Serbia

EC President Von der Leyen in her visit to Belgrade underlined Serbia must show progress on the rule of law, the electoral framework and media freedom to join the bloc

The number of Russians granted Serbian citizenship under discretionary government powers has shot up since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine; at least five of them are under Western sanctions

Serbia produces the ‘dirtiest’ electricity in Europe; according to latest study, it has overtaken Poland in carbon intensity, a figure showing how much carbon dioxide a country emits for each kilowatt-hour of electricity generated

The former n.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has reportedly flew to Athens with his family and would be preparing to move to Greece after Vučić's government criticised him for supporting student protests calling for new elections, labelling him a "traitor"

Unrest escalated across Serbia, with ruling party supporters clashing violently with student-led protesters and trying to attack journalists, while in Valjevo demonstrators set fire to a ruling Progressive Party office and attacked City Hall

Igor Popovic, official of the Serbian government’s for Kosovo, has been handed 6 month in jail and a two-year ban from Kosovo for 'inciting ethnic hatred' as he called the Kosovo Liberation Army a 'terrorist organisation'; he plead guilty to charges

A group of UN human rights experts called on government to stop all forms of retaliation and intimidation against protesters, concerned over Serbia’s intensifying crackdown on students, professors, human rights defenders, civil society actors and citizens

Over 70 wildfires have been extinguished in a single week, as heatwaves intensify across the Balkans; the 2025 wildfire season is testing both the region’s emergency responses and long-term planning, coordination and political will

Police in Belgrade worked to remove roadblocks set up by protesters over the weekend, while protesters moved to reinstall them, amid continuing civil disobedience caused by anger at arrests of eight people accused of plotting to “overthrow the state”

The first local elections held after the start of students' protests drew national attention despite involving less than 1% of Serbia electorate: they are an indicator of shifting public opinion; ruling SNS in Kosjeric SNS won by 51 votes on 10.000

To end months of protests, Serbia’s government latest move is to undermine the cohesion of university professors and their students, as well as to divide the professors themselves

Students in Belgrade called off their two-week blockade of Serbia's public broadcaster, RTS, after the authorities agreed to scrap – and restart – the competition for members of the council in charge of electronic media