Novi Sad is the second largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions, lying on the banks of the Danube river, and facing the northern slopes of Fruška Gora. According to the 2022 census, the population of the Novi Sad city proper stands at 260,438, its contiguous urban area has 325,511 inhabitants, while population of city's administrative area totals 368,967 people. It is the fifth largest city on the river Danube and the largest that is not the national capital.
Mass protests erupt in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, as over 140,000 people—led by university students—demand snap elections..
