Fires

Tag: Fires

03.September 2026 B. B.

The regime claims that fire cannot be a shortcut to construction land

Forest land on which the forest was damaged or destroyed by fire retains the purpose provided for in the planning document before the fire, claims socialist Uglješa Marković.

Politics

27.August 2026 IN THE

Darko Glišić: The only ones responsible for the fires are those blockading scum

High-ranking SNS official and Minister of Public Investment Darko Glišić accused "blockaders" of the fires in Serbia, but did not provide concrete evidence for that claim.

Fighting fire

27.August 2026 IN THE

How many active fires are there in Serbia and what is the situation in Deliblatska peščara?

Head of the Department for Emergency Situations about the situation on the ground and what awaits the teams in the coming days.

Dossier "Vremena": Deliblatska peščara

26.August 2026 Slobodan Bubnjević

The Lord of Fire and his minions

"We taught love to fire, so that our earth no longer burns". It is a verse by Vasko Popa, one of our greatest poets, who was born in the village of Grebenac, on the edge of Deliblatska peščara, in one of the settlements that were directly threatened by the fire. Despite the superhuman efforts of the firefighters, volunteers and locals, despite the help sent by students and citizens who had nothing else to do, despite appeals to request foreign help earlier, the forest fire in Pesko completely got out of control this summer and caused damage that will take decades to repair. Someone could conclude that Pesak u flame is a parable of today's Serbia's solidarity citizens and students who are ruled by a malignant regime that is not worthy to protect ecosystems such as Peščara, to preserve our natural treasures, our land

This situation

26.August 2026 Philip Schwarm

The unbearable weight of emptiness

How does the statement about Serbia as a firefighting "superpower" fit perfectly into Vučić's propaganda? How did the fire in Deliblatska peščara shed light on all the dysfunctionality of the regime? Why was there celebrating, singing and cheering for the president at one end of the country, while hundreds of hectares of forest were burning on the other? What messages does the regime's propaganda send and what do citizens see with their own eyes? And why is the nation not an amorphous mass, incapable of shaping its own destiny

Deliblato Sandstone

26.August 2026 A. P.

Reconstruction of Deliblatska Peščara after the fire will take years

The reconstruction of Deliblatska peščara will not start immediately after the fire is extinguished. Damage will need to be assessed, damaged trees removed and terrain stabilized. According to the assessment of the dean of the Faculty of Forestry Branko Stajić, the first young forests could be formed in five to ten years

Comment

23.August 2026 Nemanja Rujevic

Fifteen years and another month of fire

Fifteen years of these authorities are reflected in the fact that for more than a month the authorities are unable to put out the fire in Deliblatska peščara. No conspiracy theories help here

Fires

23.August 2026 B. B.

Lawyer Lakić: To investigate the responsibility of Vučić and Dacić for the fire in Deliblatska peščara

Lawyer Nikola Lakić believes that the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade has lost its independence a long time ago and that he sees the latest announcement by the Prosecutor's Office as an attempt to intimidate citizens

Fires

23.August 2026 B. B.

Vučić on the Deliblatska peščara fire: It's very strange, it's kind of dotted

"If a man were a silly conspiracy theorist, he could think of anything," Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said about the fire in Deliblatska Peščara.

Fires

23.August 2026 B. B.

Minister Vujić: Conscious spreading of untrue claims regarding the fire in Deliblatska peščara

Minister of Justice Nenad Vujić called on citizens and the media to check information about the fire with the competent institutions and not to participate in the further spread of inaccurate content.

Ivica Dačić and Đuro Macut in the Deliblata sandstone

Fires

20.August 2026 B. B.

The situation in Deliblatska Peščara is still difficult, Macut and Dacic arrived

Prime Minister Đuro Macut warned that the specific structure of the plant life, the strong wind and the spread of the fire under the layer of sand in Deliblatska Peščara make the fire extremely difficult to control.

Department for emergency situations

18.August 2026 IN THE

Fighting fire: The worst in Deliblatska peščara, one person died in the fire in Smederevo

There are currently 45 active fires in Serbia, and the most difficult situation is in Deliblatska peščara, where more than 3.500 hectares of forest and low vegetation have been affected by the fire. Yesterday, the Department for Emergency Situations had 201 interventions, of which 146 were due to outdoor fires. One person died in the fire in Smederevo

Evacuation of tourists from Halkidiki due to fire

Fires

16.August 2026 CI

Europe is on fire: A fire of record proportions ravages a nature reserve in Belgium

On Saturday, August 15, firefighters battled a forest fire that engulfed Belgium's largest nature reserve in the High Fens area. The fire has been described as the worst in the country's history

Fires

16.August 2026 CI

Fires in Serbia and the region: The situation is calmer, but firefighters are still on the ground

The fires in Croatia and Serbia were generally calmer during the night, but firefighters are still on duty in the field, while high temperatures, drought and wind make complete extinguishing difficult

Fires

15.August 2026 B. B.

