Goran Vesic

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic resigned from his post on Tuesday.

At an extraordinary press conference on Monday evening, Vesic announced he would officially resign following a tragedy in which an overhang collapse at the Novi Sad railway station killed 14 people and seriously injured three others on Friday.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has proposed an advisory referendum to determine whether he should continue in his role, responding to public outcry following the tragic collapse of the Novi Sad train station visor that resulted in the deaths of 14 individuals. He remarked that the protesters were effectively calling for his resignation.

Growing calls for accountability are emerging in Serbia following the tragic deaths of 14 individuals when an outdoor canopy collapsed at the Novi Sad railway station. The incident occurred just months after a three-year renovation project carried out by a Chinese consortium was completed, reports Balkan Insight.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic announced he would on Tuesday officially resign from his post in the wake of a tragic accident in which a roof overhang collapse at the Novi Sad railway station killed 14 people and seriously injured three others on Friday.

BELGRADE - Under an agreement signed in the Serbian government building on Tuesday, Serbia will receive a 50 mln euro EBRD loan for urgent reconstruction of its railway infrastructure.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic said on Friday he expected the wrecks of 21 Nazi German warships to be cleared from the bottom of the Danube by the end of this year to restore full navigability of the river near Prahovo, eastern Serbia.

The ships were sunk by the Nazis near the Port of Prahovo as WWII was drawing to a close.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure said on Tuesday Minister Goran Vesic had tested positive for the COVID virus.

As a result, Vesic has cancelled all visits and meetings planned for Tuesday and Wednesday as well as his attendance of a parliamentary session.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic received Inaqui Carnicero, Secretary General of Urban Agenda, Housing and Architecture at Spain's Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, and Spanish Ambassador to Belgrade Juan Jose Sanz Aparicio.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic said on Tuesday that, thanks to Presidents Aleksandar Vucic and Xi Jinping, Serbia and China had built a steely friendship based on which they were developing new prospects for the relations between the two countries and the two peoples.

BELGRADE - Serbia's PM Designate Milos Vucevic announced on Tuesday he would request a parliament session for Wednesday, May 1, to present his government's programme and work plan to MPs and propose the cabinet members.