2024 in Serbia

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Events in the year 2024 in Serbia .

Incumbents

• President: Aleksandar Vučić
• Prime Minister: Ana Brnabić (until 20 March); Ivica Dačić (20 March to 2 May); Miloš Vučević (since 2 May)
• President of the National Assembly: Vladimir Orlić (until 20 March); Ana Brnabić (since 20 March)

Events

January

• 14–20 January – 2024 IIHF U20 World Championship Division II B in Belgrade. ^[1]

March

• 3 March – 2024 Belgrade City Assembly election: A rerun of the 2023 Belgrade election is held following protests against alleged irregularities. ^[2]
• 30 March – 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade. ^[3]

April

• 21 April – A Mark 84 bomb dropped by NATO forces during its bombing campaign in 1999 is discovered at a construction site in Niš, causing the evacuation of 1,300 people from surrounding areas. ^[4]

May

• 13 May – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and First Lady Olena Zelenska make a surprise visit to Belgrade and meet with President Vučić and Prime Minister Vučević. ^[5]
• 21 May:
  • Following Georgia's model, Serbia's National Assembly passes a bill on "foreign agents". ^[6]
  • One person is killed in Sombor following a storm that causes damage across the country and cuts electricity in Novi Pazar. ^[7]

June

• 2 June – 2024 Serbian local elections. ^[8]
• 20 June – The Football Association of Serbia threatens to withdraw from UEFA Euro 2024 if UEFA does not punish Croatia and Albania after their supporters chant "kill, kill, kill the Serb". ^[9]
• 29 June – A police officer is injured after being attacked by a man armed with a crossbow outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade. The assailant is fatally shot by the same officer. ^[10]

July

• 16 July – The government allows the resumption of operations at the Loznica lithium mine operated by Rio Tinto following a decision by the Constitutional Court to overturn the cancellation of the mine's operating permit in 2022. ^[11]
• 18 July – A police officer is killed and another is injured after they are shot while on patrol in Loznica by an assailant identified as coming from Kosovo. The attacker is later killed during a manhunt. ^[12]
• 19 July – The European Union and Serbia sign a deal to develop the Loznica lithium mine and production chains for batteries for electric vehicles. ^[13]
• 26 July – A van carrying migrants overturns near Pirot, injuring 30 passengers. ^[14]
• 29 July – Thousands of environmentalists and opposition members protest nationwide against an agreement between the European Union and the Serbian government to restart the Loznica lithium mine due to concerns over pollution and deforestation. ^[15]
• 31 July – A van carrying migrants overturns near Bela Palanka, injuring 20 passengers. ^[16]

August

• 22 August – At least 11 people are killed after a boat carrying migrants capsizes in the Drina River near Ljubovija, along the border with Bosnia-Herzegovina. ^{[17] [18]}
• 23 August – Six people, including four children, are killed in a fire at a house in Novi Sad. ^[19]
• 29 August – Serbia and French aerospace manufacturer Dassault Aviation sign an agreement for the purchase of 12 Dassault Rafale warplanes. ^[20]

September

• 6 September – Kosovar authorities close the Brnjak and Merdare border crossings with Serbia following a blockade by protesters on the latter side of the border. ^[21]
• 11 September – An appeals court in Belgrade orders a retrial for Andrei Hniot, a Belarusian dissident whose extradition had been sought by authorities in his home country for alleged tax evasion. ^[22] He is released on 31 October and leaves for Germany. ^[23]
• 14 September – President Vučić announces the reintroduction of compulsory military service, which was abolished in 2011. ^[24]

October

• 6 October – Ladislav Nemet, the Archbishop of Belgrade, is named a cardinal by Pope Francis, with his elevation to the College of Cardinals scheduled on 8 December. ^[25] He is the first person from Serbia to receive the title. ^[26]
• 7 October – Kosovo announces the resumption of imports at border crossings with Serbia after they had been halted in June 2023 due to security issues. ^[27]

November

• 1 November – Fifteen people are killed and two more are injured in the collapse of a canopy of the Novi Sad railway station. ^[28]
• 3 November - Protesters gather in Belgrade, calling for punishment of officials deemed responsible for the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse. ^[29]
• 4 November – Construction minister Goran Vesić announces his resignation amid criticism over the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse. ^[30]
• 5 November - Ongoing protests relating to the Novi Sad canopy collapse escalate into riots as protesters surround the Novi Sad City Hall, throwing red paint, rocks and other items at the building. Police respond with tear gas. Opposition politician Bojan Pajtić claims that the escalation was stoked by government-aligned provocateurs. ^[31]

