All entries related to Serbia, newest first. tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:en:en/countries/serbia 2026-10-09T06:00:00Z Eurotrack tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:b6d39640:en 2026-10-09T06:00:00Z

After years of interruption, passenger trains have again run between Niš and Leskovac since 9 October 2026 on the line towards Preševo and Skopje: six train pairs cover the 49 km with eleven intermediate stops in 59 minutes. The 22.8 km Niš–Brestovac section was modernised and is cleared for 120 km/h; Stadler multiple units are used. According to the source, the resumption had been announced several times before (LOK Report, 9 Oct 2026). — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/serbien/serbien-reisezugverkehr-nis-leskovac-heute-wieder-aufgenommen-neuer-bahnhof-in-novi-sad.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:585b4283:en 2026-09-22T06:00:00Z

The European Investment Bank is lending EUR 15 million to Oberkirch-based automotive supplier PWO for machinery at its 16,500 sqm plant in Čačak (central Serbia), opened in 2025, which makes lightweight components including parts for electric vehicles and houses a shared service centre. Total investment is EUR 31 million (plus EUR 12 million own funds and EUR 4 million Serbian government support); up to 550 jobs are to be created by 2033 (PWO AG EQS news release, 22 Sept 2026). — Source: https://www.onvista.de/news/2026/09-22-eqs-news-der-deutsche-automobilzulieferer-und-spezialist-fuer-leichtbau-metallloesungen-pwo-gruppe-erhaelt-ein-eib-darlehen-in-hoehe-von-15-mio-eur-fuer-den-maschinenpark-ihres-neuen-werks-in-serbien-0-37-26556270

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:2051d521:en 2026-09-09T06:00:00Z

The trigger is the protest movement since the collapse of the Novi Sad station canopy on 1 Nov 2024, which killed 16; the main challenger to the SNS list is a student list. The result was not yet available at the time of writing (Balkan Insight, 9 Sep 2026; European Western Balkans, 28 Sep 2026). — Source: https://balkaninsight.com/2026/09/09/serbias-vucic-calls-early-parliamentary-elections-for-october-25/bi/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:59d7c807:en 2026-08-29T06:00:00Z

The first phase is to build over 5,000 humanoid robots and robot dogs a year; a robotics park with up to 20,000 robots a year is planned in Inđija. The figures come from the state development agency RAS, other reports mention 6,000 robots (RAS; B92, 1 Oct 2026). — Source: https://ras.gov.rs/minth-group-launches-europes-first-mass-production-of-humanoid-robots

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:f23a9043:en 2026-06-27T06:00:00Z

This makes 100.34 km of the corridor usable, rising to 112.37 km after the last section. President Vučić had announced its completion for September 2026; no confirmation has been found (Putevi Srbije, 28 Jun 2026). — Source: https://putevi-srbije.rs/index.php/en/news-company/26-06-26-pustena-u-saobracaj-deonice-moravskog-koridora,-petlja-adrani-petlja-preljina-2

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:b8cab5c5:en 2026-05-28T06:00:00Z

On the morning of 28 May 2026 the Kosovo administration took control of the rail infrastructure in the north of the country: signs were replaced at the stations of Zvečan, Leposavić, Leshak and Slatina, and employees of Serbia's Infrastruktura železnice Srbije had to leave their workplaces. The infrastructure company Infrakos thereby manages all facilities and properties in the north and says it wants to speed up implementation of the detailed project and full commissioning of the line, which Infrakos says belongs to Corridor X. Serbia's construction ministry condemns the action as unilateral and unlawful and promises support to the affected employees, between seventy and eighty according to its figures; Kosovo's acting interior minister Xhelal Sveçla points out that laws must apply across the whole territory. (LOK Report, 29 May 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/kosovo/kosovo-serbien-kosovo-uebernimmt-die-kontrolle-ueber-die-noerdliche-eisenbahninfrastruktur.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:0a5fbb88:en 2026-04-30T06:00:00Z

Serbian officials deny a formal freezing decision. The opening of cluster 3 of the accession talks also stayed blocked in July by eight member states (European Western Balkans, 4 May and 8 Jul 2026). — Source: https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2026/05/04/commission-to-withold-growth-plan-funding-for-serbia-until-it-reverses-controversial-judicial-laws/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:4f54a90b:en 2026-04-20T06:00:00Z

On 20 April 2026 President Vučić inaugurated the new railway bridge over the Tamiš near Tomaševac on the Pančevo–Zrenjanin line; the first passenger train crossed it the same day. The 120 m three-span steel box-girder bridge replaces the old combined road-rail bridge, which will now serve pedestrians and cyclists; the project cost EUR 12.5 million, around 1,200 m of track were laid alongside, and only Serbian companies carried out the work. The bridge is designed for 100 km/h and is meant to allow faster and more reliable services between Orlovat and Tomaševac on the Pančevo–Zrenjanin–Kikinda line. (LOK Report, 23 Apr 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/serbien/serbien-eroeffnung-der-neuen-eisenbahnbruecke-ueber-den-tamis.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:a0486fe5:en 2026-03-07T06:00:00Z

