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Serbia and Montenegro to play behind closed doors following fans' misconduct <\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//06//23//uefa-fines-serbia-albania-and-investigates-croatia-as-euro-2024-reignites-balkan-feuds/">UEFA fines Serbia and Albania and investigates Croatia as Euro 2024 reignites Balkan feuds<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Serbia's federation has now been banned from selling tickets for the team's next two away games in UEFA competitions and must close parts of its stadium at two home games.<\/p>\n<p>The first parts of the sanctions will apply in March when Serbia faces Austria in a two-leg Nations League promotion playoff.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA also imposed fines totalling \u20ac173,000, \u20ac90,000 of which specifically relates to the acts of \"racist and discriminatory behaviour\" of its supporters.<\/p>\n<p>UEFA and FIFA have previously charged the Serbian football association for repeated fan misconduct, including at Euro 2024 in Germany and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>The European football body's executive committee is expected to soon confirm Serbia and Albania as co-hosts of the Under-21 European Championship in 2027.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1734079661,"updatedAt":1734081435,"publishedAt":1734081432,"firstPublishedAt":1734081432,"lastPublishedAt":1734081432,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/95\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4f9e7a7e-b65d-5233-88bb-77dd0b7bc344-8909552.jpg","altText":"Switzerland's Eray Comert, left, and Serbia's Dusan Vlahovic in action during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Switzerland and Serbia in Zurich.","caption":"Switzerland's Eray Comert, left, and Serbia's Dusan Vlahovic in action during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Switzerland and Serbia in Zurich.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Michael Buholzer\/Keystone 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PROTESTS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Serbian students rally against government, refute claims of Western funding","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Student-led protesters in Serbia rally against populist government","titleListing2":"Protesters in Serbia rally against populist government, refute claims of Western funding","leadin":"The protests initially erupted last month after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad killing 15 people.","summary":"The protests initially erupted last month after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad killing 15 people.","keySentence":"","url":"serbian-students-rally-against-government-refute-claims-of-western-funding","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/12\/13\/serbian-students-rally-against-government-refute-claims-of-western-funding","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Hundreds of protesters led by university students have staged a rally outside Serbia's state television headquarters in Belgrade as the wave of demonstrations against the populist government headed by President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 continues to grow.\n\nThe protests initially erupted last month after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad killing 15 people.\n\nBlowing whistles and jeering, the protesters said they are angry that RTS television is carrying Vu\u010di\u0107's allegations that the students were paid by the West to hold protests in a bid to overthrow his government.\n\nClasses at more than 40 university faculties throughout Serbia have been suspended for days.\n\nMany in Serbia blame\u00a0the canopy collapse on rampant corruption in the country that led to sloppy renovation work on the station building in Novi Sad, part of a wider deal with Chinese state companies involved in a number of infrastructure projects in the Balkan country.\n\nThe disaster has become a flashpoint for broader dissatisfaction with what critics say is Vu\u010di\u0107's increasingly authoritarian rule, reflecting public demands for democratic changes.\n\nAlmost daily protests have been held since 1 November in Novi Sad, Belgrade and other cities across Serbia, which sometimes turned violent.\n\nVu\u010di\u0107 announced at a news conference on Wednesday evening that documentation regarding the renovation of the Novi Sad railway building would be made public, as students have requested.\n\nProsecutors have launched an investigation and detained 13 people.\n\nBut one government minister has been released, fuelling widespread speculation over the probe as the ruling Serbian Progressive Party also controls both the police and the judiciary.\n\nAs Vu\u010di\u0107 spoke on Wednesday, hundreds of students also blew whistles and horns outside the presidency building, which could be heard in the live coverage of the address.\n\nThe students on Thursday said they also want those who attacked peaceful protesters arrested.\n\n\"We came to give back the money,\" one of the students told the crowd as they symbolically left improvised money bags outside the headquarters of RTS, which has been accused of spreading the nationalist pro-government narrative for years.\u00a0\n\n\"You can hand them to the president and tell him that we want a public apology.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Hundreds of protesters led by university students have staged a rally outside Serbia's state television headquarters in Belgrade as the wave of demonstrations against the populist government headed by President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 continues to grow.<\/p>\n<p>The protests initially erupted last month after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad killing 15 people.<\/p>\n<p>Blowing whistles and jeering, the protesters said they are angry that RTS television is carrying Vu\u010di\u0107's allegations that the students were paid by the West to hold protests in a bid to overthrow his government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1867271560668549251\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Classes at more than 40 university faculties throughout Serbia have been suspended for days.<\/p>\n<p>Many in Serbia blame\u00a0the canopy collapse on rampant corruption in the country that led to sloppy renovation work on the station building in Novi Sad, part of a wider deal with Chinese state companies involved in a number of infrastructure projects in the Balkan country.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster has become a flashpoint for broader dissatisfaction with what critics say is Vu\u010di\u0107's increasingly authoritarian rule, reflecting public demands for democratic changes.<\/p>\n<p>Almost daily protests have been held since 1 November in Novi Sad, Belgrade and other cities across Serbia, which sometimes turned violent.<\/p>\n<p>Vu\u010di\u0107 announced at a news conference on Wednesday evening that documentation regarding the renovation of the Novi Sad railway building would be made public, as students have requested.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6401255707762558\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//82//99//94//808x518_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg/" alt=\"Rescue service workers inspect the scene after a canopy collapsed at the railway station in Novi Sad, 1 November, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/384x246_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/640x410_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/750x480_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/828x530_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/1080x691_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/1200x768_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 1200w, 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presidency building, which could be heard in the live coverage of the address.<\/p>\n<p>The students on Thursday said they also want those who attacked peaceful protesters arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\"We came to give back the money,\" one of the students told the crowd as they symbolically left improvised money bags outside the headquarters of RTS, which has been accused of spreading the nationalist pro-government narrative for years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"You can hand them to the president and tell him that we want a public apology.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1734038304,"updatedAt":1734212275,"publishedAt":1734048903,"firstPublishedAt":1734048903,"lastPublishedAt":1734212275,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Marko Drobnjakovic\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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PROTESTS PLEDGE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Serbian president agrees to protesters\u2019 demands after weeks of unrest","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Serbian president agrees to protesters\u2019 demands after weeks of unrest","titleListing2":"Serbian president agrees to protesters\u2019 demands after weeks of unrest","leadin":"Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107's pledge contrasts with a video he released on Tuesday, in which he accused foreign powers of financing the protests.","summary":"Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107's pledge contrasts with a video he released on Tuesday, in which he accused foreign powers of financing the protests.","keySentence":"","url":"serbian-president-agrees-to-protesters-demands-after-weeks-of-unrest","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/12\/12\/serbian-president-agrees-to-protesters-demands-after-weeks-of-unrest","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Serbian president Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 has said he will bow to protesters' demands just a day after claiming, without citing evidence, that their actions were being financed by the West. \n\nAnger has spread across the Balkan country since 15 people were killed on 1 November when a renovated concrete awning collapsed at a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad. \n\nOpposition politicians and protesting students have blamed the government for the disaster, suggesting corruption and negligence were to blame. \n\nSpeaking on Wednesday in Belgrade, Vu\u010di\u0107 said that all those arrested during the demonstrations had now been released. He also promised to pardon protesters convicted in future trials. \n\nInformation about the reconstruction work that took place at the railway station in Novi Sad will be made public this week, he added.\n\nThe president's words on Wednesday contrasted sharply with comments he made in a video posted on Instagram the previous day. \n\nIn a defiant message, Vu\u010di\u0107 accused foreign powers of financing the protests in an attempt to oust him from power. \n\n\u201cI will fight for Serbia and serve only my Serbian people and all other citizens of Serbia, I will never serve foreigners, those who seek to defeat, humiliate, and destroy Serbia,\u201d he said.\n\nVu\u010di\u0107 then mentioned Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator who was deposed last week and fled with his family Russia. \n\n\u201cIf they think I'm Assad, and that I'll run away somewhere, I will not,\u201d Vu\u010di\u0107 said, claiming that in the coming days he would provide details of \u201chow much money was paid over the last four years to destroy Serbia\u201c. \n\nUnder Vu\u010di\u0107's leadership, Serbia has continued with its aspiration of joining the EU while also maintaining close ties with Russia and China. As part of this balancing act, Belgrade, touting its neutrality, has refused to be part of Western sanctions imposed upon Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. \n\nSerbian politicians recently started to deliberate a bill that would establish a \u201cforeign agents\u201d registry, with the aim of regulating organisations that receive half of their funds from abroad. The passing of similar legislation in Russia led to a clampdown on civil society and a reduction in the freedom of expression. \n\nCritics of Vu\u010di\u0107, who joined the far-right Radical Party as a young man and is now part of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, say the country has become increasingly authoritarian under his watch. He became prime minister in 2014 and president in 2017. \n\nPolitical rights and civil liberties have \u201csteadily eroded\u201d in recent years, according to the US-based NGO Freedom House. