Dossier "Vremena": Deliblatska peščara 26.August 2026 Slobodan Bubnjević The Lord of Fire and his minions "We taught love to fire, so that our earth no longer burns". It is a verse by Vasko Popa, one of our greatest poets, who was born in the village of Grebenac, on the edge of Deliblatska peščara, in one of the settlements that were directly threatened by the fire. Despite the superhuman efforts of the firefighters, volunteers and locals, despite the help sent by students and citizens who had nothing else to do, despite appeals to request foreign help earlier, the forest fire in Pesko completely got out of control this summer and caused damage that will take decades to repair. Someone could conclude that Pesak u flame is a parable of today's Serbia's solidarity citizens and students who are ruled by a malignant regime that is not worthy to protect ecosystems such as Peščara, to preserve our natural treasures, our land
Dossier "Vremena" II: Sector for emergency situations 26.August 2026 Vojkan Kostić The students did not set fire to the Deliblata Sandstone Despite the fact that there is no clear discontinuity in the work of the Department for Emergency Situations, the general impression of the professional public is that the reaction to the fire in Deliblatska peščara was not adequate. The rare footage showed that there were not enough firefighters, that local volunteer fire brigades came to help, and that the presence of equipment was disproportionate to the size of the fire. Two facts most often caught the eyes of the commentators - that FAP and TAM tank trucks, which have not been produced for 40 years or more, were used in Peščara.
Before the first of September: Primary education in Serbia 26.August 2026 Jelena Jorgacevic If that's fine with you, then nothing Great inequalities among children, excessive programs, poor position of teachers, lack of staff and increasing centralization are some of the neuralgic points of our eight-year schools, Professor Aleksandar Baucal tells "Vreme". So what kind of tomorrow awaits us? Why do all eighth-grade students from Serbia lag behind their peers from the European Union on average, and how can this be changed? In this spirit, teacher Predrag Starčević, a man for whom his job is a mission, teaches children true values
Culture of memory: 26 years since the assassination of the former president of the Presidency of Serbia 26.August 2026 Igor Božić Ivan Stambolić's sneaker The kidnapping of Ivan Stambolic in the middle of the day in Košutnjak was also a message to all those who opposed the regime. If the authorities decide to make you disappear, there will be no witnesses, no clues, no investigation. There won't even be news that you're gone. The court's conclusion also speaks of how much the state was turned into a means of private survival in power: the members of the JSO and the leaders of the Department of State Security did not act as an independent criminal group, but used the state apparatus of force to preserve the political power of one man.
Serbia and Israel 26.August 2026 Bosko Jaksic Moses is Moses, and business is business In just two years, from the beginning of the war in Gaza in October 2023, the export of Serbian ammunition to Israel increased 42 times and during 2025 and at the beginning of this year reached 133 million dollars. All this despite the statement of President Aleksandar Vučić last June that Serbia is suspending all military exports. In the first two months of 2026 alone, there were 14 cargo flights to Israel, compared to 32 in all of 2025. Military ties are not one-way. At the end of 2024, Israel's "Elbit Systems" sold modern artillery systems, drones and equipment worth 335 million dollars to Serbia. The equipment was used by the authorities in Belgrade for mass surveillance of their opponents
Pre-election portrait: Aleksandar Vučić in the campaign 26.August 2026 Ivan Milenkovic Why isn't he one of us? "When a real human tragedy occurs, such as the death of a miner, a helicopter crew, and the fall of a canopy, the mask of pathos falls - acting and artificial emotional overwork burst, and beneath them the real, cold nature and calculation is revealed," psychologist Ana Mirković tells "Vreme". "The reason is simple: real misfortune and real grief require taking responsibility and sincere empathy, and the authoritarian instinct perceives this as weakness"
2026 campaign 26.August 2026 Jovana Gligorijevic Vučić's contempt for the people SNS voters who oppose Vučić on his tour before the unannounced elections do not act as opposition, but as disappointed believers. And it is towards them that Vučić shows perhaps the greatest amount of disgust
To meet the elections 26.August 2026 Nedim Sejdinovic What is waiting for the voters and why nobody is burning until dawn As the security forces say that the greatest strength of the secret services lies in the reputation of their omnipotence, the entire Vučić-progressive engagement since the fall of the canopy is based on an attempt to maintain, that is, to regain the perception of omnipotence. This is what naked political violence, huge tents and the television program "Vučić 24/7" serve. And there is every chance that Vučić is also ripe to fall and that, no matter how hard he tries and whatever he does, hardly anyone except the "underdogs" - and not all of them - believes that he is omnipotent
exclusive 15.march 2001 Igor Mekina and Svetlana Vasović-Mekina Confession of Mira Marković "I believe that the members of the SPS and JUL, those who are not mentioned in the newspapers and on television as thieves, rich or that they are suspicious and responsible for some other reason - I believe that they are the ones who made an agreement with the new authorities to that government protects their material and other interests, their rather large wealth, and that in return they contribute to the bribery of their yesterday's comrades and personal friends"
Interview - Sanda Rašković-Ivić, Commissioner for Refugees of the Republic of Serbia 15.march 2001 Jelena Grujić We don't want ghettoization "Refugees have been manipulated like no other population in recent times. Perhaps only the mentally ill were manipulated that way in the Soviet Union during Stalin's reign of terror."
The case of the three beaten 15.march 2001 Uroš Komlenović Nothing new in Pozarevac The new authorities shout at the top of their voices that those responsible for the collapse of the state will be tried. Wouldn't it be more logical to rehabilitate the victims first?
Macedonia 15.march 2001 Nenad Lj. Stefanović The collapse of ethnic romanticism In some reflections on the latest events not only in Macedonia but also in the south of Serbia, one hears how the Albanian side is allegedly trying to catch the "last train" for a more comprehensive solution to its own issue and to reach, possibly, a new Dayton by radicalizing the situation on the ground.
Comment Is Serbian society really divided?One "side" is made up of members of the regime, corrupt policemen, bought and blackmailed criminals, and rich people who have been enabled by the regime to get rich, while the other side is made up of citizens who gather around the idea of freedom. However, such distribution of forces is not enough to call Serbian society divided Ivan Milenkovic
Comment "Vučić's" 6.000 dinars: If you are disgusted by them, you give them to studentsUnder the slogan "I don't need anything from them", many say that they will not take the 6.000 dinars that Vučić and Mali "gift" to the people from the Share Fund. This kind of protest, however, is a weak point Marija L. Jankovic
Comment Fifteen years and another month of fireFifteen years of these authorities are reflected in the fact that for more than a month the authorities are unable to put out the fire in Deliblatska peščara. No conspiracy theories help here Nemanja Rujevic
