The anniversary of the tragedy in Novi Sad, in which 16 people lost their lives and one person was seriously injured, is being marked with commemorative gatherings. Citizens symbolically gathered at 16 locations across the city - in memory of each of the victims - and then headed together to the Railway Station, where they paid their respects to the victims with a minute of silence and lighting candles. 16 lanterns were released from boats on the Danube for the 16 victims of the canopy fall
19.15
A view of the gathering from a drone:
The movement "Kreni-premeni" published on social networks a video shot from a drone from the quay in Novi Sad:
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19.05
The meeting in Novi Sad has ended.
According to the reporter of "Vremena", the citizens present on the quay in Novi Sad began to disperse, and the gathering ended with the release of lanterns.
19.03
Hanging banner on the fortress
"See you tomorrow and every other day, until justice is served," reads the banner placed on the Fortress.
18.59
Students of the Faculty of Computer Science: Let's end today's commemorative gathering in peace
Students of the Faculty of Computer Science (RAF) in the blockade asked that today's commemorative gathering in Novi Sad end with dignity and peace.
"We are asking you to end today's commemorative rally with dignity and peace. Thank you," said an Instagram post by RAF students.
Today, students, high school students and citizens gathered in front of the Railway Station building in Novi Sad, paying tribute to the 16 victims of the fall of the canopy.
18.46
Lanterns released
From the boats on the Danube, the students hoisted 16 lanterns for the 16 victims of the falling canopy during the 16-minute silence.
19.00
Marija Vasić's son was verbally attacked
Unknown young men threw insults at Milan Čanko, the son of Marija Vasić.
He was attending the last part of the commemoration at the Varadin bridge when men he did not know approached him and started insulting him.
18.24
A large number of citizens on the quay
18.20
High school girls walked from Belgrade to Novi Sad
Two high school girls came to the bridge completely in bends. They walked from Belgrade to Novi Sad, they got bruises on their feet, and their old injuries started to work.
However, it is very important to them that they were able to come and be part of the commemoration.
One of them is a student of a school where the principal forged the signatures of students during the blockades, and she is still appalled by this act.
"It is important for us that we are here today, with some better people," she says.
18.16
See how the quay in Novi Sad looks tonight
18.14
MUP: 39.000 people in Novi Sad
The Ministry of the Interior (MUP) announced that an unannounced public gathering will be held today in Novi Sad from 10 a.m. to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy when 16 citizens died as a result of the fall of the canopy at the railway station in this city, and that at the time of the sixteen-minute silence there were 39.000 people gathered.
"At the peak of this unannounced public gathering, in the area of the city of Novi Sad, from 11:52 a.m. to 12:08 p.m., around 39.000 citizens were present, who arrived in Novi Sad from the entire territory of the Republic of Serbia," reads the MUP statement.
18.11
"If the regime is at all normal - it will leave this day unblemished"
The White Rabbit bikers are on standby to protect the students tonight for as long as it takes.
Today, they say, they provided first aid, mostly to those who fell unconscious in front of the Railway Station, because the heat was great and emotions were raging.
Children on foot were bandaged and had sprained legs from walking.
They are hoping for a quiet evening, as it has been all day.
"If the regime is at all normal, it will leave this day unblemished," says one of them.
18.00
The Varadin bridge is partially closed
The bridge is partially closed for crossing, so it is sporadically opened for a few people.
According to the "Vremena" reporter, the students did not announce the exact schedule and evening organization of the event, probably due to security and the danger of diversion and intrusion of external factors on the day of the commemoration.
There is more police than during the day, but mostly traffic police. The student police officers say that people are divided into groups and that the Varadin Bridge would not be overburdened.
17.53
Quay full of citizens
As the "Vremena" reporter reports, the quay in Novi Sad is packed with people, and the atmosphere is specific.
Citizens are waiting for this part of the day to be celebrated.
17.51
Commemorative walk in Niš
The participants of the commemorative meeting in Niš calmly walked past the SNS premises.
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17.30
Walk to the quay
Everyone who was gathered at the Railway Station in Novi Sad was invited to come to the quay where citizens will pay tribute to the victims, drop flowers into the Danube, while 16 lanterns will be released from the Petrovaradin Fortress.