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Serbian president Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 has said he will bow to protesters' demands just a day after claiming, without citing evidence, that their actions were being financed by the West. <\/p>\n<p>Anger has spread across the Balkan country since 15 people were killed on 1 November when a renovated concrete awning collapsed at a train station in the northern city of Novi Sad. <\/p>\n<p>Opposition politicians and protesting students have blamed the government for the disaster, suggesting corruption and negligence were to blame. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Wednesday in Belgrade, Vu\u010di\u0107 said that all those arrested during the demonstrations had now been released. He also promised to pardon protesters convicted in future trials. <\/p>\n<p>Information about the reconstruction work that took place at the railway station in Novi Sad will be made public this week, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The president's words on Wednesday contrasted sharply with comments he made in a video posted on Instagram the previous day. <\/p>\n<p>In a defiant message, Vu\u010di\u0107 accused foreign powers of financing the protests in an attempt to oust him from power. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will fight for Serbia and serve only my Serbian people and all other citizens of Serbia, I will never serve foreigners, those who seek to defeat, humiliate, and destroy Serbia,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vu\u010di\u0107 then mentioned Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator who was deposed last week and fled with his family Russia. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they think I'm Assad, and that I'll run away somewhere, I will not,\u201d Vu\u010di\u0107 said, claiming that in the coming days he would provide details of \u201chow much money was paid over the last four years to destroy Serbia\u201c. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8905208,8887942\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//11//serbian-students-block-access-to-universities/">Serbian students block access to universities<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//12//03//novi-sad-protesters-mark-15-lives-lost-with-15-minutes-of-noise/">Novi Sad protesters mark 15 lives lost with 15 minutes of noise<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Under Vu\u010di\u0107's leadership, Serbia has continued with its aspiration of joining the EU while also maintaining close ties with Russia and China. As part of this balancing act, Belgrade, touting its neutrality, has refused to be part of Western sanctions imposed upon Russia over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Serbian politicians recently started to deliberate a bill that would establish a \u201cforeign agents\u201d registry, with the aim of regulating organisations that receive half of their funds from abroad. The passing of similar legislation in Russia led to a clampdown on civil society and a reduction in the freedom of expression. <\/p>\n<p>Critics of Vu\u010di\u0107, who joined the far-right Radical Party as a young man and is now part of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, say the country has become increasingly authoritarian under his watch. He became prime minister in 2014 and president in 2017. <\/p>\n<p>Political rights and civil liberties have \u201csteadily eroded\u201d in recent years, according to the US-based NGO Freedom House. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1733999524,"updatedAt":1734006621,"publishedAt":1734003726,"firstPublishedAt":1734003726,"lastPublishedAt":1734003726,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/90\/72\/56\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0336b90a-2bc2-5b5d-8a28-3e8b4076d2d5-8907256.jpg","altText":"A woman holds up a sign showing Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 and the words \"You have blood on your hands!\"","caption":"A woman holds up a sign showing Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 and the words \"You have blood on your hands!\"","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Darko Vojinovic\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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Many in Serbia believe that the collapse of the awning above the train station's entrance resulted from corruption and a lack of transparency, which led to substandard work in renovating the station building, undertaken as part of a Serbian-Chinese partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition lawmakers and other protesters on Wednesday scuffled with police outside the court building in Novi Sad for a third consecutive day, demanding indictments over the tragedy and the release from detention of activists jailed during earlier rallies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//86//61//56//808x539_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg/" alt=\"Skirmishes between Serbian police and opposition protesters demanding arrests over a deadly roof collapse at a railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/384x256_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/640x427_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/750x500_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/828x552_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/1080x720_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/1200x800_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/61\/56\/1920x1281_cmsv2_d8c7aa07-8305-5871-be05-160ef0b8738e-8866156.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Skirmishes between Serbian police and opposition protesters demanding arrests over a deadly roof collapse at a railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Pressure and persistence have succeeded,\" Marinika Tepi\u0107, one of the leaders of the opposition Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP), wrote on X on Thursday. She said the arrests would not have happened without the efforts of the protesters in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters are also demanding the publication of the contracts signed with the four companies involved in the station's renovation: China Railway International, China Communications Construction, France's Egis and Hungary's Utiber. <\/p>\n<p>Two engineers from Egis were reportedly among the 11 individuals arrested, according to local media. Egis could not immediately be reached for comment on the reports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8827772,8828238\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//11//01//roof-collapse-at-railway-station-in-serbia-kills-at-least-eight/">Roof collapse at railway station in Serbia kills at least 13<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//11//02//vigil-takes-place-in-serbia-for-14-victims-of-novi-sad-train-station-roof-collapse/">Vigil takes place in Serbia for 14 victims of Novi Sad train station roof collapse<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 has not commented on the arrests, but said that authorities had faced days of pressure to \"supposedly speed up the work of the prosecutor's office.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Our prosecutor's office has made decisions 100 times faster than in developed EU countries when similar incidents occurred,\" Vu\u010di\u0107 said in a video message on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The train station was built in 1964 and renovated twice in recent years as part of a wider deal between China, Serbia and Hungary to establish a fast rail connection between Belgrade and Budapest. Serbian officials have offered conflicting information about whether the awning was part of the renovation, with its maintenance now under scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>The awning suddenly collapsed on 1 November, falling on people sitting or strolling below. Initially, 14 people died and three were severely injured, but one of the injured people died\u00a0on Sunday. 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OPPOSITION ARRESTED","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Protests continue in Serbia over deadly train station awning collapse ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Protests continue in Serbia over deadly train station awning collapse ","titleListing2":"Protests continue in Serbia over deadly train station awning collapse ","leadin":"The incident in Novi Sad, which left 15 dead, has triggered a wave of protests against the authorities over the past weeks.","summary":"The incident in Novi Sad, which left 15 dead, has triggered a wave of protests against the authorities over the past weeks.","keySentence":"","url":"protests-continue-in-serbia-over-deadly-train-station-awning-collapse","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/11\/20\/protests-continue-in-serbia-over-deadly-train-station-awning-collapse","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Clashes between police and protesters continued for a second day in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad over an awning collapse at the city\u2019s railway station that left 15 people dead earlier this month.\n\nAnti-government protesters on Wednesday sought to block a courthouse in Novi Sad, where the roof collapsed at the station on 1 November. \n\nAccording to the authorities, riot police acted swiftly to prevent protesters from entering the building after a group of opposition lawmakers managed to enter the court in Novi Sad, the regional capital of Vojvodina. \n\nEarlier, a similar opposition action on Tuesday resulted in an hourslong standoff, a sign of mounting tensions over the roof crash.\n\nThe railway station's massive concrete awning at the entrance crashed suddenly earlier this month, falling on people sitting on benches or standing below. Initially, 14 people were reported to have died, while three were severely injured. One of the injured people died on Sunday.\n\nThe incident triggered a wave of protests against the authorities in Belgrade, with demonstrators also demanding the release from detention of activists jailed during the recent protests over the incident.\n\nMany in Serbia believe rampant corruption led to sloppy renovation work at the station and consequently to the disaster.\n\nThe authorities have promised a thorough investigation, and Serbia\u2019s infrastructure minister, Goran Vesi\u0107, resigned, while President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 vowed more resignations will follow. However, no one has been arrested yet, and no charges have been brought.\n\nThe station was originally built in 1964 and has been renovated twice in recent years as part of a wider agreement with Chinese state construction companies.\n\nMeanwhile, police detained two activists in Belgrade who were protesting against plans to demolish a World War II-era bridge that carries trams and vehicle traffic over the Sava River.\n\nAuthorities plan to build a new bridge in its place, which will take at least three years, but opposition activists have said the existing bridge should be preserved.\n\nReacting to the protests, the Serbian government warned against disrupting public law and order.\n\nIn a statement released on Wednesday, Interior Minister Ivica Da\u010di\u0107 warned that the government \u201cwon\u2019t tolerate disruption of public law and order, threats to the security of the country and state institutions, as well as attacks on police.