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 a lithium mining project and production chains for batteries for electric vehicles.[13]
- 26 July – A van carrying migrants overturns near Pirot, injuring 30 passengers.[14]
Deaths
- 26 March – Slađana Milošević, 68, singer-songwriter.[15]
Holidays
- 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
- ^ "Ice Hockey U20 World Championship". All Sports Db. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ Press, The Associated (2024-03-03). "An election for control of Serbia's capital is to be rerun following opposition fraud claims". Newsday. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ^ "World Athletics awards 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships to Serbia". World Athletics. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023 – via Press release.
- ^ "1,300 People Evacuated As NATO Bomb Removed From Serbian City". Barron's. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Ukraine's first lady and foreign minister visit Russia-friendly Serbia". Associated Press. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "După modelul Georgiei, parlamentul din Serbia a adoptat un proiect de lege privind "agenții străini"". May 21, 2024.
- ^ "A woman has died in a storm in Serbia after a tree fell on her car". Associated Press. May 22, 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Serbia threaten to pull out of Euro 2024 over Croatia and Albania chants". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "Serbian officer shot with crossbow outside embassy". BBC. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
- ^ "Serbia greenlights disputed lithium mining project". France 24. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Serbian police say they have killed man suspected of fatally shooting 1 policeman, wounding another". Associated Press. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "EU, Serbia sign key lithium deal". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Over 30 injured after a van with 50 migrants overturns in Serbia, reports say". Associated Press. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
- ^ "Odlazak ekscentrične "rok princeze" Slađane Milošević". BBC News na srpskom (in Serbian (Latin script)). 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ "Serbia Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "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.
