National Theatre, strike

Strike

23.December 2025 S. Ć.

National Theatre: A three-day warning strike has begun

From Tuesday to Thursday, the unions of Drama, Ballet and Music artists of the National Theater will hold warning strikes. On Wednesday, he will be in front of the premiere of "Lady Olga", which will be attended by Dragoslav Bokan, whose dismissal is one of the demands of the strikers.

National Theatre

03.November 2025 S. Ć.

Bokan's Board of Directors has no legitimacy

The Board of Directors of the National Theater chaired by Dragoslav Bokan currently has no legitimacy, because there is no employee member. The trade union "Nezavisnost" says that it will not propose a new one, as long as Bokan is there

The State and the National Theatre

07.October 2025 Sonja Ciric

The National Theater is looking for alternative spaces for work

The management of the National Theater agreed to fulfill the request of the employees and find alternative spaces for work and performances, but they are silent about the main demands, the replacement of the management, Dragoslav Bokan and Minister Selaković

National Theatre

03.October 2025 S.Ć.

The National Theater is partially closed from today

The management of the National Theater and the Ministry of Culture have decided to close this house from October 3 for the next three weeks in order to comply with the 59 measures of the Department for Emergency Situations

Actors' protest

01.October 2025 Sonja Ciric

"Vreme" learns: Warning strike at the National Theater

As we unofficially learn, the members of the actors' union "Singlus" of the National Theater will organize a warning strike on Friday, on the day of the entry into force of the Rulebook on Labor Discipline, according to which everyone can be fired

A request

01.July 2025 S.Ć.

National Theatre: Minister of Culture, we don't want Bokan

Three trade unions demand that the Ministry of Culture and the Government of Serbia withdraw the appointment of Dragoslav Bokan as the President of the Board of Directors of the National Theatre. Part of the employees believe that if Goncić retires, he will become their manager

Analyze

24.June 2025 Sonja Ciric

National Theatre: We know why you brought us Bokan

Employees of the National Theater suspect that the Government of Serbia intends to appoint Dragoslav Bokan as their director. They are determined that someone who wants to cut off the hands of dissenters will not become their member

Scandal

21.June 2025 S.Ć.

How did Bokan deserve the National Theater?

There have been countless negative reactions to the election of Dragoslav Bokan as president of the Board of Directors of the National Theatre. The Association of Theater Critics is asking the Government of Serbia for an answer to the question of how Bokan imposed himself for that position, and SRCE says that the government is more important than culture.

Kosovo and geopolitics

08.march 2023 Nemanja Rujevic

Defense of Vučić according to Bokan

During the "decision day" on Kosovo, the president of Serbia winks at the people, saying that he will once again make the West angry. The thesis that we should buy time for the "Serbian cause" comes from the repertoire of director Dragoslav Bokan, who would like Vučić to be what Aleksandar Dugin is to Putin.