Serbia populists seek to cement power in vote in Belgrade, key cities after facing fraud accusations
Voters in Serbia are casting ballots in a rerun election in the capital, Belgrade, and in dozens of other cities and towns, with ruling right-wing populists seeking to cement their already vast hold on power.
Serbian police detain at least 38 people as opposition holds more protests against election results
Serbian police say they have detained at least 38 people who took part in a protest against reported widespread irregularities during a recent general ballot that declared the governing populists winners of the parliamentary and local councilsโ elections.
Serbia's opposition takes to the streets claiming election fraud in Sunday's vote
International monitors have said that Serbiaโs tense weekend snap vote was held in โunjust conditions" and they urged the authorities to investigate reports of irregularities as opposition supporters took to the streets to protest.
Serbia's Vucic seeks to reassert populist dominance in elections this weekend
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is pushing to reassert his populist partyโs dominance in this weekend's parliamentary and local election in the troubled eastern European country following a turbulent year that has shaken the governmentโs popularity.
What is behind renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo?
Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew over the weekend when some 30 heavily armed Serbs barricaded themselves in an Orthodox monastery in northern Kosovo, setting off a daylong gunbattle with police that left one officer and three attackers dead.
Kosovo mourns a slain police officer, some Serb gunmen remain at large after a siege at a monastery
Kosovo is observing a day of mourning for the Kosovar Albanian police officer killed by Serb gunmen in the north of the country in one of the worst confrontations since it declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
Kosovar police surround a village after gunmen storm a monastery in violence that has killed 4
At least 30 gunmen have killed a Kosovar Albanian police officer then stormed an Orthodox monastery in Kosovo near its border with Serbia, setting off ongoing gunbattles that have left three assailants dead and raised tensions between the two former wartime foes as they seek to normalize ties.
The leaders of the Netherlands and Luxembourg tell Kosovo and Serbia to normalize ties for EU hopes
The leaders of the Netherlands and Luxembourg say normalizing ties between Kosovo and Serbia would serve not only regional peace and stability but also their prospects of further integration into the European Union.
Serbia again threatens armed intervention in Kosovo as tension escalates
Serbia has reiterated a threat to intervene militarily in its former province of Kosovo if NATO-led peacekeepers there fail to protect minority Serbs from what Belgrade calls the terrorist threat of Kosovoโs ethnic Albanian authorities.
Tens of thousands rally against Serbia's populist leader, warn of protest 'radicalization'
Tens of thousands of protesters formed a ring around Serbiaโs government headquarters in downtown Belgrade on Friday, demanding the resignation of the countryโs populist president, top security officials and the โliberationโ of pro-state TV stations that they say promote violence, all in the wake of two mass shootings that stunned the nation.
Protesters back on the streets of Belgrade as president ignores calls to stand down
Thousands of people have rallied for a fifth time in a month after two mass shootings in Serbia that shook the nation, even as the countryโs populist president rejected any responsibility and ignored their demands to step down.
Serbia puts troop on high alert on border with Kosovo following clashes
Local media in Kosovo are reporting that Small groups of ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo have clashed with police while trying to block the entrance of the municipal buildings to prevent recently-elected officials from entering them.
Serbia's populist leader denounces planned Belgrade bridge blockade after shootings
Serbiaโs populist leader has sharply denounced opposition plans to block a key bridge and highway in Belgrade on Friday to press their demands in the wake of last weekโs mass shootings in the Balkan country that left 17 people dead, including many children.
Police deploy in schools in Serbia as opposition plan march
Police have deployed in schools throughout Serbia in an effort to restore a shaken sense of security following two mass shootings last week โ including one in a primary school โ that left 17 people dead and 21 wounded, many of them children.
Serbian leader lashes out at the West over Kosovo vote
The Serbian president has sharply criticized Western officials mediating talks on normalizing ties with Kosovo, calling them liars and fraudsters, and says the Serb minority in the former Serbian province wonโt tolerate foreign โoccupation.โ.
Serbia seeks return of its troops to Kosovo as tensions soar
Serbia has formally demanded that its security troops return to the breakaway former Serbian province of Kosovo, despite warnings from the West that such calls are unlikely to be accepted and only add to tensions in that part of the Balkans.
EU, US question Serbia's EU commitment after Russia deal
The European Union and the U.S. have questioned Serbiaโs commitment to join Europeโs 27-nation bloc after Belgrade signed an agreement with Moscow pledging long-term โconsultationsโ on foreign policy matters amid the Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Serbia opposition, rights groups condemn EuroPride decision
Opposition parties in Serbia and international rights groups have denounced a decision by populist President Aleksandar Vucic to cancel next monthโs pan-European LGBTQ EuroPride events because of what he said were threats from right-wing extremists.
Serb president pledges EU course, hints Russia sanctions
Aleksandar Vucic has been sworn in for his second 5-yar term as Serbiaโs president, pledging to keep the Balkan country on its European Union membership path and hinting that a new government might consider joining Western sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine.