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Radmilo Marković

Radmilo Marković worked as a journalist in Vremen for 12 years - covered economic and political topics. In addition, he worked in the newsrooms of Istinomer and Nova.rs. From June 2021, journalist of the Balkan Research Network (BIRN Serbia). Winner of the "Dejan Anastasijević" award for investigative journalism in May 2023. In addition to BIRN, he is currently a columnist for Vremen and Nova Ekonomija.

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The war in the Middle East and its consequences

What awaits the economy and citizens of Serbia

"In a shorter period of time - a month, two, three - various measures can be used to avoid a significant impact of the world oil price on our market, but all this cannot work in the long term," says Milojko Arsić for "Vreme". According to Đorđe Đukić, the planned economic growth of Serbia has been called into question due to stagnant tendencies among key economic partners in Europe, but also due to the reluctance of large companies to further invest due to the war in Iran.

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The collapse of the "General Staff" project and the indictment against the Minister of Culture

The day they went downhill

If Selaković or the government do not invoke the minister's immunity, if something does not happen to the acting prosecutors and their families, if the chief prosecutor of the TOK and Mladen Nenadić does not decide that the TOK will "battle" the whole case or is content to leave everything up to Minister Selaković, if the government fails to suppress the prosecution or block its work, if the police and other state bodies act according to the orders of the prosecution, it is possible that the "General Staff" case will penetrate to the very "heart of darkness". where he came from

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Perfect energy storm

The unbearable lightness of irresponsibility

At the end of 2025, thanks to the government's complete lack of interest in solving problems, Serbia found itself in a triple energy problem - it is not known how the saga with the Serbian Oil Industry will be resolved, it is not known where Serbia will buy gas in the future, and the Electric Power Company of Serbia is not doing well either.

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Justice

Coup d'état against the prosecution

In other countries, organized crime prosecutors are prosecuting various types of mafias, and some of these criminals are literally killing those prosecutors. However, in Serbia, prosecutors - and the entire prosecutor's office - are controlled by the government of the Republic of Serbia and its officials. This conclusion is not only drawn from recent events, but from 13 years of progressive "politics", which captured the state and its institutions a long time ago.

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Ursula von der Leyen in Belgrade

This time without "Dear Alexander"

The climate in Brussels towards the Serbian authorities is changing. This can be seen from the statement of the President of the European Commission during her visit to Serbia, which is more restrained than last year's, as well as from the announcements of the text of the upcoming resolution. What does that actually mean? What did the president of the EC base her only praise on, and do the citizens of Serbia have reason to be happy about it? Srđan Majstorović, Maja Kovačević, Andreas Šider, Vula Ceci and Nemanja Nenadić speak for "Vreme"

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Openness of government work

As one man says

"The general impression is that key decisions are not made at government meetings anyway, but in a narrow circle around the president. Although formally the president has no authority under the Constitution, he de facto dictates the direction of the government, which can also be seen in everyday practice: on television, the president regularly announces decisions on which projects will be financed from the budget, which village will get a road or how much assistance will be awarded to citizens after some accidents, says this year's report of the "Partners of Serbia" organization.

Prepared by: Radmilo Marković

Financial life and death

What do we owe to whom?

When evaluating the budget for 2025, the Fiscal Council warned that the item with the greatest growth in the proposed budget is precisely the one that should pay interest on the public debt. According to the budget for 2025, interest expenses have increased by as much as 19 percent, i.e. to 1,9 billion euros in absolute terms. What does that mean? This 2,1 percent of GDP that goes to interest is quite higher than the average of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, where they allocate around 1,4-1,6 percent of GDP for this purpose.

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Nichu buildings in Serbia: Will the new law solve the problem of illegal construction?

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Legalization like the world has never seen - once again

The new campaign for quick-fire legalization for 100 euros is essentially not much different from the one of ten years ago. Interesting, however, are the subtleties, such as the legalization of wild construction in national parks

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Systematic destruction of the capital

How they finished off Belgrade

Remember - when was the last time you saw that in the nearby park, the Belgrade PUK "Zelenilo" watered the green areas so that they would remain green? When was the last time the street you pass by all the time, which is full of potholes, was completely renovated, so that you have to drive 20 an hour? How many illegal buildings have been built in your neighborhood, and how many have been connected to your electricity, water and sewerage? How many trees did your street have 15 years ago, and how many are there today? Where do you find a parking space? Can you bike around town? And during that time, Mayor Šapić appears in public once a month or every few months - to brag about the results, to announce new "projects" that were apparently thought up the previous evening, and to verbally confront and insult journalists who are not to his liking.