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Clashes between police and protesters continued for a second day in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad over an awning collapse at the city\u2019s railway station that left 15 people dead earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-government protesters on Wednesday sought to block a courthouse in Novi Sad, where the roof collapsed at the station on 1 November. <\/p>\n<p>According to the authorities, riot police acted swiftly to prevent protesters from entering the building after a group of opposition lawmakers managed to enter the court in Novi Sad, the regional capital of Vojvodina. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier, a similar opposition action on Tuesday resulted in an hourslong standoff, a sign of mounting tensions over the roof crash.<\/p>\n<p>The railway station's massive concrete awning at the entrance crashed suddenly earlier this month, falling on people sitting on benches or standing below. Initially, 14 people were reported to have died, while three were severely injured. One of the injured people died on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident triggered a wave of protests against the authorities in Belgrade, with demonstrators also demanding the release from detention of activists jailed during the recent protests over the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Many in Serbia believe rampant corruption led to sloppy renovation work at the station and consequently to the disaster.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities have promised a thorough investigation, and Serbia\u2019s infrastructure minister, Goran Vesi\u0107, resigned, while President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 vowed more resignations will follow. However, no one has been arrested yet, and no charges have been brought.<\/p>\n<p>The station was originally built in 1964 and has been renovated twice in recent years as part of a wider agreement with Chinese state construction companies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8845664,8834400\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//11//11//thousands-of-serbians-demand-prime-ministers-resignation-following-deadly-roof-collapse/">Thousands of Serbians demand prime minister's resignation following deadly roof collapse<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//11//05//thousands-of-serbians-protest-in-novi-sad-over-fatal-rail-station-awning-collapse/">Thousands of Serbians protest in Novi Sad over fatal rail station awning collapse<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, police detained two activists in Belgrade who were protesting against plans to demolish a World War II-era bridge that carries trams and vehicle traffic over the Sava River.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities plan to build a new bridge in its place, which will take at least three years, but opposition activists have said the existing bridge should be preserved.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the protests, the Serbian government warned against disrupting public law and order.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Wednesday, Interior Minister Ivica Da\u010di\u0107 warned that the government \u201cwon\u2019t tolerate disruption of public law and order, threats to the security of the country and state institutions, as well as attacks on police.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1732104460,"updatedAt":1732122373,"publishedAt":1732112010,"firstPublishedAt":1732112010,"lastPublishedAt":1732112010,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/86\/36\/74\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f5d1f2b7-8b6a-5219-a52a-3613baf096e3-8863674.jpg","altText":"Skirmishes between Serbian police and opposition protesters demanding arrests over a deadly roof collapse at a railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.","caption":"Skirmishes between Serbian police and opposition protesters demanding arrests over a deadly roof collapse at a railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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Special police troops were deployed inside the building.\n\nA smaller group of the angrier protesters wearing masks tried to get inside the building and hand over their demands that those responsible for the canopy collapse face justice.\n\n'People are angry'\n\nSerbia's President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 addressed the public on Tuesday night, saying the police are \"showing restraint,\" but also issued a warning saying \"horrific, violent protests are under way.\"\n\n\"People of Serbia please do not think violence is allowed,\" he said on X. \"All those taking part in the incidents will be punished.\"\n\nProtest organisers said they wanted to enter the regional capital of Vojvodina's city hall and submit their demands.\n\nMiran Poga\u010dar, an opposition activist, said, \"one glass window can be mended but we cannot bring back 14 lives. People are angry. Serbia won't stand for this.\"\n\nBojan Pajti\u0107, an opposition politician, said he believed violence and incidents were stoked deliberately by provocateurs.\n\nThousands first marched through the city streets demanding that top officials step down because of the fatal outer roof collapse last Friday, including Vu\u010di\u0107 and Prime Minister Milos Vu\u010devi\u0107, a former mayor of Novi Sad.\n\nThe protesters first gathered outside the railway station, where they held a moment of silence for the victims as organisers read their names. The crowd responded by chanting \"arrest the gang\" and \"thieves\".\n\nThe protest started peacefully, but some demonstrators later hurled plastic bottles and bricks at the headquarters of Vu\u010di\u0107's ruling Serbian Progressive Party and sprayed red paint on posters of the Serbian president and the prime minister, together with a message that they had blood on their hands.\n\nEarlier this week, the Serbian president said he was mulling a proposal to the country's parliament that would see his future decided through a referendum, with a view to organising a snap presidential election early next year.\n\nDoubts over renovation work remain\n\nCritics of Serbia's populist government have attributed the disaster to rampant corruption in the Balkan country, a lack of transparency, and sloppy work during the renovation of the station building, which was part of a wider railway deal with Chinese state companies.\n\nThe accident last Friday happened without warning. Surveillance camera footage showed the massive canopy on the outer wall of the station building crashing down on the people sitting below on benches or going in and out.\n\nOfficials have promised full accountability and faced with pressure, Serbia's Construction Minister Goran Vesi\u0107 submitted his resignation on Tuesday.\n\nProsecutors have said that more than 40 people already have been questioned as part of a probe into what happened, including Vesi\u0107. Many in Serbia, however, doubt that justice will be served with the populists in firm control of the judicial system and the police.\n\nOpposition parties behind Tuesday's protest said they are also demanding the resignation of Vu\u010devi\u0107 and that documentation be made public listing all the companies and individuals involved.\n\nThe victims included several children, including a 6-year-old. Those injured in the roof collapse remained in serious condition on Tuesday, with domestic media reporting that one of the victims had both of her legs amputated.\n\nThe train station has been renovated twice in recent years. Officials have insisted that the canopy had not been part of the renovation work, suggesting this was the reason why it collapsed but giving no explanation for why it was not included.\n\nHowever, construction and engineering experts have come forward, stating that the awning was likely renovated.\n\n\"It's not true that no work was done on the awning, because it was covered with glass post-factum,\" geologist and engineer Zoran \u0110aji\u0107, who worked as the supervisor of the railway station reconstruction works until 2023, told the domestic press.\n\nThe Novi Sad railway station was originally built in 1964. The renovated station was inaugurated over two years ago by Vu\u010di\u0107 and his populist ally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n, as a major stopover for a planned fast train line between Belgrade and Budapest.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Thousands gathered in the centre of Serbia's second-largest city of Novi Sad on Tuesday, fuelled by outrage over last week's collapse of a concrete awning at the rail station that killed 14 people. <\/p>\n<p>Some protesters threw flares, red paint and wastewater on the City Hall building, with most of those gathered not participating. Police responded by firing tear gas canisters, embroiling in a tacit tit-for-tat, but it is unclear whether any arrests were made by Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters surrounded the building in central Novi Sad, with a group of young men breaking windows and throwing stones and other objects despite calls by organisers to remain calm. Special police troops were deployed inside the building.<\/p>\n<p>A smaller group of the angrier protesters wearing masks tried to get inside the building and hand over their demands that those responsible for the canopy collapse face justice.<\/p>\n<h2>'People are angry'<\/h2><p>Serbia's President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 addressed the public on Tuesday night, saying the police are \"showing restraint,\" but also issued a warning saying \"horrific, violent protests are under way.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"People of Serbia please do not think violence is allowed,\" he said on X. \"All those taking part in the incidents will be punished.\"<\/p>\n<p>Protest organisers said they wanted to enter the regional capital of Vojvodina's city hall and submit their demands.<\/p>\n<p>Miran Poga\u010dar, an opposition activist, said, \"one glass window can be mended but we cannot bring back 14 lives. People are angry. Serbia won't stand for this.\"<\/p>\n<p>Bojan Pajti\u0107, an opposition politician, said he believed violence and incidents were stoked deliberately by provocateurs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1853851710340362727\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Thousands first marched through the city streets demanding that top officials step down because of the fatal outer roof collapse last Friday, including Vu\u010di\u0107 and Prime Minister Milos Vu\u010devi\u0107, a former mayor of Novi Sad.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters first gathered outside the railway station, where they held a moment of silence for the victims as organisers read their names. The crowd responded by chanting \"arrest the gang\" and \"thieves\".<\/p>\n<p>The protest started peacefully, but some demonstrators later hurled plastic bottles and bricks at the headquarters of Vu\u010di\u0107's ruling Serbian Progressive Party and sprayed red paint on posters of the Serbian president and the prime minister, together with a message that they had blood on their hands.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the Serbian president said he was mulling a proposal to the country's parliament that would see his future decided through a referendum, with a view to organising a snap presidential election early next year.<\/p>\n<h2>Doubts over renovation work remain<\/h2><p>Critics of Serbia's populist government have attributed the disaster to rampant corruption in the Balkan country, a lack of transparency, and sloppy work during the renovation of the station building, which was part of a wider railway deal with Chinese state companies.<\/p>\n<p>The accident last Friday happened without warning. Surveillance camera footage showed the massive canopy on the outer wall of the station building crashing down on the people sitting below on benches or going in and out.