Across Serbia, 51 owned gas stations could soon be under lock and key due to US sanctions Oil Industry of Serbia. In some of those places, there are no other pumps.
Residents of the border areas of Serbia are not clamoring for sanctions against the NIS, because fuel otherwise they pour "outside" because it is much cheaper.
The people of Bujanov are not worried about the news that one of the three gas stations in their town may be closed.
How they transmit Bujanovac, the residents of this city have been going to Kosovo and North Macedonia for fuel, and the reason is that fuel is cheaper there.
And for people who live along the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is a common practice to go to the neighborhood to refuel, even when there was no hint of American sanctions. Because fuel in Serbia is the most expensive in the region.
What are the fuel prices in the region?
According to the decree of the Government of Serbia, the price of fuel is limited and every Friday it is determined how much a liter will cost in the next seven days.
A liter of Eurodiesel this week costs a maximum of 198 dinars (1,69 euros), while the upper price of gasoline is 181 dinars (1,54 euros) per liter.
For the residents of southern Serbia who live close to the border, it is thus more profitable to go to North Macedonia or Kosovo for fuel.
The price of Eurodiesel in Kosovo and North Macedonia is almost identical and is slightly less than 1,10 euros per liter (about 130 dinars). In Kosovo, the price of fuel is not fixed and varies from pump to pump. The first pump is on Bela zemlja, about 15 kilometers from Bujanovac. In North Macedonia, the first gas station is about five kilometers after the border, or about thirty from Bujanovac, Bujanovačke write.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the average price of Eurodiesel is 1,24 euros (about 146 dinars), while a liter of 95 octane gasoline costs 1,22 euros (about 143 dinars).
And those who live near Montenegro can go to the neighborhood for cheaper fuel. The price of Eurodiesel is 1,38 euros (161,9 dinars) per liter, and the price of 95 octane gasoline is 1,43 euros (167,6 dinars) per liter.
And what about the neighboring EU countries?
Fuel is not more expensive in Croatia than in Serbia, as a liter of 95 octane gasoline ranges from 1,42 euros (about 167 dinars) to 1,53 euros (about 180 dinars), while a liter of Eurodiesel is from 1,36 euros (160 dinars) to 1,58 euros (186 dinars).
In Hungary, the average price of gasoline is 1,48 euros (about 174 dinars) per liter, and Eurodiesel is 1,51 euros (about 177 dinars) per liter.
The price of Eurodiesel in Romania is around 1,55 euros (about 182 dinars), and gasoline from 1,47 euros (172 dinars) to 1,49 euros (about 175 dinars)
In Bulgaria, fuel is even cheaper, so gasoline costs from 1,22 euros (143,3 dinars) to 1,24 euros (145,6 dinars), Eurodiesel about 1,24 euros (145,6 dinars) to 1,28 euros (150,3 dinars) per liter.
