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13.August 2026 B. B.

One million square meters of unused office space: Why are the bars empty in Belgrade?

Internet sales are no longer an addition to a traditional store. For a growing number of traders, it is the main or one of the main sales channels. That's just one of the reasons why around one million square meters of premises are empty in Belgrade

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Food prices

17.July 2026 RV

The already expensive coffee in Serbia could become even more expensive

Coffee costs 1.000 dinars for half a kilo, and a new price increase is being announced

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29.April 2026. MLJ

Sale of Idea Market: Will Davor Matsura reduce prices in stores?

The retail trade in Serbia experienced tectonic changes. Where did Davor Matsura come from in the market business? And will more players on the market mean - lower prices in stores?

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16.April 2026. MLJ

Deleuze's profit drop of 85 percent in 2025 as a result of state regulation

Deleuze Serbia ended the 2025 fiscal year with a drop in net profit of 85 percent compared to 2024

Farmers

06.march 2026 MLJ/BB

Dairy farmers will be able to report dishonest buyers of milk

The "black list" of the Draft Law on Trade Practices includes unjustified and "overnight" cancellation of the purchase of agricultural products, and it is precisely this practice that farmers complain about.

Supply

05.march 2026 MLJ

Why did the coffee turn peppery?

The government's increase in excise taxes in February further raised the price of coffee, which rose by as much as 25 percent in a year. This drink has become so expensive that some might wonder, while thinking if they need a third cup in the afternoon.

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01.march 2026 B. B.

The regulation on the limitation of trade margins is no longer valid, buyers are afraid of rising prices

The state claims it has decided to introduce a new set of temporary measures to maintain oversight of market movements after the expiry of the Margin Limitation Regulation

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31.January 2026 Marija L. Jankovic

"Vreme" learns: As prices go up in stores, the state "unlocked" purchase prices

Consumers are expecting a wave of price increases in stores because the state has again changed the Regulation on special conditions for trading, better known as "Vučić's margins". It "unfroze" the purchase prices of food and other goods, which had been frozen since August 2025.

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26.December 2025 MLJ

Will prices go "wild" when the Regulation on Margins expires?

The "wonderful measures" of Aleksandar Vučić, which limit trade margins in stores, expire at the end of February. So what awaits us?

Consumers

24.December 2025 Marija L. Jankovic

Government price comparison site: It would be great, except it doesn't work properly

In December, the state pompously announced the opening of a website where citizens will supposedly be able to track prices in stores every day. Is the site useful to anyone and can prices be compared really easily?

Standard of living

18.December 2025 KS

Humiliating consumer basket: Per person 233 grams of beef per month

What goes into the average consumer basket and is the average salary enough for it? And how humiliating is all that together for the citizens of Serbia?

A novelty on the Serbian market

15.December 2025 Bojan Bednar

New Russians are coming: The Fix Price retail chain will soon be in Serbia

After the stores of the Russian discount chains Svetofor and MERE, the Russian retail chain Fix Price is coming to Serbia. Russians in Serbia have built their own ecosystem that includes Russian schools, kindergartens, IT companies and performances by Russian artists that are visited exclusively by Russian citizens, and Russian markets have become the "hubs" of that community.

This summer, Vučić announced the reduction of prices in stores as a magical solution to many problems.

Margin limitation

19.November 2025 Marija L. Jankovic

Miraculous fiasco

This summer, Vučić announced the reduction of prices in stores as a magical solution to many problems. However, since he shouted at the traders, first the authorities eased their own regulation, prices did not drop significantly, and criticisms came from Brussels. After that, supermarket chains also started closing their stores. What else awaits us?

"Vreme" finds out

14.November 2025 Marija L. Jankovic

A wave of layoffs in smaller stores as well because of Vučić's margins

Layoffs and resignations, millions of losses, closing of shops, late payments, borrowing from banks. All these are indirect consequences of Vučić's trade margins, which were presented to the relevant minister by traders of smaller domestic chains at a meeting closed to the public, "Vreme" learns.

Market

12.November 2025 Maja Miljevic Djajic

Since this skull is yours

Today, you can buy almost anything on the Internet, including human skeletons. They are especially at the price of a skull. The authorities in Serbia say that they know nothing about it

Pricelist

23.October 2025 KS

Why are fruits and vegetables more expensive at the market than in the store?

Prices of agricultural products are cheaper in stores than in markets. Why is that so?

Effects of state economic measures

21.October 2025 Marija L. Jankovic

"Vreme" learns: Mass closing of stores in Serbia due to Vučić's margins

Almost all major retail chains are planning to close stores across the country, which is a direct effect of Vučić's economic measures to limit margins. Several hundred people are expected to be laid off

Representatives of the authorities claim that the price of food items has fallen "strongly".

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14.October 2025 Bojan Bednar

Have you noticed that the price of food has fallen "heavily"?

The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) announced that the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages recorded a "strong" monthly decline. Do consumers see it that way?

Organized crime

30.September 2025 IN THE

BIRN: How call centers from Belgrade robbed 70.000 people around the world

Four Belgrade call centers defrauded victims in Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, as well as in Australia and Canada, according to an investigation by BIRN and Investigate Europe

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26.September 2025 B. B.

Amazon is paying billions for misleading people about Prime

Amazon will no longer be allowed to use messages like "No, I don't want free shipping" and will have to introduce an easy option to cancel Prime

Pricelist

01.September 2025 KS

Discounts started: "Look, 50 dinars, what should I not buy"

As of September 1, basic food items in some markets have become drastically cheaper - milk, bread, yogurt, oil and eggs can be bought for less than 600 dinars, while in other stores the reductions are barely noticeable.

News talk

28.August 2025 NR

What is margin?

Latin gave us everything, including the word margo, from which we have margin, marginals, and these days in Serbia current margins

Export to America

06.August 2025 KS

How will Trump's tariffs affect Serbia?

As of Thursday, Serbian goods have a customs duty of as much as 35 percent when exported to America. Although God knows how much is exported - mostly car tires, some weapons - some domestic companies could suffer

Economy

18.April 2025. B. B.

Trump is fully convinced of the trade agreement with Europe

"There will be a trade deal, 100 percent, but it will be a fair deal," Trump said

High prices

14.march 2025 Bojan Bednar

Trade cartels: Avoiding competition at the expense of consumers

They buy, for example, olives for two euros, while in retail they cost 1000 dinars. That's an abnormal margin. And when even large trade chains set the same price - that is cartelization prohibited by law

Economy

23.September 2024 IN THE

China is rapidly catching up with Germany as the main importer in Serbia

China is rapidly catching up with Germany, imports from this Asian country are increasing

Economy

02.July 2024 B. B.

Decline in foreign trade exchange with Russia: Is it a question of Belgrade moving away from Moscow

Despite the Free Trade Agreement between Serbia and Russia, foreign trade has never reached its potential, and has been in significant decline since the beginning of 2024. Some economic analysts recognize in this the political deviation of Belgrade from Moscow