(Information retrieved from the official websites of the Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the City of Novi Sad)
Status of the AP of Vojvodina
Vojvodina is an autonomous province of the citizens who live in it, established on the basis of specific national, historic, cultural and other characteristics of the area, as multinational, multicultural and multiconfessional European region. more...
Symbols
Symbols of Bačka, Banat and Syrmia are included in the coat of arms of Vojvodina. Apart from the coat of arms, a flag of Vojvodina represents the symbol of the province.
Capital
The capital of the Province is Novi Sad. It was founded more than three centuries ago on the left bank of the Danube, by the old road that ran along the Danube. There are 300 000 inhabitants in Novi Sad and its suburban settlements, whereas Novi Sad represents the second largest city in Serbia.
Population
According to the last census that was held in 2002, there are 2,031,992 inhabitants in Vojvodina. It makes 27.1% of the total population of Serbia. The national composition of Vojvodina's population is very heterogeneous. More than half of the inhabitants are Serbs - 65.05%, then come Hungarians - 14.28%, Slovaks - 2.79%, Croats - 2.78%, Yugoslavs - 2.45%, Montenegrins - 1.75%, Romanians - 1.5%, and Ruthenians - 0.77%. In Vojvodina live Roma people, Ukrainians, Bunjevacs, Sokacs, Germans, Macedonians, Albanians, Slovenes, Muslims and others. Religious structure follows the ethnic structure. more...
Education
There is a widely-spread network of pre-schools, elementary and secondary schools, faculties and universities. Education has a long tradition. The oldest Serbian Gymnasium in Sremski Karlovci was founded in 1791. The education process is carried out in Serbian and languages of the national communities: Hungarian, Slovak, Croatian, Romanian, Ruthenian and Roma language. more...
Media
The media in Vojvodina are characterised by long tradition in issuing papers, multilingualism and diversity. With regard to multiethnicity awareness of the role of the media in various languages is raised in Vojvodina. Radio Television Vojvodina prepares and broadcasts programmes in ten languages. The Provincial budget allocates money intended for co-financing 27 papers in 10 languages -Serbian, Hungarian, Slovakian, Romanian, Ruthenian, Croatian, Roma language, Bunjevac language, Macedonian and Ukrainian language. more...
Culture
Vojvodina has a long cultural tradition and developed cultural life. The oldest culture institution is the Matica Srpska, founded in 1826. The Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad is the first professional theatre in the country, founded in 1861. Apart form it there are about ten other professional theatres, out of which the National Theatre in Subotica and the Novi Sad Theatre perform their repertoire in Hungarian language, whereas semi-professional, but highly successful over the boarder, too, are Slovakian, Romanian and Ruthenian. more...
EXIT is the big summer music festival, which is held annually at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, begining in 2000. It, usually, lasts four days. It has quickly grown into a recognized music festival and today is known around the Europe. For it, partly deserved, is environment, where Exit take place - magnificent fortress from the 18th century, which is located on a hill above the Danube.
