First published: June 22, 2026 at 08:04 AM
Last update: June 22, 2026 at 04:06 PM
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Issue for June 22, 2026
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June 22, 2026
In the daytime update, the June 22 issue opens with the CINS/Danas investigation into more than 200 firms confirmed on EXPO 2027 work in Surcin, including companies with criminal, political, or pro-government links. The politics block continues the 'sound cannon' dispute: Vucic said the FBI and FSB had been invited but the FBI did not participate because of procedures, N1 checks pro-government media claims of an alleged FBI confirmation, Danas carries his answer to Savo Manojlovic, and Novosti frames the line as exposing 'blockade lies.' The feed retains the morning cards on the Belgrade crash in which a boy was seriously injured and on Novi Sad's summer bus timetable, line 52, and traffic conditions.
- 08:04 AM
Created the daily issue for 2026-06-22. Add cards as the source check progresses.
- 08:05 AM
The morning check added two cards: N1, Danas, and Novosti on an overnight Belgrade crash in which a boy was seriously injured, and a local 021 card on JGSP Novi Sad's summer timetable, the permanent new line 52 route, and active June 22 traffic conditions.
- 10:12 AM
The editorial QA pass clarified the Belgrade crash card after N1's note on GSP's account and updated the Novi Sad card against the current 021 live traffic overview headline.
- 02:12 PM
The daytime check added a CINS/Danas card on more than 200 firms involved in EXPO 2027 work and updated the EXPO story, plus a new card on today's FBI, FSB, and 'sound cannon' dispute using N1, Danas, and Novosti.
- 04:06 PM
The editorial QA pass updated the 021 Novi Sad transport card against the current live traffic overview headline and corrected student M. Ž.'s initial in the 'sound cannon' reference note.
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On June 22, CINS published an investigation into where money is going on the EXPO 2027 complex, national stadium, and infrastructure in Surcin: reporters say they could not obtain a full official list, but confirmed more than 200 firms through documents, interviews, and databases. Examples include Makis beton, where CINS links 70% of last year's 2.1 billion dinars in inflows to EXPO, PZP Valjevo, NM Kop, C&LC Kameni agregati, CAP 1 ALCZ, and Betonjerka Cacak.
Context: EXPO 2027 in Belgrade
CINS
Who holds EXPO work: Aca Rosavi's sister, an Arkan-case convict, Pink Panter, Bagzi's son, and a firm linked to Cume
(U čijim rukama su poslovi za EXPO: sestra Ace Rošavog, osuđeni u slučaju Arkan, Pink Panter, Bagzijev sin, firma koja se povezuje sa Čumetom)
CINS writes that since mid-2023 the EXPO 2027 exhibition and residential complex, national football stadium, and related infrastructure have been rising in Surcin, but information on contractors remains opaque. After unsuccessful attempts to obtain an official list, reporters used interviews, company contacts, court and other documents to build a database of more than 200 firms confirmed as contractors, subcontractors, or suppliers. CINS says the list includes firms linked to relatives and associates of people from criminal circles and to people close to the authorities: Makis beton with Marijana Djeric Mandres, sister of Aleksandar Vidojevic - Aca Rosavi, and Vujadin Krstic's 40% stake through Macva novogradnja; PZP Valjevo, formally about 74% owned by lawyer Dusan Vasovic and linked by CINS to Ljubisa Buha Cume; NM Kop owned by the son of Dejan Milenkovic Bagzi; C&LC Kameni agregati owned by Predrag Lovric, convicted in Liechtenstein as a Pink Panter member; CAP 1 ALCZ of Djordje Prelic, a former Alkatraz leader convicted over Brice Taton's killing; and Betonjerka Cacak, whose director says it contracted with Power China.
Read sourceDanas
CINS reveals who holds EXPO work
(CINS otkriva u čijim su rukama poslovi za EXPO: Sestra Ace Rošavog, osuđeni u slučaju Arkan, Pink Panter, Bagzijev sin, firma koja se povezuje sa Čumetom)
Danas republished the CINS investigation on June 22 at 13:57 in its economy section. The article repeats the key findings: the Surcin project includes EXPO 2027, the national stadium, and infrastructure; CINS did not obtain a full official company list but confirmed more than 200 participants; among them are companies not previously publicly known as EXPO participants, with owners or links around Aca Rosavi, Arkan, Pink Panter, Bagzi, Cume, and people close to the authorities.
Read sourceOn June 22, Vucic said no 'sound cannon' was used at the March 15, 2025 protest, clarified that the FBI and FSB had been invited but the FBI did not participate because of its procedures, and now invited the FBI and European services. N1 separately noted that pro-government media wrote of an alleged FBI confirmation even though only the FSB report of April 16, 2025 has been made public; Novosti frames the same line as dismantling 'blockade lies.'
