South Bačka District

Serbia's Instute for Public Health, named after Dr. Milan Jovanovic Batut, has confirmed 141 cases in Belgrade, 46 in the South Backa District, 40 in the South Banat, 15 in the Podunavlje, 13 in the Branicevski, 6 in the Western Backa, 7 in the Sremska, , 5 in Northern Banat, 4 in the Middle Banat, one in the Macva, 1 in the Zlatibor, one in the Pomoravlje, and 2 in the Raska districs.

The president thanked Hahn, who is in charge of EU's enlargement negotiations and neighborhood policy, for the help that the EU has given to build the bridge, calling it a true friend of Serbia.

The local assembly in Serbia’s second city, Novi Sad, has been accused of distorting history for voting to erect a monument to the alleged victims of crimes by Yugoslav Communist Partisan forces.

According to the Serbian government, Brnabic said that Serbia has become a desirable destination for investment and foreign tourists, and that Novi Sad has become the center of IT industry and creativity.

NOVI SAD - The German automotive company Continental opened a research and development facility in Novi Sad on Wednesday.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said this was a "leap forward" for the Serbian economy, considering it was now in a "higher league of investments and investors."

A foreign national has received serious burns during the New Year celebrations in Novi Sad's Sloboda (Freedom) Square.

Reports on Monday said that he was being treated at the Clinical Center of Vojvodina and that his condition was stable.

A retired police officer from the town of Becej used a hand grenade to commit suicide in his family home on Tuesday night, B92 has learned unofficially..

The body was discovered by his daughter, who is also a police officer, working at the Novi Sad Police Directorate.

NOVI SAD - Serbia respects the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Spain, which is a huge friend of the Republic of Serbia, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Monday.

Two Austrians, a man and a woman, have been arrested in Backo Petrovo Selo in northern Serbia on charges of paying minors to take their photographs.

They are suspected of then selling this content online to pedophiles.

An off-duty police officer in the town of Temerin in northern Serbia has disarmed a man who was in the street, holding a hand grenade.

The Novi Sad-based website 021.rs reported on Monday that the suspect is 45-year-old B.S., from Zitiste, also a town in the Vojvodina province.