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[00:00:00] half a billion euros, experts believe, it is physically
[00:00:03] impossible for its director Davor Macura to have taken out
[00:00:07] as much as 45 billion dinars from that sum, as described
[00:00:10] by the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime. What this procedure should
[00:00:14] now show us is whether,
[00:00:17] uh, first, whether 45 billion dinars
[00:00:21] was really taken out of the treasury, whether that money was physically in
[00:00:24] the treasury, whether it was done in a day, or if it
[00:00:28] happened
[00:00:30] in some previous time. In any of those two
[00:00:33] scenarios, those responsible in the National Bank of Serbia, Đaković believes,
[00:00:37] should have controlled the operations of Alta Bank, which he emphasizes
[00:00:40] was obviously atypical compared to the work of other
[00:00:44] banks. The disagreement between the vice-governor and
[00:00:47] the governor, meaning that that chain
[00:00:49] of responsibility did not go as it
[00:00:53] should have, but rather, practically, the vice-governors,
[00:00:57] vice-governors in some, uh... cases,
[00:01:00] probably in this one as well, were skipped, it is possible
[00:01:03] that the legally mandatory so-called direct
[00:01:07] control by visiting the bank was skipped, says Emir Zildžević,
[00:01:10] economic expert and candidate of the student list. The outgoing regime has
[00:01:14] shown that through people close to them, it is ready to jeopardize the entire financial
[00:01:18] system, uh, to lead to problems with unskillful management in banks
[00:01:22] that have assets of over seven billion euros. The costs
[00:01:25] of this are borne by all citizens. And those citizens who
[00:01:29] received pensions through current accounts in Alta Bank,
[00:01:32] announced by the Pension Fund, will now be able to collect their
[00:01:35] October pensions at the counters of the Postal Savings Bank. Candidate
[00:01:39] from the student list Zildžović reminds that Postal Bank
[00:01:42] submitted a request to the central bank on November 2nd
[00:01:46] for assistance with liquidity management. The quality of their portfolio, we know that this bank granted
[00:01:49] loans such as a loan for the construction of a football stadium of 350 million euros
[00:01:53] to the state. In total, there are three billion loans that the Postal Savings Bank has investigated, and
[00:01:57] their future will depend on the quality of that portfolio and the findings of the Central Bank.
[00:02:01] And that is why the appeal concludes that the National Bank
[00:02:04] of Serbia professionally reviews the credit portfolio
[00:02:08] as soon as possible and informs the public about the further work of the
[00:02:11] Postal Savings Bank. Nada Živanović, N1
[00:02:15] Belgrade.
[00:02:17] And the opposition in North Macedonia claims that the
[00:02:20] entry of the Serbian Alta Bank into that country's market was forced
[00:02:24] despite warnings.
[00:02:27] The Social Democratic Union of Macedonia states that there are
[00:02:30] joint business interests of Prime Minister Kristijan
[00:02:33] Mickoski and Aleksandar Vučić. In Bitola
[00:02:37] is our Gordana Bjeletić. Gordana, what
[00:02:40] are the reactions of citizens in North Macedonia, after
[00:02:44] the introduction of temporary measures in the bank owned by Alta
[00:02:47] Bank?
[00:02:51] Maja, citizens mostly look at these doors,
[00:02:54] last time, they were open on Saturday, here,
[00:02:57] the headquarters of Macedonian, or rather, Bitola's
[00:03:00] Alta Bank. By the way, this city of Bitola, which
[00:03:04] built its reputation in the financial world,
[00:03:08] built it through numerous affairs and scandals.
[00:03:12] One scandal, one affair was such that
[00:03:15] 13,000 citizens here were left without
[00:03:18] their savings, so there is great
[00:03:21] distrust among them, so they are waiting for every new
[00:03:25] information. That's what the Governor of the National Bank of Macedonia
[00:03:28] told me this morning. That distrust among citizens
[00:03:32] and that they wanted to protect them, so they reacted
[00:03:35] quickly, took over management,
[00:03:39] and made certain decisions. However, from what I hear from citizens here in Bitola,
[00:03:43] that distrust is very
[00:03:46] high. They constantly come to the bank. Here's what one citizen of Bitola
[00:03:50] told us today. The bank
[00:03:53] is closed, the doors are closed.
