недавно

In a sentence

• Недавно сам посетио Београд.

  I recently visited Belgrade.

  The word 'недавно' is used here as an adverb to indicate a recent time frame for the action of visiting.

• Чула сам да се недавно отворио нови ресторан у граду.

  I heard that a new restaurant has recently opened in town.

  Here, 'недавно' denotes a recent occurrence of the restaurant's opening when applied to the reported event.

• Недавно време је било и сунчано и кишовито.

  In recent times, the weather has been both sunny and rainy.

  In this example, 'недавно' describes the time span being discussed as being close to the present moment.