In the latest edition of Njuz.net (Issue 118, published June 24, 2026), prominent satirist and 24 Minuta screenwriter Nenad Milosavljević delivers a scathing critique of the Serbian government’s ultimate political survival weapon: forcing the public to completely forget state scandals.
From fabricated terrorist plots to fatal infrastructure collapses, Milosavljević charts how the ruling regime systematically replaces old tragedies with new, absurd media distractions to keep the population trapped in a cycle of permanent memory loss.
The Chronology of State-Sponsored Amnesia
The culture of forgetting did not start overnight. It began years ago with broken political promises that have now been buried entirely. The article outlines a long history of high-profile affairs that the state has successfully erased from public daily discourse:
- The Early Lies: President Aleksandar Vučić’s initial vow that he would never run for president, promises to abolish the public broadcasting tax, and solemn oaths that pensions would never be touched.
- The “Complete Idiots” of Savamala: The midnight demolition of an entire city block by masked men, where the promised names of the orchestrators were never revealed, and the public is now expected to pretend it never happened.
- The Missing Evidence: The infamous two missing minutes of security footage from the Doljevac toll booth crash, former defense minister Aleksandar Vulin’s unexplained cash from his “aunt in Canada,” and finance minister Siniša Mali’s secret offshore apartments in Bulgaria.
The Modern Tragedy: For the past year and a half, the government has been aggressively trying to force citizens to forget the tragic death of 16 people crushed under the collapsed concrete canopy at the Novi Sad railway station. Despite heavy propaganda, this is one tragedy the public refuses to let go.
The “Kanjiža Terrorists”: A Fabricated Plot for Viktor Orbán?
Milosavljević shines a harsh light on the latest scandal the government is desperate to sweep under the rug: the phantom “Kanjiža terrorist plot.”
The Anatomy of a Fabricated Political Diversion:
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1. THE ANNOUNCEMENT --> State claims a terrorist cell is plotting to blow up
the gas pipeline between Hungary and Serbia.
2. THE DRAMA --> Authorities claim a manhunt is underway, promising
"unbelievable revelations" once suspects talk.
3. THE TIMING --> The plot conveniently breaks right before the Hungarian
elections, aimed at boosting Viktor Orbán's sinking ratings.
4. THE AMNESIA --> The elections end, the narrative is abandoned, and
the government gets angry if anyone asks for updates.
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The article notes that this follows a ridiculous pattern of phantom assassination plots designed to trigger public panic, including the 99 hidden weapons found in Jajinci, the “motorized terrorists” at the Topčider Star, and snajperists allegedly targeting the Stefan Nemanja monument. Not a single one of these cases ever received a legal epilogue.
Instead, all anti-terrorist state resources are currently deployed to intimidate and arrest student activists from the Stav and Sviće movements, whom the state treats as the “real” public enemies.
Blaming the Waiter: The Next Absurd Twist
To keep control over the narrative, the regime utilizes psychological weapons of mass destruction—pouring toxic propaganda directly into the brains of citizens via state-led tabloids like Informer and TV channels like Pink.
However, for the segment of the population that remains immune to the brainwashing, the government has to invent increasingly desperate scapegoats.
Milosavljević concludes with a dark, satirical prediction: in an entirely separate scandal regarding a high-profile murder investigation in the upscale Senjak neighborhood, authorities are slowly shifting all the blame onto a local waiter.
Don’t be surprised, the satirist warns, if the state media soon announces that this same unfortunate waiter is also solely responsible for the Kanjiža pipeline terrorism. Given a regime whose officials once famously graffitied genitalia on school property, no level of institutional absurdity should ever surprise the Serbian public again.
