Serbia’s budget posted a deficit of RSD 99.7 billion in the January-May period this year, outperforming the budget plan by RSD 101 billion, as the planned deficit stood at RSD 200.7 billion, the Finance Ministry(read more)
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Household debt to banks up nearly one-fifth
Total loans to businesses, households and entrepreneurs amounted to RSD 4,626 billion in June, while total outstanding debt to banks was 15 percent higher than in the same month last year.
EPS denies SRCE claims of record electricity imports
Serbian state-owned utility EPS on Monday denied claims by the Serbia Center (SRCE) party that Serbia had recorded record summer electricity imports in recent days, saying the company had operated profitably for the(read more)
Fewer couples in Serbia choosing to have a first child
Serbia has recorded negative natural population growth since 1998, with the number of deaths exceeding the number of births every year.
Srbijagas and EPS have rsd 143 billion in claims against debtors
Two major Serbian state-owned energy companies, Srbijagas and Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS), have claims against debtors totaling RSD 143 billion, posing a risk to Serbia’s budget, which could ultimately bear the(read more)
APR: Serbian economy increases profitability in 2025, posts net profit of RSD 957.5 billion
Serbia’s corporate sector maintained the continuity of successful business performance in 2025, with higher profitability and a slightly improved financial position, the Serbian Business Registers Agency (APR)(read more)
WiiW maintains Serbia’s 2026 growth forecast at 2 percent, lowest in the region
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WiiW) has maintained its forecast for Serbia’s economic growth in 2026 at 2.0 percent, the lowest projected rate among the Western Balkan countries.
Serbia remains tax competitive
Forvis Mazars, one of the leading international audit and advisory firms, has published the fourteenth edition of its Central and Eastern European Tax Guide 2026, covering 25 countries.
EU redirects funds earmarked for Serbia to other countries in the region
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the territory of Kosovo are likely to miss out on a significant European Union grant after failing to complete by the end of June the reforms required under the Western Balkans Reform(read more)
CLS: Around EUR 1 billion from Belgrade budget lost to corruption over four years
Dušan Pavlović, a professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, said at the presentation of the publication White Book: Anatomy of Corruption in Belgrade, published by the Center for Local Self-Government (CLS), that(read more)
