Europe Serbia Police raids on opposition party's offices and University of Belgrade rectorate have respectively sparked a wave of indignation and clashes with security forces outside the athenaeum
Europe Serbia Standard and Poor's credit rating agency has kept Serbia’s ‘Stable’, citing an economic outlook at the investment-grade level but underlining that political polarisation and protests may affect its appeal to investors
Europe Serbia After images of Chinese supersonic surface-attack cruise missiles attached to Serbian fighter jets started to circulate on social media and defence blogs, Serbia’s president confirmed late that the country possesses such weapons 'to start defend itself'
Europe Serbia Protesters and journalists gathered in front of National Theatre in Novi Sad say they were attacked by hooded assailants; demonstration coincided with a state ceremony with senior officials celebrating 200 years of cultural institution Matica Srpska
Europe Serbia The Russian personalized mRNA cancer vaccines will be available to patients in Serbia starting in 2026, said Minister without portfolio Nenad Popovic speaking from Moscow following meetings with Russian Health Minister
Europe Serbia After police entered Novi Sad University to oust a blockade by teachers and students against the sacking of a professor who supported anti-government protests, academics accused the authorities of violating university autonomy
Europe Serbia Criminal proceedings against former Serbian Construction Minister over the Novi Sad railway station disaster have been dropped due to a lack of evidence; the collapse of the newly inaugurated structure triggered mass protest staged throughout 2025
Europe Serbia In a year marked by anti-government protests in Serbia, there have been multiple reports of police taking phones from people detained or even questioned, with or without consent, though police need a court order to confiscate someone’s phone without
Europe Serbia Pancevo refinery of NIS Serbian Oil Industry, mainly Russian-owned, is suspending production due to a lack of crude oil as a result of US sanctions imposed over Russia for the war with Ukraine; NIS will continue to supply domestic market
Europe Serbia A special law will declare "relevant for the Republic" the redevelopment of former Yugoslav Army General Headquarters in Belgrade, a landmark socialist-era building bombed by NATO in 1999; the project is already linked to Jared Kushner's investment firm
Europe Serbia Tens of thousands packed the streets of Novi Sad at a mass gathering to mark the anniversary of the railway station disaster, which left 16 dead, and then staged a major anti-government protest
Europe 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
Europe Serbia 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