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Žabalj held a protest on July 26 against a planned waste-tyre recycling plant. N1 reports that the facility would have capacity of up to 72 tonnes a day and that its industrial-zone site is about 800 metres from the nearest homes; residents demand that the project be moved or cancelled.
Restrictions have been introduced on the Hajdin rail bridge on the Belgrade–Stara Pazova line because of identified safety risks. Citing Radar's reporting, N1 says freight trains are barred and passenger trains cannot pass one another on the bridge; infrastructure services notified operators after examining the structure.
On the evening of July 26, a car drove into a column of people during a Bačka Palanka protest walk supporting students. N1 reports eyewitness accounts of two people lightly injured; emergency services attended and traffic police intervened after the vehicle stopped.
The Agriculture Ministry confirmed Serbia’s first sheep-and-goat-pox outbreak of 2026 at one holding in the Raška municipality; three outbreaks were recorded in the Raška district in 2025. The ministry says veterinary services collected samples after changes were noticed in the animals, and all 67 sheep and 60 lambs at the holding were euthanized to contain the infection.
Family and Demography Minister Jelena Žarić Kovačević said that 889 children in Serbia are receiving timely support from the Alimony Fund. She said 54,209,260 dinars have been paid since the state became the payment guarantor; the government relayed the figures.
