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[00:00:25] Good evening, you are watching N1 news, I am Milan Šarić and
[00:00:28] this is today's top story.
[00:00:32] Director Stevan Filipović was beaten in the center of Belgrade
[00:00:36] after he photographed people who were writing
[00:00:39] graffiti.
[00:00:42] I have a concussion and my lip is split,
[00:00:46] and that's how the face of Vučić's Serbia looks. I would like to
[00:00:49] believe that it's not his political invention who he
[00:00:57] the news.
[00:01:02] Two active fires in Serbia, critical situation in
[00:01:04] Deliblatska Peščara, preventive evacuation of
[00:01:08] Čardak and Šumarak settlements has begun. The army is also involved in extinguishing
[00:01:11] the fire. Fire also near Ušće, near
[00:01:14] Kraljevo.
[00:01:18] Ukrainian President Zelensky on Saturday in his first visit to Serbia
[00:01:22] since the beginning
[00:01:22] of his mandate.
[00:01:27] After many missed deadlines, is it realistic for the high-speed
[00:01:30] railway Belgrade-Budapest to start operating in September?
[00:01:34] Hungarian Minister of Transport Dávid
[00:01:37] Vitézy answers for N1. If everything goes well, then it will be
[00:01:41] in autumn, in the early part
[00:01:43] of autumn.
[00:01:47] In Serbia today, 40 degrees were measured, possible showers
[00:01:50] in the coming days, a slight drop in
[00:01:53] temperature announced for tomorrow, up to
[00:01:55] 37 degrees.
[00:02:02] Director and professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, Stevan
[00:02:05] Filipović, was beaten last night after filming a group of men
[00:02:09] with his mobile phone as they wrote offensive
[00:02:12] graffiti against students on the facade of a building at the corner of Nušićeva and
[00:02:16] Makedonska Street. Filipović tells N1 that this attack bears
[00:02:20] the regime's signature, while the President of Serbia expects that
[00:02:23] the perpetrators will be found.
[00:02:26] Again, another step was taken. This time, on the threshold
[00:02:30] of the 125-year-old house of engineer Jovan
[00:02:32] Smederevac. No, no, we are not talking about the facade of a cultural
[00:02:36] monument that has been destroyed for months. We are going a step
[00:02:39] further. We are talking about the fact that because of this graffiti, individuals
[00:02:43] are ready to brutally beat up a dissident, in front
[00:02:46] of witnesses, security cameras in the city center,
[00:02:50] elections in 2023, in for who knows how many times. I just saw a pack of those
[00:02:53] guys who were sticking SNS
[00:02:56] stickers, writing those graffiti. I filmed some
[00:02:59] of them, went and stood in line for burgers. Director Stevan
[00:03:02] Filipović further explains that while he was standing in line, one
[00:03:06] of those men approached him, snatched his mobile phone
[00:03:09] from his hand. Since he went after him, an attack followed.
[00:03:14] as the minister explained to me, that Then five or six more came, knocked me down, threw
[00:03:16] me to the ground. There were 15 people who were waiting for burgers.
[00:03:20] Uh, they threw me to the ground, started punching me, then kicking me
[00:03:24] in the head. Then this guy took a metal chair, hit
[00:03:28] me with the metal chair, they made... they did what they did.
[00:03:31] I have two stitches here,
[00:03:35] a hematoma here, my neck hurts, I have a
[00:03:38] concussion and my lip is split, look.
[00:03:42] This is how the face of Vučić's Serbia looks. The President
[00:03:46] of Serbia has been informed about this case. Vučić first
[00:03:49] explains that he followed, as he says, Filipović's conflicts with
[00:03:53] other blockaders and what he said against him and
[00:03:57] the SNS in the previous period. Absolutely. I condemn
[00:04:00] every kind of violence. I hope that the
[00:04:03] perpetrators will be caught and
[00:04:06] held accountable. I would like to believe that it is not his political
[00:04:10] fabrication who he beat up, but that he will provide
[00:04:13] adequate information to the competent
[00:04:16] state authorities. The competent state authorities, I am convinced, will do
[00:04:20] their job, and I ask and demand that from them.