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have promised full accountability and faced with pressure, Serbia's Construction Minister Goran Vesi\u0107 submitted his resignation on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have said that more than 40 people already have been questioned as part of a probe into what happened, including Vesi\u0107. Many in Serbia, however, doubt that justice will be served with the populists in firm control of the judicial system and the police.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition parties behind Tuesday's protest said they are also demanding the resignation of Vu\u010devi\u0107 and that documentation be made public listing all the companies and individuals involved.<\/p>\n<p>The victims included several children, including a 6-year-old. Those injured in the roof collapse remained in serious condition on Tuesday, with domestic media reporting that one of the victims had both of her legs amputated.<\/p>\n<p>The train station has been renovated twice in recent years. Officials have insisted that the canopy had not been part of the renovation work, suggesting this was the reason why it collapsed but giving no explanation for why it was not included.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8829994,8827772\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//11//04//serbian-protesters-demand-arrests-after-railway-station-canopy-collapse-killed-14/">Serbian protesters demand arrests after railway station canopy collapse killed 14<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//11//01//roof-collapse-at-railway-station-in-serbia-kills-at-least-eight/">Roof collapse at railway station in Serbia kills at least 13<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, construction and engineering experts have come forward, stating that the awning was likely renovated.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's not true that no work was done on the awning, because it was covered with glass post-factum,\" geologist and engineer Zoran \u0110aji\u0107, who worked as the supervisor of the railway station reconstruction works until 2023, told the domestic press.<\/p>\n<p>The Novi Sad railway station was originally built in 1964. The renovated station was inaugurated over two years ago by Vu\u010di\u0107 and his populist ally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n, as a major stopover for a planned fast train line between Belgrade and Budapest.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1730838458,"updatedAt":1730841823,"publishedAt":1730840498,"firstPublishedAt":1730840498,"lastPublishedAt":1730840498,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/83\/44\/00\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_825a93fb-ae4d-5bd2-a5ff-1ee1cc251098-8834400.jpg","altText":"A protester paints grafitti on the City Hall during a protest in rage over last week's collapse of a railway station awning that killed 14 people, in Novi Sad, 5 November 2024","caption":"A protester paints grafitti on the City Hall during a protest in rage over last week's collapse of a railway station awning that killed 14 people, in Novi Sad, 5 November 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Marko Drobnjakovic","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":246,"slug":"serbia","urlSafeValue":"serbia","title":"Serbia","titleRaw":"Serbia"},{"id":10643,"slug":"serbia-politics","urlSafeValue":"serbia-politics","title":"Serbia politics","titleRaw":"Serbia politics"},{"id":3483,"slug":"novi-sad","urlSafeValue":"novi-sad","title":"Novi Sad","titleRaw":"Novi Sad"},{"id":13964,"slug":"aleksandar-vucic","urlSafeValue":"aleksandar-vucic","title":"Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107","titleRaw":"Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":1},{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2676080}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"hasExternalVideo":0,"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"AP","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":246,"urlSafeValue":"serbia","title":"Serbia","url":"\/news\/europe\/serbia"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","80122009","84031001","84032006","84101001","84102010","84111001","84112005","84211001","84212001","84251001","84252015"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","business","business_construction","home_and_garden","home_and_garden_remodeling_and_construction","human_made_disasters_high_medium_and_low_risk","law_gov_t_and_politics_legal_politics","law_government_and_politics","society","society_general","travel","travel_europe"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet-web","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2024\/11\/05\/thousands-of-serbians-protest-in-novi-sad-over-fatal-rail-station-awning-collapse","lastModified":1730840498},{"id":2645838,"cid":8769690,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"241104_BISU_56671182","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":1,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"BI-09- Kikinda, Pali\u0107, Subotica - 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entrance.","keySentence":"","url":"serbian-protesters-demand-arrests-after-railway-station-canopy-collapse-killed-14","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/11\/04\/serbian-protesters-demand-arrests-after-railway-station-canopy-collapse-killed-14","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Protesters have left red handprints at the entrances of government buildings in the Serbian capital Belgrade to demand the arrest of officials just days after\u00a0a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station, killing 14 people and injuring three.\n\nPolice formed a cordon outside the Ministry of Construction and Infrastructure in central Belgrade as several thousand people called for ranking government ministers, including Prime Minister Milos Vucevic, to immediately step down.\n\n\"What we pointed out today is the responsibility, responsibility of those sitting in the government and ministries that are responsible for the tragedies that happened,\" said protester, Ivan Bjelic.\n\n\"Our demand is that Goran Vesi\u0107 [Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure] resigns because this is his responsibility and because that happens in normal countries. In case they don\u2019t do that, people in Novi Sad, political organisations and parties, and citizens have announced radical action.\"\n\nThe concrete canopy that ran along the front of the railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad collapsed suddenly on Friday, landing on people who were sitting on benches or passing through the building's entrance.\n\nThe dead included a 6-year-old girl. The three injured, who are between 18 and 24 years old, all had to have limbs amputated.\n\nFunerals for the victims, attended by thousands, have been held in northern Serbia.\n\nThe train station has been renovated twice in recent years and critics of Serbia's government attributed the disaster to rampant corruption, lack of transparency and sloppy renovations. \n\nThe renovation was part of a wider deal with Chinese construction companies.\n\n\"Citizens no longer have anything to lose, they are increasingly becoming aware of this,\" said liberal politician Biljana Stojkovi\u0107.\n\n\"This is grief combined with anger, despair that is turning into rage.\"\n\nSerbia's populist government has promised a thorough investigation, with prosecutors saying they already have questioned more than two dozen people.\n\nBut critics believe that justice is unlikely to be served with the populists in firm control of the judicial system and the police.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Protesters have left red handprints at the entrances of government buildings in the Serbian capital Belgrade to demand the arrest of officials just days after\u00a0a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station, killing 14 people and injuring three.<\/p>\n<p>Police formed a cordon outside the Ministry of Construction and Infrastructure in central Belgrade as several thousand people called for ranking government ministers, including Prime Minister Milos Vucevic, to immediately step down.<\/p>\n<p>\"What we pointed out today is the responsibility, responsibility of those sitting in the government and ministries that are responsible for the tragedies that happened,\" said protester, Ivan Bjelic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6667288673259937\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//82//99//94//808x539_cmsv2_f5895676-b96f-5ed5-a4d9-7de9c34e021c-8829994.jpg/" alt=\"Protesters march through Belgrade after 14 people were killed at Novi Sad railway station, 3 November, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/384x256_cmsv2_f5895676-b96f-5ed5-a4d9-7de9c34e021c-8829994.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/640x427_cmsv2_f5895676-b96f-5ed5-a4d9-7de9c34e021c-8829994.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/750x500_cmsv2_f5895676-b96f-5ed5-a4d9-7de9c34e021c-8829994.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/828x552_cmsv2_f5895676-b96f-5ed5-a4d9-7de9c34e021c-8829994.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/1080x720_cmsv2_f5895676-b96f-5ed5-a4d9-7de9c34e021c-8829994.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/1200x800_cmsv2_f5895676-b96f-5ed5-a4d9-7de9c34e021c-8829994.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/1920x1280_cmsv2_f5895676-b96f-5ed5-a4d9-7de9c34e021c-8829994.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Protesters march through Belgrade after 14 people were killed at Novi Sad railway station, 3 November, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Darko Vojinovic\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Our demand is that Goran Vesi\u0107 [Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure] resigns because this is his responsibility and because that happens in normal countries. In case they don\u2019t do that, people in Novi Sad, political organisations and parties, and citizens have announced radical action.\"<\/p>\n<p>The concrete canopy that ran along the front of the railway station in the northern city of Novi Sad collapsed suddenly on Friday, landing on people who were sitting on benches or passing through the building's entrance.<\/p>\n<p>The dead included a 6-year-old girl. The three injured, who are between 18 and 24 years old, all had to have limbs amputated.<\/p>\n<p>Funerals for the victims, attended by thousands, have been held in northern Serbia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6401255707762558\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//82//99//94//808x518_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg/" alt=\"Rescue crews search through the rubble after a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station, 1 November, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/384x246_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/640x410_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/750x480_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/828x530_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/1080x691_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/1200x768_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/99\/94\/1920x1229_cmsv2_6f5582fc-1f85-5122-aa53-629b86278a71-8829994.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rescue crews search through the rubble after a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station, 1 November, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Interior Ministry of Serbia\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The train station has been renovated twice in recent years and critics of Serbia's government attributed the disaster to rampant corruption, lack of transparency and sloppy renovations. <\/p>\n<p>The renovation was part of a wider deal with Chinese construction companies.<\/p>\n<p>\"Citizens no longer have anything to lose, they are increasingly becoming aware of this,\" said liberal politician Biljana Stojkovi\u0107.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is grief combined with anger, despair that is turning into rage.