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June 19, 202608:06 PM
BelgradeBelgradeBulevar despota Stefana

Belgrade will revisit the budget rebalance and prepare metro-related closures

Published: June 19, 2026 at 08:12 AM. Updated: June 19, 2026 at 08:12 AM.

Nikola Nikodijevic told N1 that the Belgrade Assembly will discuss another budget rebalance on June 25 after 9 billion dinars in additional revenue appeared. He also said a full closure of Bulevar despota Stefana for metro works, from Cvijiceva to Pancevacki most, will be announced in advance and could last about seven months.

Higher Prosecutor's Office checks claims of a planned March 15 'sound cannon' simulation

Published: June 19, 2026 at 02:10 PM. Updated: June 19, 2026 at 02:10 PM.

The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade asked police to gather information after finding a student working-group document about a January 22, 2025 meeting. Prosecutors are checking whether a simulation of "sound cannon" use at the March 15 protest was discussed then; N1 frames it as a procedural check, while Kurir presents the statement as support for the version that the affair was staged.

Signing of the Serbian government and MOL agreement on NIS management
Photo: N1, Nenad Kostic / Ministry of Mining and EnergyImage credit: Nenad Kostic / Ministarstvo rudarstva i energetike

Energy minister: NIS now needs a Gazprom Neft-MOL agreement

Published: June 19, 2026 at 08:06 PM. Updated: June 19, 2026 at 08:06 PM.

Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said that, after signing the shareholder agreement with MOL, the Serbian side has completed its part of the NIS talks. She said Gazprom Neft and MOL now need to agree on the sale, with an outcome acceptable to the US Treasury's OFAC.

Vojvodina school calendars also include one-day EXPO visits

Published: June 19, 2026 at 08:12 AM. Updated: June 19, 2026 at 08:12 AM.

Danas reports that the new 2026/27 calendars for primary and secondary schools in Vojvodina require schools to plan one-day student visits to the specialized EXPO exhibition between May 17 and June 25, 2027. The Education Ministry had earlier said such visits are not a mandatory part of school activities and depend on each school's decision and parental consent.

June 18, 202608:04 PM

High Prosecutorial Council assigns three prosecutors to TOK for three years

Published: June 18, 2026 at 02:07 PM. Updated: June 18, 2026 at 02:07 PM.

On June 18, the High Prosecutorial Council decided to assign Irena Bjelos, Aleksandar Barac, and Boris Majlat to the Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office for three years. That addresses part of the issue singled out by the Venice Commission in its follow-up opinion on the Mrdic laws: not all prosecutors had been returned to TOK.

June 17, 202608:05 PM
Serbian parliament chamber during the session on judicial-law amendments
Photo: N1, TANJUG / National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Pedja VuckovicImage credit: TANJUG / Narodna skupstina Republike Srbije / Pedja Vuckovic

Parliament takes up amendments to the so-called Mrdic laws

Published: June 17, 2026 at 02:05 PM. Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:05 PM.

On June 17, Serbia's parliament opened an extraordinary session with 32 agenda items, including amendments to five judicial laws previously criticized by the Venice Commission. N1 reports that the Commission's follow-up opinion found seven of nine recommendations implemented, while two key lines remain unresolved.