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Student protests

05April 2025. IN THE

Brnabic: Blocking RTS is a criminal act, the blockers are sadists who mistreat women

The President of the National Assembly accused the participants of the RTS blockade of systematically harassing women employed in the public service, pointing out examples of female journalists who were exposed to pressure. She announced that she expected a reaction from the institutions for violating the law

Blockade of the Public National Service

05April 2025. IN THE

A large number of people in front of RTS, a rich holiday student table

Support for students in front of RTS takes on a new dimension - citizens bring food, instruments and good will. The streets are closed to traffic, but open for solidarity and togetherness, which has been going on for the sixth day

SNS Economy

05April 2025. IN THE

Marko Bosanc's business: Who will read the EPS meters?

Although the Republic Commission twice overturned the decision of Elektrodistribucija Srbija due to irregularities in the selection of bidders, the job of meter reading is still awarded to the same consortium - led by the company Montop HRS, owned by the controversial Marko Bosanc. During that time, EPS itself reads the meters, and the guild is paid by the citizens

Rebellion in the media

05April 2025. Nemanja Rujevic

Juronujz journalists do not know who wrote the pamphlet-announcement

Almost the entire editorial staff of Juronujz dissociated itself from the unsigned press release of its company, in which it calls for an end to the blockade of RTS in tabloid vocabulary. Management does not advertise

Comment

Overview of the week

"Our" and "their" DJ Vučićevići

Anyone who condemns the regime's targeting of people from the media, the non-governmental sector, the opposition and universities, must not agree to this targeting of RTS editors and journalists either.

Philip Schwarm

Comment

New Government: "Counter-revolutionary" retaliation

The government of Đur Mazut is "counter-revolutionary", focused on retaliation and state and street violence against opponents of the regime

Nedim Sejdinovic

Comment

The arrest of Dejan Ilic: Entering the phase of terror

Depriving Dejan Ilić, an intellectual with an impeccable life and work biography, of his freedom, without the slightest meaningful reason, is just one of the brutal indicators that the regime has turned against its own citizens and is entering a phase of terror

Ivan Milenkovic

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Politics

05April 2025. IN THE

Đukanović: If the student's request is authentic, the Faculty of Law should be closed

The sharp reaction of SNS deputy Vladimir Đukanović came after claims appeared in the media that the students of the Faculty of Law in the blockade are demanding the holding of extraordinary elections in June. Đukanović assessed that, if that request is truly authentic, "the Faculty of Law has lost its purpose of existence."

Russian-Ukrainian conflict

05April 2025. DW / Hana Sokolova

The return of Ukrainian deserters to the front: "The war destroyed me"

About 21.000 Ukrainian soldiers are classified as deserters. Many return to the front to avoid prosecution. This is a story about them

Political prisoners

05April 2025. AI

Students in blockade: We demand the immediate release of the arrested activists

Six students and activists are languishing in prison, a warrant has been issued for six of them for an alleged attack on the constitutional order. The students in the blockade demand the immediate release of all political prisoners and that the states stop unjustified repressive measures

Cinema

05April 2025. Đorđe Bajić

The dark path of Snow White and other failures

Snow White, "Disney", directed by Mark Webb,
screenplay by Greta Gervin and Erin Cressida Wilson,
starring Rachel Zegler, Andrew Burnup and Gal Gadot

(Lawless) state

05April 2025. AI

University vs. TV Informer: Battle for Serbia's soul

The rector and deans of the University of Belgrade will sue TV Informer for blatant lies and slander. This television represents the essence of the government of Aleksandar Vučić

Urban Bushmen for the second time among the Serbs

05April 2025. Ivan Milenkovic

In honor of Theophilus

The publishing house Biblioteka XX vek organized its book fair in Novi Sad and dedicated it to Teofil Pančić. Teofil published six books in the 2001th century: Urban Bushmen 2004, Keepers of the Bengal Fire 2007, Through the Gorges 2010, Time Machine on Repair 2013, Critique of Firepower 2007, all five with the subtitle "Life and Death in Serbian Post-Communism", and Karma Koma XNUMX, and just before the Novi Sad fair, the second edition of Urban Bushmen appeared, "Ojačano" with a foreword by Ivan Čolović and an index of names

Comment

Comment Ivan Milenkovic

Overview of the week

"Our" and "their" DJ Vučićevići

Philip Schwarm

Comment

New Government: "Counter-revolutionary" retaliation

The government of Đur Mazut is "counter-revolutionary", focused on retaliation and state and street violence against opponents of the regime

