Category: Above the law
Period: from 2020
Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski, leader of the Zavetnici party, became a minister in May 2024, and the biography submitted to MPs stated that she had graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences, even though, according to the faculty's response, she did not complete her studies. The Government removed the inaccurate information only in April 2025, and her personal website still says, as of November 2026, that she graduated from the FPN. According to KRIK, proceedings over three unpaid fines have become time-barred, while proceedings by the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption over about 260,000 dinars of party money spent on a trip to Moscow are still ongoing.
Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski, leader of the Zavetnici party, became Minister for Family Care and Demography in May 2024, even though her party did not pass the electoral threshold. The biography submitted to MPs, the websites of the Government and the ministry, and her personal website all stated that she had earned a degree in political science from the Faculty of Political Sciences.
According to the faculty's reply, published by CINS in August 2024, she did not complete her studies and lost her student status in December 2020, with 207 of the required 240 credits.
The minister told CINS that she obtained her degree only in 2024, at the Russian Institute for Diaspora and Integration, but provided no proof; the institute said that from 2020 to 2024 she completed 260 academic hours of training.
The Government removed the false information only in April 2025, by which time Đurđević Stamenkovski was already Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, replacing it with wording that she had earned a degree in political science “after studies” at the FPN and the Moscow institute. As of November 2026, her personal website still says she graduated from the FPN.
According to KRIK, Đurđević Stamenkovski did not pay three fines of 5,000 dinars each for parking and speeding; the court converted them into five days in prison, and the proceedings then became time-barred. Two proceedings over her failure to say who was driving her car have not been resolved.
The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption launched proceedings over the finances of the Zavetnici party: for its spending of campaign money in 2020, a court fined the party and its responsible person in 2024, while proceedings against Đurđević Stamenkovski over about 260,000 dinars spent on a trip to Moscow are, according to KRIK, still ongoing.
In November 2026, the Union of Social Protection Employees filed a criminal complaint against Đurđević Stamenkovski, then caretaker minister of labour, and her special adviser, on suspicion of abuse of office and obstructing trade union activity.
According to the union's statement, applications to register new union organisations in the Register had been submitted to the ministry since May, but allegedly no response came even after the 30-day legal deadline and written reminders. The union also called for the resignation of the members of the Committee for Determining Representativeness appointed by the Serbian Government.