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June 14, 2026
The June 14 edition includes the developing story around Aleksandar Vucic's possible resignation, higher-education reform, the June 27 gathering and the dispute over access to N1, a card on 30 new BG Voz trains and infrastructure limits, a local Novi Sad card on Jovina gimnazija, a card on the evening storm in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, and Belgrade, a service item on planned Belgrade power cuts on June 15, plus a card on the Belgrade metro exhibition space at Slavija.
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1. Vucic links resignation talk to higher-education changes and a June 27 gathering
Danas first analyzed the legal scenario if Aleksandar Vucic resigns: Ana Brnabic would become acting president and a new election would have to be called within 90 days. Later, Danas, Novosti and N1 covered his TV Prva appearance: Vucic said that before resigning he would seek a majority for education changes, and that on June 27 outside parliament he would announce the list name and slogans; N1 separately noted his claim that he was allegedly banned from N1 and the newsroom's response that he had refused invitations for 11 years.
N1 reports that Srbijavoz is buying 30 new Spanish CAF trains for BG Voz with a state guarantee for a 5.5 billion dinar, or 46.9 million euro, loan. Transport engineer Ivan Bankovic warns that without parallel investment in tracks, stations, platforms, and station access, the new trains may mainly stabilize the timetable rather than sharply increase urban-line frequency.
021 and N1 reported that parents of pupils at Novi Sad's "Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj" gymnasium said they will be outside the Education Ministry in Belgrade from 10:00 on Monday, June 15, until minister Dejan Vuk Stankovic answers whether the dismissal procedure for director Radivoje P. Stojkovic has been opened. The parents cite falling teaching quality, the hiring of unqualified staff, pressure on pupils, teachers and parents, the locking of the school building, and pupils being moved into three buildings.
021, Danas, and Kurir reported that on the evening of June 14 a line thunderstorm system moved through Vojvodina and Belgrade: in Novi Sad, heavy rain with hail started around 19:30 and lasted about half an hour; in Backa, lightning and wind caused field fires and fallen trees; and parts of Zemun lost electricity. RHMZ warned of downpours, hail, and wind gusts above 60 km/h as the system moved across Belgrade and central/eastern Serbia until midnight.
Beoinfo published the list of planned electricity cuts for Monday, June 15, 2026. It lists addresses in Zvezdara and Palilula for 10:00-14:00, and Savski venac for 08:30-14:00.
N1 reported that JP Beogradski metro i voz is preparing premises under the Slavija square plateau as a future "Belgrade metro exhibition space", but the company did not answer what it will be for or when it will open. Milos Vuckovic of Kreni-promeni called it a "Potemkin village" and again tied the dispute to metro delays and the first line routed through Belgrade Waterfront instead of Prokop and the Clinical Center of Serbia.
Context: Belgrade metro
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Belgrade metro
This story follows the Belgrade metro project: the first-line route, construction deadlines, exhibition and preparatory sites, and the roles of JP Beogradski metro i voz, Alstom, and city/republic authorities. For readers, it is a practical city story about how a promised transport project affects neighborhoods, budgets, and future mobility.
- On June 19, 2026, Nikola Nikodijevic told N1 that the exact date for fully closing Bulevar despota Stefana is still unknown because EPS cables and Interior Ministry infrastructure must be moved.
- According to Nikodijevic, once the metro boring machines start work, traffic from Cvijiceva to Pancevacki most will be fully closed for about seven months, and the city will announce alternative routes in advance.
- On June 14, 2026, N1 reported that a "Beogradski metro i voz" exhibition space is being prepared under the Slavija square plateau, but the company did not explain the space's purpose or opening date.
- The entrance to the premises has already been covered with metro drawings, although, in N1's wording, tunnel digging has not yet begun.
- Milos Vuckovic of Kreni-promeni called the exhibition space a "Potemkin village" and tied it to pre-election use of large infrastructure promises.
- Critics from the Po meri metro initiative continue to point to the disputed first-line route: through Belgrade Waterfront, not through Prokop and the Clinical Center of Serbia.
- On June 30, N1/eKapija reported that PowerChina requested a temporary construction permit for works on the Palilula side of the Savska-Dunavska tunnel, from the Faculty of Economics to Jovana Avakumovica Street.
- The project remains an important Belgrade transport story because official deadlines, the real start of tunnel works, and the metro's connection with existing rail/medical hubs remain publicly contested.
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How the story developed
According to Milos Vuckovic's reminder in N1's article, the authorities have been announcing Belgrade metro construction since 2016, when Sinisa Mali was mayor.
N1 reported that JP Beogradski metro i voz is preparing an exhibition space at Slavija, but did not answer what it is for or when it will open. Kreni-promeni called it a "Potemkin village" amid delays and the dispute over the first-line route.
Nikola Nikodijevic told N1 that future metro works will fully close Bulevar despota Stefana from Cvijiceva to Pancevacki most for about seven months, but the exact date will be announced after EPS and Interior Ministry infrastructure is moved.
N1/eKapija reported that PowerChina filed a request with Belgrade's urbanism secretariat for a temporary construction permit for the Savska-Dunavska tunnel, from the Faculty of Economics to Jovana Avakumovica Street. The request concerns the Palilula side of the future link; underground utilities must be relocated before boring, and works are supposed to last until 2030.