December

• 12 December - Uroš Blažić is convicted for perpetrating the Mladenovac and Smederevo shootings in 2023 that killed nine people and is sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. ^[32]
• 30 December - The parents of the 13-year old perpetrator of the Belgrade school shooting in 2023 are convicted along with a gun instructor for failing to secure the firearm used in the incident, with the father sentenced to 14.5 years' imprisonment. ^[33]

Deaths

• 26 March – Slađana Milošević, 68, singer-songwriter. ^[34]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Serbia

Source: ^{[35] [36]}

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 7 January – Christmas Day
• 27 January – Saint Sava
• 15–16 February – National Day
• 22 April – National Holocaust, World War II Genocide and other Fascist Crimes Victims Remembrance Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 3 May – Orthodox Good Friday
• 6 May – Orthodox Easter
• 9 May – Victory Day
• 28 June – Saint Vitus
• 15 September – Serbian Unity Day
• 21 October – World War II Serbian Victims Remembrance Day
• 11 November – Armistice Day

References

1. "Ice Hockey U20 World Championship". All Sports Db. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
2. "An election for control of Serbia's capital is to be rerun following opposition fraud claims". Newsday. Associated Press. 2024-03-03. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
3. "World Athletics awards 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships to Serbia". World Athletics. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023– via Press release.
4. "1,300 People Evacuated As NATO Bomb Removed From Serbian City". Barron's. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
5. "Ukraine's first lady and foreign minister visit Russia-friendly Serbia". Associated Press. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
6. "După modelul Georgiei, parlamentul din Serbia a adoptat un proiect de lege privind "agenții străini"". May 21, 2024.
7. "A woman has died in a storm in Serbia after a tree fell on her car". Associated Press. May 22, 2024.
8. "Tensions rise at Serbia local vote as ruling populists seek to cement power after fraud accusations". Associated Press. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
9. "Serbia threaten to pull out of Euro 2024 over Croatia and Albania chants". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
10. "Serbian officer shot with crossbow outside embassy". BBC. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
11. "Serbia greenlights disputed lithium mining project". France 24. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
12. "Serbian police say they have killed man suspected of fatally shooting 1 policeman, wounding another". Associated Press. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
13. "EU, Serbia sign key lithium deal". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
14. "Over 30 injured after a van with 50 migrants overturns in Serbia, reports say". Associated Press. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
15. "Thousands protest Serbia's deal with the European Union to excavate lithium". AP News. 2024-07-29. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
16. "A van carrying dozens of migrants overturns in southeastern Serbia, injuring more than 20". Associated Press. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
17. "Ten migrants drown in river on Serbia-Bosnia border". BBC. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
18. "11th victim found after a boat carrying migrants capsized on a river on the Serbia-Bosnia border". Associated Press. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
19. "House fire in northern Serbia kills 6". Associated Press. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
20. "France, Serbia sign Rafale fighter jet deal during Macron visit". 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
21. "Kosovo closes two of four border crossings with Serbia after protests". Al Jazeera. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
22. "Serbian appeals court overturns ruling to extradite to Belarus a critic of its authoritarian regime". Associated Press. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
23. "A dissident film director from Belarus is released after 1 year of detention in Serbia". Associated Press. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
24. "Serbia plans to bring back compulsory military service". DW. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
25. "Serbia's first cardinal was 'very much loved' chaplain at Cebu university". Rappler . October 10, 2024. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
26. "Belgrade Archbishop Nemet to be appointed first Cardinal from Serbia". N1 . October 7, 2024. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
27. "Kosovo lifts ban on entry of products from Serbia at the border". Associated Press. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
28. "A woman who was injured in a deadly roof collapse in Serbia has died, bringing death toll to 15". AP News . 2024-11-18. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
29. "Protesters demand arrests over train station roof collapse that killed 14 people in Serbia". AP News. 2024-11-03. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
30. "Goran Vesić: Ujutru podnosim ostavku, ali krivicu ne prihvatam" [Goran Vesić: I am resigning tomorrow morning, but I do not accept guilt]. Danas (in Serbian). 4 November 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
31. "Police fire tear gas at protest over deadly canopy collapse in Serbia". WPLG. 2024-11-05. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
32. "Serbia sentences man to 20 years in prison for one of 2 mass shootings that shook nation last May". Associated Press. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
33. "Parents of Belgrade school shooter jailed". BBC. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
34. "Odlazak ekscentrične "rok princeze" Slađane Milošević". BBC News na srpskom (in Serbian (Latin script)). 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
35. "Serbia Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
36. "Државни и верски празници Републике Србије" [National and religious holidays of the Republic of Serbia]. Republic of Serbia Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 December 2023.

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