whom Darko Šarić's clan complained

Judge Milimir Lukić was dismissed from the post of president of the Criminal Department and the Special Department for Organized Crime of the Court of Appeal in Belgrade. Who is Lukić, the judge on whom members of the Šarić clan unsuccessfully tried to exert pressure

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Sofija

Bulgarian nationalists against John Malkovich: Clash over "anti-Bulgarian" play

Bulgarian nationalist organizations and the Union of Bulgarian Writers clashed with the world-famous actor and director John Malkovich, who is currently staging Bernard Shaw's "Arms and Man" in Sofia. They claim that the 120-year-old play is "anti-Bulgarian" and want it removed from the repertoire

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THE THREE COLORS OF THE UNIVERSE: Combined photo from infrared images from "Webb", images from "Hubble" and the Japanese "Subaru" telescope in the ultraviolet and visible part of the spectrum

Region

CERIT: Bosnia and Herzegovina urgently needs a space agency

Will Bosnia and Herzegovina join the space race of the world's largest powers? The Center for Education, Robotics, Innovation and Technology (CERIT) says that BiH is in dire need of a space agency

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UNRWA and Red Crescent workers prepare aid packages for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, October 23, 2024.

The war between Israel and Hamas

Humanitarian crisis in Gaza: Israel bans the work of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees

The Israeli parliament has adopted a law banning the work of the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Israel. It is the main UN agency that provides aid to people in the Gaza Strip, where there has been a shortage of food, water and medicine for months.

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Thousands of protesters gathered in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi on Monday

Gruzija

Protests over election theft: "We chose Europe, not Russia"

Thousands of people took to the streets of Tbilisi to protest the results of parliamentary elections in which the ruling anti-Western Georgian Dream party declared victory, following a call by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili.

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Football

New era of Partizan: Rasim, save me!

After the departure of the Vučelić-Vazura tandem, Partizan needs a serious overhaul. The new first man of the club is Rasim Ljajić, a man who has held countless positions in more than twenty years of politics. As the first step in the recovery of Partizan, the leader of the SDPS states - a reduction in salaries

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Cuba

Cuba's Energy Collapse: Darkness, Storm, and Economic Crisis

Multiple collapses of Cuba's power grid, exacerbated by Hurricane Oscar, left all of Cuba without power. Why was this Caribbean island in the dark for days?

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Fire and smoke in the southern suburbs of Beirut

War in the Middle East

Israeli attacks on Hezbollah's financial network in Lebanon

Numerous branches of the financial institution Al-Qard al-Hassan (AQAH), which Israel accuses of financing the militant Hezbollah, were hit in previous days by Israeli strikes. Lebanon's National News Agency reports that eight civilians were killed in the attacks

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