16.39
Bishop Grigorije at the commemoration in Germany
Citizens of Serbia living abroad organized commemorative gatherings in several cities on the anniversary of the fall of the canopy at the railway station in Novi Sad, where 16 people died and one was seriously injured.
Thus, a large number of people gathered in Germany and held a sixteen-minute memorial service for the victims, and among them was the Archbishop of Dusseldorf-Berlin and Metropolitan Grigorije of Germany.
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16.34
Mass expression of boiling dissatisfaction with Vučić's rule
World agencies and media are reporting today about tens of thousands of people from all over Serbia who gathered in Novi Sad to mark in silence the anniversary of the fall of the canopy at the railway station and the death of 16 people, assessing that this gathering is also a mass expression of the key dissatisfaction with the rule of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić.
According to the Associated Press, whose extensive report was carried by the Washington Post, the Novi Sad tragedy sparked student-led street protests and a national movement demanding political change, seriously shaking Vučić's staunch autocratic rule.
Protesters believe the concrete canopy collapsed due to widespread corruption and nepotism in state infrastructure projects with Chinese partners, AP said, noting that no one has yet been held criminally responsible.
16.05
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16.00
Silence throughout Serbia
The anniversary of the death of 16 people in the fall of the canopy of the railway station in Novi Sad, except in that city, was marked in several places throughout Serbia.
Students of the State University in Novi Pazar and citizens of Novi Pazar gathered at the call of the citizens' assembly at 11:52 in front of the City Administration, where 16 of them held a banner with the name of the victim and a white rose on the ground, reports Radio hundred plus.
After 16 minutes of silence, on behalf of the hundreds gathered, roses representing one victim were thrown into the Raska river from the bridge in the center of Novi Pazar.
The people of Vranje placed 16 items of clothing representing the victims of the canopy fall at the Chika Mita monument, and at 11:52 a 16-minute silence was held, while a commemorative walk is scheduled for tonight at 8 p.m.
The citizens of Leskovac gathered in front of the railway station in Leskovac and lit candles in front of the sign with the names of the victims.
15.39
Patriarch Porfirije served a memorial service for the victims in Novi Sad in the Church of Saint Sava, attended by the President of Serbia
In the Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade, the Serbian Patriarch Porfirije officiated at the memorial service for the victims of the railway station in Novi Sad.
"Peace, first of all, in each of us, and then peace between us. May he grant us the knowledge that we need each other. May he grant us the feeling that we are one or only like that, we will keep and carry on us the blessing of Saint Sava," said Porfirius after the first ceremony.
15.38
The courtyard of the Novi Sad Fair is full of Gendarmerie and police vehicles
Several gendarmerie and police vehicles are parked in the courtyard of the Novi Sad Fair. On the spot, it is possible to see several police cars, jeeps, vans, as well as a police bus, reports N1.
When the crew of this television arrived in the courtyard of the Novi Sad Fair, an official approached them and told them not to film.
When asked if the police are hiding here and why it is not possible to film, it was said that it is no secret that the police are here.
It is said that they are there for security reasons due to a large gathering being held in Novi Sad, but there is no information as to why they are at the Fair.
15.27
Lawyer Bachulova: We have no official information that he was transferred to the hospital from police custody
The defender of the activist and member of the Assembly of Novi Sad Misha Bachulova, lawyer Milan Alanović, stated that neither he nor Bachulova's wife have official information that he was transferred from police custody to any medical institution.
Alanović said that the competent authorities have all the necessary contacts and that it was their turn to inform the family and the defense attorney that Bachulov was transferred to the Emergency Center, as reported by the media.
"Misha's wife is trying to find out through some of her private channels, but we don't have any information yet," Alanović said.
14.57
Paunović: Let's all fight for a better tomorrow, we have no right to remain silent
Retired prosecutor Jasmina Paunović pointed out during a speech in Novi Sad that all of us, as citizens, do not have the right to calmly watch the ruin of our country. She told the young people - "stay in this country, because this sun doesn't warm like this anywhere anymore".
"Dear citizens and youth, congratulations on the wounds you got on foot. Your fight is not in vain. You have opened the eyes of the people, the hope that it can get better. Thank you for that. What kind of people would I be if they were silent about this injustice, the destruction of life?", were the words with which Paunović began her speech in front of the railway station in Novi Sad during the commemorative rally.