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Reaction to reactions to the Vidovdan protest

Who produces violence?

Even if Martens and Milanović are right - which they are not - the fact remains that the students have unmistakably shown that the mafia in power is only brought down by their unquestioning insistence on transparency and the rule of law. Social change has already been made. Even if it is not political now, it will be someday

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Interview: Dr. Vladimir Vučković, economist

The model of economic growth must change

"None of us can be expert enough, nor should we evaluate every road section, every airplane purchase, every state project, such as the Expo, such as the national stadium. It is the state that should prove that we need it, regardless of what we think. But there is none."

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Economist, Dr. Vladimir Vučković

From the new issue

Vučković: More money would be in the system if we could have a more orderly state

"In the best days and the best periods, we 'revolve' around a growth rate of around four percent. This is also the case in this 'golden sub-period', and if we had better institutions, which include the issue of corruption and the rule of law, it would be five percent without any problems," economist Dr. Vladimir Vučković told the new issue of "Vremena".

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Aleksandar Vučić

Comment

Another billion - the people will sing, mourn and pay

The regime of Aleksandar Vučić boasts that he has as much money as you want in his account - and yet he owed Serbia another billion euros at terrible interest. Why? Because they can

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Just don't panic

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Student rebellion: And from the president - an apartment

The subsidized housing loans for young people announced by Aleksandar Vučić are a deception. What is hidden behind this "generous" offer by the President of Serbia in the midst of the student rebellion

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Serbia and the United Arab Emirates

Arms trade, money laundering and "the biggest wild construction in Europe"

Several of Serbia's deals with the Emirates were declared "deals of the century" and were harmful to Serbia, while the real earnings - in the trade in arms and military equipment - were mostly kept silent.

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Pictures from the life of a regime

Serbia, the land of honesty, truth and freedom

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

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Research: Serbia and Hungary

Joint affairs of two autocrats

What is the relationship between Orban and Vučić? What is their political and economic closeness based on? What are the channels through which money travels between the two countries? What has been done, and what plans have been announced? What are the connections between the Orban and Vučić families? Which Hungarian companies win tenders in Serbia? Finally, what does Utiber monitor?

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Comment

Cartel pricing: How much does Vučić's mayonnaise really cost?

Do you remember the famous "two eggs" of Minister Momirović? Well, there is every chance that those "two eggs", before the price reduction, were in one of the markets that were part of the organized price fixing, as claimed by the Commission for the Protection of Competition

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The little one missed the budget a little, but it doesn't matter

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Give me that Expo, give me those bursts, you only live once

The so-called "positive rebalancing" of the budget is carried out under the motto - where there is money, there it is spent. Money is spent on unnecessary things without accounting, and the debt is steadily growing

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Openness of the work of the executive power in Serbia

Who needs it, and besides, it doesn't work

How is Serbia positioned in terms of transparency of work, accessibility of data, integrity and efficiency of the executive power, in relation to surrounding countries? "Partners Serbia" investigated and the spoiler would read: not very well

Prepared by: Radmilo Marković

Comment

The wretched minimum chases the wretched basket

While the government lies that the minimum wage will reach the minimum consumer basket from next year, it should be noted - the minimum wage is poor, the basket is even poorer, prices are too high despite "actions", and such measures are unsustainable

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Removal of Pavel Petrović: Once upon a time there was a Fiscal Council

The Fiscal Council was the only institution left with a backbone. It was headed by prof. Pavle Petrović. Vučić has now handed him his resignation. Enough with the criticism

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Answers must be plucked with pliers: Republic Geodetic Institute

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How Cadastre got angry with me, and then sued me to the editor

Cadastre, that is, the Republic Geodetic Institute, continues to show a deep misunderstanding of the essence of the media. If this is how they treat journalists, who, for the time being, do not have any "pending" case in the Cadastre, how do they treat citizens whose lives and fate often depend on the decision of the RGZ

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Reacting

"Who guards our railways", "Vreme" no. 1692, June 8, 2023.

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