Novi Sad

American

[naw-vee sahd] / ˈnɔ vi ˈsɑd /

noun

a city in and the capital of Vojvodina, in Serbia, on the Danube.

Novi Sad British

/ ˈnɔviː ˈsaːd /

noun

German name: Neusatz. a port in Serbia, in the NE on the River Danube: founded in 1690 as the seat of the Serbian patriarch; university (1960). Pop: 234 151 (2002)

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A Serbian court dropped charges Wednesday against a former construction minister over the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse that killed 16 people, citing a lack of evidence.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Goran Vesic, 56, who resigned days after the accident, was charged in September along with 12 others with a "serious crime against public safety" by the Novi Sad chief prosecutor.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Her son Stefan, aged 27, was among the 16 killed in the collapse at a railway station in the city of Novi Sad.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

Following last November's disaster at Novi Sad railway station – where 16 people died when a concrete canopy collapsed – students launched protests, and the festival offered its support to them.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025

But this gentleman, a retired officer, lives almost exclusively at Novi Sad, where his very beautiful daughter is married to M. Dunjarski, one of the wealthiest men in Yugoslavia.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Baerlein, Henry

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