# Government of the Republic of Serbia It is behind the biggest deals concluded without tenders or public scrutiny: the airport concession to Vinci, the Belgrade Waterfront contract published 147 days after it was signed, a special law exempting EXPO from public procurement, and direct contracts with Chinese companies. None of these deals has been investigated. It lifted the protected status of the General Staff building, whose land it handed over for 99 years to a company linked to Jared Kushner, wrote off €1.2 billion of Srbijagas debt, and ordered the State Attorney's Office to drop the disputes over PKB land. It raised the permitted limit for aflatoxin in milk ten times over and has since kept postponing a return to the European limit. ## Affairs - [Concession of Nikola Tesla Airport to Vinci](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/aerodrom-koncesija-vinci): It refused to publish the concession act and the feasibility study, declaring them classified, and the contract with Vinci was never published - [Aflatoxin in milk: Government raises the permitted limit](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/aflatoksin-2013): Raised the permitted limit of aflatoxin in milk tenfold, and since 2018 has postponed the return to the European 0.05 every year - [Davor Macura's Alta Bank and state business](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/alta-banka): It granted the Serbian Orthodox Church 763.1 million dinars for a new mosaic; the first payment went to the Church's account at Alta Banka - [Arrest of Ana Lalić over an article on the Clinical Centre of Vojvodina](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/ana-lalic-hapsenje-2020): During the state of emergency, it decided that only the Crisis Response Team would inform the public about COVID, threatening liability for any other announcements - [The Banjska attack and Radoičić's lack of an indictment in Serbia](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/banjska-2023): It has not responded to Kosovo's request for legal cooperation in the Banjska case and refuses to extradite Radoičić, for whom Interpol has issued a wanted notice - [Belgrade Waterfront – a special law and the contract with Eagle Hills](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/beograd-na-vodi-ugovor): It published the contract giving the joint company land for 99 years free of charge 147 days later, and in 2025 it doubled the project's area - [Government gives the Serbian Orthodox Church millions from the budget reserve](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/budzetska-rezerva-spc): Allocates millions to the Serbian Orthodox Church and eparchies from the reserve for unforeseen expenses, through decisions with no stated purpose, bypassing the National Assembly - [The Danka Ilić case and the police's handling of it](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/danka-ilic-rad-policije) - [Siniša Mali's annulled doctorate](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/doktorat-sinise-malog) - [The collapse of EPS under Milorad Grčić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/eps-kolaps-grcic): According to Transparency Serbia, she kept Grčić at the head of EPS as acting director for almost six years, even though his term ended in 2017. - [EXPO 2027 – a special law and contracts without public procurement](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/expo-2027): According to Transparency Serbia, it awarded PowerChina the stadium, infrastructure and buildings for EXPO through direct contracting, without competitive bidding - [Military facility on Pavlasov čot on Fruška Gora](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/fruska-gora-pavlasov-cot-vojni-objekat): In a 2025 conclusion, it decided that a special-purpose facility for the Serbian Armed Forces would be built on Pavlasov čot - [Weekly “Vranjske” shut down after tax inspections](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/gasenje-vranjskih): She stated that this was not a matter of stifling media freedom but a funding problem, and cited how much the paper had received - [General Staff: lifting of protection and the Selaković trial](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/generalstab): By a decision of 14 November 2024 it revoked the General Staff building's cultural heritage status, after handing the land to an investor for 99 years in May - [Gudurica Peak: protection reduced for a private wind farm](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/guduricki-vrh-radar-vetropark): In 2024, it adopted a conclusion approving the relocation of the Samoš radar to the protected Gudurički Peak, to free up space for wind farms - [Irregularities in the 2022 elections](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/izbori-april-2022): According to CRTA, it misused the advantages of incumbency through one-off cash handouts before the elections, which had clientelist features - [Irregularities in the 2023 elections](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/izbori-decembar-2023): It said that the working group had considered ODIHR's recommendations and agreed on steps to implement them - [Irregularities in the 2026 elections](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/izbori-oktobar-2026): According to ODIHR, election contestants see the late-August decision on payments of nearly a billion euros to citizens as a misuse of state resources - [The „Jadar“ project and the persecution of locals and activists](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/jadar-rio-tinto): According to Kokanović, it used the European Commission to deny access to the documents on its decision on the project, which it reinstated in July 2024 - [Sale of the “Jaroslav Černi” Institute to Milenijum tim](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/jaroslav-cerni-milenijum-tim) - [Marijuana plantation on the “Jovanjica” estate](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/jovanjica) - [COVID death data hidden ahead of the elections](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/kovid-skriveni-podaci) - [Krušik: arms sales to the GIM company](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/krusik) - [Vietnamese workers at the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/linglong-zrenjanin): According