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NIS has filed a new US Treasury request for an operating license. Its current OFAC license and MOL's negotiation permission expire on 31 July; no decision on the new request has been announced.
Serbia's Finance Ministry is preparing a draft allowing temporary excise cuts above 20% when oil prices rise. It is under consultation, not in force; the current 20% reduction runs through 2 August.
Startup Ominimo says it closed a Series B round with EBRD's investment arm and reached a $1.6 billion valuation. It develops AI-enabled insurance products; it says most of its team works in Novi Sad and Belgrade.
A draft agreement proposes merging the state-owned Novi Sad-Gas into Srbijagas, transferring all assets and liabilities as well as 94 workers. It cites uninterrupted, stable natural-gas supply as the goal; this is a draft, not notice of a completed merger.
On July 28, the Republic Emergency Situations Headquarters reviewed a critical hydrological situation caused by historically low Danube levels. It recommended that Vode Vojvodine, Srbijavode and other bodies continue measures for the Danube–Tisa–Danube system and stable water supply, while intensifying monitoring of effects on energy and navigation.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said he hopes to complete the transaction to buy the Russian stake in NIS by the end of September. This is a target rather than an announced agreement: N1 says the talks concern the sale of Gazprom Neft's stake, with the outcome dependent on completing technical work and external approvals.
