Serbia politics

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Vučić gains strategic support from France for Serbia's EU path

Macron and Vučić held talks in Paris focusing on Serbia's democratic path, economic interests and regional stability.

10/04/2025

Europe News

What will a new defence pact in southeast Europe mean for the region?

The military deal signed by Albania, Croatia and Kosovo has angered Serbia at a time of growing concern over defence capabilities across the continent.

25/03/2025

Europe News

Teen dies from injuries four months after awning collapse in Serbia

The teenager is now the 16th fatality in the tragic collapse of a concrete awning at a train station in northern Serbia.

22/03/2025

Europeans' Stories

Student Protests in Serbia: A crossroad for the European Union?

Serbia remains immersed in a deep political crisis before the perplexed gaze of the EU caught in the crossfire between the strategic need to keep supporting a candidate country for EU membership, and the realisation that many principles of law here are still very far from European standards.

19/03/2025

Europe News

Over 100,000 people participate in anti-corruption rally in Belgrade

At least 100,000 people swarmed the streets of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, for a major anti-corruption rally on Saturday.

16/03/2025

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Tens of thousands attend anti-government protest in Serbia's capital

Tens of thousands of Serbians from across the country - most of them students - held a major anti-government rally in Belgrade on Saturday.

15/03/2025

Europe News

Additional EUFOR peacekeeper troops arrive in Bosnia amid tensions

The EU announced plans to send peacekeepers to Bosnia after the nation's top court suspended laws adopted by its ethnic-Serb majority regional entity.

12/03/2025

Europe News

Serbia's parliament erupts into chaos as opposition MPs set off flares

Serbia's parliamentary session in Belgrade on Tuesday briefly turned violent after opposition MPs set off flares following a short brawl, leading to injuries. Speaker of Parliament Brnabić urged MPs to resume work.

04/03/2025

Kosovo

Kosovars to head to polls amid ailing economy and ethnic tensions

Whatever the result of Sunday's election, the next government will have to tackle increasing poverty and counter the threats of renewed ethnic violence in the country's north.

07/02/2025

Europe News

Serbian students blockade bridges in Serbia's second-largest city

Weeks of student-led protests, the largest in Serbia in decades, continue to mount a challenge to the Western Balkan country's President Aleksandar Vučić.

01/02/2025

Europe News

PM's resignation could lead to snap election, Serbian president says

President Vučić rejected a transitional government after Prime Minister Vučević's resignation to calm tensions following anti-corruption protests sparked by a deadly awning collapse.

29/01/2025

Europe News

Driver rams car into protesters as Serbian students lead strike

Protesters have blocked traffic daily across Serbia to protest the deaths of 15 people killed when a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station in November.

25/01/2025

Europe News

Protesters accuse Serbia's state TV of pro-government bias

The demonstration, one of the biggest in years, is part of wider protests that have taken place across the country after a concrete canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station last November, killing 15 people.

18/01/2025

Serbia

Student hit by car at anti-government protest in Belgrade

The uprising of tens of thousands of young Serbs outraged at corruption and civil liberties violations is a growing challenge to Aleksandar Vučić's government.

16/01/2025

Europe News

Serbia's student strikes demand accountability from government

University classes have been suspended for weeks with students demanding accountability for the collapse of a concrete canopy at Novi Sad railway station in November that killed 15 people.

13/01/2025

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Serbian students block access to universities

Today, more than thirty public faculties at four Serbian universities were blocked by students, while the demonstrations continue to intensify.

11/12/2024

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Fistfights in Serbia's parliament over awning collapse at rail station

Scuffles and fistfights broke out between the ruling party and opposition lawmakers in Serbia’s parliament on Monday, weeks after a deadly awning collapse at a rail station sparked tensions in the Balkan state.

26/11/2024

Serbia

Thousands march in Serbian capital demanding prime minister resigns

Surveillance camera footage of the collapse showed the massive canopy on the outer wall of the station building crashing down on the people sitting below on benches or going in and out. Government officials have promised full accountability.

11/11/2024

Serbia

Thousands protest in Novi Sad over fatal rail station awning collapse

Demonstrators gathered in Serbia's second-largest city and regional capital on Tuesday evening after a rail station awning collapse killed 14 people, demanding accountability from officials.

05/11/2024

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? Instability in Georgia overshadows EU enlargement

In this edition, we discuss how Georgian authorities have been moving the country away from the European Union and how the Western Balkans feel about an EU growth plan.

02/11/2024