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Sanctions, companies, energy, budgets, and the market impact of official decisions.
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021, citing Danas, writes that self-financing students should receive the first part of the 2025/26 tuition refund on July 15. The Education Ministry budget will cover 50% of the first installment, while 50% of the second installment is expected in October; students need a student card to withdraw the money.
After the morning NIS extension, two practical follow-ups appeared: JANAF received an OFAC license to fulfill contractual obligations and deliver oil to NIS until July 31, and MOL received a license to continue talks with Gazprom/Gazprom Neft on buying the majority Russian stake. This preserves the Pancevo refinery's operation and fuel supply, but the ownership deal still has no public outcome.
Putevi Srbije is starting to apply penalties to owners and users of category IV vehicles that do not pay tolls electronically via a TAG device. The obligation has applied since January 1, but the transition period is over: fines are RSD 500,000 to 2 million for legal entities, 10,000-100,000 for responsible persons, 10,000-500,000 for entrepreneurs, and 5,000-50,000 for individuals.
The Republic Statistical Office said Serbia's estimated population in 2025 was 6,549,901. According to figures carried by N1, from 2016 to 2025 the population fell by 434,948 people on natural change alone; in 2025 there were 59,483 live births and 95,247 deaths.
Danas writes that both key OFAC licenses for NIS expire on July 1: the operating license for crude imports via JANAF and the license for Gazprom Neft-MOL talks on the Russian stake. N1 later added Hungarian context: HVG notes that the European arrest warrant for MOL chief Zsolt Hernadi remains valid, although a Budapest court refused in March to recognize the Croatian judgments; in parallel, Hungary is expanding its excess-profit tax on MOL.
The Council of Serbia's Competition Commission adopted guidance on applying the law on trade practices in supply chains for agricultural, food, and strategically important goods. The document takes effect on July 4 and describes a blacklist of always-banned practices, a gray list of conditionally allowed practices, and a ban on commercial retaliation against suppliers; payment terms must not exceed 30 days for perishable goods and 60 days for other goods.
