Issue for August 5, 2026

N1 reports that Magna’s Aleksinac plant, which makes car-seat covers, has begun a “workforce adjustment,” confirmed by the company. No details or potential number of job losses were announced. The report notes workers’ concern and says the plant employs 850 people and matters to the local budget.

The Finance Ministry reported a January–June Serbian budget deficit of RSD 51.6bn, according to 021. June recorded a RSD 48.1bn surplus, with revenue of RSD 276.9bn and spending of RSD 228.8bn. The state-sector fiscal deficit published for the half-year was RSD 55.8bn.

GSP Beograd has announced an operational change for lines 72 and 72N because of works in Nedeljka Gvozdenovića Street. The notice applies from 5 through 15 August inclusive. Check GSP’s current change description before travelling on these lines.

The City of Belgrade says consumers at Dalmatinska 11 in Palilula and nearby streets are without water until 15:00 on 5 August. Water tankers are scheduled that day for Ritopek and several locations in Grocka, Zvezdara, Surčin, Barajevo and Rakovica; the Ritopek schedule is set by the local community.

SSP members of the voter-register review commission asked the Interior Ministry for data to check whether people who obtained citizenship and voted in the past five years actually live in Serbia, N1 reports. From 2020 to 2025, 133,134 people acquired citizenship. Demographer Vladimir Nikitović says this fits the long-term average and that the number alone cannot establish a targeted political scheme.