Cancellations

Layoffs

11.June 2026 KS

Ubisoft shuts down studio in Belgrade: One hundred people out of work

The video game publisher Ubisoft is shutting down the studio in Belgrade founded in 2016. One hundred employees will lose their jobs

IT

03.June 2026 MLJ

Layoffs and lower salaries: Another IT company in Serbia is cutting costs

The IT company Hooloovoo, which has been operating in Serbia since 2011, is laying off nine people and reducing everyone's salary by five percent.

Closing factories

19.May 2026. KS

In June, Drexlmeier is laying off another 400 people in Zrenjanin

After the announcement of the shutdown of the plant in Zrenjanin, the first group of workers was already dismissed, and in June another 400 people were laid off. At the end of the year - a padlock

Labor rights

05.May 2026. KS

Being a worker in Serbia: Outlines of slavery

Thousands of people lose their jobs, and new employers offer even worse conditions. What is it like to be a worker in Serbia today?

Job losses

24.April 2026. B. B.

Niš: Another hundred workers lost their jobs

After the previous numerous dismissals in the south of Serbia, about 100 more workers of the "Johnson Electric" company in Nis lost their jobs

Cancellations

07.April 2026. NM

New economy: 11.510 workers lost their jobs in the processing industry

Last year's trend of layoffs, shutdown of certain factories and plants, and the departure of investors from Serbia led to the fact that as many as 11.510 workers were left without a job in the manufacturing industry.

Waste recycling

02.April 2026. MLJ

Why did "E-recycling" from Niš fire 180 workers

Layoffs have begun in the recycling sector, after the state canceled incentives for waste removal in Serbia from January 1, 2026. During that time, citizens - regularly pay the eco tax

"Oracle"

01.April 2026. IN THE

The technology giant dismissed about 30.000 employees by email at six in the morning

According to the first, unofficial estimates, the company "Oracle" fired about 30.000 employees by sending them an email - at six in the morning. In India alone, 12.000 people lost their jobs. CNN estimates that mass layoffs in the IT sector are proof that artificial intelligence is changing the laws of modern business

What is important to employees in the IT sector

Radna mesta

26.march 2026 Marija L. Jankovic

Why layoffs in IT are raining in Belgrade: Serbian programmers must change

Three IT companies fired 500 people in Belgrade in ten days, and there are indications of new layoffs, market experts told Vreme. Where do these massive layoffs come from and what can workers expect?

Cancellations

16.march 2026 RV

How an Italian IT company fired 348 workers "in the middle of a shift" in Belgrade

The Italian sports betting company "Lottomatica" fired 348 people in its office in Belgrade in one day and in the middle of working hours. Unions in Italy think artificial intelligence is the cause, but it's more likely that the owners just took advantage of the workers while they needed them

Volkswagen sign, vehicles in the background

Germany

10.march 2026 KS

Mass layoffs at Volkswagen: 50.000 people out of work by 2030

The originally announced mass layoffs at Volkswagen are now even more massive. Why is one of the largest car companies in the world laying off tens of thousands of people?

Leskovac

13.February 2026. KS

Jura: Unions block management measures for 300 workers

The company "Jura" requests an extension of paid leave for workers due to a drop in orders and announces up to 45 layoffs. The trade unions insist on a dialogue on overtime work and warn that the crisis in "Jura" is part of a wider wave of departure of foreign investors from Serbia

Collective testimony

12.February 2026. Sonja Ciric

The government is destroying the culture of its country

There is a systematic stifling of freedom of creativity and critical thinking, as well as endangering the existence and basic human right to the work of artists and workers in culture - the result of the research "Chronicle of Repression in Culture"

Jura in Leskovac, workers behind machines

Layoffs

10.February 2026. KS

The rush is just the beginning: Will thousands of workers in the auto industry lose their jobs?

