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Public safety

19.July 2026 IN THE

Jovanović: Belgrade cannot introduce private security without changing the law

A proposal for a public-private partnership for security worth 696 million euros for the next ten years will soon be before the councilors of the Belgrade Assembly. Director of the Center for Local Self-Government Nikola Jovanović claims that there is no appropriate legal basis for such a model

Belgrade markets

28.May 2026. CI

A tender has been announced for the reconstruction of the Kalenić market for more than 20 million euros

More than seven years after it was first announced, the City of Belgrade has announced a tender for the reconstruction of the Kalenić market, which includes covering and extending the premises. The estimated value of the works is 2,36 billion dinars

Culture and the state

07.May 2026. Isidora Ceric

When will the "Boško Buha" theater return home

The completion of the reconstruction of the "Boško Buha" theater building was announced for the beginning of 2026. Photos of the construction site, however, do not indicate that it will be soon

Poverty

08.April 2026. KS

According to the new rules, who is entitled to a free meal in Belgrade

The city of Belgrade has changed the rules on awarding free meals, expanding the categories of users. Who has the right to a free meal at a public kitchen in Belgrade and whether the new system is fairer than the previous one

Public Transport

17.march 2026 Marija L. Jankovic

For months they drove at their own expense: What is hidden behind the big lawsuit against the City of Belgrade for public transport

Aleksandar Samuilović, lawyer of the consortium of private carriers "Arriva Litas", explains to "Vreme" how the city of Belgrade lost a dispute against them worth 900 million dinars. The reason for the dispute is that, he says, private carriers have been transporting Belgraders for months "at their own expense" due to the direct decisions of the City

A large number of buses stuck in the street

City of Belgrade

17.march 2026 MLJ

Nikola Jovanović: "The debt of municipal utilities in Belgrade is 26 billion dinars"

The city of Belgrade lost another big dispute worth 900 million dinars, claims Nikola Jovanović from the Center for Local Self-Government, and the total debt to suppliers is much higher.

The Kentkart Affair

16.march 2026 MLJ

Will Šapić fulfill his promise and resign?

The former head of the cabinet of Aleksandar Šapić was sentenced to death for bribery. Will the mayor of Belgrade now fulfill his own promise and resign?

"New symbol" of Belgrade

04.march 2026 CS / DS

Our hour is broken, broken.

The Belgrade clock on Republic Square, announced as a new symbol of the city and an investment with a hundred-year guarantee, lasted only six days before it broke. Two of the four mechanisms have already been dismantled, with city officials claiming the breakdown is "a common occurrence".

Clock project on Republic Square, Aleksandar Šapić

Urbanism

20.February 2026. KS

Clock on Republic Square: The new SNS symbol of Belgrade is coming

Republic Square already had a clock, and now it is getting a new one - but pedestrians will not gather around it, but cars will circulate. Mayor Aleksandar Šapić announces it as a new symbol of Belgrade, which, I guess, should be the aquarium at Usce.

City of Belgrade

10.February 2026. IN THE

CLS: Disruption in the city administration, the secretary for communal and housing affairs resigned

The previous secretary for municipal and housing affairs of Belgrade, Rajko Tanasijević, resigned without public explanation and without notifying the media, the Center for Local Self-Government announced.

Elections in Belgrade

22.January 2026 KS

When Granny Pig becomes mayor

YouTuber who is followed by controversies, Baka Prasa, announced his candidacy for the Belgrade elections. Serious or not, he says that he is neither for the government nor for the students

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and the Mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić

Economy

14.January 2026 IN THE

New economy: The IMF introduces supervision over the finances of the City of Belgrade

At the request of the International Monetary Fund, the Government of Serbia accepted that the operations of the city of Belgrade and its public companies be subjected to an external audit - due to the sudden increase in debts, delayed payments and fiscal risks.

