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University

14.April 2026. MLJ

Does Ana Brnabić know how to read Shanghai List?

If Ana Brnabić knew how to read the Shanghai List, she would never have declared that the University of Novi Sad was dropped from it in 2025 due to blockades, the academic community explains

Novi Sad

26.January 2026 B. B.

Boycott of teaching at faculties: Solidarity and perseverance in the fight against injustice

The boycott of higher education institutions in Novi Sad continues, and a protest "Empathy as resistance" will be organized in front of the Faculty of Philosophy.

The Ministry of Finance announced that starting in January, all funds of the faculty will be centralized through the SPIRI system, with the closure of existing accounts.

Universities

15.December 2025 Bojan Bednar

What is the SPIRI system that threatens the financial collapse of the faculty?

The Ministry of Finance announced that starting in January, all funds of the faculty will be centralized through the SPIRI system, with the closure of existing accounts. Universities warn that such a model does not recognize the complexity of their financing and can lead to work being blocked

Freshmen like never before

19.November 2025 Vukasin Karadzic

Children of rebellion

How the high school graduates in the blockade became cold in the blockade, what do they think about themselves and others and what kind of Serbia are they fighting for

Higher education

04.November 2025 Katarina Stevanović

The academic year has begun: Will the faculties be blocked again?

As students once again fill the amphitheatres, the shadow of last year's faculty blockades still hangs in the air. The Ministry of Education warns of "blockades" and threats, and the deans say that only the provocation of the authorities could ignite the academic community again

students life

24.September 2025 Tijana Stanic

When the blocks pass and the deadlines begin: "I experience panic attacks for days"

Returning to university does not mean returning to "normal" student life. After several months of blockades and protests, students are returning to taking exams - but not without consequences

Utility blackmail

23.September 2025 MLJ

Why do you say electricity, but think of students: How the state mistreats faculties

Before the exam dates and the new academic year, the state threatens the faculties again, lest the professors accidentally "repeat the mistake of the previous academic year" and side with the students. The message is: those who do not obey will be left without electricity

Protests in Serbia

23.August 2025 KS

The deans of five faculties condemned violence against students

The deans of five faculties from Novi Sad, Subotica and Sombor condemned the verbal and physical violence that has been perpetrated against students and participants of civil protests in recent days.

Destruction of education

21.August 2025 B. B.

Đukanović again calls for the shutdown of state universities

"Our higher education can only be saved in such a way that all state universities will be shut down," determined Vladimir Đukanović

NAT deals with the accreditation of student programs

Education

21.July 2025 Marijana Maksimovic

Registration period begins: Where is the biggest rush?

Faculty blockades have been going on for months, but despite this, the enrollment of freshmen has begun at state universities in Serbia

University of Belgrade

25.June 2025 B. B.

The school year at the University of Belgrade ends on October 31

In practice, this means that the next school year 2025/2026. for undergraduate academics begins on November 1 and lasts until September 30, 2026

University of Belgrade

24.June 2025 B. B.

Rector Đokić: Quotas for admission to faculties will be the same as last year

The rector of the University of Belgrade, Vladan Đokić, stated that from next week, it will be possible to announce competitions for admission to faculties for the next school year.

University of Belgrade

10.June 2025 B. B.

Dean Radovanović: I expect the repeal of the decree on reducing scientific activity

The dean of the Faculty of Physics in Belgrade, Voja Radovanović, expects the controversial decree that affects the functioning of the University to be repealed

University

29.May 2025. B. B.

Different opinions about the end of the school year at the university

"We need time to democratically and academically harmonize attitudes and actions", stated the University of Belgrade after a meeting of students, deans and rectors

Student protests and faculty blockades

27.May 2025. Katarina Stevanović

Students on online classes: "If I wanted to study like this, I would enroll in a course, not a university"

In an attempt to break the student blockades, the authorities pressured the faculties to start distance learning. How it looks in practice

Ministry of Education

25.May 2025. B. B.

Minister Stanković: There is no enrollment of new freshmen without the return of all students to classes

Referring to the current law, the Minister of Education, Dejan Vuk Stanković, indicated that the date of the end of the academic year must be known in order to organize the registration of current graduates, i.e. future freshmen

Student blockades

05.May 2025. MLJ

"Free University": Faculties, don't make decisions alone

The academic network "Slobodan University" in Niš appealed to members of the academic community to refrain from making decisions about the start of classes in the current phase of negotiations with the newly formed Government of Serbia.

University of Belgrade

23.April 2025. B. B.

Repeal the regulation reducing scientific work to 12 percent

"The Decree devastates higher education for all future generations, by destroying science. We see the Decree as a new canopy that hangs over higher education," said Oliver Tošković, a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy.

Education

08.April 2025. B. B.

Faculty blackmail: If classes do not start, deans are threatened with millions in fines

The Ministry of Education filed 37 misdemeanor charges against higher education institutions and responsible persons for failure to hold classes. It is expected that the provincial inspection will submit nine misdemeanor reports for institutions on the territory of Vojvodina

Faculty blockades

04.April 2025. Katarina Stevanović

Government pressure on the university: A scapegoat for professors

The extent to which the authorities are willing to go to stop faculty blockades is shown by the recent attacks and defamation of university professors. "Vremen" interlocutors believe that this will not stop the rebellion and that it is a desperate, uncivilized attempt by the authorities to return things to the pre-modern era.

Faculty blockades

31.march 2025 KS

The new economy: Illegal wage cuts for university professors

University professors were left without a salary, and recently a decree was passed regulating their work. Many employees in higher education institutions consider these steps as direct pressure

Propaganda

28.march 2025 Nemanja Rujevic

The "politician" developed scabies, we unofficially learn

The Belgrade-based "Politika", sometimes a respected newspaper in its history, is now publishing unsigned and unofficial "information" that scabies is spreading at faculties in Serbia because they are under blockade. They did not respond to "Vremena"'s query

Education

26.march 2025 KS

Šabić: Government regulation "factually and legally unsustainable move"

"The President and the members of the Government knowingly overstepped their authority to the detriment of university professors and even entered the sphere of committing a criminal offense," said Šabić, commenting on the new Government Decree on the norms and standards of faculty working conditions.

University of Belgrade

25.march 2025 B. B.

Rector Vladan Đokić: The state and the University are not in a good relationship - because of the state

"The university is the backbone of society, in fact it is one of the few institutions in which the citizens of Serbia have confidence," said Vladan Đokić, rector of the University of Belgrade.

Faculty blockades

25.march 2025 KS

New pressure on universities: Faculty inspection has begun

Inspection supervision at faculties in Serbia began on Tuesday (March 25). Deans and employees at faculties consider this step another form of pressure on higher education institutions

School year

03.march 2025 Mila Jovanovic

Is March 17 really "D-Day" or a day to scare students?

The President of the Assembly talked about the lost materials of students and pupils in a guest appearance on K1 television, mentioning a kind of D-Day, when it will be known what will happen to the academic year. She also missed the number of schools that are blocked, and that significantly

Blockade of the bridge over the Nišava River

Student blockades

14.February 2025. Sanja Kljajic/DW

The student movement from within: how does it really work?

Student protests have brought the entire society to its feet and led to the fall of the Serbian government. Some analysts estimate that this student movement is even bigger than the one from 1968. How does it work from the inside? And what are the possible outcomes?