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Campaign

20.July 2026 Anja Mihic

Vučić's Škoda, trucks and planes

The president announces that he will seek support before the elections by touring Serbia in his Škoda. However, reports so far show that the SNS campaigns were anything but this simple and cheap

Corruption

15.June 2026 KS

The New Economy: Is the Fight Against Corruption Corrupt?

More than ten million euros were spent on the fight against corruption, and Serbia has the worst results in the region in this regard

Citizen service

26.May 2026. IN THE

Transparency Serbia: interactive procurement database

Transparency Serbia presented the "Integrity Watch Serbia" platform, an open data base that enables citizens and the media to have a simpler insight into public procurement, the operations of companies connected to officials and the spending of money on EXPO 2027 projects.

Electoral laws

20.May 2026. KS

The adopted "Petrašinović Laws", the government claims to have fulfilled 70 percent of ODIHR's recommendations

The so-called "Petrašinović Laws" were adopted. While the pressures on voters, official campaigns and misuse of public resources are evident in all elections, the government claims that citizens have "extremely high confidence" in the electoral process

Electoral laws

12.May 2026. CI

ODIHR criticized the amendments to the Law on the Financing of Political Activities

Limits for campaign expenses are set too high, "third-party campaigning" is not regulated enough, and key problems of control and sanctions remain unresolved, ODIHR believes.

Research

10.February 2026. IN THE

Serbia the most corrupt in the region: The lowest result since 2012

Last year, Serbia further worsened its score on the Index of Corruption Perceptions and for the first time became the worst ranked country in the region, announced the organization Transparency Serbia.

State enterprises

02.January 2026 NM

How many state enterprises have a legal director?

Out of 34 state-owned enterprises, which would have to choose a director in a public competition, only two enter the year 2026 with a legally appointed director

Transparency Serbia

27.September 2025 B. B.

The announced legalization law is a reward for criminal acts

"The proposed legal solutions reward the commission of criminal acts, which construction without a permit is, since 2009", emphasizes Transparency Serbia

Transparency Serbia

11.July 2025 B. B.

"The contract on the construction of the Prokop station is even more harmful than thought"

The planned procurement of works to strengthen the platform beams at Prokop shows that the state will bear additional costs in order to make the railway station safe for use

Election campaign

04.June 2025 MT

(Mis)use of asphalt for election purposes: In Kosjerić and Zaječar, everything is smoking from the works

Ahead of the local elections in Kosjerić and Zaječar, which will be held on Sunday (June 8), numerous works are being carried out on rural and local roads in these municipalities. Most of the works are carried out in these two municipalities, although there are as many as 145 local self-governments in Serbia. Is it a coincidence or is it a misuse of state and local self-government resources for the promotion of electoral lists

Police in front of the Novi Sad City Assembly

Transparency Serbia

03.April 2025. Nemanja Nenadic

The wishes of the citizens and the will of the authorities

The next time you hear someone in power invoking public trust to justify moves of dubious legality and cost effectiveness, remember this display of public opinion research data on some of the key issues for the fight against corruption

Research

31.march 2025 MJ

Transparency Serbia: Corruption, poverty and crime are the biggest problems

Corruption is the main problem of Serbia, according to 22 percent of citizens, while low income or poverty is the biggest problem for 10 percent of citizens, according to a survey, the results of which were presented by the organization Transparency Serbia

Interview: Nemanja Nenadić, program director of Transparency Serbia

13.march 2025 Ivana Milanović Hrašovec

Things are even worse.

"It is very wrong that Serbia's progress in the fight against corruption at a high level is measured only on the basis of statistical data on the number of indictments of the Prosecutor's Office for organized crime and accompanying verdicts. In Serbia, the performance in that field should be measured first of all by whether there were cases where the corrupt participation of high state officials was suspected - and those cases were not investigated"

Corruption

11.February 2025. IN THE

Serbia ranks 105th out of 180 countries in the world list of the Corruption Perceptions Index

According to the Transparency International report, Serbia has once again fallen behind in the fight against corruption, taking 105th place among 180 ranked countries. In the region, only BiH is in a lower position than Serbia

Has the Prime Minister resigned?

05.February 2025. Nemanja Rujevic

The mystery of Vučević's resignation: Maybe the post office is not working

Apparently, Prime Minister Miloš Vucevic resigned only in front of the cameras. Transparency Serbia is now asking the Government and the Assembly to show their official resignation, if there is one at all

Transparency Serbia

12.June 2024 IM / Phonet

Nenadić: Dominance of Vučić in the campaign, 1,4 million euros distributed from different budgets

What was registered from May 7 to 30 was the complete dominance of the Serbian Progressive Party, i.e. the complete dominance of Aleksandar Vučić personally, according to research coordinator Zlatko Minić

2023 Elections

20.December 2023 S.Ć.

Transparency Serbia: SNS spent four times more than all other parties combined

The campaign costs for this election will exceed the campaign costs for last year's elections, amounting to at least 20 million euros

2023 Elections

12.December 2023 Milica Srejić

Open bribery of voters: Flour for some, and a bicycle for the youngest

Parties are allowed to hand out "promotional material" to citizens, such as a lighter or a pen. But the law does not say how much that material can cost. Thus, the SNS gives away groceries and firewood, and it brags about bribing voters

2023 Elections

04.December 2023 S.Ć.

Serbia's transparency: At Vučić's gatherings, daily allowances were paid in hand

It is necessary for the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate allegations of daily allowances at SNS gatherings, about the phenomenon that employees of public companies in Serbia send announcements for the ruling party, according to the non-governmental organization Transparency Serbia.

Elections

04.November 2023 MJ

Transparency Serbia: Ensuring the public of the work

The statutes and rules of procedure governing the work of all 65 dissolved assemblies provide for the holding of sessions open to the public and the media. According to the data available to TS, out of 65 municipalities and cities, in 46 council sessions were open to the public, i.e. the media, in 10 they were not, and for nine there is no data