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Novi Sad

28.May 2025. B. B.

Activists sentenced to house arrest instead of prison, students shout "victory"

Activists Mladen Cvijetić, Srđan Đurić and Davor Stefanović from the Movement of Free Citizens were sentenced to house arrest with electronic monitoring instead of prison.

activist

22.May 2025. B. B.

Three activists have another month of detention

Appreciating the gravity, nature and manner of committing the criminal offense for which the activists are suspected, the Extra-Trial Chamber of the High Court in Novi Sad extended their detention for another 30 days

The case of Marija Vasić

20.May 2025. IN THE

Marija Vasić and two other activists under house arrest with electronic surveillance

The Court of Appeal in Novi Sad partially accepted the appeal of the defenders of the arrested activists and ordered house arrest with electronic monitoring for Marija Vasić, Lado Jovović and Lazar Dinić. They are prohibited from using the phone, the Internet and contacts with other people, and the measure will last until August 20.

Novi Sad

16.May 2025. B. B.

Novi Sad High Court: Again police pepper spray on peaceful demonstrators

The police used pepper spray against citizens and students and stood in front of the official entrance of the High Court in Novi Sad

High Court in Novi Sad

13.May 2025. B. B.

Activist Marija Vasić started a hunger and thirst strike

Vasić has been in custody for almost two months, as well as students and activists Lazar Dinić, Davor Stefanović, Srđan Đurić, Mladen Cvijetić and Lado Jovović, and they are accused of attempting to overthrow the constitutional order, based on their wiretapped conversation, which was broadcast on regime television.

16 people died in the fall of the canopy of the Railway Station in Novi Sad

Canopy fall

29.April 2025. KS

Prolonged detention for nine suspects, one person under house arrest

The High Court in Novi Sad extended the custody of nine suspects for the fall of the canopy, while one person was approved for replacement of custody with home supervision

Chronicle

22.April 2025. KS

The detention of the former mayor of Niš, Dragana Sotirovski, has been extended

Two months after the arrest, the detention of the former mayor of Niš, Dragana Sotirovski, was extended for another 30 days.

Canopy fall

31.march 2025 KS

The detention of the suspects in the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad has been extended

The detention of the suspects in the fall of the railway station canopy in Novi Sad has been extended

Chronicle

23.February 2025. IN THE

The former mayor of Niš, Dragana Sotirovski, was remanded in custody for up to 30 days

The higher public prosecutor's office in Niš charges former mayor Dragana Sotirovski and three other suspects with embezzlement in connection with construction works. According to the accusations, they improperly awarded jobs without a tender, which damaged the city budget by millions of dinars

The railway station in Novi Sad after the demolition of the canopy

Chronicle

29.January 2025 TS

Detention extended for ten suspects in the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad

The High Court in Novi Sad extended for another 30 days the detention of ten suspects for the fall of the canopy at the Railway Station in Novi Sad on November 1, when 15 people died and two people were seriously injured. Jelena Tanasković and Anita Dimoski are still under house arrest, while Goran Vesić is defending himself from freedom

Citizens pay their respects to the victims at the railway station in Novi Sad

High Court

20.December 2024 IN THE

Suspects in the tragedy in Novi Sad have been remanded in custody

The High Court extended the detention of the suspects for the fall of the canopy in Novi Sad, which claimed 15 lives, for another 30 days. The decision was made due to the existence of special circumstances and public anxiety caused by the case.

Chronicle

10.December 2024 IN THE

Ješić in custody again: "I wrote a tweet, I did not admit guilt"

Goran Ješić, the former vice-president of the Vojvodina government, is back in custody, from which he was previously released because he was originally detained on Tuesday by order of the prosecution, due to a tweet in which he "threatened the safety" of Boris Dumnić, the dean of FTN in Novi Sad.

