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Aleksandra Sofronijević
Aleksandra Damnjanović Sofronijević (; born 1961) is a Serbian politician and jurist who has served as Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure since 2025. She has held the position of State Secretary in the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Serbia from 2014 to 2025. Biography She was born in 1961 in Obrenovac. She graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade. From 1987 to 2004, she worked in the City Municipality of Savski Venac as advisor, assistant head, and head of departments dealing with property-legal, construction, and communal-housing affairs. Prior to that, she spent two years as a legal intern, specializing in civil law and criminal law. Between 2004 and 2012, she served as assistant minister in the Ministry of Capital Investments, the Ministry of Infrastructure, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Mining, Spatial Planning and Urbanism of the Republic of Serbia. From 2012 to 2014, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obrenovac
Obrenovac ( sr-cyr, Обреновац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2022 census results, the municipality has a population of 68,882 inhabitants, while the urban area has 25,380 inhabitants. The old name for Obrenovac was Palež. The largest Serbian thermal power plant TPP Nikola Tesla is located on the outskirts of the municipality. Stubline transmitter, one of the most powerful broadcasting stations ever built is also situated in this municipality, Obrenovac was also submerged and completely evacuated during the 2014 Southeast Europe floods. Geography Obrenovac is situated 30 km south-west of central Belgrade near bends of the river Sava to the north. The river Kolubara flows to the east of the town on its way to join the Sava. Total land area of the municipality of Obrenovac is . Apart from the town, it consists of the following villages: Some of the neighborhoods in the town are Topolice, Rojkovac, Dudovi, Rvati, Muzička kolonija, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Law (legal System)
Civil law is a legal system rooted in the Roman Empire and was comprehensively codified and disseminated starting in the 19th century, most notably with France's Napoleonic Code (1804) and Germany's (1900). Unlike common law systems, which rely heavily on judicial precedent, civil law systems are characterized by their reliance on legal codes that function as the primary source of law. Today, civil law is the world's most common legal system, practiced in about 150 countries. The civil law system is often contrasted with the common law system, which originated in medieval England. Whereas the civil law takes the form of legal codes, the common law comes from uncodified case law that arises as a result of judicial decisions, recognising prior court decisions as legally binding precedent. Historically, a civil law is the group of legal ideas and systems ultimately derived from the '' Corpus Juris Civilis'', but heavily overlain by Napoleonic, Germanic, canonical, feuda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Births
Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti enters the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet Of Đuro Macut
The cabinet of Đuro Macut was formed on 16 April 2025, following the latter's election as Prime Minister of Serbia by the National Assembly (Serbia), National Assembly on the same day. It succeeded the cabinet of Miloš Vučević. The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) came to power in 2012 Serbian parliamentary election, 2012. After the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election, Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, gave Miloš Vučević the mandate to form a government. He was elected in May 2024, but resigned amidst 2024–present Serbian anti-corruption protests, anti-corruption protests in January 2025. After the acknowledgment of his resignation by the National Assembly in March, negotiations were held to form a new government. Vučić gave Macut the mandate to form a government in early April. The cabinet is composed of members of SNS, Socialist Party of Serbia, Party of United Pensioners of Serbia, Social Democratic Party of Serbia, Serbian Party Oathkeepers, Serbian Peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novi Sad Railway Station Canopy Collapse
On 1 November 2024, the concrete canopy of the main railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, collapsed onto the busy pavement below, killing 16 people and severely injuring one more. The station building was constructed in 1964, and was renovated from 2021 to mid-2024 with support from China's Belt and Road Initiative. The cause of the collapse is still under investigation. The collapse spawned a series of mass protests in Novi Sad, which then spread throughout Serbia, fueled by dissatisfaction with other issues including government corruption and media censorship. Background Station building The railway station was constructed in 1964. The building was structurally advanced for its period, bold, and relatively unusual. The roof, made from concrete slabs, is corrugated for rigidity and cantilevers over the main entrance. A suspended structure was affixed to this extending portion of the roof using steel tension elements. This structure mainly consisted of massive reinforced co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Aviation Directorate
