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

Drought has reduced the Danube to a record-low level, forcing Serbia to significantly reduce electricity generation from its main hydroelectric plants

Financial pressure are becoming the biggest challenge for small, independent media in Serbia, journalists say; the issue adds to forms of intimidation, spurious lawsuits, and physical assault that independent newsrooms endure

Serbia's griffon vultures are making a remarkable comeback thanks to decades of conservation work; One foundation allows citizens to adopt birds, and to give it a name, and support their protection

Extensive injuries sustained in a police crackdown on anti-government protesters in Valjevo in August 2025 show the use of force was often ‘punitive’, not an immediate response to danger, according to a report compiled by forensic medicine experts