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Serbia an infamous record-holder in food prices – why is one of the former major food producers in SEE struggling to curb the inflation?
By Snežana Rakić The American vaudeville performer Will Rogers once said that you should always invest in inflation because “it’s the only thing going up”. Economists say that inflation is the most obvious sign of a mismanaged nation and judging by the galloping food prices in Serbia, which are the fuel behind the country’s ever-growing inflation in […]
What did big foreign investments bring apart from exhausted and humiliated workers?
The Serbian public was disconcerted by the news of the collapse of the Mitros Company, the former giant in the meat industry from Sremska Mitrovica, now owned by the Austrian holding company Gierlinger. The Austrians are shutting down production and will lay off all the workers, after receiving 5.8 million euros in subsidies from the […]
Belgrade Mayor Aleksandar Šapić resigns
Belgrade Mayor Aleksandar Sapic resigned from the post, a press release from the city administration said today. Sapic, an official of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), is one of many mayors who have or are set to resign in line with a decision from the top ranks of the ruling party so that elections can be held […]
The Guardian:”Vučić could face sanctions because of Banjska“
Reporting about the recent armed clash between a group of Serbs from Kosovo and the Kosovo police, in which one Kosovo police officer and three Serbs were killed, the British daily The Guardian writes that “Kosovo has accused Serbia of being behind a paramilitary group which ambushed a police patrol and clashed with Kosovan forces […]
How did a one-day-war happen in the village of Banjska?
It’s been three days since the armed conflict in the village of Banjska, in Kosovo and Metohija, in which four Serbs and one Kosovo policeman were killed, and it is still not clear what really happened there and who wanted this one-day war. Numerous questions remain unanswered to which neither Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, nor […]
Situation in North Kosovo still tense – border crossing closed
The tension in Kosovo and Metohija has not decreased after the conflict between Serbs and the Kosovo Police on Sunday morning in the village of Banjska. Four attackers and one member of the Kosovo police were killed in the conflict. Access to the village is still blocked, while three more Serbs were arrested yesterday, the […]
Number of COVID-19 patients growing
In the last seven days, a total of 3,848 people in Serbia have been infected with COVID-19, the website kovid19.rs shows. Also, 19,321 people were tested in the last seven days. New data on the number of infected persons or persons who have died from the coronavirus is published every seven days by the Serbian […]
Third electricity price hike this year
From November 2023, electricity price for individual consumers will go up by 8%. This price increase was approved yesterday by the Council of the Energy Agency of Serbia. In other words, a kilowatt-hour of electricity for households and small consumers will be 10.26 dinars (14.29 dinars with VAT). In order to cushion this price blow, […]
Serbian candidate for Oscar chosen
The film “Why Are My Thoughts So Conflicted” (in Serbian, “Što se bore misli moje”) directed by Milorad Milinković, will be Serbia’s candidate for the best foreign film at next year’s Oscar. The relevant committee chose the film to be our candidate for the most prestigious film award given by the American Academy of Motion […]
Amber Alert soon to be launched in Serbia
The regulatory body for electronic media gave a green light to the Rulebook on emergency notification of the public about the disappearance of a minor. As of September 20, the media are obliged to immediately interrupt their programming in the event of the disappearance of a minor and publish a photo, the name and surname […]
What did big foreign investments bring apart from exhausted and humiliated workers?