\"<\/p>\n<p>Serbia's populist government has promised a thorough investigation, with prosecutors saying they already have questioned more than two dozen people.<\/p>\n<p>But critics believe that justice is unlikely to be served with the populists in firm control of the judicial system and the 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ROOF COLLAPSE VIGIL","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Vigil takes place in Serbia for 14 victims of Novi Sad train station roof collapse","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Vigil takes place for victims of Serbia train station roof collapse","titleListing2":"Vigil takes place in Serbia for 14 victims of Novi Sad train station roof collapse","leadin":"Prime Minister Milo\u0161 Vu\u010devi\u0107 said \"this is a black Friday for us, for all of Serbia,\" as the government declared Saturday a national day of mourning.","summary":"Prime Minister Milo\u0161 Vu\u010devi\u0107 said \"this is a black Friday for us, for all of Serbia,\" as the government declared Saturday a national day of mourning.","keySentence":"","url":"vigil-takes-place-in-serbia-for-14-victims-of-novi-sad-train-station-roof-collapse","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/11\/02\/vigil-takes-place-in-serbia-for-14-victims-of-novi-sad-train-station-roof-collapse","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A vigil has taken place in northern Serbia for those killed when the concrete roof above the entrance of a railway station collapsed as the death toll rises to 14.\n\nThe general manager of the Novi Sad hospital said at least three people were in a critical condition, with two undergoing surgery for \"life-threatening\" injuries.\n\nInterior Minister Ivica Da\u010di\u0107 said he feared the death toll would rise as rescue teams continue to clear away the rubble with heavy machinery.\n\n\"This is one big, it's one huge accident. Unfortunately, despite all of us being ready to react, police, firemen, rescuers, ambulances, the medical workers had nothing to do simply because there were more dead than those injured,\" he said.\n\nIn a television address from the capital Belgrade, President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.\n\n\"A great thank you to all good people in Serbia who donated blood, who came to help in the rescue of the injured and killed and I believe that we will be able to learn a lesson from this hard day,\" he said.\n\nSerbia's state railway company, \u017deleznice Srbije, said the accident happened at 11:50 am.\n\nThe company said the construction above the station entrance was not part of recent reconstruction work which had taken place on the station building.\n\nThe station has reportedly been renovated twice in recent years.\n\nPrime Minister Milo\u0161 Vu\u010devi\u0107 said \"this is a black Friday for us, for all of Serbia.\"\n\nVu\u010devi\u0107 said the roof was built in 1964 and an investigation was under way to determine what happened and who was responsible for the tragedy.\n\nIn response to appeals for his resignation, Infrastructure Minister Goran Vesi\u0107 also said that the building permit for the reconstruction did not include the external awning.\n\nHowever, Serbian experts told domestic media that the renovation work might have caused a structural change to the building, indirectly resulting in the roof's collapse.\n\nSerbia's government has declared Saturday a day of mourning.\n\n\"If one roof top could not be built properly, then I don\u2019t know what to say. It was renovated three months ago. I don\u2019t know what to think. I am a student and I use that train station. I go to Belgrade to visit friends. What can I say, it's a catastrophe,\" said Novi Sad local, Ivan Trifunovi\u0107.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A vigil has taken place in northern Serbia for those killed when the concrete roof above the entrance of a railway station collapsed as the death toll rises to 14.<\/p>\n<p>The general manager of the Novi Sad hospital said at least three people were in a critical condition, with two undergoing surgery for \"life-threatening\" injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Minister Ivica Da\u010di\u0107 said he feared the death toll would rise as rescue teams continue to clear away the rubble with heavy machinery.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is one big, it's one huge accident. Unfortunately, despite all of us being ready to react, police, firemen, rescuers, ambulances, the medical workers had nothing to do simply because there were more dead than those injured,\" he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1852466293443559752\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In a television address from the capital Belgrade, President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>\"A great thank you to all good people in Serbia who donated blood, who came to help in the rescue of the injured and killed and I believe that we will be able to learn a lesson from this hard day,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia's state railway company, \u017deleznice Srbije, said the accident happened at 11:50 am.<\/p>\n<p>The company said the construction above the station entrance was not part of recent reconstruction work which had taken place on the station building.<\/p>\n<p>The station has reportedly been renovated twice in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Milo\u0161 Vu\u010devi\u0107 said \"this is a black Friday for us, for all of Serbia.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6401255707762558\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//82//82//38//808x518_cmsv2_e85b4c91-adab-54ba-b083-f4c0b3f3fe4b-8828238.jpg/" alt=\"Rescue service workers inspect a scene as a roof collapsed at a railway station in Novi Sad, 1 November, 2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/82\/38\/384x246_cmsv2_e85b4c91-adab-54ba-b083-f4c0b3f3fe4b-8828238.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/82\/38\/640x410_cmsv2_e85b4c91-adab-54ba-b083-f4c0b3f3fe4b-8828238.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/82\/38\/750x480_cmsv2_e85b4c91-adab-54ba-b083-f4c0b3f3fe4b-8828238.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/82\/38\/828x530_cmsv2_e85b4c91-adab-54ba-b083-f4c0b3f3fe4b-8828238.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/82\/38\/1080x691_cmsv2_e85b4c91-adab-54ba-b083-f4c0b3f3fe4b-8828238.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/82\/38\/1200x768_cmsv2_e85b4c91-adab-54ba-b083-f4c0b3f3fe4b-8828238.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/82\/38\/1920x1229_cmsv2_e85b4c91-adab-54ba-b083-f4c0b3f3fe4b-8828238.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rescue service workers inspect a scene as a roof collapsed at a railway station in Novi Sad, 1 November, 2024<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Interior Ministry of Serbia\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vu\u010devi\u0107 said the roof was built in 1964 and an investigation was under way to determine what happened and who was responsible for the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>In response to appeals for his resignation, Infrastructure Minister Goran Vesi\u0107 also said that the building permit for the reconstruction did not include the external awning.<\/p>\n<p>However, Serbian experts told domestic media that the renovation work might have caused a structural change to the building, indirectly resulting in the roof's collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia's government has declared Saturday a day of mourning.<\/p>\n<p>\"If one roof top could not be built properly, then I don\u2019t know what to say. It was renovated three months ago. I don\u2019t know what to think. I am a student and I use that train station. I go to Belgrade to visit friends. What can I say, it's a catastrophe,\" said Novi Sad local, Ivan Trifunovi\u0107.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1730509153,"updatedAt":1730523423,"publishedAt":1730511438,"firstPublishedAt":1730511438,"lastPublishedAt":1730511438,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/82\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c045968f-a217-5260-a339-8745aeb5786c-8828238.jpg","altText":"People light candles for the victims after an outdoor roof collapsed at a train station in Novi Sad, 1 November, 2024","caption":"People light candles for the victims after an outdoor roof collapsed at a train station in Novi Sad, 1 November, 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Darko Vojinovic\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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Unfortunately, they were dead,\" he added.\n\nEarlier on Friday, rescuers established contact with two people still buried under piles of concrete. Both were successfully rescued, he said.\n\nThe government in Serbia has declared Saturday as a day of mourning. All public events planned for the weekend in Novi Sad have been cancelled, authorities said.\n\nQuestions raised over recent renovation\n\nAmbulances and other emergency teams were dispatched to the downtown station, and bulldozers were removing the debris, looking for survivors. Some 80 rescuers were at the scene as heavy machinery removed large parts of the rubble.\n\nThe building in Novi Sad \u2014 the capital of the province of Vojvodina \u2014 was recently renovated.\n\nPrime Minister Milo\u0161 Vu\u010devi\u0107 said \"this is a black Friday for us, for all of Serbia.\"\n\nVu\u010devi\u0107 said the roof was built in 1964 and an investigation was under way to determine what happened and who was responsible for the tragedy.\n\nSerbia's state railway company, \u017deleznice Srbije, said the accident happened at 11:50 am. The company said the construction above the station entrance was not part of the recent reconstruction of the station building. \n\nIn response to appeals for his resignation, Infrastructure Minister Goran Vesi\u0107 also said that the building permit for the reconstruction did not include the external awning.\n\nHowever, Serbian experts pointed out to domestic media that the renovation work might have caused a structural change to the building, indirectly resulting in the roof's collapse.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A concrete roof above the entrance of a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed Friday, killing at least 13 people.<\/p>\n<p>Three other people were rescued and hospitalised with serious injuries, while more are feared dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably there will be several more people (dead),\u201d Interior Minister Ivica Da\u010di\u0107 said. <\/p>\n<p>\"After the initial eight (victims), we saw five more for which we could establish whether they were dead or alive, but we didn't want to make any announcements until they were pulled out (of the rubble). Unfortunately, they were dead,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Friday, rescuers established contact with two people still buried under piles of concrete. Both were successfully rescued, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The government in Serbia has declared Saturday as a day of mourning. All public events planned for the weekend in Novi Sad have been cancelled, authorities said.<\/p>\n<h2>Questions raised over recent renovation<\/h2><p>Ambulances and other emergency teams were dispatched to the downtown station, and bulldozers were removing the debris, looking for survivors. Some 80 rescuers were at the scene as heavy machinery removed large parts of the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>The building in Novi Sad \u2014 the capital of the province of Vojvodina \u2014 was recently renovated.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Milo\u0161 Vu\u010devi\u0107 said \"this is a black Friday for us, for all of Serbia.\"<\/p>\n<p>Vu\u010devi\u0107 said the roof was built in 1964 and an investigation was under way to determine what happened and who was responsible for the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia's state railway company, \u017deleznice Srbije, said the accident happened at 11:50 am. The company said the construction above the station entrance was not part of the recent reconstruction of the station building. <\/p>\n<p>In response to appeals for his resignation, Infrastructure Minister Goran Vesi\u0107 also said that the building permit for the reconstruction did not include the external awning.