She pointed out that we must all fight for a better tomorrow because "we, as holders of sovereignty, have no right to remain silent."
"In the name of the legacy of our ancestors and the future that you wanted to change - just like that, together, next to each other, without vanity, we can change Serbia. By changing Serbia, we will change the world," she added.
14.49
Nikolina Sinđelić: "I'm not allowed to walk at night"
Nikolina Sinđelić, a student who Marko Kricak mistreated in the garage of the Government of Serbia, she barely decided to come to Novi Sad.
However, even though she survived an incredibly difficult period and still fears for her own safety, she found the strength to appear at the commemorative rally.
"I had to come, even though I won't be on the street tonight. I still have fears," she told Vreme.
"I appeal to students and other people not to walk alone, not to be in small groups because then they can get hurt. Like me."
Nikolina thinks that the elections in Serbia will be called in April, and that until then all dissatisfied people in the country must persevere.
14. 43
Winter is in the choirs.
Marija Trifunović came to Novi Sad with a choir from Užice.
He says that he has been fighting for the student cause in his city for months, and that many citizens of Užice who are in the choir are suffering because of activism.
Some have closed their shops, some are fired from their jobs, but Maria says that many of these people are still here today.
"Winter is upon us, we have to push as hard as we know how. If the students can do it, we have to," thinks Maria.
14.34
There was no terrorism or sabotage
Professor Sanja Fritz of the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Belgrade stated that, after reviewing more than 20.000 documents from the documentation that was partially made available to the public and 600.000 pages, she can confirm with great certainty that on November 1, the canopy of the Railway Station in Novi Sad did not fall as the last act of terrorism or sabotage.
"If we talk about the construction aspect, the canopy fell due to the loss of its load-bearing capacity. The loss of its load-bearing capacity occurred primarily, but not exclusively, due to corrosion in the steel wires that were in the tensioners that hung the canopy on the roof structure," said Fritz.
She said that it was just the last straw that had been filled for years with corruption and fraud in the construction industry, disrespect and avoidance of procedures defined by law, constant changes to laws and regulations without respecting the opinions of the profession and lex specialists that were brought for all projects of importance to Serbia, which degrade procedures and speed them up.
"The glass was filled with the interference of individuals in the realization of projects, even though they have no formal competence in them. It was filled with poor management and management of projects, it was filled with the politicization of the Serbian Chamber of Engineers and constant pressure on the engineering profession," said Fritz.
She stated that on November 1 last year, people died at the construction site and pointed out that the failure of an engineer may have partially contributed to the fall of the canopy, but she asked where the people at the construction site came from and who let them there, adding that it was not the engineers.
14.23
Paralyzed traffic in the center of Novi Sad
The plateau in front of the railway station is too small to accommodate all the citizens, and a large column of people began to move away along the Boulevard of Liberation towards the wider and stricter center of Novi Sad.
The traffic in the wider center of Novi Sad is completely paralyzed, the boulevards and streets are full of people, and the same is true in the surrounding neighborhoods, where citizens are looking for respite and refreshment, the FoNet reporter reported.
Most of the citizens went to Freedom Square and Quay of the Raid Victims, where the final part of the commemorative rally will begin at 18:30 p.m., which will end at 19:52 p.m., when the citizens will be silent again for 16 minutes, after which the rally will end.
At all major intersections, citizens are supported by motorcyclists and farmers, who use motorcycles and tractors to provide the path for the columns of people.
There are not many uniformed police.
14.03
Diana Hrka announced a hunger strike
The mother of Stefan Hrka, who died in the fall of the canopy at the railway station in Novi Sad, Diana Hrka, she told the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić to call elections and announced that a hunger strike will begin on Sunday, November 2.
"I need to know who killed my child, who killed 16 people," said Hrka at a rally in Novi Sad, not far from the place where the canopy at the railway station fell, from which her son also died a year ago.
As she said, she will go on hunger strike in front of the Belgrade City Assembly, across the street from the tent settlement "Cacileland".
She said that today is the saddest day for everyone and that Novi Sad is crying today.
"Today, Novi Sad is crying, and I am fighting for no one to ever cry again, no mother, no sister," said Diana Hrka.
