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August 24, 202607:10 AM

Teachers' union criticises proposed changes to Serbia's education law

Published: August 24, 2026 at 08:56 AM. Updated: August 24, 2026 at 09:18 AM.

NSPRS said the completed public debate on education-law changes restricted parent and student participation. The union also criticised the 20-day consultation period and the lack of an open ministerial explanation.

Novi SadNovi Sad

Petrovaradin backwater is drying up, threatening fish

Published: August 24, 2026 at 08:12 AM. Updated: August 24, 2026 at 09:18 AM.

Low Danube levels have left fish trapped in small, warming pools in the Petrovaradin backwater. A fishing association is urging an emergency rescue and relocation, while authorities say they are monitoring the effects of low water.

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Parts of Sremska Kamenica will lose gas on 25 August for works

Published: August 24, 2026 at 08:31 AM. Updated: August 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM.

On Tuesday, 25 August, gas service will stop from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in parts of Čardak, at the Sremska Kamenica Institute and the Police School. Srbijagas is relocating two pipeline sections and connecting them to the existing network.

Fire near Vranje: immobile resident evacuated as flames are held away from homes

Published: August 24, 2026 at 12:28 PM. Updated: August 24, 2026 at 07:00 PM.

N1 reports that a fire near Lukovo village, which began the previous day, led to the evacuation of an elderly immobile resident. The city emergency headquarters said there were no injuries, one house burned, and firefighters saved ten homes and stopped the fire spreading toward the village.

Serbia reports 11 West Nile fever cases

Published: August 24, 2026 at 05:27 PM. Updated: August 24, 2026 at 07:00 PM.

Serbia’s Batut public-health institute said 11 West Nile fever cases had been recorded since 1 June, five more than a week earlier. Ten cases had the more severe neuroinvasive form.