"Aleksandar Šapić intends to transfer the consequences of all his mistakes to the burden of the citizens of Belgrade and some future city authorities, so he is forced to borrow 15 billion dinars from commercial banks," points out Nikola Jovanović, director of the Center for Local Self-Government
Mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić and the city Beograd they were forced to borrow 130 million euros from commercial banks. All that, according to the words Nikola Jovanović, must happen in order for the city of Belgrade to continue to function normally.
"The current budget rebalancing, which will be on the agenda of the Belgrade City Assembly session tomorrow, confirms all the negative trends we warned about: reduction of own revenues, increase in taxes for bus carriers and party bureaucracy, as well as the postponement of all key projects organized by the city government," adds Jovanović.
Jovanović stated that such borrowing is agreed upon in a situation where the republican government has already taken over the financing of most capital projects in Belgrade, including the decision to hand over to the city one hundred electric buses that will be procured for Expo 2027, after the end of that exhibition, CLS announced.
Mila Popović, president of the Belgrade Committee of the Freedom and Justice Party and MP, points out that Šapić is trying to cover the holes in the budget of the City of Belgrade with new loans of 15 billion dinars. This is the essence of the proposed rebalancing of the budget for the session of the Belgrade Assembly scheduled for Friday.
"It is shameful that this new, huge borrowing is justified by increasing the salaries of employees and hot meals, because the costs for these purposes have only increased by 0,8 billion dinars."
"The definition of catastrophic planning is when, after only six months, you are missing RSD 15 billion," concludes Mila Popović.
The import of fossil fuels has cost Serbia more than 57 billion dollars in the past two decades, with a high price for the environment and the health of citizens. The energy transition is expensive, but its delay seems to be even more expensive
Due to damage to the pipeline on the Adriatic pipeline, crude oil transport to Serbia has been suspended, and the Pancevo Refinery is adjusting the volume of processing. NIS also requested diesel from operational reserves
Citizens could face new price increases in the coming months, partly due to the consequences of last year's administrative restriction of prices and trade margins.
Davor Matsuri's assets have been frozen. What is owned by the owner of "Alta banka", as well as numerous other businesses
Farmers welcomed autumn sowing without the second installment of subsidies for plant production, after four years of poor yields and rising costs. Agro-economic analysts warn that the government's technical mandate cannot be an excuse for the state not fulfilling its obligations
At the moment when the institutions of the Republic are destroyed, when Vučić's octopus is still alive, when people are disgusted by the injustice and the stench left behind by the Essenes regime, we have, as Machiavelli said, only civic virtue as the fuel with which we can return to the beginning
The four independent members of REM are an example of perseverance and civic responsibility. Rodoljub Šabić even, upon leaving the premises of REM, after the sentencing of the Informer, experienced that the Essenes insulted him, hit him with their hands and feet. But that too will soon be over
Vučić pardoned the batterers and Dijana Hrkalović. The election winners should abolish the sultan's power that allows one man to run afoul of the entire judicial system
Interview: Branko Stamenković, public prosecutor of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office
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