# Latest: Thursday 5 November 2026 ## Irregularities in the 2026 elections - [Irregularities in the 2026 elections](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/izbori-oktobar-2026): Republic Electoral Commission member Ivan Šebek called on prosecutors and police to investigate possible vote buying in the repeat vote, in which Usame Zukorlić's list gained 277 votes and, in his assessment, took a seat from the Student List; a representative of the list says there is nothing questionable. - [Irregularities in the 2026 elections](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/izbori-oktobar-2026): The Republic Electoral Commission announced the final results of the 25 October parliamentary elections after a repeat vote at 53 polling stations: the Student List won 140 seats, the "Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia" list 103, and minority lists seven. - [Irregularities in the 2026 elections](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/izbori-oktobar-2026): The Medijana city municipality filed criminal complaints with the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Niš against Niš mayor Dragoslav Pavlović and those responsible in city departments on suspicion of abuse of office; according to the municipality, the stage for the SNS pre-election rally stood in the city centre without permits. - [Irregularities in the 2026 elections](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/izbori-oktobar-2026): The Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime opened a case on lawyer Ivan Ninić's criminal complaint against BIA director Vladimir Orlić and several of the agency's officers, on suspicion of abuse of office, violation of voting rights and coercion, and instructed police to check the allegations and interview them. - [Irregularities in the 2026 elections](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/izbori-oktobar-2026): The Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad ordered the arrest of two men, among them Gorski Matović, whom Aleksandar Vučić pardoned for an attack on students, on suspicion of seriously threatening the lives of several people in Novo Naselje on election day; a search has been launched for Matović. ## Marko Kričak threatened to rape a student in the Government garage - [Marko Kričak threatened to rape a student in the Government garage](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/marko-kricak): The daily Danas and the weekly Vreme reported that since Marko Kričak's arrest and suspension, the Criminal Police Directorate has been run by his deputy Nevenko Marić, former head of the Novi Sad police, who has a final conviction for workplace bullying of an inspector who worked on the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija. - [Marko Kričak threatened to rape a student in the Government garage](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/marko-kricak): The First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade questioned nine suspects over the torture of ten people in the Government building's garage, among them Igor Žmirić, commander of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit, and requested detention for all of them; according to N1, the first defendant is Marko Kričak. ## Destruction of official records after the elections - [Destruction of official records after the elections](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/unistavanje-dokumentacije-posle-izbora-2026): Police reportedly also entered the premises of the PIO Fund in Bačka Palanka on the same day they entered the provincial PIO Fund in Novi Sad, following reports that documents were being destroyed after the elections; the prosecutor's office and the police have made no official statement about these operations. ## REM, RTS and state money for the media - [REM, RTS and state money for the media](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/rem-rts-drzavno-oglasavanje): The outgoing Management Board of RTS said the crisis at the public broadcaster had been caused by REM, the regulator for electronic media, because it failed to call the competition for new board members on time, and that after the resignation of director Manja Grčić, RTS is left without any of the three governing bodies required by law. ## „Safe votes“ and jobs in the public sector - [„Safe votes“ and jobs in the public sector](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/partijsko-zaposljavanje-sigurni-glasovi): The Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime opened a case on a complaint filed by lawyer Ivan Ninić against Justice Minister Nenad Vujić, the director of the Administration for the Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions Mile Jandrić and 61 others, on suspicion of offences including vote bribery, and ordered the police to check the allegations. ## Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business - [Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/alta-banka): The National Bank of North Macedonia said there were no large transfers to Serbia or Russia at Alta Banka Bitola, the subsidiary of Belgrade's Alta Banka. Transfers to Serbia totalled €5.3 million in 2025 and €7.2 million in 2026 up to October, and there was no business with Russia. ## Pressure on teachers and students at the Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Grammar School - [Pressure on teachers and students at the Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Grammar School](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/jovina-gimnazija): The Ministry of Education has instructed the School Board of the Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Gymnasium in Novi Sad to propose measures against the principal, Radivoje Stojković, following the court decision of 30 October. It has also proposed an extraordinary inspection and will decide on the basis of its findings. Parents expect the principal to be dismissed soon. - [Pressure on teachers and students at the Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Grammar School](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/jovina-gimnazija): Danas reported that Education Minister Dejan Vuk Stanković received parents of students at Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Grammar School in Novi Sad, who are demanding the immediate dismissal of principal Radivoje Stojković; according to one parent, he said he had not been free to decide on his own and would act on the inspection's findings. ## Car attacks on students and citizens at blockades - [Car attacks on students and citizens at blockades](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/automobili-u-studente): Dragan Danilović, a prosecutor at the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, has appealed to the Court of Appeal against the lifting of detention for Marko Pavlović, the defendant charged with the attempted murder of student Sonja Ponjavić, whom Aleksandar Vučić exempted from prosecution; he wants it clarified whether the pardon was granted lawfully. ## Pressure on prosecutors and judges, and cases taken away - [Pressure on prosecutors and judges, and cases taken away](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/tuzilastvo-sklanjanje-predmeta): The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, headed by Nenad Stefanović, said that several members of the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office commission overseeing its work lack security clearance to access classified information, and accused commission member Branko Stamenković of publicly prejudging the commission's conclusion. ## Police officer beats final-year student in Raška - [Police officer beats final-year student in Raška](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/policajac-pretukao-maturanta-raska): In a first-instance ruling, the Basic Court in Raška ordered the state, through the Interior Ministry, to pay a student from Raška 320,000 dinars in damages because two police officers beat him after a protest in July 2025; the court found the conduct „absolutely unlawful“. The Interior Ministry appealed. ## Vučić's pardons of 49 people before his resignation - [Vučić's pardons of 49 people before his resignation](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/pomilovanja-27-septembra-2026): N1 reported that the Higher Court in Novi Sad had postponed the trial of the four men charged over the attack from the “Porsche” near the Futoška market, whom Aleksandar Vučić had pardoned, because lawyers for one of the injured had asked the Constitutional Court to annul the pardons and urgently stay their enforcement. ## NoviSpy: spyware on activists' phones - [NoviSpy: spyware on activists' phones](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/spijunski-softver-novispy): The University of Belgrade said it had learned that rector Vladan Đokić's chief of staff had been subject to covert surveillance measures for almost a year on the orders of the Security Information Agency (BIA). The University is asking the prosecutor's office to establish all the circumstances and who is responsible. ## Vuletić arrested over money for third and fourth children - [Vuletić arrested over money for third and fourth children](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/vojvodina-bespovratna-sredstva-trece-dete): The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad ordered the arrest of provincial secretary Predrag Vuletić and commission chair Diana Milović on suspicion that they awarded 130.9 million dinars in aid for third or fourth children to people who did not meet that condition. ## Money laundering by RHMZ director Jugoslav Nikolić - [Money laundering by RHMZ director Jugoslav Nikolić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/rhmz-nikolic-pranje-novca): The Higher Court in Belgrade ordered up to 30 days in custody for Jugoslav Nikolić, director of the Republic Hydrometeorological Service, who is suspected of laundering at least €650,000, so that he cannot influence witnesses or reoffend. ## Other days - [← 4 November](https://odgovornost.rs/en/najnovije/2026-11-04) - [6 November →](https://odgovornost.rs/en/najnovije/2026-11-06) - [Archive](https://odgovornost.rs/en/najnovije/arhiva) --- Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/najnovije/2026-11-05 As of: 5 Nov 2026 Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)