A teenager stabs a 7-year-old to death and wounds a teacher and 3 more children in a Croatian school

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A knife-wielding teenager walked into a school in Croatia’s capital on Friday, stabbed a 7-year-old girl to death and wounded three more children and their teacher, authorities said. The attack took place around 9:50 a.m. on the last day of school before...

Protesters hold a noisy demonstration against Serbia's populist leadership

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of protesters led by university students held a noisy rally on Thursday outside Serbia's state television headquarters despite the country's president pledging to fulfil all their demands as he faced one of the most challenging threats to his populist rule. ...

Serbia sentences man to 20 years in prison for one of 2 mass shootings that shook nation last May

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Serbian court on Thursday convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison a young man who gunned down nine people and wounded 12 in one of two back-to-back mass killings last year which shook the Balkan nation. Uros Blazic, 21, took up an automatic rifle on...

Car rams and injures orchestral musicians in Belgrade during a protest over station roof collapse

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra said four of its musicians were injured Friday in an incident during a weekly 15-minute traffic blockade commemorating the 15 people who died when a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station in a northern Serbian city last month. ...

Protesters in Serbia hold 15-minute blockade for 15 victims of roof collapse, demanding justice

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Protesters in Serbia stood in silence for 15 minutes on Friday for the victims of a roof collapse four weeks ago in a northern city, seeking to keep up pressure on the populist authorities to punish those responsible for the tragedy. Traffic was blocked for...

Protesters in Serbian cities block traffic, standing in silence for the victims of roof collapse

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Residents in several cities and towns across Serbia blocked traffic and stood in silence for 15 minutes on Friday to commemorate the 15 victims of a roof collapse in the country's north three weeks ago. Hundreds of people came out into the streets eight...

A silent protest in Serbia demands accountability for a roof collapse that killed 14

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Residents in northern Serbia stopped traffic and stood in silence Friday to commemorate the 14 victims of a railway roof collapse two weeks ago and demand accountability for the tragedy. Dozens of protesters held a large black banner and blocked crossroads...

Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 8 people

Serbia's president thanks Putin for gas supplies and vows he'll never impose sanctions on Russia

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — European Union candidate Serbia will continue to refuse to impose sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine despite Western pressure, Serbia’s leader said after his telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday. ...

Belgrade's landmark Hotel Yugoslavia faces likely demolition, with many opposed

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Belgrade’s iconic Hotel Yugoslavia, once a symbol of progress in the former socialist state of Yugoslavia that broke apart in the 1990s and a favorite gathering place for local residents as well as world leaders, now stands in eerie silence awaiting its likely...