[00:04:23] The Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation. The duty public
[00:04:25] prosecutor of the First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade was informed that during
[00:04:29] the night there was an attack by unknown
[00:04:32] perpetrators. Therefore, an order was given to determine the identity
[00:04:37] either. Everything is written in of the persons, to determine all the circumstances of the event, i.e., to collect available
[00:04:40] evidence, including video surveillance camera footage. In
[00:04:44] a sea of condemnations, also that of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, which recognizes
[00:04:48] in the attack on its professor the result of a months-long campaign
[00:04:52] of targeting and endangering representatives of the academic
[00:04:57] these, 70% refer to community. This atmosphere that something so serious can go unpunished, it seems to me,
[00:05:00] is becoming more intense and somehow empowers people who commit exactly these kinds of offenses.
[00:05:04] Has this ever happened to someone who is not against the regime?
[00:05:08] Always the victim on the street in 99% of cases is someone who was
[00:05:12] active. Otherwise, our question to the President of Serbia regarding
[00:05:15] this case had a second part: do you, as one of the holders
[00:05:19] of the highest state functions in Serbia,
[00:05:23] feel at this moment some degree of responsibility for this situation in
[00:05:27] Serbian society? A specific answer was not given.
[00:05:30] Nenad Nešić, N1,
[00:05:32] Belgrade.
[00:05:36] The government announced that on Wednesday 178 fires were recorded
[00:05:39] in Serbia, and two were not
[00:05:42] extinguished. At the meeting of the operational team of the Republic Headquarters
[00:05:46] for Emergency Situations, it was stated that the focus
[00:05:49] of activities was on suppressing fires in Deliblatska Peščara and on
[00:05:53] normalizing the operation of the pumping stations Bezdan and
[00:05:56] Bogojevo on the Upper Danube. On the satellite
[00:06:00] map showing active fires, the most endangered
[00:06:03] areas in Serbia can be seen. Of the active fires, those near Deliblatska
[00:06:07] Peščara, as well as the fire near
[00:06:10] Ušće near Kraljevo, are marked in red. The fire in Deliblatska Peščara
[00:06:14] has affected about 700 hectares, and the situation rapidly
[00:06:18] worsened during the afternoon, which is why a preventive
[00:06:21] evacuation of residents and visitors has begun. The fire
[00:06:25] has approached within about 100 meters of the tourist complex
[00:06:28] of the Čardak settlement, while at the same time it is spreading towards the weekend
[00:06:32] settlement of Šumarak. Members of the army will also be
[00:06:35] involved in extinguishing the fire in the Deliblatska Peščara area, said
[00:06:39] Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. A large fire that
[00:06:42] broke out on Wednesday in several places in the Ibar Gorge
[00:06:46] in the area from Varošice Ušće to Maglić is still
[00:06:49] raging. The fire, in addition to low vegetation, has also affected
[00:06:53] a pine forest. Extinguishing is hampered by inaccessible
[00:06:56] terrain, wind during the night, and high daytime
[00:06:59] temperatures. Firefighting teams from Ušće, Vrnjačka Banja, and
[00:07:03] Kraljevo have been dispatched to the scene.
[00:07:06] Dozens of firefighters are engaged, assisted by an air
[00:07:10] helicopter unit.
[00:07:15] Dumps in Bačka Palanka are burning for the third time this year, and for the second
[00:07:19] time, due to the fire, the municipal headquarters declared a state of
[00:07:23] emergency.
[00:07:26] City under smoke, heavy air, smell of burning everywhere.
[00:07:29] This is how citizens describe Bačka Palanka since the city dump caught
[00:07:33] fire on the night between August 4th and 5th, while smoke
[00:07:37] continues to rise from the waste. Firefighters, communal
[00:07:40] services, and work machines are trying
[00:07:42] to bring the raging fire under control. This is the third time
[00:07:46] this year that the dump has caught fire, and the second time that a state of
[00:07:50] emergency has been declared because of it. How the fire
[00:07:53] broke out is still unknown. Authorities state that the fire
[00:07:56] intensified due to unfavorable weather conditions, and the smoke
[00:08:00] seems to be weaker than yesterday.
[00:08:03] Today is a few shades better, but
[00:08:06] yesterday it was practically impossible to spend any time
[00:08:09] outside, given that the whole city was smoked
[00:08:12] in grey, grey-black
[00:08:16] smoke. Interlocutors say that this is not an exception, but a summer scene
[00:08:20] for many dumps in Serbia, because waste only becomes a priority
[00:08:23] when it starts to burn. First, organic waste starts to burn inside the
[00:08:27] dump, uncontrollably,
[00:08:29] there is uh, plastic, cardboard, generally everything
[00:08:33] that is found uh in garbage cans, since we don't have
[00:08:36] any primary separation, everything ends up there.
