Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia

It proposed a law exempting EXPO 2027 from public procurement rules, without the mandatory public consultation according to Transparency Serbia, while minister Siniša Mali claimed that all laws would be respected. It declared the contractual obligations of the Belgrade airport concessionaire a trade secret, and in 2020 the Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering, which operates within it, asked banks for all transactions of 20 people and 37 organisations on a list of journalists and NGOs.

Affairs

• Concession of Nikola Tesla Airport to Vinci: It told Transparency Serbia that all data on the concession are classified and that the concessionaire's obligations are a trade secret
• Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business: In the tender for the state's 28.5% stake in Jubmes Bank, it chose the bid of Davor Macura's Alta Pay exchange office
• Government gives the Serbian Orthodox Church millions from the budget reserve
• EXPO 2027 – a special law and contracts without public procurement: It proposed the law exempting EXPO companies from the Public Procurement Act and signed a contract with PowerChina for the stadium infrastructure
• No-tender deals under intergovernmental agreements: Through its minister, in 2021 it signed a €4.4 billion memorandum on the metro with companies chosen without a tender
• Anti-money laundering administration ran checks on journalists and NGOs: The Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering, which operates within the ministry, asked banks for the transactions of 20 people and 37 organisations

People

• Ognjen Popović: assistant finance minister in the Financial System Sector
• Siniša Mali: Minister of Finance
• Jelena Tanasković: State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance
• Ana Brnabić: Minister of Finance (acting)