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Hungarian oil company MOL will increase oil deliveries to Serbia, after the U.S. introduced sanctions against Serbian oi...
10/10/2025

Hungarian oil company MOL will increase oil deliveries to Serbia, after the U.S. introduced sanctions against Serbian oil company NIS, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Oct. 10.

Szijjarto

The United States of America has introduced sanctions against Serbian oil company Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) because...
10/10/2025

The United States of America has introduced sanctions against Serbian oil company Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) because it is owned or controlled by Russian oil company Gazprom Neft, the U.S. Department of State said in a news release late on Oct. 9.

State

In a Oct. 9 statement, U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper asserted that the security and stability of the Western Balk...
09/10/2025

In a Oct. 9 statement, U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper asserted that the security and stability of the Western Balkans is in everyone’s interest and that the world needs to be aware of the “full range of threats” the region is facing, “from Russian efforts to revive ethnic tensions, to vile people-smuggling gangs trading in human lives.”

U.K.

Serbia’s Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) oil and gas multinational announced on Oct. 9 that it did not receive an extensi...
09/10/2025

Serbia’s Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) oil and gas multinational announced on Oct. 9 that it did not receive an extension on the special license issued by the United States Department of Treasury which allowed the company to operate normally despite the sanctions officially imposed by the U.S. in January.

U.S.

One gets the impression that Serbia’s protesting university students have a very strong rationale for ignoring the oppos...
08/10/2025

One gets the impression that Serbia’s protesting university students have a very strong rationale for ignoring the opposition and calling on opposition parties to stand aside in the next parliamentary elections, Democratic Party vice president Branimir Jovancicevic said on Oct. 8.

Democrats:

The fact that the latest summit of the Slovenian-Croatian Brdo-Brioni Initiative was held in Durres shows just how isola...
08/10/2025

The fact that the latest summit of the Slovenian-Croatian Brdo-Brioni Initiative was held in Durres shows just how isolating Serbia’s foreign policy is, former diplomat and vice-president of the Serbia Center party Dusko Lopandic said on Oct. 8, explaining that Albania has so far hosted “at least ten” summits related to the EU or Balkans over the last year while Serbia has hosted none.

Opposition

The student ticket cannot defeat the regime even in a referendum-like atmosphere, because they cannot provide answers to...
07/10/2025

The student ticket cannot defeat the regime even in a referendum-like atmosphere, because they cannot provide answers to some crucial national questions, according to New Democratic Party of Serbia leader Milos Jovanovic.

New

Political violence monitoring, performed by citizens’ association Kareja Corruption Research Institute in September, rec...
07/10/2025

Political violence monitoring, performed by citizens’ association Kareja Corruption Research Institute in September, recorded 97 instances of political violence, most of which in Novi Sad, Cacak and Bogatic.

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Misa Baculov, a councilor of the Be a Hero movement in the Novi Sad City Assembly, said on Oct. 6 he was worried for his...
06/10/2025

Misa Baculov, a councilor of the Be a Hero movement in the Novi Sad City Assembly, said on Oct. 6 he was worried for his family’s safety after TV Pink broadcast a video the night before showing him walking past the city’s railway station three hours before the station canopy collapsed.

Baculov

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Oct. 6 that at the meeting held within the Brdo-Brioni Process in Albania, to...
06/10/2025

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Oct. 6 that at the meeting held within the Brdo-Brioni Process in Albania, together with the leaders of other Western Balkan countries, he confirmed joint commitment to European integration and the region’s European path.

Vucic

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Oct. 5 that Serbia will most likely hold parliamentary elections in December ...
06/10/2025

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Oct. 5 that Serbia will most likely hold parliamentary elections in December 2026, but that an earlier date is possible.

Vucic:

On Oct. 6, the leaders of the Western Balkans will meet in Durres, Albania, for the latest summit of the Brdo-Brioni Ini...
06/10/2025

On Oct. 6, the leaders of the Western Balkans will meet in Durres, Albania, for the latest summit of the Brdo-Brioni Initiative. The main topic will be the region’s European future, with a special emphasis on the EU’s Growth Plan for the Western Balkans.

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