Football, crime, politics and the Sky app 08.July 2026 Vojkan Kostić Why does Nemanja Vidić have no one to protect him? At a moment when the attention of the entire world public is focused on the football fields of America, Mexico and Canada, and when the main question is whether Lionel Messi will win the world championship again with Argentina or whether the French will take revenge on them for the defeat in the final in 2022, the Serbian public was shaken by the information that the former president of the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) Slavisa Kokeza planned to physically harm one of the most successful domestic teams with the help of football hooligans and the Italian mafia footballer in the 21st century because he was afraid that his criticism could threaten his position in the association
Mafia and the state 08.July 2026 Vukašin Obradović Regime protectors of partners from the Sky application Belgrade lawyer Ivan Ninić tells "Vreme" that in Serbia the use of Sky communication is strictly controlled and surgically limited exclusively to the level of perpetrators on the ground, while in Montenegro it has become a tool for dismantling the criminalized state apparatus. He believes that the reasons for this selective application are legal and political in nature, because in Serbia Aleksandar Vučić still controls the security sector and decides what will be the subject of prosecutorial proceedings.
Cancer in Serbia 08.July 2026 Isidora Ceric Cancer patients are not statistics In Serbia, tens of thousands of people fall ill from malignant diseases every year. Behind every statistic are people who cannot be reduced to just a number. "Vreme" investigates what the path from diagnosis to treatment looks like - from the capacity of the health system and the availability of therapies, to the daily life of patients and the exceptional importance of psycho-oncology support
Serbia and the European Union 08.July 2026 Bosko Jaksic Presentation of Potemkin's Serbia The Ambassador of Ireland said in Belgrade that, "if we ask", Serbia will open Cluster 3. The Netherlands also asked, whose opposition mainly relates to the state of the rule of law. The "Balance Clause" is clear - if there is no progress in fundamental areas of law, there is no progress in the negotiations as a whole. From that reform package, Vučić's government is fleeing like the devil from the cross, but it does not give up selling the fog, even though a lot has changed since Croatia was hailed as the last member of the Union in 2013
Interview: Vladimir Vučković, economist, former member of the Fiscal Council, lecturer at the Mokrogora Business School 08.July 2026 Viktor Radonjic Serbia as a platform for other people's strategies Empirical research shows a strong connection between clientelistic regimes and poverty. When voters are vulnerable, a small, immediate, and selective benefit—a job, a one-off, a subsidy, a gift, local government attention—may have greater political value than the abstract benefit of long-term growth, institutions, or public goods. Poorer voters are cheaper to maintain and easier to mobilize. Thus, a vicious circle is created between poverty and bad policies
Presidential candidates 08.July 2026 Nedim Sejdinovic Who has the best chance of defeating the government's candidate It can already be seen that there will be more anti-Vučić columns in the parliamentary elections, which are the result of vanity and petty interests and not a serious political strategy. It is a good thing, however, that most of the opposition factors have announced that they will support the presidential candidate proposed by the student list, so this can be a place for some sort of synergy. Of course, we can hope that the presidential candidate of the student list will be someone who can be acceptable to the widest electorate. The good news is that no irreparable mistakes have been made so far
Attachments for biography 08.July 2026 Ivan Milenkovic What would Machiavelli say? Why is Vučić a Machiavellian, and Machiavelli is not? In what way did Machiavelli descend into the heart of darkness? Which is why corruption is a cancer of society, and Vučić is the main oncologist who works diligently on the unhindered spread of cancer cells. In other words, can Serbia, according to Machiavelli's analysis, ever recover from Vučić? This is why a good conflict is healing for society, and why public branding of one person leads to ruin
Interview: Gert Rohrborn, director of the office of the "Heinrich Bell" Foundation 08.July 2026 Filip Mirilović Our hand remains extended. "Until now, it has not happened that as many as five EU member states block a candidate country from opening Cluster 3. This is a consequence of both Serbia's attitude towards Russia, as well as the absence of the rule of law and a high level of corruption. Since the EU enlargement process was restarted, Serbia has only taken significant steps backwards"
Personal attitude 08.July 2026 Aleksandar Macura No free public transport available We know how many kilometers of roads have been built. We know how many cars are registered. We know how many buses there are. What we know much less about is whether the citizens of Serbia really live better because of this
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.
Overview of the week Spokesmen for disappointed voters Why did individuals direct their indignation at Vučić because of the broken promises, lies and deceptions of his regime? And even in the interior where naked repression reigns Philip Schwarm
Comment The triumph of the will over the ruins of the republic Vučić's Igrokaz na Grza, when he abused the misfortune of a citizen and her family, was, of course, a cheap media trick, but that does not diminish its scandalousness. On the contrary. It was a demonstration of the power of a man devoid of emotions and the fences of civilization, who tramples the law in front of the cameras Ivan Milenkovic
Comment A student movement between paranoia and hope If the student movement is more concerned with "security assessments" than a real election campaign, it will lose what adorned it at the beginning and what shook progressive Serbia - the feeling of hope that exists and is real Slobodan Georgijev
