Belgrade mayor: City budget to be amended

FoNet/Milica Vučković

Belgrade Mayor Aleksandar Sapic warned on Friday that the city budget needs to be amended to pay for natural gas at higher prices.

Sapic told the Serbian state TV (RTS) that the city’s central heating system would operate given enough gas which he believes the authorities have secured. “The question is at what price which is why the city budget needs to be amended,” he said.

The mayor said he is more concerned about electricity because the drought has reduced production at hydropower plants. According to him, all city systems have to prepare for a difficult autumn and winter.