What Nedeljnik Vreme does

Nedeljnik Vreme is a Serbian independent weekly news magazine founded in 1990 in Belgrade, Serbia, and one of the country's oldest continuously operating independent media outlets. It publishes a weekly print and digital edition covering politics, economy, society, culture, and world news, with an emphasis on investigative journalism and political commentary in a domestic media landscape that the publication characterizes as dominated by pro-government outlets. The company's product portfolio has expanded beyond the core weekly magazine to include PDF digital editions with a full archive dating to the founding, an annual digital subscription service, a weekly email newsletter called Međuvreme distributed every Wednesday at noon, and a podcast series.

The business operates on a primarily direct-to-consumer model: subscriptions (annual digital, with 3,000-dinar discounts versus monthly rates), individual issue purchases in print and PDF, and reader donations via a Buy Me a Coffee integration, with explicit editorial messaging that the publication rejects tycoon and corporate ownership. Distribution is concentrated in a single domestic market (Serbia) through the company-owned website vreme.com (a WordPress CMS with a custom Cubes theme maintained since a November 24, 2021 redesign), a weekly newsletter, audio podcast, and physical retail print. The organization is privately held, editorially independent, and operates with a staff of approximately 16 employees, with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, funding rounds, or named B2B customers.

Name

Nedeljnik Vreme

Legal name

Nedeljnik Vreme

Website

https://vreme.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nedeljnik Vreme is a privately held, independent Serbian weekly news magazine founded in 1990 in Belgrade, serving Serbian readers with investigative journalism, political commentary, and a digital archive, distributed via print, website, newsletter, and podcast.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Beograd

HQ country

Serbia

HQ region

Europe

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B2C

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Digital Commerce or Content

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Core offering

Nedeljnik Vreme is an independent Serbian weekly news magazine that publishes investigative journalism, political analysis, and cultural commentary across print, digital PDF, newsletter, and podcast formats. The publication serves Serbian readers seeking in-depth, uncensored coverage of domestic and international affairs, with an archive spanning from its founding in 1990 to the present.

Product overview

Nedeljnik Vreme is a weekly Serbian magazine offering a unified journalism product portfolio centered on investigative journalism, political commentary, and in-depth reporting. The core offering is the weekly magazine (available in both print and digital PDF editions), supplemented by a digital subscription service, a weekly newsletter (Međuvreme), and a podcast series. The product ecosystem serves readers seeking independent journalism on Serbian and international affairs.

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Products and services

• Vreme Weekly Magazine (Štampano izdanje) Weekly print edition of Vreme magazine covering politics, economy, society, culture, and world news; published continuously since 1990 for Serbian readers seeking independent journalism.
• Digital Edition (Digitalno izdanje)

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Direct peers

• Danas: Serbian independent daily newspaper based in Belgrade covering politics, economy, and society. Competes directly with Vreme for the same Serbian independent-journalism readership and operates a similar subscription- and advertising-funded model.
• BIRN (Balkan Investigative Reporting Network): Regional investigative journalism network with strong Serbian coverage producing long-form investigative pieces on politics and corruption. Overlaps with Vreme's investigative-journalism mission and Serbian target audience, though BIRN is primarily donor-funded.
• Radio Slobodna Evropa (RFE/RL Balkan Service): Independent Serbian-language news and analysis outlet covering Serbian politics and society. Targets the same readership seeking uncensored journalism and competes for attention across digital and newsletter formats.
• Beta News Agency: Serbian domestic news agency providing independent wire reporting on politics, economy, and society. Comparable as a Serbian independent news source, though primarily a wire service rather than a long-form magazine.
• CINS (Center for Investigative Journalism Serbia): Belgrade-based investigative journalism outlet focused on corruption, crime, and political accountability. Closely comparable to Vreme's investigative remit and Serbian target audience, with similar donor and grant funding dynamics.

Broad incumbents

• Al Jazeera Balkans: International broadcaster's Balkan digital edition producing independent regional news and analysis. Targets a similar Serbian and Balkan audience but with much broader geographic scope and multimedia capabilities.
• Politika: Largest and oldest Serbian newspaper, historically aligned with state interests. Comparable as a Serbian broadsheet competitor for general news readership, but operates at significantly larger scale and with a fundamentally different editorial alignment.
• N1 (Serbia): Regional TV and digital news operation with a strong Serbian bureau offering independent news coverage. Targets the same Serbian audience seeking non-government-aligned coverage, though N1 is a larger multi-format broadcaster rather than a niche weekly.

Regional players

• Index.hr: Leading Croatian independent online news portal. Comparable as a regional independent news outlet competing for audience attention across former-Yugoslav markets, though operating in Croatian and with a digital-first model.
• Oslobođenje: Long-running Bosnian daily newspaper based in Sarajevo with an independent editorial tradition. Comparable as a regional legacy independent newspaper serving a post-Yugoslav market, but operating in a different country and primarily in print/digital.

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Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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Investments

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