Serbia politics

Composite image of Slavisa Kokeza and Nemanja Vidic — Photo: Nemanja Jovanovic/Nova.rs/N1 via N1, article on Sky messages and threats against Vidic.Image credit: Nemanja Jovanović/Nova.rs/N1

Vidic seeks answers after KRIK reports alleged Kokeza-linked threats

Published: June 30, 2026 at 08:10 PM. Updated: June 30, 2026 at 09:09 PM.

On June 30, N1 and Danas relay KRIK's publication of 2020 Sky messages: according to those messages, former FSS president Slavisa Kokeza allegedly sought people to intimidate and physically attack Nemanja Vidic after his public criticism of Serbian football leadership. Vidic said he was disappointed that institutions had not told him his life was threatened and asked whether he is still in danger; Vucic replied that if a crime was committed the state will deal with it, while lawyer Borivoje Borovic told Danas/N1 that he had expected a response from the organized-crime prosecutor.

Aleksandar Vucic presents the new measures package on June 29 — Photo: Novosti, Tanjug/Rade Prelic, article on the new measures package.Image credit: Tanjug/Rade Prelic

Economy

Vucic announces measures package: pensioner payments, aid for benefit recipients and cheaper medicines

Published: June 29, 2026 at 08:15 PM. Updated: July 8, 2026 at 09:18 AM.

On June 29 Aleksandar Vucic presented a package of measures worth more than 600 million euros: pensioners were promised one-off payments of 35,000, 27,500 or 20,000 dinars depending on pension level, social-assistance recipients 25,000 dinars, families receiving child allowance 25,000 dinars per child, and pensioners with income up to 80,000 dinars 30,000 tourism vouchers worth 10,000 dinars each. N1 and Danas highlighted the pension package's cost, the end-September deadline and medicine co-payment cuts of 10-40%, while Kurir and Novosti framed the package as major state aid and added Vucic's claim that it would be paid without new debt.

Politics

BIRODI: Vucic received 67 hours in central news shows in the first four months of the year

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

BIRODI said that from January 1 to April 30, Aleksandar Vucic appeared for 67 hours in the central news programs of seven TV stations, including five national-frequency broadcasters, N1 and Nova. According to the monitoring, 57% of coverage was positive, 23% negative and 18.8% neutral; the Serbian government received just over 50 hours in total, while Prime Minister Djuro Macut was, in BIRODI's assessment, almost invisible.

Participants in the evening segment of the student Vidovdan gathering in Kraljevo — Photo: N1, liveblog on the "Sve se vidi na Vidovdan" student gathering in Kraljevo.

Politics

Evening segment of the student Vidovdan gathering is under way in Kraljevo

Published: June 28, 2026 at 09:48 AM. Updated: June 28, 2026 at 08:10 PM.

N1 is running a liveblog of the "Sve se vidi na Vidovdan" gathering and, by its 19:53 update, reports that the speech segment is under way at Trg srpskih ratnika before a large crowd. The walking group from Kragujevac reached the city before the evening segment; speech themes include the position of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, respect for the Constitution, and cases against veterans, while N1 lists Belgrade University rector Vladan Djokic, Tihomir Stanic, and Vladimir Stimac among arrivals.

Military equipment display in Batajnica on June 28 — Photo: Novosti, article on Aleksandar Vucic's statement at the Serbian Armed Forces display in Batajnica.

PoliticsBelgrade

Vucic says short military service will start in March

Published: June 28, 2026 at 11:10 AM. Updated: June 28, 2026 at 11:10 AM.

At the June 28 display of new and modernized Serbian Armed Forces systems in Batajnica, Aleksandar Vucic said "very short" military service would begin in March and should strengthen the country's military capacity. Danas wrote in the morning that the display was being held at the Pukovnik-pilot Milenko Pavlovic airfield and the Pasuljanske livade range, while N1 separately reported that Vreme journalist Davor Lukac said he was not allowed to travel to the military event despite accreditation.

"Srbija jedna porodica" rally in front of the Serbian parliament — Photo: N1, article on the crowd estimate for the SNS rally during Aleksandar Vucic's speech.

PoliticsBelgrade

Public Assembly Archive estimates SNS rally at 32,500 people, pro-government outlets cite 207,000

Published: June 28, 2026 at 01:15 PM. Updated: June 28, 2026 at 08:10 PM.

N1 reports the Public Assembly Archive estimate: during Aleksandar Vucic's June 27 speech at 18:55, the "Srbija jedna porodica" rally had 32,500 people, counted manually on an orthophoto. Danas updated its article with reactions from Milenko Jovanov and Ana Brnabic, who mocked the estimate; Kurir continues to cite more than 207,000 participants.

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