[00:08:40] What is in the smoke, this time again... Officially, it is not known,
[00:08:43] says the interlocutor. I mean, we as citizens have the right to know at all
[00:08:47] times what our air is like, what our water is like, what our soil is like.
[00:08:50] However, the municipality doesn't try much about that, there are no
[00:08:54] programs actually that concern
[00:08:58] environmental protection, even reports on environmental protection
[00:09:01] are questionable, or rather, we at least don't have access to them. A systemic
[00:09:05] solution for waste is still awaited, along with a regional
[00:09:08] center for its management. Until that starts, we are forced
[00:09:12] to dispose of our waste as we know how. Our dump has long
[00:09:16] exceeded its capacity, there is no more
[00:09:19] space generally except vertically, which only
[00:09:23] creates an even greater risk, an even greater problem. A fire is extinguished when it breaks out, but the problem
[00:09:27] needs to be solved much earlier. Primary separation
[00:09:30] and proper waste disposal are the first, but more expensive steps. But
[00:09:33] now the question is what is worse, should we invest resources to arrange primary
[00:09:37] separation or should we now deal with this? The provincial government
[00:09:41] in May allocated 40. 4.2 million dinars
[00:09:44] for the then urgent remediation of the fire at this dump.
[00:09:48] A few months later, it is burning again. How much the cost
[00:09:51] will be this time, will be seen when the smoke clears. Ina
[00:09:55] Džakula, N1, Bačka
[00:09:57] Palanka. It's not much better even further
[00:10:01] from Serbia. Long periods of extreme heat, empty riverbeds of large
[00:10:04] rivers. Due to the low water level of the Danube, nuclear power plants in Hungary,
[00:10:08] Romania, and Slovenia are facing a threat
[00:10:11] of reactor shutdowns. Hungary and Romania are taking measures to save
[00:10:15] electricity.
[00:10:18] Bucharest has fallen into semi-darkness. Decorative
[00:10:21] lighting has been turned off, street lighting reduced by a third.
[00:10:26] In Romania, an energy state of emergency has been declared until the end of the month.
[00:10:29] It seems we have reached this point
[00:10:32] due to bad decisions made
[00:10:36] concerning the climate crisis that has been going on for
[00:10:39] decades. And Budapest, with its spectacular
[00:10:42] panoramas, has turned off many lights, much to the regret of some
[00:10:46] tourists.
[00:10:49] I am very disappointed because I come to Budapest once in my life. Last night I climbed
[00:10:53] the hill and waited for everything to light
[00:10:55] up, but nothing happened. I was so disappointed.
[00:10:58] and approval from the local population. Namely, in
[00:11:01] Paks, Hungary's only nuclear power plant, only
[00:11:05] one reactor is working, because the level of the Danube is not sufficient to cool
[00:11:08] them all. The nuclear power plant provides about 40% of electricity in
[00:11:11] Hungary. This is a minimal, minimal reaction to
[00:11:15] this whole situation. I completely approve and support
[00:11:18] this. I think this is a very good thing in the current
[00:11:22] situation, this is a very responsible decision,
[00:11:25] an example one reactor is working in
[00:11:29] the Romanian nuclear power plant Cernavodă. In Romania, they blew up
[00:11:33] rocks that protruded from the water to divert the Danube towards
[00:11:36] the nuclear power plant. They are also sinking four loaded barges
[00:11:40] in order to increase the water flow towards the nuclear
[00:11:42] power plant. Most of Europe, due to
[00:11:46] these long periods of extreme heat, has water levels
[00:11:50] far, far below what is needed for a longer period
[00:11:53] of time, which creates problems. Cooling not only nuclear
[00:11:56] power plants, but also gas ones, because there is not enough
[00:11:59] water to cool them. Not only is there not enough water,
[00:12:03] but the water temperature is higher, which means they are harder
[00:12:07] to cool, which is why they have to take
[00:12:10] such extreme measures. Besides
[00:12:13] the Danube, the water level of the Sava is also low, so the Krško
[00:12:16] nuclear power plant in Slovenia will reduce electricity production
[00:12:20] by 20%. Krško provides almost 60%
[00:12:23] of daily electricity consumption in
[00:12:26] Slovenia. Aleksandra Gothra,
[00:12:28] N1.
