Published: December 18, 2018
Serbian capital’s £2.56m taxpayer-funded decoration budget met with outrage and accusations of corruption
September 11 2018 was a typically sweltering late summer’s day in Belgrade. Temperatures in the Serbian capital were pushing 30 degrees, and the weather showed no signs that autumn hid around the corner. So it might have seemed surprising that it was on this day, against a backdrop of lush greenery and searing sunshine, that municipal authorities began decorating the city with Christmas lights.
If last year was anything to go by, the festive decorations will be there for quite a while, too. Last year they went up on 28 September and remained in place for more than five months, before finally being taken down in March.
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