Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia

When the weekly “Vranjske” shut down in 2017 after tax inspections, culture and information minister Vladan Vukosavljević said that media “must survive on their own in the market under brutal conditions”. According to the indictment, in 2024 minister Nikola Selaković ordered that a proposal to lift the protected status of the General Staff building, drawn up without conservators, be submitted to the ministry, and prosecutors also suspect the ministry's acting secretary. In response to death threats against Marko Vidojković, the ministry called condemnation the “only mechanism” it has.

Affairs

  • EXPO 2027 – a special law and contracts without public procurement: According to the PSG, through an unpublished decision it awarded €1.69 million for EXPO, around 27 million dinars of it to firms with no activity in culture
  • Weekly “Vranjske” shut down after tax inspections: According to the Government statement, it had awarded the paper 4,475,959 dinars in funding competitions since 2014
  • General Staff: lifting of protection and the Selaković trial
  • Marko Vidojković: death threats, smear campaigns and exile: Through an assistant minister, it replied that condemnation is the “only mechanism” the ministry has

People

  • Nikola Selaković: Minister of Culture
  • Slavica Jelača: state secretary at the Ministry of Culture
  • Slavica Jelača: acting secretary of the Ministry of Culture
  • Maja Gojković: Minister of Culture and Information
  • Vladan Vukosavljević: Minister of Culture and Information