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The state and the film

15.August 2026 S. Ć.

The Ministry of Culture refused to finance the lifetime achievement award received by Tanja Bošković

The "Pavle Vuisić" Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Tanja Bošković. At the same time, the Ministry of Culture did not approve money to the Association of Film Actors of Serbia for that award

Culture competitions

10.August 2026 Sonja Ciric

Publishers: The Ministry of Culture selects publishers based on political suitability

We ask for no privileges or special treatment. But we ask that all publishers be evaluated according to the same criteria and that financial support is not awarded based on political suitability - say the publishers rejected in the Competition for capital issues

Culture competitions

09.August 2026 Sonja Ciric

The Ministry of Culture prefers vaudeville to Bitef

Vaudeville "Pesničenje - pub table with two Russian and two Serbian Jesenin" will receive money from the state, while Sterija Theater and Bitef will not. Will insufficient budget be the justification for canceling this year's Bitef to avoid the real reason: the cancellation of five performances

competition

07.August 2026 Sonja Ciric

Why did the Ministry of Culture reject the Serbian Literary Cooperative?

The Ministry of Culture rejected all six books of the Serbian Literary Association in the competition for capital works, which has never happened before. Let us recall that the president of SKZ is professor Milo Lompar

Interview

04.August 2026 Sonja Ciric

Ivan Blagojević: The state is not interested in Nišvil - a European face in the south of Serbia

In recent years, Serbia and the City of Niš have had an average income of 384 million dinars per year thanks to Nišville. The state doesn't seem to want to know, says Ivan Blagojević, director of Nišvil

Ministry of Culture

04.August 2026 Sonja Ciric

State appropriations for music: Čukafest in front of Kolarc

Why does the Ministry of Culture consider that the programs of Nišvil and the Kolarč endowment are of lesser public interest than, for example, Čukafest and the Savamal concert

Ministry of Culture

17.July 2026 Sonja Ciric

"Cities in focus" stronger than Expo

It is obvious that "Cities in focus" is a priority of the Ministry of Culture, almost all the ones selected in this competition have already been paid. Some monasteries and institutions outside of this project were also paid. There is still no money for contemporary creativity

State Administration

17.June 2026 Radmilo Marković

State in a state of emergency

Nemanja Nenadić emphasizes that, in order to preserve their illegal status, the incumbents are ready to make even greater compromises than those who were appointed, even if it was based on the principle of party eligibility, for a full mandate. Or, as Ana Brnabić explained in 2019, the "acting" status actually motivates people to work even better

Ministry of Culture

08.June 2026 Sonja Ciric

How money from the "Cities in Focus" program is spent

There is no publicly available analysis by the Ministry of Culture on what has been done and what is still being done with the 2,38 billion invested in the Cities in Focus program

Ministry of Culture

05.June 2026 S. Ć.

Anyone who wants to make films and exhibit should contact the Expo

The Ministry of Culture announced 27 competitions this year. The priority of the competition for film art is not film, only festivals and film events. But that's why anyone who wants to film should contact Expo. The same applies to fine artists and their exhibition ambitions

State and culture

17.May 2026. Sonja Ciric

The third round of this year's competitions in the Ministry of Culture

The Ministry of Culture announced 11 more tenders for cultural projects, a total of 25 since the beginning of the year. The results of all last years have not been published yet

Framing

15.May 2026. Sonja Ciric

Will the Statute of the Museum of Yugoslavia be changed because of the new acting director?

Judging by the reactions of the representatives of the Ministry of Culture, the employees of the Museum of Yugoslavia assume that their Statute will be adapted to the conditions satisfied by the newly appointed acting director.

Museum of Yugoslavia

12.May 2026. B. B.

The collective of the Museum of Yugoslavia does not accept the appointed acting director

The collective of the Museum of Yugoslavia asked the competent ministry for the biography of the appointed acting director, but it was not delivered

Framing

11.May 2026. S. Ć.

