Economy
Serbia and Uzbekistan strike strategic partnership in Belgrade
Uzbek President Mirziyoyev's first official visit to Belgrade produced 20 signed agreements on transport, energy, digitalisation, and labour mobility, alongside preparations for a free trade agreement and support for the Middle Corridor linking Central Asia to Europe.
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Europe News
Euroviews. How to stop Ratko Mladić’s death being politicised?
Respect for the dead is deeply rooted in the Balkans, writes Orhan Dragaš in an opinion piece for Euronews. Nevertheless, the Serbian state neither organised the funeral, in order to stop Mladić’s death beiing politicised. Even if the political cost of doing so is high.
Europe Today
AfD's win piles pressure on Merz as Ukraine scrambles to fund the war
Chancellor Merz faces growing pressure a day after the AfD's historic win in Saxony-Anhalt. Ukraine, meanwhile, faces a mounting economic challenge to keep funding its war against Russia, and in Serbia, thousands attended Ratko Mladić's pompous funeral yesterday
Serbia
Thousands attend Mladić's funeral in Serbia despite EU warnings
Serbian ministers attended despite earlier assurances no serving officials would be present, with Mladić's coffin arriving draped in the national flag and his medals on display. The EU said any glorification of convicted war criminals "has no place in the EU or in EU candidate countries".
Serbia
War criminal Mladić commemorated in Serbia amid state honours debate
Thousands are expected at Mladić's burial in Belgrade on Monday, which will proceed without serving officials, artillery salutes or ceremonial military presence. Brussels has said earlier any glorification would be "incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built".
