Government representatives have repeatedly announced that the Pančevo Oil Refinery will stop if the Americans do not extend the operating license to NIS, which is under sanctions. Today, I guess, is really the final day of D
The state of Serbia does not seem to be angry with America because it did not meet the imaginary deadline given by Aleksandar Vučić through the media to respond about the extension of the license for NIS. They say - they had holidays
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, will take the Prime Minister of Hungary, Vikotor Oban, to a burek at Mićko's, then to wine - to discuss the sale of NIS. Is the Hungarian MOL a good buyer of the Russian share in the oil industry?
Donald Trump finally twisted Aleksandar Vučić's hand to the point of shooting, so the progressive regime in front of the Russophile electorate creates an alibi for itself to expel the Russians from the NIS - if not by grace, then by force
The US Senate will propose a bill that would impose high secondary sanctions on Russia's trading partners, said Senator Lindsey Graham. What do these sanctions mean and who will they affect?
Although Bulgaria did not formally nationalize Lukoil, it established state control over operations through a special administrator. Parliament voted this decision after stormy discussions and it cannot be challenged in court
"Citizens must not suffer and remain without fuel" — said Dubravka Đedović Handanović, announcing that the Russian owners of NIS are ready to hand over control of the company to a third party. Serbia supported that request, and is now waiting for a decision from the American OFAC
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published an updated SDN list that no longer lists Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, members of his family and numerous related companies. In addition to them, important officials of the entity were also deleted from the list.
"The only solution for Serbia's energy stability - in the context of US sanctions on the Serbian oil industry - is the nationalization of this company or the forced takeover of its management. Vučić's government avoids this and in this way subordinates the interests of the citizens of Serbia to Russia. By the way, our country has the most expensive oil derivatives in the region due to Nisa's extremely monopolistic position on the market, and the consequences of the sanctions will most likely be additional price increases", are the accents from the conversation with Vasko Kelić, researcher at the Center for Economic Research of the Institute of Social Sciences and councilor of the Green-Left Front in the Belgrade municipality of Stari Grad
The blow to the stomach of the citizens that follows the US sanctions on NIS is a consequence of the inability of the master of bubbles and the ignorance of Aleksandar Vučić to understand what politics really is
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
When the flow of oil stops, Serbia will try to procure it with the river fleet from Hungary, writes "Vreme" in its new issue.
Sanctions against NIS were postponed again for 30 days, until August 27.
The Serbian oil company NIS is struggling to get oil from traders abroad. In Serbia, its former clients are looking for alternative fuel suppliers because US sanctions pending activation have already affected business, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
Dušan Bajatović, director of "Srbijagas" stated that Serbia has only two options for solving the problem of sanctions in the Serbian Oil Industry
The director of Srbijagas, Dušan Bajatović, confirmed that tonight the final talks between the law offices representing the Serbian Oil Industry and the American offices of OFAC will be held.
On February 19, the employees of the Oil Industry of Serbia will be paid their salary - in advance. Because banks then stop doing business with NIS due to American sanctions
Numerous closed-door meetings are underway, and the question is whether any of them will produce a solution to the US sanctions against the NIS, which are set to take effect on February 25. What was the outcome of the meeting between Sergej Lavrov and Marko Đurić
US President Joe Biden expanded the scope of sanctions due to the "destabilization" of the Western Balkans. What do the changes that include adult children of sanctioned persons provide for?
Serbia receives only 23 percent of its oil from domestic sources, so the biggest question is whether the Croatian oil pipeline, through which 90 percent of this energy reaches Serbia, will follow the potential sanctions of America
The Deputy Prime Minister, "Minister of Corruption" Aleksandar Vulin, found himself in the center of attention again. After the American sanctions, the well-known "aunt from Canada" and other blemishes in his biography, the dubious government affairs of his wife Natasha Vulin have now been revealed.
Parts for BMW or Mercedes arrive in Russia via Armenia, Iranian oil goes to China as alleged Malaysian oil. Western sanctions are easily circumvented. Will the new measures change that?
Branislav Okuka, Jelena Pajić Baštinac and Srebrenka Golić placed on the list of sanctioned persons
In accordance with Executive Order 14033, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury yesterday added one official from the state level in Bosnia and Herzegovina and three officials from the Republika Srpska government to the list of sanctioned persons.
The Bosnian ambassador in Belgrade, Aleksandar Vranješ, supported BIA director Aleksandar Vulin, who is on the US blacklist due to his involvement in drug trafficking and the spread of Russian influence. He also thanked him for protecting two female students of Sarajevo University who glorified the figure and work of Ratko Mladić.
"I don't see how jobs that are carried out by the services, like 'Jovanjica', have anything to do with the so-called "state reason", I do not see any justification for them and no connection with the national interest, even if it is misunderstood. Nor is there legal coverage and decision of a state authority for them, even if formally. There is no documentation, not even 'in white' (in the jargon of the service, these are documents without headers and signatures), but simply work and remain silent. Individuals get rich using the services as their private resource, give a piece of the loot to the party and period"
There is hardly a worse disqualification for a country than declaring the head of the security service to be a drug dealer. Namely, the question arises as to what its president, government, police, judiciary are like... Why does the world's biggest power dump in their faces what it thinks of them in this way? Or, if there are already accusations of involvement in crime and corruption, why has the problem not been quietly resolved through diplomatic channels? The statement of the American ambassador in Belgrade that the USA will continue cooperation with other institutions of Serbia cannot hide the confusion. The case of the BIA director is a serious humiliation of the country, its authorities, and citizens