The Civil Aviation Directorate of the Republic of Serbia () is the civil aviation authority of Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree .... The Accidents and Incidents Investigation and Risks Analysis Office investigates aviation accidents and incidents. References External links Civil Aviation DirectorateCivil Aviation Directorate Civil aviation authorities in Europe, Serbia Aviation organizations based in Serbia Government of Serbia Organizations investigating aviation accidents and incidents Civil aviation in Serbia {{aviation-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Аеродром Никола Тесла Београд, Aerodrom Nikola Tesla Beograd, separator=" / ") or Belgrade Airport ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Аеродром Београд, Aerodrom Beograd, separator=" / ") is an international airport serving Belgrade, Serbia. It is the largest and the busiest airport in Serbia, situated west of downtown Belgrade near the suburb of Surčin, surrounded by fertile lowlands. It is operated by Vinci Airports (subsidiary of the French conglomerate Vinci) and is named after Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla (1856–1943). The flag carrier and the largest airline of Serbia, Air Serbia, uses Belgrade Nikola Tesla as its hub. It is also one of the many operating bases for low-cost airline Wizz Air. The air taxi services Air Pink, Eagle Express and Prince Aviation also call the airport their home. History First airfields The first airfield in Belgrade was inaugurated in 1910 in the neighb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaša Tomić (Sečanj)
Jakov Tomić ( sr-Cyrl, Јаков Томић; 23 October 1856 – 22 October 1922) was a Serbian journalist, politician and author from the Serbian region of Vojvodina, which was part of the Austrian Empire when he was born. Modoš, a town in the Serbian part of Banat, was renamed in his honor in 1924. Biography At the time of his birth in 1856, the town of Vršac was part of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar crown land in the post-1849 Habsburg monarchy. His Serbian Orthodox Christian family had thrived significantly from trade in the region. He attended elementary school in Vršac, then gymnasium in Timișoara and Kecskemét. He was a volunteer in the Herzegovina Uprising, after which he attended medical faculties in Vienna and Prague, but later transferred to the faculty of philosophy and philology. Thereafter, Tomić was involved in Serb politics in Habsburg-controlled parts of present-day Serbia (Serbian Vojvodina). Combining interests in socialism and Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avala Tower
The Avala Tower ( sr-Cyrl, Авалски торањ, Avalski toranj) is a tall telecommunications tower located on Mount Avala, in Belgrade, Serbia. The original tower was finished in 1965, but was destroyed on 29 April 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The tower's reconstruction commenced on 21 December 2006 and it was officially opened on 21 April 2010. History Origin The tower was designed by architects Uglješa Bogunović and Slobodan Janjić, and engineer Milan Krstić. Contractor was the "Rad" construction company. Construction started on 14 October 1961 and was completed four years later, in 1965. The tower weighed . Between and , there was an enclosed observation deck, entered at and reached via two quick elevators. It was the only tower in the world to have an equilateral triangle as its cross section, and one of very few towers not perched directly into the ground, but standing on its legs. The legs formed a tripod, the symbol of Serbian tripod cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographics The world population on January 1, 2003, was estimated to be 6.272 billion people and increased to 6.353 billion people by January 1, 2004. An estimated 134.0 million births and 52.5 million deaths took place in 2003. The average global life expectancy was 67.1 years, an increase of 0.3 years from 2002. The rate of child mortality was 6.85%, a decrease of 0.27Percentage point, pp from 2002. 25.54% of people were living in extreme poverty, a decrease of 1.31pp from 2002. There were approximately 10.6 million global refugees at the beginning of 2003, and the number was reduced to 9.7 million refugees by the end of the year. Afghanistan was the largest source of refugees, with a total of 2.1 million at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Environmental Protection (Serbia)
The Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia () is the Ministry (government department), ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge of the environmental protection. The current minister is Irena Vujović, in office since 2020. History The ministry was established on 31 July 1991. Over the years, several departments were added and removed in the Ministry's jurisdiction. The area covered by the Ministry mostly included Environmental Protection, Natural Resources, Spatial Planning. From 2004 to 2007, the Environmental Protection department was under Ministry of Science (Serbia), Ministry of Science jurisdiction. In 2011, the Mining department of the Ministry of Mining and Energy (Serbia), Ministry of Mining and Energy was added to the Ministry only to be removed in 2014. In 2012, Environment department was moved into Ministry of Mining and Energy (Serbia), Ministry of Energy, Development, and Environment under Zorana Mihajlović. The Minist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012
2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the Romanian city of Târgu Mureș, protesters expressing solidarity towards certain figures in the medical field and calling for the resignation of president Traian Băsescu. The protests would soon spread through all of the country, marking the start of a long 2012–2015 unrest in Romania, civil unrest in Romania, lasting up to 2015 Romanian protests, November 2015. * January 13 – The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia disaster, ''Costa Concordia'' runs aground off the coast of Italy, causing 32 deaths. * January 23 – Iran–European Union relations: the European Union adopts an embargo against Iran in protest of its continued effort to enrich uranium. February * February 1 – Egypt's deadliest football incident known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