[00:03:57] This is a disaster. We have no government. We have no
[00:04:00] state, no police, nothing. No measures are being taken. Measures should be
[00:04:04] taken. It's terrible, huge. You can't
[00:04:06] enter. The banks are closed, the doors are closed. You can't
[00:04:10] enter to pay, or to take out money like a human, or
[00:04:13] to leave like a human. You approach the set, and
[00:04:17] I don't know, to tell you, this, I don't know, just the other day, I
[00:04:21] saw it on my phone
[00:04:23] that they attacked the bank, that they stole it.
[00:04:27] Whoever, I don't know, God knows.
[00:04:30] Shame.
[00:04:33] Gordana, you mentioned that you spoke with the Governor of the National Bank of North
[00:04:36] Macedonia. Were there any transfers of money from Alta
[00:04:39] Bank to its sister bank in North
[00:04:42] Macedonia?
[00:04:46] The Governor said in that conversation that when it comes to
[00:04:49] legal money flows, and the National
[00:04:52] Bank of this country has the means to
[00:04:55] determine that, there were no such illegal transfers or such
[00:05:00] amount of money. He also expressed his personal
[00:05:04] suspicion that it happened through some black
[00:05:07] channels. What was, however, striking in that conversation
[00:05:10] and what the Governor said is that they
[00:05:13] informed themselves about everything that is happening with Alta Bank in Serbia
[00:05:17] via the internet, that they did not have any communication or
[00:05:20] requests for any checks from Serbia,
[00:05:24] even though there is a memorandum of
[00:05:27] cooperation between the banks of the two countries. So, they
[00:05:30] are still waiting for that call from Serbia. They say that they usually have regular
[00:05:34] controls, and that they also carried out an extraordinary one. He claims that
[00:05:38] there is no money here.
[00:05:41] there is no money here.
[00:05:44] In the period from October 26th, after the elections in
[00:05:47] Serbia, until Monday, when we had complete control, only 16,000
[00:05:51] euros were transferred to clients in Macedonia through Alta Bank.
[00:05:54] We do not have insight into other banks.
[00:05:58] I have no indications of any other transfers. I say, it is impossible to
[00:06:02] cross the border if you don't risk the money being
[00:06:05] confiscated if it is not declared. On the other hand, even if
[00:06:09] you manage to bring it in here.
[00:06:12] I can't imagine how much money that is,
[00:06:15] in which denominations, to be
[00:06:18] carried somewhere in cash, that is a little unbelievable, and
[00:06:22] even more so to be deposited into regular banking
[00:06:24] channels.
[00:06:29] That is the information from the Governor of the National Bank of Macedonia that
[00:06:32] interests the citizens of Serbia. What interests the citizens
[00:06:36] of Macedonia is when this bank will be opened, what will
[00:06:39] happen with it? He said that they are
[00:06:42] waiting for certain documents to arrive from
[00:06:46] Serbia, for the citizens of Macedonia. Also important for those who receive
[00:06:49] social assistance pensions and do not have cards, that is, they say,
[00:06:52] about ten thousand citizens in Macedonia. Tomorrow
[00:06:56] the doors of this bank will be opened. In the meantime,
[00:06:59] they can use ATMs. The amount they can
[00:07:03] withdraw is limited to about 150 euros per week, which would be
[00:07:05] about 600
[00:07:09] euros per month. So, that's roughly the average salary in this
[00:07:13] country. Thank you, Gordana. Gordana Bjeletić
[00:07:17] reported from
[00:07:27] Milivojević, who died in the specialized industry Milan
[00:07:30] Blagojević, received the pardon of
[00:07:33] the person responsible for that
[00:07:35] accident.
[00:07:40] Before that, about the postponed
[00:07:42] trial.
[00:07:44] The trial of the Minister of Culture in the technical mandate, Nikola
[00:07:48] Selaković, acting director of the Republic Institute for the Protection
[00:07:51] of Cultural Monuments, Goran Vasić, and other defendants in
[00:07:55] the General Staff case, was postponed today in the Special Court in
[00:07:59] Belgrade because the defendant acting director Vasić
[00:08:03] did not appear before the court. His defense lawyers submitted
[00:08:06] documentation to the court stating that Vasić
[00:08:09] was hospitalized. Regarding the General Staff case, the British
[00:08:12] Guardian reported in October that Aleksandar
[00:08:16] Vučić, while he was president, convened meetings with officials
[00:08:20] in the presidential offices where they discussed
[00:08:24] the Trump Tower project at the site of the General Staff
[00:08:27] complex. The N1 portal wrote to the Prosecutor's Office for
[00:08:30] Organized Crime regarding these findings, which responded that they were
[00:08:34] aware, that the process of removing the status of a cultural
[00:08:37] monument was preceded by meetings on that topic, as well as that
[00:08:40] several witnesses who attended those
[00:08:44] meetings
[00:08:45] were heard.