<\/p>\n<p>However, Serbian experts pointed out to domestic media that the renovation work might have caused a structural change to the building, indirectly resulting in the roof's collapse.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1730474925,"updatedAt":1730493011,"publishedAt":1730475658,"firstPublishedAt":1730475658,"lastPublishedAt":1730482794,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/82\/77\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6d548370-e513-5027-aa41-ed5a07ca7a34-8827772.jpg","altText":"Rescue workers search for victims in the aftermath of an outdoor roof collapsed at a train station in Novi Sad, 1 November 2024","caption":"Rescue workers search for victims in the aftermath of an outdoor roof collapsed at a train station in Novi Sad, 1 November 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":246,"slug":"serbia","urlSafeValue":"serbia","title":"Serbia","titleRaw":"Serbia"},{"id":3483,"slug":"novi-sad","urlSafeValue":"novi-sad","title":"Novi Sad","titleRaw":"Novi Sad"},{"id":29846,"slug":"chemin-de-fer","urlSafeValue":"chemin-de-fer","title":"railroad","titleRaw":"railroad"},{"id":12119,"slug":"collapse","urlSafeValue":"collapse","title":"Collapse","titleRaw":"Collapse"},{"id":4861,"slug":"accident","urlSafeValue":"accident","title":"Accident","titleRaw":"Accident"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"xRHJlfQRPU8","dailymotionId":"x98frho"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/WB\/24\/11\/01\/en\/241101_NWWB_56910911_56912765_60560_212347_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":60560,"filesizeBytes":8037553,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/WB\/24\/11\/01\/en\/241101_NWWB_56910911_56912765_60560_212347_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":60560,"filesizeBytes":12018865,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"AP","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":246,"urlSafeValue":"serbia","title":"Serbia","url":"\/news\/europe\/serbia"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":["80023001","80122022","80222022","84211001","84212001"],"slugs":["aggregated_all_moderate_content","death_and_injury_low_risk","death_and_injury_medium_risk","society","society_general"]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet-web","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2024\/11\/01\/roof-collapse-at-railway-station-in-serbia-kills-at-least-eight","lastModified":1730482794},{"id":2645830,"cid":8769644,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"241028_BISU_56671044","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":1,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"BI-08-Pirot, Donja Loko\u0161nica - 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This traditional method of preservation has been practised for centuries, and the Niza\u010da variety of pepper is unique to the area. Skilled women carefully string the peppers into wreaths, with each wreath containing around 200 peppers.\n\nTo discover another remarkable craft, head 80 kilometres east to Pirot, famous for its exquisite carpets. These hand-woven masterpieces are considered one of Serbia's most valuable cultural assets. Each rug features intricate patterns that incorporate Byzantine, Chinese, Greek and Turkish elements, making them truly unique works of art.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>We travel to the village of Donja Loko\u0161nica, which is transformed into a vibrant sea of red every September as the locals dry their famous hot peppers in the sun. This traditional method of preservation has been practised for centuries, and the Niza\u010da variety of pepper is unique to the area. Skilled women carefully string the peppers into wreaths, with each wreath containing around 200 peppers.<\/p>\n<p>To discover another remarkable craft, head 80 kilometres east to Pirot, famous for its exquisite carpets. These hand-woven masterpieces are considered one of Serbia's most valuable cultural assets. Each rug features intricate patterns that incorporate Byzantine, Chinese, Greek and Turkish elements, making them truly unique works of 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Serbia became an EU candidate country in 2012. \n\nThe Commission on Wednesday approved the reform agendas of Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia following a green light from EU member states. It was a key step to allow payments under the growth plan upon completion of agreed reform steps.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 in Belgrade on Friday to discuss Serbia's path toward the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope remains strongly committed to the European future of Serbia,\u201d von der Leyen said after meeting with Vu\u010di\u0107.<\/p>\n<p>\"In times of conflicts and wars and turmoil, being a member of the European Union is a promise of peace and prosperity, and it is a promise that we can deliver together,\" she added.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission President was in Serbia as part of a trip this week to aspiring EU member states in the Western Balkans, aiming to reassure them that EU enlargement remains a priority for the 27-nation bloc.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Friday she visited Bosnia where she promised support for the troubled Balkan nation as it struggles with reform needed to advance toward membership in the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Balkans countries \u2014 Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia \u2014 are at different stages in their applications for EU membership.<\/p>\n<p>The countries have expressed frustration over the slow pace of the process; however, Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has prompted European leaders to encourage the six nations to join the bloc.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8813008\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//10//24//without-serbia-eu-is-not-complete-polish-pm-donald-tusk-says/">'Without Serbia EU is not complete,' Polish PM Donald Tusk says<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Last year EU officials offered a \u20ac6 billion growth plan to the Western Balkan countries in an effort to double the region\u2019s economy over the next decade and accelerate their efforts to join the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>That aid is contingent on reforms that would bring their economies in line with EU rules.<\/p>\n<p>Vu\u010di\u0107 on Friday said Serbia would \"give our best\" to \"accelerate\" its path to joining the EU. Serbia became an EU candidate country in 2012. <\/p>\n<p>The Commission on Wednesday approved the reform agendas of Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia following a green light from EU member states. It was a key step to allow payments under the growth plan upon completion of agreed reform steps.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1729862348,"updatedAt":1729877067,"publishedAt":1729874643,"firstPublishedAt":1729874643,"lastPublishedAt":1729874643,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/81\/45\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_13a54466-52c4-5ff1-93b0-d83b93c3ee2b-8814546.jpg","altText":"European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, during a welcome ceremony at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Oct. 25,","caption":"European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, during a welcome ceremony at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Oct. 25,","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Darko Vojinovic\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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state of Yugoslavia that broke apart in the 1990s and a favourite gathering place for local residents as well as world leaders.\n\nThe once-bustling landmark \u2014 a leading example of modernist architecture when it was built in the 1960s \u2014 has fallen into disrepair, its future clouded by debates over its historical significance and the push for advanced development.\n\nIts white facade, once polished and welcoming, is marred by crumbling concrete and graffiti. Inside, debris litters once-pristine red carpeted floors, while scattered pieces of broken furniture hint at the opulence that once filled its rooms and lobbies: Faded velvet armchairs, torn bed mattresses, sagging curtains and broken windows are all that remain of the luxury that once was. The wood-panelled presidential suite where top dignitaries would stay is now home to pigeons that fly in through the shattered glass.\n\nAs the Serbian capital grapples with hectic growth and new high-rises that dot its skyline, the almost certain fate of the hotel has sparked controversy, with some seeing it as a relic worth preserving and others envisioning new possibilities rising from its ruins.\n\nIn its heyday after it received its first guests in 1969, it was a five-star hotel boasting one of the biggest chandeliers in the world made of 40,000 Swarovski crystals and 5,000 bulbs.\n\nIts guest list included Queen Elizabeth II, United States Presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, astronauts including Neil Armstrong, and Belgian and Dutch royals.\n\nThe hotel, with a spectacular view of the Danube River in the capital's New Belgrade district, was damaged in NATO bombing in 1999 in an armed intervention over Serbia\u2019s bloody crackdown on Kosovo Albanian separatists.\n\nOnly parts of the hotel were fully renovated, and it kept receiving guests until a few months ago, when private investors announced plans to demolish the structure and build a new one in its place. Two 150-metre tall towers containing a luxury hotel, offices and private apartments will be built, according to the new owners.\n\nAsked why the landmark hotel needs to be completely destroyed instead of incorporated into the new project, Zivorad Vasic, a spokesperson for the investors, said there were several reasons.\n\n\"One is during the bombing in 1999, quite a lot of parts of the hotel were destroyed. Second, the hospitality industry completely and tremendously changed. When you look at hotels now and how they looked before, they were completely different,\u201d he said.\n\nArchitect and tourist guide Matija Zlatanovic, who often takes tourists to the hotel to explain its rich history, said the plans for the new hotel are \u201cquite controversial,\" especially because \u201cthere are valid concerns about the size of the buildings that are going to be erected here.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt follows the trend of towerisation of Belgrade and the erection of enormous high rises all over,\" he said. \u201cAnd we yet have to see about the impact that they\u2019re going to have on this neighbourhood.\u201d\n\nNeighbours who face living in the future shadows of the planned skyscrapers are not happy. Some are holding weekly protests against the new project, saying they will stop the demolition with their bodies if necessary.\n\nSvetlana Gojun, one of the protesters, said Hotel Yugoslavia \u201crepresents a huge part of our history.\u201d\n\n\u201cHalf the world came to this hotel, from actors, musicians, politicians, writers,\u201d she said. \u201cEveryone is tied to this hotel. The whole world knows about that hotel. And now we will allow something like that to disappear?\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The hotel was once a symbol of progress in the former socialist state of Yugoslavia that broke apart in the 1990s and a favourite gathering place for local residents as well as world leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The once-bustling landmark \u2014 a leading example of modernist architecture when it was built in the 1960s \u2014 has fallen into disrepair, its future clouded by debates over its historical significance and the push for advanced development.