to a State Department report, it did not fully investigate the allegations of forced labour and claimed the workers were not victims of human trafficking - [The Marija Lukić case: Milutin Jeličić Jutka convicted](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/marija-lukic-jutka): In 2023 she appointed Jeličić, convicted by a final judgment, to the Interim Body of Brus Municipality, yet claims the local authorities made the decision - [Marko Kričak threatened to rape a student in the Government garage](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/marko-kricak) - [No-tender deals under intergovernmental agreements](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/medjudrzavni-sporazumi-kina): In 2009 it signed an agreement with China for deals without tenders; in 2024, a €720 million metro contract with PowerChina - [Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski: the diploma, the fines and the party's money](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/milica-djurdjevic-stamenkovski): According to former minister Verbić, nobody in the Government checks a minister's CV or asks for proof of education - [Small hydropower plants and Stara Planina](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/mini-hidroelektrane) - [Collapse of the canopy at Novi Sad railway station](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/novi-sad-nadstresnica): From 12 December 2024 it published documents on the reconstruction, and on 20 December it said publication was not complete - [Attack on students outside the SNS offices in Novi Sad](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/novi-sad-napad-na-studente) - [Dismissal and arrest of Novica Antić of the Military Union](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/novica-antic-vojni-sindikat) - [Obrenovac flood: late warning and evacuation](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/obrenovac-poplave-2014): It declared a state of emergency only on the afternoon of 15 May, even though Koceljeva and Ub were already under water on 14 May - [The “Helicopter” Case: Military Helicopter Crash near Surčin](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/pad-helikoptera-2015) - [„Safe votes“ and jobs in the public sector](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/partijsko-zaposljavanje-sigurni-glasovi): It introduced a public-sector hiring freeze, with hiring allowed only with the approval of its commission, and extended it to the end of 2026 - [Sale of PKB to Al Dahra](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/prodaja-pkb): According to Insajder, it instructed the State Attorney's Office to withdraw its lawsuits, so state land, which the law does not allow to be sold, was registered to PKB - [Police violence at the protests against the curfew](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/protesti-jul-2020): On 9 July it dropped plans to impose the curfew that had triggered the first demonstrations - [REM, RTS and state money for the media](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/rem-rts-drzavno-oglasavanje): On 30 January 2020 it adopted the Media Strategy; the second action plan never got past the draft stage, so advertising remained unregulated - [Money laundering by RHMZ director Jugoslav Nikolić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/rhmz-nikolic-pranje-novca) - [Deaths of eight miners at the Soko mine](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/rudnik-soko): The day after the accident, it set aside eight million dinars in aid for the families of the miners who were killed - [Death of Dalibor Dragijević at the police station in Bor](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/smrt-dalibora-dragijevica) - [Srbijagas under Dušan Bajatović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/srbijagas-bajatovic): In a decision of 26 March 2019 it wrote off Srbijagas's entire debt to the state, €1.2 billion, most of which stemmed from state guarantees - [Telekom's purchase of Kopernikus and media outlets](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/telekom-kupovina-medija): According to Transparency Serbia, as Telekom's majority owner it has not met the Media Strategy's obligation for the state to withdraw from media ownership - [Murder of Oliver Ivanović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/ubistvo-olivera-ivanovica) - [Doljevac case: crash of Zoran Babić's official car](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/udes-kod-doljevca): For ten months it did not formally register Babić's resignation, and in November 2020 it dismissed him "at his own request" - [Pressure on universities and professors' salaries](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/univerzitet-uskracivanje-plata): In November 2025, it established the Faculty of Serbian Studies from three departments of the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš; on the faculty's lawsuit, the Administrative Court issued an interim measure - [Government decree and professors' pay cuts](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/uredba-5-35-plate): By a decision of 24 March 2025, it left faculties under blockade only part of the money for teaching staff salaries, and by regulation cut research to five hours - [Zijin in Bor and Majdanpek: pollution, relocations and workers](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/zijin-bor): It allowed Zijin to split its project near Krivelj and so avoid an impact assessment of the whole, and the Administrative Court annulled that decision - [“Sound cannon” at Belgrade protest](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/zvucni-top-15-mart) ## People - [Boris Bratina](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/boris-bratina): minister of information and telecommunications - [Nemanja Starović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/nemanja-starovic): Minister for European Integration - [Đuro Macut](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/djuro-macut): Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Darko Glišić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/darko-glisic): minister of public investment - [Marko Đurić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/marko-djuric): Minister of Foreign Affairs - [Siniša