[00:08:49] On the list of those pardoned by the former President of Serbia, among
[00:08:53] others, is Tomo Stojić, the only person
[00:08:56] convicted for the death of two workers of the MB
[00:08:59] Namenska factory from Lučani in an explosion and fire
[00:09:03] in 2017. The family of
[00:09:05] the deceased Milomir Milivojević has been waiting for justice for eight years
[00:09:09] and demanding that the managers of the factory be convicted
[00:09:12] for the death of their son. When two years ago, after the final
[00:09:16] verdict, they thought that justice existed,
[00:09:19] they suffered a new defeat.
[00:09:22] Here are 21 victims, 21 families, I know
[00:09:25] that people here work as if on a fashion runway, but they work in a gunpowder and
[00:09:29] weapons factory. Vučić swore after that, as Milovan
[00:09:32] Milivojević tells N1, that he would do
[00:09:35] everything. The trial began in Ivanjica, and
[00:09:39] the Milivojević family received a welcome they will not forget
[00:09:42] as long as they live, all people to people, all humanity to
[00:09:46] humanity. This court process lasted
[00:09:49] six years, and it was accompanied by situations in which
[00:09:53] the emotions of this
[00:09:55] family dominated.
[00:10:00] Stigmatized in the environment in which they live, they decided to go
[00:10:04] all the way. The head of the occupational safety and health department,
[00:10:08] Tomo Stojić, was sentenced to two years in prison.
[00:10:12] Tomo. Stojić should have already served half of his sentence, and they already
[00:10:15] reduced it from three to two,
[00:10:18] but he was there, he was probably in agreement, in a deal,
[00:10:22] they sacrificed him because they had to. "The cursed
[00:10:26] canopy happened, the students happened, then they couldn't
[00:10:29] free him, and Tomo Stojić is the last link in that
[00:10:32] chain, then the public found out that Stojić
[00:10:35] was also on the list of those pardoned, I thought
[00:10:38] that the former president
[00:10:42] Nameless wanted to put an end to it, to take
[00:10:46] revenge, primarily on me and my family for
[00:10:49] everything we have done so far, that we were
[00:10:53] against him..." him for a reason we
[00:10:56] were, it turned out that no one was ever held
[00:11:00] responsible for the deaths of workers in the MB Namenska factory.
[00:11:03] In the period of its existence,
[00:11:06] 32 workers died in various accidents
[00:11:09] and explosions, according to known data.
[00:11:12] Nenad Božević, N1,
[00:11:16] Lučani.
[00:11:20] One plane, among other passengers, three politicians.
[00:11:24] And one because of whom the aircraft bound for
[00:11:27] Moscow returned to Belgrade. The reason was
[00:11:30] a security breach because a passenger boarded the plane even though
[00:11:34] the alarm went off during the counter-diversion control.
[00:11:37] The passenger was Aleksandar Vulin. The third, and then the
[00:11:41] higher public prosecutor's office, got involved in the entire case.
[00:11:44] And Maja Nikolić continues
[00:11:47] this story. In the Airbus
[00:11:50] A320 plane that took off from Belgrade shortly before 7 PM
[00:11:54] towards Moscow, three public figures,
[00:11:57] well-known faces, were sitting in business class. In the first
[00:12:01] row, in seat 1F, was the former minister without
[00:12:04] portfolio and without a return ticket, Nenad Popović. In
[00:12:07] the third row, on the left, right by the window, sat the director of Srbijagas, Dušan
[00:12:11] Bajatović. In the same row, on the right, by the window,
[00:12:15] another former one. Former minister, former director
[00:12:18] of BIA, Aleksandar Vulin. The last two, by their own
[00:12:22] admission, are sleeping when at about 10 PM
[00:12:25] the plane lands, but not at Moscow's Sheremetyevo,
[00:12:29] but back at Nikola Tesla Airport. From
[00:12:33] their sleep, they are woken by the voice of the captain.
