Posts Tagged ‘Serbia’

Violent Riots Erupt in Serbia on Christmas Day after ‘Unfair Elections’

Shielded riot police barricaded themselves inside Belgrade’s city hall as they fired tear gas at hundreds of opposition supporters who were trying to enter the building. The demonstrators had gathered in the Serbian capital on Sunday as they called for the annulment of parliamentary and local elections which took place last weekend. International observers said […]

Climate change takes its toll in Serbia as crops suffer after extreme heat follows flooding

Serbian farmers are feeling the effects of climate change on this year’s crops as extreme heat follows flooding. Source

Girl wounded in Belgrade school attack dies, bringing death toll to 10 in Serbia mass shooting

The shooting happened in an elementary school in central Belgrade when a 13-year-old boy took his father’s gun and opened fire Source

At Least 8 Dead in Second Mass Shooting in Serbia in a Week

At least eight people were killed, and 13 others injured in a shooting in the Serbian villages of Dubona and Sepsin on Friday. Serbian media reported that the shooter, identified as Uros B., 21, had an argument with a police officer of the same age in a schoolyard, took a firearm from home, and shot […]

EU-brokered deal between Serbia and Kosovo is based on a gentleman’s agreement

The deal made between Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti in Ohrid is based on a gentleman’s agreement because the Serbian party did not sign the document. Source

Serbia-Kosovo tensions simmer despite leaders’ tacit approval of EU plan

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that “more work is needed” and that the two countries’ leaders would meet again next month. Source

‘No blackmail’: Kosovo PM defies Western pressure over Serbia relations

Leaned on by US and European allies, Kosovo’s leader warned on Wednesday he would not give in to “blackmail” over a possible pact with their old enemy. Source

Christmas and Epiphany are marked in Ukraine, Serbia and Czechia

Christmas and Epiphany are marked in Ukraine, Serbia and Czechia Source

Kosovo shuts border with Serbia amid worst crisis in years

The US has called on all sides to “exercise maximum restraint”. Source

Serbia places army on highest alert

Serbia has placed its army on the highest-level of combat readiness. Belgrade also announced that it it will increase its number of Special Operations Forces from 1500 to 5000 by the end of 2023. New barricades have been put up in Mitrovica, northern Kosovo. Source

US greenlights attacks inside Russia, less fear of escalation. Serbia troop deployment in Kosovo U/1

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Will the US try to pull off a “Grenada” in Serbia?

November 29, 2022 Remember the 1983 US invasion of Grenada aka “Operation Urgent Fury”? It all began on October 23, 1983 when two truck bombs blew up the buildings housing the US and French  “Multinational Force in Lebanon”.  This attack resulted in  307 people killed including 241 U.S. and 58 French military personnel.  Following the […]

Serbia’s interior ministry bars Belgrade’s EuroPride march route, citing security concerns

The EuroPride march, set for Saturday in Belgrade, cannot be held as planned due to security concerns, Serbia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs informed the organisers on Tuesday. “At 2:15 pm, we received a notification from the Ministry of Internal Affairs that the march is not permitted, stating that security is the reason for the ban. […]

Serbia PM sends message of peace in landmark visit to northern Kosovo

Serbia’s prime minister made a landmark visit to Kosovo and sent a message of “peace, stability and tolerance”. Ana Brnabic is the highest-ranking Serbian official to visit Kosovo in years. It comes amid a recent flare-up of tensions between Serbia and Kosovo who went to war in 1998-99. Recent problems erupted last month over Serbia’s […]

Europe’s worst drought in centuries reveals WWII Nazi wrecks in Serbia

Historians say up to 200 Nazi German warships were scuttled in September 1944 in Prahovo, Serbia. Now, authorities aim to remove 21 sunken vessels to make the Danube less hazardous to traffic.

Serbia Cancels EuroPride Celebrations Following Protests

ROME — Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic has cancelled EuroPride events scheduled to be celebrated in Belgrade in September, following massive street protests.

