Published July 8, 2026
What Is the “Ko Si, Bre, Ti?” Portal?
A clear English explanation of Serbia’s July 2026 public tip portal, what it claims to do, and what it is not.
“Ko si, bre, ti?” entered national conversation as the name of a web portal for citizen reports about public officials. In Serbian street language the phrase challenges someone’s sense of entitlement. As a product name, it signals that ordinary people can push back when power behaves badly.
According to mainstream Serbian reporting in July 2026, the official site is available at www.kosibreti.rs. President Aleksandar Vučić publicly promoted the idea; state and wire outlets described anonymous reporting of arrogant behaviour, corruption suspicions, and other irregularities.
What kind of product is this?
It is best understood as a tip intake channel, not a court and not an investigative newsroom. Tips go in. What happens next depends on staff triage, political will, and existing institutions—inspectors, prosecutors, party discipline mechanisms, or silence.
That distinction matters for expectations. Filling a form does not automatically open a criminal case. It also does not automatically grant legal whistleblower status.
What officials say you can report
- Bahato (arrogant) behaviour by functionaries
- Corruption and abuse of public office
- Illegal acts and broader irregularities
- Problems at local and republic levels
Messaging emphasised speed and simplicity: no registration, no personal data required. Treat those claims as “as advertised” until independent technical and institutional audits confirm how logs and case files actually work.
What this portal is not
- Not a substitute for emergency services
- Not the same as filing a formal criminal complaint with all legal effects
- Not investigative journalism (though journalists may later use public outcomes)
- Not this English website—you are reading an independent guide
Why people searched for English explainers
Diaspora readers, international journalists, and SEO mirrors often hit English domains first. Useful explainers translate the phrase, map the official URL, and warn about phishing clones that appear whenever a high-profile portal launches.
Continue with how to use the portal, criticism and debate, or return to the main overview.