# Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Serbia

It sold PKB to the sole bidder, Al Dahra, after raising the required annual revenue of the buyer from €50 million to €400 million, and refused to show the valuations even after the contract was signed. It sold the “Jaroslav Černi” Institute to Millennium Team at the starting price of €2.58 million, refusing to show the Council the valuation, and granted Linglong €75.8 million in subsidies. According to Cenzolovka, in 2025 it appointed the wife of a man convicted of setting fire to a journalist's house as the state's representative at Srbija Kargo.

## Affairs

- [Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/alta-banka): Approved three million euros in subsidies for the Union hotel to a company of Macura's that was not the owner; according to Radar, payments continued even while construction was going on without a permit
- [Sale of the “Jaroslav Černi” Institute to Milenijum tim](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/jaroslav-cerni-milenijum-tim): According to the Council, it chose the Institute's buyer without the mandatory opinion of the National Council for Science and withheld the price valuation from the Council
- [Vietnamese workers at the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/linglong-zrenjanin): According to RERI, besides the €75.8 million in incentives, it and the investor did not report all of the state aid, including tax breaks
- [Arson attack on journalist Milan Jovanović's house in Vrčin](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/paljenje-kuce-milana-jovanovica): According to Cenzolovka, in September 2025 it appointed the wife of the convicted Mihailović, a witness at the trial, as the state's representative at Srbija Kargo
- [Sale of PKB to Al Dahra](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/prodaja-pkb): It raised the buyer revenue requirement from €50 million to €400 million for a tender that only Al Dahra entered, and did not disclose the valuations

## People

- [Dragan Stevanović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/dragan-stevanovic): state secretary at the Ministry of Economy
- [Siniša Mali](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/sinisa-mali): acting Minister of Economy
- [Goran Knežević](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/goran-knezevic): minister of the economy

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/ministarstvo-privrede  
As of: 9 Nov 2026  
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