Vojvodina

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.

SUBOTICA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic ceremonially opened an Ametek business campus in Subotica, northern Serbia, on Wednesday.

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Vucic took a tour of the new factory with plant director Dragan Nagulic, Minister of Economy Goran Knezevic, US Ambassador Kyle Scott, Vojvodina PM Igor Mirovic and Assembly Speaker Istvan Pastor.

BELGRADE - Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said Wednesday 74 people had been arrested in 19 cities across Serbia in police operation Signal early in the day on suspicion of frauds totalling around 2 bln dinars.

The frauds targeted the national and the Vojvodina budgets, local self-government authorities and businesses, he said.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Friday with President of the Vojvodina Provicncial Assembly and Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians leader Istvan Pasztor.

NOVI SAD - Partizan Belgrade drew 0-0 with Vojvodina Novi Sad away from home in Wednesday's first leg of the Serbian football cup semi-finals after Red Star Belgrade defeated Cukaricki 4-1 earlier in the day.

In a hectic game in front of 10,000 spectators at the Karadjordje Stadium, Vojvodina missed two great chances through Nenad Trujic and Aleksandar Palocevic.

The voting in the presidential elections in Serbia is this Monday repeated in three polling stations.

They are located in Novi Sad in the north, and Trstenik and Leskovac in the south.

BELGRADE - Vojvodina Novi Sad were on Tuesday drawn to face title holders Partizan Belgrade in the semi-finals of the Serbian football cup, with Cukaricki to take on Red Star Belgrade.

Vojvodina and Cukaricki will host the first legs on April 26, with the return legs slated for May 10.

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Voting will be repeated in the presidential elections at three polling stations on Monday, April 17, the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) has decided.

These polling stations are located in Novi Sad, Leskovac, and Trstenik.

Eight polling stations opened on Tuesday morning in Kraljevo, Vrsac, Vrbas, Topola, Zrenjanin, Backa Palanka, and Belgrade's Zvezdara municipality.

A total of 9,851 voters are eligible to vote in the repeat elections on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The Serbian national election commission (RIK) on Wednesday ordered repeat presidential elections at eight polling stations where it had annulled the voting.

The repeat elections are scheduled to take place on April 11 at polling stations in Kraljevo, Pancevo, Vrsac, Vrbas, Topola, Zrenjanin, Backa Palanka and the Belgrade municipality of Zvezdara.