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The parliamentary committee, whose chairman is Ugljesa Mrdic, an official of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, refus...
01/12/2025

The parliamentary committee, whose chairman is Ugljesa Mrdic, an official of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, refused to accept the Supreme Public Prosecution Office's five-year reports and recommended that the parliament do the same.

Supreme

Regarding the local elections held in the Serbian municipalities of Mionica, Negotin and Secanj on Nov. 30, the European...
01/12/2025

Regarding the local elections held in the Serbian municipalities of Mionica, Negotin and Secanj on Nov. 30, the European Democratic Party has stated that President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic’s ruling Serbian Progressive Party “is increasingly isolated, holding on to power through violence, fear and voter manipulation.”

European

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic’s ruling Serbian Progressive Party has declared victory in all three municipalities...
01/12/2025

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic’s ruling Serbian Progressive Party has declared victory in all three municipalities where local elections took place on Nov. 30 – Mionica, Negotin and Secanj – while the opposition has stated that the vote was marred by numerous irregularities on the election day and those directly preceding it.

Progressives

The Serbian Government has over the past few months missed the opportunity to find a solution for oil and gas company Na...
28/11/2025

The Serbian Government has over the past few months missed the opportunity to find a solution for oil and gas company Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS), and is now taking a hit, both from the US and Russia, while it is obvious that Russia does not want to sell its controlling stake in the company as it guarantees Moscow political control over Belgrade, Austrian daily Der Standard has reported.

Austrian

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Oleksandr Lytvynenko as country’s new ambassador to Serbia, it has ...
28/11/2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Oleksandr Lytvynenko as country’s new ambassador to Serbia, it has been published on the president’s website.

Oleksandr

The employees of the Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) staged a protest in front of the Parli...
27/11/2025

The employees of the Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) staged a protest in front of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Nov. 27 over the ignoring of legal obligations, non-enforcement of the Law on the Public RTV System of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the systemic undermining of the only public media service at the state level.

Employees

The chief of the EU Delegation in Serbia, Andreas von Beckerath, welcomed on Nov. 27 the position of Serbian President A...
27/11/2025

The chief of the EU Delegation in Serbia, Andreas von Beckerath, welcomed on Nov. 27 the position of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and other government representatives about membership in the European Union remaining a strategic priority for the country, but said that the EU expected such statements to be accompanied by concrete action.

Andreas

Since the end of October, when Prime Minister Milojko Spajic's government temporarily introduced visas for Turkish citiz...
27/11/2025

Since the end of October, when Prime Minister Milojko Spajic's government temporarily introduced visas for Turkish citizens, almost 9,000 Turkish citizens have left Montenegro while 194 requests for visas filed by citizens of that country were approved, a Nov. 27 statement said.

Turkish

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said that it is important that Serbia and Hungary cooperate where the ene...
27/11/2025

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said that it is important that Serbia and Hungary cooperate where the energy situation is concerned and that the construction of a gas pipeline between the two countries needed to be expedited.

Szijjarto:

The police force’s refusal to aid the public prosecutor charged with investigating an incident in so-called Caciland is ...
27/11/2025

The police force’s refusal to aid the public prosecutor charged with investigating an incident in so-called Caciland is a sign that Serbia’s legal system is crumbling, attorney and former police inspector Goran Stupar said on Nov. 26.

Police

The upcoming local elections in three municipalities will be difficult for the ruling Serbian Progressive party because ...
27/11/2025

The upcoming local elections in three municipalities will be difficult for the ruling Serbian Progressive party because the tickets submitted by the country’s protesting university students hold the majority of voter support, Progressive leader Milos Vucevic said on Nov. 27.

Regime

Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Djuric stated on Nov. 26 that European integration was the strategic priority of countrie...
26/11/2025

Serbian Foreign Minister Marko Djuric stated on Nov. 26 that European integration was the strategic priority of countries of the Central European Initiative (CEI) – a platform for dialogue, support and learning from each other, since it rallied EU member countries and those which have not yet joined.

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