<\/p>\n<p>Its white facade, once polished and welcoming, is marred by crumbling concrete and graffiti. Inside, debris litters once-pristine red carpeted floors, while scattered pieces of broken furniture hint at the opulence that once filled its rooms and lobbies: Faded velvet armchairs, torn bed mattresses, sagging curtains and broken windows are all that remain of the luxury that once was. The wood-panelled presidential suite where top dignitaries would stay is now home to pigeons that fly in through the shattered glass.<\/p>\n<p>As the Serbian capital grapples with hectic growth and new high-rises that dot its skyline, the almost certain fate of the hotel has sparked controversy, with some seeing it as a relic worth preserving and others envisioning new possibilities rising from its ruins.<\/p>\n<p>In its heyday after it received its first guests in 1969, it was a five-star hotel boasting one of the biggest chandeliers in the world made of 40,000 Swarovski crystals and 5,000 bulbs.<\/p>\n<p>Its guest list included Queen Elizabeth II, United States Presidents Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, astronauts including Neil Armstrong, and Belgian and Dutch royals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1803112316038168982\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The hotel, with a spectacular view of the Danube River in the capital's New Belgrade district, was damaged in NATO bombing in 1999 in an armed intervention over Serbia\u2019s bloody crackdown on Kosovo Albanian separatists.<\/p>\n<p>Only parts of the hotel were fully renovated, and it kept receiving guests until a few months ago, when private investors announced plans to demolish the structure and build a new one in its place. Two 150-metre tall towers containing a luxury hotel, offices and private apartments will be built, according to the new owners.<\/p>\n<p>Asked why the landmark hotel needs to be completely destroyed instead of incorporated into the new project, Zivorad Vasic, a spokesperson for the investors, said there were several reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\"One is during the bombing in 1999, quite a lot of parts of the hotel were destroyed. Second, the hospitality industry completely and tremendously changed. 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A hiker's paradise, Tara boasts 290km of trails and an abundance of wildlife, including the largest population of brown bears in the Balkans.\n\nWe experience breathtaking views from the famous Banjska Stena viewpoint and discover the unique charm of the Drina River, known for its exhilarating stand-up paddleboarding adventures.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>We begin our journey through the stunning landscapes of western Serbia, exploring the majestic Tara Mountain and the thrilling Drina River. A hiker's paradise, Tara boasts 290km of trails and an abundance of wildlife, including the largest population of brown bears in the Balkans.<\/p>\n<p>We experience breathtaking views from the famous Banjska Stena viewpoint and discover the unique charm of the Drina River, known for its exhilarating stand-up paddleboarding adventures.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1725441841,"updatedAt":1728911750,"publishedAt":1728910826,"firstPublishedAt":1728910826,"lastPublishedAt":1728910878,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/70\/25\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0c17f424-ed21-5118-acd1-093cd49b6766-8702538.jpg","altText":null,"caption":null,"captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":12639,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel","titleRaw":"Travel"},{"id":4221,"slug":"tourism","urlSafeValue":"tourism","title":"Tourism","titleRaw":"Tourism"},{"id":18,"slug":"balkans","urlSafeValue":"balkans","title":"Balkans","titleRaw":"Balkans"},{"id":246,"slug":"serbia","urlSafeValue":"serbia","title":"Serbia","titleRaw":"Serbia"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"sponsor.balkantrip2024"},{"path":"sponsor"}],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"wTzCnx6Mb7s","dailymotionId":"x97b1kq"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/BI\/SU\/24\/10\/14\/en\/241014_BISU_56427551_56427592_480000_132002_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":480000,"filesizeBytes":61280111,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/BI\/SU\/24\/10\/14\/en\/241014_BISU_56427551_56427592_480000_132002_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":480000,"filesizeBytes":92986223,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"balkan-trip","urlSafeValue":"balkan-trip","title":"Balkan Trip","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/travel-series\/balkan-trip"},"vertical":"travel","verticals":[{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":7,"slug":"travel","urlSafeValue":"travel","title":"Travel"},"themes":[{"id":"travel-series","urlSafeValue":"travel-series","title":"Series","url":"\/travel\/travel-series"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":32,"urlSafeValue":"travel-series","title":"Series"},"advertising":1,"advertisingData":{"startDate":1725208568,"endDate":2114357773,"type":"sponsored","slug":"arena-channels-group","title":"Arena Channels Group","disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":"Arena Channels Group","sponsorName":"arena-channels-group","sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/campaigns\/824\/300x34_cmsv2_3ca58e48-ecc5-53de-9124-0674ced2c159-824.jpg","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":246,"urlSafeValue":"serbia","title":"Serbia","url":"\/news\/europe\/serbia"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/travel\/2024\/10\/14\/western-serbias-natural-jewels-tara-mountains-wilderness-and-drina-rivers-exhilarating-wat","lastModified":1728910878},{"id":2651894,"cid":8784790,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"241011_NWSU_56735699","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"SARAYEVO-BELGRADE MOTORWAY","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Can a motorway to Bosnia strengthen the ties between Serbia and Turkey?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Can a motorway to Bosnia strengthen the Belgrade-Ankara ties?","titleListing2":"Can a motorway with Bosnia strengthen the ties between Serbia and Turkey?","leadin":"The construction of the Belgrade-Sarajevo motorway, an ambitious Turkish investment in the heart of the Western Balkans, has been long in the making. Can it help bring everyone closer?","summary":"The construction of the Belgrade-Sarajevo motorway, an ambitious Turkish investment in the heart of the Western Balkans, has been long in the making. Can it help bring everyone closer?","keySentence":"","url":"can-a-motorway-to-bosnia-strengthen-the-ties-between-serbia-and-turkey","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2024\/10\/14\/can-a-motorway-to-bosnia-strengthen-the-ties-between-serbia-and-turkey","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Turkey's tarmac-and-concrete diplomacy in the Western Balkans is building a motorway that, by connecting Serbia and Bosnia, intends to bring Belgrade and Ankara closer together.\n\nThe ambitious road-transport project was discussed on Friday in the meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan and his host in Belgrade, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107.\u00a0\u00a0\n\nThe Ankara-financed project to construct a direct high-speed road linking the capitals of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the most important transport infrastructure projects in the former Yugoslavia \u2014 especially for the Bosnian capital, notoriously still lacking a motorway connection to the rest of the region and the continent.\n\nThe agreement signed by Turkey, Serbia, and Bosnia in 2019 plans a circular motorway whose northern half runs from Belgrade to Sarajevo. The part in Serbian territory has been completed, with an additional 23 kilometres-long section in the Republika Srpska (RS) connecting Serbia's Sremska Ra\u010da and Bijeljina in Bosnia.\n\nThe work has not yet started in the rest of Bosnia, and it is also unclear whether there is a final agreement on the highway's path to Sarajevo, partly caused by Bosnia's divisions and continuous political turmoil since the end of the war in 1995.\n\nErdo\u011fan's visit to Belgrade, it seems, was a first step in reminding everyone what needs to be done and who is picking up the tab.\n\nWhat is happening on the Bosnian side?\n\nThe motorway would tie the beating heart of Bosnia to the heart of Serbia, passing through the RS, the Serb-majority entity in Bosnia led by Milorad Dodik, a populist who is the most committed regional political partner of Russia's Vladimir Putin.\n\nWhile Dodik, a separatist known for his obstructionist policies, has been known to block any progress in the country if it suits his ethnonationalist agenda, it seems that this highway is something that is at the top of his to-do.\n\nLast August, Dodik obtained a loan of \u20ac500 million from a Turkish bank to fund the construction of a further 130km-long section of the road in the RS and another 30km in the Br\u010dko District, a chunk of Bosnia's territory that splits the RS into two and doesn\u2019t formally belong neither to the RS or Bosnia's other entity, the Bosniak-Croat majority Federation of BiH (FBiH).\n\n\u201cEven though one considers Dodik as one of the authoritarian leaders, one knows that he can deliver. Dodik is someone to be reckoned with. And on the Serbian side, this project was very quickly endorsed,\u201d Adnan Huski\u0107, a professor of political sciences from the University of Sarajevo, told Euronews.\n\nMeanwhile, things got complicated in the other half of Bosnia, and the road construction machinery has not moved an inch.\n\n\u201cThis is something that is very common for Bosnia; the initial route for the highway became the bone of contention because of how and where this road is going to go,\u201d he added.\n\nWhile the RS has carte blanche to build its roads as it pleases, the moment the tarmac reaches the entity administrative line, the FBiH authorities \u2014 mired in the administrative bog of 10 separate cantons and their governments \u2014 become in charge of the motorway section in its territory. \n\nBut Erdo\u011fan, who has maintained good relations with Bosnian authorities over the years, including heavily investing in the country's industry, real estate and private healthcare sectors and once holding his AK party's main diaspora rally in Sarajevo, knows that friends will find a way to move mountains if need be \u2014 and he will likely insist on overcoming that last hurdle soon.\n\nHow does Brussels see Ankara's presence in the region?\n\nMeanwhile, the construction costs of the entire road come to an estimated cost of \u20ac4 billion. This ambitious Turkish investment is not the only one in Western Balkan countries like Bosnia and Serbia, all negotiating their accession to the EU. \n\nAs transport networks are also crucial for Brussels, which has invested millions in building highways, railroads and other infrastructure in the region, Turkey's involvement must have raised a few eyebrows, albeit quietly.\n\nEuronews asked the EU delegation to Bosnia about the Turkish-Serbian-Bosnian project. The delegation replied briefly, \u201cWe can not comment on non-EU-funded projects.\u201d\n\nTurkey and Brussels have not seen eye to eye on most matters, especially in recent years. While Turkey is a full member of NATO, its negotiations for accession to the EU have stalled a while ago and have been blocked by Brussels since 2016.\n\nAt the same time, Serbia\u2019s path towards the EU, despite not being frozen, has been advancing at an extremely slow pace, and its President Vu\u010di\u0107 seems to be developing a high-flying foreign policy of maintaining good relations with everyone, everywhere.