2025 in Serbia

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Events in the year 2025 in Serbia .

Incumbents

• President: Aleksandar Vučić
• Prime Minister: Miloš Vučević (until 16 April); Đuro Macut (since 16 April)
• President of the National Assembly: Ana Brnabić

Events

Ongoing: 2024–present Serbian anti-corruption protests

January

• 20 January – Eight people are killed in a fire at a nursing home in Barajevo. ^[1]
• 28 January – Miloš Vučević resigns as prime minister amid mass protests regarding the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse and after several incidents where members of the Serbian Progressive Party attacked students in Novi Sad. ^{[2] [3]}

February

• 24 February – Serbia votes in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling Russia an aggressor state over its invasion of Ukraine. President Vučić calls the decision an accident and apologizes. ^[4]

March

• 4 March – A brawl breaks out in the National Assembly after opposition parties demand the confirmation of the resignation of Prime Minister Vučević and his government during a debate on a bill to increase funding for university education. Three MPs are injured. ^[5]
• 8–17 March – 2025 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Niš. ^[6]
• 11 March – Hundreds of students form a blockade around the headquarters of the Radio Television of Serbia in Belgrade, accusing the state television station of being biased towards President Aleksandar Vučić. At least one police officer is injured in clashes with students. ^[7]
• 15 March
  • Hundreds of thousands of people attend the largest-ever protest held in Serbia. ^[8]
  • 2025 Belgrade stampede

April

• 16 April – Đuro Macut is elected prime minister by the National Assembly. ^[9]

September

• 3 September – FIFA issues a CHF50,000 ($62,000)-fine on the Football Association of Serbia over inappropriate behavior by fans during a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match between the national team and Andorra in June. ^[10]
• 26 September – Two people are arrested on suspicion of running a training camp aimed at destabilizing the 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election. ^[11]

October

• 3 October – Water and communications outages occur in the towns of Medveđa and Crna Trava following an autumn snowstorm. ^[12]
• 5 October – A boat carrying migrants from China capsizes along the Danube River near Bačka Palanka while trying to cross into Croatia, killing one passenger. ^[13]
• 9 October – Sanctions imposed by the United States against Naftna Industrija Srbije over its majority-Russian ownership come into effect. ^[14]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Serbia

Source: ^{[15] [16]}

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 7 January – Christmas Day
• 27 January – Saint Sava
• 15–16 February – National Day
• 18 April – Orthodox Good Friday
• 21 April – Orthodox Easter
• 22 April – National Holocaust, World War II Genocide and other Fascist Crimes Victims Remembrance Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 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

Deaths

January

• 4 January – Ana Gligić, 90, virologist. ^[17]

References

1. "8 people die in a fire at a home for the elderly in Serbia, officials say". AP News. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
2. "Studenti u Novom Sadu: Mladići sa bejzbol palicama napali studente, jedna devojka ozbiljno povređena". Danas (in Serbian). 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
3. "Premijer Srbije podneo ostavku". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
4. "'I was tired' — Serbia's president apologises for accidentally backing Ukraine's UN resolution". The Kyiv Independent. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
5. "At least 3 Serbian lawmakers injured as smoke bombs and flares thrown in parliament". AP News. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
6. "IBA Women's World Boxing Championships 2025 to take place in Serbia". iba.sport. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
7. "Serbia: Student protesters block public TV station". dw.com. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
8. "Serbia's largest-ever rally sees 325,000 protest government". BBC. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
9. "Izabrana nova Vlada Srbije: Đuro Macut premijer" [New Government of Serbia elected: Đuro Matsut as Prime Minister]. NOVA portal (in Serbian). 16 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
10. Dunbar, Graham (2025-09-03). "FIFA hits Argentina and Albania with 6-figure fines after fan racism at World Cup qualifiers". Associated Press . Retrieved 2025-09-03.
11. "Moldova holds key election as Russia's shadow looms large". BBC. 27 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
12. "Early snowfall damages power lines and snarls traffic in Bosnia and Serbia". AP News. 3 October 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
13. "A Chinese migrant dies when boat capsizes on the Danube between Serbia and Croatia". AP News. 6 October 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
14. "US sanctions Serbia's main oil supplier controlled by Russia". Al Jazeera. 9 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
15. "Serbia Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
16. "Holidays and Observances in Serbia in 2025". Time and Date. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
17. "Odlazak Ane Gligić: Znanstvenica koja je zaustavila smrtonosnu epidemiju". N1 (in Croatian). 2025-01-05. Retrieved 2025-01-05.

External links

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