New Fuel Prices Announced in Serbia Serbian drivers are heading into the weekend with yet another bump at the pump, as the state once again tweaks fuel ceilings upward by a seemingly modest two dinars that still sting in a high‑inflation economy.

The Friday ritual: new prices at 3 p.m.

By late Friday morning, a familiar script was already in motion. Pro‑government outlets announced that “new fuel prices have been announced” and would apply from 3 p.m., when a liter of eurodiesel jumps to 225 dinars and BMB 95 gasoline to 193 dinars, up from 223 and 191 respectively.

Government‑aligned media framed it as a routine, rules‑based adjustment: maximum retail prices “will be two dinars higher in the next seven days” and will be in force “until next Friday, May 29.” Fuel traders, they remind, are legally obliged to apply the new caps immediately after publication on the Ministry’s website.

Official line: global markets to blame

Pro‑government coverage quickly pointed to world markets. Brent crude has “slightly increased to 105 dollars per barrel,” while WTI climbed to 98.6 dollars, with prices buoyed by fresh geopolitical tension over Iran’s nuclear program. The hikes, they argue, reflect “continued pressure on the retail fuel market,” driven by global oil prices, the dollar exchange rate, and regional procurement costs.

Some outlets even fold the change into a broader energy chessboard, noting that today is a “key deadline” in talks between Serbia and Hungary’s MOL over acquiring the Russian stake in NIS, under a special OFAC license that lets NIS keep operating despite sanctions until June 16.

Opposition framing: another quiet squeeze

Opposition‑leaning Danas strips away the macro spin and goes straight for the pocketbook: “diesel and gasoline more expensive, prices announced valid until May 29.” No elaborate context, just the core message that for at least the next week, motorists will pay more.

The contrast is stark: one camp wraps a small hike in global‑market inevitability and regulatory routine; the other treats it as just the latest turn of the screw on citizens already running on economic fumes.