14.00
It's not a tragedy, it's a murder.
Student Nadja Šolaja stated that it was not a tragedy, nor a coincidence, but a crime and murder.
"Families deserve to know who killed their loved ones and that those who did it should be held accountable," said Nadja Šolaja at the beginning of the main program at the Railway Station, which began after 16 minutes of silence for the 16 victims and laying of wreaths.
Šolaja said that a year after the canopy fell, no one has been held responsible.
Stating that the death of 16 people is the greatest suffering in Novi Sad in the 21st century and that those people 1. November In 2024, the right to dreams, the future and the basic human right - the right to life - were taken away.
"Any one of us could have been in their place," Sholaya said.
13.52
When it is hot - there is no water, when it is dark - there will be no electricity
The residents of Novi Sad were shocked because there was no water from 8 am to 13 pm.
The explanation they gave to the restaurateurs was that - there was a power outage in the water factory!
"If they turned off the water while it's warm, it means that tonight we can expect them to turn off the electricity," says one restaurateur.
13.17
City of suffering
A huge number of people are standing and waiting their turn to pay their respects to the deceased and approach the place where the citizens died on November 1 last year.
The people will approach until the afternoon.
Then, from 16 p.m., they will go to the Danube, where they will drop white flowers in the water.
12.43
Croatian journalists were not allowed into Serbia
A large number of Croatian journalistic teams, which were headed for Serbia and Novi Sad, were detained at the border this morning and sent back to Croatia, according to one of their colleagues, who came to Novi Sad a few days earlier.
The reason given for this is a security assessment.
On the field near the railway station are teams from Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, and Slovenia, most of which arrived a few days before.
Veterans protect families from journalists
When the families of those killed in the fall of the canopy went to lay wreaths, some journalists went too far.
They started vultures and chasing after that photo.
So much so that the veterans had to make a ring around the people and protect them. A line has to be drawn somewhere.
12.08
Sixteen minutes of silence
Citizens gathered from all over Serbia in Novi Sad paid their respects to the victims of the fall of the canopy at the Novi Sad Railway Station with a 16-minute silence, after which the laying of wreaths began with a choir performance.
Thousands of citizens stood in silence at the Railway Station, where a central commemorative gathering is being held on the anniversary of the fall of the canopy at the Novi Sad Railway Station and the death of 16 people, including children.
After 16 minutes of silence, which ended with "Glory to them" and applause, the representatives of the Novi Sad citizens' choirs and Dijana Hrko, the mother of one of the victims, were the first to lay wreaths at the place of the tragedy.
11.42
War veteran for "Vreme": "The police are nowhere, the SNS is lurking in the streets"
War veterans provide commemoration in front of the railway station. They let people through and ask them not to linger while they light candles in front of the ruins.
"The police are nowhere to be found, and SNS has hid in the streets of the city, we already know where they are, we're just waiting for them to show up," he says.
He fears that the same thing will happen Vidovdan, when the police retreated completely, fled and left the veterans to sort out all the troubles "with a strange people who at one point, with the fall of darkness, came out into the streets and started going wild."
Those were hooligans.
For sure, he says, he will stay with the student children and defend the rally until the students take off their vests.
"I also hiked alone and I understand the children why it is important to them, but we must not stop. You know, there are old people among us, over 70 years old, but we will hold on. There are several thousand of us and we are keeping a watchful eye on all signs," he adds.
Police for "Vreme": "We are not trained to suppress violence, if there is any"
Police from another town came to guard the area around the station. There are only a few of them in the entire kilometer area, although the number of people gathered at the commemoration is measured in the tens of thousands.
They do not know, they say, that any kind of violence is being prepared on the streets, and if there is - they are not trained for it.
"That's what special units do, maybe, we don't do that," says one of them.
11.16
Michaelmas Summer in Novi Sad
The streets of Novi Sad are already crowded. Thousands of people filled the Boulevard of Liberation, which leads to the Railway Station.
"We came from Rijeka for this," says one girl.
People are already carrying white flowers in their hands, and it's Michaelmas summer outside.
Vladan Đokić, rector of the University of Belgrade, is in front of the Railway Station building.
Peace is in the air.
500 meters from the station, it is no longer accessible.
People are calm, however, no one pushes me, they talk softly - it feels like this is a commemoration and a sad gathering.