[00:12:36] Gentlemen, the captain says, for reasons,
[00:12:39] we had to return to Belgrade Airport, and from now on,
[00:12:42] please follow the instructions
[00:12:44] of the staff, as I was sleeping on the plane, I am with
[00:12:48] them, they say, you are in Belgrade, how in
[00:12:51] Belgrade?
[00:12:53] To be honest. We said goodbye, but I was sleeping the whole
[00:12:56] time, this, only when we landed in Belgrade and the captain said we had
[00:13:00] landed in Belgrade, I then became aware of what was happening. And
[00:13:04] what happened was that the plane, full of passengers, about an hour and a half
[00:13:07] after taking off from Belgrade, suddenly began a turning
[00:13:11] maneuver over Lithuania. After a little more than
[00:13:14] three hours it spent in total in flight, the plane
[00:13:17] landed in Belgrade at 9:56 PM.
[00:13:21] Air Serbia issued a statement that the plane was returned. Because
[00:13:25] the company received information from the relevant airport services
[00:13:28] that required the implementation
[00:13:31] of additional security checks regarding
[00:13:34] one passenger. That one passenger, according to media
[00:13:38] reports, is named Aleksandar Vulin, and allegedly
[00:13:41] beeped when passing through the CD control.
[00:13:44] When passing uh, through that CD
[00:13:47] control, uh, actually the
[00:13:51] machines for
[00:13:54] detection went off. However, the question is why the
[00:13:57] airport was so late, whether
[00:14:00] under the influence of the way this particular passenger,
[00:14:04] i.e., Aleksandar Vulin, entered, or for some
[00:14:06] other reason. That Vulin triggered the alarm while passing through the CD
[00:14:10] scanner is confirmed by the police report submitted to
[00:14:13] the prosecutor's office that same night, which states that the passenger,
[00:14:17] despite this, was not subjected to an additional
[00:14:20] security check. It is added that the passenger was
[00:14:23] accompanied by an officer of the Security Information
[00:14:26] Agency. The Third Basic Public Prosecutor's Office, which
[00:14:30] opened the case, will determine whether there is a criminal offense.
[00:14:33] Until then, it is only known why passenger Aleksandar
[00:14:37] Vulin traveled to Moscow. I went
[00:14:40] officially, I'm going there to fight to extend our gas
[00:14:43] arrangement. Well, I don't know their reasons, I
[00:14:46] very often go to Moscow, even more often to St. Petersburg, you all know what I
[00:14:50] do, I am the director of Srbijagas, because it will be winter, we will need
[00:14:54] additional. So no, that is the concrete reason for my trip to
[00:14:58] Moscow, and why Mr. Popović
[00:15:02] and Mr. Vulin went, I really don't know. It is really
[00:15:05] somewhat symptomatic, I must admit, I dare say it,
[00:15:09] it's a bit funny, because uh, Aleksandar
[00:15:13] Vulin has been the chairman of the supervisory board of Srbijagas since May 2025.
[00:15:17] Dušan Bajatović has been the director of Srbijagas
[00:15:21] for years, and it's strange that if both of them are going to
[00:15:25] Moscow to deal with gas, how is it possible then that
[00:15:28] one doesn't know why the other is going. Both of them
[00:15:32] arrived in Moscow, and from there Vulin reported with a message that
[00:15:35] he had not run away anywhere, because if he wanted to run away, he wouldn't, he says,
[00:15:39] have gone anywhere without his family. I am in Moscow,
[00:15:43] and all their lies about how I carried something forbidden,
[00:15:46] how I was caught in something, because of which they returned the plane with
[00:15:50] 200 people, fell into the water. Another lie, and we move
[00:15:53] on. Serbs, what is not clear to you? That a lot
[00:15:56] is not clear is also clear from the statement of the Higher Public
[00:15:59] Prosecutor's Office. Namely, the special department of that prosecutor's office
[00:16:02] asks the Third Prosecutor's Office to explain on what basis
[00:16:05] it acted, bearing in mind that the criminal offense of endangering
[00:16:09] air traffic security is within the jurisdiction
[00:16:12] of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office. They also ask that the
[00:16:15] director of corporate security of Nikola Tesla Airport,
[00:16:19] who returned the plane, be heard. Maja
[00:16:22] Nikolić, N1,
[00:16:35] defeated Donald Trump and Republicans.
