Member of the City Council for Sports and Youth, Tatjana Medved, attended the opening ceremony of the Sports and Youth Fair at the Novi Sad Fair.
– On behalf of the Mayor of Novi Sad, Žarko Mićin, and on my own behalf, I would like to welcome you to this year’s Sports and Youth Fair – an event that combines sport and youth in one place. Here we promote the energy of our city, healthy mind and body, and represent the work of all sports and youth organizations, institutions and our partners. This is where we connect, learn from each other, and motivate each other to be better. As responsible in running the city, we recognize the importance of sports and youth manifestations, competitions and events such as this one, because through them we promote the values that we jointly nurture by making each other support in creating equality, an atmosphere of mutual respect, tolerance, appreciation, sportsmanship and fair play, and creating the best conditions for achieving success for the benefit of sports and youth. that we can all be proud of. With a vision under the motto ‘Novi Sad plays for the future’, we won the prestigious title of European City of Sport 2026. This title is a confirmation that sport in Novi Sad is not just a competitive result. Sport is one of the driving forces of social development. We have shown how important the cooperation of all institutions is, through which we provide conditions for the development of sports – by investing in infrastructure, but also in collectives and individuals. And I would especially like to highlight the cooperation of the sports and youth sectors in the preparation of the candidacy for this title. This is a strong indicator of the common vision and commitment of sports and youth to our city, because this is exactly where the key roles of networking of these sectors lie, and that is to jointly contribute to building a healthier and stronger community and elevate unity and solidarity – said Tatjana Medved.
The opening of the event was also attended by the Provincial Secretary for Sports and Youth, Dane Basta, and the General Manager of the Novi Sad Fair, Slobodan Cvetković. Minister of Sports Zoran Gajić, Assistant Minister for Tourism and Youth Ivana Antonijević, EXPO Director Danilo Jerinić and numerous representatives of sports clubs and associations.
Novi Sad, October 3, 2025