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Higher Public Prosecutor's Office building in Belgrade — Photo: N1, article on the prosecution order to police over Music Week posts.

Belgrade prosecution asks police to identify people behind false Music Week incident posts

Published: June 29, 2026 at 01:15 PM. Updated: June 29, 2026 at 04:10 PM.

On June 29, the High-Tech Crime Department of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office instructed police to collect information and identify people who posted false social-media claims about alleged incidents at Belgrade Music Week on Usce. Prosecutors point to the possible offense of causing panic and disorder; MUP and the ambulance service said they had no recorded injuries or incidents, while organizers told Danas the festival ended without events that endangered the audience or program.

The Serbian parliament chamber during a session — Photo: N1, Milos MiskovImage credit: Milos Miskov

Politics

Parliament adopts judicial-law package from 32-item agenda

Published: June 25, 2026 at 08:08 AM. Updated: June 25, 2026 at 02:06 PM.

On June 25, parliament adopted amendments to laws on public prosecution, judges, the High Prosecutorial Council, court and prosecutor territories, and bodies for fighting high-tech crime. Those five judicial laws were part of voting on 32 items, alongside transplantation, support for young first-home buyers, international agreements, and state guarantees for Srbijagas.

PoliticsBelgrade

Sound-cannon case: LRAD dispute moves to the 'simulation' theory

Published: June 25, 2026 at 08:08 AM. Updated: June 25, 2026 at 02:06 PM.

On June 25, the dispute now has several layers: Dacic says LRAD devices exist but were not used in Serbia; former VBA director Momir Stojanovic sees the searches and forensic checks of Aleksandar Radic's equipment as misuse of military structures; lawyer Jugoslav Tintor told N1 that 'simulation' without force or threat is not terrorism; Danas cites doctors and medical-law experts who say examining citizens who reported symptoms after March 15 was a legal duty.

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Parliament finishes debate on all 32 points, vote scheduled for June 25

Published: June 24, 2026 at 08:07 AM. Updated: June 24, 2026 at 08:13 PM.

On June 24, MPs finished detailed debate on all items of the extraordinary session; Ana Brnabic announced voting on 32 agenda points, including the judicial-law package, for June 25 at 10:00. The final block covered state guarantees for Srbijagas and Srbijavoz loans; Dusan Bajatovic said Srbijagas lost EUR 200 million over two years because of social pricing policy, while opposition MPs cited corruption, rising public debt, and commercial-bank loans with interest rates up to 4.78%.

PoliticsBelgrade

Sound-cannon case: lawyers and NKEU seek independent scrutiny, VJT alleges pressure

Published: June 24, 2026 at 08:07 AM. Updated: June 24, 2026 at 08:13 PM.

After Aleksandar Olenik’s UKP interview on June 24, the dispute widened: the Belgrade Bar Association board accused VJT and prosecutor Miodrag Markovic of undermining the presumption of innocence and procedural rights, while VJT replied that the bar’s reaction was pressure on prosecutors. Separately, NKEU backed civil-society requests to UN bodies for an independent international investigation into claims that a “sound cannon” was used at the March 15, 2025 protest.

The Serbian National Assembly chamber during a parliamentary session — Photo: N1, from the article on the continued session over the Mrdic judicial laws.

Politics

Parliament debates 37 amendments on the Mrdic judicial laws

Published: June 23, 2026 at 08:06 AM. Updated: June 23, 2026 at 09:06 PM.

On June 23, Serbia's parliament continued its extraordinary session on 32 agenda items and moved to debate 37 amendments to the key judicial laws in the Mrdic package; according to N1, opposition amendments were rejected. The sitting ended at about 18:00 and is scheduled to continue on June 24 at 10:00; Justice Minister Nenad Vujic again says the proposals were aligned with the Venice Commission and the EU, while opposition MPs also used the session to raise questions on EXPO and the 'sound cannon' case.