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6 unusual facts about Novi Sad


British Columbia Action Party

BC Action is also the pseudonym of a rock musician and gourmet cook in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.

Dođite na show!

Dođite na show! (English: Come to the Show!) is a Serbian TV programme produced by RTV Studios in Novi Sad.

Novi Sad Football Subassociation

It included the clubs from the territory of the province (župa) of Novi Sad - the municipalities of Novi Sad, Sremska Mitrovica, Ruma and Šabac.

Radio Television of Vojvodina

After the war, the RTNS was moved to the new building in the city centre.

Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (Sarajevo, Zagreb, Skopje, Titograd, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Priština and Novi Sad).

Zmaj Children Games

Every June for a few days, children's plays, concerts, and shows gather children from Novi Sad and its surrounding region in Zmaj Jovina Street (the main street in Novi Sad's city centre).


83rd Fighter Aviation Regiment

Because of the crisis at Northwest of county, it has dislocated to Novi Sad by Spring of 1946, and to Ljubljana by Summer-Autumn same year.

Bačka Oblast

According to 1921 census, oblast had linguistically heterogeneous population: speakers of Serbo-Croatian were dominant in the cities of Novi Sad, Sombor and Subotica; speakers of German were dominant in the districts of Apatin, Darda, Kula, Odžaci, Sombor and Stara Palanka; speakers of Hungarian were dominant in the districts of Topola and Batina; while speakers of Slovak were dominant in the district of Novi Sad.

Belgrade–Glavna railway station

Express trains to other large Serbian cities such as Novi Sad and Niš and regional trains to towns around Belgrade that are not served by Beovoz service.

Blic

The first issue of Blic appeared on September 16, 1996 thus becoming the 10th daily newspaper to be published in FR Yugoslavia at the time (the other nine being Politika, Borba, Dnevnik, Pobjeda, Narodne novine, Večernje novosti, Politika ekspres, Naša borba, and Dnevni telegraf).

BOOM Festival

The festival was held for the first time in 1972 in Ljubljana, and for the last time in 1978 in Novi Sad.

Croatian Franciscan Province of Saints Cyril and Methodius

The province was formed in 1900, and has monasteries throughout northern Croatia, as well as in Subotica, Bač, Novi Sad and Zemun, Serbia.

Dragana Jugović del Monaco

Dragana began her singing career in 1982 as a soloist with the Yugoslavian Ensemble Renaissance, and made her operatic debut in 1988 as Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad.

Ferdinando Paer

His grandfather Michael Pär was a regimental band member from Peterwardein (today Petrovaradin, part of Novi Sad).

Fizir F1V

During factory tests, on 8 October 1926 Pilot V. Striževski flew the aircraft from Novi Sad to Skopje to Mostar to Rajlovac (Sarajevo) to Zagreb and returned to Novi Sad - a distance of 1,410 km - over a period of 8 hours and 40 minutes.

Gazela Bridge

It is a part of the city highway and it lies on European route E75, on the highway passing through the wider city center, connecting Belgrade with Niš to the south, and Novi Sad to the north.

Gazprom Neft

The company wholly or partly owns 5 oil refineries (the Omsk Oil Refinery, Moscow Oil Refinery, Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez (YANOS) and two oil refineries in Pančevo and Novi Sad that belong to Naftna Industrija Srbije).

Geographical distribution of the Macedonian language

Large concentrations of Macedonian speakers can be found in Pančevo, Jabuka, Novi Sad and Belgrade.

Hero City

The Communist Yugoslavian government awarded the Order of the National Hero to eight separate Hero Cities of Yugoslavia (grad heroj in Serbian/Croatian): Belgrade, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Novi Sad, Prilep, Pristina, Titov Drvar, Cetinje.

History of legal education in Serbia

During the 20th century, all the law schools that later emerged in Serbia (Subotica, Novi Sad, Priština, Niš, Kragujevac), Montenegro (Podgorica), and in other parts of the former Yugoslavia (Sarajevo, Skoplje) were formed from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law as a core.

Ikarus IO

The new prototype is named Ikarus IO (Coastal Reconnaissance) and the first test flight took place on the Danube at Novi Sad, September 1926th year.

Ikarus ŠM

The prototype was completed by the end of October and the first flight took place on November 10, 1924th, the winter quarters of the Danube in Novi Sad.

Irinej Bulović

Irinej Bulović, born as Mirko Bulović on 11 February 1947, in Stanišić (by Sombor in Serbia is the Priest, Monch of Order of Saint Basil the Great and Bishop of the Eparchy of Bačka, bishop of Novi Sad, dean and Professor of Holy Bible on the Faculty of Theology of Belgrade.

