Europe Serbia A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe identified a number of irregularities and shortcomings in the electoral process during the 3 April parliamentary and presidential elections in Serbia
Europe Serbia Drones will be used to follow and monitor the new high-speed trains on the Belgrade - Novi Sad line; they have been introduced this spring after a series of stonings
Europe Serbia Aleksandar Vučić was sworn in for a second term as president during a special session of Parliament, which was not attended by the opposition on Tuesday as the final election results have not yet been declared
Europe Serbia Around 900.000 Serbian tourists are expected to visit Greece in 2022; the estimates comes during meetings of Serbian tour operators with the Greek Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias
Europe Serbia A public e-bike system in Belgrade will be installed and operated by New York-based micro-mobility company Helbiz
Europe Serbia After a meeting with Stellantis CEO, President Vucić said the FIAT Chrysler car factory in the capital will be modified to start producing electric cars in early 2024 with an investment of €190 million with the government securing €48 million of the total
Europe Serbia President Vucic recently unveiled a new memorial dedicated to the victims of the concentration camps established by the independent state of Croatia, an ally of the Nazis, during the Second World War
Europe Serbia Just under half of Serbian citizens support EU membership, while only one in five have a positive opinion of the EU, Serbia's leading polling expert Srdjan Bogosavljević confirmed, citing a survey completed in March
Europe Serbia The Adriatic oil pipeline JANAF will suspend oil deliveries to the oil corporation Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS), will block Serbia's oil refinery and a petrochemical complex, Petrohemija near Belgrade, in protest against NIS majority shareholder Gazprom
Europe Serbia The country has refused to join the US and EU in imposing wide-ranging sanctions against Moscow for its aggression in Ukraine, thus earning a praise by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
Europe Serbia European Anti-Torture Committee report, published on 10th March, notes ‘number of credible and consistent allegations of physical ill-treatment of detained persons by police officers’ and urges Serbia to take action
Europe Serbia The country fully supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine but will look after its own interests and not impose sanctions on Russia, Serbian President Vucic said at a press conference on 26 February
Europe Serbia 80% of urban waste, 2,4 million tonnes out of 2,9 million per year, ends up in unhealthy and illegal landfills, not equipped to prevent the spread of the pollution they generate, with obvious impact on citizens' health