The student movement asks the competent state institutions to examine public procurement, the implementation of contracts, the spending of budget money and the respect of workers' rights in the construction sector.
Contracts without tenders made up a significant part of spending in Belgrade last year. The Secretariat for Transport took the lead in circumventing public procurement
While Serbia's economic system is being formally harmonized with European rules, almost half of the contracts concluded by the state are still implemented outside of regular public procurement procedures, warns the Fiscal Council
Expo 2027 Belgrade acquired 15 ambulances. The public procurement was marked by a bidder's complaint due to disputed technical specifications which, according to the allegations, could have limited the competition in the tender.
A few companies dominate the security services hired by the City of Belgrade
A four-star hotel, two parties, a spa center and a swimming pool - that's a recipe for strengthening the team spirit of employees of the state Agency for Medicines. 37.000 euros will be allocated from the budget for the team building weekend in Zlatibor
It is a common practice to justify the non-disclosure of contracts by real or alleged demands of companies with which the state does business. After the tragedy in Novi Sad, while the government still did not enter the "all student demands are fulfilled" mode, the story was different - that the contracts were secret, because the "Chinese side" was allegedly asking for it. This is, of course, not the first government that contracts huge benefits from the budget without the intention of presenting complete information to those who will pay for it all. But even when secrecy is unfounded, contracts are simply not published with surprising ease of irresponsibility. Currently, the "tariff" for publishing documentation about one project is sixteen dead passengers and several hundred thousand persistent protesters
The U.S. Government Efficiency Division announced which projects were canceled following the shutdown of USAID and other agencies. Among them is a project from Serbia, worth 14 million dollars
The National Museum in Leskovac will buy the "damage" for 19.000 euros in a tender according to the terms of which only "Auto Čačak" could participate. The museum tried to explain to "Vreme" why exactly they need such a car
What can be done with the 17,8 billion euros that will be invested for EXPO and a little more? What kind of investments are we talking about? Where does such an investment lead? And what does that have to do with opening up more space for corruption? The questions keep coming, and the answers are few. What we do know is that this is money with which, according to FEFA faculty professor Goran Radosavljevic, Serbia could be built to look much better than today. Because, as he says, annual investments from public funds at the level of the entire country amount to around seven billion. Economist Milan R. Kovačević points out that a debt that costs more than economic growth is a rush to ruin
The European Commission (EC) expects Serbia to comply with public procurement rules when contracting works for the organization of the EXPO 2027 specialized exhibition.
