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Serbia

  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    Serbia pledges lithium to European carmakers

    Despite Chinese interest, president says he is ‘loyal’ to EU as he hosts German chancellor in Belgrade

    Aleksandar Vučić
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    The Big Read
    The European country playing off the US, Russia, China and Europe

    Serbia is forging close ties with Donald Trump’s team even as it attempts to pursue a middle course in a multipolar world

    Aleksandar Vučić, the Serbian flag and ruined buildings
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    ReviewHistory books
    Serbia and Albania: precarious states in a volatile neighbourhood

    Two impressive new histories about the Balkan neighbours show how the traumas of the past have left deep traces in the present

  • Saturday, 22 June, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Serbia turns blind eye to its ammunition ending up in Ukraine

    Moscow-friendly Belgrade exported about €800mn of shells to western allies since 2022

    Ukrainian soldiers in Avdiivka
  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    Lithium
    Serbia set to give green light to Rio Tinto lithium mine

    Exploitation of one of the world’s largest deposits of the metal would boost Europe’s electric vehicle industry

  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    Art Basel 2024
    Balkan artists step into the spotlight

    Aside from big names such as Marina Abramović, the region is little known globally, making it ripe for collectors

    An elegant hotel’s façade, featuring tall windows, floral motifs and an iron balcony, features signs reading ‘HOTEL MERIAN’ and ‘CAFE SPITZ’ and is illuminated by a two illuminated five-pointed stars
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    US and EU ‘too soft’ on Serbia, Kosovo PM says

    Albin Kurti says western capitals should give Belgrade a deadline to adopt sanctions against Russia

    Albin Kurti
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    EU-China relations
    Xi lashes out at Nato over 1999 Belgrade bombing ahead of Serbia visit

    Chinese president cites ties ‘forged with blood’ as he looks for allies during first European trip in 5 years

    The two leaders holding glasses of white wine
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Serbia appoints two ministers under US sanctions for Russia ties

    Belgrade defies west days before visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping

    Members of the Serbian parliament sing the national anthem after Miloš Vučević was confirmed as the new prime minister this week
  • Sunday, 14 April, 2024
    Serbia to buy French fighter jets in pivot away from Russia

    One of Moscow’s strongest allies in the Balkans is purchasing more European and US weapons

    Rafale fighter jets
  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    Kosovo
    Kosovo defies western pressure that it delay Serbian currency ban

    Pristina set to impose monetary measure on February 1 despite risk of more ethnic tensions

    A worker counting Serbian dinar banknotes
  • Wednesday, 31 January, 2024
    Europe Express
    EU leaders demand bloc get serious about ‘life and death’ support to Ukraine Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Why is Serbia considering reinstating military conscription?

  • Saturday, 13 January, 2024
    Europe Express
    Why is the EU soft on Serbia? Premium content

    Democratic backsliding and warm ties with Russia seem less important to Brussels than co-operation on migration

    Anti-government protests in Serbia
  • Friday, 12 January, 2024
    Serbian politician’s plight casts shadow on Vučić regime

    Nikola Sandulović says he was arrested and beaten after apologising for his country’s crimes in Kosovo

  • Tuesday, 26 December, 2023
    Serbia opposition plans further protests against ‘stolen’ election

    Demonstrators take to the streets and accuse President Aleksandar Vučić of voter fraud

    Opposition supporters march in Belgrade
  • Tuesday, 19 December, 2023
    EU demands Serbia reforms after reports of election fraud

    Thousands protest in Belgrade after President Aleksandar Vučić secures parliamentary majority

    pposition supporters protest outside the Electoral Committee building in Belgrade:
  • Monday, 18 December, 2023
    Vučić triumphs in Serbian election as opposition crumbles

    Ruling SNS party wins majority as defeated opponents allege fraud in Belgrade result

    Aleksandar Vučić, centre, surrounded by supporters at the Serbian Progressive Party’s headquarters after the general election in Belgrade, Serbia on December 17 2023
  • Saturday, 16 December, 2023
    Serbian opposition challenges Vučić’s grip on power in snap vote

    Sunday’s parliamentary and local elections were triggered by mass protests against pro-Russian president

    A banner bearing the image of Aleksandar Vučić
  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
    Kosovo
    West has no ‘backbone’ in Kosovo-Serbia dispute, says British MP

    Alicia Kearns compares western tiptoeing around Belgrade with failed attempts to appease Vladimir Putin

    British MP Alicia Kearns at the Conservative party conference in Manchester, England, in October 2023
  • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
    Tony Barber
    Serbia is a poor fit for EU enlargement plans

    Democratic backsliding and a foreign policy close to Russia cast doubt on whether Belgrade really wants to join the club

    Aleksandar Vucic sitting at his desk looking down at documents
  • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
    Europe Express
    Why Ursula von der Leyen needs the Balkans to believe in EU membership Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Giorgia Meloni’s awkward phone prank

    Ursula von der Leyen attends a meeting with members of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s tripartite presidency in Sarajevo
  • Friday, 27 October, 2023
    Kosovo
    EU leaders fail to mediate between Kosovo and Serbia

    Impasse in talks to normalise relations between Balkan neighbours raises fears of another conflict

    There are four police officers with guns. One, in the centre of the image, holds up a walkie-talkie
  • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
    Europe Express
    Kosovo’s premier slams Serbia ahead of fresh round of talks Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: EU wants to kick-start investments to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative

    Albin Kurti
  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    Kosovo
    Nato needs to re-establish control of northern Kosovo, says Albanian PM

    Edi Rama calls on western leaders to solve ‘never-ending madness’ among Balkan countries

    Two armed police can be seen through the bars of a damaged gate
  • Saturday, 30 September, 2023
    Kosovo
    Serbia will not send military forces into Kosovo, Vučić insists

    Belgrade denies US claims of ‘unprecedented’ build-up of troops and arms on border

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