Thousands protest ‘culture of violence’ in Serbia
Thousands of demonstrators took to Belgrade’s streets on Saturday in the fifth protest against what they claim to be escalating violence spurred on by the country’s ruling party. The movement called...
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Unrest threatens Kosovo Serbs’‘Last Bastion’
Leposavić, KOSOVO — North Kosovo’s “Last Bastion” is still standing. Just. “I don’t feel safe,” says Vlado, the bar’s owner as he gazes from the patio toward several rifle-toting American soldiers...
View ArticleSerbia frees Kosovo police officers but tensions persist
LUXEMBOURG — Three Kosovo police officers who were detained for almost two weeks in Serbia have been released, in a development that could help jump-start stalled talks between the two Western Balkan...
View ArticleSerbian president turns to Russia amid rising tensions with Kosovo after...
Serbia has turned to its longtime ally Russia after Kosovo accused it of orchestrating an attack in an ethnic Serbian-majority region of northern Kosovo on Sunday. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić...
View ArticleUS envoy says Kosovo attack ‘coordinated and sophisticated’
The United States has concluded that a weekend attack by suspected Serbian militia in northern Kosovo, leaving one officer and three gunmen dead, was intended to destabilize the region and is warning...
View ArticleKosovo president blames Serbia for monastery attack
Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani blamed Serbia and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić for the shootout in northern Kosovo that left a policeman and three gunmen dead over the weekend. “Kosovo is under...
View ArticleNATO bolsters forces in Kosovo as US urges Serbia to withdraw from border
NATO said on Friday it is increasing its peacekeeping presence in northern Kosovo as a result of escalating tensions with neighboring Serbia, as the U.S. called on Serbia to withdraw a military...
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Kosovo attack: Who benefits?
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe. The European Union and the United States have been trying to persuade Serbia and Kosovo to end their enmity and normalize relations for more than a...
View ArticleSanction Serbia’s Vučić or I won’t meet him, Kosovo’s president says
GRANADA, Spain — Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani flatly refused to meet with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić at a summit on Thursday, instead calling for the EU to first sanction Vučić. “There’s no...
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Hamas’ gift to Vladimir Putin
Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor and Christian Oliver is head of news at POLITICO Europe. Hamas’ brutal assault against Israel came on Vladimir Putin’s birthday. Such a catastrophic security shock in...
View ArticleSerbia’s president calls snap elections for December 17
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić on Friday announced he was calling for snap parliamentary elections on December 17, which will be the third time voters in the country head to the polls in three...
View ArticleInto the honey pot: Serbia and China ink free trade deal
Serbia and China signed a free trade deal on Tuesday, bringing the two countries closer together at a time when much of Europe is seeking to “de-risk” trading ties with China. Serbian President...
View ArticleEU ‘lacked momentum’ on Balkan enlargement, says Serbia’s Europe minister
BRUSSELS — The EU waited too long to bring countries from the Western Balkans into its orbit, according to Serbia’s Europe minister. Belgrade’s point person on EU integration, Tanja Miščević, said...
View ArticleGermany’s Baerbock chides Orbán and Serbia in fiery remarks
LJUBLJANA — German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday urged Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to drop his vetoes on launching EU enlargement talks with Ukraine and approving fresh cash...
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United opposition poses stern test for Vučić in Serbia’s election
BELGRADE — Serbian firebrand President Aleksandar Vučić’s penchant for perpetually calling elections looks liable to come back and bite him, as a united opposition is mounting an unexpectedly stern...
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Vučić’s key to Serbia election victory: Media capture
BELGRADE — It was a lunch for three — washed down with bottles of yoghurt — that supposedly cost only 585 dinars (€5). Huddled around a table with two cabinet ministers, President Aleksandar Vučić...
View ArticleVučić tightens grip in Serbian election marred by fraud claims
BELGRADE — Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić looks set to tighten his grip on power — with early exit polling suggesting a sweeping election win for his ruling party — although his government is...
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Serbian opposition protest election fraud
BELGRADE ― Opponents of Serbia’s illiberal President Aleksandar Vučić, who claimed a win in Sunday’s elections amid allegations of major irregularities and voter fraud, have declared a hunger strike...
View ArticleSerbia cracks down on protests amid ‘election fraud’ outcry
Dozens of people have been detained during mass protests in Serbia amid claims that elections earlier this month were rigged in favor of the ruling party. Thousands gathered outside a police station...
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Serbian protesters ramp up claims of stolen election
BELGRADE — Young people and students, switching between playing football and lively dancing at a street crossing at noon in Belgrade, might fool a bystander into thinking they are just out to have a...
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Democracy is in peril in the world’s bonanza year of elections
Is 2024 the year when democracy hits a tipping point and slides toward autocracy? It may seem like an odd question to ask at a time when countries representing nearly half the world’s population, or...
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How the West lost the plot on Serbia
Dragan Đilas is the president of the Party of Freedom and Justice and a member of the Serbia Against Violence coalition. He served as the mayor of Belgrade (2008–2013) and the president of the...
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Serbian PM: We will continue on the reform path
Ana Brnabić is the prime minister of Serbia. As a direct response to calls from Serbia’s opposition for snap elections at the parliamentary and local levels, my country held early elections on...
View ArticleSenior politicians urge Ursula von der Leyen to probe Serbian election
More than 20 senior European foreign affairs politicians have called on Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to investigate allegations of fraud in December’s election in Serbia. “We call on the...
View ArticleSerbian opposition warns of ‘dictatorship’ as European Parliament urges...
The European Parliament adopted a strong resolution on Serbia on Thursday calling for an investigation into the election held in December and threatening to stop EU funding if Serbia doesn’t implement...
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The next stop on Tucker Carlson’s European tour? Serbia
Tucker Carlson’s European tour ain’t over. After a whirlwind eight days in Moscow — which the ex-Fox News host described as “much nicer than any city in my country” — he’ll soon jet off to another...
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How the US broke Kosovo and what that means for Ukraine
How the US broke Kosovo and what that means for Ukraine Washington’s track record suggests it’s better at fighting wars than dealing with what follows. By MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIGin Pristina, Kosovo...
View ArticleBosnian Serb leader Dodik bows to Putin
Milorad Dodik, president of the Serbian part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kazan in southwest Russia on Wednesday, where the two leaders expressed mutual good...
View ArticleSerbia rebukes Croatia minister for calling Vučić a Russian ‘satellite’
Serbia on Sunday protested to the Croatian embassy in Belgrade after Croatia’s foreign minister called Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić a Russian “satellite.” Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan...
View ArticleSerbia election featured stuffed ballot boxes, watchdog says
Serbia’s recent local and parliamentary elections were marred by serious irregularities including vote buying, voter migration and ballot box stuffing, a watchdog has reported. The increasingly...
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Russia using Serbian agent to infiltrate EU bodies, Western intel says
Russian intelligence is using a Serbian agent to infiltrate EU institutions and to spread pro-Kremlin talking points about its invasion of Ukraine, according to a Western intelligence briefing seen by...
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