Aleksandar Šapić

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City of Belgrade

29.July 2026 Danilo Savic

What is eating the mayor Šapić

Certainly not all progressives are enthusiastic about Šapić, but we will see if there really are "rat canals" and who is their architect. If they have already been created, there is little chance that the top of a loyalist-hierarchical party like SNS does not know about them. And Šapić certainly knows that

New Sava Bridge

26.July 2026 IN THE

Belgrade remains: The damage to the arch of the new Sava bridge shows the negligence of the authorities

After the city authorities admitted that the steel arch of the structure was damaged during the fall of the crane at the construction site of the new Sava Bridge, new questions were raised about the safety of the project and the responsibility of the authorities. The Belgrade Initiative maintains that the government is trying to downplay the seriousness of the incident and requests the publication of all details

Mayor

25.July 2026 RV

"Rat interest groups" of the mayor: Who pulls the strings in Belgrade

For a long time, the opposition and the citizens have been wondering - where is the mayor of Belgrade, and after the meeting of the GSP Center Syndicate with President Aleksandar Vučić, the question arose - who actually makes decisions in/about Belgrade

Ana Brnabić, Aleksandar Vučić and Ivica Dacić with police officers

Overview of the week

24.July 2026 Philip Schwarm

The regime against the people and the state

Why is Šapić legalizing beatings in Belgrade? Why is Seseljism the ideology of the government? And what Vučić is saying to the people

Mayor of Belgrade

23.July 2026 IN THE

Šapić accused "rat groups" in SNS: They are working against me and harming Belgrade

Aleksandar Šapić claims that individuals from SNS are trying to weaken him politically on the topic of public transport, but warns that by doing so they are endangering the projects implemented by the city government in Belgrade.

City of Belgrade

18.July 2026 R. Š.

Mila Popović: Šapić is forming a "paramilitary" for almost 70 million euros a year

The ten-year contract worth 692 million euros foresees that the private company hires 2.200 people for the constant supervision and control of citizens, according to Popović.

Urbanism

30.June 2026 IN THE

Šapić's "surprise": The new sculpture "Terazija" placed in the center during the night

During the night, a sculpture of scales with two cups was placed on the roundabout in Terazije, as a new symbol of Belgrade announced by the mayor, Aleksandar Šapić.

“Fencing” of Belgrade

25.June 2026 Danilo Savic

What is this for, and besides, it doesn't work

The practice of erecting fences everywhere, with or without a plan and project, including places that are not justified from the point of view of the profession, has countries where neither education nor traffic culture is developed, and urbanization has developed rapidly in recent years or decades. What does that tell us about the citizens, and what about the holders of city government

Personal attitude

08.June 2026 Nikola Radin

Šapić, Belgrade is not a billboard

The mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, has the right to think about a presidential candidacy. But he has no right to turn Belgrade into a springboard for realizing those ambitions. Because the city is not a billboard

Derailment

26.May 2026. Katarina Stevanović

Šapić is silent after the tram accident, no one has resigned

Why is the city government silent after the tram accident in Belgrade and should there have been any resignations?

Mayor's initiative

09.May 2026. S. Ć.

Šapić's monument to Draža is a disrespect for citizens and a violation of the law

Reactions to Aleksandar Šapić's announcement that he is preparing a surprise for the people of Belgrade for the end of May, which is assumed to be a monument to Draža Mihailović, continue.

Serbian water polo players stand by the pool

Water polo players' revolt

08.May 2026. NM

Are eleven national team players worth less than Aleksandar Šapić

The Serbian water polo team was left without a coach, players, and numerous fans, all because of Aleksandar Šapić's desire to take complete control of Serbian water polo.

Water polo

06.May 2026. Aleksa Petrovski

The resignation of the head coach of the Serbian national water polo team: Who will succeed Uroš Stevanović?

"I understood the message," said Uroš Stevanović, head coach of the Serbian water polo team, the current Olympic and European champion, and resigned. Who will come in his place

Public transport in Belgrade

09.April 2026. Isidora Ceric

From Terazi to Beogradjanka, they are asking for 415 dinars from the city budget

The consortium of private carriers has officially asked the City of Belgrade to increase payments from the budget by more than six percent, according to the Center for Local Self-Government.

