Mrdić's Laws

European Parliament

25.June 2026 B. B.

Lopandić: Serbia is awaiting a new, harsher resolution of the European Parliament

"The authorities are now bragging about the fact that we lost six months as a country with that persecution with the Venice Commission," says the former head of the Serbian Mission to the EU, Duško Lopandić.

Parlament

25.June 2026 IN THE

The Assembly adopted amendments to judicial laws

The Serbian Parliament adopted amendments to five judicial laws, which were re-submitted to the procedure after the original decisions from January were reviewed and harmonized with the recommendations of the Venice Commission. At the same time, MPs also voted on several laws in the fields of health, housing policy, energy and international financial agreements

Mrdić's laws

17.June 2026 IN THE

Venice Commission: Serbia implemented seven out of nine recommendations, two key ones are still pending

In a subsequent opinion on changes to judicial laws, known as the "Mrdić Laws", the Venice Commission assessed that Serbia had implemented seven of the nine recommendations, but that two key areas - the position of prosecutors in the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime and the autonomy of the Department for High-Tech Crime - were not yet fully regulated.

Serbia and the EU

13.May 2026. Jovana Gligorijevic

The roads left, but I stayed.

As things stand now, Serbia is missing a historic opportunity: the European Union is more in the mood for expansion than ever, but the "wise leadership" of our country chooses the path of repression and corruption instead of the EU.

European coins

02.May 2026. Nemanja Rujevic

Nemanja Starović in the episode of interpreter for the European Commission

The European Commission has "put on hold" one and a half billion euros for Serbia. But, according to Minister Nemanja Starović, this is not the same as "freezing" the money. How to disguise a fiasco linguistically

Following the recommendations of the Venice Commission

29.April 2026. IN THE

The Ministry of Justice formed a working group for the harmonization of Mrdić's laws

The Minister of Justice, Nenad Vujić, formed a working group for the preparation of amendments to several laws in the field of justice, in order to harmonize the domestic legislation with the recommendations of the experts of the Venice Commission.

Mrdić's laws

28.April 2026. IN THE

Today: The High Prosecution Council rejected the recommendation of the Venice Commission

The High Prosecution Council refused to include on the agenda the recommendation of the Venice Commission on the return of prosecutors to specialized prosecution offices, despite warnings about jeopardizing the continuity of investigations.

EU and Serbia

15.April 2026. HAVE

Why do some in Brussels think that a monument should be erected to Mrdić?

Serbia could lose 1,5 billion euros from EU accession funds due to the so-called Mrdić laws. "Vremena" sources, who advocate a tougher attitude towards the authorities of Aleksandar Vučić, say that

Serbia and the EU

22.February 2026. KS

"Mrdić's laws" as a brake on the EU: What will happen to cluster three

The disputed set of judicial regulations, adopted without the prior opinion of the Venice Commission, has become a new obstacle to the opening of cluster three in negotiations with the EU. Although the government announces that it will fulfill key obligations by June, the data show that Serbia is still late in the most sensitive chapters of the rule of law.

Justice

22.February 2026. KS

Lawyers in Serbia have been on a three-day work stoppage since Monday

On Monday (February 23), lawyers across Serbia will go on a three-day work stoppage due to the so-called "Mrdić Laws".

Justice

12.February 2026. KS

Lawyers announce a three-day suspension of work due to the "Mrdić Laws"

The Bar Association of Serbia has threatened a three-day work stoppage from February 23 to 25 if the state leadership does not immediately repeal the recently adopted amendments to judicial laws, which it claims threaten the basic rights of citizens and violate the principles of the rule of law.

Judiciary and cases

12.February 2026. Mirjana Nikolić

Serbia and the law without protection

How is it that one who ran over a female student was charged with attempted murder, and the girl who did the same was pardoned because she got "confused"? How was the attacker of the N1 team who broke their camera in front of the police wanted for two and a half months, and then was accused of obstructing printing and broadcasting, an act that many people heard about for the first time? As for the seizure of five tons of marijuana, the prosecutor's office requested an investigation for only five suspects, and the one who was previously arrested for a ton was declared almost a benefactor saint

Justice

10.February 2026. IN THE

One-day suspension of the work of Vojvodina lawyers due to the "Mrdić Laws"

Vojvodina lawyers are on strike for one day because of the "Mrdić laws" that threaten the independence of the judiciary. An urgent request for changes was sent to the Ministry of Justice

Protest in front of the court in Novi Sad

Justice

07.February 2026. KS

Attack on the judiciary: Strike of lawyers in Vojvodina due to the "Mrdić Laws"

The Bar Association of Vojvodina will suspend its work for one day on Tuesday due to a set of passed laws that they consider an attack by the regime on the judiciary.

Justice

07.February 2026. KS

"Mrdić's Laws" come into force

Despite the criticism, the set of amendments to the law, which were adopted at the proposal of MP Uglješa Mrdić, will enter into force

Mrdić's laws

05.February 2026. KS

The European Commission calls again for the revision of the "Mrdić Laws"

The European Commission calls on the competent authorities in Serbia to suspend the implementation of the amendments and to urgently review the adopted amendments to the set of judicial laws

Amendments to systemic public prosecution and judicial laws

05.February 2026. Bojan Bednar

The EU criticizes, Vučić doesn't care

As if nothing alarming is happening, or on the contrary - as if things are happening that are in complete accordance with the never-revised radical anti-European policy - President Aleksandar Vučić announced that the conversation with the EU countries is "open and meaningful". These platitudes point to the exact opposite, that Serbia's European path is over

Justice

02.February 2026. MLJ

Protest in front of the High Court in Novi Sad: "There is a direct attack on the judiciary"

A number of Novi Sad prosecutors, judges and lawyers temporarily suspended their work due to the adoption of the so-called "Mrdić's Laws". In an act of rebellion, they left the courthouse

The European Commission

28.January 2026 KS

Kos: The passing of the "Mrdić Laws" is a step back on the way to the EU

How does the European Commission assess the vote on changes to judicial laws proposed by Uglješa Mrdić and what does this mean for Serbia's further path towards the European Union

A progressive attack on the judiciary

21.January 2026 Slobodan Georgiev

Loyalization of the judiciary and prosecution

Last year, it seemed that some parts of the prosecutor's office and the judiciary might wake up just as the students demanded at the beginning of their rebellion. The regime did not sit idly by and now wants to eliminate all those who "raised their heads" in a "legal way", but also to prevent progressive bigwigs from appearing before the court.

Member of SNS Ugleša Mrdić in the parliamentary room in the National Assembly

Amendments to the Law on Judiciary

20.January 2026 AI

Birodi: Does MP Mrdić behave in a corrupt manner

The Bureau of Social Research invites the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption to determine whether SNS deputy Uglješa Mrdić behaves in a corrupt manner, in accordance with the definition of corruption from Article 2 of the Law on Prevention of Corruption