[00:16:49] substantial progress in accession negotiations with
[00:16:51] the European Union, but the new government of Serbia now has an opportunity for a new
[00:16:55] beginning, the European Union Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos stated today,
[00:16:59] presenting the enlargement package before the European
[00:17:01] Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.
[00:17:05] poslove.
[00:17:10] In Serbia, we have seen a setback regarding fundamental values. The new government
[00:17:14] will have a chance to reverse the course. Serbia has taken additional
[00:17:17] steps backward in the area of fundamental rights,
[00:17:20] especially regarding freedom of expression and academic
[00:17:23] freedoms, as well as in the area of public administration. Serbia is among
[00:17:27] the candidates that are most aligned with the European Union
[00:17:30] and represents a key candidate, well
[00:17:33] prepared for the single market and
[00:17:36] competitiveness. Now Serbia has an opportunity for a fresh start. The new
[00:17:39] Serbian government has the opportunity to turn a new page, strengthen
[00:17:43] democratic institutions and fundamental rights, as well as to take the necessary
[00:17:46] steps for Serbia to progress on its path to
[00:17:50] membership in the European
[00:17:51] Union.
[00:17:55] Two years ago, Donald Trump won on the slogan
[00:17:58] "Make America Great Again." Two
[00:18:01] years later, by his actions, he made
[00:18:04] America blue again. They won the Congress
[00:18:08] in the midterm elections, they have at least 54 seats in
[00:18:11] the Senate and 231 seats in the House of
[00:18:15] Representatives, meaning they have a majority
[00:18:18] in both.
[00:18:20] The Democratic blue wave swept from the East to the West
[00:18:23] Coast, as they won the House of Representatives, the Senate, and a large
[00:18:27] number of gubernatorial races. Democrats won the
[00:18:30] Senate race in Texas for the first time since
[00:18:32] 1988. In this traditionally
[00:18:36] Republican state. The governor who, immediately after her victory was announced,
[00:18:39] went to dinner with the senator. We have just
[00:18:42] proven that all the money in this world cannot compare to the power
[00:18:46] of the citizens of Texas. And we have just sent a message to every
[00:18:49] billionaire who makes huge political donations. To every
[00:18:53] corrupt defender of this broken political system in this
[00:18:56] state, power belongs
[00:19:00] to the people. There were
[00:19:02] several other historic results. Democrats will have a
[00:19:06] senator from Kansas after 94 years.
[00:19:09] Michigan elected Abdullah Al-Sayed
[00:19:12] as the first senator of Muslim origin.
[00:19:16] Donald, I know my name gives you trouble. So when I
[00:19:19] take the oath in January before JD Vance, you can
[00:19:23] simply call me Senator. Peggy
[00:19:26] Flanagan from Minnesota will be the first Native American woman in
[00:19:30] the Senate, and the writing of history was followed by the one who
[00:19:34] most wants to write history, Donald Trump.
[00:19:37] His inclusion was expected for Fox News, but he does
[00:19:41] not attribute the defeat to himself. I was not
[00:19:44] on the ballot, if I had been, they would have come out to
[00:19:47] vote. Look, they came to rallies. You've never seen
[00:19:51] such large rallies. So I'm a little surprised. I thought
[00:19:55] I could transfer the support of those people to the candidates. For
[00:19:59] Democrats, he immediately had a message on the social network Truth Social,
[00:20:02] he posted a photo of a cap with the inscription
[00:20:05] veto. is one of the strongest powers
[00:20:09] of the president. They will send crazy proposals, I will
[00:20:12] veto them. Trump also attributed the defeat to
[00:20:16] the war with Iran. Americans are dissatisfied with prices and
[00:20:20] inflation. Every time an American passes
[00:20:24] a gas station, it's practically like an election
[00:20:27] advertisement for Democrats, because people are paying
[00:20:30] $4.25 for a gallon of gas, and I think
[00:20:34] that's what's bothering them the most. The world, however, did not
[00:20:37] shake much about the results, yet leaders expect
[00:20:41] some changes. I hope that there will be more discussion about
[00:20:45] Ukraine, what we can do together to
[00:20:48] help them. Today in America,
[00:20:50] democracy won, democracy is truly amazing, I love
[00:20:54] democracy, it is something