Certain members of the Commission have resigned, this is the explanation why the City Assembly made a decision to cancel all this year's competitions for co-financing cultural projects
This year's budget for culture has been reduced, plus the Ministry and the City Secretariat for Culture have changed the method of financing. People in the culture believe that it is because of the Expo
By deciding not to set a budget this year for competitions that help contemporary creativity, the City of Belgrade called into question the implementation of many cultural projects in the capital.
That money was allocated "on behalf of the services of the protocol on cooperation on the organization of a permanent manifestation in the field of culture of importance" for the city. The city has no money for free admission to the Book Fair, but it does for the Beer Fest
