Beograd
Another billion from the budget reserve: Is the City of Belgrade bankrupt?
In the solution of the Government of Serbia, no concrete problems were mentioned, due to which Belgrade needs additional money
Public safety
Jovanović: Belgrade cannot introduce private security without changing the law
A proposal for a public-private partnership for security worth 696 million euros for the next ten years will soon be before the councilors of the Belgrade Assembly. Director of the Center for Local Self-Government Nikola Jovanović claims that there is no appropriate legal basis for such a model
Belgrade markets
A tender has been announced for the reconstruction of the Kalenić market for more than 20 million euros
More than seven years after it was first announced, the City of Belgrade has announced a tender for the reconstruction of the Kalenić market, which includes covering and extending the premises. The estimated value of the works is 2,36 billion dinars
Culture and the state
When will the "Boško Buha" theater return home
The completion of the reconstruction of the "Boško Buha" theater building was announced for the beginning of 2026. Photos of the construction site, however, do not indicate that it will be soon
Poverty
According to the new rules, who is entitled to a free meal in Belgrade
The city of Belgrade has changed the rules on awarding free meals, expanding the categories of users. Who has the right to a free meal at a public kitchen in Belgrade and whether the new system is fairer than the previous one
Public Transport
For months they drove at their own expense: What is hidden behind the big lawsuit against the City of Belgrade for public transport
Aleksandar Samuilović, lawyer of the consortium of private carriers "Arriva Litas", explains to "Vreme" how the city of Belgrade lost a dispute against them worth 900 million dinars. The reason for the dispute is that, he says, private carriers have been transporting Belgraders for months "at their own expense" due to the direct decisions of the City
City of Belgrade
Nikola Jovanović: "The debt of municipal utilities in Belgrade is 26 billion dinars"
The city of Belgrade lost another big dispute worth 900 million dinars, claims Nikola Jovanović from the Center for Local Self-Government, and the total debt to suppliers is much higher.
The Kentkart Affair
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?
"New symbol" of Belgrade
Our hour is broken, broken.
The Belgrade clock on Republic Square, announced as a new symbol of the city and an investment with a hundred-year guarantee, lasted only six days before it broke. Two of the four mechanisms have already been dismantled, with city officials claiming the breakdown is "a common occurrence".
Urbanism
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.
City of Belgrade
CLS: Disruption in the city administration, the secretary for communal and housing affairs resigned
The previous secretary for municipal and housing affairs of Belgrade, Rajko Tanasijević, resigned without public explanation and without notifying the media, the Center for Local Self-Government announced.
Elections in Belgrade
When Granny Pig becomes mayor
YouTuber who is followed by controversies, Baka Prasa, announced his candidacy for the Belgrade elections. Serious or not, he says that he is neither for the government nor for the students
Economy
New economy: The IMF introduces supervision over the finances of the City of Belgrade
At the request of the International Monetary Fund, the Government of Serbia accepted that the operations of the city of Belgrade and its public companies be subjected to an external audit - due to the sudden increase in debts, delayed payments and fiscal risks.
From the new issue of "Vreme"
Nikola Jovanović: Belgrade does not have a development but a destructive budget
While the city government adopts a budget that part of the public does not consider developmental, Nikola Jovanović from the Center for Local Self-Government warns of its shortcomings, but believes that 2026 will bring a political turn and new energy
Budget of the City of Belgrade
Simić: And the new budget of Belgrade is a tool for extracting money into private pockets
Councilors of the Belgrade City Assembly adopted the budget for 2026. While the councilors of the ruling coalition praise him, the councilor of the Movement of Free Citizens, Stefan Simić, tells "Vreme" that the government has once again created a platform for extracting money into private pockets.
Mayor of Belgrade
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
Belgrade Arena
Goran Grbović on dismissal from the post of director of the Belgrade Arena: The City of Belgrade has decided so
"Belgrade Arena" will get a new first man after seven years, since the current president and former basketball player, Goran Grbović, has been replaced
Assembly of Belgrade
The session of the Assembly of Belgrade without the Report on the work
In the materials for the session of the Belgrade City Assembly, which will be held on Friday, September 19, a key document is missing, namely the Report on the work of the city administration in the first six months of this year
Beograd
The State Audit Institution is demanding Šapić's dismissal
After the State Audit Institution (DRI) assessed in the post-audit report that the City of Belgrade seriously violated the obligation of good business operations, they sent a request to the Assembly of the City of Belgrade for the dismissal of Mayor Aleksandar Šapić. The SAI also informed the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia about this
Health care
Sunovrat Apoteke Belgrade: One more two months and - the end
More and more workers are quitting Apoteke Beograd. There aren't even basic medicines on the shelves, salaries are late, debts are growing, some facilities are closing
Beograd
Pharmacy: Šapić, what will you do when there is no medicine for you and your children?
The city of Belgrade owes the employees of the Belgrade Pharmacy Institute five salaries, their problem was not on the agenda for the last six sessions, and it will not be on the September session either. Mayor Šapić and Minister Lončar are silent
Public procurement
Belgrade buys signs with street names for more than 1.000 euros each
Belgrade is again acquiring signs with street names. He pays more than 1.000 euros per post with two metal inscriptions
Beograd
New economy: Who provides buildings in Belgrade for 1,27 million euros?
As in previous years, the facilities of the Belgrade City Administration will be secured by the companies T&M group solutions, Sparta Security and TE group. The deal is worth 150 million dinars without VAT. What do they actually do?
Public transport
Belgrade is getting new trams: Romanian quality, and world prices
Belgrade is acquiring 100 new trams, based on private agreements with the Romanian factory "Astra", claims CLS. Why do trams come to us from Romania, if in Kragujevac there is a world-renowned brand of Siemens trams
City of Belgrade
Belgrade Security Project: Šapić's plan and questions that remain unanswered
The first phase of the announced Belgrade security project was presented, within which the formation of the Belgrade Security Service is also planned. However, there are a number of questions about what it is for and whether it is legal
New issue of "Vremena"
Star Disneyland: A 7.000-euro roller coaster
In the Belgrade neighborhood of Zvezdara, a children's park cost 23 million dinars, which, as councilor Stefan Simić writes for the new issue of the weekly "Vreme", is more expensive than any other park in the city.
Beograd
Šapić for "Vreme": I'm fine, thank God
The mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, has not appeared in public lately, and there are controversies about where he is and what he is doing. He told "Vreme" that he is doing well and that he is working, as always, "which can be seen at every step"