2024 in Serbia
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Events in the year 2024 in Serbia.
Incumbents[edit]
- 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[edit]
January[edit]
- 14–20 January – 2024 IIHF U20 World Championship Division II B in Belgrade.[1]
March[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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]
Deaths[edit]
- 26 March – Slađana Milošević, 68, singer-songwriter.[12]
Holidays[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ "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 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
