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On June 18, the main structure of the new Danube bridge near Petrovaradin was joined on the Fruskogorski Corridor. 021 notes that the bridge with approaches is about 1.7 km long, the central span is 505.75 m, and completion that had been announced for the second half of 2026 is now effectively slipping.
021 reports that students blockading Novi Sad faculties are calling a large protest on June 20 at the turbo roundabout, at the junction of Fruskogorska and Bulevar cara Lazara. Stands will be set up around 14:30, the main program begins at 17:30, and the announced focus is distrust in institutions, police, media freedom, and electoral conditions.
021 reports that the Planning Commission session that was to consider the plan along Bulevar despota Stefana has been moved from June 18 to June 30 at 09:00 because of a large number of objections. According to the outlet, several thousand objections were filed, while the project envisions housing and business buildings, including P+8 and P+14 heights, a 150 million euro investment, and more than 7,500 future residents.
021 and N1 reported that parents of pupils at Novi Sad's "Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj" gymnasium said they will be outside the Education Ministry in Belgrade from 10:00 on Monday, June 15, until minister Dejan Vuk Stankovic answers whether the dismissal procedure for director Radivoje P. Stojkovic has been opened. The parents cite falling teaching quality, the hiring of unqualified staff, pressure on pupils, teachers and parents, the locking of the school building, and pupils being moved into three buildings.
021, Danas, and Kurir reported that on the evening of June 14 a line thunderstorm system moved through Vojvodina and Belgrade: in Novi Sad, heavy rain with hail started around 19:30 and lasted about half an hour; in Backa, lightning and wind caused field fires and fallen trees; and parts of Zemun lost electricity. RHMZ warned of downpours, hail, and wind gusts above 60 km/h as the system moved across Belgrade and central/eastern Serbia until midnight.
