Europe Serbia The plan to introduce 8.100 cameras in Belgrade and other cities by the Interior Ministry has concerned both civil rights and cybersecurity experts; the move, banned in EU, stirs fears they will be a used to target opposition, activists, journalists
Europe Serbia 150 Indian migrant workers hired in 2019 to work on mega construction and infrastructure projects in the country are continuing to fight for their wages
Europe Serbia Following the large environmental protests, the government has offered to withdraw the contested Expropriation Law and amend the Referendum Law but some groups still call for stronger guarantees that Rio Tinto’s lithium mine won't be granted permission
Europe Serbia Thousands of people blocked roads in an anti-government protest against two new laws that environmentalists say will allow foreign companies to exploit local resources, polluting national soil and waters
Europe Serbia The Serbian Post Office has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Turkish Post Office in the areas of e-commerce and money transfers, an important opportunity for the country to tap into Turkey's lucrative e-commerce market
Europe Serbia To celebrate qualification for the 2022 World Cup, the national team players have donated their €1 million bonus for the care of sick children in their country; the bonus had been guaranteed to them in the event of qualification by President Vucic
Europe Serbia A newly built wastewater treatment plant in the town of Kruševac is producing biogas, extracting energy from sludge, a new approach for a country that still discharges most of its wastewater directly into rivers
Europe Serbia The disused 1930s-era Hotel Belgrade in the Serbian capital is being used by contemporary artists to show their works as part of this year’s Art Weekend Belgrade
Europe Serbia The president has defended the right to buy weapons from any supplier, adding that the country will continue to arm itself with Russian, Chinese and other weapons, despite fears that the recent military build-up could lead to greater tension in the region
Europe Serbia Barry Callebaut Group, Zurich-based, has inaugurated a chocolate factory in the northern city of Novi Sad with an investment of €55 million and grants of €14,2 million from the Serbian government
Europe Serbia Tensions on the border with Kosovo are rising, with ethnic Serbs in the Kosovo border town protesting against restrictions on the entry of vehicles with Serbian plates
Europe Serbia The country has celebrated a new national day of unity, accompanied by a demonstration of the country's military strength, generating concerns from neighbors in the Western Balkans, since similar calls had led to the wars in the 1990s
Europe Serbia President Aleksandar Vučić attacked Twitter after several Serbian media outlets under his control were labelled as "state-affiliated", calling it a serious censorship and challenged Twitter to close his account on the platform