The layoffs in Jura are just the beginning, the trade unions warn, and state that thousands of jobs in the auto industry are in doubt

State subsidies to foreigners

16.January 2026 KS

Subsidies for foreign companies: The state pays, investors come and go

While foreign companies withdraw and workers lose their jobs, the state hands out millions to new investors. Chinese Fine Stamping thus receives seven million euros for the plant in Apatin

A man in a factory with a cable in his hand

Layoffs

18.December 2025 KS

Aptiv is shutting down the factory in Zaječar in the first quarter of 2026.

New layoffs in Serbia - Aptiv in Zaječar will shut down operations in the first quarter of 2026, it was confirmed for "Vreme" in that company

The minimum

12.December 2025 Bojan Bednar

Increasing the minimum wage: For many employers, too big a bite, they announce layoffs

Employers intend to compensate for the difference in costs due to the increase in the minimum wage by increasing the prices of products and services, and those who are not helped by this will resort to layoffs. For many small and medium-sized enterprises, it is simply too big a burden

Layoffs

27.October 2025 KS

Why were 270 people fired in Vranje?

The Danish factory "Kentaur" in Vranje is closing its plant, leaving around 270 employees without work. The reason - an increase in the minimum labor price

Layoffs

26.September 2025 KS

Wave of layoffs: "Flender" in Subotica lays off more than 300 workers

The wave of layoffs in factories in Serbia continues. Now news is coming from Subotica that "Flender" is laying off more than 300 workers

Vladimir Đukanović on undermining the state

Political crisis

18.September 2025 KS

How to save Vučić's regime: Vladimir Đukanović nicely explains the calculation methods

Member of the Serbian Progressive Party and Member of Parliament, Vladimir Đukanović, in an author's text for "Kurir", announces the next steps that the government will take against those who supported the student and civil struggle.

Education

09.September 2025 MLJ

New economy: Serbia lacks 80.000 teachers, and politically unsuitable ones are fired

The state has fired hundreds of teachers in the country, even though they are in short supply

White House victory

15.July 2025 IN THE

The US Supreme Court allowed Trump mass layoffs in the Ministry of Education

The US Supreme Court has temporarily lifted the ban on Trump's plan to lay off thousands of employees at the Department of Education, marking another victory for the White House before the judiciary. Liberal judges warned that the decision violates the constitutional separation of powers

It is ungrateful to deal with children and young people on the Public Service, because they are not of legal age, so they do not pay us a subscription.

Radio and Television of Serbia

04.July 2025 Bojan Bednar

Why does RTS fire freelancers?

Although there is no official explanation, part-time employees of RTS who were left without engagement believe that the reason for this is the letter they signed, in which objective reporting of RTS is requested

Serbian Association of Journalists

28.June 2025 B. B.

UNS: Juronujz fired media workers who defended the profession

"The fact that the vast majority of those whose contracts were canceled previously opposed the pressures and attempts to change the editorial policy, to the detriment of the profession, is particularly worrying," UNS announced.

Cancellations for ineligibles

26.June 2025 Ivan Mitkovski

Purge at "Juronjuz": Resignations are pouring in after "systematization", Milan Šarić among those fired

After the systematization of "Juronujz" television, twelve employees - among them seven journalists - lost their jobs on Wednesday. According to the knowledge of "Vremen", almost all of them are signatories of the announcement by which part of the editorial office dissociated itself from the new editorial policy of this television.

Educators under increasing pressure

30.May 2025. IN THE

While in Belgrade there is a debate about the introduction of online classes, in Srbobran female professors were fired for supporting students

While the University of Belgrade seeks flexibility and the transition to online teaching, female professors in Srbobran are being punished for their solidarity with students. These events raise the question - do the same rules and measures apply to all parts of the education system in Serbia

Shutting down Benetton

10.February 2025. IN THE

Southern news: Epidemic of layoffs in Nis

After it was confirmed that 900 workers of the Benetton company in Niš will lose their jobs, and conductors in public transport have already been fired, the situation on the labor market in this city is becoming alarming.