North Bačka District

SUBOTICA - After eight years, a rail line between the Serbian city of Subotica and the Hungarian city of Szeged was reinstated on Tuesday.

To mark the occasion, Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic welcomed his Hungarian counterpart Janos Lazar at the Palic railway station near Subotica.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic met with Hungarian counterpart Janos Lazar in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Vesic said a high-speed rail line between Belgrade and Budapest would be completed by 2025 and that it had been agreed that trains would not have to stop at the border.

President Vui said that the Chinese workers were urged to increase the dynamics and used the opportunity to remind the public that the last railway in Serbia was built in 1976.

The longest delays are in Horgos border crossing to Hungary, where the convoy of passengers stretch three kilometers long.

The accident happened at about 7.00 am, at the so-called Tavankut Crossroads.
Two people were killed and, according to the RTS, there are also injured who were transferred to the hospital in Subotica.
Traffic was diverted to alternative routes: to Ljutovo and Novi Zednik.
Traffic accident investigation is ongoing.

"I hear there is an opposition politician who says that many Hungarians will move to Serbia. Unfortunately, we do not have enough Hungarians even at home," Orban said, when asked by journalist to comment about Trifunovic's remark, made during the opposition rally on Saturday.

The company has invested more than EUR 32 million since the beginning of its operations in the country.

Norma Group, which develops and manufactures clamps, couplings and fluid flow pipelines for the automotive industry, currently employs 1,200 people and exports its products to 50 countries around the world.

At a meeting with Serbia's President in Subotica, northern Serbia, to attend the reopening of the city's magnificent Art Nouveau synagogue, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his government had set aside around 32 million euros to restore ruined synagogues elsewhere around Europe.

SUBOTICA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday said he believed Serbia would not be slowed down on its EU path as a result of Pristina's vows to never establish the Community of Serb Municipalities or public statements announcing certain actions.

SUBOTICA - A new plant of German car part maker Continental was opened in Subotica, northern Serbia, on Tuesday.

Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic, who spoke with the plant's management before the opening ceremony, said the factory, which will hire over 500 people, was another proof the government kept every promise made to investors, and to the benefit of the Serbian citizens.