Milance caught boys stealing plums, gave them jam
Nikola Trajkovic shared a childhood memory: the singer caught him in his yard in Mala Mostanica, then handed him a jar of homemade plum jam to take home.
- Influencer Nikola Trajkovic posted a childhood memory about singer Milance Radosavljevic on X on July 24, 2026, and Serbian outlets picked it up on July 28.
- He and his friend Stefan were stealing plums from the singer's yard in Mala Mostanica, and instead of a telling off they were handed a jar of homemade jam to take home.
- Radosavljevic is still active on the scene and has sold out his third concert at Tasmajdan.
- The post drew attention from social media users, and Trajkovic called it one of the nicest memories from his childhood.
Nikola Trajkovic posted a short childhood memory on his X account on July 24, 2026, and by July 28 it had travelled across Serbian news portals. There is no scandal in it and no feud, just two boys, someone else’s yard and a loaded plum tree.
“This man has a house in Mala Mostanica and when Stefan and I stole plums from his yard, he caught us and gave us plum jam to take home,” Trajkovic wrote, adding that it is one of the nicer things he remembers from childhood.
The man in the story is Milance Radosavljevic, a singer who has spent decades tying his name to the Serbian countryside and to songs he writes himself. Mala Mostanica, a settlement outside Belgrade, is where he keeps a house and where, by Trajkovic’s account, the scene now circulating online took place.
Why did a single post on X become news?
Because it fits none of the usual show business patterns. Readers are used to posts about arguments, lawsuits, divorces and expensive cars. Here the point is a jar of jam.
Trajkovic described the scene without dressing it up. They were children, caught in the act, and they expected the reaction most neighbours would have had. Instead of shouting, they got a gift. That twist is what separated the post from the daily noise on social media and why outlets picked it up four days later.
Users responded to the story with praise for the singer. A childhood memory told in a couple of sentences worked better than any press release could have.
One small detail tends to get lost in the retelling. In the original post Trajkovic says “plum jam”, not the thicker Serbian pekmez that most headlines used. The culinary difference is minor, but the wording is his and that is how he recorded it.
Who is Milance Radosavljevic
Radosavljevic built his career without show business excess and describes himself as a musician and entertainer rather than a star. He composes his own songs and regularly points to that as a matter of personal pride.
He is 82 today and still working. He has sold out his third concert at Tasmajdan, a figure that says plenty about how audiences still respond to his name. At the first performance in that run, as he has said before, he broke down in tears several times.
He is also known for never leaving the village he lives in, despite having had chances to run his career differently. By his own account, he helped neighbours with repairs around their homes and never asked for money in return.
Show business is measured in clicks, and clicks usually follow conflict. That is what makes this case interesting, because the opposite happened. A story with no insult in it, no named opponent and no accusation reached the front pages purely because it was human.
Trajkovic did not post anything that could be called an exclusive. He posted a memory. And a memory of a neighbour who catches you stealing and then packs you off with a jar is clearly something a great many people recognise as their own.
That leaves the obvious question. Would you have reacted the way Milance did, or would you have chased the boys picking your plums straight out of the yard?
