Card

GSP workers hand demands to Vucic, who promises an answer by Wednesday or Thursday

On June 24, GSP workers, unions, and professional associations handed demands to President Aleksandar Vucic. Ivan Bankovic of Sindikat GSP Centar said Belgrade needs at least 90 trolleybuses, while the city proposes buying 60 and leaving the rest to a private operator for 20 years; Vucic promised an answer by Wednesday or Thursday and a meeting with a workers' delegation, but said the costs of free public transport are 'huge'.

Publication

Published: June 24, 2026 at 02:05 PM

Updated: June 24, 2026 at 02:05 PM

Related issue

This card belongs to the issue for June 24, 2026.

Open issue
Context

No separate context story has been assigned to this card yet.

Reference

No reference note has been assigned to this card yet.

Aleksandar Vucic speaks with representatives of GSP workers
Photo: N1, article about the meeting with GSP workers.

Sources

Breakdown by publication

Sources in this card: 1
N1
National mediaIndependent

GSP workers submitted demands, Vucic came out to talk: 'Give me seven days and you will have my answer'

(Radnici GSP-a predali zahteve, Vučić izašao da razgovara s njima: "Dajte mi sedam dana i imaćete moj odgovor")

N1 reports that on June 24 GSP workers, unions, and professional associations submitted demands to Aleksandar Vucic. Ivan Bankovic of Sindikat GSP Centar said at least 90 trolleybuses are needed because the fleet is outdated, while the city's solution would buy 60 trolleybuses and leave the rest to a private operator for 20 years. Vucic said he must speak with city authorities, that the costs of free public transport are 'huge', and promised answers by Wednesday or Thursday plus a meeting with a workers' delegation; when N1 asked about a tender postponed five times and suspicions it was being tailored, he said Serbia 'cannot be against public-private partnerships' and that he received the workers as dissatisfied citizens.

Read source