Belgrade adopts a new budget rebalance and several urban plans
On June 25, the Belgrade City Assembly adopted its second 2026 budget rebalance: the new budget amount is set at RSD 202,155,731,190, with 59 councilors voting in favor and the opposition not voting. The same session adopted several detailed regulation plans, including Mirijevo and the disputed plan for the Bajdina forest area in Zvezdara; Danas reports that residents from the "Mirijevo - zeleno i zdravo" initiative came to the session against the plan, and opposition councilors shielded activists after security moved in at the speaker's podium.
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Belgrade Assembly adopted the budget rebalance and several urban plans, including one for Bajdina forest
N1 reports that the Belgrade City Assembly session, which began at 10:00 on June 25, ended with adoption of the second 2026 budget rebalance and several urban plans. The new 2026 budget amount is set at RSD 202,155,731,190; 59 councilors voted for the rebalance, while opposition councilors did not vote. The same 59 votes adopted the detailed regulation plan for Mirijevo, opposed by opposition councilors and activists because of concerns that construction in the Bajdina forest area would harm residents of part of Zvezdara. After a combined debate on 31 agenda items, councilors adopted nine detailed regulation plans for parts of Zvezdara, Novi Beograd, Cukarica, Palilula, Vracar, Zemun, and Vozdovac.
Stojmenovic (ZLF): Today showed what should happen at every City Assembly session
Danas carries ZLF councilor Natalija Stojmenovic's assessment: representatives of the "Mirijevo - zeleno i zdravo" initiative entered the session because they oppose adoption of the Bajdina plan and believe it would worsen quality of life in the neighborhood. She says residents had already attended commission sessions, filed objections, written institutions, and sought meetings, but were ignored. Danas also describes security entering the hall to move activists Djordje and Nikola from the speaker's podium, after which opposition councilors formed a "living shield" around them.