The Agency for International Development (USAID) is being dissolved, the State Department informed, and the reorganization of USAID will be completed by July 1. "Thanks to President Trump, that misguided and fiscally irresponsible period is now over," said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Perhaps this is an opportunity for the non-governmental and non-profit sector to return to its roots - to once again become the voice of those who really need it, and not just a tool in the hands of donors. If we don't find alternative ways of financing now, if we don't figure out how to maintain what has been created over the years, everything will fall into the hands of those who see democracy as a problem. Or everything has already fallen
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While the prosecution is investigating the NGO sector due to USAID funds, last year the same organization financed the official trip of prosecutor Jelena Milutinović Ziljkić, who is leading the case. The chief prosecutor of the VJT in Belgrade, Nenad Stefanović, claims that the publication of that information is malicious
Since the administration in the USA decided to stop aid through USAID, this organization is perceived as the main financier of the overthrow of the state and the "color revolution". However, there is no mention of what the state received from the same organization
The special anti-corruption department of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade ordered the police to check several non-governmental organizations due to allegations of misuse of USAID funds.
The U.S. Government Efficiency Division announced which projects were canceled following the shutdown of USAID and other agencies. Among them is a project from Serbia, worth 14 million dollars
Prosecutors say Trump does not have the legal authority to terminate a federal agency created by Congress or prohibit it from spending money appropriated by U.S. lawmakers.
The court's decision to stop the forced vacation of thousands of USAID employees did not change the situation on the ground - the doors of the agency's headquarters in Washington remained closed to most of the staff.
Following the request of the "We - People's Power" movement, the Serbian Parliament removed the logo of the American Agency for International Development (USAID) from its official website
The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which is now headed by billionaire Elon Musk, caused delight in the Kremlin. The political leaders of Hungary, Belarus and Serbia are also celebrating. There is a good reason for that
The spokeswoman of the White House, Caroline Levitt, explained that all programs of the American Agency for International Development USAID were temporarily suspended - because they were "crazy and malicious" and because there was "abuse and useless spending of money". She also mentioned Serbia
In Washington, the USAID headquarters was closed during the day, and employees were told to stay at home in an email
After US President Donald Trump made a decision to freeze US aid (USAID) worldwide, many people close to the regime are rubbing their hands with satisfaction because "anti-Serbian" non-governmental organizations and the media will be left without part of the funding - although the biggest loser is the state of Serbia