Nedim Sejdinovic

Comment

The arrest of Dejan Ilic: Entering the phase of terror

Ivan Milenkovic

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The return of radical violence

Protest in Novi Pazar

Freedom and unity for all

"We will not give up Serbia"

A triumph of will in the Serbian way

Croatia: The phenomenon of Marko Perković Thompson

Ustašluk and entertainment

History teaches us

The man called the state

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Politics

Student protests

20April 2025. IN THE

Brnabic: Blocking RTS is a criminal act, the blockers are sadists who mistreat women

Blockade of the Public National Service

20April 2025. IN THE

A large number of people in front of RTS, a rich holiday student table

Politics

20April 2025. IN THE

Đukanović: If the student's request is authentic, the Faculty of Law should be closed

Faculty blockades

20April 2025. IN THE

Medical students in Niš: Only five percent of colleagues attended online classes

Out of a total of 3.000 medical students in Niš, only 153 of them reported attending online classes during the blockade, according to the protesting students. They say that the data is discouraging for the faculty administration and that they are determined to persevere in the fight to replace the leadership.

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Russian-Ukrainian conflict

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The return of Ukrainian deserters to the front: "The war destroyed me"

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Economy

SNS Economy

20April 2025. IN THE

Marko Bosanc's business: Who will read the EPS meters?

Dirty energy

19April 2025. MLJ

Serbia ranks fifth in the world in the share of coal in electricity production

According to new annual data published by the Ember Research Center, Serbia produced 2024 percent of its electricity from coal in 62,9.

Budget reallocation

17April 2025. Ma. J.

New economy: Vučić wants to divert money for higher education to private faculties

Since, at the end of last year, students have blocked the faculties of all state universities, representatives of the authorities have repeatedly emphasized the negative consequences of protests for the economy.

Official plane

17April 2025. TS

Falcon for 53 million euros: A new plane for Serbian officials?

A Falcon 6X business jet, most likely a new aircraft of the Government of Serbia, landed at the "Nikola Tesla" Airport. It is worth around 53 million euros, according to estimates from the "Business Insider" portal.

Economy

17April 2025. IN THE

The end of cheap shopping: The theme is rising prices due to Trump's new tariff policy

Cheap online shopping from China is about to become a thing of the past. Sellers Temu and Shane are raising prices due to the new US customs policy that takes effect in May

Energy Industry

14April 2025. BB

New economy: The price of oil fell by 25 percent, and the price of fuel in Serbia by seven

The government brought new prices that are valid this week, so a liter of Euro diesel is 192 dinars, and a liter of BMB Europremium gasoline will be 179 dinars.

Society

RTS: More than 200 employees supported the students

Radio and Television of Serbia

19April 2025. BB

RTS Workers' Union: If the management does not address us urgently - we will consider that they have withdrawn

The resignations of all editors and journalists who "allowed Dnevnik 2 and other news programs to present untruths and insults against students and other citizens" are demanded.

Perseverance

19April 2025. MLJ

Blockade of RTS, day six: Students opened "Rector Vladan Đokić's Square"

The students in the blockade and the citizens who support them continued to block the Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) buildings in Takovska Street and Košutnjak in Belgrade.

Tragedy in Novi Sad

19April 2025. BB

Prosecutor Goran Ilić: Nonsensical Novi Sad procedure for the fall of the canopy

"Behind the obvious legal confusion that two prosecutor's offices are acting completely separately on the same event, there is a much bigger problem," public prosecutor Goran Ilić says.

Ecology

19April 2025. BB

Kosjerić: The waste incinerator operates without an environmental impact assessment

The citizens of Kosjerić are threatened by a waste incinerator for which an environmental impact assessment has not been carried out, claims the Democratic Party

Serbian Orthodox Church

19April 2025. BB

Patriarch Porphyry: May God deliver us from fratricidal wars

"True and real fear and all the problems and frustrations that we have inside and outside of us are nothing but precisely the fear of that enemy called death," emphasized Patriarch Porphyry

A story from life

19April 2025. Nemanja Rujevic

Anger of SBB customers: And the sign says...

Many citizens are furious because N1 and Nova S are no longer available, so they are besieging SBB branches. It's a bizarre thing, people who earn 500 euros a month are grabbing each other by the throat while Telekom buys a monopoly over the media with state billions from White World funds.