N1
Pro-government media reported the FBI 'confirmed' no sound cannon was fired, but no public FBI review has been reported
(Prorežimski mediji izvestili da je "FBI potvrdio da nije pucano" iz zvučnog topa, a nikad nije obljavljeno da je američka služba to ispitivala)
N1 writes that on June 21 pro-government media headlined a claim that Aleksandar Vucic had said the FBI and FSB confirmed no 'sound cannon' was used at the March 15, 2025 student protest. According to N1, video shows Vucic saying the FBI and FSB were invited 'to come and establish' the facts, not that the FBI had already confirmed the finding; N1 says only the FSB report from April 16, 2025 has been made public. N1 also recalls that Interior Minister Ivica Dacic wrote to FBI director Kash Patel on March 18, 2025 asking for help analyzing devices that emit sound waves, but no FBI response has been published; N1 has sent the FBI questions on the issue.
Read sourceN1
Law professor: RTS is justifying a legally unfounded 'sound cannon' thesis
(Profesorka na Pravnom: RTS upregnut da opravda pravno neosnovanu tezu o "zvučnom topu", pronađena beleška nema dokaznu vrednost)
Law professor Vanja Bajovic told N1 that the authorities and prosecutors are running a media campaign around the alleged 'sound cannon' simulation version, which she considers legally unfounded. She says the discovered note has no evidentiary value because the method of committing a crime has not been explained: it is unclear whether students simulated device use, used it, brought sound equipment, or how they could have organized the movement of trees, the crowd, and medical reports. Bajovic also says this is a pre-investigation, not a clear investigation, and sees it as propaganda and repression.
Read sourceDanas
Vucic on Savo Manojlovic's list: there was no sound cannon
(Vučić povodom spiska Save Manojlovića: Zvučnog topa nije bilo)
Danas reports that after opening the 21st World Congress of Economists at Sava Centar, Aleksandar Vucic said that at the March 15, 2025 Belgrade protest there was no 'sound cannon in use.' Responding to a list by Savo Manojlovic of Kreni-Promeni naming people he considers responsible for covering up device use, Vucic said the FBI and FSB had been invited, but the FBI could not participate because of its procedures; he now invites the FBI and all European services because, he said, whoever comes will say there was no device. Danas also carries Manojlovic's position: after more than 2,000 testimonies, many confirmed by medical documentation, those covering up device use are participating in covering up terrorism.
Read sourceNovosti
'There was no sound cannon, the FSB chief personally signed': Vucic dismantles blockade lies
("ZVUČNOG TOPA NIJE BILO, ŠEF FSB JE LIČNO DAO POTPIS": Vučić razmontirao blokaderske laži i izmišljotine jednom rečenicom)
Novosti writes that on June 22, after opening the 21st World Congress of Economists in Belgrade, Vucic said people talking about arrests have no plan or program and that there was no 'sound cannon in use.' The outlet quotes him saying the FBI and FSB were invited, the FBI could not participate because of procedures, and FSB director Aleksandar Bortnikov signed the finding; Vucic now invites the FBI and European services, claiming any serious reviewer will say there was no device. Novosti frames this as exposing 'blockade lies' and says the authorities know where the lie came from but will leave that to prosecutors.
Read sourceOn the morning of June 22, Danas and Novosti, citing emergency services, reported that a boy on a bicycle was seriously injured at the corner of Bulevar kralja Aleksandra and Ulica Svetozara Markovića; N1 later added a note to its initial agency item saying GSP told other media the crash was caused by a car, not a tram. All three sources also report an overnight fight in Novi Beograd in which two young men were seriously injured.
N1
Emergency service: Boy seriously injured after crash, two people injured in a Belgrade fight
(Hitna pomoć: Dečak teško povređen posle sudara, dve osobe povređene u tuči u Beogradu)
N1, citing Beta and emergency services, writes that a boy was seriously injured in a Belgrade traffic accident overnight and taken to the Tiršova children's hospital. In a published note, N1 separately clarifies that the initial Beta item said a bicycle and tram collided, but GSP later told other media the crash was caused by a car, not a tram. N1 also reports that two young men were seriously injured in an overnight fight in Novi Beograd and taken to KBC Zemun; emergency teams intervened 97 times overnight, including 17 times in public places.
Read sourceDanas
Emergency service: Boy seriously injured after collision with a tram
(Hitna pomoć: Dečak teško povređen posle sudara sa tramvajem)
Danas, citing Beta and emergency services, reports that a boy was seriously injured overnight at the corner of Bulevar kralja Aleksandra and Ulica Svetozara Markovića; the article says the cyclist was hit by a tram. The boy was taken to the Tiršova children's hospital. Danas also reports a Novi Beograd fight in which two young men were seriously injured and taken to KBC Zemun; emergency teams intervened 97 times overnight, including 17 calls in public places.