Responsibility towards vulnerable groups

18.march 2026 Danilo Savic

People the City Forgot

Two years ago, about 100 million dinars were given from the budget for advertising of the city administration - an amount sufficient to ensure the operation of the Inn for three years. To make things more cynical, the billboards in question were promoting Belgrade and the government as socially responsible actors who stand by their citizens.

The Kentkart Affair

16.march 2026 MLJ

Will Šapić fulfill his promise and resign?

The former head of the cabinet of Aleksandar Šapić was sentenced to death for bribery. Will the mayor of Belgrade now fulfill his own promise and resign?

Urbanism

22.February 2026. KS

Clock on Republic Square: A new symbol of Belgrade

On the night between Saturday and Sunday, Belgrade's Republic Square got a new symbol - a clock in the middle of the roundabout

Beograd

21.February 2026. AI

Belgrade is in debt: Suppliers are demanding an "incredible" 25 billion dinars

The Center for Local Self-Government announced that the City of Belgrade is in debt to all sides and that this is why the budget will be rebalanced. Among other things, due to lost court cases

Clock project on Republic Square, Aleksandar Šapić

Urbanism

20.February 2026. KS

Clock on Republic Square: The new SNS symbol of Belgrade is coming

Republic Square already had a clock, and now it is getting a new one - but pedestrians will not gather around it, but cars will circulate. Mayor Aleksandar Šapić announces it as a new symbol of Belgrade, which, I guess, should be the aquarium at Usce.

Aleksandar Šapić's media silence

05.February 2026. Danilo Savic

Mayor, please answer.

According to the Law on Prevention of Corruption, public officials are obliged to perform their duties conscientiously and responsibly, building the trust of citizens. Although it is difficult to find a unit of measurement that calculates the degree of building trust towards the executive power, when it comes to the public official Šapić, it is not even necessary

The culture of memory

25.January 2026 S. Ć.

Who cares about the monuments to Pekić and National Heroes

This weekend in Belgrade, two monuments were desecrated: to Borislav Pekić on Cvetni trg and to National Heroes on Kalemegdan. Addicted youth, right-wingers, or the government - who is to blame

Belgrade metro

08.January 2026 VK

It's almost gone again: Mali announces the first metro line for 2030

Minister of Finance Siniša Mali spoke again about the completion of the work on the Belgrade metro, and this time the deadline is 2030

Mayor of Belgrade

11.December 2025 KS

Indication of Šapić: New Year's Eve is canceled for security reasons

After more than a month, the mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, stood in front of the journalists and presented his plans for traffic, urbanism and New Year's Eve, with a series of contradictory deadlines and anger towards the Institute for the Protection of Monuments

The official mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, deals with roundabouts. While the city is in chaos, Šapić himself is making rounds - he can only be seen at water polo.

From the new issue of "Vremena"

10.December 2025 DS

Circular movements of citizens of Šapic

The official mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, deals with roundabouts. While the city is in chaos, Šapić himself is making rounds - he can only be seen at water polo

Threats and accusations

09.November 2025 MLJ

"Džukeletina, I will find you personally": Đilas claims that Šapić is threatening him

The mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, threatens Dragan Đilas that he will find him when he least expects it, claims the president of the SSP in a post on social networks.

Personal attitude

06.November 2025 Nikola Radin

The failure of civilization: Only 2,6 percent of Belgraders say that they are doing well

The research of the Belgrade in Motion organization shows a city that is tired but not broken, quietly wounded but still its own. Belgraders want changes - 94 percent of respondents are ready to get involved in creating the city

Public procurement

24.October 2025 MLJ

"Belgrade on the Move": A company with two employees organizes "Belgrade Summer and Winter"

A company with only two employees in less than a year achieved a revenue growth of over 1000 percent, almost exclusively through business with the City of Belgrade, warns the "Belgrade on the Move" organization.