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

Serbia's national broadcaster, RTS, has officially opened nominations for songs to represent the country at the next Eurovision 2025; submission window will remain open until 1 November 2024

President Vucic declared in June that Serbia could start mining lithium as early as 2028 thanks to new guarantees from Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto; opponents have promised protests if lithium mining goes ahead

The authorities have adopted invasive surveillance practices and facial recognition technologies to monitor political opponents, civic activists and journalists who critic the status quo, reads a report by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network

Activists gathered in Belgrade to urge the Serbian authorities to grant legal recognition to victims of sexual violence in war, emphasising that rape is an act of genocide and a form of hatred towards women