‘We have a deal’: Kosovo citizens to travel freely to Serbia, says EU foreign policy chief

Serbia will allow Kosovo citizens to enter the country with personal ID cards issued by the government in Prishtina, according to the EU foreign policy chief, settling part of the dispute that led to an escalation of tensions along the border between the two countries in early August. “We have a deal,” Josep Borrell said in a […]

‘We have a deal’: Kosovo citizens to travel freely to Serbia, says EU foreign policy chief

Serbia will allow Kosovo citizens to enter the country with personal ID cards issued by the government in Prishtina, according to the EU foreign policy chief, settling part of the dispute that led to an escalation of tensions along the border between the two countries in early August. “We have a deal,” Josep Borrell said in a […]

‘We have a deal’: Kosovo citizens to travel freely to Serbia, says EU foreign policy chief

Serbia will allow Kosovo citizens to enter the country with personal ID cards issued by the government in Prishtina, according to the EU foreign policy chief, settling part of the dispute that led to an escalation of tensions along the border between the two countries in early August. “We have a deal,” Josep Borrell said in a […]

‘We have a deal’: Kosovo citizens to travel freely to Serbia, says EU foreign policy chief

Serbia will allow Kosovo citizens to enter the country with personal ID cards issued by the government in Prishtina, according to the EU foreign policy chief, settling part of the dispute that led to an escalation of tensions along the border between the two countries in early August. “We have a deal,” Josep Borrell said in a […]

TPO sends trade delegation to Serbia

TEHRAN – An Iranian trade delegation led by the head of the country’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) has left Tehran for Serbia on Sunday, the TPO portal reported. Source

Report: Hunter Biden’s Lawyer Flew to Serbia, Infiltrated, Spied on ‘My Son Hunter’ Movie Set

Hunter Biden’s lawyer Kevin Morris flew to Serbia, infiltrated, and spied on the “My Son Hunter” movie set, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday.

Projections point to victory for Serbia’s populist president

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and his populist right-wing party appeared headed to victory in Sunday’s national election, extending a decade-long authoritarian rule in the Balkan country, according to early pollsters’ projections. The IPSOS and CESID pollsters, which have proven reliable in previous Serbian ballots, predicted Vučić would end up with nearly 60% of the votes. […]

5,000-Year-Old DNA from Skeletons Found in Serbia is Solving Genetic Mysteries

Ancient Eastern European and Central Asian archaeology are characterized by a burial practice known as kurgan burials, wherein mounds of earth and stone are raised over a single or multiple graves. These traditional burials of the ancient steppe tribe nomads continue in southern Siberia and Central Asia. As reported by Ancient Origins , over the […]

Burial Mounds in Serbia Reveal Skeletons of 5,000-Year-Old Painted Men

Entombed inside two large barrows (burial mounds) located on an open plain in northern Serbia, a team of scientists from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IAEPAN) found some highly anomalous skeletons. The men in these burial mounds were of significant height, and the bones of each had been […]

Serbia: Lithium mine opponents block roads in bad weather

Hundreds of people in Serbia spent part of a holiday weekend blocking roads on Saturday to protest plans for lithium mining in the Balkan country. The protests came a day after Orthodox Christians in Serbia and many other countries celebrated Christmas. The demonstrations took place in the capital, Belgrade, and several other locations. Anti-mine activists […]

Heavy snowfall wreaks havoc in Serbia and much of Balkans

Heavy snowfall wreaked havoc in much of the Balkans on Sunday, disrupting public transportation. Flights were cancelled at Serbia’s main airport in Belgrade on Sunday and many areas reported power cuts and damage to buildings. Much of western Serbia was without electricity as authorities warned against unnecessary travel and appealed to people in Serbia to […]

Serbia Shocks Portugal to Join Spain, Croatia at World Cup

Spain, Serbia, and Croatia are heading to next year’s World Cup. Sweden, Portugal, and Russia aren’t—not yet, anyway. Aleksandar Mitrovic’s 90th-minute header left Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal stunned in a 2–1 win for Serbia in Lisbon, which gave Serbia an automatic qualifying spot at the World Cup in Qatar. Portugal still has a chance to […]

Russians flock to Serbia for Western-made COVID-19 vaccines

When Russian regulators approved the country’s own coronavirus vaccine, it was a moment of national pride, and the Pavlov family was among those who rushed to take the injection. But international health authorities have not yet given their blessing to the Sputnik V shot. So when the family from Rostov-on-Don wanted to visit the West, […]

Afghans among hundreds of migrants stranded on Serbia-Hungary border seeking to enter EU

Hundred of migrants and refugees from Africa and Asia live in an abandoned farm in Kárásztanya on the Serbian side of the border with Hungary. The men, women and children include many from Afghanistan who say they were forced to flee the Taliban. Each day they try to scale the nearby border fence with ladders […]

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