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Sanctions, companies, energy, budgets, and the market impact of official decisions.
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The extraordinary session starts with the 2026 budget rebalance, which raises the budget by 112.45 billion dinars to 2,527.15 billion. The agenda also includes laws on anti-corruption, expropriation, public debt, the Judicial Academy and electronic invoicing.
NIS asked the US Treasury for a new special licence because its current authorisation expires on 28 August. In parallel, MOL and Gazprom Neft are finalising the sale agreement for 56.15 percent of NIS.
EPS said an electrical supervisor suffered a severe high-voltage injury at the Drmno open-pit mine in Kostolac and died in a Požarevac hospital. The company is investigating the circumstances.
Danas reports that the Socio-Economic Council did not agree on the minimum wage; Serbia's government is due to make the final decision by 15 September.
RHMZ's 18 August daily report says Danube, Sava, and Tisa levels near Titel will remain below low navigation levels in the coming days. Negative readings were recorded at Bezdan, Bogojevo, Novi Sad, and Prahovo.
The hydrometeorological service expects levels to fall by another 10–12 centimetres by Thursday. Low water is already complicating the DTD system and shipping; authorities are monitoring possible effects of water diversion in Hungary.