\n\nBelgrade and Ankara have not given up on maintaining ties with Moscow, and they didn\u2019t join in on the Western sanctions against the Kremlin after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. \n\nSerbian and Turkish airports are still open to direct commercial flights with the main Russian cities, becoming key hubs for transport between Russia and Europe. \u00a0\n\nWhy is Serbia important to Turkey? \n\nAmbassador of Turkey to Serbia, Hami Aksoy, assessed that Belgrade is currently experiencing an economic upswing and is recording exceptional economic development \u2014 and Ankara remains a big partner in all this.\n\nHe reminded that over 1,300 Turkish companies operate in Serbia, whose total investments at the end of 2021 reached $250 million (\u20ac228.8m) and trade exchange reached $2 billion (\u20ac1.83bn).\n\n\"Erdo\u011fan's Turkey needs Serbia to raise its stakes in a sensitive region for the EU and NATO. Both from an economic point of view and a political one,\" Milan Parivodi\u0107 from the British Chamber of Commerce in Serbia told Euronews.\n\n\"Turkey uses the Western Balkans to mark its presence in the EU playground before the countries join the block. It's a move that has both political and economic relevance,\" Parivodi\u0107, who is also Serbia's former minister of foreign trade and economic relations, added.\n\nThere is also money to be had in bringing in one's own companies to do the work. Under Erdo\u011fan, creating business opportunities for its many construction crews has been a major factor in Turkey's projects in the Western Balkans, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and, until Russia's war, in Ukraine. \n\n\"It gives oxygen from the activities abroad to Turkish businesses suffering from an economic crisis with double-digit inflation rates,\" Parivodi\u0107 concluded.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Turkey's tarmac-and-concrete diplomacy in the Western Balkans is building a motorway that, by connecting Serbia and Bosnia, intends to bring Belgrade and Ankara closer together.<\/p>\n<p>The ambitious road-transport project was discussed on Friday in the meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan and his host in Belgrade, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Ankara-financed project to construct a direct high-speed road linking the capitals of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the most important transport infrastructure projects in the former Yugoslavia \u2014 especially for the Bosnian capital, notoriously still lacking a motorway connection to the rest of the region and the continent.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement signed by Turkey, Serbia, and Bosnia in 2019 plans a circular motorway whose northern half runs from Belgrade to Sarajevo. The part in Serbian territory has been completed, with an additional 23 kilometres-long section in the Republika Srpska (RS) connecting Serbia's Sremska Ra\u010da and Bijeljina in Bosnia.<\/p>\n<p>The work has not yet started in the rest of Bosnia, and it is also unclear whether there is a final agreement on the highway's path to Sarajevo, partly caused by Bosnia's divisions and continuous political turmoil since the end of the war in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Erdo\u011fan's visit to Belgrade, it seems, was a first step in reminding everyone what needs to be done and who is picking up the tab.<\/p>\n<h2>What is happening on the Bosnian side?<\/h2><p>The motorway would tie the beating heart of Bosnia to the heart of Serbia, passing through the RS, the Serb-majority entity in Bosnia led by Milorad Dodik, a populist who is the most committed regional political partner of Russia's Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>While Dodik, a separatist known for his obstructionist policies, has been known to block any progress in the country if it suits his ethnonationalist agenda, it seems that this highway is something that is at the top of his to-do.<\/p>\n<p>Last August, Dodik obtained a loan of \u20ac500 million from a Turkish bank to fund the construction of a further 130km-long section of the road in the RS and another 30km in the Br\u010dko District, a chunk of Bosnia's territory that splits the RS into two and doesn\u2019t formally belong neither to the RS or Bosnia's other entity, the Bosniak-Croat majority Federation of BiH (FBiH).<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//78//47//90//808x539_cmsv2_b63cd8a1-4095-5aae-bd53-4de2817d67ce-8784790.jpg/" alt=\"Russia&#39;s President Vladimir Putin, right, gestures as he speaks to Bosnian Serb political leader Milorad Dodik during their meeting on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Inte\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/384x256_cmsv2_b63cd8a1-4095-5aae-bd53-4de2817d67ce-8784790.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/640x427_cmsv2_b63cd8a1-4095-5aae-bd53-4de2817d67ce-8784790.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/750x500_cmsv2_b63cd8a1-4095-5aae-bd53-4de2817d67ce-8784790.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/828x552_cmsv2_b63cd8a1-4095-5aae-bd53-4de2817d67ce-8784790.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/1080x720_cmsv2_b63cd8a1-4095-5aae-bd53-4de2817d67ce-8784790.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/1200x800_cmsv2_b63cd8a1-4095-5aae-bd53-4de2817d67ce-8784790.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/1920x1281_cmsv2_b63cd8a1-4095-5aae-bd53-4de2817d67ce-8784790.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Russia&#39;s President Vladimir Putin, right, gestures as he speaks to Bosnian Serb political leader Milorad Dodik during their meeting on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Inte<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Anton Vaganov\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven though one considers Dodik as one of the authoritarian leaders, one knows that he can deliver. Dodik is someone to be reckoned with. And on the Serbian side, this project was very quickly endorsed,\u201d Adnan Huski\u0107, a professor of political sciences from the University of Sarajevo, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, things got complicated in the other half of Bosnia, and the road construction machinery has not moved an inch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something that is very common for Bosnia; the initial route for the highway became the bone of contention because of how and where this road is going to go,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>While the RS has carte blanche to build its roads as it pleases, the moment the tarmac reaches the entity administrative line, the FBiH authorities \u2014 mired in the administrative bog of 10 separate cantons and their governments \u2014 become in charge of the motorway section in its territory. <\/p>\n<p>But Erdo\u011fan, who has maintained good relations with Bosnian authorities over the years, including heavily investing in the country's industry, real estate and private healthcare sectors and once holding his AK party's main diaspora rally in Sarajevo, knows that friends will find a way to move mountains if need be \u2014 and he will likely insist on overcoming that last hurdle soon.<\/p>\n<h2>How does Brussels see Ankara's presence in the region?<\/h2><p>Meanwhile, the construction costs of the entire road come to an estimated cost of \u20ac4 billion. This ambitious Turkish investment is not the only one in Western Balkan countries like Bosnia and Serbia, all negotiating their accession to the EU. <\/p>\n<p>As transport networks are also crucial for Brussels, which has invested millions in building highways, railroads and other infrastructure in the region, Turkey's involvement must have raised a few eyebrows, albeit quietly.<\/p>\n<p>Euronews asked the EU delegation to Bosnia about the Turkish-Serbian-Bosnian project. The delegation replied briefly, \u201cWe can not comment on non-EU-funded projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turkey and Brussels have not seen eye to eye on most matters, especially in recent years. While Turkey is a full member of NATO, its negotiations for accession to the EU have stalled a while ago and have been blocked by Brussels since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Serbia\u2019s path towards the EU, despite not being frozen, has been advancing at an extremely slow pace, and its President Vu\u010di\u0107 seems to be developing a high-flying foreign policy of maintaining good relations with everyone, everywhere.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//78//47//90//808x539_cmsv2_05f3bcfa-1372-53eb-a8ba-650466198d5f-8784790.jpg/" alt=\"European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to the media during a joint news conference with the President of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/384x256_cmsv2_05f3bcfa-1372-53eb-a8ba-650466198d5f-8784790.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/640x427_cmsv2_05f3bcfa-1372-53eb-a8ba-650466198d5f-8784790.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/750x500_cmsv2_05f3bcfa-1372-53eb-a8ba-650466198d5f-8784790.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/828x552_cmsv2_05f3bcfa-1372-53eb-a8ba-650466198d5f-8784790.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/1080x720_cmsv2_05f3bcfa-1372-53eb-a8ba-650466198d5f-8784790.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/1200x800_cmsv2_05f3bcfa-1372-53eb-a8ba-650466198d5f-8784790.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/1920x1281_cmsv2_05f3bcfa-1372-53eb-a8ba-650466198d5f-8784790.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to the media during a joint news conference with the President of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Armin Durgut\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Belgrade and Ankara have not given up on maintaining ties with Moscow, and they didn\u2019t join in on the Western sanctions against the Kremlin after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Serbian and Turkish airports are still open to direct commercial flights with the main Russian cities, becoming key hubs for transport between Russia and Europe. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Why is Serbia important to Turkey?<\/h2><p>Ambassador of Turkey to Serbia, Hami Aksoy, assessed that Belgrade is currently experiencing an economic upswing and is recording exceptional economic development \u2014 and Ankara remains a big partner in all this.<\/p>\n<p>He reminded that over 1,300 Turkish companies operate in Serbia, whose total investments at the end of 2021 reached $250 million (\u20ac228.8m) and trade exchange reached $2 billion (\u20ac1.83bn).<\/p>\n<p>\"Erdo\u011fan's Turkey needs Serbia to raise its stakes in a sensitive region for the EU and NATO. Both from an economic point of view and a political one,\" Milan Parivodi\u0107 from the British Chamber of Commerce in Serbia told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>\"Turkey uses the Western Balkans to mark its presence in the EU playground before the countries join the block. It's a move that has both political and economic relevance,\" Parivodi\u0107, who is also Serbia's former minister of foreign trade and economic relations, added.<\/p>\n<p>There is also money to be had in bringing in one's own companies to do the work. Under Erdo\u011fan, creating business opportunities for its many construction crews has been a major factor in Turkey's projects in the Western Balkans, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and, until Russia's war, in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>\"It gives oxygen from the activities abroad to Turkish businesses suffering from an economic crisis with double-digit inflation rates,\" Parivodi\u0107 concluded.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1728640420,"updatedAt":1728912757,"publishedAt":1728910010,"firstPublishedAt":1728910010,"lastPublishedAt":1728910010,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/78\/47\/90\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5c36fd51-370a-5805-818d-1917a4f5b66f-8784790.jpg","altText":"Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 during their meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, 11 October 2024","caption":"Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with his Serbian counterpart 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