Geography of Vojvodina

NOVI SAD - The 18th Exit Festival kicked off at Novi Sad's Petrovaradin Fortress late Wednesday with a spectacular concert by the American rock band The Killers.

Performing trademark hits like Mr Brightside, Somebody Told Me, All These Things That I`ve Done on the main stage, the headlining act of the night lived up to expectations on Exit's first-ever Day Zero.

The 18th Exit Festival kicked off at Novi Sad's Petrovaradin Fortress late Wednesday with a spectacular concert by the US band The Killers, Tanjug is reporting.

Performing trademark hits like Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me, All These Things That I've Done on the main stage, the headlining act of the night lived up to expectations on Exit's first-ever Day 0.

A strong storm hit Novi Sad around noon on Thursday, resulting in the death of a woman who was killed when a tree feel on her car.

According to forecasts, the storm is expected to reach Belgrade around 14:00 hours CET.

A Novi Sad man who died in Syria fighting as a volunteer will be laid to rest in Moscow, Vecernje Novosti is reporting on Wednesday.

The Belgrade daily named the man as 25-year-old Sasa Karan.

A commemorative gathering will be held in Novi Sad's Trg Slobode (Freedom Square), the paper said.

A Novi Sad man who died in Syria fighting as a volunteer will be laid to rest in Moscow, Vecernje Novosti is reporting on Wednesday.

The Belgrade daily named the man as 25-year-old Sasa Karan.

BELGRADE - US-based Stavatti Aerospace and Serbia's Jugoimport-SDPR have struck a deal to develop and produce a new single-engine civilian airplane, the Serbian defence industry company has told Tanjug.

The aircraft will be manufactured at the UTVA AI plant in Pancevo - to be upgraded and expanded as part of the deal - and marketed commercially around the world, Jugoimport-SDPR said.

The Serbian Army on Tuesday received military equipment worth around 900,000 euros (1 million US dollars) donated by China.

A total of 16 rubber boats with outboard engines, five snowmobiles and 10 portable devices for detecting explosives and narcotics were donated to the Serbian army at the military barracks in Pancevo.

China's ambassador to Serbia Li Manchang announced on Tuesday that a Chinese company that wishes to open an electric car factory would soon arrive in Serbia.

Speaking in an army barracks in the town of Pancevo, where he presented a Chinese donation worth around EUR 900,000 to the Serbian Army, Li mentioned three large Chinese companies that will arrive here.

Dozens of far-right activists in the Serbian city of Novi Sad tried to stop the showing of a film about life in Kosovo, but police ousted them from the building after they forced their way in.

NOVI SAD - The construction of Novi Sad's Zezelj Bridge will be completed by end-November, when it will be opened to rail traffic, it was announced on Thursday.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Serbian ministers Zorana Mihajlovic and Aleksandar Antic, Vojvodina PM Igor Mirovic and Novi Sad Mayor Milos Vucevic toured the construction site.