The World

Russian-Ukrainian conflict

20April 2025. DW / Hana Sokolova

The return of Ukrainian deserters to the front: "The war destroyed me"

About 21.000 Ukrainian soldiers are classified as deserters. Many return to the front to avoid prosecution. This is a story about them

The war in Ukraine

20April 2025. AI

Deceptive Easter Truce: Exchange of prisoners and gunfire

Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners on Easter. The festive ceasefire, however, is short-lived

Montenegro

19April 2025. Aleksandra Mudreša (DW)

The builder of Belgrade on the water is planning an investment on the Velika beach in Ulcinj

The sheikh who built the Burj Khalifa or Belgrade on the water - plans to invest in Velika Plaza in Ulcinj. Opposition, environmentalists and citizens warn of circumvention of the law and the sale of the state

Ukraine

19April 2025. MLJ

CNN: America is ready to give Crimea to the Russians if the war ends

The proposal includes establishing a truce along the current front lines, CNN reports

Nuclear energy

19April 2025. MLJ

The second round of negotiations between Iran and the US in Rome

An Iranian delegation has arrived in Rome ahead of nuclear negotiations with the United States, Iranian state television reported

Protection of animals

19April 2025. Danko Handrik/ARD

Slovakia: Killing of 350 brown bears approved

After the bear killed another man, Slovakia allowed the shooting of 350 of these animals - strictly protected since 1992 throughout Europe. This measure caused outrage among environmentalists

Comment

Overview of the week

"Our" and "their" DJ Vučićevići

Philip Schwarm

Comment

New Government: "Counter-revolutionary" retaliation

The government of Đur Mazut is "counter-revolutionary", focused on retaliation and state and street violence against opponents of the regime

Nedim Sejdinovic

Comment

The arrest of Dejan Ilic: Entering the phase of terror

Ivan Milenkovic

Overview of the week

Chasers and expellers

Where Seselj left off, Vucic continues. Why did Ana Grozdanović, a member of the SPS Main Board, deserve the position of Minister of Justice in Dr. Macuta's government? And what the regime wants to achieve with the Stalinist campaign of intimidation

Philip Schwarm

MARCHES THAT RAISE AWARENESS: Students in rebellion

Comment

Who is Serbia calling?

These are the last days when there is a chance that the great rebellion in Serbia will not pass in vain and without a political result. If it goes that way, the regime will launch an even stronger retaliation

Nemanja Rujevic

Hunt for the rector

18April 2025. BB

Rector Đokić after the hearing: I am not guilty, I hope that the academic community will remain united

The hearing of the Rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan Đokić, at the Directorate of Criminal Police in Mihajla Pupin Boulevard in Belgrade lasted two and a half hours.

Press release of "Vremena" editorial office

18April 2025. "Vremena" editorial office

RTS lied that "Vreme" condemned the student blockade

"Vreme" condemned the publication of personal data and the targeting of journalists and editors of Radio and Television of Serbia, not the student blockade of RTS

Students in the blockade

18April 2025. KS

Blockade of RTS: Egg painting in Takovska, without a regular program

The fifth day of the blockade of the Radio and Television of Serbia buildings in Takovska Street in Belgrade and in Košutnjak is underway. The public service was forced to change the program scheme, and as they state, they are working in the most difficult conditions so far. A criminal complaint was also filed against the students blocking RTS buildings

Reaction

18April 2025. Philip Schwarm

My response to RTS

My views are known to everyone who reads our newspaper and portal. They are certainly not a secret for RTS either. That's why I was professionally and personally affected that my comment, in which I condemn the tagging of editors and journalists of the Public Service, was used by this company to stab Vremena in the back through me.

Rebel university

18April 2025. BB

Hearing of Rector Đokić: "Dear fellow citizens from UKP, what are you doing?"

The Rebellious University initiative asked "fellow citizens from the Criminal Police Directorate (UKP)" whether they might be using their official position for the benefit of those who obstruct justice every day by undue influence on judges, public prosecutors and lawyers

Culture

Petition

18April 2025. S.Ć.

National Library: Petition to save five million books

The three-story underground garage in Skerlićeva Street is 10 meters from the depot of the National Library of Serbia, warns the Plenum of this institution and tries to save the entire written treasure of Serbia with a petition

Inheritance

18April 2025. Sonja Ciric

The proposal to revoke the protection status of the General Staff submitted in secret?

