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Serbian president praises Russian arms shipment amid regional tensions

President Aleksandar Vučić welcomed a shipment of anti-tank missiles from Russia, yet another delivery of several from the aspiring EU member's Eastern ally.

Albania

Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia hold talks at Open Balkan Summit

Leaders from Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia met in Tirana to discuss and agree on furthering their Open Balkan initiative to promote political and economic ties.

Serbia

Activists protest in Belgrade over plans to mine lithium in Serbia

Mining giant Rio Tinto wants to extract the metal, which is a vital component in electric cars, laptops, and phone batteries.

Serbia

Serbia suspends plans for lithium mine after environmental protests

Activists have said that lithium excavation could inflict lasting ecological damage on rivers and farmland in the region.

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Serbia

Serbia a step closer to EU membership but Kosovo relations remain key

Much still depends on Serbia normalising relations with Kosovo.

Hungary

Seven dead after migrant-carrying vehicle slams into shop at speed

The vehicle had fled a police check. It later hit a flower shop at full speed and turned over. The impact partially destroyed a wall.

Serbia

Heavy snowfall wreaks havoc in Serbia and much of Balkans

Heavy snowfall covered Belgrade and much of the Balkans on Sunday, disrupting transportation and cancelling flights.

Serbia

Protesters block roads in Serbia over lithium mining

The protesters halted traffic in Belgrade and other cities and towns in Serbia despite the government agreeing to key demands of the organisers.

World News

Euroviews. A factory showed the uglier face of Sino-Serbian partnership | View

Last month, the treatment of Vietnamese workers building Serbia's first Chinese tyre factory caused a scandal. The government must uphold the rule of law no matter how attractive the investment, writes Vuk Vuksanovic of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP).

Serbia

Serbia moves to defuse protests over Rio Tinto lithium mine

For two consecutive weekends, thousands of protesters in Belgrade and other Serbian towns have blocked main roads and bridges to decry the planned lithium mine near Loznica, close to the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Christmas in Serbia, Eastern Europe’s most exciting winter wonderland

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With its snow-capped mountains, thermal hot springs and hearty meat stews, Serbia, the landlocked heart of the Balkans, is best experienced in the winter months.

Serbia

This 'liquid tree' in Belgrade is fighting back against air pollution

It contains six hundred litres of water and uses microalgae to bind carbon dioxide and produce pure oxygen through photosynthesis.

Serbia

Four ex-Serbian officers convicted of 1999 journalist's murder

The four men were sentenced to a total of 100 years in prison for their involvement in the killing.

My Europe Series

Long-lost Yugoslav artworks returned to Bosnia by a Serbian collector

More than 30 World War II-era artworks that were stolen from a museum in Jajce, in central Bosnia, finally found their way back home after a collector purchased them at a Vienna flea market.

Climate

Serbs protest in Belgrade over air pollution problems

Protesters blew whistles and carried homemade banners to raise awareness of the pollution problems facing their cities.

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Want to meet a 10,000 year old man? Head to Serbia's Pavilion in Dubai

My Europe Series

In Belgrade, a mural of war criminal Ratko Mladić has a city divided

A street corner in the centre of Serbia's capital featuring a mural guarded by volunteers poses the question of whether the country's society and its politicians have the strength to deal with its wartime past.

Serbia

At least two workers killed in explosions at Serbian munitions factory

The deadly blasts occurred at a factory near Belgrade that produces rocket fuel and several other munitions.

Serbia

Rights groups in Serbia fear workers at Chinese factory were trafficked

Vietnamese workers at the first Chinese car tyre factory in Europe are shivering in barracks without heat, going hungry and have no money.

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Croatia commemorates 30th Anniversary of fall of Vukovar

Croatian citizens pay respect to the victims of military aggression on the town of Vukovar in 1991 – a three-month siege by Yugoslav troops and Serb paramilitaries, which ended by the fall of the town on 18 November 1991, 30 years ago.

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