Money

Education

01.October 2026 BM

Why non-teaching staff in colleges are paid less

For the same degree of professional education - different salary. The union of the employees of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade points to the difference of more than 10.000 dinars per month for the VII degree and asks for an explanation as to why the work at the faculty is less valued

money; dinars

A living wage

26.September 2026 Anja Mihic

Wages in Serbia: For life or for survival?

For a dignified life in Serbia, you need about 154.000 dinars per month, and the average salary is almost 30 thousand dinars lower. For those who work for the minimum wage, the difference is even greater

Banknotes of 2.000 dinars in the palms

Poverty

09.April 2026. NM

Poverty in Serbia: How to live in the red

In Serbia, the average monthly income per household in 2025 was 109.136 dinars, and expenditures for personal consumption of households were 109.787 dinars. How to live in the red in a country where a fifth of the Greek nation is on the brink of existence

Salaries in Serbia

24.February 2026. Marija L. Jankovic

"The highest salaries in history": How Vučić "stole" the news from the Bureau of Statistics

Aleksandar Vučić exclusively announced that the average Serb earned more than 1.000 euros in December. He "borrowed" this news the day before the release of the official state calculations of the Republic Institute of Statistics. Although seemingly substantial, this figure unfortunately has nothing to do with the reality of most people in the country

Teachers at school

Protests

20.march 2025 MS

New economy: Collected over 75 million dinars for teachers

For teachers and teaching staff who did not receive salaries due to the suspension of work in schools, the Alek Kavčić Foundation and the informal group of IT experts Solidarity Network for Education created platforms to collect money

Struggle for existence

14.march 2025 IN THE

The New Economy: Cutting teacher pay is illegal

Teachers across Serbia were shocked by the reduction in their February salary, with some only receiving a few hundred dinars. Lawyers claim that there is no law that would allow a complete suspension of salary payments

Classroom, illustration

The strike of educators

24.February 2025. Ma. J.

Ministry of Education: Directors to reduce teachers' salaries

The Ministry of Education has sent a letter to the principals of primary and secondary schools, in which they request that employees who are on legal strike or have suspended their work be reduced in February wages. After the hours are compensated, the salary will be adjusted

Jura Leskovac

Factories leave, workers stay

19.February 2025. Tijana Stanic

The specter of unemployment is circling the south of Serbia

Benetton's announcement that it is closing its plant in Niš means that more than 900 people in that city will lose their jobs. Other factories in the south of Serbia, such as Johnson Electric, Jure and Aptiva, have problems that could lead to an additional increase in unemployment. What should the state do so that workers stop being cheap and replaceable labor force

Protest

17.January 2025 Sonja Ciric

Philharmonic: Of all the requests, we received only concert suits

In one year, only one request was fulfilled for the artists of the Belgrade Philharmonic - concert suits were donated to them. That is why now, together with their colleagues from the National and Serbian National Theaters, they have presented the state that their dissatisfaction has reached its peak