
State and culture
Is the Opera of the National Theater becoming Serbian?
Minister Selaković announced that Hall 1 of the Belgrade Fair will become the Home of the Serbian Opera. In Belgrade, there is only the National Theater Opera

Minister Selaković announced that Hall 1 of the Belgrade Fair will become the Home of the Serbian Opera. In Belgrade, there is only the National Theater Opera
Signing the contract for 17 million dinars for the National Film and TV Festival, Minister Selaković expressed the hope that the Film Center of Serbia will announce competitions before the start of the festival in Zlatibor.

On the occasion of the commemoration of April 6, 1941, the Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković confirmed the information that the National Library will be built on Kosančić's venc and expanded it with new details
Earlier than usual, the Year of Culture began in Leskovac with the opening of an exhibition that has been in existence since 2024, without the media and atmosphere that befits such an event. It was a directive from the Ministry of Culture

Minister Selaković announced the restoration of the National Library building on Kosančićevo venc, which was destroyed in the bombing on April 6, 1941. Traces of it show that it was exceptional

The actors' union of the National Theater in Belgrade submitted a criminal complaint to the TOK against the Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković, the President of the Board of Directors Dragoslav Bokan and the acting manager Dragoljub Bajić. Reason: harmful action for the collective
Minister Nikola Selaković's announcement that the destroyed building of the National Library will be reconstructed on Kosančićevo venc reminded of the old question about the user of that plot

For this year's work on the Hilandar monastery, the Ministry of Culture will allocate 138,5 million dinars, and then as much as will be needed to start the work on the depot

Since the beginning of the year, the Government of Serbia has forwarded to the National Assembly for adoption eight proposals for obtaining the status of cultural property. All of them were proposed by the Ministry of Culture, on whose proposal the Government and the Assembly had previously revoked the status of cultural property of the General Staff

The city of Niš has set aside a record 8 percent for this year, the state is building the National Museum and the Gallery of Contemporary Art, various programs are being announced... Why now?

In the statement of the Ministry of Culture, Nikola Selaković condemns the attack on the monuments during the weekend and qualifies it as culturocide. He accused "student blockaders" for that without presenting any evidence
The previous protection of the surroundings of Žiča was abolished by the Ministry of Culture and not by the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Kraljeva, as claimed by Minister Selaković. And there is no swimming pool there, says the director of this institution

With the new Regulation on coefficients signed by Prime Minister Macut and Minister Selaković, the salaries of artists and workers in technical services have almost been equalized

The recently opened Viminacium Museum is exceptional in the country because it is located on the site itself. Archeology and the protection of immovable cultural heritage are priorities of the Ministry of Culture, Minister Selaković said. However, there is no money for Belo brdo in this year's budget, and the General Staff was stripped of its status as a cultural property
It is plainly clear that artistic practice, both institutional and independent in Serbia, is not only in crisis for a long time. She is trapped politically, systemically, repressively

The announcement by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, that he will absolve state officials in the General Staff case is interpreted as his position that he is all-powerful, says the president of the Roma Party, Srđan Shajn.
The attempt by Goran Vasić, acting director of the Republic Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, to delete the General Staff from the Central Register of Immovable Cultural Properties without authorization was unsuccessful.

December began, and the results of 16 contests for cultural projects were not announced, although they were supposed to be at the end of March. Those who create culture stopped expecting them a long time ago

Due to the fact that he is a suspect in the investigative procedure and due to the number of requests for his resignation, Nikola Selaković is a unique minister of culture. On Friday, he did not respond to the invitation of the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime to come to the hearing as a suspect, because he was going to Lebanon to receive a plaque.

The National Theater invited the public to its performances from December 7, but did not inform whether the building is safe again, whether all the fire hazards that caused it to be closed for more than two months have been removed

The employees of the National Theater received a proposal for the repertoire for December, but its content hints that they will not be on their stage next month either.

After three months without a leader, according to the decision of the Ministry of Culture, Nenad Milenović, a historian, was appointed acting director of the Belgrade City Library, although he does not have five years of work experience in culture, which is prescribed by two laws, or ten, which is prescribed by the Statute of the Library

After ex officio taking part in the enactment of the lex specialis which enabled the demolition of the General Staff, Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković stated that foreign services are fighting against the demolition of the General Staff because they do not want us to get closer to the USA

Both the Association of Dramatic Artists and the Srbija Center Party demand the resignation of Culture Minister Nikola Selaković. Before them, the same request was made by six cinematographic associations, the National Theatre...

Leskovac will be the first city in Serbia to receive a monument to King Milan, announced the Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković. The people of Leskov believe that they should have been asked, and they have their own proposals

After the employees of the National Theater, six film associations also demand that Minister Selaković resign. They sent him a letter with three questions

And the Association of Film Actors, after the directors, screenwriters and cinematographers, are calling for a boycott of NAFFIT, i.e. the Gaga Festival, as it is called in public after the director Predrag Antonijević