Geography of Belgrade

BELGRADE - A total 1,797 construction permits were issued in Serbia in February, which was a 0.6 pct increase relative to the same month of 2023.

According to figures released by the national statistical office RZS, 80.5 pct of the total permits were issued for buildings, while other structures made up the remaining 19.5 pct.

As can be seen on the serbialive_beograd Instagram page, a video was published showing a large number of police vehicles on the Sava Quay, as well as utility workers, the so-called Whites, carrying things out.

The commander of the diving platoon in the Diving Unit of the Gendarmerie, Marko Mladenovi, told TV Prva that security responded immediately after it was noticed that the graduates had jumped into the water, but that, unfortunately, there was no rescue for two of them.

The boys who drowned in Lake Sava were students of the Traffic School in Zemun and the "Lola" Technical School in eleznik, and it is assumed that they were celebrating the end of the school year at Ada Ciganlija.

Previously, it was reported to the police around 17:30 that a large number of high school graduates entered the lake on Ada Ciganlija, and that two people did not swim out.
Police patrols, as well as the Diving Unit of the Gendarmerie, were immediately sent to the scene and began the search.

Thunderstorm systems over Romania are moving in a north-easterly altitudinal current towards Serbia, i.e. towards its north-eastern part.
"In the next two hours, rain and local showers with thunder are expected in the north of Vojvodina, the south of Banat, Srem and western Serbia," announced the Republic Hydrometeorological Institute (RHMZ) in an announcement published at 4 p.m.

Ljubljana – Economy Minister Zdravko Počivalšek said he would strive for the state to exercise the pre-emptive right to a 43% stake in the tourism company Sava, which the private equity fund York has agreed to sell to Prestige, a company backed by a Hungarian fund. The final decision will be made after talks with the buyer and the relevant state institutions.

In most lower areas, snow cover of 10 to 25 cm is expected, and in hilly and mountainous areas over 30 cm, while snow weakening is expected during the night, according to the director of the Republic Hydro-meteorological Institute (RHMZ), Professor Jugoslav Nikolic.

Three ambulance teams went out on the field, which transported the minors, all unconscious, to the toxicology of the Military Medical Academy (VMA). According to the media, the children were released home this morning after a complete medical check-up.

The orange meteorological alarm was declared today for the area of Pomoravlje, while Baka, Srem, Sumadija and Belgrade in yellow.
A red meteorological alarm means that the weather conditions are extremely dangerous and of such intensity that they can cause great material damage and pose a danger to the safety of humans and animals.