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021 reports that Faculty of Dramatic Arts professor Stevan Filipović was beaten in central Belgrade on the evening of 5 August. In a video he published, he says he had filmed the demolition of a protected building at Makedonska and Nušićeva streets before the attack; the account of the circumstances and alleged assailants is his version of events.
The Finance Ministry reported a January–June Serbian budget deficit of RSD 51.6bn, according to 021. June recorded a RSD 48.1bn surplus, with revenue of RSD 276.9bn and spending of RSD 228.8bn. The state-sector fiscal deficit published for the half-year was RSD 55.8bn.
SSP members of the voter-register review commission asked the Interior Ministry for data to check whether people who obtained citizenship and voted in the past five years actually live in Serbia, N1 reports. From 2020 to 2025, 133,134 people acquired citizenship. Demographer Vladimir Nikitović says this fits the long-term average and that the number alone cannot establish a targeted political scheme.
Students in the blockade movement said their ‘Studentska lista’ association has been entered in the Business Registers Agency. Danas and 021 report that it was registered on 21 May and an amended APR decision sets its term through 1 May 2028; its stated aims include election observation and protection of voting rights.
From 3 to 7 August, the Students in Blockade movement plans conversations with residents in Zemun, Vračar, Palilula and Vladimirci. Door-to-door outreach in Vračar is announced daily from 17:00 to 20:00, while a Palilula stand is due in Ruzveltova Street on 3 August from 18:00 to 21:00.
Danas reports that activist Bojan Simišić was held at the border after a work trip and gave a statement as a citizen to the Criminal Police Administration’s counter-terrorism service before being released. It carries Eko straža’s statement that the inquiry concerns claims of a possible sonic-weapon simulation at the 15 March 2025 protest.