The Serbian public was disconcerted by the news of the collapse of the Mitros Company, the former giant in the meat industry from Sremska Mitrovica, now owned by the Austrian holding company Gierlinger. The Austrians are shutting down production and will lay off all the workers, after receiving 5.8 million euros in subsidies from the […]
Inobat to open a battery factory in Ćuprija and get EUR 419mln in state incentives
Slovakian startup InoBat has selected a location for its gigafactory for manufacturing and recycling batteries. The move follows earlier preliminary agreements signed with the Government of Serbia. InoBat said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Serbia’s Ministry of Finance and the Municipality of Ćuprija, a town in the central part of the country, […]
American Concentrix coming to Serbian market
The American company Concentrix, a leading global provider of customer experience (CX) services and technologies, is coming to the Serbian market. Concentrix Corporation (CNXC), a provider of customer experience (CX) services and technologies, Monday said it has completed its combination with outsourcing and consultancy company Webhelp, which has its offices in Belgrade too. The combined […]
Austrian owners to shut down Mitros Meatpacking Company
The employees of the Mitros Meatpacking Company from Sremska Mitrovica recently got the notification that the factory would close down by the end of the year. The owner of Mitros, Gierlinger Holding GmbH, based in Austria, has made the decision to stop the production in this meatpacking company. “Based on a detailed analysis of the […]
Hisense opens a EUR 45mln factory in Valjevo
Hisense Europe, part of China’s Hisense Group, said on Wednesday that it opened its third production plant in Serbia’s northern city of Valjevo, in which it has invested 45 million euros. In the new Valjevo 3 factory, Hisense Europe will manufacture side-by-side refrigerators under the Hisense, Gorenje, and Asko brands, primarily for export to European […]
China’s Zijin Mining to invest USD 3.8 bn in Serbia’s mines and solar energy
China’s Zijin Mining Group Co. is developing plans to expand its copper mine in eastern Serbia due to demand for the metal considered vital to the global energy transition — an effort that could cost billions of dollars. The company opened the Cukaru Peki copper and gold mine almost two years ago, with a $678 million investment allowing it […]
Philip Morris to invest USD 100 mln and create 200 new jobs in Niš
On the occasion of the marking of 20 years since the privatization of Duvanska Industrija Nis, Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced a new investment worth USD 100 million, which is a considerable step toward the realization of the company’s principal vision – “delivering a smoke-free future”. With this investment, in the company’s factory in Niš, […]
Đedović: Zijin Mining Group invested more than 2.5 billion dollars in Serbia
The Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović spoke with representatives of the Zijin Mining Group about the mining activities of those companies in Serbia and investments in the mining sector highlighting that the country supports mining projects that are fully aligned with legalframe work of the country. “We support the implementation of projects in […]
EBRD: 500 millions euros for fast internet in remote villages
All interested companies are invited to build 3,280 kilometers of broadband internet in the villages of 85 municipalities in Serbia. Funds for this work were allocated by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The EBRD announced the call on behalf of the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, and it is a pre-qualification procedure […]
Hail the state and its spending!
By Miša Brkić “I’m not saying that Serbia doesn’t need a plan to prevent decline. But, when there is no plan, the Declaration* is not bad either. I believe that the Declaration will be followed by a plan, although its authors say that it already prescribes concrete measures of what needs to be done in […]
Which issues should opposition start dealing with?
By Filip Švarm “As we all know, the opposition parties, the organizers of Serbia against Violence protests, have signed the “Agreement for Victory”. We also know what is written in that document. What we don’t know is how much of what was signed will be realized. Why we don’t know that? Let’s get specific. First […]
Role that sports play in Serbian world of salami and politics
By Goran Mišić “The national euphoria is not abating in Belgrade after the Serbian basketball team, under the leadership of Svetislav Pešić, became the vice-champion of the world in Manila, while, simultaneously, Novak Djokovic won the US Open in New York for the fourth time, i.e. his 24 Grand Slam and re-acclaimed the No 1 […]
Global Excellence – interview with the Belgrade Mathematical Grammar School’s principal Mirjana Katić
interview by Biagio Carrano The Belgrade Mathematical Grammar School is the flagship of the Serbian education system. Officially founded in 1967 to offer higher education to particularly gifted adolescents in the fields of mathematics, physics and, later, computer science, this educational institution has gone through the years of Yugoslavia’s dissolution, wars, NATO bombing of the […]
Poison house
By Marko Vidojković „There is hardly anything healthier to eat than raw fruits and vegetables. And it tastes good, especially the fruit. When the summer is this hot, sinking your teeth into a peach from the fridge is better than eating ice cream containing carrageenan. Or when autumn comes and plums become ripe – so […]
You don’t censor an institution
By Marko Vidojković “As I am writing this column (Sunday, before noon) nothing has changed. Caricaturist Dušan Petričić has terminated his cooperation with the Nova.rs website and Nova daily and that cooperation has not been resumed as we speak. I found that out on Friday evening, through Dušan’s Facebook post, where he posted a caricature, […]
Be a man, protect a woman
By Nenad Kulačin “The terrible crime that took place in Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, shook everyone to the core*. After such a monstrous act, everyone has been asking themselves a myriad of questions. However, there are no answers because this whole act is abnormal and has become very frequent as societies are becoming increasingly weaker […]
Wind conspiracy
By Aleksej Kišjuhas “The debris and uprooted trees in Novi Sad and Vojvodina had not yet been cleared and yet conspiracy theories about the recent storms became rife, like poisonous mushrooms or toxic narratives after the rain. According to the flatulence of the brain or the released winds of the mind, the global evildoers deliberately […]
Hungary, Turkiye and Serbia – eerie similarities
By Miša Brkić “Turkiye had the highest inflation rate in June – 38.3 percent, followed by Hungary – 19.9 and Serbia – 13.5 percent. Considering the increase in food prices in June, inflation in Turkey was 54.3 percent, in Hungary – 28.4 percent, and in Serbia – 24 percent. The data was published by Eurostat […]
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