Tragedy in Novi Sad

27.November 2024 MS

Goran Vesić's detention was terminated

The High Court in Novi Sad canceled the custody of the suspect Goran Vesić, because the submitted evidence so far does not indicate a well-founded suspicion that he committed a criminal offense, a serious offense against general security

Political prisoners

22.November 2024 TS

Goran Ješić after his release from custody: A space unworthy of people in the 21st century

After two weeks of detention, former Vice President of the Government of Vojvodina Goran Ješić, student Relja Stanojević and city councilor in Novi Sad Miša Bačulov were released from custody on Friday.

Tragedy in Novi Sad

21.November 2024 B. B.

Tabloids: Vesić and the others will be detained for up to 30 days

Instead of the competent authorities of the Republic of Serbia, the tabloid Informer published the information about the detention order, referring to the statement of its editor-in-chief Dragan J. Vučićević, who also had a reprimand: "Shame on you, all the judicial staff!" Sue me, arrest me too!"

KiM

16.October 2024 MJ

A sentence of eight months in prison and 10.000 euros for a Serb from Zvečani

The Kosovo court sentenced Serb LD from Zvečan to eight months in prison and a fine of 10.000 euros for participating in riots in May last year in front of the Zvečan municipality. On that occasion, around thirty KFOR soldiers were injured

Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina

07.October 2024 B. B.

A local strongman in BiH overwhelmingly won the elections - from prison

Ibro Berilo, the mayor of the Municipality of Trnovo in BiH, won the local elections again despite (or thanks to) campaigning from detention, where he is being held on charges of systemic corruption

Social media

28.August 2024 MS

Telegram founder Pavel Durov released from custody

Pavel Durov, the Telegram founder who was detained on Saturday night, has been released from police custody in France. He faces indictment for a number of offenses, such as terrorism, drugs, money laundering, fraud and smuggling. Prosecutors in Paris said they will now face "initial questioning and possible indictment".

Chronicle

28.June 2024 IN THE

Detention of TV Pink producer Nina Kovačević, who hit a girl on the sidewalk with her car

TV Pink producer, who hit a girl with her car at a pedestrian crossing in Belgrade, was remanded in custody

Military Union of Serbia

24.June 2024 MJ/FoNet

Novic Antic's detention extended again: "Five months of repression"

The Court of Appeal in Novi Sad, on the proposal of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad, extended the detention of the former president of the Military Union of Serbia, Novica Antic, and his trade union associate Predrag Jevtić for another two months until July 27 of this year, Antic's lawyer Ivan Ninić announced.

Chronicle

03.April 2024. IM / Today

Novica Antic and his associate Predrag Jevtić have been remanded in custody

The judge for the preliminary proceedings extended their detention for another 30 days, because not all witnesses responded to the invitation of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad - Special Department for Suppression of Corruption

Post-election protest

26.December 2023 S.Ć.

The ninth protest in Belgrade has ended: Let them all go!

While the citizens in front of the Palace of Justice were demanding the release of all those detained, the police were inside equipped to break up demonstrations

Laws

26.October 2023 MJ

OSCE on Kosovo's judiciary: Courts to apply detention as a last resort

The OSCE report included an analysis of the observance of a fair trial and international human rights standards in 70 hearings for the determination of detention measures throughout Kosovo in 2022 and nine decisions of the Court of Appeal in 2023.

Investigation of the bloodshed in Banjska

05.October 2023 MN

Marinika Tepić: The prosecutor acted in the interest of Radoičić

The vice-president of the Freedom and Justice Party (SSP) Marinika Tepić assessed that by looking at the testimony of Milan Radoičić, it can be seen that the prosecutor did not even ask for detention under those points of the Criminal Procedure Law, which would certainly lead to such a decision of the court

Chronicle

04.October 2023 Magda Janjic

The murder of Jelena Marjanović: The husband has the right to await the final verdict in freedom

"This decision has nothing to do with the first-instance verdict," lawyer Marko Pantić tells "Vreme" and adds that detention is not and must not be a substitute for serving a sentence.

KiM

04.October 2023 Z.S.

Milan Radoičić was released from custody, he is forbidden to leave Serbia

After hearing the defendant MR about the reasons for ordering detention, the judge for preliminary proceedings of the High Court in Belgrade rejected the proposal of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade to order detention due to the risk of escape, the High Court in Belgrade announced