László Rátgéber

László Rátgéber (born 11 October 1969 in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia (today in Serbia)) is the Hungarian head coach of the men's Hungary national basketball team.

Love Hunters

Milan Mumin wrote soundtracks for two theater plays: August Strindberg's Miss Julie and William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, performed in Novi Sad.

Lukijan Mušicki

His early education was most carefully conducted by his parents, first he was sent to a Serbian grammar school in Temerin; a German school in Titel; gymnasia (high schools) in Novi Sad and Segedin; and finally took up studying philosophy and law at the University of Pest, though aesthetics and poetry were always his favourite subjects.

Matija Ban

Shortly before the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas, Matija Ban was sent from Belgrade on special missions to Novi Sad, Karlovci, Zagreb, Zadar, Dubrovnik and Cetinje.

Mihajlo Kažić

He worked as a science researcher and lecturer in Novi Sad (Serbia), Los Angeles, Corvallis, Oregon and in Paris (France) and Stuttgart (Germany).

Milan Matulović

Other first place finishes during this period, either shared or outright, included Netanya 1961, Vršac 1964, Novi Sad 1965, Belgrade 1965, Reggio Emilia 1967/68, Athens Zonal 1969, Belgrade 1969, Sarajevo 1971, Birmingham 1975, Bajmok 1975 (and in 1978), Majdanpek 1976, Vrbas 1976, Belgrade 1977 and Odzaci 1978.

Milenko Vlajkov

He was a leading methodologist at the Centre for Comparative Studies of Technological & Social Progress in Novi Sad from 1981-1987 and worked as professor of psychology at the high school of Management and Informatics at the University of Novi Sad from 1989 to 1992.

Miško Šuvaković

He was co-editor of magazine Katalog 143 (Belgrade, 1975–78), Mentalni prostor (Belgrade, 1982–1987), Transkatalog (Novi Sad, 1995–1998), Teorija koja hoda (Walking Theory, Belgrade, from 2001), Kultura (Beograd, from 2004), Razlika (Difference, Tuzla, 2002), Anomalija (Novi Sad, 2004), Sarajevske sveske (Sarajevo, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Beograd, Skoplje, 2006).

Mustafa Imamović

During his academic career he taught at the Law Faculty in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Mostar and Rijeka.

Nenad Čanak

He was raised in a teachers family, he went to the general and high musical school (Flute) in Novi Sad, graduated from the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Economics at Subotica and after that specialized in marketing and computer networks at the Executive Training Center (Brdo pri Kranju 1989).

Norwich Twenty Group

It has built up strong links with Norwich's twin cities in Europe and now holds joint exhibitions with Novi Sad in Serbia, Rouen in France and Koblenz in Germany.

Novembar

The band promoted the material with the appearances at the Urban Rock festival, held in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, with the bands from Croatia, Albania, Slovenia and Greece, the No Man's Land festival in Niš, performing with the bands Suns (from Skopje), Blind (from Netherlands), KBO! (from Kragujevac), Obojeni Program (from Novi Sad) and Džukele (from Subotica), and the performance at the Belgrade club Prostor, on September 1994.

Radio and Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina

RTVBiH (and consequently BHRT) grew out of RTV Sarajevo in 1992, one of eight principal broadcasting centers of former Yugoslavia, others being RTV Ljubljana, RTV Zagreb, RTV Beograd, RTV Novi Sad, RTV Titograd, RTV Pristina, and RTV Skopje.

Ratimir Martinović

Martinović was born in Kotor, Montenegro, then Yugoslavia, where he completed the elementary music school; he continued his education in Novi Sad at the Isidor Bajić Music school and at the Academy of Art in the class of the world-renowned pianist Kemal Gekić.

Roman Erich Petsche

In 1944 Petsche was an officer of the Wehrmacht in the city of Novi Sad where he was accommodated by the Jewish family Csarneyi.

Saša Dragin

He is a founder of the International Organisation of Agriculture Students and a founder and President of Junior Chamber International (JCI) Novi Sad and former National President of JCI Serbia.

Srpska Crnja

It is about 120 km away from the capital city of Belgrade, 113 km from Novi Sad, 9 km south-east of Kikinda and 6 km south-west of Jimbolia, Romania.

Stefan Stefanović

Stefan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Стефановић), (1807–1828) was a Serbian playwright who lived and worked in Novi Sad and Pest.

Subotica tram system

While neighbouring cities' trams at this date were often still horse-drawn, this gave the Subotica system an advantage over municipalities including Belgrade, Novi Sad, Zagreb, and Szeged.

