When it shifts from a reporting to a fiscal regime at the start of the New Year, CBAM will, in addition to electricity, for now cover several other industrial products, including the ones that are very important for Serbia. The Serbian government has prepared a package of measures, but it remains to be seen what their advantages and drawbacks are in responding to CBAM.
Everything that Serbia has failed to do will be paid for on January 1, because importers in the EU will pay taxes on the built-in emissions of greenhouse gases on certain products
A big fire broke out in the "Elektroprivreda Srbije" building in Novi Sad. There is no information about the injured
As of today, electricity prices are higher for households and small customers by 6,6 percent, and the zones have also changed. How to get a discount on your electricity bill
After the dismissal of Kolubara employee Goran Perišić, citizens blocked the Miloš Veliki highway near Lajkovac as a sign of protest. The Gendarmerie intervened, several people were detained, and the media also reported on the use of pepper spray. Perišić claims that the dismissal is politically motivated, because he publicly criticized the government
Electricity and other charges are now paid through Alta Bank, owned by Davor Matsura, a new bud among businessmen close to the government. "Vreme" investigates this in the new issue
The transition to electricity billing through commercial bank current accounts has no consequences for customers, announced Elektroprivreda Srbije
Citizens of Serbia will pay their electricity bills to the Alta Bank account of businessman Davor Macur. Who is the man whose business has experienced a meteoric rise in recent years
Elektroprivreda Srbije informed users that the electricity payment account will change from June - instead of the treasury account, payments will go to the account of the private Alta Bank, owned by Davor Macura, a businessman close to SNS. EPS did not provide an explanation for this decision, nor the details of the contract
Due to the support of the students, several EPS workers were fired or given a warning before being fired. Goran Perišić, who was fired in February, was returned to work, but to a position for which he was not trained
"A high-quality energy mix enables the economy to be competitive, which is extremely important," says EPS General Manager Dušan Živković
Former president of the municipality of Obrenovac and acting director of the EPS, Milorad Grcic, has had his detention suspended since February 14, 2025, due to suspicion that he participated in embezzlement at JP Elektroprivreda Srbije
The Electric Power Company of Serbia is examining whether, how and at what price we can use green hydrogen
The price of electricity for the economy so far, in the previous year, amounted to 94 euros per megawatt-hour
Vesna Lakićević was fired for posting on social networks calling for a strike and protests and talking about "complete disarray in EPS"
Until today, Goran Perišić was the manager of the excavator in Kolubara, and then he was fired for supporting students
The new management of EPS, led by Dušan Živković, predicted a profit of 54 billion dinars, while the profit at the end of last year was more than twice as low
Dragoslav Ljubičić was one of the first to be fired from the Electric Power Company of Serbia after a protest by unions, employees and students in front of the EPS building. He is now suing the company and seeking reinstatement
Trucks with mud and stones are arriving at TENT again, burdening the operation of the power plant. The result is the import of electricity at high exchange prices, instead of cheap domestic production
"It is quite clear that Milorad Grcic alone does not have the intellectual capacity to design any money extraction. At the same time, the entire team that works on EPS does not miss a hair, nor does anyone pay attention to them," says attorney Čedomir Stojković for "Vreme".
EPS trade unionist Dragoslav Ljubičić, who has five years left until retirement, was fired for posting on Facebook. He told "Vreme" that repressive measures will be launched across Serbia these days against people who publicly deal with "arrogant thieves in power".
Dragoslav Ljubičić, a union member of Elektroprivreda Srbije, received a warning before his dismissal due to alleged violations that were added to the Code of Business Conduct only after he raised the alarm. If the amended Code is applied, whistleblowers will have to choose between silence and dismissal
The trustee of the EPS "Nezavisnost" union, Dragoslav Ljubičić, confirmed for "Vreme" that on Tuesday, January 28, he was served with a notice of dismissal in the TENT branch, where he is employed in the position of "OV-TK dispatcher".
AD EPS will spend the same amount of money for the import of coal this year for five million tons as for the complete production from RB Kolubara (something around 22 million tons). This will increase the producer price of the final product of EPS, electricity, by 50 percent, because those 27 million tons cost twice as much as if all 27 million tons were produced in Kolubara
The construction of a desulfurization plant at the Kostolac Thermal Power Plant was supposed to reduce pollution by 96 percent. It's just that in 2023, the emission of sulfur dioxide was 9242 tons higher than in 2022. EPS is responsible for 41,6 percent of air pollution in Serbia
They are suspected that, from the beginning of 2018 until the middle of 2023, as employees of EPS, they repeatedly transferred the money paid by citizens for the use of electricity to the accounts of their acquaintances who did not pay for electricity