Goran Vasić, the acting director of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, sent without the knowledge of the employees a proposal to revoke the status of a cultural monument for the General Staff complex, they claim, and that is why they are asking those who put him in that place, the Government of Serbia, to replace him

Budget for culture

17April 2025. Sonja Ciric

Will Zrenjanin lose its status as Capital of Culture?

The mayor of Zrenjanin canceled the competition for funding projects during the year of the Capital of Culture. What does that actually mean?

Exhibition

17April 2025. S.Ć.

"Partibrejkers" - part of rock and roll mythology

The exhibition "Partibrejkers - be yourself", on the occasion of 40 years since the release of the first album of this famous band, tells the story of Canet, Anton, Ljuba and Manzanera, who defined rock and roll in the Yugoslav regions

Beograd

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Pancevo

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Apatin

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Subotica

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Zrenjanin

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Vrsac

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Novi Sad

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Ruma

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Kula

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shadow

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Title

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Vrbas

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Kikinda

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Niš

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Kragujevac

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Royally

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Belgrade, Old Town

54 AQI

Medium pollution

Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.

Belgrade, New Belgrade

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Unpolluted

Air quality is considered satisfactory and air pollution poses little or no risk

Belgrade, Vinca

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Air quality is considered satisfactory and air pollution poses little or no risk

Mozaik

History teaches us

16April 2025. Nebojsa Jovanovic

The man called the state

In order to stay in power, Bonaparte III changed the state system, he removed all political enemies, the parliament was only a facade of the regime, he bribed the deputies with large salaries, the assembly did not question the declaration of war or peace, and the emperor often called himself the commander-in-chief even in peace. Napoleon III was happy, at large rallies he celebrated a new victory and the restoration of great popularity

Cinematography

16April 2025. Sonja Ciric

Can evil people love?

About Kirill Serebrenikov's new film The disappearance of Josef Mengele with his co-producer Miloš Đukelić, thanks to whom Serbia will be part of the Main Program of the Cannes Film Festival after 30 years

Postcard

16April 2025. Robert Shepherd

Avetinja railway Šid–Bijeljina

All the other stations on the route of this railway - Adaševci, Morović, Višnjićevo and Sremska Rača - are neglected, full of garbage, in some of them parts of furniture, maps, signaling have been left, and in one even the entire (locked) safe.

From the newsletter

16April 2025. Nemanja Rujevic

Why is it important to cry?

When you feel sorry for someone, it's not just to "relieve the soul". Other people are our mirror, our reference. But you should not exaggerate in whining

Croatia

14April 2025. Marija L. Jankovic

The Law on Cemeteries in Croatia: Attack on "scattered Chetnik cemeteries" or the Cyrillic alphabet

Croatia amends the Law on Cemeteries, which requires the removal of gravestones erected after May 30, 1990 that "glorify Serbian aggression against Croatia." There is a fear among Serbs in Croatia that all graves with Cyrillic inscriptions will be removed

Student protests

Blockade of the Public National Service

SNS Economy

Rebellion in the media

Overview of the week

Comment

Comment

Politics

Russian-Ukrainian conflict

Political prisoners

Cinema

(Lawless) state

Urban Bushmen for the second time among the Serbs

Overview of the week

Comment

Comment

Student protests

Blockade of the Public National Service

Politics

Faculty blockades

Student protests

Blockade of the Public National Service

Politics

Russian-Ukrainian conflict

Faculty blockades

SNS Economy

Dirty energy

Budget reallocation

Official plane

Economy

Energy Industry

Radio and Television of Serbia

Perseverance

Tragedy in Novi Sad

Ecology

Serbian Orthodox Church

A story from life

Russian-Ukrainian conflict

The war in Ukraine

Montenegro

Ukraine

Nuclear energy

Protection of animals

In between

Overview of the week

Comment

Comment

Overview of the week

Comment

Hunt for the rector

Press release of "Vremena" editorial office

Students in the blockade

Reaction

Rebel university

Petition

Inheritance

Budget for culture

Exhibition

Beograd

Pancevo

Apatin

Subotica

Zrenjanin

Vrsac

Novi Sad

Ruma

Kula

shadow

Title

Vrbas

Kikinda

Niš

Kragujevac

Royally

Belgrade, Old Town

Medium pollution

Belgrade, New Belgrade

Unpolluted

Belgrade, Vinca

Unpolluted