President Vučić presented the national strategy Serbia 2030 at the Serbian Palace on 7 March 2026; its rail part provides for the construction and upgrading of a total of 1,219 km of railway. Of this, 289.1 km are already under construction or in progress and are to be finished by 2030 (including Zemun Polje–airport–National Stadium, Niš–Dimitrovgrad, Paraćin–Trupale); a further 929.95 km are planned for 2026 to 2035, among them Valjevo–Vrbnica–Montenegrin border (209.8 km), Pančevo–Zrenjanin–Subotica (200 km) and Ruma–Šabac–Loznica (110 km). The report gives no costs or financing; according to Vučić, transport minister Aleksandra Sofrenić considers the plan overambitious. (LOK Report, 11 Mar 2026) — Source: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/serbien/65754-serbien-strategie-serbien-2030-umfasst-bau-und-ertuechtigung-von-1-219-kilometer-eisenbahnstrecke.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:bfec34b2:en 2026-02-27T06:00:00Z

Regular freight services have run on the Budapest–Belgrade line since 27 February 2026; the first train to run as far as Novi Sad was a Rail Cargo Hungaria freight train from BorsodChem. The Hungarian section Budapest–Kelebia (166 of 350 km) is double-track and electrified, which lets trains from Serbia bypass the congested Ferencváros junction and reach the BILK terminal directly. Without the Chinese ETCS Level 2 system, the line was limited in March to 100 km/h and one freight train per direction at a time; shortly before 13 August 2026 the supplier reported the system complete, and the tests between Budapest and Kelebia were due to finish within two weeks. Passenger services, originally planned by 15 March 2026, could start in autumn 2026 according to the transport ministers of Hungary and Serbia, provided the safety checks and a simulation run after 24 August 2026 are passed. (LOK Report, 13 Aug 2026) Update (26 Oct 2026): According to transport minister Dávid Vitézy, the load tests and ETCS trials on the Hungarian section are complete; regulatory approvals were expected for mid-October, so domestic service can start in the second half of October. International service at 160 km/h is planned for the timetable change on 13 December 2026, after about two more months of track-adjustment work. MÁV has published two EC train pairs Vienna–Budapest–Belgrade (journey time around 6 h 40), and Serbia initially plans eight train pairs (LOK Report). — Sources: https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/ungarn/ungarn-serbien-der-personenverkehr-budapest-kelebia-beograd-koennte-im-herbst-aufgenommen-werden.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/ungarn/serbien-ungarn-hochgeschwindigkeitsverkehr-budapest-beograd-koennte-zum-fahrplanwechsel-starten.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/ungarn/65746-ungarn-erster-gueterzug-der-rch-auf-der-linie-budapest-belgrad-abgewickelt.html · https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/ungarn/64450-serbien-ungarn-beograd-budapest-startet-ende-februar.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:78d98e4b:en 2026-02-01T06:00:00Z

Belgrade's new tram Line 8, operated by the city transport company GSP Beograd, has run since Sunday, 1 February 2026, between the termini Omladinski stadion and Banjica via Mije Kovačevića, Ruzveltova, Bulevar kralja Aleksandra (Vukov monument, Law Faculty, Tašmajdan), Resavska, Nemanjina, Slavija, Bulevar oslobođenja, Autokomanda, and Vojvode Stepe, Bebelova and Baštovanska to Banjica. The route is about 10 km per direction with 24 stops; six trams operate at 15-minute intervals. The new line was enabled by newly acquired "Bożankaya"-type trams; no separate investment figure for the line itself is given in the source. — Source: https://www.beograd.rs/lat/beoinfo-vesti/a112051/Beograd-dobija-novu-tramvajsku-liniju-broj-8.html

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:d91d0010:en 2026-01-19T06:00:00Z

MOL signed binding heads of agreement on 19 January 2026; the Pančevo refinery, with 4.8 million tonnes of annual capacity, restarted after a shutdown caused by US sanctions. Serbia and MOL signed a shareholders' agreement on 16 June 2026 that applies only if the purchase closes and the US (OFAC) agrees. The OFAC licence for the negotiations runs until 30 October 2026; unconfirmed reports speak of stalling talks, and a purchase agreement has not been publicly confirmed (OGJ, 20 Jan 2026; European Western Balkans, 1 Oct 2026). — Sources: https://ogj.com/general-interest/news/55344522/mol-agrees-to-acquire-majority-ownership-of-serbian-nis-as-pancevo-refinery-begins-start-up-activities · https://balkangreenenergynews.com/serbia-mol-sign-shareholders-agreement-on-oil-company-nis-management/ · https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/2026/10/01/mol-receives-a-new-license-extension-to-continue-talks-on-acquisition-of-russian-stake-in-nis/

tag:eurotrack.ai,2026:45ed910d:en 2025-10-08T06:00:00Z

The 107.4 km newly built Novi Sad–Subotica section opened on 8 October 2025, completing—together with the Belgrade–Novi Sad section operating since March 2022—the 181.6 km Belgrade–Subotica high-speed corridor as the Serbian part of the Budapest–Belgrade railway. With a maximum speed of 200 km/h, the full route takes about 1 hour 19 minutes; the new section was built by Chinese state-owned CCCC over roughly 33 months. The opening was delayed in part by a railway station canopy collapse in Novi Sad and the ensuing nationwide protests. — Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest%E2%80%93Belgrade_railway