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Serbian Justice Minister Nenad Vujić has revised his earlier, hasty statement to bring it into line with the Serbian president’s position (Source: Screenshot)

Serbia Still Does Not Know How to Bury Ratko Mladić

Ratko Mladić’s funeral is becoming an increasingly awkward political issue in Serbia. Justice Minister Nenad Vujić initially spoke of the highest state honours immediately after the...

The Srebrenica Memorial Center has filed an official complaint against Red Star Belgrade after supporters of the Serbian team glorified Ratko Mladić during the Europa League qualifying match against Viktoria Plzeň — in other words, they literally saluted him, as clearly seen in the photo. (Source: Facebook, Crvena Zvezda)

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Calls for Red Star Belgrade to Be Banned from All European Competitions

Red Star Belgrade supporters’ admiration for Ratko Mladić has hardly been a secret. The late Bosnian Serb general’s name has appeared repeatedly, from football stadiums to...

The Serbian president brought sandwiches for the firefighters and had breakfast with them

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Vučić at the Deliblato Sands: “Only One Field Toilet Burned Down”

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić visited the fire-stricken Deliblato Sands on Sunday morning, meeting firefighters and emergency crews battling the blaze. Vučić said the destruction was significant,...

The Sands in summer – smoke rising to the sky over the Deliblato Sands (Photo by the author)

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The Deliblato Sands Have Been Burning for a Month

The Deliblato Sands wildfire has been burning for weeks, destroying thousands of hectares of forest. A firsthand report from southern Banat, where smoke, fire and questions...

Tűzoltás Fehértemplom (Bela Crkva) és Gajtás (Kajtasovo) térségében egy helikopterről nézve

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Serbia wildfire: Deliblato Sands burns while Vučić campaigns

The Serbia wildfire raging across the Deliblato Sands has been contained in several areas, but the battle is far from over. Hundreds of firefighters, helicopters and...

A Russian IL-76 firefighting aircraft deployed to Serbia to help battle the wildfire in the Deliblato Sands. The aircraft can drop up to 42 tonnes of water in a single run

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Serbia Calls in Russian IL-76 for Wildfire

A Russian IL-76 firefighting aircraft is battling the Deliblato Sands wildfire after Serbia asked Moscow for help — just four days after President Aleksandar Vučić said...

SERBIA PROTESTS: Borivoje Borović says the current climate of “state terrorism” can be traced back to the 1990s, arguing that Serbia’s present leadership has brought the country’s institutions under its control. The prominent Serbian lawyer made the remarks while discussing preparations for Serbia’s elections. (Source: N1, screenshot)

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Serbia: Criminal Groups Prepared for Election Unrest

Amid continuing Serbia protests and uncertainty over the country’s elections, Serbian lawyer Borivoje Borović claims that people linked to criminal groups are being prepared in Vojvodina...

“Serbia is not a poor country; Serbia is a looted country. It was robbed by the new multimillionaires – the Vučić brothers, the Mali brothers and the others, Ana Brnabić and her brother,” said the opposition politician, who also included Miloš Vučević on her list. (Source: X platform, Marinika Tepić)

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Deliblato Sands: Fire Is Not the Only Threat, Tepić Says

Around 2,000 hectares have burned in the Deliblato Sands, but Serbian opposition politician Marinika Tepić says fire is not the only threat facing the protected nature...

Serbian media after the change of ownership: In BALK’s reinterpretation of the classic television test card, the names of Adria News Network and Alpac Capital appear at the centre of the screen, while caricatures of Aleksandar Vučić peer in from the corners, replacing the cat from Hungary’s once-famous children’s TV test card, Cicavízió. The visual joke can be summed up in a single word: VUČIĆVISION.

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Will Vučić Silence Independent Media Before the Elections?

Serbia’s remaining independent media are entering a critical period. Alpac Capital is moving to take control of the media companies behind N1, Nova, Danas and Radar,...

A pancsovai olajfinomítót legalább tíz évig működtetnie kell a MOL-nak, ha megnyeri a NIS-t, amely vagy főnyeremény, vagy nem, miközben az is kérdés, hogy a Gazprom lenyeli-e a MOL-t szőröstől-bőröstől

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Could Gazprom Make a Bid for MOL After the War in Ukraine?

NIS has received another thirty-day waiver from U.S. sanctions, but judging by the narratives circulating in Serbia’s pro-government media, the real question is no longer what...

The Serbian president’s former boss had another bout of brain diarrhea on Informer TV

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Šešelj Promises Hungary Access to the Sea

The Croats have formed an alliance with the Albanians, the Kosovar 'skipetars' (Kosovar Albanians) – creating an openly anti-Serbian coalition. We, on the other hand, are...

The Progressives Set Up Ten Booths in Downtown Subotica, but Locals Drove Them Away (Source: Magločistač)

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Progressive Party Activists Chased Off Subotica’s Central Square

They stated that if the party activists were to return, they would once again gather in the city center and make it clear they are not...

Will the Serbian Government Building in Belgrade soon have a master arriving from America?

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Could Serbia’s New Prime Minister Come from America?

While the parliamentary opposition advocates for a transitional, expert-led government as a way out of the current crisis, the ruling powers appear to be turning toward...

The opposition leader points to where the bullet hit his window (Source: Screenshot)

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A shot hit the window of the opposition leader’s home in Niš

He recalled that Serbian state officials repeatedly referred to him and two other opposition figures as the "trio of evil" in Niš, calling them "traitors" and...

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The center-left opposition would bring Serbia into the EU by 2030, but would not recognize Kosovo

The center-left opposition party, the Freedom and Justice Party (Stranka slobode i pravde, SSP), has adopted a statement declaring their commitment to bringing Serbia into the...

Szerbia fegyverkezik / Serbia is arming itself

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Excluding Ukraine, Serbia is arming itself the most among European countries

Over the last five years, global arms trade has declined, but Europe has been heavily arming itself. From the perspective of arms manufacturers, the „little good...

Szerbia, rakéták / Serbia did not deliver rockets and missiles to Ukraine

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Officially, Serbia did not deliver any rockets to Ukraine, and the rest is „not their concern”

In the rocket case, Serbia continues to deny it. Both the Serbian foreign minister and the defense ministry leader claim that Serbia did not officially supply...