[00:12:32] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will be on an official visit to Serbia
[00:12:36] on Saturday, August 8th. He will be hosted
[00:12:39] in Belgrade by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić. This is Zelensky's first
[00:12:43] official visit to Serbia since taking office. To the question of
[00:12:47] whether Volodymyr Zelensky's visit means that Serbia is joining
[00:12:50] sanctions against Russia, Aleksandar Vučić emphasizes that
[00:12:54] Serbia's policy on this matter will not
[00:12:56] change.
[00:13:00] Just don't forget that Ukraine has not recognized
[00:13:03] independent Kosovo, that it has twice organized summits
[00:13:07] Southeast Europe, Ukraine, so,
[00:13:10] multilateral summits on its
[00:13:13] territory, it has never invited representatives
[00:13:17] of Pristina to attend them. These are things
[00:13:20] that we must respect. As for sanctions, to answer you
[00:13:24] directly. Serbia has established its
[00:13:27] policy, Volodymyr Zelensky, I am sure,
[00:13:30] will in accordance with his struggle and his
[00:13:34] views say what he thinks about sanctions against the Russian
[00:13:37] Federation, but the Republic of Serbia, four
[00:13:41] years ago, almost five years ago, expressed its
[00:13:44] views which it has not changed in the previous period,
[00:13:46] and
[00:13:50] that will remain so for the time being.
[00:13:53] The Kosovo Democratic Institute expressed regret that the Kosovo
[00:13:56] Assembly was not constituted at today's session, even though it
[00:14:00] was held after 29 of the total
[00:14:04] 30 days of the constitutional deadline provided for the completion
[00:14:07] of this process had passed. According to the institute, the interruption of the session itself
[00:14:11] does not constitute a violation of the constitutional deadline because it has not yet expired, but
[00:14:15] it reminds that based on last year's Constitutional Court
[00:14:18] rulings, the constituent session must be completed no later than
[00:14:21] tomorrow, including the election of the president and five vice
[00:14:25] presidents of the assembly. The Prime Minister in technical mandate, Albin Kurti,
[00:14:28] leader of the largest parliamentary party, requested additional time
[00:14:32] to agree on the election of the parliament
[00:14:34] speaker.
[00:14:39] We need the broadest possible agreement on a president who will
[00:14:42] unite as required by the Constitution which we
[00:14:46] swore to today. The constitution of this convocation
[00:14:49] of the assembly must not again lead to the dissolution of the assembly and new
[00:14:53] unnecessary for citizens and harmful for
[00:14:56] the economy. Therefore, esteemed chairperson, ladies and gentlemen,
[00:15:00] deputies, we ask for additional time so that we can give a chance
[00:15:03] to political discussions in order to reach an agreement on a new
[00:15:07] male or female
[00:15:08] president.
[00:15:11] The demolition of 17 weekend houses in Lake Gazivode as part of
[00:15:14] a months-long action by the company Ibar Lepenac was not carried out in
[00:15:18] accordance with the rule of law, political analyst from Kosovo Ilir
[00:15:22] Deda told N1. He believes
[00:15:25] Serbia are instrumentalizing this event for political
[00:15:28] purposes. There is a court
[00:15:30] procedure,
[00:15:33] no one's uh property cannot
[00:15:37] be demolished,
[00:15:39] but this is now being used, we see, by
[00:15:43] the side in Serbia politically because of your elections
[00:15:46] there, here uh no
[00:15:50] yet, uh,
[00:15:52] and what really worries me is
[00:15:56] how people in the north actually feel
[00:15:59] at all, uh, and
[00:16:03] what political representatives
[00:16:06] of Serbs in Kosovo, what they
[00:16:09] intend, what steps they intend to take in
[00:16:12] connection with what is happening.
[00:16:16] Today in Subotica was Hungarian Minister of Transport Dávid
[00:16:20] Vitézy. The main topic of the meeting with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandra
[00:16:23] Sofronijević was the completion of the Belgrade-Budapest
[00:16:26] railway line. Vitézy tells N1 that
[00:16:29] testing is underway, but that there is no specific date yet. Ksenija
[00:16:33] Pavkov spoke with him.
