The arrest of Milorad Grčić and his associates in connection with corruption in the EPS caused numerous reactions in the public. While the government brags about the fight against corruption, it is paradoxical that these arrests right now with the announcement of Aleksandar Vučić actually prove what the students claim - that in Serbia politics controls the judiciary
On the order of the Special Department for Suppression of Corruption of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, 15 persons suspected of rigging public procurements in the Electric Power Company of Serbia were arrested
On the order of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, the police arrested Milorad Grcic on suspicion that, while he was the acting director of JP EPS, he and his associates damaged that public enterprise.
According to the Transparency International report, Serbia has once again fallen behind in the fight against corruption, taking 105th place among 180 ranked countries. In the region, only BiH is in a lower position than Serbia
"Nikola Vasiljević, yesterday's regional head of the BIA, and now Vucevic's security advisor, was and still is friends with Zvonko Veselinović and Goran Kovačević Goranec. That practice remained even after Vasiljević, only now it is more intimate and firmer. Namely, the current head of the BIA for Novi Sad Bečić, his deputy Simo Aleksić and Goranac have known each other since Vrbas and 'now only the sky is the limit'! That bestiality of Nikola Vasiljević went so far that he does not even hide his corrupt savings. He registered the elite wine shop 'Dekanter' in an exclusive part of Belgrade on the water on his wife. The estimated value of the wine shop is around 2.000.000 euros.
The higher public prosecutor's office in Novi Sad filed charges against 13 people in the case of the fall of the canopy at the train station in Novi Sad. However, due to the disclosure of an international contract with Chinese contractors, which has been kept secret until now, it could be back to square one. And that contract is very unusual
Former official of the Democratic Party and Minister of Agriculture in the government, Mirko Cvetković, has long been forgotten by the public. If, like some of his colleagues, he had switched to the progressives in time, perhaps this trial would not have lasted 12 years and only until the first-instance, acquittal. Now there is an appeal, and maybe years and years of a process that has lost all meaning
In the Capital of Culture, Užice, they are satisfied with what has been achieved so far, and announce that the main results are yet to come. The Ministry of Culture is also satisfied. Only the opposition is not, especially since the court does not respond to their criminal charges for corruption
The chief public prosecutor of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, Nenad Stefanović, pointed out that by reporting corruption, citizens "can influence the detection and prosecution of criminal acts".
"Today, the discourse on the Balkans focuses on corruption and poverty. For example, if you read the news, even when Bulgaria is presented as an attractive tourist destination, it will always be described as 'the poorest country'. That adjective cannot be omitted. Of course, Bulgarians are now waiting for a poorer country to join the European Union so that they can finally stop being the 'poorest'. Poverty is criminalized, it is considered something bad, almost a moral flaw"
Dissatisfaction with the progressive management of Belgrade is slowly but surely treading across municipal borders and the "urban-rural" border. Namely, only 27,8 percent of the citizens of Belgrade SNS-SPS assess the rule of the capital as "capable and efficient", while as many as 40,1 percent consider it "incompetent and corrupt". And the mood towards the current mayor is even worse than that
Vučić spread the slogan that the country "must not stand still" like an umbrella over himself and his party in order not to cover systemic arrogance, thievery and amorality. Citizens' lives are not important here
It's no use trying to prove that high corruption exists in Serbia. She is simply unimaginable. And then the canopy of the newly renovated train station (pictured) falls and kills 15 people. And the bubble burst and lies, theft, crime and corruption began to pour out of it
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković replaced Health Minister Vili Beroš, who was previously arrested. The European Prosecutor's Office of Croatia has confirmed that it has opened an investigation against Beroš for the procurement of equipment for the hospital, which is worth almost five million euros.
In a coordinated action by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, nine people were arrested, including members of the communal militia and a traffic policeman, on suspicion of criminal offenses of abuse of office and influence peddling.
Former Deputy President of Albania Iljir Meta was arrested while driving to a press conference. He is suspected of money laundering while holding key political positions
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted as part of a federal corruption investigation, the New York Times reported today, citing unnamed sources.
The West is courting Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, while his opponents accuse him of turning Albania into a drug state, corrupt to the core, writes the German weekly "Spiegel".
"The provincial parliament and the government do not serve Vojvodina but, first of all, the ruling party and the control of finances that are selectively poured into the pockets of followers", Novi Sad surgeon, MP and head of Vojvodina's PSG Miroslav Ilić tells "Vreme"
The institutional maneuver of exempting numerous projects from valid control and selection procedures is simply a godsend for the appearance of corruption and its unhindered growth. This is where the most important factor in the architecture of factors that would try to clarify the massive expansion of public investments in Serbia from 2018 onwards is located.
The assistant mayor of Leskovac, Perica Gavrilović, has resigned from this position, as well as the position of vice president of the City Committee of the Serbian Progressive Party, announced the mayor of Leskovac, Goran Cvetanović. Gavrilović was arrested more than a month ago and was in custody on suspicion of the criminal offense of abuse of office
One of the theses that is often heard is: Vučić would never have won absolute power and for years did whatever came to his mind if the so-called betrayal of elites, enormous configurations. What does that mean? Representatives of various elites put their personal or group interests far above the interests of citizens and the community. And those interests, in this case, are not only different, but completely opposed. In popular terms, Vučić played on greed and did not make a mistake
If a country borrows 18 billion euros to finance projects in a non-transparent way, and then half of that amount is used for corruption or misspent, the actual level of investment is only nine billion euros
Proceedings were initiated against the outgoing mayor of Niš, Dragana Sotirovski, in the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Niš. A former associate accuses her of siphoning money from the city budget through multiply increased public procurement and tender rigging. The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, called this a "creepy campaign" and emphasized that he "does not give up his people easily."
The assistant to the mayor of Leskovac, Perica Gavrilović, was arrested and is currently in custody. At the beginning of April, seven presidents of local communities in Leskovac were also arrested. The opposition demanded the resignation of the mayor, which he refused
"While Pašić's circles were in power, there really was a lot of high-level corruption and even though it was known, the courts did nothing because Nikola Pašić was protecting his people. In the 1930s, the country was different, there were obstacles, not everything could be done. But those punitive measures were not directed against their own, against the royal camarilla, but against those who had already lost power, so their examples proved the fight against corruption."
A court in Madrid has opened an investigation into the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez for corruption and influence peddling, prompting him to question whether he should resign. He decided, however, to remain in office
