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Issue for August 2, 2026

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Last update: August 2, 2026 at 08:12 AMCards: 4Stories: 0

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August 2, 2026

Serbia’s main news for 2 August: ongoing investigations, a local protest, and prosecutors’ statements.

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First published: August 2, 2026 at 08:03 AM
Last update: August 2, 2026 at 08:12 AM

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N1DanasKurirNovosti021Beoinfo / City of BelgradeGSP BeogradBVKParking servis Beograd

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1. Twenty-one months after the Novi Sad tragedy, the trial has yet to begin

Published: August 2, 2026 at 08:10 AM. Updated: August 2, 2026 at 08:10 AM.

N1 reports that the main trial is still awaited 21 months after 16 people died in the Novi Sad station canopy collapse. It also relays Radar's report about correspondence which, according to that outlet, points to work coordination by presidential-office staff; this is not a court finding.

2. Prosecutors open a case after a complaint over payments to an SNS rally’s participants

Published: August 2, 2026 at 08:10 AM. Updated: August 2, 2026 at 08:10 AM.

Belgrade’s Third Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office opened a case after a complaint against SNS leader Miloš Vučević following N1’s report on cash payments to Arena rally participants. Prosecutors withheld procedural details, citing a risk to the inquiry into a possible offence.

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4. Pantelej residents again protest the high-speed railway route

Published: August 2, 2026 at 08:10 AM. Updated: August 2, 2026 at 08:10 AM.

N1 and Danas reported a new protest by residents of Niš’s Pantelej district over the planned high-speed rail route. Both note a response from the European bank; available material does not provide enough detail to state its substance or the project’s final status.

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