Budget for culture
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?
State and culture
How money for culture is distributed
It is to be believed that the Ministry of Culture, the Provincial Secretariat and the Belgrade Secretariat for Culture will not award money to associations and companies that do not deal with culture or do not exist this year through tenders.
State and culture
Instead of being increased, the culture budget was reduced
At a time when cultural workers with the support of students are protesting because of the lowest budget in the region, the Government of Serbia has adopted a solution that reduces it even more. It is not known for whose benefit
Budget
The great secret of the discretion of the Minister of Culture
The Minister of Culture has the discretionary right regulated by law to award grants to projects outside of the competition, but not to publicly justify them
Financing
Associations: The Ministry of Culture does not care about culture
The Ministry of Culture participated in the adoption of the Decision by which 16.250.000,00 dinars were taken from the already unacceptably small budget for culture, say members of twenty representative associations in culture.
Economy
New economy: Everything revolves around EXPO
While the state provides funds for the completion of the EXPO and the National Stadium, the announced measures for students and education face budget constraints. The Ministry of Finance is already asking budget users for savings, and some infrastructure projects have been put on hold
Comment
Another billion - the people will sing, mourn and pay
The regime of Aleksandar Vučić boasts that he has as much money as you want in his account - and yet he owed Serbia another billion euros at terrible interest. Why? Because they can
Budget
"Forbes": What is the budget reserve used for?
The government decided to "redirect" a total of 2,9 billion dinars, which were originally intended for various infrastructure projects, into the current budget reserve, and from there on at its own discretion
Investments
Everything for the Expo, crumbs for the metro
Regardless of the fact that the subway is being built once and for all and the Expo only for then and never again, the state has determined that 15 times more money will be allocated for the exhibition, the aquarium and the stadium than for one subway line.
Serbia and the region
Serbia allocates 18 euros per capita for culture
Funds for culture are small, but the bigger problem is that they are squandered on dubious projects, projects of predatory organizations through a fund to which the Minister of Culture and other decision-makers have the discretionary right, is one of the conclusions of the Independent Culture Scene research
Interview: prof. Dr. Natalija Perišić
"Economic tiger" and its victims
"When the government promotes the neoliberal narrative, those who are against it are too poor to rebel, they don't have any visibility, they don't have any strength, and then it's very difficult to oppose it." The main reason that fully supports neoliberal ideology is that neoliberal ideology actually reduces expenditures in the budget and leads to the fact that our expenditures can go to something else - for the army, for the police and the like, while reducing expenditures for those who need it help and support"
Total disinterest
Why did not a single citizen come to the discussion on the rebalancing of the Indjija budget?
An open meeting with citizens was scheduled for yesterday at 13 pm in the building of the Municipality of Indjija. Apart from journalists and the head of finance, Danijela Matić, none of the citizens of Inđija were present at the meeting
Budget
Culture of Serbia: One percent is far
Next year, Serbia allocated 0,67 percent for its culture, less than this year. UNESCO recommends that the annual culture budget should be at least one percent. The countries of the region have exceeded this limit
Delay of works
New economy: Why was the first metro line moved again - to 2030?
Completion of the first metro line in Belgrade, originally planned for 2028, has been postponed to the end of 2030, announced the PUC "Belgrade Metro and Train". The first phase of the line includes the route from Železnik to the Pancevački bridge. Work on the stations will only begin at the end of 2025
New session
Parliament of Serbia: Debate on the budget for 2025 begins
Deputies of the Serbian Parliament begin the debate on the Budget Proposal for 2025, which foresees total revenues of 2.346,2 billion dinars, which is eight percent more than predicted by the budget rebalancing for this year
Personal attitude
It is available, it is possible, it is spent
The increase in Serbia's military budget will cause reactions from other countries in our region, where we failed to build mutual trust and predictability. You don't need to be a foreign policy expert to predict a virtual arms race for countries in the region that cannot afford it.
Mediji
Vučić: The state feeds all the televisions, everything!
President Vučić's statement that no television is alone in the market caused numerous comments on social networks. "We, the citizens of Serbia, fill the state jar," said one of them
Vojvodina
"Potential vote rigging": Vote on the budget of Sremska Mitrovica from wherever you want
Citizens are also wondering about the budget of Sremska Mitrovica, who can vote for which project they want the budget money to be invested in. It sounds great. However, voting is done in part via a site where anyone can vote, which opens the door to potential vote rigging
Personal attitude
Where billions of euros disappeared from the budget
In order to further verify the aforementioned doubts in the case of our country, a high-reliability model was created in order to create a comprehensive analysis of VAT revenue during importation. Official data published by state authorities were used for its preparation. Also, a methodology was used that has been confirmed in practice and is used for the algorithmization of the public resource management process (ARIMA methodology). The analysis showed us that in the last eight years, ending in 2023, 3,2 billion euros of VAT less than it should have been collected during imports
Education
Vučević: 12 billion dinars more for education are foreseen in the budget rebalancing
During the parliamentary session on rebalancing the budget on Monday, Prime Minister Vučević said that 12 billion dinars more were earmarked for education.
Session of the Assembly of Serbia
Is the budget rebalancing an illusion of the government or does the opposition not know how to count?
MP Miroslav Aleksić assessed at the session of the Serbian Parliament that the entire economic policy of the government is "one big illusion". Minister Siniša Mali, defending the government and the rebalancing, said that Aleksić showed that he "does not know calculation operations".
Parlament
Parliament of Serbia on budget rebalancing and financial assistance to families
The budget rebalancing was on the agenda of the Serbian Parliament
Economy
In five years, as much as 2,6 billion euros were spent through the budget reserve
The maximum allowed amount of funds that can be diverted through the budget reserve without the approval of the Serbian Parliament is currently four percent of the republic's budget revenue, which in 2024 amounts to around 700 million euros
Despite the debacle
Award for failure at the European Championship: FSS for "regular work" 59 million dinars
Economist and editor of the publication Strateo Saša Đogović pointed out for "Vreme" that budget reserves should not be used for any sports activities, because they are used for extraordinary circumstances such as the current natural disasters
Expropriation
Expensive lawsuits: Novi Sad is in debt to pay court costs due to expropriation
In the final report on the budget of Novi Sad for 2023, the State Audit Institution stated that there are about 1300 lawsuits. To cover the costs, the city will have to borrow thirty million euros
Bus Station
It is not only the deadlines that are being pushed through, but also the budget
The state is investing another 10 million euros for the construction of a bus station in New Belgrade. Deadlines and budgets were breached 8-9 times, so she represents our Shkodër on Bojana, Nikola Jovanović from the Center for Local Self-Government told Vreme.
Illegal facilities
Nikola Jovanović: Because of wild construction, the Belgrade budget was damaged by 100 million euros
Only in the case of the building in Kursulina in Vračar, which was legalized even before it was built, the investor "Stefial" was obliged to pay a contribution for construction land in the amount of 1,3 million euros, said the director of the Center for Local Self-Government