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The City of Belgrade published two fault lists for 5 August: some repairs were scheduled by 15:00 and the remainder by 22:00. Consumers in the listed and nearby streets across 12 city municipalities were without water; a separate list named 14 tanker locations, including three vehicles for Ritopek.
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.
Prime Minister Đuro Macut announced that, from 17 August, insured people in Serbia will be entitled to 18 more prescription medicines with state co-financing. The list includes 16 oral anticoagulants and two medicines for certain heart-failure patients. According to N1 and 021, the state will cover 70% of the anticoagulants’ price, reducing the co-payment to roughly RSD 600–1,100 per pack.
Residents of Rakovac near Novi Sad told 021 that they have been without water in the evenings for several days. JKP Beočin attributed the interruptions to extremely low water levels at sources and wells plus higher consumption, and plans to bring a third new well online in early September. The outlet reports that, according to the utility, its outage notice was published only on Facebook.
The provincial emergency headquarters has banned users from drawing water from the Danube–Tisa–Danube system in the South Bačka, North Bačka and West Bačka districts. N1 says the level at the Bezdan 2 pumping station reached −164 cm on 3 August and RHMZ expects a further fall; 021 also reports that four vessels ran aground near Bogojevo and Bezdan, with crews safe.
N1 reports more than 350 layoffs at state-owned Srbija Kargo; two workers in Niš said they received termination notices on 3 August after 25 and 30 years of service. The notices cite redundancy, unprofitable operations and a weakening market position; the workers say selection criteria were not explained, and the report contains no company response to N1’s questions.
