Privatising NIS has been a topic of hot controversy within Serbia, with many insisting that the vast enterprise could fetch a far higher price were it modernised before being placed on the market, and others reluctant to see it sold at all.
Privatizacija NIS-a bila je iznimno kontroverzna tema u Srbiji, pri čemu su mnogi tvrdili kako bi ogromno poduzeće moglo postići daleko višu cijenu kada bi prije prodaje bila provedena modernizacija, dok drugi uopće nisu bili skloni prodaji tvrtke.