{"id":213049,"date":"2026-06-25T15:33:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=213049"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:33:20","slug":"paid-by-the-german-government-here-is-the-german-adviser-who-has-been-counseling-vucic-on-serbias-most-sensitive-issues-for-13-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/paid-by-the-german-government-here-is-the-german-adviser-who-has-been-counseling-vucic-on-serbias-most-sensitive-issues-for-13-years\/","title":{"rendered":"PAID BY THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT: Here Is the German Adviser Who Has Been Counseling Vu\u010di\u0107 on Serbia\u2019s Most Sensitive Issues for 13 Years!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J\u00f6rg Heskens has been advising Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 for 13 years, while being paid by the German government, raising a series of constitutional, legal, political, and security-related questions. BIRN and Der Spiegel reveal details of his engagement from 2020 to the present day \u2013 including secret meetings and plans regarding the Jadar project before and after its suspension, as well as the financial support Germany allocated to mining projects during the height of student protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;I call him \u2018my German,\u2019 and he calls me \u2018my wild Serb.\u2019 That\u2019s how we exchange compliments,&#8221;<\/em> Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 said in February 2023 during the opening of a factory owned by the German company Continental in Novi Sad, describing his relationship with J\u00f6rg Heskens, his adviser on German investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heskens has indeed been something of Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s shadow, as he is one of the president\u2019s longest-serving associates, continuously advising him since September 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">READ MORE: <\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-serbiantimes-info wp-block-embed-serbiantimes-info\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"V34ETRV8Ky\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/princeza-otvorila-dusu-dijaspori-u-cikagu-emotivna-ispovest-danice-karadjordjevic-o-deci-porodici-i-zivotu-u-srbiji-odusevila-publiku-foto-video\/\">PRINCEZA OTVORILA DU\u0160U DIJASPORI U \u010cIKAGU: Emotivna ispovest Danice Kara\u0111or\u0111evi\u0107 o deci, porodici i \u017eivotu u Srbiji odu\u0161evila publiku! 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(FOTO, VIDEO)\u201c \u2014 Serbiantimes.info\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/princeza-otvorila-dusu-dijaspori-u-cikagu-emotivna-ispovest-danice-karadjordjevic-o-deci-porodici-i-zivotu-u-srbiji-odusevila-publiku-foto-video\/embed\/#?secret=DymyG5MdBD#?secret=V34ETRV8Ky\" data-secret=\"V34ETRV8Ky\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German adviser worked with Vu\u010di\u0107 while he served as Serbia\u2019s Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister, and later during his tenure as Prime Minister. After the 2017 presidential election, Heskens moved with Vu\u010di\u0107 to the Presidential Office at Andri\u0107ev Venac, where he remains today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An investigation conducted by BIRN and the German magazine Der Spiegel, based on documentation that BIRN obtained over a six-month period from German institutions through freedom-of-information requests, sheds light on Heskens\u2019 activities from 2020 onward. According to the investigation, Serbia under Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 has become a service-oriented economy for German industry, while German officials have viewed Vu\u010di\u0107 as a figure with whom business arrangements could be negotiated directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;In this role, he (Heskens) contributes significantly to the direct representation of German economic interests before Vu\u010di\u0107,&#8221;<\/em> states a preparatory document regarding Heskens\u2019 engagement from June 2020, reviewed by BIRN and Der Spiegel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full article is available on BIRN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/alimpijevic-announced-an-important-decision-nikola-jokic-is-the-new-captain-of-the-serbian-national-basketball-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ALIMPIJEVIC ANNOUNCED AN IMPORTANT DECISION: Nikola Jokic is the new captain of the Serbian national basketball team!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/horror-in-zagreb-man-65-shot-at-three-children-with-an-air-rifle-after-an-argument-one-wounded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HORROR IN ZAGREB: Man (65) shot at three children with an air rifle after an argument, one wounded!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/bogdanovic-se-izvinio-zbog-rasistickog-ispada-skandal-na-nacionalnoj-televiziji-obisao-planetu-oglasio-se-i-rts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BOGDANOVIC APOLOGIZED FOR THE RACIST INCIDENT: Scandal on national television went around the planet, RTS also spoke out!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/robbery-on-belgrade-streets-a-group-intercepted-a-teenager-16-on-the-street-stabbed-him-with-a-knife-because-he-refused-to-hand-over-the-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ROBBERY ON BELGRADE STREETS: A group intercepted a teenager (16) on the street, stabbed him with a knife because he refused to hand over the money!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/red-meteo-alarm-paralyzed-europe-heatwave-ravages-the-old-continent-temperatures-over-40-degrees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">RED METEO ALARM PARALYZED EUROPE: Heatwave ravages the Old Continent, temperatures over 40 degrees!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><strong>Source<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danas.rs\/vesti\/politika\/nemac-vucic-savetnik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Danas<\/a>; <strong>Foto<\/strong>: 021.rs \/ Printscreen (24 vesti)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J\u00f6rg Heskens has been advising Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 for 13 years, while being paid by the German government, raising a series of constitutional, legal, political, and security-related questions. 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