Mali](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/sinisa-mali): First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Svetlana Jovanović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/svetlana-jovanovic): senior adviser in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Usame Zukorlić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/usame-zukorlic): minister without portfolio - [Husein Memić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/husein-memic): minister of tourism and youth - [Ivica Dačić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/ivica-dacic): Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Žarko Mićin](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/zarko-micin): chief of staff to the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia - [Aleksandar Vulin](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/aleksandar-vulin): Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Irena Vujović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/irena-vujovic): Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Miloš Vučević](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/milos-vucevic): Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Darija Kisić Tepavčević](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/darija-kisic-tepavcevic): minister for family welfare and demography - [Ivica Dačić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/ivica-dacic): Minister of Foreign Affairs - [Miloš Vučević](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/milos-vucevic): Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Tomislav Momirović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/tomislav-momirovic): Minister of Internal and Foreign Trade - [Branislav Nedimović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/branislav-nedimovic): deputy prime minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Maja Gojković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/maja-gojkovic): Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Nikola Selaković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/nikola-selakovic): Minister of Foreign Affairs - [Vladimir Obradović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/vladimir-obradovic): adviser to Minister without Portfolio Nenad Popović - [Ana Brnabić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/ana-brnabic): Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Nebojša Stefanović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/nebojsa-stefanovic): Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Aleksandar Vučić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/aleksandar-vucic): Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Dragan Glamočić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/dragan-glamocic): personal adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Novak Nedić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/novak-nedic): Secretary-General of the Government of Serbia - [Ivica Dačić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/ivica-dacic): First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Ivica Dačić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/ivica-dacic): Minister of Foreign Affairs - [Zorana Mihajlović](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/zorana-mihajlovic): Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Aleksandar Antić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/aleksandar-antic): minister of transport - [Aleksandar Vulin](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/aleksandar-vulin): minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo and Metohija - [Aleksandar Vučić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/aleksandar-vucic): First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Ivica Dačić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/ivica-dacic): Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Ivica Tončev](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/ivica-toncev): national security adviser to the Prime Minister of Serbia - [Novak Nedić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/novak-nedic): Deputy Secretary-General of the Government of Serbia - [Rasim Ljajić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/rasim-ljajic): Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Rasim Ljajić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/rasim-ljajic): minister of trade, tourism and telecommunications - [Siniša Mali](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/sinisa-mali): economic adviser to the First Deputy Prime Minister - [Ivica Dačić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/ivica-dacic): First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Dragan Đilas](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/dragan-djilas): minister without portfolio responsible for the National Investment Plan - [Mlađan Dinkić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/mladjan-dinkic): minister of economy and regional development - [Rasim Ljajić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/rasim-ljajic): minister of labour and social policy - [Mlađan Dinkić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/mladjan-dinkic): finance minister - [Zoran Živković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/zoran-zivkovic): Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Ivica Dačić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/ivica-dacic): Minister of Information - [Aleksandar Vučić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/aleksandar-vucic): Minister of Information - [Maja Gojković](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/maja-gojkovic): minister without portfolio in the Government of the Republic of Serbia - [Tomislav Nikolić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/tomislav-nikolic): Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Vojislav Šešelj](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/vojislav-seselj): Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia - [Goran Trivan](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/goran-trivan): minister of youth and sport --- Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/vlada-srbije As of: 9 Nov 2026 Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)