Serbia

Protests were held after Natalija Jovanovic, dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at Nis University, was attacked with a knife by a woman arrested; Jovanovic has been targeted repeatedly by authorities over her support for student-led protests and blockades

Saturday's demonstration in Belgrade was the largest ever organised against President Vučić in the four months of protest, with some 107.000 people arriving from all over Serbia; according to others, the number may have been three times as many

A large anti-government protest took place in parliament during the session in which the resignation of Prime Minister Miloš Vučević, announced at the end of January after three months of extensive protests across the country, was to be formalised

Serbia and Albania have officially secured the 2027 European U-21 Championship, despite significant criticism from Kosovo and Albania itself

As the authorities in Belgrade try to counter the ongoing protests, the Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering of the Ministry of Finance pressurised banks to hand over the account and transaction data of five well-known activists

The Prime Minister of Serbia, Miloš Vučević, resigned following three months of major citizens' protests against his government

Students and their supporters, including teachers' unions, blocked a major junction and part of the Belgrade-Zagreb motorway, as protests continue, sparked by the deaths caused by an infrastructure collapse at the Novi Sad railway station on 1 November

Like their parents challenging Milosevic’s regime in the 1990s, university students have taken to the streets to change what they see as the corruption, secrecy and deception endemic in the Serbian government; younger pupils have now joined protests

From 2025, public transport in Belgrade will be completely free of charge, said the mayor, Aleksandar Šapić, who called it 'the biggest public transport reform' with the aim of solving the traffic problem

MAN Truck&Bus stopped taking tyres from Chinese Linglong’s Serbian plant after reports alleging the exploitation and possible trafficking of Vietnamese and Indian workers; the company’s ultimate owner, Volkswagen, said it's trying to “clarify the facts”

A €720 million agreement has been signed with Chinese construction giant PowerChina to start the first phase of the Belgrade metro project, many times hampered by political indecision and financing difficulties

Nineteen days after the fatal train station infrastructure disaster in Novi Sad, Tomislav Momirovic, who was construction minister when the station was being revamped, submitted his resignation; he is the second minister offering to quit over the tragedy

Countering the brain drain of skilled youngsters will require much better support programmes for those who are willing to return, new report says, as people leave for economic issues but also because of corruption, political instability, lack of security