Penalty - Time

Users who used words like "money" or "salary" in their private messages on Viber started to see advertisements for a cash loan from Procvredit Bank

Advertising

23.march 2026 IN THE

The National Bank of Serbia fined Prokredit banka for advertising on Viber

NBS fined Prokredit banka for Viber ads that popped up for users with certain words. Established unfair business practice

Inner voice

25.December 2025 Aleksandar Dimitrijevic

What do gifts say?

Two different results of psychological research say: with the use of reward you get what you wanted, and with the use of punishment you do not. So, if you want your child to change his behavior, "give him a present" whenever he does something good; if you punish him for doing something undesirable, all that will happen is that he will start hiding from you what he did. Second, if one has "intrinsic motivation" for doing an activity and begins to receive too much praise or gifts as a reward ("extrinsic motivation"), this can begin to diminish or even completely destroy that initial enjoyment and desire to do something.

Public transport

08.August 2025 NM

New Economy: Why GSP's tenders were canceled and now it has to pay a fine

The Belgrade City Transport Company (GSP) announced that it will call for a new tender for the procurement of gas-powered buses during August. The reason for announcing this public procurement is the fact that the previous one was annulled, and that is because two companies filed an appeal. GSP will have to pay both companies 120.000 dinars each

A record sentence

11.October 2024 IN THE

The American TD Bank was fined three billion dollars for laundering drug cartel money

TD Bank pleaded guilty to inadequate monitoring of suspicious transactions, which allowed drug cartels to operate unhindered. As a result, the bank will pay a fine of three billion dollars and face major consequences for its reputation

European Football Championship

24.June 2024 B. B.

Swearing instead of cheering: UEFA fined Denmark

The director of the Danish FA, Erik Broger Rasmussen, urged fans to refrain from displaying offensive banners during the tournament and said he would pass on fines to fans once they were identified.

Politics instead of sports

17.June 2024 BB/Radio Freedom Europe

The Football Association of Albania faces a fine due to fan incidents in Germany

Albanian fans threw objects into the field, used pyrotechnics, displayed flags that according to the rules are not allowed to appear at football matches, and one of them even ran into the field

A draconian sanction

13.June 2024 IM / Phonet

The European Court fined Hungary 200 million euros

The European Court of Justice has ordered Hungary to pay a fine of 200 million euros and another million euros per day of delay for non-compliance with EU asylum rules.

Artificially keeping prices high

25.May 2024. IM / DW

A record fine for the producer of Milka from the EU – 337,5 million euros

The American giant has to pay a record fine of 337,5 million euros for manipulating the market in the EU. The producer of Milka and Toblerone chocolates artificially kept the prices of their products high in some countries

Politics

24.October 2023 Magda Janjic

Why was the hotel of minister Novica Tončeva fined 470.000 dinars

"From this final verdict and recent incidents, it is clear that the democratic freedoms, which were won after the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, are increasingly threatened," the executive director of the Institute for European Affairs, Naim Leo Beshiri, told the "Vremena" portal.

Society

10.September 2023 Sonja Ciric

Sergej Trifunović: Hell happened to me

The well-known actor confirms to the "Vremena" portal that he was kicked out of the EU due to an offense in Split. Each of us is also obliged to respect the laws of the country in which we are located, writes in the announcement of the Split-Dalmatia Police Department.

Violence

08.September 2023 MJ

Rambo Amadeus pleaded guilty, fined for sexual harassment

After the accusations, Unicef suspended cooperation with Rambo Amadeus, and soon after that the musician himself spoke out, saying that any form of violence, especially towards children and women, is unacceptable and disgusting.

Society

18.June 2023 S.Ć.

Drivers, did you know: Driving in flip-flops is an aggravating circumstance

In the UK, driving in flip flops has caused 1,4 million accidents or dangerous situations. In France, a driver wearing flip-flops will pay a fine of 90 euros, and in Spain 200 euros. They are not expressly prohibited in Serbia