[00:16:36] The opening of the Belgrade-Budapest railway line is expected during the autumn. And that
[00:16:40] is news you might not have heard in N1 daily news, had the
[00:16:43] announcement of the meeting between the Hungarian Minister of Transport and Minister
[00:16:47] Aleksandra Sofronijević not come from
[00:16:50] Budapest. We received the invitation for the press conference
[00:16:53] from the Hungarian Ministry, which also issued
[00:16:56] us accreditation for the event. We arrived at the Subotica City
[00:16:59] Hall at the scheduled time. There were already several
[00:17:03] cameras, televisions close to the authorities. However, for our
[00:17:07] team, there was no room. A man who
[00:17:10] introduced himself as an employee of Minister Sofronijević's protocol
[00:17:13] told us that we were not accredited
[00:17:17] and could not attend the event. It turned out that
[00:17:20] Minister Dávid Vitézy had planned a separate press
[00:17:24] conference in front of the city hall for
[00:17:27] media outlets in Serbia that report in Hungarian.
[00:17:30] After that, he also spoke to N1. He said that
[00:17:33] the meeting went well, that the last
[00:17:37] tests of the railway before it goes into operation are underway, and that the
[00:17:40] responsibility for the delay lies exclusively with the Hungarian
[00:17:44] side. The testing in real traffic
[00:17:47] with live trains started yesterday. I will
[00:17:51] go to Kalebiya to check how it is going. So far, it is going
[00:17:54] well. The trains must be operated for two weeks to determine if the
[00:17:58] software systems are well done.
[00:18:01] After that, if everything is good, we can announce the opening day
[00:18:04] of the railway. If there are any
[00:18:08] safety issues, they will have to be resolved, as agreed,
[00:18:11] so I am cautious about the opening date
[00:18:14] of the railway,
[00:18:17] but if all goes well, it will be in autumn,
[00:18:20] in the early part
[00:18:21] of autumn.
[00:18:26] So, is it still realistic that it will be opened in September? That
[00:18:30] is an optimistic deadline. Vitézy also said that the Hungarian
[00:18:34] government has not yet received consent from the Chinese contractors
[00:18:37] to lift the secrecy classification from documents
[00:18:41] related to the construction of the railway.
[00:18:44] The government of Péter Magyar submitted that request to the Chinese partners due to
[00:18:48] suspicions of corruption. However,
[00:18:51] investigation will not affect the opening
[00:18:55] of the railway. He explained to me that the Hungarian side has done
[00:18:58] everything to speed up border procedures, that there will be
[00:19:02] 16 border police officers on each train
[00:19:05] to make passport control as short
[00:19:09] as possible. When the trains start running, the journey from Belgrade to Budapest
[00:19:12] should take 3.5 hours, or three hours and 15
[00:19:16] minutes on express trains, which will not stop
[00:19:19] at intermediate stations. Ksenija Pavkov, N1,
[00:19:23] Subotica. And another railway is waiting
[00:19:27] to be relocated, the one around Niš which should pass through
[00:19:31] the Pantelej settlement, but citizens are not happy with that.
[00:19:34] They formed an expert team and say that the appearance. and risk
[00:19:38] assessment and environmental protection and safety documents were not
[00:19:42] received from the authorities, so they are seeking help from European
[00:19:44] institutions.
[00:19:48] No problem. The train enters Pantelej station, one carriage of Srbija
[00:19:51] Voz going towards Svrljig, and one passenger boards. The situation is
[00:19:55] normal. Across the station, next to the houses, the situation, say
[00:19:58] those who live there, has not been normal for days.
[00:20:01] And we don't know what is, we don't know what
[00:20:05] is happening here now. What is happening are numerous machines and
[00:20:08] workers, they wave, politely greet, but do not answer
[00:20:12] questions. Residents say they don't know
[00:20:15] Chinese. When we approach, they don't know,
[00:20:19] they gesticulate with their hands. We just want to be informed about what, because nothing
[00:20:23] has been agreed upon. Well, look at what is being done, they want
[00:20:26] to demolish houses, we will not allow it. Why should houses
[00:20:30] be demolished? There is no need. However long the
[00:20:33] road is, let it be. We all worked hard for those houses.
