2023 in Serbia
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Events in the year 2023 in Serbia.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Aleksandar Vučić
- Prime Minister: Ana Brnabić
- President of the National Assembly: Vladimir Orlić
Events
[edit]Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia
- 8 January – NATO rejects Serbia's request to deploy up to 1,000 of Serbia's troops and military police in North Kosovo.[1]
- 3 May – Belgrade school shooting: a 13-year-old student kills ten people.
- 4 May – Mladenovac and Smederevo shootings: a 21 year-old man kills nine people.[2][3]
- 8 May - 4 November - Serbia Against Violence protests: Tens of thousands of people gather on the streets multiple times following two shootings in May.
- 14 June – Serbian forces detain three Kosovo Police officers, accusing them of illegally crossing the border. Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti denies the Serbian claims, saying that the officers were arrested 300 metres inside Kosovan territory, and demands their immediate release.[4]
- 17 December – 2023 Serbian parliamentary election:
- Serbians elect members of the National Assembly.
- President Aleksandar Vučić declares victory for his Serbian Progressive Party, claiming a majority with 127 seats, while opposition leader Radomir Lazović of the Green–Left Front raises concerns of electoral irregularities including vote buying and falsification.[5]
- 24 December – 2023 Serbian election protests: Hundreds of opposition supporters in Belgrade, Serbia, are tear gassed by police outside the City Assembly building while protesting alleged vote irregularities during last week's general election.[6]
Deaths
[edit]- 4 January – Zoran Kalezić, 72, Serbian-Montenegrin singer.[7]
- 5 January – Dušan Veličković, 75–76, writer, journalist and filmmaker.[8]
- 7 January – Zinaid Memišević, 72, Bosnian-Serbian actor (2012, Miracle, Bolji život).[9]
- 8 January – Borislav Dević, 59, Olympic marathoner (1996).[10]
- 9 January – Charles Simic, 84, Serbian-born American poet.[11]
- 13 January – Gordana Kuić, 80, novelist (The Scent of Rain in the Balkans).[12]
- 27 January – Saša Petrović, 61, Bosnian-Serbian actor (It's Hard to Be Nice, Fuse, Lud, zbunjen, normalan).[13]
- 8 February – Branka Veselinović, 104, actress (A Child of the Community).[14]
- 12 March – Dragoslav Mihailović, 92, writer.[15]
- 16 April – Slobodan Lalović, 68, politician, Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Policy (2004–2007).[16]
- 2 July – Milan Milutinović, 80, politician, President of Serbia (1997–2002).[17]
References
[edit]- ^ Bytyci, Fatos (2023-01-08). "NATO declines Serbia's request to deploy its troops in Kosovo". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
- ^ "Man arrested after second mass shooting in Serbia". BBC News. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ^ Vaš, Gordana (2023-06-23). "Preminuo jedan od povređenih u masovnoj pucnjavi u Malom Orašju". N1 (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ "Serbia arrests Kosovo police officers as tensions soar". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ "Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic claims big election victory for ruling party". 2023-12-17. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
- ^ "Police in Serbia fire tear gas at election protesters threatening to storm capital's city hall". AP News. 2023-12-24. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
- ^ "PREMINUO ZORAN KALEZIĆ! Pevač izgubio bitku s najtežom bolešću!". kurir.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Preminuo novinar Dušan Veličković". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "PREMINUO GLUMAC IZ BOLJEG ŽIVOTA! Proslavio se u brojnim serijama i filmovima, a sada nas je napustio ZAUVEK!". kurir.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ "TUŽNA VEST JE STIGLA IZ SIDNEJA! Napustio nas je čuveni reprezentativac - Borislav Dević preminuo samo dan pred 60. rođendan!". kurir.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "Umro Čarls Simić". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ "Preminula književnica Gordana Kuić". vijesti.me. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ "PREMINUO GLUMAC SAŠA PETROVIĆ: Ostaće upamćen po ulogama u mnogim filmovima, ali i serijama "Vratiće se rode", "Lud, zbunjen, normalan"..." NOVOSTI (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ "Čuvena glumica Branka Veselinović preminula je u 105. godini života - Kultura - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 2023-02-08. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ "Preminuo akademik Dragoslav Mihailović, dobitnik mnogih književnih nagrada i priznanja". Danas. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ Preminuo bivši ministar Slobodan Lalović (in Serbian)
- ^ [1] (in Serbian)
