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Sanja Zrnić

Graduated journalist and communication specialist. She has been writing for "Vreme" since 2012, and has also worked for "Večernji novosti". She trained in media communications, public relations and human rights.

Education

Educators' strikes: The noise that the government ignores

Schools across Serbia are still on strike. In some places, classes are shortened because of low salaries, in others they "give out high fives" because teachers are afraid of students and their parents. In a deeply divided society, even the educational unions failed to unite. Separate actions do not bring any results. Why teachers do not dare to stop work completely

Dating apps

Dinner with full pages

A jump from the monitor to real life. The uncomfortable, slightly terrifying, exhilarating and liberating experience of having dinner with five complete strangers that the app connected me to

Protests in Serbia

Civil resistance: The persistent and aimless pursuit of justice

For more than a decade, the inhabitants of Serbia have been looking for answers to the numerous tragedies that society is going through on the streets, due to the silence of the authorities and institutions. This search, it sometimes seems, is hopeless, and the interlocutors of "Vremen" say, because it is without a clear goal

"Free those arrested in Novi Sad"

Baucal: We are fighting for a more normal society

One of the signatories of the open letter from the professor of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade, Professor Aleksandar Baucal, tells "Vreme" that they are considering whether there will be stronger statements

Caring for the elderly

Illegal homes for the elderly are life-threatening

Dozens of illegal facilities for the care of the elderly and infirm throughout Serbia have been reported to the authorities, but some are still operating without a permit. In one of them, two women were killed in a fire on Sunday, and the president of the Association of Private Social Protection Institutions, Radoslav Milovanović, told "Vreme" that he fears that such events will happen again.

Air traffic

Niš Airport: Less and less passengers, more and more goods

"Konstantin the Great" airport had fewer passengers in October compared to the previous five months, while from January to the end of October 2024 there were about 76.000 fewer passengers compared to the same period last year. At the same time, cargo transportation recorded growth

Tourism

Utah is about to shut down due to debt

The National Association of Utah Travel Agencies could be shut down after 70 years due to blocked accounts and a debt of about 16 million dinars. Director of Juta, Aleksandar Seničić, tells "Vreme" that the help of the state, but also the political will, is necessary for the survival of such an association.

Urbanism

Concreting of Belgrade

For the third year in a row, construction is being carried out in the capital of Serbia without the adopted General Urban Plan, according to which it should be built and developed until 2041. That is why there are almost no larger municipalities in Belgrade where citizens have not stood in front of the machines

Education

Teachers' protest: A strike and a total work stoppage follow

Four representative unions of educators have announced that they will suspend work on November 1, and then begin a "series of strikes" in all schools in Serbia. The members of the Independent Union of Education Workers of Serbia continue with the "white strike" and only give high fives. The Government's response is still is waiting