Read sourceNovosti
Boy hit by tram: Serious accident in central Belgrade
(DEČAKA UDARIO TRAMVAJ: Užasna nesreća u centru Beograda)
Novosti, citing Tanjug and emergency services, writes that the accident happened at 21:20 at the corner of Bulevar kralja Aleksandra and Ulica Svetozara Markovića: according to that account, a tram hit the boy cyclist, who was then taken to the Tiršova children's hospital. The same report says the Novi Beograd fight was reported to emergency services at 21:45: a 28-year-old man was stabbed in the chest and a 23-year-old suffered serious head injuries; both were taken to KBC Zemun. Novosti lists 95 overnight emergency calls, 17 of them in public places.
Read source021 reports that from Monday, June 22, JGSP Novi Sad moved to its summer timetable with departure-time corrections because fewer passengers are expected during holidays and the school break. The same day, line 52 between Veternik and the railway station received a permanent new route, while 021's updated traffic overview tracks a radar checkpoint on Trandžament, a closure in part of Novo naselje, works in Veternik, Ledinci, and on the Novi Sad istok - Kovilj sections, plus a truck crash on the Novi Sad - Belgrade motorway near Batajnica.
021
Coverage: Novi Sad / City services, Transport, Urbanism, Environment, Civic initiatives
Summer timetable for Novi Sad city buses has started
(Počeo da važi letnji red vožnje gradskih autobusa u Novom Sadu)
021 writes that JGSP Novi Sad's summer timetable started on Monday, June 22. According to JGSP, the new regime includes time corrections for bus departures aligned with user needs in the coming months and an expected fall in passenger numbers because of annual leave and the summer school break. The article also notes that GSP had earlier announced a permanent route change for line 52 from Veternik to the railway station.
Read source021
Coverage: Novi Sad / City services, Transport, Urbanism, Environment, Civic initiatives
Line 52 route changes: see where it will now run
(Menja se trasa linije 52, pogledajte kuda će sada prolaziti)
021 reports that GSP line 52 permanently changes its route from Monday, June 22. In the Novi Sad - Veternik direction, the bus runs via the railway station, Bulevar oslobođenja, Futoška, Bulevar Evrope, Radomira Raše Radujkova, Bulevar Jovana Dučića, Dragoslava Srejovića, Tome Maksimovića, Kralja Petra I, Svetozara Miletića, Vojvode Putnika, and Vojvode Bojovića. In the opposite direction the listed streets are Vojvode Bojovića, Školska, Braće Tokin, Omladinska, Kralja Petra I, Tome Maksimovića, Dragoslava Srejovića, Radomira Raše Radujkova, Bulevar Evrope, Futoška, Bulevar oslobođenja, and the railway station.
Read source021
Coverage: Novi Sad / City services, Transport, Urbanism, Environment, Civic initiatives
Radar on Trandžament: Novi Sad and area traffic update
(Radar na Trandžamentu: Šta se dešava u saobraćaju u Novom Sadu i okolini)
021 is running an updated June 22 traffic overview: at review time the headline singled out a radar checkpoint on Trandžament, while the feed also listed a 09:15 crash on the Novi Sad - Belgrade motorway near Batajnica, where a truck broke through the barrier and entered opposite-direction lanes. The service section says traffic on Ulica Bate Brkića from Seljačkih buna to Dušana Danilovića is closed until 12:00, the traffic light at Hadži Ruvimova and Ilije Birčanina is out from 9:00 to 10:00, works continue on Ulica Kralja Petra I in Veternik, Liparije 2 and Purale in Ledinci are closed until June 23, and phased works continue until July 16 on Novi Sad istok - petlja Kovilj.
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EXPO 2027 in Belgrade
This story follows preparations for the EXPO 2027 specialized exhibition in Belgrade: the budget, Surcin construction sites, the national stadium, infrastructure, and decisions that affect city services, schools, and residents' daily life.
- On June 22, 2026, CINS published an investigation into EXPO 2027 contractors and suppliers in Surcin: the outlet did not obtain a full official list, but confirmed more than 200 firms through documents, interviews, and databases, including companies with criminal, political, or pro-government links.
- CINS examples include Makis beton, PZP Valjevo, NM Kop, C&LC Kameni agregati, CAP 1 ALCZ, and Betonjerka Cacak; Danas republished the investigation the same day in its economy section.
- On June 19, 2026, Danas reported that Vojvodina school calendars for 2026/27, like the Education Ministry calendars, require schools to plan one-day student visits to EXPO between May 17 and June 25, 2027.
- After criticism, the Education Ministry said organized EXPO visits are not mandatory school activities and can happen only by each school's decision and with parent or legal-guardian consent.
- The EXPO story is not only a construction and budget project: decisions around the exhibition are already entering school planning, the public dispute over voluntary participation, and questions about public-spending transparency.
Timeline
How the story developed
CINS published an investigation into more than 200 firms confirmed as EXPO 2027 contractors, subcontractors, or suppliers, including companies linked to people from criminal circles and people close to the authorities; Danas republished the investigation.
Danas reported that Vojvodina school calendars for 2026/27 also plan one-day student visits to EXPO from May 17 to June 25, 2027; the Education Ministry says the visits are not mandatory and require a school decision and parental consent.
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