"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
Announced at the end of last year, after the beginning of faculty blockades and protests in Serbia, the first contracts for loans for the purchase of apartments for young people were signed.
According to sources from banking circles, banks that are not owned by the state, and there are significantly more of them in Serbia, will have to include loans for young people in their offer, but they will not approve them or the approvals will be reduced to a minimum.
Interest rates on permitted and non-permitted minus are limited for all banks. However, you should be careful with "hot money" when investing in the red.
After the announcement in December 2024 about housing loans for young people amid mass protests across the country, the Government of Serbia adopted a bill enabling this. However, is this idea realistic?
The state has proposed a new law on the protection of users of financial services. One of the novelties contained in this document is a new deadline for those who cannot repay the housing loan
Three banks pulled out of financing a gas processing plant near St. Petersburg, and this is cited as Russia's main reason for seizing assets
The National Bank limited to 15 months interest on housing loans up to 200.000 euros. After the deadline, banks will not have the right to ask citizens to compensate them for the difference
On September 1, the agreement between the National Bank of Serbia and commercial banks on freezing the prices of fees and commissions expires
In response to the escalation of the invasion of Ukraine, Western countries introduced a "nuclear" economic measure: the exclusion of certain Russian banks from the SWIFT system. In addition, the West closed the airspace for Russian airlines and banned the operation of state media
If the decision of the Belgrade Bar Association (AKB) on the strike is consistently applied, it will paralyze the legal system in the area of the capital from Friday, AKB vice-president Saša Ivanišević told Vreme.