From the new issue of "Vreme"

24.December 2025 DS / CS

Nikola Jovanović: Belgrade does not have a development but a destructive budget

While the city government adopts a budget that part of the public does not consider developmental, Nikola Jovanović from the Center for Local Self-Government warns of its shortcomings, but believes that 2026 will bring a political turn and new energy

Budget of the City of Belgrade

22.December 2025 KS

Simić: And the new budget of Belgrade is a tool for extracting money into private pockets

Councilors of the Belgrade City Assembly adopted the budget for 2026. While the councilors of the ruling coalition praise him, the councilor of the Movement of Free Citizens, Stefan Simić, tells "Vreme" that the government has once again created a platform for extracting money into private pockets.

Mayor of Belgrade

11.December 2025 KS

Indication of Šapić: New Year's Eve is canceled for security reasons

After more than a month, the mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, stood in front of the journalists and presented his plans for traffic, urbanism and New Year's Eve, with a series of contradictory deadlines and anger towards the Institute for the Protection of Monuments

Belgrade Arena

24.September 2025 NM

Goran Grbović on dismissal from the post of director of the Belgrade Arena: The City of Belgrade has decided so

"Belgrade Arena" will get a new first man after seven years, since the current president and former basketball player, Goran Grbović, has been replaced

Assembly of Belgrade

17.September 2025 MLJ

The session of the Assembly of Belgrade without the Report on the work

In the materials for the session of the Belgrade City Assembly, which will be held on Friday, September 19, a key document is missing, namely the Report on the work of the city administration in the first six months of this year

Beograd

08.September 2025 MS

The State Audit Institution is demanding Šapić's dismissal

After the State Audit Institution (DRI) assessed in the post-audit report that the City of Belgrade seriously violated the obligation of good business operations, they sent a request to the Assembly of the City of Belgrade for the dismissal of Mayor Aleksandar Šapić. The SAI also informed the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia about this

Protest of the employees of the Pharmacy Institution Belgrade

Health care

08.September 2025 Milica Srejić

Sunovrat Apoteke Belgrade: One more two months and - the end

More and more workers are quitting Apoteke Beograd. There aren't even basic medicines on the shelves, salaries are late, debts are growing, some facilities are closing

Beograd

24.August 2025 S.Ć.

Pharmacy: Šapić, what will you do when there is no medicine for you and your children?

The city of Belgrade owes the employees of the Belgrade Pharmacy Institute five salaries, their problem was not on the agenda for the last six sessions, and it will not be on the September session either. Mayor Šapić and Minister Lončar are silent

Public procurement

01.August 2025 RV

Belgrade buys signs with street names for more than 1.000 euros each

Belgrade is again acquiring signs with street names. He pays more than 1.000 euros per post with two metal inscriptions

Beograd

20.May 2025. MJ

New economy: Who provides buildings in Belgrade for 1,27 million euros?

As in previous years, the facilities of the Belgrade City Administration will be secured by the companies T&M group solutions, Sparta Security and TE group. The deal is worth 150 million dinars without VAT. What do they actually do?

Public transport

04.April 2025. Mila Jovanovic

Belgrade is getting new trams: Romanian quality, and world prices

Belgrade is acquiring 100 new trams, based on private agreements with the Romanian factory "Astra", claims CLS. Why do trams come to us from Romania, if in Kragujevac there is a world-renowned brand of Siemens trams

City of Belgrade

03.march 2025 KS

Belgrade Security Project: Šapić's plan and questions that remain unanswered

The first phase of the announced Belgrade security project was presented, within which the formation of the Belgrade Security Service is also planned. However, there are a number of questions about what it is for and whether it is legal

New issue of "Vremena"

19.February 2025. SS

Star Disneyland: A 7.000-euro roller coaster

In the Belgrade neighborhood of Zvezdara, a children's park cost 23 million dinars, which, as councilor Stefan Simić writes for the new issue of the weekly "Vreme", is more expensive than any other park in the city.

Beograd

05.February 2025. KS

Šapić for "Vreme": I'm fine, thank God

The mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, has not appeared in public lately, and there are controversies about where he is and what he is doing. He told "Vreme" that he is doing well and that he is working, as always, "which can be seen at every step"

Beograd

18.December 2024 Milica Srejić

Šapic's public transport tour: Free for everyone from the new year

The mayor of Belgrade announced that public transport will be free in 2025. Experts say that this decision only cements the bad condition of the city and the difficult financial situation