Issue for July 30, 2026

The Energy Ministry says Serbia's partnership with EDF and the French Development Agency will support staffing and studies for a nuclear programme. Minister Dubravka Đedović Handanović said the studies should inform a decision by mid-2027, while a first plant would only be possible after 2040.

The PIO Fund begins July pension payments on August 4 for self-employed pensioners, through accounts, post offices and delivery. Agricultural and military pensioners follow on August 5; employees receive payments through post offices from August 10 and accounts on August 11.

The Education Ministry says about 96,000 primary-school pupils will receive free textbooks in 2026/27; 1.02 billion dinars covers 919,156 textbook units. Eligible groups include children in families receiving social assistance, pupils on individual programmes, children with disabilities and families with three or more children in education.

Čardak, Paragovo and part of Popovica, from Mošina vila to the Hunting Lodge, may have low pressure or no water from 08:30 to 13:30 on July 30. According to 021, works by Elektrodistribucija Novi Sad are the cause.

On July 30, part of Preradovićeva Street in Sremski Karlovci is closed from the Stražilovački Potok bridge to Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Street; nearby streets may also be affected, with the restriction announced until January 22, 2027. Works continue in Novi Sad at Telep, by Bulevar cara Lazara and elsewhere, with differing end dates.