Tempo Centar

Three more Tempo Cash and Carry stores were built in 2006: one in Niš (floor space 6,000 m2), one in Novi Sad (floor space 6,000 m2) and another one in Belgrade (kvantas) (floor space 8,500 m2).

Thanasis Kaproulias

Thanasis Kaproulias (as "Novi sad") has worked and collaborated with: Helge Sten (Deathprod, Supersilent), Francisco López, Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic), B. J. Nilsen, Daniel Menche, Zbigniew Karkowski, Richard Chartier, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Jacob Kirkegaard, Beckie Foon and Scott Konzelmann.

Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (Novi Sad, Sarajevo, Pristina, Ljubljana, Skopje, Beograd, Zagreb and Titograd

Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

The winner was decided by the votes of eight regional juries (Sarajevo, Zagreb, Skopje, Titograd, Belgrade, Ljubljana, Pristina and Novi Sad).

Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989

The Yugoslavian national final to select their entry, Yugoslav Final 1989, was held on 4 March at the Grand Hall of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, and was hosted by Dina Čolić and Boško Negovanović.

Željko Lučić

After studying for some years with Spasić, his teacher sent him to the voice studio of the famous mezzo-soprano Biserka Cvejić at the Music Academy in Novi Sad in 1991.

Zemun Gymnasium

Founded in 1858, it's Belgrade second oldest, and it is Serbia's fifth oldest gymnasium, after those in Sremski Karlovci (founded in 1791), Novi Sad (founded in 1810), Kragujevac (founded in 1833) and Šabac (founded in 1837) .


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1930 Yugoslav Football Championship

On April 13, 1930 the subassociation of Novi Sad was created, which would include the clubs from the districts of Novi Sad, Sremska Mitrovica and Šabac.

Igor Tešić

Igor Tešić and Stefan Basta won 7th place at the 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship - Novi Sad Masters .

Lake of Ledinci

In late 1990s and early 2000s, exploitation rights on the lake were under a multilateral dispute by the local community, City of Novi Sad, the mining company "Alas" registered in Rakovac, which owned the quarry exploitation rights, and the public company guiding the National park of Fruška gora.

NAK Novi Sad

Also among the notable players is worth mention goalkeeper Károly Nemes who played with MTK Budapest and SK Rapid Wien before coming to Novi Sad after World War I.

Novi Sad Jazz Festival

More than 100 ensembles from Serbia and abroad have performed at the Novi Sad Jazz Festival for the past seven years, and nearly 600 musicians, including Johnny Griffin, Jimmy Cobb, Al Foster, Benny Bailey, Andy Bay, Tania Maria, Trilok Gurtu, Steve Coleman, Keith Copeland, Eddie Henderson, Al Di Meola, Jerry Bergonzi, Kenny Garrett, Erik Rothenstein, Sheila Jordan, and Curtis Fuller to name a few.

Radio Television of Vojvodina

In 1999, the buildings of the RTNS in the Mišeluk neighborhood of Novi Sad were bombed and destroyed by the NATO airforce.

Robert Čoban

Čoban worked as a correspondent from Novi Sad for the Belgrade newspaper Večernje novosti, the Zagreb newspaper Arena and the Sarajevo newspaper Naši dani (1990–1991).

Rugby league in Serbia

The inaugural Serbian Rugby League Championship was held on November 10, featuring teams Donji Dorćol Belgrade, Morava Belgrade, Novi Sad and Beli Orao Kruševac.

Siegfried Kapper

Kapper had a Serbian predecessor in the person of Joksim Nović-Otočanin who published his book on the same theme at Novi Sad (Neusatz) in 1847.

SKCNS

Notable performers include: Jinx (Croatia), Talco (Italy), Skarface (France), Peter and the Test Tube Babies and The Adicts (UK) and Ringišpil and Atheist Rap from Novi Sad.

Stefan Basta

Stefan Basta and Igor Tešić won 7th place at the 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship - Novi Sad Masters .

Stevan Sekereš

Stevan Sekereš (born September 26, 1937 in Mirkovac village in Baranja, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia died 23. November 2012. in Novi Sad, Serbia) is a Serbian defender who played for SFR Yugoslavia.

Tempo Centar

On December 8, 2006, only a week after opening the Tempo store in Novi Sad, a new Tempo store opened in Niš.

Veliki Rit, Novi Sad

Veliki Rit is located in the northern part of Novi Sad between Klisa and Slana Bara in the west, Mišin Salaš and Mali Beograd in the south, Deponija in the north, and Radna Zona Sever 4 in the east.

Vidovdansko Naselje

Vidovdansko Naselje is located in northern part of Novi Sad, between Klisa in the west, Salajka in the south, Mali Beograd in the east, and Slana Bara in the north.