"Vremena" research: Medical waste in the south of Serbia

How the government replaces state institutions with private companies

The European Union has invested millions of euros to help Serbia manage the removal of medical and infectious waste. Niš is one of the first cities to receive a facility for this activity. However, it is not used today, the waste removal jobs are given to a private company, and the licenses of the health institutions have expired. The conditions for their extension are set in such a way that they cannot fulfill them

Vučić's Hit Tweet Threats

Attempt to tame civil servants

The question for the people of the system is - who will be first? Will the police, the prosecutor's office and the judiciary, will those from the education and university or from the public administration wait to "cut off their heads" - and that of a small number of honest and brave ones, as the president of Serbia threatens, or will they work more strongly according to the law, insisting on its implementation, and not according to his will

The battle for public space

A lie in politics

Love of truth, says Hannah Arendt, has never been counted among the political virtues. Does this mean that the essence of truth lies in its impotence, and the essence of politics lies in treachery? Well, if so, doesn't powerless truth deserve the same amount of contempt as power that doesn't care about truth

The oil industry of Serbia

Shadow fleet against US sanctions

Attempts for the state of Serbia to nationalize NIS, for two people close to the regime to buy the Russian share in NIS, for some Western oil company or investment fund to enter the ownership structure instead of the Russians failed. Who is now, as the only remaining solution acceptable to the authorities, rapidly registering a fleet of river tankers for the transportation of crude oil from the MOL warehouse in Hungary to the NIS refineries in Pancevo? What does it bring? Why did Serbia not decide on the bankruptcy of NIS

Interview: Brankica Janković, Commissioner for Equality

Hope has appeared in society.

"When times are really difficult, that's when people show themselves, loyal first to themselves, then to their family, neighbors and the state. Justice is perhaps the closest competitor to trust today. But I mean pure justice, devoid of personal interests and all surrogates that could serve as substitutes. To quote Adam Mihnjik - we don't need mercy or revenge, we need justice"

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.

Opposition in Brussels

The struggle to win over Europe

The interlocutors of "Vremen" - representatives of pro-European parties in Serbia - agree that in the past year there has been a significant change in the attitude of the institutions and parties of the European Union towards the regime in Serbia. That change is visible even on a monthly basis

Dossier on the occasion of the 35th birthday of the weekly "Vreme": Journalism in the twilight of the Gutenberg era (4)

Journalism and Journalism: A written press and a big uproar

The archivist of the modern Borges World Library Alef (a fictitious personalization of artificial intelligence, ChatGPT) about eight hours a day in front of screens, the attention of newspaper readers and the scattered attention of digital readers, about influencers as court fools of the digital age, about "flat earth news", about journalism and speed as the enemy of depth, about the revolution of the press in the world and in Serbia, about the support that certain countries provide in order to preserve the press and how important world newspapers strive to maintain printed editions as a pillar of their reputation - and the weekly "Vreme" as a paradigm of drama between the Gutenberg era and the digital age

Sunday

TV maniac

Last revised on October 5th

Vučić started calling the October 5th changes the First Color Revolution, while the second is now underway