Public transport

GSP

27.April 2026. B. B.

Why are GSP Belgrade workers protesting?

GSP workers fear that if the private carrier "Strela" Obrenovac could take over the lines of zone 1, GSP could be shut down

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.

GSP

13.march 2026 B. B.

Unions: The city government sets up a tender for buses

The unions of GSP and the Union of Public Transport Employees fear that the tender for the procurement of 50 gas-powered buses has been adjusted so that the job will be awarded to a certain manufacturer

Traffic populism

30.January 2026 Bojan Bednar

Public transport: What's to worry about, when it's free

Free public transport is neither really free, nor has it increased the number of Belgraders who use it, it has not reduced traffic jams, and the government has received an "argument" that gifts should not be ignored.

GSP

13.January 2026 B. B.

What kind of trams does GSP Belgrade import for 188 million euros?

How can a loser like GSP, which will use most of the money received from the Belgrade budget to pay for the services of private carriers, buy trams worth 188 million euros

Snow covered the building of the Serbian Parliament

Chaciland

05.January 2026 B. B.

The end of the eight-month siege: Traffic on Nikola Pašić Square was opened

City traffic is functioning again in front of the Serbian Parliament after part of the tent of the so-called Ćaciland was removed from the roadway

Traffic

08.December 2025 Ivan Mitkovski

Traffic collapse in Belgrade: Why is almost everyone driving alone?

Belgrade is suffocating in traffic. In most cars, there are only drivers who waste hours every day in queues. What is the solution to reduce the huge traffic jams?

Public Transport

15.September 2025 B. B.

Trade union "Center - GSP Belgrade": Who and for whom want to milk billions from the city coffers?

The trade union "Center - GSP Belgrade" warns that the city government is trying to extract billions from the city coffers to "enrich a small number of people".

Public Transport

05.September 2025 B. B.

Crashing a bus into a store: How is that even possible?

No one understands how it is possible for a bus driver at 4.30:XNUMX in the morning, apparently just at the beginning of his shift and when there are practically no other vehicles, to lose control to such an extent that he crashes into a store

Chronicle

28.August 2025 B. B.

GSP bus killed a girl, GSP unions appeal not to "judge" the driver

"We deeply sympathize with the tragic loss of life of a young person and with those injured in this accident, but at the same time we call on the public to refrain from 'judging' that the driver is to blame for this tragedy," said the statement signed by the GSP unions.

Public transport

09.June 2025 MM

Turkish trams in Belgrade: Wide and expensive

As the first tests show, the trams of the Turkish manufacturer Bozankaya are wider than other rail vehicles in the capital

Public transport

24.march 2025 Bojan Bednar

The abolition of trolleybus traffic in Belgrade is ad act

"No costs related to the abolition of trolleybus traffic have been foreseen, nor are we thinking in that direction," traffic engineer and president of the Union Center in GSP Ivan Banković told "Vremen"

Protest in Belgrade

15.march 2025 IN THE

On Saturday, there is no public transport in Belgrade

Since this morning, a large number of citizens have had problems getting to other parts of the city or to the center, and the taxis of the largest associations are unavailable on call.

Public transport

20.February 2025. B. B.

Protest of GSP workers due to the abolition of trolleybuses

The demands of the workers are the suspension of the process of abolishing trolleybuses, a guarantee that Depo Dorćol will not be handed over to a private person, the purchase of one hundred new modern trolleybuses, as well as a review of the contract by which lines 100, 300, 400 and 700 were taken away from GSP.

Public transport

18.February 2025. B. B.

Jovanović: Šapić uses his position for dealings with trucking companies

After the failed introduction of a new ticket collection system and the installation of signs to track the arrival of vehicles that often show inaccurate data, the mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, once again stirred up the public with the decision on lines 704, 706 and 707

Public Transport

17.February 2025. B. B.

Šapić suspended changes to routes of lines 704, 706 and 707

After several months of analysis, the Secretariat for Public Transport of Belgrade proposed that part of the lines from distant places be partially shortened to terminuses on the edge of the inner city zone

Public Transport

17.February 2025. IN THE

CLS: By shortening routes 704, 706 and 707, many citizens of Belgrade are cut off from the city center

The Center for Local Self-Government strongly reacted to the decision to shorten lines 704, 706 and 707, warning that it will negatively affect the 150.000 inhabitants of Zemun and the surrounding settlements, and that private carriers will be used

GSP Beograd

13.February 2025. IN THE

Šapić confirmed: Electric buses instead of trolleybuses, higher salaries for drivers

According to Mayor Šapić, Belgrade will have 150 trams, a new fleet and better conditions for public transport workers.

GSP Beograd

05.February 2025. IN THE

The transport allowance still applies: Employers must decide on the method of payment

Although Belgrade has introduced free public transport since the beginning of the year, this does not mean that employees lose their right to compensation for the costs of getting to and from work, according to the Ministry of Labor.

Public Transport

29.January 2025 B. B.

Bus collision in Belgrade: Sri Lankans only need a driver's license

The only requirement for guest workers to drive public transport buses is that they have a driver's license from their country. There are no special controls, Ivan Banković, president of the Trade Union Center GSP Belgrade, told Vreme

Service information

13.January 2025 IN THE

Changes to public transport in Belgrade due to the Serbian New Year

During the celebration of the Serbian New Year at Republic Square, on the night between January 13 and 14, from 19 p.m. to 3 a.m., there will be changes in the operation of public transport lines

Public Transport

09.January 2025 Ivan Mitkovski

Jovanović: The decision to abolish trolls is beyond reason

"We are canceling the trolleybuses run by GSP in order to introduce electric buses owned by a private citizen from Obrenovac, 'Strela', and we are paying 1.1 billion euros for that over the next 20 years," said Nikola Jovanović, director of the Center for Local Self-Government, in an interview with "Vreme"

GSP

01.January 2025 IN THE

Free transport and dynamic timetable: What does it mean for the citizens of Belgrade?

Public transportation in Belgrade has become free for everyone, but it remains unclear how the additional costs will be covered in the budget and what will happen to the ticket collection equipment. While citizens enjoy the relief, experts question the long-term sustainability of this model

GSP

31.December 2024 IN THE

What are the changes in public transport in Belgrade during New Year's Eve?

How public transport will function on New Year's Eve and the first days of 2025

Beograd

18.December 2024 Sanja Zrnić

How to get through the city: Roller skates against concrete blocks

Unbearable traffic jams have become a gloomy everyday life for the citizens of Belgrade. There are no more rules when they can be expected, nor how long they last. Citizens of the capital are figuring out how to get through the city as painlessly as possible, and one fellow citizen has the main trump card for crowds - roller skates.

City of Belgrade

04.December 2024 New economy/Dunja Marić

GSP: Two million euros for "informing" passengers

In order to introduce a system for all "new and important information", the Secretariat for Public Transport announced a tender. The estimated value is around two million euros and the information will be displayed in 600 city transport vehicles