10.42
Long lines of people are moving towards the university campus
Rivers of people from different parts Novi Sad slowly flowing into space university campus, from where one column will start and join the other 15 going to the Railway Station, where at 11:52 a commemorative silence will be held for the 16 victims who died in the fall of the canopy, reports a FoNet reporter.
The city is completely silent, and citizens spontaneously gather in front of the buildings and join the walk.
There is no usual noise or traffic on the streets, and the increased presence of the police is visible along the entire direction of movement of the columns.
From the Campus, an endless column of security guards in fluorescent vests, which are distributed at points along the route, flows towards the Boulevard of Liberation.
Among them are veterans, who joined the security and organization of the commemorative walk.
Tractors were arranged in the courtyard of the Campus, and farmers announced that they would follow the column with their vehicles to the railway station, supporting the participants.
10.09
A large part of Novi Sad is without water
Citizens of Novi Sad in the city center, in Podbara, in Telep, Adice, Satelit, Detelinara, Rotkvarija, part of Liman, Banatić, Grbavica, Kisac, Futog and Veternik do not have water.
PUK "Vodovod i Kanalizacija" announced that due to a power outage at the Water Factory, there was also an interruption in water delivery.
"Teams from EPS are on the ground and are working to eliminate the fault. We hope that the problem will be resolved quickly," they said from "Waterworks and Sewerage".
Such cases have happened before.
10.00
Candles and flowers for the victims
A large number of citizens come to the railway station in Novi Sad from early in the morning and pay their respects to those who died in the fall of the canopy.
They bring flowers and light candles in silence and with tears in their eyes.
A stage is being set up in front of the railway station for the needs of today's commemorative meeting, which starts at 11:30 am.
As announced, citizens will reach the Railway Station from 16 different locations in the city.
09.47
Many people on the way to Novi Sad
A large number of citizens are moving their vehicles this morning on the highway from Belgrade to Novi Sad in order to attend the commemorative gathering on the occasion of the anniversary of the fall of the canopy at the Novi Sad Railway Station and the death of 16 people, and according to some of them, the crowd is bigger than during previous gatherings.
According to the data of "Roads of Serbia", the vehicle was held for tolling at the Novi Sad south toll booth for about fifteen minutes, and already around nine o'clock - 30 minutes.
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09.30
The tragedy that changed Serbia forever
The anniversary of the tragedy in Novi Sad in which 16 people died and one person was seriously injured, is commemorated with commemorative gatherings.
U Serbia Today is also the Day of Mourning in the Republic of Srpska.
In Novi Sad, symbolically, citizens gather at 16 locations for 16 victims, and from those gathering places they will head towards the Railway Station, where they will pay their respects to the victims.
Serbian diaspora commemorative gatherings are also organized in cities around the world. Commemorative gatherings will be organized in more than 60 cities at 11:52 a.m. local time.
It is a synchronized commemoration under the slogan "Stop, wherever you are! Let the silence resound", from which the message will be sent: "We are with you until the end."
On Friday evening, thousands of students and citizens who walked for days arrived in Novi Sad from all parts of Serbia.
Two groups walked all the way from Novi Pazar, and some came by bicycle, and the people of Novi Sad gave them a magnificent welcome.
Sara Firić (6), Valentina Firić (10) and Đorđe Firić (53) from Kovilje, Milica Adamović (6), Sanja Ćirić Arbutina (35) and Mileva Karanović (76) from Kać were killed in an unprecedented accident on November 1, 2024, after the canopy of the Railway Station in Novi Sad fell on them. Also killed were Nemanja Komar (17) from Stepanovićevo, Miloš Milosavljević (21) from Knićanin, Stefan Hrka (27) from Belgrade, Anđela Ruman (20) from Stara Pazova, Goranko Raca (58) from Novi Sad, Đuro Švonja (77) from Stepanovićevo, Vukašin Raković (69) from Bukovac and citizen of North Macedonia Vasko Sazdovski (46).
Anja Radonjić (24) from Paraćin died as a result of serious injuries in the hospital on November 17. in 2024.
Vukašin Crnčević (18) from Zmajevo, a high school student from Novi Sad, died on March 21 of this year.
Teodora Martinko survived the accident with serious injuries.
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