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Novi Sad
[naw-vee sahd]
noun
a city in and the capital of Vojvodina, in Serbia, on the Danube.
Novi Sad
/ 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)
Example Sentences
There were widespread allegations of violence and police brutality in the capital, Belgrade, and Novi Sad.
The protests were initially triggered by a railway station collapse in Novi Sad in November last year, with Serbians demanding an early election and the end to President Aleksander Vučić's 12-year reign.
Almost daily protests have gripped Serbia since November, after the collapse of the Novi Sad railway station roof that killed 16 people.
The protest movement started with a relatively simple purpose: to ensure accountability for last November's disaster at Novi Sad railway station, when a concrete canopy at the recently renovated facility in Serbia's second city collapsed, killing 16 people who were standing beneath it.
Since then roadblocks have been popping up in cities across Serbia this week and people have been deploying dustbins, chairs and other improvised barriers to block junctions in major cities including Belgrade, Novi Sad and Nis.
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