Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has announced that he will launch a new podcast on Friday, just days after canceling a planned Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) rally in Novi Sad.
The podcast, titled “PodkAVst,” will focus on conversations about people and their personal experiences rather than political affairs, according to Vučić.
“I want it to be a place for good conversations and interesting people. A place where perhaps we can get to know each other a little better,” Vučić said.
He said the program would explore topics including people’s lives, achievements, failures and beliefs, as well as sports, culture, art, religion and history.
The first episode is scheduled to premiere Friday at noon on Vučić’s YouTube channel. His first guest will be basketball coach Miroslav “Muta” Nikolić.
“If you want to be part of this story from the beginning, subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications,” Vučić said.
The podcast announcement comes after Vučić postponed a planned appearance and SNS rally in Novi Sad that had been scheduled for September 4.
Vučić said he had decided to postpone the event because “people’s lives are the most important” to him.
“I planned to address the people of Novi Sad on Friday, September 4. I am informing you that we will postpone that address and the rally because, for me, people’s lives are the most important,” Vučić said in a video posted on Instagram.
He claimed that police would not be protecting SNS supporters from protesters, but rather protecting protesters from “angry citizens” who could no longer tolerate what he described as “terror in the streets.”
The decision to cancel the Novi Sad rally and the launch of the podcast come amid heightened political tensions in Serbia, with the government facing sustained pressure from student-led protests and opposition groups.
While Vučić has presented the new podcast as a platform focused on personal stories and topics outside politics, its launch comes at a politically sensitive moment as Serbia approaches a potential new electoral cycle.