The Museum of Yugoslavia and the Archive of Yugoslavia do not know who their new acting directors are

The Government of Serbia has appointed Gordana Vujović and Tatjana Kikić as acting directors of the Museum of Yugoslavia and the Archives of Yugoslavia. Employees don't know who they are

Zrenjanin

13.April 2026. S. Ć.

What was planned and not done in the Zrenjanin year of the Capital of Culture

The city of Zrenjanin has not officially published the list of planned and unrealized projects during the just ended year of the Capital of Culture. The list is not short at all

Ministry of Culture

22.march 2026 Sonja Ciric

Ministry of Culture: Read the note at the end of the page

This month, the Ministry of Culture announced three tenders for the co-financing of projects, with a note in fine print at the end of the page where it says that everything regarding the dynamics of tendering depends on the Ministry of Finance

Culture in Serbia

08.march 2026 Sonja Ciric

The Ministry of Culture has announced competitions for this year, even though not all of the previous ones have been completed

At the end of February, the Ministry of Culture announced 11 tenders for financing or co-financing projects in culture, with several ambiguities. For example, when will all last year's be completed

The state and the film

07.march 2026 Sonja Ciric

Has the Film Center of Serbia decided to abolish itself?

The Film Center of Serbia has decided not to announce tenders, because the films to which it gave 13 million euros have not yet been completed. With this decision, FCS loses its mission and reason for existing

Arrest

05.February 2026. B. B.

Suspects arrested for stealing the painting "The Assumption" by Zdravko Vučinić

Suspects were arrested for stealing the painting "The Assumption" by Zdravko Vučinić

Portrait

04.February 2026. KS

Nikola Selaković: Orthodox radical on the dock

The youngest minister in the first government in which he sat, a lawyer by profession, a radical in disguise - what characterizes the career of Nikola Selaković, who found himself on the other side of the judge's bench

ULUS and the state

30.January 2026 Sonja Ciric

Image theft as free advertising: It's sad, not funny

Two young people stole a painting from the Gallery of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia. The theft revealed that the Ministry of Culture does not allocate funds for the insurance of exhibitions. All last year's programs were held without state aid

Ministry of Culture

26.January 2026 S. Ć.

Minister Selaković: Ustasha symbols were drawn on the monuments by female student blockaders

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

Belgrade Philharmonic

25.January 2026 S. Ć.

Musicians' union: The Ministry of Culture is acting outside the law

In an open letter, the union of musical artists tells the Ministry of Culture to respect the law and to announce a competition for the director of the Belgrade Philharmonic, because the election of Bojan Suđić is not according to the law

The General Staff case

14.January 2026 Sonja Ciric

Defense and ministerial days: Nikola Selaković's appearances on regime media

The last announcement about the activities of Minister Nikola Selaković on the website of the Ministry of Culture was made on December 29. But the fact that he does not open exhibitions does not mean that he does not have other work

Šaban Bajramović is the only Serbian artist who had his own exhibition in the world's most famous jazz museum in New Orleans for a full ten months.

Ministry of Culture

25.December 2025 B. B.

Nišvil: For Šaban Bajramović, Selaković's ministry does not even have 120.000 dinars

The Ministry of Culture refused to allocate 120.000 dinars to support the Nišvila program dedicated to Šaban Bajramović. Previously, Selaković's ministry also left the Nišvil Jazz Festival without dinars, even though it is among the 10 best jazz festivals in Europe. Is there a place in Serbia for "Serbian" music only?

08.December 2025 Sonja Ciric

Why will Serbia be represented at the Venice Biennale by Predrag Đaković?

He has no artistic awards, but that's why he has those for exceptional merit, he is not known neither in Serbia nor in Prague, where he lives, his work has no relevant value in the international context - says the expert public about Predrag Đaković

Venice Art Biennale

02.December 2025 S. Ć.

Who is Predrag Đaković, the artist representing Serbia at the Biennale in Venice

Predrag Đaković from Prague was selected to represent Serbia at the Art Biennale in Venice with the project "Across Golgotha to Resurrection" at the competition of the Ministry of Culture, which was realized in an unusually short period of time.