[00:20:36] "Everyone is complaining, not
[00:20:39] just me and my neighbor,
[00:20:41] it's difficult,
[00:20:45] very difficult. The discussions so far have been
[00:20:48] difficult. The residents of Pantelej are talking to local
[00:20:52] government representatives, and the project is state-owned and the state
[00:20:55] is financing it with the help of the European Bank. They interpret that the latest plan
[00:20:58] envisions a large railway station, that's what it says,
[00:21:01] and the investor is Serbian Railways Infrastructure. No one from
[00:21:05] the railways is coming, everything is not agreed upon. So
[00:21:09] there were discussions, now we have the next discussion to see what we
[00:21:12] will do and how. However, they are working normally as if
[00:21:16] there is no delay.
[00:21:19] The judge accuses you. "I'll judge you and
[00:21:22] offers around 450 euros
[00:21:25] per square meter, that's a misery. Down there
[00:21:28] a building is being built, which is currently
[00:21:31] 2,150
[00:21:33] euros per square meter. What cannot be measured with money, say the Panteleci,
[00:21:37] are the risks of freight traffic on the high-speed railway and what they find out
[00:21:41] is being transported when it spills, when everything
[00:21:45] is done. That's what happened last time when the train derailed
[00:21:48] near Jasenovac. "People had to
[00:21:51] evacuate, to have the water tested. What does the city
[00:21:55] think? Well, for Belgrade, they don't care
[00:21:58] about anyone else, it's important that they build Belgrade on
[00:22:01] Water, Pantelej on the railway. Gordana
[00:22:04] Bjeletić, N1,
[00:22:06] Niš.
[00:22:09] Councillor of the Socialist Party of Serbia in Knić municipality, Bojan
[00:22:12] Starčević, probably has the shortest term as a councillor
[00:22:15] ever. After his mandate was verified
[00:22:19] at the Municipal Assembly session, he resigned verbally
[00:22:22] from his position as a councillor due to disagreements with the work
[00:22:26] of the ruling majority. This conflict is not new, but
[00:22:29] what is new?
[00:22:32] Knić socialist Bojan Starčević received his councillor mandate
[00:22:36] as the next on the list, after the recently deceased president of the municipal
[00:22:39] board of the SPS in Knić, Dragana Jovanović, who was also the deputy
[00:22:43] president of the assembly. After the verification of the new mandate, he
[00:22:47] resigned, so the socialists are currently... left without
[00:22:50] a councillor in the assembly. Elections are coming very soon,
[00:22:53] the Socialist Party of Serbia will not
[00:22:56] have a local list, if
[00:22:59] there are no people like us, we will not be there, that
[00:23:03] doesn't concern you, I apologize for all these 10
[00:23:07] years that I was an accomplice
[00:23:10] by being sincerely a socialist,
[00:23:14] bringing some mandates, and they
[00:23:17] served according to the hierarchy. The Serbian
[00:23:20] Progressive Alliance. Starčević did not want to give statements to the media. In a telephone
[00:23:24] conversation, he told N1 that he made the decision because he does not want to participate
[00:23:28] in the work of an assembly where there is no dignity of dialogue. That
[00:23:31] the socialists and progressives in this municipality have long not had good relations,
[00:23:35] was confirmed by councillor Goran Marić, who, already after the local
[00:23:40] which the SPS won two mandates, decided to leave
[00:23:44] his councillor group. After those, this, those held
[00:23:47] elections, uh, socialists. this received, as
[00:23:51] in the entire this country, a request
[00:23:54] to enter into a coalition with the progressive party, meaning at all
[00:23:58] levels. I left the Socialist
[00:24:01] Party councillor group after 35 years. The motivation is that
[00:24:05] I did not want to cooperate with the people
[00:24:08] uh who lead this Serbian Progressive
[00:24:11] Party in Knić municipality, because throughout their rule,
[00:24:15] we were subjected to unprecedented harassment,
[00:24:18] abuse, and uh,
[00:24:22] it would be utterly hypocritical for me to agree to cooperate with such
[00:24:26] people. Marić, who is formally still a member of the SPS, as is
[00:24:29] Starčević, believes that the policy of unconditional support for the Serbian Progressive
[00:24:33] Party, which, as he says, his party has pursued in recent years,
[00:24:36] has led to this party being on the verge of extinction at the local level.