Dacic: There are doubts that some of the fires were arson

Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic stated that there are suspicions that some fires in Serbia were set, but that the prosecution, if proceedings are initiated, qualifies such an act as negligence

Fires

15.August 2026 B. B.

Croatia is still struggling with fires, the biggest one is on Dugi Otok, and there are fires in 25 locations in Serbia

The fire on Croatia's Dugi Otok is not yet under control. Eight people were seriously injured in a fire in the Omiš area. In Serbia, there are fires in 25 locations, in Deliblatska peščara, on Mount Stolovi, in Breznica near Bujanovac and in Gornji Brestovac near Bojnik, all available capacities have been engaged

Fires9 in Montenegro

14.August 2026 IN THE

"It was like an apocalypse": Confessions of Herceg Novi residents whose houses were close to the fire

The big fire that has been burning above Žager near Herceg Novi during the night came close to houses, and at one point around 50 buildings were threatened. Locals describe dramatic scenes and say the situation looked "like the apocalypse"

Fires

13.August 2026 B. B.

Šumarak and Dubovac near Deliblatska peščara safe from fire

The residents of Šumark and Dubovac were previously evacuated on August 6 due to the fire that broke out in Deliblatska peščara

Emergency situations

12.August 2026 IN THE

New economy: Serbia lacks 3.000 firefighters

Serbia may have significant machinery for fighting fires, but it seriously lacks the thing without which fire cannot be extinguished - people. According to the assessment of Vladimir Jakovljević, professor of the Faculty of Security, about 3.000 more firefighters are needed to cover the entire territory of the country.

Fighting fire

08.August 2026 N. Rujević

Why does Serbia have no firefighters to put out the fire

Serbian rivers and lakes are not suitable for capturing water by airplanes, so helicopters remain. However, a fire element like the one in the Deliblat Sandstone cannot be defeated from the air alone

Personal attitude

07.August 2026 Slobodan Bubnjević

Fire in Deliblatska peščara: For Pančevci, it was as if the world had collapsed

The Deliblat sandstone is on fire. The people of Pančević do not know how to tell the children that the fire also engulfed Čardak. For many of my fellow citizens in Pancevo and the surrounding area, the forest fire seemed to have burned a part of their childhood

Climate changes

06.August 2026 AI/AM

Unprecedented droughts, fires, floods: Climate catastrophe is no longer a dystopia

Climate change is already affecting people's lives, nature and the economy. The consequences, by all accounts, will be more and more extreme. Europe seems unprepared for the dystopia that is becoming a reality

Natural disaster

27.July 2026 IN THE

Europe is on fire: 300.000 people evacuated in Spain and France, the worst fires ever in the vicinity of Madrid

Heat waves with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius have turned parts of Europe into areas of high fire risk. Huge wildfires are raging in France and Spain, forcing more than 300.000 people to flee their homes as firefighters battle fast-moving flames

Fires in France and Spain

27.July 2026 R.Š.

"Clouds of fire" and mass evacuation: Forest fires are raging in France and Spain

In France, forest fires have reached the cities. In Spain, about 15 people were evacuated during one night due to the fire

Great fire in Greece in the suburbs of Thessaloniki in 2026.

Fires

05.July 2026 CI

A large fire in Greece is spreading towards the suburbs of Thessaloniki

The fire that broke out on Saturday (July 4) in the evening hours in the suburbs of Thessaloniki is spreading rapidly, the Greek Fire Service announced, and residents of three suburbs have been evacuated

Shops under attack

27.May 2026. Isidora Ceric

Who are the owners of the burnt and demolished restaurants in Belgrade?

In less than 12 hours, four well-known catering facilities were destroyed in the capital, and the series of incidents escalated with the shooting at the "Jerry" restaurant in New Belgrade. The ownership structure of these bars raises the question of who the targeted people are

Spain

21.April 2026. Jelena Kozbašić (Air Conditioning 101)

How the donkey fire brigade protects the national park from fire

A group of 18 donkey firefighters are credited with nearly a decade without forest fires in Spain's Doñana National Park