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

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

Published: June 24, 2026 at 02:05 PM. Updated: June 25, 2026 at 12:03 PM.

On June 24, GSP workers, unions, and professional associations handed demands to President Aleksandar Vucic. Ivan Bankovic of Sindikat GSP Centar told N1 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 and a delegation meeting within seven days, while Novosti emphasizes his message that problems can be solved through conversation and dialogue.

Notice about moving students out of the dormitory F wing because of EXPO 2027 — Photo: 021, article about moving students out of Studentski grad because of EXPO 2027.

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EXPO notice tells Studentski grad F-wing residents to vacate rooms by April 16, 2027

Published: June 24, 2026 at 08:13 PM. Updated: June 25, 2026 at 10:12 AM.

On June 24, N1, Danas, and 021 reported that students in the second block of Dom 2’s F wing at Studentski grad must vacate their rooms by April 16, 2027 because of EXPO 2027. A Studentski centar “Beograd” notice says the F wing is allocated to the exhibition from May 1 to August 30, 2027; Studentski centar later told N1 this is not eviction but temporary relocation of some students within its capacity under the same conditions.

Aleksandar Sapic at a press conference in Belgrade — Photo: N1, from the article on the CAF tram overhaul and city infrastructure timelines.

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Belgrade launches overhaul of 29 CAF trams and keeps new-procurement plan

Published: June 23, 2026 at 02:06 PM. Updated: June 23, 2026 at 02:06 PM.

Mayor Aleksandar Sapic said on June 23 that the city has opened procurement for a full overhaul of 29 Spanish CAF trams; if the process succeeds, Belgrade should receive another 30 new trams within two years, while the city is not abandoning a larger 80-100 tram procurement. In the same remarks he confirmed timelines for several city projects: the new Sava bridge remains in the spring-summer window, Gandijeva works are expected by spring-summer 2027, and the New Belgrade BAS station building is being built at 27,000 square meters.

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Belgrade: Ušće closures June 25-29 and changes to lines 80, 87, 87A

Published: June 23, 2026 at 08:04 PM. Updated: June 23, 2026 at 08:04 PM.

Beoinfo published three transport notices on June 23: during Belgrade music week from June 25 to 29, parts of Bulevar Nikole Tesle, the Ušće roundabout, and Ušće Street will close in stages, with lines 15, 84, 704, 706, 707, 9A, and 60/60L using changed routes. From June 24 to July 8, works on Obalskih radnika change lines 80, 87, and 87A, while in Mladenovac, after a sidewalk collapse on Kosmajska Street, 17 suburban lines run from AS Mladenovac via Braće Badžak.

IncidentsBelgradeKumodraž / Voždovac

Darko Veskovic Prika killed in Kumodraz as police search for gunman

Published: June 22, 2026 at 11:04 PM. Updated: June 22, 2026 at 11:04 PM.

On the evening of June 22, N1, Kurir, and Novosti reported a shooting in a cafe in Kumodraz 2 / Vozdovac: one man was killed and another was wounded and taken to VMA. N1 and Novosti identify the killed man as Darko Veskovic, known as Prika; N1, citing Nova.rs, adds that a first-instance 15-year sentence annulled two months earlier concerned the 2018 killing of Blazo Djurovic. Kurir writes that the attacker fled, police launched the Vihor 3 operation, and investigators are establishing the circumstances and motive.

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CINS finds more than 200 EXPO contractors, including firms with criminal and political links

Published: June 22, 2026 at 02:12 PM. Updated: June 22, 2026 at 02:12 PM.

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.