[00:24:40] Opposition councillor in Knić municipality, Gordana Obradović, says that she is
[00:24:43] surprised by Starčević's decision to resign from his position as a
[00:24:46] councillor, but adds that it is known that the relations between these two parties... In Knić,
[00:24:50] have not been the same for a long time. Honestly, it's a surprise to me
[00:24:53] that such a situation occurred as it did, that
[00:24:56] this coalition is breaking up, because they are all together at the state level,
[00:24:59] this, but I believe that the
[00:25:03] councillors, specifically of the SPS, or rather, the councillor who did not accept
[00:25:06] the mandate, did the right thing. Will any of the
[00:25:10] socialists accept the councillor mandate at the next session, or
[00:25:13] will the SPS remain without a councillor, leading to the
[00:25:17] breakdown of the coalition in Knić for it's not official now.
[00:25:20] confirmed. Nataša Lazarević, N1,
[00:25:23] Knić.
[00:25:27] The cult television show Kvadratura Kruga, by Branko
[00:25:30] Stanković, will be broadcast on N1 television
[00:25:34] from autumn. The show and its author have so far
[00:25:37] won more than 60 domestic and international awards,
[00:25:41] including 10 Grand Prizes, six gold and eight
[00:25:45] silver plaques, as well as the Milan Pantić award for courageous
[00:25:48] and professional journalistic work. The concept
[00:25:51] of Kvadratura Kruga essentially remains the same. Man is in the foreground
[00:25:55] as the measure of all things before and above all, says author
[00:25:59] Branko Stanković. After N1 Television announced
[00:26:02] this news, RTS reacted. They
[00:26:05] claim that the show is protected at the Intellectual
[00:26:08] Property Office, and that RTS is registered as
[00:26:12] the holder of the property rights to the name, concept and
[00:26:15] format of that show. Journalist Branko Stanković replies
[00:26:19] that the show was protected under that name at the agency 18
[00:26:23] years ago, at the Intellectual Property Office on June
[00:26:26] 28 this year, with an explanation and submitted
[00:26:29] copies of shows from different time periods, where he
[00:26:33] signs himself as the author in the closing credits, and that the
[00:27:42] p.m., 40 degrees were measured, and that should be
[00:27:45] the peak of the current heat wave. There was rain in the afternoon,
[00:27:49] and what the meteorologists are announcing, we will find out from Radmila
[00:27:53] Mitrović. A short and
[00:27:57] temporary refreshment is coming. Slightly
[00:27:59] cooler air is descending from the northwest of the continent.
[00:28:02] It is covering Central Europe, and in the coming days, a slight drop
[00:28:06] in temperature will bring it to Serbia. This air
[00:28:09] is humid and unstable, so in most parts of the country, there will be conditions
[00:28:13] for precipitation. In the coming hours, scattered
[00:28:16] showers with thunderstorms are expected, especially in eastern
[00:28:19] Serbia, and strong winds may also occur in southern Banat.
[00:28:23] On Friday, it will be mostly sunny in the morning and forenoon,
[00:28:27] and variably cloudy in the afternoon, with scattered rain and local showers
[00:28:31] with thunderstorms. The wind will turn to northwesterly in the afternoon
[00:28:34] and strengthen in Vojvodina. The minimum temperature will be from
[00:28:37] 15° to 24 degrees, and
[00:28:40] a tropical night is expected in most places. The maximum
[00:28:44] temperature tomorrow will be from 32 degrees to 37
[00:28:47] degrees. For the weekend, the temperature will mostly be
[00:28:51] up to 35 degrees. Conditions for showers accompanied
[00:28:54] by thunderstorms will be mostly in the mountainous regions
[00:28:57] of Serbia. From Monday, then dry again
[00:29:55] the Raspotočje pit, the coal mines in the Zedo
[00:29:58] canton have been given an additional 30 days to certify their booklets
[00:30:02] for their employees, miners can start
[00:30:06] treatment, we have agreed with the mine
[00:30:10] directors what they can pay at this moment,
[00:30:14] they have signed
[00:30:29] houses and the railway, the engagement of helicopters
[00:30:32] of the Armed Forces of Bosnia
[00:30:34] and Herzegovina is expected.
[00:30:38] The heatwave continues, record low water level
[00:30:41] of the Danube. Energy crisis in Hungary and
[00:30:44] Romania.
[00:30:48] Transparency International identified 1,200 examples
[00:30:52] of potential misuse of public resources for party
[00:30:55] promotion. Of
[00:30:59] m.